Chapter 313 Animation Studio
When Roland found that he couldn't think of Anne Hathaway's life, he entrusted him with the task of finding people.
At first, Roland hoped that the old man Steven Spielberg would help him find someone, but after seeing that the other party only wanted to stay at home and raise the baby, all the work at hand was left to Katherine Kennedy, and Katherine Kennedy was there again After preparing for "Harry Potter", Roland chose to give up this kind of intricate dumping.
Since the head of the Jewish gang could not be counted on, Roland borrowed his most commonly used tool from the truck driver, Jon Landau, who is recognized as the most thigh-hugging guy in Hollywood history other than Catherine Kennedy. When faced with Roland's out-of-the-box friend, this New York-born Jew didn't even think about it, and responded directly.
Acceptable does not mean that he can be found immediately, because the information Roland gave him is very limited.
Besides the name, there is only one criterion of 'beautiful but not Jewish'.
If you want to find someone in such a blurry boundary, isn't that just looking for a needle in a haystack?
So, while taking over the job, Jon Landau could only cast a wide net, starting with the surname Hathaway, asking his peers to help him, and going through the social circle related to Hollywood.
After all, when Roland mentioned the girl, that was what he said—
'She may be the child of an insider'.
However, Jon Landau searched for the surname for a month, but did not find any clues. Although there are many guys in the circle with the surname Hathaway, most of them are staff in the logistics department such as sound effects, make-up, and clothing, and Producers, directors, and actors, who made their debut in 1984, and Noah Hathaway, who was related to the Jewish gang, are either dead or have experienced the golden age of Hollywood. Long-term collaborator Henry Hathaway.
The results gave Jon Landau a headache, but just when he wanted to expand the search range and include all entertainment circles other than Hollywood, hey, "GetReal" on Fox TV is on the air!
When he saw the young girl with brown hair and shawl on the TV, Jon Landau immediately decided that this was the guy Roland was looking for, and after he sent the information he got to Roland, things suddenly happened, and it happened. Inexplicable dust settled.
...
Los Angeles, Malibu Beach.
The autumn is crisp and the clouds are light and the wind is light. Roland, who was leaning on the recliner in the courtyard, glanced at the photo, then closed the document and threw it aside. Following his movements, the sunlight shining through the branches and leaves dappled on the document, as if Dotted with stars, eye-catching but not dazzling.
"Yes, that's what I'm looking for, thank you."
"Roland, you are too polite, it is not difficult to find someone."
Jon Landau, who was sitting on the chair, shook his head again and again. Compared with Harvey Weinstein, this fat man, who is not much bigger than Harvey Weinstein, laughed like a Maitreya Buddha at the moment, "Besides, I didn't do much. Fox The TV series sent her to us."
Any guy who can hug his thigh is a human being, and Jon Landau is no exception.
As a guy who officially served as a producer in 1987, in the past ten years, he has only participated in the production of four films.
And this includes "Titanic".
The 25% chance of success is not only an interpretation of luck, but also a manifestation of sophistication. As a guy who can meet all the demanding requirements of James Cameron, he knows better than anyone else that the man in front of him is Really big thigh, it is my honor if people open their mouths to ask me to do things, as for hard work?
Doing things for the big boss, how can it be said that it is hard work?
There are countless people outside who want to hug this thigh but can't do it! But now, Jin Thigh took the initiative to ask him to do things, so wouldn't that mean that he agreed to let himself become a pendant, hanging firmly on his lap!
In this way—
Even if you entrust the whole project to me, it won't be too hard!
How could Roland not see the little Jiujiu in Fatty's heart?
And now, he really needs a producer.
At first, he wanted to co-produce "Princess Diaries" with Disney. In this way, he only needs to pay for the publishing rights, and Disney will provide people and venues, and he can perfectly pull the whole project together.
Now, Disney is unwilling to co-produce with him, so after cutting off "Princess Diaries", he needs to be like Peter Jackson with "Lord of the Rings", Katherine - Kennedy with "Harry Potter", Kevin - Fitch took care of "X-Men" and let a real producer pull "Princess Diaries". After all-his Warcraft film and television is still an empty shell.
So, after smelling the fat man's desire to do things, Roland complained first, and said with a smile: "Jon! You say I'm being polite, but what about you? Why are you so restrained?"
