Chapter 606

Lucas film and industrial light magic joined mm as a whole and became the eighth largest brand of mm. It is located behind Columbia film, MGM film, marvel film, Naifei, mm TV network, mm cinema and Pixar. It is an independent subsidiary in finance and operation.

So far, mm has Columbia film, MGM film, marvel film, Pixar and Lucas film, with the production capacity ranking first in Hollywood and the hot series of films, which are so jealous of her peers.

With the global box office revenue of "Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix" reaching another record, the "Harry Potter" series films made by Warner Brothers based on the novel have surpassed the 007 series and the "Star Wars" series and become the most profitable film series in history.

The Harry Potter films have been released since 2001. So far, all five films in the series have ranked among the top 20 films at the box office in history. After the release of Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix, its box office has reached more than 920 million US dollars. So far, the five Harry Potter films that have been released have left behind the famous "007" series and "Star Wars" series with a total global box office of more than $4.47 billion.

Horne, chairman of Warner company, said: "Pride alone is far from describing our joy at the great success of the Harry Potter series. I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to the directors and actors who have made outstanding contributions to the series."

"Such a successful global box office performance proves that the charm of Harry Potter films can transcend national boundaries, age and even language barriers. The first five films have deeply attracted audiences all over the world and stimulated their infinite imagination," said rubink, distribution manager of the International Department of Warner

Although the figures released this time do not take into account factors such as inflation and ticket price rise, the person in charge of Warner said that considering that there are two Harry Potter films to be released one after another, there is still a huge room for improvement in the total box office of the series in the future. According to the plan announced by Warner, the last two films of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and the final Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released in 2008 and 2010 respectively. Fairman, head of Warner's American Distribution Department, said, "at present, the global box office of the Harry Potter series has been unmatched, and there are still two films to be released. It is hard to imagine what the total box office will reach when all seven films are released.

But this has affected the status of 007 and Star Wars? They are films with a complete world view, which can make derivative dramas and sequels. In addition, the famous star wars has only made a prequel, but the sequel has not been made, which is different from the style of making sequels in this era.

As far as mark knows, "Harry Potter" just poured water and made the last Harry Potter into two episodes, but the subsequent derivative plays and sequels did not achieve much good results, but 007 and star wars did achieve good results.

There are many things to explore in Star Wars. It is absolutely valuable to join mm.

Mm, who owns industrial light and magic, is equal to catching all the best special effects companies in Hollywood. In addition, D2 is their largest partner, and vita digital, which is far away in New Zealand, is one of their rivals.

With industrial light and magic, mm controls another link in the upstream industry. Whether it is the Marvel Universe, the transformer universe, or the possible Star Wars universe, special effects are the top priority.

Without special effects, watch a Mao superhero blockbuster! Let Downey run around in armor? Let Spiderman jump in front of the green screen? It's all bullshit. It can be said that without special effects, there will be no superhero blockbusters and science fiction blockbusters, which are the basis for Hollywood to dominate the world.

Since the establishment of industrial light and magic in 1975, it can be said that the film development history, origin and progress from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century are mainly driven by industrial light and magic. The great director Steven Spielberg said, "George makes our dreams come true."

Every time Spielberg makes a commercial special effects blockbuster, he first asks the opinions of the industrial light and magic creative officer and special effects engineer. If he can do it, he will decide to start shooting.

To answer the question of how awesome George Lucas and his special effects production company, industrial light and magic, are, simply put: without them, many of the films you know may not exist, or will not exist in the state you see later, including Raiders, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump The brave game, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the Caribbean, iron man and transformers, as well as all the Pixar animations you have seen, can you imagine a movie world without these films?

In order to make star wars, Lucas founded the industrial light and magic. George Lucas began to write the script of Star Wars: new hope in 1973 and the film was released in 1977.

