Spielberg and Lucas were both happy and sad at the same time.
The two of them can be regarded as the most successful directors and producers in the history of Hollywood, but as of now, their entertainment company is still one level behind large production companies, although they themselves are competing with large production companies.
CEOs can talk to each other as equals, and sometimes they even have the upper hand.
Now their rival Phantom Entertainment is making great strides in the direction of becoming a large production company or even a media group, which naturally makes them worried.
But happily, because of the expansion of Phantom Entertainment, it has obviously touched the cakes of several major production companies, and the targets it will face next are also obvious.
The effect of this is that next year's two major works of Phantom Entertainment, "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park" will be jointly suppressed!
Although Phantom Entertainment has not announced the specific release time of these two movies, according to everyone's speculation, Phantom will definitely not give up the most important summer release next year.
The summer season has always been a must-win period for every production company. Now coupled with the relationship between Phantom Entertainment, next year's summer season is bound to become the most tragic period in North American film history.
"Companies have contacted us now!" Spielberg said.
Large production companies like Time Warner and Disney must have their own plans, and they will adjust their company plans based on the movies released next summer.
To put it simply, if their company does not have good enough movies this year, then they will strategically choose to withdraw from this schedule and release movies that they will only be responsible for distributing, so as to minimize their losses.
But if they have full confidence in their movie, then they will choose to enter this period to fight, and everyone will rely on their own abilities!
Now everyone is waiting to see which movie Phantom Entertainment will release in the summer.
If it is "Terminator 2", they may launch their own company's movie. Although "Terminator 1" has achieved good box office in North America and even around the world, everyone is not too optimistic about the potential of this movie. After all, "Terminator 1" has achieved good box office results in North America and even around the world.
The box office of "Terminator 1" in North America was only over 70 million.
In fact, before the filming of this movie started, many production companies were very optimistic that this movie would be profitable. However, when they heard that the investment in this movie was as high as 102 million, many production companies backed down.
, don’t want to get involved.
Calculated according to the current movie share, the box office of this movie in North America must reach at least 200 million before it can make money. This box office requirement is a bit too high, and many production companies have backed down...
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Although many people are full of expectations for the collaboration between James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger, it is still unknown how high the collaboration between the two can reach.
On the contrary, "Jurassic Park", a movie with a lower investment than "Terminator 2", has made many production companies even more worried.
First of all, the director of this movie, Wu Jianye, is the director of "The Love of Ghosts" which has just achieved a super high box office in North America. It is gaining momentum. In addition, the novel "Jurassic Park" has a large number of fans in North America.
Loyal readers, these people are all potential fans of this movie. In the end, the gimmick of truly restoring the dinosaurs of the Cretaceous era is really enough. This movie has now begun to become a hit.
And all the production companies know that in order to prove himself, Spielberg even chose "Captain Hook", a movie adapted from the novel "Peter Pan" which is also very popular in North America, and will choose to be the same as "Dwarf".
"Luoji Park" will be released at the same time!
Spielberg is the guarantee of box office, no one will doubt this now.
In other words, if "Jurassic Park" chooses to be released in the summer, the entire North American film market will usher in two blockbusters, "Jurassic Park" and "Captain Hook"!
With these two blockbusters, if other movies choose to be released at the same time as them, there is at least an 80% chance that they will become cannon fodder.
so.......
"They are asking about the release date of Captain Hook, right?" Lucas said calmly.
Spielberg nodded and said: "Not only that, they also want to cooperate with us to provide more theaters to release the film!"
Lucas sneered: "They want to push us out to compete with the Phantom!"
Since other film studios did not have enough significant films to release, they had no choice but to find a significant film to cope with Phantom's expansion.
And the best choice among them is Spielberg's "Captain Hook."
Spielberg said with a smile: "It doesn't matter what they think. Being able to have more theaters supporting this movie means that this movie can achieve better opening results!"
They naturally know what the major production companies think, but they are also happy to see the results, and everyone has the same goal.
Then there is a prerequisite for cooperation. As for what each person's calculation is, it is not important to Spielberg and Lucas at all.
"How did you reply to them?" Lucas asked.
"The release date is the same day as Jurassic Park. They released it that day and we released it that day. As for their support, they naturally agreed." Spielberg laughed.
Lucas nodded, agreeing with Spielberg's approach.
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Linda soon learned of the agreement between Spielberg and several major production companies, and she was inevitably a little worried at this time.
Negotiations between Phantom Entertainment and Buffett's Berkshire are currently underway. Although the progress is slow, they are finally moving towards favorable conditions for Phantom Entertainment.
However, as Wu Jianye said, this negotiation is bound to be a long one. Judging from the current progress, this negotiation is likely to continue until next year.
This is actually Buffett's intention. He is interested in investing in Phantom Entertainment, so he naturally wants to see the potential of Phantom Entertainment.
Now everyone knows the importance of next year's "Jurassic Park" movie to the Phantom. If this movie is successful, then the potential of the Phantom will be infinitely magnified. After all, everyone knows that "Jurassic Park" is
The novel is a trilogy, which means there will also be three movies.
If it succeeds, Buffett will be more confident in investing in Phantom. If it fails, then Buffett will have to consider asking for more cash!
Only in this way can we be worthy of our company's shareholders.
At that time, it will even become more difficult to acquire ABC.
