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Chapter 1072 Self-exile

In the past year, the movie with the highest single income of Relativity Entertainment is Pixar Studios' "Cars Mobilization", which has brought about nearly US$1.4 billion in revenue, along with the global box office share, various offline channels, as well as peripheral derivatives and licensing revenue.

The highest-grossing single film, not counting the Dark Knights, which collaborated with Warner Bros., this honor belongs to "Transformers", with a global box office of up to $882.47 million.

"Transformers" has achieved great success, and the sales around the world are actually no less than "Automan Mobilization", but unlike "Automan Mobilization", the film's multiple revenue relativity entertainment has to be shared with Hasbro.

Therefore, the income of Relativity Entertainment in this project is not as good as "Automan Mobilization".

In order to sell peripherals and toys, there will be many new Transformers characters in the second part being prepared, such as Hercules, Robot Dogs, Cannons and Flying Over Mountains.

Optimus Prime will also appear in the final battle of the film in a brand new image.

Relativity Entertainment can proudly announce that we are really working hard to sell peripherals and toys!

In terms of TV series, in addition to the accident of "Grey's Anatomy" which continues to cooperate with ABC TV, all the TV series produced by Relativity Entertainment were handed over to Netflix streaming. Among the newly launched solo dramas, the one that responded the best was "Game of Thrones".

Netflix streaming can't wait to place orders for Season 2 and Season 3 for Shahai Entertainment.

Other sequels such as "The Big Bang Theory" and "Breaking Bad" can only be described as super popular, with data such as reputation and on-demand broadcasts not even below "Game of Thrones".

The success of these dramas also proves that if online dramas want to win the audience's favor, magnifying the scale is one of the factors that achieve success.

Relativity Entertainment is also constantly developing new solo dramas for Netflix streaming. Compared with movies, the series has more room for operation in terms of original genres.

As we all know, even if original movies are well-made, the chances of failing are quite high. Adapted movies or sequel movies often show bad movies that can be sold well.

Audiences often have greater tolerance for series, and the proportion of series in originality is far greater than that of movies.

This actually provides a new model for Hollywood, which has also been reflected in recent years.

Major Hollywood companies frequently adapt successful dramas into movies, such as "Mission Impossible" and "The Angel of Thunderbolt".

Relativity Entertainment is also preparing to cooperate with Sony Colombia in this regard "Dragon and Tiger Youth Team".

Similarly, popular movies can also be adapted into TV series. Based on movies, TV series naturally have a certain audience.

Compared with other Hollywood peers, Relativity Entertainment is a relatively fast track in this type of genre.

The Stumbling Block Plan, which has begun to be prepared, is a typical example in this regard. The Agents of SHIELD, which is currently planning for copywriting, can also belong to this ranks.

In addition, with the release of "Hurricane Rescue 3", Agent Brian's rescue trilogy has come to an end for the time being, and Sand Sea Entertainment and Netflix streaming are also preparing to adapt this popular movie series into a series.

Just like "Stumbling Project" to the "Spy Shadows" trilogy, the "Hurricane Rescue" episode is not a continuation of the movie trilogy, but a story about Agent Brian Mills when he was young.

Brian Mills was not retired at that time.

Of course, the series story will continue the model of "Hurricane Rescue", with rescue as the theme, and each season tells a big rescue incident.

As Hollywood's most unbearable father, Brian Mills will continue to contribute a lot of income to relativity entertainment for a long time to come.

There is also a person who can't afford to offend, the famous John Wick.

Ronan has already started planning this super killer's film project. The first two scripts have been written and registered for copyright. Just wait for the right time to enter the formal preparation stage.

Keanu Reeves is still the first choice for the hero.

Although he was a member of the 20 million club in Hollywood a few years ago, as a Hollywood star with a weird personality, Keanu Reeves has basically lived a self-exile life in recent years. His occasional movies such as Warner Bros. "The Detective of Hell" and "The Untouchable Lover" are far from meeting expectations.

Hollywood is a star-making factory that can create the most dazzling stars in the world.

Similarly, Hollywood is as forgetful as the audience. A star chooses a work attitude that is almost self-exiled, and it is impossible for him to continue to stay in the front line.

Stars like Charlize Theron can still maintain their status through endorsement and fashion when they are not going well in movies.

What about Keanu Reeves? Hippies are not popular nowadays.

It is no exaggeration to say that Keanu Keevis is now hard to pay $10 million.

Perhaps John Wick will become Keanu Reeves' most successful movie after the "Matrix" trilogy.

