Chapter 1104 The cat and the mouse
Is this a thing to make money?
No, this is what makes money.
But I don’t want to make money. It’s not good for you to choose, and I chose a 007 that can make money.
Think carefully.
Why was Tom Hardy able to successfully take over Daniel Craig in audition for 007?
There are probably two reasons.
On the one hand, Tom Hardy is a very attractive British thug in terms of acting skills and temperament.
On the other hand, people have seen 007 for several generations, but they actually change the soup and not the medicine.
"Mission: Impossible", "Spy Shadow", "Killer Codename 47", "Hurricane Rescue", "Extreme Agent", "Ace Agent", "XX Fall"...
At a time when there are more and more agent movies, "007" that originally stuns everyone has become aesthetically exhausted.
Daniel Craig is actually tired too.
This is a movie that was scolded and MGM was almost smashed by him.
Just succeed and retire.
Tom Hardy's image is very ungenius, and it is this contrast that makes people's eyes lit up.
Does 007 have to be a fixed image?
Of course not.
Not to mention that 007 can be Teacher Tang, even the Bang girl can be a Bang boy.
What's wrong?
After all, it’s a great corrupt country.
Of course, this "007: The Injured" is not that radical.
There are still girls in the Bon.
And when you are rich, the Bon girl must invite a beautiful one.
So Emma Watsonter was invited.
After the news was released, people were full of expectations and did not think that this was not the Bond we wanted or the Bond girl we wanted.
"Next time, if there is any big move on MGM, remember to sync with me."
Now that things have come to this, what can Lin Dong do?
This boss is so frustrating.
He almost watched the new version of "007" rejuvenate in his hands.
"Okay, Mr. Lin, actually, there is another project on MGM that is about to start. They have too much money. Xiao Guozi doesn't like to keep the money in their account. They like to invest everything, invest in Hollywood movies, "007", "Warcraft Two Fool", and some balances." Su Tong said.
She is Lin Dong's assistant.
In the early days, I was responsible for Lin Dong's itinerary and so on.
Now she is responsible for too many things. She will ask about most of the company's affairs so that she can report to Lin Dong at any time.
"What project?" Lin Dong was a little overly frightened.
I felt that the biscuits in my hand suddenly stopped smelling.
"Cat and mouse." Su Tong said.
"Hu~" Lin Dong breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately it was just a cartoon.
Lin Dong has also watched "Cat and Mouse".
I saw it after traveling through time.
Don't ask why an adult or an adult can watch a child cartoon that only children like.
A big and thick man can still see the pig-loving princess.
Have eaten your rice.
The classic series "Cat and Mouse" was originally created in 1938 by animator Joseph Barbera, animator of the animation department of MGM Films.
The first episode of "The Cat Gets Boots" was aired in 1940.
At this time, MGM did not pay attention to it, and the producers hoped that they would turn to other videos. At that time, Tom and Jerry, who were well-known to the audience, were still called Jasper and Jinx.
But the short film "Cat Gets Boots" with no lines and no voice-over won the Oscar for Best Animation Short Film that year, which became the key to the continued production of "Cat and Mouse".
After the first episode was aired, the studio launched a competition for renaming cats and mice. John Carl's suggestion won the first prize of $50, and the happy enemies also had their current names: Tom and Jerry.
This name is very classic.
It's similar to Li Lei and Han Meimei.
In the 1950s, traditional animation short films faced the impact of the rise of television, and "Cat and Mouse" also faced budget cuts, as low as 1/5 of the original budget.
In 1957, MGM decided to stop producing the short film "Cat and Mouse" for the first time, and then resumed in 1961, and stopped short film production in 1967 and transformed into TV animation production.
Relevant data shows that of the 114 animated short films produced by the animation's original creators Hannah and Barbera for MGM, 13 were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
From 1943 to 1952, seven short films won awards, breaking the record for successive awards held by Disney in this category.
Although "Cat and Mouse" was not favored by MGM at first, it eventually shone brightly. In 1961, the "Cat and Mouse" series became the highest-grossing animated short film series at that time.
In 2010, MGM Film announced bankruptcy, and at this point the IP of "Cat and Mouse" has changed hands.
Everyone knows what happened later.
It can be said that "Cat and Mouse" has always been in MGM's hands as it storms.
This thing, together with "007", has become a symbol of MGM.
Now, MGM is falling into China Capital.
This capital neither puts a gold on its face or speculates on its stock price by acquiring MGM, nor does it have short-sighted squeezing MGM's IP.
It also left MGM with an "unfinished" cash flow - thanks to the purchase price being suppressed to the lowest level by everyone's internal and external cooperation.
"Cat and Teacher", which has never been valued by MGM, has been restarted again.
The new MGM senior team is not about making much money through this cartoon, which is simply unrealistic.
They hope to recreate the classics.
Let more people know that MGM has not withdrawn from the Hollywood stage.
Let more people know that MGM has not become worse in the hands of China Capital.
"If Mr. Lin, you think this thing is worthless, I will tell you that you will ask them to do other projects." Su Tong respects the boss very much.
The boss says whatever he says.
Under normal circumstances, it is indeed better to make a lot of money than to do other things that are easier to make.
About the movie "Cat and Mouse", MGM made it with Warner.
Warner has participated in the production or release of 14 movies in the "Cat and Mouse" series.
Although MGM and Warner launch a series of movies every few years to continue and inherit this classic IP, compared with the short series of "Cat and Mouse" that are the most classic episodes, the response of the "Cat and Mouse" series is relatively limited, and the performance of the movies in recent years has been significantly uneven and the reputation is unstable.
Of course, the box office cannot be counted on.
After being acquired, MGM planned to do short series and movies at the same time.
"No, let's continue to be a cat and a mouse." Lin Dong quickly grabbed Su Tong's reins.
It’s not that he is looking forward to the great success of "Cat and Mouse".
If you don't do "Cat and Mouse" and do something else, it's even more risky. If it's another "007" or "Bohemian Rhapsody", then he's just going to die.
However, Lin Dong did not interfere at all.
Chapter completed!