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"I have persuaded her."

Helen's tone was very helpless, "But she has already told the crew of "The Horse Whisperer" and officially proposed that she will be absent from the film's premiere."

"Even if she changes her mind immediately, I'm afraid it will not be able to calm the impact."

The most direct reaction was to be blacklisted by Disney. For a long time, there will be no Disney-invested production crew looking for Scarlett Johansson to audition.

"Don't worry too much."

Ryan smiled, "Disney will not overreact to an underage actor, otherwise those underage child protection organizations and the National Association of Teachers and Parents will put Disney in a very embarrassing situation."

Di Baobao's largest income group comes from a large number of underage groups, and he will not take the risk to do anything to Scarlett Johansson, at most privately slander her.

Even the gossip media has never dared to report indiscriminately on underage actors.

As for Disney's blacklist!

There is nothing to worry about.

In the previous life, Scarlett Johansson's role as the first-line actress in Hollywood was Black Widow and the Avengers.

Right now, the copyrights of the Black Widow and Avengers superhero characters are all under the name of Ryan Studios, and they have nothing to do with Disney.

"Okay, Helen, make an appointment for me with Jeffrey Katzenberg, president of DreamWorks Animation." Ryan continued.

DreamWorks Animation Studios!

Helen froze for a moment, "Are you planning to cooperate with DreamWorks?"

"I still want to obtain the overseas distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation Studio!"

The former united with DreamWorks, which can effectively resist the pressure from Hollywood giants.

The latter DreamWorks Animation Studio has not signed a long-term overseas distribution agreement with any Hollywood giant, and DreamWorks itself only has North American distribution channels, and it can only seek cooperation when it comes to overseas distribution of films.

In the past, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Pictures have all released films produced by DreamWorks Animation.

"It is said that DreamWorks Animation Studio has been negotiating with Paramount for the overseas distribution rights of "Prince of Egypt"." Ryan said very bluntly.

Ryan paid more attention to DreamWorks Animation Studio than to join forces with DreamWorks.

It is impossible for overseas distribution companies to rely solely on the films produced by Orion Films, and must reach cooperation with other film companies to offset the cost of maintaining overseas distribution channels.

However, most of the second-tier film companies in Hollywood have been acquired or controlled by Hollywood giants, so it is very difficult to find a long-term partner.

In contrast, with the rise of 3D animated films, the pattern of Hollywood animated feature films will be broken, and Orion Pictures may not be able to take the opportunity to acquire DreamWorks Animation Studio.

Of course, DreamWorks Animation Studio has not yet separated from DreamWorks, and Ryan just wants to obtain the overseas distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation Studio.

Helen nodded thoughtfully, DreamWorks Animation Studio is indeed a relatively good choice.

In the crew of "The Horse Whisperer", the director of the film, Robert Redford, was expressionless, "Scarlett, that side still refuses to attend the premiere!"

"Yes." Patrick Markey, the executive producer of the film, was very troubled by this. "I'm afraid she will really miss the premiere."

"Underage actor?" Robert Redford shook his head, "Notify Disney, I don't want to see this person on the set in the future."

"It won't work." Patrick Markey said very helplessly: "Disney will not openly argue with an underage actor, let alone..."

"It is well known in Hollywood that her relationship with Orion Films and Ryan Gosling is very unusual."

After thinking about it for a few minutes, Robert Redford also looked like he was having a headache, "Forget it, let's hand it over to Disney directly."

Like Patrick Markey said,

She has the support of Orion Films and Ryan Gosling, it is impossible to really block her.

Besides, the other party is still an underage actor, and if he doesn't make it right, he will cause a lot of trouble, such as the National Association of Teachers and Parents.

Although the National Association of Teachers and Parents is only an unofficial organization, no one dares to underestimate its influence in American society, even Disney has to be careful about it.

Otherwise, once it is caught by the National Association of Teachers and Parents, it will almost definitely cause an uproar.

Even, it was resisted by countless underage parents.

That night, Ryan met Jeffrey Katzenberg at a private club near Beverly Hills.

"Hi Mr. Katzenberg, very nice to meet you." Ryan shook hands with Jeffrey Katzenberg very warmly.

"Hi Mr. Gosling." Jeffrey Katzenberg smiled and nodded.

Say hello to each other and sit down.

Jeffrey Katzenberg stared at Ryan for a while, and couldn't help admiring secretly.

A young legend, not only is Hollywood's top commercial director, but also bought Orion Films, and even in terms of film production and distribution channels, it is faintly better than DreamWorks.

"Mr. Gosling, what can I do for you?"

"If it's about "Clash of Heaven and Earth", you should go to Stephen." Jeffrey Katzenberg was a little curious.

