Hollywood New Century

Los Angeles, Beverly Hills.

"Warner Bros. TV is indeed the largest TV production company in the world, and we now commission them to develop TV," Simon said, leaning back on a chair by the pool of his mansion, holding a project report from NBC.

"Broken Sisters, this kind of sitcom can indeed be broadcast on NBC and produced by Warner Bros. TV. It has been scheduled to be broadcast next fall," Laura Collins, who was on the side, also said seriously.

"Oh, this "American Horror Story" was produced by Xinghai, right? It's going to be put on SyFy cable TV station tomorrow. "SyFy channel is a famous science fiction channel under NBC specializing in TV dramas such as science fiction, horror and other supernatural films or documentaries.

"Yeah, boss, you sometimes greenlight some TVs based on the script ideas that the company receives, and get the TV department to support them, and bosses, the TVs you choose are very popular, and now it's NBC that chooses to broadcast," Laura Collins said while peeling a grape and handing it to Simon's mouth.

"Forgot, I picked this at the beginning of this year?" Simon is very busy, and sometimes when he finds familiar film and television ideas and scripts, he will let Laura Collins inform him. No matter what the production, just buy the script ideas first.

If you don't have a script, or you haven't registered with the Screenwriters Guild, that's even better, take it for your own use immediately, and ask someone to register with the Writers Guild.

The most valuable thing in Hollywood, except for talent, is creativity, isn't it?

"Boss, do you really want to close the label of Xinghai Pictures?" Laura Collins asked a little depressed.

"What's wrong? Now there are large labels that Universal Pictures doesn't need, and Universal Pictures' brand is not comparable to Xinghai Pictures, isn't it?" Simon explained.

Laura Collins nodded and explained with a smile: "I know that, now other big companies are also closing down some unnecessary labels;"

"That's right, when I came to the company, it was Xinghai Pictures, and the performance of Xinghai Pictures in the past few years has been very good, I always feel a little reluctant!"

Now, like Sony Columbia, Sony Classic has also been closed, leaving only Mubao Pictures and Samsung Pictures, but there are not many projects;

Paramount also shut down Paramount Classic Pictures, etc., leaving behind MTV Pictures, Paramount Advantage, Paramount Animation and other labels;

"Don't worry, now we have a lot of labels, Xinghai Pictures is merged into Universal Pictures, which is a good thing, after that we will only keep Universal Pictures and Marvel Pictures, Lighting Entertainment Animation and Aurora Pictures and others. Venus Pictures, Focus Pictures and their own film library will find opportunities to sell, "Simon has already regulated, unnecessary labels should be dealt with, the company does not need so many employees.

In the future, we should strengthen cooperation with those external independent production companies, and firmly grasp the issue of distribution is the kingly way.

"Oh," Laura Collins nodded to show that she understood, after all, the person who had been with Simon in the first place.

"By the way, boss, didn't you go to the Saint Denis Film Festival in Park City at the beginning of the year, and bought a niche movie "Buried Alive", which has been released for ten days, and the North American box office has reached 15 million US dollars, and the reputation is very good ,” laughed Laura Collins, and Buried Alive was only sold for less than $2.5 million when Ashley Brax was competing with others at the St. Denis Film Festival.

For niche movies, there is not much publicity, and there are not many theaters opened. However, now Xinghai Entertainment owns more than 100 theaters. If you fight for it, there are also more than 150 theaters for "Buried Alive".

After the word of mouth, the theater will slowly show the film, but the number is not much, and now there are only more than 350.

After all, the audience for a movie like "Buried Alive" is too small, and if it is a personal play, some independent small distributors are not qualified to let it enter some mainstream theaters. That is to say, some community theaters or art theaters, the number of theaters will be smaller, not to mention small.

Simon nodded to indicate that he knew, and didn't say anything, after all, this level of income had long been disliked.

However, fortunately there is Universal Pictures, which has obvious advantages in many aspects, and the six major film companies are not covered.

The more niche the movie is, the more obvious the distributor's advantage is. If "Buried Alive" is released by Lionsgate, it is estimated that less than 20 theaters will open.

The sooner you get the box office, the faster you can recover the box office funds, and it is necessary to share the benefits with various negotiations with the theater. If things like "Titanic" and "Avatar" are of course don't worry, they are all sky-high box office numbers, and the release time is more than half a year.

"By the way, how much is the box office of our "Twilight Saga 2 New Moon" now?" Simon suddenly asked again.

"Ah, now North America is 290 million US dollars, it is hitting 300 million US dollars, and overseas has also reached 350 million US dollars. It is not difficult to hit 400 million US dollars." Speaking of this movie, Laura Collins can't hide his excitement.

"However, "Twilight Saga 2 Crescent" still can't compare to "Iron Man 2" in North America. After all, "Iron Man 2" has now grossed more than 310 million US dollars at the North American box office," Laura Collins said with a change of tone, laughed,

"The overseas box office of "Iron Man 2" is not as high as that of "Twilight Saga 2 Crescent", and the overseas box office is almost 310 million US dollars."

Simon nodded, the "Twilight" series is really powerful, and it must be the highest-grossing movie of Xinghai Entertainment this year.

"By the way, inform the project team of "The Hunger Games" that I recommend using Jennifer Smith from "Gossip Girl" as the heroine. She is very suitable in terms of fame and acting skills, and her age is similar. "Simon is now more and more looking forward to the "Hunger Games". Department series.

Jennifer Smith, as Simon's earliest known artist, although there are few contacts, can be regarded as an artist he discovered by himself.

Laura Collins nodded, "The Hunger Games" novel is equally popular, if it is a novel adaptation of the "Twilight" series of movies.

Hey, Simon put down a new project "Get out of the way, Let Me Embrace Happiness", a new project sent by Ashley Brax, adapted from the novel.

Released in 2012, and the chosen heroine is Anne Hathaway, it seems that Anne Hathaway has agreed!

Isn't "Stay Away, Let Me Embrace Happiness" the same as "The Line of Happiness Behind the Dark Clouds"? This is the movie that got Jennifer Lawrence behind the scenes.

Anne Hathaway did not have two projects "Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises" and "Les Miserables", but more "Thor 2" and "Sinford Line Behind the Clouds".

The future "big cousin" Jennifer Lawrence is miserable, and the thigh Harvey Weinstein is notorious, and the "Hunger Games" series does not have her share.

Oh, it's all destiny!