Hollywood New Century

While in Tokyo, Simon will of course not forget to take a hot spring bath. Of course, the Atami Onsen located on the Izu Peninsula is the first choice.

"Sure enough!" Simon soaked in the hot spring on the top of the mountain, while admiring Mount Fuji.

"Boss!" Just as Simon was enjoying the hot springs, Catherine Hills came over.

"What's wrong?"

"Thomas Tour of Legendary Entertainment has come to RB and hopes to invite the boss to a business reception!" Catherine Hills replied quickly.

"Thomas Tour, came to RB to talk about "Godzilla" or "47 Ronin", two movie projects related to RB, right?" Simon laughed, Toho Corporation's monster Godzilla in 1998 The license to Sony was developed once and expired after five years.

Well, that failed in 1998. After all, neither Dongbao nor fans would admit that it was Godzilla, so they had to call Kuzilla!

In the middle of this year, I heard that Thomas Tull got the filming rights of Godzilla under the recommendation of the producer; and since Simon stopped Universal Pictures' "47 Ronin", Relativity Media was unable to develop, Sony Columbia Doesn't seem interested either. The producers of "47 Ronin" found interested Warner Bros., and Warner Bros. must have found Legendary Entertainment to cooperate.

"Okay, I'll go!" Simon said, looking at Katherine Hills again, joking with a smile,

"Would you like to come down and take a dip together? My scenery is very good!"

Catherine Hills responded: "Then I help the boss bring those two RB female entertainers into your soup?"

Simon waved his hand and said with a smile: "I just want to stay quiet for a while now, the two of them can have a meeting by themselves!"

Of course, it was Haruka Ayase and Kyoko Fukada.

"By the way, boss, recently there was an American newspaper report that Legendary Entertainment's assets exceeded $1 billion, and there are several cooperation projects with Warner Bros.," Kathryn Hills reminded.

"I know that the fairy tale adaptation of "Jack the Giant Catcher", the DC reboot of the superhero movie "Superman: Man of Steel", the sea version of the monster machine movie "Pacific Rim", the sports biopic "The Legend of 42", these are all related to A Warner Bros. project, "Simon has been following two private equity film companies, Legendary Entertainment and Relativity Media.

"If "47 Ronin" and "Godzilla" are still working together, Thomas Tull will be busy in the next few years!"

""47 Ronin" I think Legendary Entertainment will definitely participate, because this is a project that Warner Bros. took over. Legendary Entertainment has always liked to invest in Warner Bros. big projects, but Warner Bros. has the right to choose Legendary Entertainment's projects. , "Pacific Rim" seems to be the idea that Legendary Entertainment came up with based on the Godzilla monster," Katherine Hills frowned and analyzed,

"The idea of ​​sea mechs fighting alien monsters. As for "Godzilla", Sony failed to develop it in 1998. It has been more than ten years, and Warner Bros. seems to have no confidence."

"Well, not bad!" Simon was stunned for a moment and then laughed again.

"Catherine, you seem to be doing some research on movies now!"

"Boss, I've always been by your side since I joined the company. Now I've stayed by your side longer than Laura and Martha. I've seen it a lot, and I'll think about it!" Catherine Hills explained embarrassedly Dao, after all, his boss is the proud man in Hollywood right now, and his vision for movies is almost unparalleled.

"Catherine, in fact, the cooperation between Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros., how do you say it? Before, it was Christopher Nolan's "Batman" series that became famous in one fell swoop, then "10,000 Years Prehistoric", "Superman Returns", "Watchmen", etc. Big productions are all failures, and some small and medium-sized productions have losses and profits I won’t say, in short, it’s not as good as expected, but this year’s “Inception” is too popular, and “Batman: The Dark Knight Rises” has already started filming , which will be released in 2012, this is the confidence of Legend Entertainment. Thomas Tull joined two investors to acquire all the shares of Legend Entertainment this year. He himself has become the largest shareholder, and he is also ambitious! "Simon's appearance really made The cooperation between the two is much worse than in the previous life.

For example, the "Spartan 300 Warriors" and "The Hangover" series of Xinghai Films were originally a collaboration between Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros., which became Xinghai Entertainment.

Obviously, there will be no "Spartan Warriors 2: Rise of an Empire" in the future, after all, Universal Pictures will not develop a sequel. Frank Miller didn't make this comic. In the previous life, it was because Legendary Entertainment wanted to develop a sequel, so Frank Miller specially made a sequel comic.

After all, Frank Miller is now the head of Legendary Comics, the subsidiary Legend Entertainment launched this year. Legend Entertainment not only established Legend Comics, but also established a subsidiary, Legend Pictures, in 2007. Last year, Legend Digital was established to be responsible for game development. Now it is considering the formation of a Legend TV department and an overseas joint venture.

Whether it's Thomas Tull or Ryan Kavallaug of Relativity Media, they all have ambitions to make a career in Hollywood.

Taking a few hoops from Legendary Entertainment, when Wanda acquires Legendary in the future, the valuation will definitely not be so high!

"Boss, Monster Godzilla, is there still a need for an adaptation?" Katherine Hills asked seriously.

"Oh, Godzilla is the super IP of Toho Co., Ltd. There are dozens of movies, TV, and animations combined. How much profit has been created, why is it unnecessary?" Simon said in surprise.

"Godzilla is a monster IP with a global effect, especially in Asia, and its reputation is no less than that of the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park". If you operate it well, it can still be done!"

However, the copyright of Godzilla is in the hands of Dongfang Co., Ltd., and the Hollywood adaptation is also the income of film and television, and the peripheral products are still owned by Dongbao Co., Ltd.

"Oh!" Kathryn Hills shook her head, estimating that her own Universal Studios filming, and the boss's participation, must be better than the word-of-mouth in 1998.

Godzilla, it's really good, Universal Pictures should actually get involved, and produce less humanistic and religious plots with monsters as the protagonists.

It's definitely edible in the Asian market, but only if Legendary Pictures can cooperate with Universal Pictures to develop it!

For example, the Spider-Man and X-Men series are in the hands of Sony Columbia and 20th Century Fox respectively, but that is only the film and television adaptation rights. Marvel Entertainment absolutely owns the IP copyright, and Marvel Entertainment also sells consumer goods!