v2 Chapter 268： Collision

Manhattan is the most destructive place for Hollywood movies. In 1994, "Independence Day" once turned it into a sea of ​​flames and then razed it to the ground. In the past three years, there have been films staring here, Sony Entertainment’s Samsung Columbia Karma decided to place a monster from Japan in Manhattan, demonstrating the terrifying power of this monster by the way the world's financial center was severely damaged.

At this time, there was chaos near the Brooklyn Bridge, and the crew was filming nervously under the supervision of city officials.

Oga Shinobu stood on the terrace of a nearby building, looking at the blonde German director standing behind the camera, frowning a little.

"Michael, are you sure Director Emmerich won't mess up?" he asked next to him.

The person standing on the side is Michael Ovitz, who has returned to the entertainment agency industry. After the painful lessons of Disney’s failure, Ovitz established an artist management company, and used a huge network of contacts, as well as a well-established operation. Packaged service. After several months of hard work, I got the big production project of "Godzilla" from Samsung Columbia.

Michael Ovitz returned to the familiar entertainment agency industry. No one dared to underestimate it. Not only the Godzilla project, he also dug up Martin Scorsese, one of the four major directors, from caa. The rise of an artist management company in the short term is quite amazing.

"Dahe..." Michael Ovitz was as confident as ever. "I think you should have seen "Thunderbolt Eagle", "Remake Warrior" and "Space Shock" previously directed by Roland. It is not difficult to draw his directing style. , This is a director who is equally obsessed with special effects and great scenes!"

"If you can invite Duke Rosenberg, this film is at least half the success!" Oga Shinobu still whispered.

Michael Ovitz did not refute, but agreed and said, "It is true. In the film destroying a city, no one in Hollywood can compare to Duke Rosenberg, but he has already rejected you! He, believe me, except for Duke Rosenberg, Roland Emmerich is definitely the most good director in the world to destroy the earth!"

Oga Shinobu is very clear. It’s impossible to visit Duke. Although Roland Emmerich’s first three movies are not big sellers, they are also very profitable compared to investment. Michael Ovitz once assisted Sony Entertainment in the past. After winning Columbia Pictures, the senior management of Sony Entertainment also trusted his vision and abilities, so they packaged the project to him.

Although Martin Scorsese invested in the artist management company, Michael Ovitz knew very well that the company wanted to truly rise in Hollywood. There must be a successful operation project. It took him nearly three months in the first half of the year to get this project. He also invited the top Hollywood model master Stan Winston to design and produce Godzilla in the digital field. Special effects.

Even if the artist management company doesn't actually get much commission, it must contribute to the success of this project.

"The movie is sure to catch up with next year's summer vacation?" Oga Shinobu asked again.

"I have communicated with Roland." Michael Ovitz vowed to say, "He will finish all the production of the film in April at the latest. Sony Entertainment can fully mobilize media resources and start to promote the film."

He then emphasized. "Dahe, why has Duke Rosenberg succeeded in the past few years? Especially the niche genre of "Chicago". Why is it so popular? Because under his promotion, Warner Bros. pays special attention to publicity. The production cost of "Chicago" was only US$25 million, but US$15 million was invested in publicity expenses! What about other films in the same period? Many US$50 million films did not have such a high publicity budget!"

Oga Shinobu nodded softly. Actually, the film was released this summer. The cost of publicity is significantly higher than in the past.

"If Duke Rosenberg is a successful director by picking up the camera," Michael Ovitz continued, "Then when he put down the camera, he was definitely a standard businessman, using the means of propaganda. It is lower than the 99% lower limit of directors in this world. His face is definitely thicker than the vampires on Wall Street!"

"So, Sony must come up with more effective plans in publicity!" He emphasized.

Having said this, Michael Ovitz turned his head to look in the direction of the Empire State Building. Once his empire, the project of caa, a strong competitor of the entertainment agency industry, was filmed there.

Judging from the announced release date, the other party's film is also scheduled to be released in May, two weeks earlier than "Godzilla".

According to general speculation, after a weekend, there will be no too fierce competition between the two parties, but now it seems that other films are avoiding these two super productions, staggering the weekends in the middle, and getting together to grab the dead soldiers. For the anniversary schedule, perhaps we should think of some way to curb the over-heating of the projects packaged by caa, so as not to impact "Godzilla"!

