Rebirth In Hollywood

The Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel was full of people. Celebrities and stars were everywhere. Glasses of celebratory champagne were brought over from the waiters. These people expressed their congratulations and praises in unison, even if some people were not optimistic at all. Super hero.

Michael Eisner is one of them, and the Marvel superhero is really distinctive, but has never proven himself on the big screen.

Although he smiled and congratulated Avi Allard, only Michael Eisner knew what he was thinking.

Looking at the young man standing in the crowd, Michael Eisner's brows furrowed. Although he was not optimistic about the surprised superhero, no one dared to ignore his existence.

In the past few years, the other party has fully proved their vision in the film, even several acquisitions in the business aspect are called magic.

Needless to say, Pixar, who has made himself unable to let go, even if Blue Sky Studio, which was not even the ugly duckling at the time, showed its strong technical strength in the post-production of "Titanic", which made the entire industry stand out.

Thinking of "Titanic", Michael Eisner had the urge to get angry. He was looking forward to the movie that the other party would stumble, but he created an unprecedented success.

Whether in private or in public, Michael Eisner no longer talks about what will happen to Ryan Jenkins in the future, and what will happen to Marvel Comics. The other party has created too many miracles, only God Only to know if he will continue to be magical.

Besides, many people in the board of directors are now uniting and questioning him. Is it worth fighting with Ryan Jenkins because of Pixar?

This is a celebration reception for the establishment of Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Comics. Marvel Studios did not choose New York as its base camp, but chose Burbank, which is closer to the world film center, from its acquisition in 1996 until now. After more than a year of preparation, this heavyweight department was officially established.

At the same time as the establishment of Marvel Studios, its first movie also entered the stage of about to start, which is "Blade Warrior".

This can be regarded as a test for Marvel heroes, as well as a warm-up work. As long as the film does not perform too badly after its release next year, follow-up productions will appear one after another.

Ryan completely handed over the dominance of the venue to Avi Arad and Stan Lee, and the others were also greeted by Patrick Kingsley and Scott Swift, his absolute majority shareholder. Instead, it was a lot more relaxing.

Of course, this is only relative. After all, many of the guests who came to celebrate are acquaintances.

Such as Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox and several other film companies.

"Hey Ryan, why don't you adapt the script yourself?"

When he appeared at the reception, many people naturally gathered around, and it was Jon Landau who asked.

"Jon, no one knows the characters they create better than the amazing writing team. I believe in them." From the adaptation to the preparation of the film, Ryan only provided some opinions and did not intervene too much.

After more than a year, there is no doubt about the ability that Avi Arad has shown. The story is controlled by the old guy Stan Lee, and Marvel Pictures recruits mature employees in the industry. I believe it will not be too bad.

"How about handing over the movie to us for distribution?" Jon Landau asked tentatively.

"Aren't you worried about the movie losing money?" Ryan laughed.

In fact, because of Ryan's little intervention, several major studios have almost no interest in "Blade". There is no intention to invest. Exactly, they are like everyone else. is in the wait-and-see stage.

"Hey, Jon, you can't be greedy." Grant Hill ended the conversation with his companions. Turning his head, "Paramount has already obtained the rights to distribute the film from Pixar, so let's leave the amazing superheroes to Twentieth Century Fox for distribution."

"In fact, Warners also has this intention." Gerald raised his glass to several people.

"Why don't you choose Universal Pictures?" Ron Mayer came over just in time, holding his daughter.

"Everyone." Ryan raised his glass to everyone. "Blade Runner is just a test of the water. It's hard to say how effective it will be. If the movie is successful, we will have a lot of opportunities for cooperation."

Those superhero movies with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even close to 200 million dollars, let alone Marvel Studios, even if Ryan pays so much working capital, it will be quite a headache, and he wants to carry out thorough business development and cooperation. is the kingly way.

"Then we wish Marvel Studios success in this project."

I don't know whose proposal, everyone agreed, and their circle of people has both competition and cooperation, which can be regarded as a loose community of interests.

"The only pity is that our Universal Pictures did not participate in the investment of "Titanic"." Ron Mayer still felt a little emotional. He chose "Future Water World" at the beginning, but he almost stepped down because of it. After the cooperation intention of Jurassic Park 2, the situation was stabilized again.