"I originally wanted to ask you to take charge of the entire project after I found someone, but now you tell me that after looking for someone for a month, this kind of thing is not hard at all, so how dare I ask you to do things? "
"You are a producer, you find someone for your project, and in the end, you tell me that you don't get paid?"
"If this story gets out, then I will become a capitalist who eats human flesh and drinks human blood!"
"Aren't you bad my reputation?"
"Hahaha~"
Jon Landau laughed on his back when he heard the words of'yin and yang strangeness', and his facial features were almost twisted into a ball with a beard.
He understood that Roland was teasing himself, and knew that Roland wanted him to take charge of the entire project, so he borrowed the explanation of the donkey from the **** and blurted out, "Roland, I really didn't lie, finding someone is really not hard. "
"Pam Vesey, the producer of "GetReal", is the screenwriter of "Vivid Color", and is responsible for the roles of Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx. I asked him to get information about Anne Hathaway, Isn't that just a matter of words?"
"And Kevin Murphy, another producer of "GetReal", is even a member of Disney. When he wrote the script for the 1997 TV series "Honey, I Shrunk the Children", he even approached me specifically. .”
"Because I was the producer of the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Child" in 1989, I have all those materials on file."
"We all know each other. It's quite easy to find someone. When I didn't have a precise goal at the beginning, I took some detours. To be honest, finding Anne Hathaway was just a few phone calls. It was not hard at all. !"
The guy with fat head and big ears, shaking his head like a rattle.
The act of telling the facts and making sense made Roland grin even more.
Although the topic they talked about was not very meaningful, it was this kind of meaningless confrontation that drew the distance between the two sides.
In other words, Roland understood that Jon wanted to work for him, and Jon also knew that Roland was thinking about delegating power.
In this way, things will be easier—
"So that's the case? Then I can safely hand over the "Princess Diaries" project to you."
"No problem, I will write the plan when I go back, and try to find someone to write the script within a month. Oh, by the way, do you have any ideas about the script? Do you have any specific candidates for the director?"
"You should find someone to write the script first, and then show it to me. As for the director, you can choose someone. Our target group is girls aged 8 to 16, so, which director do you think can handle it? This style, whoever you choose."
Maybe it's because the time interval is too long, but it's also possible that he didn't remember much at the beginning, so let Roland now think about who took the "Princess Diaries" in his previous life. Isn't this just embarrassing him?
However, it doesn’t matter if you can’t remember, because Dad once said that magic must be defeated with magic!
In this way, wouldn’t it be enough to let professional people solve professional matters?
And with his current status, a professional person just shakes it casually!
After entrusting the project of "Princess Diaries" to Jon Landau and asking him to take care of everything boldly, Roland, who had nothing to do, invited him to stroll around his house again.
As a guy who wants to have a good relationship with Roland, when faced with everything Roland introduced, the fat man will always use various words to praise the beauty of the items and the correct choice.
At first, Roland was quite happy to hear that, after all, who doesn't like being licked?
But as time went by, the praises gradually increased, and Roland felt something was wrong.
You think the fireplace in my house is good, the floor tiles in my house are great, the statues in my house are cool, hey, it’s all fine...
But when you go to the toilet, you praise my washroom for being easy to use, when you look into the distance, you praise my windows for their perfect proportions, and when you walk around the house, you say that my house is beautifully green... Isn’t that a little too much?
Perhaps Jon Landau did not realize this problem, but it may also be that he has won the thick-skinned true biography of "as long as I don't feel embarrassed, then I will not be embarrassed", so after discovering that this guy is very eloquent After the unstoppable momentum, Roland took the initiative to interrupt the tour of the house, wanted to have a last word with him, and told him to 'get out'.
"By the way, Jon, I have a question that I don't want to understand." Roland, who was leaning on the railing and overlooking the sea, suddenly said.
"What's the problem? Just say it." Jon Landau in the same posture was very grand.
"Fox felt that the ratings of "GetReal" were not good, so they decided to cut it, right?" Roland said without hesitation, "But since Fox has decided to kill "GetReal", why should they let them cut it?" Is the first season finished?"
"This kind of logic is very strange!"
That's right, Roland was actually very happy when he learned that the American drama that Anne Hathaway received was about to be cut by Fox.
Because this means that as long as Anne Hathaway takes over the "Princess Diaries" project, the helpless little girl will become her own shape.
Cough cough cough...
Long appointment! Long term!
But while he was happy, he didn't actually figure out Fox's brain circuit.