Relativity Entertainment has basically maintained a stable trend and has promoted the film and television project plans in an orderly manner. During this awards season, it continues to promote public relations for "Slumdog Millionaire".

Although the film won a lot of praise, no one could predict the subsequent development during this chaotic awards season.

Because the screenwriter strike is getting more and more intense.

After several Hollywood film and television projects were suspended due to screenwriters' strike, on December 18, the screenwriters union announced that it would refuse to write lines for the Golden Globes and boycott the Golden Globes.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association had to cancel the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in January next year, and instead announced the results directly in the situation of a press conference.

This brought extremely huge shock to both the inside and outside of the Hollywood circle.

Many people are beginning to worry about next year's Oscars. If the Oscars are cancelled, it will not only be a loss in terms of money, but also the face of Hollywood.

Major Hollywood companies are well prepared. The conditions for the producers’ alliance to reject the screenwriter’s union reflect the will and interests of medium and large Hollywood companies.

If the strike lasts for three months, the losses of major Hollywood companies may be around $300 million, but if the conditions agreed to the screenwriter's union, it may lose $3 billion in the next few years.

Senior executives of major Hollywood companies held another meeting, and they were basically consistent with each other. Even if the strike continued, they would not easily make concessions to the screenwriters' union.

The Producers Alliance and the Screenwriters Union not only did not make any progress at the negotiating table, but instead broke down again.

This strike hurts the interests of the entire industry. Compared with the producer alliance supported by major companies, the screenwriter union will be under greater pressure.

Correspondingly, if the strike continues, the income of more than 10,000 screenwriters will not be settled.

After the news of the negotiations breaking out again, it attracted the attention of the whole United States.

The School of Film Arts and Sciences finally couldn't sit still, and each met with representatives from the Producers League and Screenwriters' Union, hoping to get both sides to sit back at the negotiating table to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

The negotiations between major Hollywood production companies are not slow, and the negotiating situation is different. The Academy of Film Arts and Sciences is most worried about the Oscars, which is the largest decoration facade in Hollywood, and no one wants to see the shutdown happen.

With the Golden Globe Award before, the School of Film Arts and Sciences simply announced the cancellation of the nominee luncheon and directly announced the nomination list in the press conference.

Worried that the Oscars were suspended due to the screenwriter's strike, they were prepared for this. If the strike continued then, the college would launch an emergency party.

The rotating chairman of the college also visited the top 15 Hollywood companies, hoping that investors can make concessions first and reach a new agreement before the New Year.

But without exception, they were rejected.

The Washington authorities are also making efforts. The more sensitive economic situation in the United States will definitely not withstand the torture of a long strike. Hollywood has been tied to Wall Street many years ago. An accident in Hollywood will not only have problems with the entertainment industry, but will even directly cause turmoil on Wall Street.

The producers league has always been tough, which is a necessary attitude to the outside world, even if companies and people including Ronan and Relativity Entertainment are ready to make concessions.

Cracking the screenwriter's strike can only be the producers' alliance to make certain concessions, and there is no way out.

Similarly, the conditions of the screenwriter's union cannot exceed the bottom line of the capital.

If any industry wants to operate normally, both labor and capital must abide by the "rules of the game" of mutual recognition and fairness. It seems natural that the entire entertainment industry has tens of billions of dollars in profits every year to give the screenwriter a piece of the pie.

But capital is born to pursue profits, and the cake of commercial groups is undoubtedly digging out meat from capitalists.

Major companies are not charities, and capital has a ruthless side when it comes to interests.

Any larger-scale company in Hollywood has turned its attention to overseas and non-union writers, and even hired screenwriters from regions such as the United Kingdom and Australia.

In addition, the support from industries such as the Actors’ Union and Directors’ Union is more verbal.

The labor and management sides sat at the negotiating table again under the leadership of the Washington authorities and the School of Film Arts and Sciences, but the negotiations were basically no progress.

In some ways, this is also a super big rebound that the Hollywood film and television industry has long ignored screenwriters.

The Producers Alliance actually has pressure, and listed companies are facing pressure from shareholders.

The turmoil in Hollywood, coupled with the economic situation that looks very stable across the United States, is actually becoming sensitive, directly reflected in the stock market.

Although the stock prices of the top six listed companies in Hollywood have not plummeted, they have also suffered setbacks.

In contrast, companies like Relativity Entertainment, which have a simple equity structure, remain unmoved, and good news has spread.

December 20, 2008 is a time for Netflix Network to remember the history of the company.
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