"The box office of 1.6 billion US dollars is incredible." Shirley Lansing also walked over at this time, with a bright smile on her face, "Perhaps the final box office of the movie can hit 2 billion US dollars!"

Paramount Pictures is one of the investors. The higher the box office of the movie, the more popular the surrounding area is, and the higher their income will naturally be.

"Ryan, can I ask, when are you going to break the record of "Titanic"?" Jennifer Meyer joked.

"No, no." Ryan pulled the truck driver out of the crowd. "The success of the movie is due to James."

"Really? Why didn't I think so?" James Cameron's eyes widened. "Then ask, Ryan, when are you going to pay out dividends for me, the person who deserves the most credit."

"Oscar at the latest, I promise, Jim." Ryan squeezed his eyes deliberately and said jokingly, "Send it to you with the golden statue of the best director, how about this proposal?"

"Wow, that's really cool."

Everyone laughed again, because Ryan and James Cameron were clearly joking.

"James, are there any plans to make a movie recently?"

"No, "Titanic" consumed me too much energy, I need a long enough vacation." James Cameron rolled his eyes and asked Harvey Weinstein, who just spoke, "Harvey , do you intend to spend 300 million dollars to make a movie?"

"You still kill me."

"Titanic" has achieved a major success. Although the sequelae to James Cameron is not as huge as that of his previous life, it is not small. After all, the production budget of the film he just finished has reached 250 million US dollars, and he wants to invite him for the film. How much budget do you need to set aside for the camera?

Besides, the vast majority of people believe that Ryan's appeal played a very crucial role in the success of the film. What's the use of only hiring one James Cameron?

Once the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars fails, even the seven major film companies have no choice but to go bankrupt and reorganize.

Several people were joking and dealing with the people who came to say hello. So many high-level figures from the film company, as well as big directors and big producers, gathered next to Ryan, and without thinking, they would become the center of the banquet hall, even if it was only a secluded place. corner.

"John, Chris, I didn't expect you to accept the invitation too."

The two people who walked hand in hand were John Lasseter of Pixar and Chris Wedge of Blue Sky Studio.

"Yeah, let's ask, when will your boss visit the studio?"

"I'm just a layman, you know." Ryan spread his hands and shrugged, "I'm relieved to have you experts here."

"By the way, John, when will "The Bugs" and "Toy Story 2" be completed?" Shirley Lansing asked with concern.

"A Bug's Life will be finished next year, and Toy Story 2 will be in '99."

Probably seeing that they had something to talk to Ryan, the people around them gradually disappeared, and Chris Wedge waited until there was no one nearby before saying, "Ryan, we made the animated short "Bunny Rabbit", Will participate in this Oscar competition, animated feature film..."

"Animated feature film?" Ryan pinched his chin and asked curiously, "Are there any specific plans?"

"That's what we planned." Chris Wedge lowered his voice, "to make a story about prehistoric animals, probably the Ice Age, and humans."

"Well, you can send over the specific plan." Ryan still took insurance measures as a precaution. "If there is no problem, the funds will be in place as soon as possible. I remember my promise to you."

Although the biggest role of the reception is to communicate, but around Ryan is more about work, cooperative projects, and co-produced movies, many of which are the basic intentions reached on this occasion.

For example, "Mission Impossible", after the selection of actors, Jenkins Pictures accepted investment from Paramount and Warner Bros., and will co-produce the film.

Of course, Ryan will not give up the copyright and the related permissions of the sequel.

In addition, "Blade Runner" has also finalized the main actors, and they also participated in the reception tonight.

The male lead is still a black man, but not the one from the previous life, but in superhero movies, as long as the actors are not too outrageous, it doesn't really matter who they are. This kind of movie belongs to the most typical role achievement actor.

There is also an action guide, also from Hong Kong, Ryan didn't say much, just shook hands with the man surnamed Zhen.

The heroine made Ryan's eyes shine. Isn't this a famous "trouble" lady in Hollywood in her previous life, known as an expert on couple separation. ()