Although the person in charge of the project is Martin Bob, his former old friend and right-hand man, none of these can prevent the existence of competition.

Presumably, many people in Hollywood don’t want the other party’s project to succeed. The reason is too simple. It is a DreamWorks project. Everyone can see the ambitions of the Big Three, but Hollywood’s traditional forces will never sit back and watch the rise of DreamWorks. As happened several times in history, they will never tolerate a new company coming in to grab the biggest piece of cake.

Even DreamWorks has the most popular director Steven Spielberg in Hollywood.

At this time, Spielberg and Martin Bob were standing on the viewing platform of the Empire State Building, watching the female director Mimi Ryder nervously deploy the crew.

Although he didn't like Martin Bob, Spielberg didn't show anything on his face. As a veteran who has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, he certainly knows the simplest truth not to mix personal likes and dislikes into business.

Martin Bob looked at Spielberg. DreamWorks’ film plans did not start smoothly. The first film "Broken Lock Rage" ended in failure. The "Peacemaker" and "Revolving City" were released at the same time. "Commercial revenue is also far less than expected, and Spielberg’s hit this year, "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" has little connection with DreamWorks. The ambitions of the three giants have just begun to encounter serious problems. frustration.

If it were not for these setbacks, he would not have gone through some operations and included "Clash between Heaven and Earth" as a package project.

Although he encountered some troubles in caa, no one can ignore the strong strength of caa in the industry, nor can he ignore the resources that can be deployed by the controller of caa.

Martin Bob believes that with Spielberg himself as the producer and his help, the film is still the hottest science fiction destruction subject, and the chances of success are infinite.

"My original idea..." Spielberg suddenly said, "I wanted Duke to direct this film, but unfortunately he rejected me and George..."

"what a shame!"

Unlike the rumored piece of caa, Spielberg doesn’t care about Martin Bob’s face at all. He obviously just treats him as a service staff and says to himself, “If Duke joins, “World Clash” "At least there will be a 70% chance of a big sale."

Not only did Martin Bob fail to refute Spielberg’s words, but he nodded in agreement, "After Duke Rosenberg’s "Independence Day", the theme of how to destroy the earth has become a guarantee for the success of Hollywood productions. one."

He didn't like Duke, but he had to admit it in his heart.

It’s okay to admit these. Martin? Bob is obviously to please Spielberg. Now he lacks heavyweight customers. If Spielberg can be won over, let alone nodding to agree with him, even if it is. He was willing to pouch and dance like Michael Ovitz to make the other person happy.

Thinking of Michael Ovitz, Martin Bob not only looked over to the Brooklyn Bridge, Michael Ovitz returned, poaching Martin Scorsese from Caa at lightning speed, leaving him faceless. It even became a new reason for Inno? Martin and Pat Kingsley.

From the moment Michael Ovitz extended his hand to Caa, his interests were touched. The previous relationship between the two parties also disappeared. Maybe it may improve in the future, but at this stage it can only be a competitor!

Moreover, establishing such a strong competitor for CAA is not without benefits. It can completely consolidate his position and temporarily unite the center within the company to deal with foreign enemies, even if this enemy is a former CAA giant!

Foreign enemies are often the best way to ease internal conflicts.

Since Michael Ovitz’s departure, there have been voices in caa that questioned his ability. Now two packaged projects can start to collide indirectly in the summer file tomorrow. In Martin Bob’s view, this is not proof of himself. Chances are, if "Clash of Heaven and Earth" finally wins "Godzilla" at the box office, word of mouth and commercial results, it can also prove his ability from the side, and once it wins, it can even win more people's support for him.

Why are a group of shareholders supporting Inno? Martin? It is nothing more than thinking that Caa can bring more benefits to them under his leadership. As long as he proves that he can do better, Inno Martin's camp will split.

Martin Bob did not have the ambition of Michael Ovitz. He was praised by the gossip media for a while, and he really considered himself the emperor behind the scenes of Hollywood. What he wanted to do most was to completely control the caa and then mobilize the power he could mobilize. Strongly suppress the director who has lost his face countless times.

Of course, if the other party is willing to lower his head and throw himself under his banner, he will also welcome with his hands. (To be continued...)

ps: Ask for a ticket~~