Chapter 802： This wave is an emotional blow

Robert Iger has a headache.

Because the executives, who are divided into two factions, have already quarreled.

Those who support one side believe that the failure of "Golden Compass" is purely a problem with the shooting ideas formulated by the senior management of the new line, and the market positioning is also very embarrassing. What about the whole joke of the children's epic Nima, young and mature?

And they didn't choose a director, and they didn't woo Peter Jackson, and it would be ill-conceived to have a director who shoots teenage comedy take over such a budget production (Chris Weitz is famous for the "American Pie" series).

The goal of "Kingdom of Narnia" has always been very clear, that is, family acacia drama (Parents and children's group viewing has always been Disney's best method, and it is inevitable to produce low-level children so that those children can also watch movies. I can understand what the movie is talking about), so there is no risk of failure, at most, the box office is not bright enough, but it can recover the cost. Disney doesn't make money at the box office.

However, the opposing party believes that in any case, the audience's fatigue of watching movies with magical themes is obvious to all. "The Golden Compass" was not well filmed, and its positioning was wrong, but it was never rotten to the root, and it was a market reaction to get such a box office. Excessive results.

Well, "The Golden Compass" is about to be finished. The total amount in the United States is less than 70 million. Compared with the budget of 180 million, it is really too bleak. This movie is really not that bad. It doesn't look at the story and sees special effects, and there are exquisite pictures to support it. , It is because there are too many magical types, and the too excellent Lord of the Rings stands there, which caused the market boycott.

Neither of the two parties can persuade the other. Once the quarrel is fierce, they will dare to take responsibility or not.

You must know that Disney is also full of factions, and shareholders are not troubled. One or two love to insert people. Who dares to use their status as a guarantee to be sure that "Kingdom of Narnia" will never fail?

Robert Iger was silent, but his eyes kept scanning the crowd.

Gradually, the meeting room became quiet again.

A group of people all looked at Robert, waiting for the executive to speak.

This is still very prestigious within Disney, especially after taking office, the first thing is to ease the relationship between Jobs, acquire Pixar, and establish the dominance of animation.

No one knows how he persuaded the stubborn bull. It is important to know that during Eisner's reign, he fell out with Jobs three times and twice, and it was only a real PK and staged a full martial arts.

Robert watched the whole remarks, and he also had a set of market forecasts. Although he also understood that the market fatigue did exist, it seemed that he didn't shoot, and he was very unwilling and wasting time.

A series of movies, a steady stream of planned releases can maximize the value. After 4 or 5 years of the whole movie, the market foreshadowing in front will not lose its popularity.

Furthermore, there are seven original novels in "The Chronicles of Narnia", namely: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "Prince Caspian", "Dawn Walker", "Silver Chair", "The Horse Talking". "And the Child", "The Magician's Nephew", and "The Last Battle", shooting at this speed, the protagonist's team can't change two or three rounds?

Then it's impossible to make the main creator grow up with the audience like "Harry Potter" and become a mark of childhood symbols.

After all, the production idea of ​​"Kingdom of Narnia" is to learn from the successful experience of the Harry Potter series, and to incorporate Disney's usual family-friendly style.

Robert Iger squinted, thought for a while, and made a judgment in his heart.

"Approve the project, don't delay the schedule."

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After the meeting, Robert turned around and called for his assistant, "Help me make an appointment with Director Andrew and meet in my office."

The assistant got the order, nodded and called.

Not long after, Andrew Adamson, who was thinking about storyboards at home, drove in.

The man with shoulder-length hair and a beard is the director of the first film, and there is no plan to change the second film.

Although this guy is relatively informal in appearance, he is indeed a talent.

Moreover, Andrew Adamson is a New Zealander, and he also knew Peter Jackson. When he was young, he came to Hollywood to hang out, and he quickly became a success. The record is very gorgeous——

His directing career began in 2001's "Shrek", with DreamWorks Animation, the first work won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Three years later, Andrew continued to write brilliantly in "Shrek 2", which also directed and wrote the film, and won two Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.

The reason why Andrew left DreamWorks and joined Disney was because DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks split, and Jeffrey Katzenberg was not involved in live-action film and television. Disney just gave him the live-action project he wanted. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Strictly speaking, this guy's animation career is still actively involved with DreamWorks Animation, and his live-action career is temporarily comfortable with Disney.

in the office.

Robert Iger and Andrew Adamson sit politely across from each other.

Because of what just happened, Robert asked mildly: "I don't know, what do you think about the recent loss of "The Golden Compass", and what do you want to talk about about the shooting of the sequel?"

Although Andrew was dressed as an artist, he was still not convulsing, and his organization was very clear, "The audience of cartoons and fantasy movies will never be just children. The first one has already laid the foundation, and the second one is still about a group of teenagers. The story, but in the transition to maturity, as long as you don’t force the epic style, it should be recognized by the market. After all, the target audience base of the film is there.”

Robert turned his head slightly, feeling that it would be unreasonable not to grasp Disney's advantage. After all, Disney's source of profit and its huge surrounding market depend on pleasing children and digging into parents' wallets.

Even if it is worse than the first one, it is still not difficult for the project to make a profit.

Thinking of this, Robert has a little more confidence. As long as his psychological expectations are lowered, he doesn't find it too difficult to accept.

For the rest, it depends on whether the crew can successfully implement the plan.

In this regard, Andrew is the guarantee, and you can rest assured that although this guy has a high salary, he is awesome.

After 7 years of working in the industry, I haven't made a single film that crosses the line. The total box office has exceeded 2.8 billion. It is acceptable for Disney to give more than 30 million project income.

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Paramount.

Inside the building, among the staff, Spielberg was taking over a mess.

At this point, he also had to joke a few words with George Lucas, who was sitting beside him.

The two have repeatedly competed for the annual box office championship, but it did not affect Spielberg and Lucas becoming friends.

After all, since the 1980s and 1990s, there are not many old filmmakers who have maintained their energy to create and have guaranteed results.

No longer worrying about DreamWorks funding has actually liberated Spielberg, at least he doesn't have to make movies for such and such trivial matters.

No, after Transformers, Paramount executives and Lucasfilm set up another classic screen series "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

When receiving the news, even starring Harrison Ford joked to himself that he was already the father of that character at his age, but he still joined the gym at the age of 65 to develop muscles for some action stunts.

In fact, this series has ended in the conception after the third film, but because of the lack of enough potential projects, I had to take it out and sell a wave of feelings When people are old, do they love to miss the past? If you can earn money in this, it would be great... You see, isn't "The King of New Comedy" also filmed, for the sake of the gambling agreement, the routine of owing a movie ticket is true Due to the failure of the production quality of the film, it has greatly lost the patience of the market and the fans of the audience, and it can't be helped.

Feelings have to be of decent quality.

Paramount understands this concept very well, so after Lucas overturned the script several times, it pulled Spielberg on.

And this guy gradually immersed himself in the production. In 2005, a "Munich Massacre" really became a market tragedy. It is not a big hit, but also needs a blockbuster movie to prove that he is not old. Spielberg is actually quite a businessman. , and do not admit defeat or old age.

However, working on a series of films that have been in the past 19 years, there are many difficulties encountered during the period.

For example, how to restore the characteristics of the images at that time, and maintain a consistent familiar taste; for example, the actor problem, after all, they are old and cannot gather the original team.

But the way is always more difficult than the difficulty, isn't it? This wave of feelings must be brushed.

Not brushing is not a smart person.