Chapter 222： speak harshly

It seems that many directors like to do this.

Once, the great director Michael Bay, who was recognized by netizens as the day when the "comet hit the earth", put down his rhetoric again and again, "I will never direct "Transformers" again."

This was said after the filming of "Transformers 2", and then 3 also said it. As a result, the fifth film was filmed.

And Cameron, who has said more than once that "Avatar 2" will be released soon. As a result, it's 2020, and there is still no accurate news. It's always the next year, and the next year's waiting.

As for what Hayao Miyazaki said: I will retire after filming this; Big Brother Cheng said: This is the last time I acted in an action movie; and the director genius Quentin also said something similar to Luc Besson: filming Don't quit after 10 movies.

It's just that the speed of filming is far from 10 films. This product has already reached its end, and it's time for the golden plate to wash its hands and seal the guide cylinder.

If you count the films he wrote or produced, it would be terrible, even worse.

And speaking of it, he has been doing similar work as a producer and screenwriter in recent years, and he has not officially made a film for four or five years.

If you think about it seriously, part of what he did is to cultivate suitable director talents for Europa Films. After all, unlike ordinary French film companies, this guy likes to support the production of films with English dialogues whenever he has the opportunity. Do your best to resist the invasion of Hollywood, and even break into other people's headquarters.

This kind of commercial behavior undoubtedly brings a lot of convenience to Europa Films, and also makes its production team lineup very international.

Although he finally broke his promise, in essence, Luc Besson has always been an old urchin who is passionate about filmmaking.

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"Okay, I'll give you a reference when I have time."

Hearing the promise, Luc Besson was also very happy.

The two were chatting, and Luc Besson thought of the "Chainsaw" that Lehmann invested in, thinking that the main audience of that film was American movie fans, and if he wanted to show it there and divide the interests, he would If you need to register a leather bag company similar to Mann Studio, he suggested: "Lehmann, is your company registered in the United States going to be affiliated with our branch? If necessary, I can help you contact the relevant department personnel. , help you get it done."

Originally, the Mann Studio in France followed this path. They were responsible for all financial affairs, and only reconciliation was done here.

Facing Luc Besson's kindness, Lehmann smiled and declined: "Forget it, I can just find an office location for this broken company to complete the handover. Don't worry so much."

But who is Luc Besson? He is an insider and the president of a film distribution company. Hearing this, he understands that he has his own plans.

Listening to Lehman's refusal to leave the US affairs to Europa Pictures, he asked softly, "Do you want to cooperate with Paramount Pictures?"

Lyman smiled noncommittally, neither saying yes nor no.

Luc Besson frowned secretly, thinking that people really had such an idea, and at the same time he understood, he would still be a little upset.

I thought that Paramount Pictures had secretly contacted him and gave him any conditions.

To know this kind of thing, isn't it just a disguised indication of the relationship between the two companies?

Who is not willing to hand over the company's internal operations and financial relationships to others.

"I heard that Paramount Pictures has made a big move recently. It seems that the executives of their company have been in contact with people from DreamWorks, maybe..." He said, and glanced at Lehman, "This is If DreamWorks joins Paramount, there will definitely be a big move. Compared with Spielberg, how much resource can your studio get?" Finally, he also said with a meaningful emotion: "I would rather be a chicken head, Don't be a phoenix tail."

Lehmann naturally understands this, otherwise he wouldn't reject Europa Pictures' "kindness". As for his thoughts, how could Luc Besson think of it. Besides, it is better to continue to be affiliated with Europa Pictures than to be affiliated with Paramount. At least, the strength of Europa Pictures' satellite companies has always been Mann Studios. As for Paramount, the small film company supported by his own company does not know much, not to mention, he knows that DreamWorks really joined Paramount.

It's a pity that, with the vigorous development of his career, an idea called "ambition", which is actually an ambition, entrenched in Lehmann's mind.

This time, he has other plans and intentions - to create a real film company with production capabilities, instead of a leather bag like Mann Studios.

In the longer term, if distribution channels can be obtained, the next American version of "Europa" is not necessarily impossible.

After all, theater companies are a bunch of "vested interests", don't they need excellent film sources?

Once his company can consistently produce relatively good works, who is it not to cooperate with?

Most of the so-called distribution channels are established step by step in this way, and I have never heard of any one that has a complete monopoly on this aspect.

Of course Just like the United States is the six major spheres of influence in "Hollywood", sometimes, the film companies that end in dismal results can't stand the fight against repression, hard power and even propaganda.

Like DreamWorks.

Spielberg, like every big director wants to take that step, started a film company.

Unfortunately, he was about to declare failure and was still struggling.

Throughout history, the quality of the movies they produced is actually very high, such as "Shrek", "Gladiator", "Transformers", "How to Get Away with Murder"... It's not a well-known masterpiece, an Oscar hit, it's a movie The box office sold well, but even so, it still failed to escape the sanctions of the Big Six.

They were also strangled by the neck of fate - their overseas channels could not be established, and only Lionsgate in the whole Hollywood succeeded in taking this step later, and Lionsgate is really not bad, and the investment shareholders behind it are all European. A very powerful presence. Think about it, if you don't have overseas channels, how can you jump around and just work for others. Comparing the investment cost of each film is so high, it is risky, and it is really worth losing. There is no overseas channel to return blood, and one wrong step will be an abyss.

Later, Spielberg also figured out that they were all part-time jobs, so why couldn't they be more comfortable, working hard and earning less than when he was only a director before.

So, as you will know later, this acquisition was not finalized by Viacom until 2005, and the DreamWorks label was automatically acquired by Paramount Pictures.

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