Ace Hollywood

Although when talking about the structure of Hollywood movies, everyone still likes to use the description of the seven major Hollywood, or the seven major film studios. Geli Literature.com But in fact, since the new century, MGM has not had too many noteworthy works. Daniel's "Legal Blonde" can be said to be one of the very few worth mentioning in MGM over the years. money-making movies. "Hotel Rwanda" is of course one of them, but for MGM's huge debt volume, these occasional successes are not enough to save this long-established power grid kingdom. It is no exaggeration to say that it is hard to return. Under such a premise, MGM shareholders want to revitalize the company. Of course, there are many ways, such as introducing media giants such as Disney or Warner to make full use of themselves. Huge film library, but obviously, maybe shareholders lack the motivation to do this, maybe media groups like Disney and Warner are not willing to intervene in MGM in this way, this attempt went bankrupt.

Therefore, being acquired has become the only option for MGM shareholders. Since early last year, major competitors have begun to offer quotations to MGM shareholders. It is worth mentioning that the people who currently hold MGM His name is Kirk Kerkorian. This person bought most of MGM’s stock for the first time in 1969. Until today, he bought and sold three times in 45 years, and each time he made a lot of money. MGM For him, Gaomei is not so much a career as it is a cash machine that plays with applause. Such a person wants to run MGM well, which is somewhat wishful thinking.

The international consortium headed by Sony successfully acquired the old record factory BMG last year, and rumors of the acquisition of MGM this time have also been confirmed long ago. It's no secret that Sony intends to further establish itself in home entertainment with its vast library of MGM movies and TV shows.

Of course, Sony is not without rivals.

Time Warner is their biggest rival.

Warner is only interested in MGM's film library. As the world's largest media group, this film library falls into the hands of Warner, and it will definitely flex its muscles in the fields of DVD and paid TV screenings.

Previously, news of Warner's asking price of 4.5 billion US dollars also appeared in the newspapers, but then it began to fade away, and the offer from the international consortium headed by Sony was delayed. Although their idea of ​​acquiring MGM was much earlier than Warner Corporation, as a consortium of consortiums, it seems that they are not as good as Time Warner in action, but the media rumors. They will give MGM a purchase price of 5 billion U.S. dollars, which is obviously enough to stimulate everyone's adrenaline. As far as the current offer is concerned, it is higher than Warner's 500 million U.S. dollars. It's too big for Warner to accept.

Now it seems. The delay in the competition between Warner and Sony is probably because Daniel intervened at that time. In other words, his intervention gave Kirk a new opportunity, which delayed the entire acquisition process.

Both Time Warner and Sony's plans were disrupted.

Before dd Pictures disclosed its plan of "snake swallowing elephant" this time,

Time Warner revised its bidding price by 100 million, while Sony called out a price of 4.8 billion.

Competitors show off their chariots and horses.

The media, who were shocked by the news that DD Films "planned" to acquire MGM, now began to pay attention to what price they would quote.

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January 25. The nominees for the 77th Academy Awards have been announced.

Martin Scorsese and DiCaprio's "The Aviator" repeated the nomination momentum of "The Return of the King" last year, with 11 nominations, which can be said to be invincible. Martin Foster's "Finding Neverland" and Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" followed with seven nominations.

But it was another movie that got the most attention.

"Social network".

In the two months since the film was released, the box office has risen to 280 million, and now there are still 12 million box office on weekdays, and there is basically no suspense to break through 300 million.

When Daniel's team and everyone in DD Films looked at him with admiration and fanaticism, Daniel still felt a little guilty—this was completely beyond his expectations. In his memory, the film has not been such a grand box office success. It seems that North America has not broken 100 million.

Before the show. In Daniel's view, "The Social Network" can maintain a box office of about 100 million, which is quite satisfactory to him.

After all, "The Social Network" released in 2004 has no way to compare with 2010 anyway. There is no comparison between 60 million users and 500 million.

But what he didn't know was that the movie box office wasn't Facebook's financial report. Does not increase significantly as the number of users increases. Instead, people are now full of curiosity and attention to the term social network. They have just come into contact with this term, and they are eager to learn more about the birth, development and future of this business. This is the driving force behind the movie box office. .

important. Since "The Social Network" was disclosed, in four or five months, Daniel's big news can be said to be endless, each of which is enough to make the media carnival for a month. His eyes have been hanging on him, and naturally, "The Social Network" has also been hanging on the top of public opinion, which has caused the film to receive more attention and achievements than expected.

A nice surprise, isn't it?

Daniel comforted himself in this way when he was receiving the admiring eyes of his partners.

In the eyes of his colleagues and peers, Daniel is simply crazy. A medium-budget film with an investment of 40 million was secretly filmed, and it has harvested 300 million in North America. At present, there are 380 million in the world, in 17 countries and regions. It has already been screened, but the UK, France, Germany, and Japan have not yet been screened. With the current international response, it can be said that even if it cannot be a big hit, it will definitely not miss.

It is another movie that earns a lot of money with a small gain.

"Ghost Signs", "Love until the house collapses", "Chain Saw" and "Social Network", these four films have pushed the global revenue of DD Films to 1 billion, which is undoubtedly the top seven. With the increase in revenue and the high profit margin, it can be said that the financial situation of DD Films this year is so good that people are enviable.

This is enough to make many people feel a little bit of recognition for DD Films eating MGM.

"The Social Network"'s nearly $300 million at the box office hasn't deterred it from competing for an Oscar.

Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Soundtrack, Editing, Sound.