Johnson, who was standing aside, looked at Linda's worried look and said, "You don't have to worry too much. Wu Jianye has never failed before, and we should believe him this time too!"
Linda rolled her eyes at Johnson, "I never thought that one day you would admire Wu Jianye so much!"
Johnson spread his hands and said with a smile: "Why not? What happened in the past is in the past. Now look at the achievements of the two of us. In the past, did we think that we would develop to where we are today?"
"It can be said that Wu Jianye brought all of this to us."
At the end of his speech, Johnson's expression showed a trace of regret: "I regret it a little now. If I could have put aside my prejudice against Wu Jianye earlier, maybe I could have joined earlier, then my current achievements would definitely be greater."
high!"
Regarding this point, Johnson did not lie. Now Phantom Entertainment has developed into a large company with a valuation of more than 10 billion US dollars. Linda now holds 15% of the shares of Phantom because she first worked with Wu Jianye. If Lin
If Da wants to cash out this equity now, her net worth will definitely exceed US$1.5 billion immediately.
Phantom Entertainment has only been developing for a few years and has reached such a height. How could Johnson not regret it?
Linda thought about it and it was indeed true. Originally, she decided to form Phantom Entertainment with Wu Jianye after seeing Wu Jianye's talent in finance. It sounds like the two things are unrelated, but at that time she was
I joined in, and now I feel a little scared just thinking about it.
If you had not joined Phantom Entertainment, what would you be like now?
Working as an investment manager in my mother's investment company while slowly accumulating my own resources is very likely to end up like this.
But it’s different now. My net worth has surpassed that of my mother. All this stems from the previous trust!
Seeing that Linda was silent, Johnson smiled and said: "You, you are too worried about gains and losses now. Phantom Entertainment has become too big, but you have forgotten how it became so big!"
Johnson's words, like a stream of clear water, directly entered Linda's heart, and then smiled: "What you said makes sense, I know what to do!"
"Haha, that's right. It's not like we have never faced a situation like this before!" Johnson laughed.
Now that several major production companies want to target "Jurassic Park", it would be great for Phantom to respond directly. As Johnson said, it's not like Phantom has never encountered such a situation.
Wasn't it like this when "The Last Days" was released? Didn't the Phantom win in the end?
"How is the filming of Wu Jianye's movie going?" Johnson asked with concern.
In any case, the core of this battle is whether the "Jurassic Park" movie is successful, so both of them are very concerned about the filming of the "Jurassic Park" movie.
"Everything went well. Zhu Xian had a cold before, which delayed the filming for a few days, but he is fine now!" Linda replied.
Regarding the filming progress of "Jurassic Park", Linda receives reports every day.
Johnson said: "That's good!"
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Today is a very important moment for the crew of "Jurassic Park" because the dinosaur models in the movie are finally going to appear.
Everyone knows that the absolute protagonists of this movie are these dinosaurs, but before this, Phantom Entertainment has kept everything about dinosaur models highly confidential, so except for model experts in the digital field and invited paleontologists, other
People don’t know the specific situation of the dinosaur model at all.
The importance of today's filming to the "Jurassic Park" crew is self-evident. Wu Jianye personally ordered that no one else was allowed to enter except the relevant filming staff.
Even Gerda and Kit can't do it.
Irina finally got special permission from Wu Jianye to go inside for observation, but even so, Wu Jianye confiscated all the video equipment of the entire crew, which means that except for the equipment used for filming, other equipment
None of this is allowed inside the venue.
In order to take confidentiality measures, Wu Jianye even asked Maplewood Security to send a team of 100 people to protect the scene.
When Irina saw the dinosaur mold, she finally couldn't help but get excited. Although there are many toys about dinosaurs on the market, this is the first time that they can be reproduced 100%.
As a paleontologist, she specializes in studying this. She couldn't help but ran over and gently touched the dinosaur mold with her hands, just like an ordinary girl seeing a unique treasure.
Wu Jianye stood next to Zhu Xi and said with a smile: "Look carefully at her movements, and you will be able to learn from her behavior and expressions in a while!"
Zhu Xian nodded and did not answer Wu Jianye's words, but carefully observed Irina's behavior.
Everyone else also showed surprised expressions. Looking at everyone's expressions, Wu Jianye gave a thumbs up to the special effects team in charge of the dinosaur model.
The special effects team of "Jurassic Park" has been working since last year. It took a whole year to finally produce a model that satisfied Wu Jianye.
Now seeing everyone's expressions, they are extremely proud in their hearts.
After Irina finished observing the dinosaur model, the crew entered the formal shooting. Because of Irina's real performance, the other actors also found actions and behaviors that fit their characters.
The filming of the entire scene can be said to be very smooth. After the filming of these scenes is completed, these dinosaur models will be sealed up and then transported to Los Angeles. When the Phantom Studios is successfully built, these models will be placed as props.
Phantom Cinema.
After the crew finished filming, Wu Jianye called everyone together again and reiterated the crew's decision that everyone was absolutely not allowed to reveal any information about the dinosaur model before the movie was released.
These were all mentioned in the original contract, but Wu Jianye was also worried about the appearance of spoilers, so he could only reiterate these provisions again.
Naturally, everyone also expressed their understanding that the spirit of the contract must still be abided by, and the main reason was the huge compensation, which they could not afford.
However, at this time, Wu Jianye still received a report from the person in charge of Maplewood Security that someone wanted to secretly enter the site to photograph the dinosaur model...