Chapter 708： Sony's film empire

The news that Firefly and Warner Bros. will definitely launch a sequel to "Batman" is blowing across Hollywood like a gust of wind.

After all, Warner Bros. is a leader in the production business, and his every move attracts attention.

Not to mention that Bruce Wayne's traffic base is here. If it is determined to continue shooting, how can people in the industry and even the fan group and some passers-by not discuss one or two?

The news naturally quickly reached the ears of Paramount executive Shirley Lansing.

Of course, this is actually because Warner did not hide it and deliberately made it public.

Since reaching the conditions with Lehman the day before yesterday, the good news has been released immediately.

One is to build an impression for the sequel and increase its popularity; the other is that Warner really needs the preparation of this project to restore DC's decline.

In the office, Shirley Lansing was stunned for a moment, then shook her head with emotion after re-confirmation.

However, so be it.

Competition, suppression and cooperation, cooperation, suppression and competition.

This kind of thing, where interests are involved, has never been less.

In such a Vanity Fair, who can avoid such disputes?

Face and heart are not in harmony, but they have to join forces. After seeing similar contradictions a lot, they will get used to it.

Isn't she like that too?

Trapped in performance, questioned by shareholders, compromise is the best way.

Signing for a statement, the sunlight squeezed in through the side window, and I couldn't help but feel a little trance-

The director who once valued has become a stubborn stone that is regarded as a threat...

Ugh......

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It's night, Beverly Hills, Rust Manor.

A wall lamp emits a soft yellow light, and Lyman is sitting at the desk, thinking about what type of TV series to work with HBO.

After settling on a sequel to the "Batman" project, he agreed to Bryan's invitation for a new drama.

It's not that I'm in a good mood, or something else is easy to let go.

It's the spring schedule proposed by Brian. As long as the new drama's pilot results are not bad, then the prime broadcast time around 8 o'clock is the new drama's.

After all, the difference between prime-time and non-prime-time episodes is pretty big.

In analogy, it is equivalent to the summer vacation and Christmas that the movie works most yearn for when it is released.

The temptation is still very attractive.

In addition, Lehman does want to plan a TV series to expand the capital reserve.

Strictly speaking, Firefly is not very short of money, and the capital chain is relatively stable after paying off the arrears.

Based on the continuous revenue from several works in the second half of last year and the first half of this year, as well as a few movies that have not yet been harvested but are approaching, a general calculation is at least around 900 million——

"Dead Silence" earned more than 83 million US dollars; "No Country for Old Men" can have 53 million in the account, and there are more than 20 million unpaid; "Little Sunshine" only made more than 22 million, and more than 60% of the income will take time to accumulate slowly. "Deadly Magic" simply hasn't started to split the money...

Coupled with the big-headed "The Devil Wears Prada", "The Monster in the Lake" and other projects, each of which is worth 100 million to tens of millions...

In terms of TV series, the second season of "Breaking Bad" has brought more than 42 million to Firefly, and Fox has not settled the money for the second round of broadcast... (The above only calculates the company's net profit. Part of the accounts and the director are divided, they will not be divided)

Therefore, if it is purely film and television production, the money will be enough to cover the project expenditure next year.

In addition, the money invested in projects such as "Sparta", "Night at the Museum", "Her", and "The Edge of Society" is very likely to be profitable, which is also a high-quality source of income...

In this way, it is still sufficient, but it is not enough for the expenditure in Lehman's plan.

Animation, independent large-scale studios, film and television bases, and Marvel Entertainment, etc. are potentially necessary supplements, and it is only a sound to throw in more than one billion yuan, especially when it comes to Film and Television Century City, which is similar to Warner Headquarters and Universal Headquarters. A large-scale media complex building park will really burn money.

Not to mention that in the summer of 2006, Sony finally digested MGM's internal assets - a test in 2001, a secret contact in 2003, an offer and a quarrel in 2005, and now, Sony has announced that it has eaten the former giant MGM.

In this acquisition, the rich and powerful Sony once again threw in a huge sum of 4.8 billion.

Perhaps, many people will question why Sony frequently deploys in the film and television field, obviously suffered a big loss in Colombia, and was almost played by others into a **** asset, and has to invest money to launch a more violent silver bullet offensive?

You must know that MGM has also been broken by several bosses. If you invest money in it, the risk of loss is extremely high.

But Sony did it anyway, and it even considered buying Universal...

However, what Sony wants to do is not to make any movie money. There are too many uncertainties in film and television projects, but the copyright surrounding is different.

After all, Sony is also the world's largest audio and video producer.

They have their own wishful thinking, and they clearly know that throwing money is better money.

You know, MGM holds the copyrights of a large number of high-quality movies and TV series such as "Tom and Jerry", "Gone with the Wind", "Ben Hur", and the 007 series.

The acquisition of MGM means that Sony can get a huge movie database, plus Columbia's assets, it is no exaggeration to say that it can control nearly half of the movie library resources.

After all, these copyright resources can produce DVDs in large quantities, through their own strong packaging in the audio-visual field, and then get a steady stream of income in the distribution link.

Moreover, the final victory in the DVD format battle was Sony, which branded Sony's mark on the source of the industry standard. It is also a coup to spend effort to gain a leading position in content.

Looking a little further, with the rise of the Internet, online viewing also has to use content, and it will be easy and rewarding to collect copyright fees at that time.

On the contrary, the debt owed by MGM, the decline of the production business, and the loss of money are nothing. Sony doesn't care about how this company can rise again. It's just a tool for content storage. At one point, Colombia's position is stronger than MGM.

And, with two sufficiently influential studios in hand, Sony already has a rudimentary structure for a movie trust.

This is the expected result of a similar layout when one day, the vast majority of all old movies, DVDs or online works are copyrighted with Sony's title.

At that time, industry rules and industry content belong to the same family. How big is the potential for explosion?

Inevitably, the US media hyped up the invasion theory on the matter, and then Sony came out and said to keep MGM's culture pure...

When Lehman saw that this farce was so easily led to public opinion, he also deeply felt the urgency of time.

The era of the juxtaposition of the Big Six is ​​over.

No matter what Sony says, it won't interfere with the management, but it can't hide that Columbia and MGM have been completely eaten...

Every time Ryman went to the company, the MGM headquarters he could see seemed to be no different than usual.

Some people have left, some people have joined, even the company's label has not changed, and the classic animation and soundtrack have not changed...

This feeling is very strange, it is obviously familiar, but it has become unfamiliar.

And Sony's continuous actions also made Lehmann have to seize the time to accumulate.

Otherwise, not to mention going to the peak to see the scenery, it will be very difficult to not be merged under the tide of the times.

If it was before, he would definitely not think so much.

At first, he just wanted to make movies and make enough money to spend, and he thought it was pretty good.

But with the accumulation of strength will inevitably produce more ambitions.

For example, seeing other people's scenery and doing nothing with a certain amount of capital is also a difficult thing for people to do.

If you can do it, why not do it?

Restraining ambition is too difficult for someone like him who is somewhat greedy for fame and fortune.

He made movies to enjoy praise, and to make movies better is to better satisfy similar pleasures.

Just like celebrities like chasing the spotlight, that feeling is hard to describe and hard to give up.

Obviously there are more and more profitable industries, but it always feels the best to join the entertainment industry.

I don't know how this strange feeling came about.

Perhaps, this is the source of motivation to work hard for the cause that you like.

If you don't really like it, who wants to...