6 nominations, second only to the top three favorites.

This result obviously exceeded many people's expectations.

For example, the media giant - "New York Times".

"Oscar always seems to be very open-minded when it comes to Daniel. Commercial filmmakers have been appealing for many years, but they still cannot change Oscar's habit of favoring those 'art works' with little box office. But obviously, whether it is "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" or " Pirates of the Caribbean". Or this time "The Social Network", can be classified as a commercial film, especially the last one, its "commercial nature" is particularly strong - Daniel used this film to successfully promote the social network. Concept, and promoted the success of mb in the New York Stock Exchange. Became a billionaire. Oscar gave the green light for these three films, "The Return of the King" became the most awarded film in history, and Captain Jack of "Pirates of the Caribbean" won Daniel's consecutive title The actor has made a lot of contributions, and "The Social Network" has won six nominations without a fight."

The New York Times report, of course, vaguely intended to portray Daniel as a manipulator who could manipulate Oscar, but this time it held back and didn't say so.

Relatively speaking, the purer "Variety Show" is obviously more focused on itself when evaluating the results of this nomination.

"This is the third consecutive year that Daniel has been nominated for an Oscar winner. The previous one who achieved this feat was Russell Crowe, an old friend of Daniel. Now these two top Hollywood actors have a common topic, for three consecutive years What does it feel like to be nominated? Is it cool or tormented? But it is different. Crowe won the best actor award in the second year, and he was disappointed before and after. Daniel received the first two best actor awards for himself In the hands of the actor. Thus, the age of the winner of the film king will be greatly cut off.

If I were the best actor nominee for this year's Oscar, Leonardo, Johnny Depp or Clint Eastwood, I would definitely breathe a sigh of relief, the chances would rise from 20% to 25% - anyone You know, if the Oscar intends to continue its 77th history, it is impossible to give the award to Daniel Sandler. Three consecutive? No, that's not feat, it's not glory, it's suicide!

this time. Old Clint..."

The announcement of the Oscar nominations somewhat weakened Daniel's limelight, which made him feel relieved. Of course, that wouldn't be the average reader—for them, though, it's all about Daniel. But the gimmicks are different, there is no aesthetic fatigue at all, the unveiling of the new super rich, power changes in Hollywood, box office miracles, Oscar records, etc., each material does not happen to the same person repeatedly.

How many secrets does he have?

This is the common aspiration of many people.

But the leaders of the media groups, including the Seventh National Congress, shouted in their hearts very early: Stop. Daniel, stop for a second, let's take a breather.

Oscar really only let them breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, this does not include Time Warner Richard Parsons. As the parent company of Warner Bros. and the media empire behind Warner and New Line, Richard is of course very concerned about all of Daniel's actions.

Different from the other companies in the Big Seven, Time Warner has Internet media genes, and now Time Warner has integrated AOL, which is the largest Internet service provider in the United States. It can be said that it is ahead of all other Hollywood companies in the Internet field. parent company of the studio. After mb was established and made achievements, Time Warner also contacted mb many times. Its CNN has been trying to acquire mb. It was only after Google went public that it eased. Because Daniel never planned to sell mb, he didn't pay much attention to these. Of course, this is also related to the fact that there are too many funds interested in mb.

Therefore, at the beginning, when the news of Daniel's intention to acquire MGM came out, in Richard's view, it might be the precursor of mb and f2f trying to launch the paid movie function on the Internet, which is of course a big deal for Time Warner. threat. But soon, Daniel's private visit made his mental activities turn 180 degrees quickly.

Daniel visited Richard's high-end apartment in New York.

Before that, the two of them were not familiar with each other, although Daniel basically started with the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy", and this series was invested by Time Warner's New Line Pictures. But Richard took over his current position in 2003. He was not in charge of the film department before, and he didn't know much about the projects of the subordinate company with independent management rights.

Strangers always start with a few pleasantries.

The topic is ready-made, and the most important thing for Daniel recently is the topic. Anyone who is interested can give him a few paragraphs.

Richard is a very humorous and kind person. The most important thing is that Daniel came to the door today with the goal of a win-win situation rather than a confrontation. It is only natural that the atmosphere is better.

"If I take MGM, I can sell its library to Warner."

When Daniel finished the last topic—Richard ridiculed him for being young and always "long-lasting", then he looked at Richard calmly and said this sentence.

"I'm going to sell MGM's library!"

For sale, Film Library!

This made Richard lose color in an instant. The acquisition of MGM was certainly not the decision of Warner Bros., the subsidiary company. The parent company Time Warner really dominated all this, so Richard knew what Daniel said very well.

In fact, after the news that Time Warner wanted to buy MGM came out, there was a lot of speculation that Time Warner would close down MGM's production department and all the studios. They only wanted one thing, that is MGM's huge and precious film library.

Now Daniel says he's willing to give up the library.

So what does he want?

"You only want MGM's production department and distribution channels? Or the copyright of the "007" series?" Richard quickly controlled his mood.

"Basically."

"It's not difficult for DD Films to develop its own production and distribution capabilities. I think it just takes a little time. This is somewhat unbelievable."

Daniel suddenly smiled, "Richard, our positions are different. Warner has a more complete distribution channel than MGM, and a stronger production department, so you don't think those are important. But for DD Films , we need to fully develop these capabilities, of course it is not impossible, but Hollywood...sometimes it is not so logical. So by acquiring MGM to take over their studios and channels, it is possible for DD Pictures business." (To be continued.) WWW.GEILIWX.COM happy reading every day