Apart from the matter of "Clash of Heaven and Earth" and the upcoming release of "Ice Age" by Orion Films, he couldn't think of anything else the other party wanted him for.

"Orion Films and DreamWorks are not enemies, and there is not much conflict between the audiences of the two films."

"We can completely avoid some unnecessary competition."

Speaking of this, Ryan changed his voice and said very frankly: "But what I want to talk about today is not this matter."

"As far as I know, DreamWorks Animation Studio has not found a suitable overseas distributor."

"Why don't you think about Orion Films."

Orion Pictures!

Jeffrey Katzenberg was taken aback for a moment, and then his face suddenly changed, "Orion Pictures wants to become the overseas distributor of "Prince of Egypt"?"

"It's not just "Prince of Egypt"." Ryan didn't hide his real intention, "DreamWorks has no overseas distribution channels, so it can only seek cooperation from Hollywood giants."

"Except for Disney, the remaining Hollywood giants have no experience in the distribution of animated feature films, and may not even be comparable to Orion Films."

These are all facts, and Disney has always monopolized the Hollywood animated feature film industry.

There is no doubt about this.

Ryan continued: "Instead of agreeing to the very harsh overseas distribution conditions of Hollywood giants, DreamWorks Animation Studio might as well consider Orion Pictures."

Not to mention the frighteningly high proportion of the overseas distribution of the seven major Hollywood film companies, they also face huge publicity costs and a series of operations. In the end, the production companies can only share a small amount of revenue.

For example, in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Orion Pictures suffered a big loss.

According to the calculations of Twentieth Century Fox's overseas distribution department, Orion Pictures can at most share a mere few million dollars in overseas revenue.

There is also Pixar Animation Studios, "Toy Story 1" is a global hit, but Disney takes most of the income, and the main income of Pixar Animation Studios is actually at the box office.

"I admit that "Rush Hour" released by Orion Films some time ago has done well at the overseas box office."

"But it cannot hide the fact that Orion Films has only released one film overseas." Jeffrey Katzenberg has long been aware of Orion Films' overseas distribution channels.

It wasn't long after it was bought from Polygram, and it wasn't even fully incorporated into Orion Pictures, and only released one film, "Rush Hour".

"You're right."

"However, the results of "Rush Hour" are enough to explain everything. The North American box office was 141 million US dollars, and the overseas box office was 112 million US dollars, while the production cost of the film was only 35 million US dollars."

"It is enough to show that Orion Films' overseas distribution channels are very complete."

Having said that, Ryan took out a thick stack of documents from his briefcase and put it in front of Jeffrey Katzenberg, "Besides, Orion Films has something better at it."

The information above records, including North America, Europe and other countries with major Hollywood box office markets, about the channel cooperation agreement for "Ice Age" derivative products.

Every piece of information represents a derivative product belonging to "Ice Age", which has entered a market.

Except for some of these channels left over from the previous Polygram, the rest were negotiated one by one by overseas distribution companies based on the advantages of commodity prices.

The more Jeffrey Katzenberg looked at it, the more he was shocked. This information actually included all developed markets.

In other words, Orion Films can sell film derivative products to any developed market in the world through distribution.

Even if it is not as good as Disney, which has its own sales channels, it is faintly better than several other Hollywood giants.

Even Paramount, which is negotiating with DreamWorks, only obtains benefits from derivative products through overseas licensing.

"I need time to think about it."

"Besides, I need a reason, enough to convince Stephen and David." Jeffrey Katzenberg couldn't help but feel a little tempted.

He used to work for Disney, and he knows very well what kind of benefits will be brought by selling derivative products in the way of Orion Pictures.

"No matter what other film companies' overseas commissions are, Orion Films' commissions will not exceed 35% at most, including derivative products, offline video tapes, discs, etc., including film promotion fees Inside."

Ryan offered a very superior distribution commission, "I don't know why?"

Jeffrey Katzenberg took a deep breath and couldn't believe his ears. There was only 35% of the total rate, including the film promotion fee.

Such a percentage, the seven major Hollywood film companies will never give it.

but!

That's not why he wanted it.

"Ryan, frankly speaking, this is a very superior distribution ratio."

"However, the superior distribution ratio is not enough to explain everything. I hope to wait until the overseas box office and derivative product sales data of "Ice Age" come out, and then talk about the overseas distribution of "Prince of Egypt"." Jeffrey Card Senberg said bluntly.

"Yes." Ryan nodded and agreed without hesitation, "I believe that "Ice Age" will be a great success."

Once the overseas distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation Studio are obtained, Orion Pictures' advantages in feature-length animated films will be fully released.