In the past four years, he first took the story outline to Universal Pictures for investment. He was questioned about what the ghost was and Universal Pictures didn't want to shoot. Then he found 20th Century Fox pictures. Although the executives of 20th Century Fox pictures didn't know what the ghost was, they liked Lucas's last film American style painting very much, so they gave him money.

Of course, with the shooting of the film, fox pictures did not understand what the young man was doing, and began to shrink back a little, so Lucas made an offer: in this way, he didn't want his $500000 director's remuneration. He just wanted to make the film, he didn't want the remuneration, as long as the franchise and control of the sequel, Anyway, fox pictures, who thought the film would not sell, agreed happily. Of course, later everyone knew that Fox pictures had lost a lot of money in this business. Lucas paid 500000 US dollars for the commercial value of Star Wars series.

The reason why this paragraph is mentioned is to explain that there had never been such a type of film in the world before the Star Wars came out. George Lucas himself described to the film company what he wanted to do at that time "I want to make an action movie. I want to make an action movie with a spaceship inside. I want to have many short clips full of rhythm and action. I want the movie to have a special feeling."

Dennis Mullen, the visual effect director of industrial light and magic, said: "when I saw the script, I said, 'my God, what is this film?' all genres and styles were put in this space film. In the last thirty or forty pages, each page is a new combat special effect lens, and each page is. This thing will never be made." Finally, we all know that it has been done and has a deep impact.

After more than 30 years of development, industrial light and magic is currently the largest special effects production company in the world, and its computer technology is second only to the U.S. military.

Model shooting and the latest all digital high-definition camera technology are its core technology. In addition, its CGI animation technology is also second to none. All these are developed for the Star Wars series. At present, it has won 17 Oscars for best visual effect and dozens of nominations.

According to the statistics of the 20 best-selling films in film history, we will find that they are either visual effects blockbusters or CG cartoons. The pattern of the film industry has been completely changed by special effects. In a sense, the development of "Star Wars" series and light and magic is also the development of film special effects in the world.

Mm, which controls the industrial light and magic, has become one of the upstream industrial chains of Hollywood.

This caused a panic in Hollywood. In the past, industrial light and magic was an independent company, which provided special effects support for everyone, but now it is the private property of competitors. Will it still provide special effects support for everyone? Even if it continues to support, will it take out defective products? There are good reasons to do so out of the idea of competition and demolition.

Every special effect blockbuster is a work with an investment of more than 100 million. If several are killed, big companies can't stand it! Some people exclaim that Hollywood has entered a new hegemonic era. Companies like mm control every link from production to distribution, and their control power is far stronger than that of the big studio era of 30 or 40 years.

Some people have exclaimed that monopoly trusts have appeared, and they have asked for antitrust investigation.

In this regard, mm has long been prepared. First of all, mm stated that there will be no change in the business mode of industrial light and magic. The old contracts will be fulfilled and new orders will be received to provide technical support for major film companies. The spokesman joked: "industrial light and magic monopoly? Do you really think Vita digital and digital fields don't exist?"

Moreover, their legal advisers also explained to the public and the government that mm is composed of eight brands. Each company is a listed company with independent financial and administrative operations. They have an independent board of directors and CEO, which does not violate any article of the federal antitrust act. They have been wary of it for a long time, and other large companies do the same, like the times Warner, News Corporation, Viacom, Disney, general universal, Comcast, etc. who is not like this?

Market competition, the survival of the fittest, the stronger the stronger, and the losers return to farming. This is the market law and the inevitable choice for a company to survive. Mm is considered a monopoly group because there are only a few shareholders in its joint board of directors. It does not have a huge shareholders' meeting like Time Warner and Disney. They are more like news corporation and Viacom.

Since its establishment, mm has only diluted a small part of its original equity, which makes it a high-quality and hot spot. Therefore, mm has made conditions. Whether it is a talent like Joe or Lucas, they immediately agreed. Who doesn't want to make a fortune with the winner.

For those who make rumors, they have a lot of ways. Send lawyer letters one by one. If they can't shut up, see them in court.