Knowing that the ratings of a drama are not good, not many people will watch it if it continues to be filmed, so in order to save resources, the company decided to cut this project, but at the same time they made this decision, they also allowed the main creative team to use the script that had already been written. After filming a good script, this kind of decision and approach is completely contradictory!
If you want to save money, just don't shoot!
If you think the project can be rescued, shouldn’t you wait until the end of one season before deciding whether to cut it?
In Roland's memory, none of the projects that were decided to be cut in the middle have ever been able to be filmed.
Like Wen Ziren's "Swamp Thing", after one hour of broadcasting, Warner announced that after the ten episodes that have already been invested, the entire project will not be renewed. production time.
This is the serious way to cut dramas!
But now, "GetReal" is cut down casually, and after being cut down, people still shoot it. This...
It’s unreasonable both emotionally and rationally!
Of course, Roland doesn't really care about the outcome of the whole thing.
However, just when Roland thought that everything would proceed quietly according to the steps he thought, hey, the fat man who also likes to meddle in other people's affairs, said the answer in one go, "Oh! You asked about this! I happen to know!"
"I also thought that Fox's behavior of cutting projects was really weird, so I asked them."
"They told me that the ratings of the program "GetReal" are not so bad that they will be cut soon."
"If it is pushed forward two or three years, "GetReal" has a good chance to shoot a second season, but unfortunately, who made them unlucky? Fox's operation has a huge problem, and they need to save money from all aspects .”
"For the whole of last year, Fox invested and released 24 films, with a total investment of more than 600 million yuan, but the total box office was only 1.5 billion yuan. This alone caused them a huge loss."
"Although the box office of a film only accounts for about 20% of the total revenue, the problem is that it takes a lot of time to support whether it is selling discs or peripherals. Therefore, after discovering that the production company has a huge After the loss, their parent company, News Corporation, asked them to conduct a thorough internal investigation to control costs."
"So, even though "GetReal" didn't go to the point where it had to be cut, Fox still cut them."
"Special period, special treatment..."
"Huh?" Roland understood, "In other words, it's a matter of luck?"
This is a pun.
Not only complained about Anne Hathaway's bad luck, but also complained about his own bad luck.
‘How could this special guy know the situation? '
'This is really beeping the dog, and the question is directly in his hands! '
"Yes, it's a matter of luck." Jon Landau didn't notice Roland's abnormality, but felt that his new thigh was very interested in these things, so he continued to add embellishment and said: "The huge loss of the live-action film business is still huge." It’s good, it’s not bad for the TV drama production department to cancel the project, but the real unlucky thing is their animation department.”
"The "Princess True and False" they launched in 1997 suffered a huge loss."
""The Great Sage of Magic" launched in 1994 suffered a huge loss."
""Once upon a time there was a forest" launched in 1993 suffered a huge loss."
"And the TV series "Adventures in the Book of Virtues" launched in 1996 did not receive good ratings."
"So, the entire animation department has actually reached the brink of closure."
"Looking at it this way, "GetReal" can still be filmed even though it was canceled. Isn't it a good result?"
"That's right." Roland nodded, agreeing with Jon Landau's point of view.
Compared to taking away the entire department together, the treatment of "GetReal" is already very good.
Although this kind of discourse is very cruel to creators, it is the greatest kindness to capital.
I am under pressure to let you guys finish filming this season!
It’s fine if you don’t feel grateful to me, but you still diss behind my back?
are you human!
As for Fox's animation division?
In Roland's impression, Fox didn't have its own animation department at all, and all projects were outsourced.
In this regard, they only released but not produced, and if they traced back to the source, it is probably because of the losses in these years?
But having said that, in the field of animation, there is only one company in the field of animation!
Forever Disney, forever Pixar.
Other companies may have explosive models, but they will not last long after all.
"Then when will their animation department close?"
Since he talked about his unknown territory, Roland didn't mind saying another word.
After this doubt was resolved, he told Jon Landau to go straight away.
For his question, Jon Landau, who has been gossiping for a long time, answered very decisively, "I heard from people at Fox that if nothing else happens, "Frozen Planet" will be the last time Fox animation department proves own chance."
"If it fails, they will shut down the animation department entirely."
"Huh? "Frozen Planet"?" Hearing these words, Roland's eyes were blurred.
