Hollywood Starts with Animation

Warner Bros. Pictures.

Barry Mayer, who had just taken up the post of vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures and took up the post of CEO, looked at the report in his hand and couldn't help but be dazed.

"Boss, what's the matter with you?" Miss Daisy, the secretary, asked.

"Oh?"

Barry Mayer returned to his senses and sighed: "I just have a little regret and sigh. You said that we own the world-renowned comic company DC Comics under Warner, and own thousands of superhero copyrights, and we have a strong position in the field of comics and animation. , once upon a time, almost on par with Disney, but... now?"

Miss Daisy was at a loss for words.

Yes, how strong DC Comics used to be!

However, with the box office fiasco of "Batman and Robin", the performance of the entire DC Comics has also been greatly reduced. Not only that, but even the animation field is in decline.

The animation market, especially the cinema animation market, is currently dominated by Jobs' Pixar animation, followed by DreamWorks Animation.

"I never thought... In addition to Pixar Animation and DreamWorks Animation, even Water World Animation under the Golden Dawn Entertainment Group has also risen strongly. You say, what have we been doing in recent years?" Barry Mayer was extremely depressed.

Why are they called the Big Six in Hollywood?

Not only because of the historical heritage they have, but also because they have a well-established global distribution channel.

At the same time, various projects and themes of film and television production have always maintained a dominant position.

Obviously, the emergence of three companies, Pixar Animation, DreamWorks Animation, and Water World Animation, directly seized and divided up the movie market of cinema animation, and even the six major Hollywood companies are very powerless.

Of course, the powerless six refer to the three film companies of Warner, Columbia, and Universal;

The other three have their own strong performance in the animation field.

Pixar Animation, behind which is the Disney Group;

DreamWorks Animation, behind which is the Paramount Group;

blue sky studio,

Behind it are 20th Century Fox and News Corp;

In addition, Blue Sky Studio, which will produce "Ice Age" in the future, has not yet been acquired by News Corporation, but the cooperation between the two parties is also extremely close, and the acquisition will become a reality at any time.

"Disney, Paramount, Fox, either their own company's cinema animation is strong, or their partners are strong, but what about us Warner?"

Barry Mayer was slightly worried: "If we can't invest heavily in animation, we will soon lose the market for cinema animation!"

Hearing this, Miss Daisy, the secretary, said in astonishment, "Boss, is it so serious?"

"Yes!" Barry Mayer insisted

At this moment, Zhu Ke was not here, otherwise he would definitely be shocked.

Barry Mayer's inference is absolutely correct!

In the future, as of 2020, Warner's animation department, apart from the old-fashioned DC superhero animation, has not produced or produced any well-known cinema animations.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Scooby Doo", "The Polar Express"...  

Very few!

Moreover, the only few animated films Warner Bros. produced in the 21st century were before 2010. That is to say, in the future, they will completely abandon the cinema animation film market.

give up?

Do not! To be precise, they were kicked out of the theatrical animation film market.

Of course, the future Sony Columbia and Universal Pictures will be even worse than Warners in terms of animated films.

........

20th Century Fox Pictures.

As the boss, Rupert Murdoch, the sour sea in his heart, set off a stormy sea!

"The animated film "Frozen Planet" produced by our company failed miserably at the box office in the North American market, and the box office in overseas markets is negligible."

"In order to build my own animation company, I paid as much money as Pixar Animation and DreamWorks Animation, but... God is so unfair!"

"Even the damn guy Zucker made over $500 million at the global box office with Finding Nemo."

Even if Zucker and Murdoch have a good relationship, at this moment, Murdoch's heart is full of displeasure.

buy!

"Abolish the animation department of Fox Pictures and acquire Blue Sky Animation Studio."

Yes, this is Murdoch's thinking at this time.

Just do it without hesitation.

In a few days...

In a new round of group meetings at Fox Pictures, Murdoch put forward the idea.

"agree!"

"Agree!"

"Our own animation department is completely useless, it will only waste our money, and simply let them all get out!"

"I said long ago, that guy Chris Melodand is a slob, he can't do shit, let him go."

Many shareholders and shareholder representatives fully agree with Murdoch's decision.

1. Abolish the animation department of Fox Pictures;

2. Acquired Blue Sky Animation Studio and turned it into a subsidiary of Fox Pictures;

The order takes effect immediately upon the conclusion of the board meeting.

"what?"

"how is this possible?"

"It can't be true, can it?!"

Chris Meledand, the head of Fox's animation department who had just received the decision-making order from the board, was completely stunned, and immediately filled with unwillingness.

He was swept out of the house!

Do not!

Hundreds of people from the entire Fox animation department will be swept out of the house.

"I want to see Mr. Murdoch, and I'll convince him," Chris Melardand shouted from outside the company.

However... Murdoch, who was furious, didn't give him a chance at all.

Don't even give him a chance to meet.

1 day;

2 days;

3 days;

For a week in a row, Chris Melardand nearly broke his leg, and no one at Fox was willing to give him and them a chance to make a comeback.

And so, Chris Melardand, he's mad!

"Good good~"

"You drove me away, one day... I will make you regret it!"

"Disney Animation once drove out Jeffrey Katzenberg, which led to the rise of DreamWorks Animation, then I will be like Jeffrey Katzenberg, and I will take revenge on Fox in the future!"

Chris Melardand made up his mind.

Most people in the world have never heard of his name, but when it comes to the company he will create in the future, I believe many people will know it.

- Lighting Entertainment Company!

The well-known lighting entertainment company is good at the production of animated films. The animated films it produced, such as "Despicable Me", "Minions", "The Secret Life of Pets", "The Voice of Joy", etc., will be very well-known in the future.

In the original space-time history, Chris Melardand was kicked out by Fox and his team was disbanded, which happened after 2000, during the release of Blue Sky Studios' Ice Age.

But now, due to the appearance of Zucker, "Finding Nemo" came out ahead of schedule, making Murdoch determined to make animated films.

" "The first more is sent.