‘What movie is this? Why do I have no impression at all? '
"Its other name is "Titan A.E."." Seeing Roland's confusion, Jon Landau quickly explained.
'ah! It turned out to be this movie! ’ Roland reacted.
He’s seen Titans A.E., which is a very corny movie.
The protagonist is an ordinary person. Because of an accident, he embarked on the road of defending the world, fighting against the alien boss, saving the earth and mankind.
Although the plot is not good, its picture is really good, and almost every frame can be used as a wallpaper.
It's a pity that no matter how perfect the picture is, it can't cover up the emptiness of the plot. In other words, unless it's a revolutionary change like "Avatar", no matter how good the picture is, it can't cover up the flaws of the plot. zoom in.
And if Fox's animation department died on this movie, then Roland would understand.
Because the box office of this movie is so bad, it didn't even reach half of the investment.
‘But Fox’s business situation has nothing to do with me, so I just listen to this kind of thing. ’ Roland nodded, and said, "Fox doesn't do animation, it's too difficult to do animation now."
"Be a good publisher, anyway, there are global distribution channels, no matter what, you won't lose money."
"Yeah, Fox thinks so too." Jon Landau took over the conversation and said with emotion: "They have found several animation companies and want to discuss long-term distribution with them..."
“Like Disney and Pixar, save money and effort.”
"Isn't all capital like this?" Roland smiled.
The whole person lay down on the balcony railing, complaining: "Make the most money at the least cost."
This topic made Jon Landau not know how to answer.
Because the person next to him is also capital!
Didn't hear anything, Roland guessed what the fat man was thinking, "Okay, let's stop here today~"
As soon as the eviction order came out, Jon Landau quickly nodded his head like a pile driver, "Okay, then I'll go first."
"I'll come to you after I finish writing the project proposal."
"Yeah." Roland nodded, got up and sent the fat man out.
However, when the fat man got into the cab and was about to drive away, Roland, who was looking at the guy in the car, suddenly asked, "By the way, you just said that Fox has found an animation company?"
"That's right! Is there any problem?" Jon Landau asked in doubt, holding the steering wheel with both hands.
"No, I just want to ask, who is Fox looking for when Disney can only find Pixar?"
"Huh? This question? This question is too simple!"
Jon Landau shrugged, and as he moved, the seat belt tied in front of his body cut his body in two, "Fox didn't find it at all, because the special effects company they have cooperated with for a long time is preparing to get involved What about the animation business!"
"It's the same as Pixar. Pixar used to do special effects. In order to sell computers, Steve Jobs asked them to make animations to show the performance of their own computers."
"People in our industry are more or less superstitious, so when Fox learned that the special effects company that has been making movies for their family for a long time was preparing to test the animation business, they set their sights on this company."
"From what they said, this company seems to be called... called... what is it called Blue Sky Studio?"
What? ! !
Roland, who was embracing his hands, had countless exclamation marks on his head!
"Tell me again, what's the name of that studio?" Roland's eyes widened, and his voice raised a lot.
"Blue Sky Studio!" Jon Landau was a little surprised, "What's wrong?"
'What's wrong? '
Roland didn't answer.
Because of this question, I made a big fuss!
He knows Blue Sky Studios!
Know more about the blockbuster product of Blue Sky Studios, "Ice Age"!
This is the lifeblood of Fox!
is one of Fox's few profitable series!
Note: ①James Cameron's queen producer Jon Landau is also a member of the Jewish gang, and he is on George Lucas' side. In 1989, Jon Landau became the producer of "Honey, I Shrunk the Child", and the director of this project, Joe Johnston, was a disciple of George Lucas. He did the visual effects of "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and after "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2", George Lucas wrote him a letter of recommendation and asked him to study in the film department of Southern California After he came out, he has been making movies for the Jewish gang, such as "James of the Brave" and "Jurassic Park 3", he took over. ②In the years from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, none of the Big Six in Hollywood was able to operate normally. Sony was dragging its hips all the way because of the trade war, Disney failed to enter the Internet, and Universal was collapsed by the second generation. Paramount, which belongs to Viacom, watched helplessly as the parent company was protested and investigated due to the acquisition and expansion. It persisted for five years and finally voluntarily split up. Warner was studying the Internet and had no interest in entertainment at all. The loss in entertainment caused them to cut projects and close departments. The Fox animation department was directly kicked out because there was no hope of profit all the year round.
(end of this chapter)