Chapter 671 Drama Market
Robert Egger came to see little Gilbert. Of course, it was not about fishing and talking about this matter. He had more important things to talk to little Gilbert.
“The benefits of “Edge Walker” are good. Do you have any idea about the follow-up planning?” Robert Egger asked.
"Of course," little Gilbert replied: "Actually, "Edgewalker" is just a side story. This story was originally brought out just to see how well the market would accept it.
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Then we'll go back to movies and use movies to tell the whole story, and not just one character's story. ”
“What about the series? Robert Egger asked: "Will Melon Studios have more series production projects in the future?" ”
Disney Pictures not only includes movies, theme parks, cartoons, etc., but also series production. However, Disney’s series production is not outstanding, and it is in the middle of the pack among Hollywood giants.
I seem to have acquired Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Disney in a previous life Only then will Ni's drama business pick up, producing a series of good dramas such as "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", "Loki", and "The Mandalorian"
Gilbert's reaction to this is that. The answer was: “I don’t rule out this plan in the future, but the business of Melon Studio is more focused on film production.
I can't let Sofia or Nolan direct, or Zack Snyder shoot the series, right? ”
Almost no one who can be a movie director will make TV series. Except for people with abnormal brains like Woody Allen, and Spielberg who wants to return the favor, and little Gilbert wants to control Apart from quality.
But in the past life, due to the impact of the epidemic, The film market has shrunk significantly for a period of time. Many Hollywood directors have to join the drama market and return to the big screen after the film market recovers.
Robert Iger thought the same, and he said with a smile: “What’s going on with Chris’ District 9? ”
“I heard that the filming in South Africa is almost completed. "Little Gilbert said: "We should be able to catch up with next year's summer schedule. Then we will make a decision based on next year's schedule. ”
The movie "District 9" was originally directed by Gilbert Jr. To find an excuse, he accompanied Charlize Theron to Johannesburg several times.
But then I was too busy with work and had no time, so I had to leave it to Nolan.
Little Gilbert is reassured by Nolan's level, and with the participation of his younger brother Jonathan Nolan, he will not make an obscure film like "Tenet".
In the absence of Warner's cooperation, starting next year, all films produced by Melon Studio will be distributed by Disney in North America and overseas.
This means that the bond between Disney and Melon Studios is deeper. Even the Disney board of directors who are opposed to Gilbert Jr. have to admit the importance of Gilbert Jr. to Disney.
Disney's executives are obviously much more pragmatic and never care about the shocks in the stock market. Moreover, excellent performance reports can also gain confidence in the stock market.
In addition, Disney, unlike Warner, has a large number of offline industries, such as Disney parks all over the world. Although this kind of entity-based benefit comes slower than the stock market, it has always been the core of Disney's survival.
Perhaps because of this, Robert Iger dared to stand on the side of Little Gilbert despite the risk of being listed as a Disney stock by Wall Street.
In fact, little Gilbert gave more ideas for the series to Xigua Video.
Little Gilbert still understood the turmoil caused by Netflix in his previous life. Xigua Video is a replica of Netflix, and also integrates the functions of YouTube.
However, Xigua Video is currently splitting its business. From now on, Xigua Video will specialize in the drama market and become an online drama and movie viewing platform.
The personal video publishing and live broadcast functions similar to YouTube that are being developed are separated and no longer operate together with Xigua Video.
When the time comes, Xigua Video will develop a series of drama series. Little Gilbert still remembers a few popular TV series from his previous life, such as "House of Cards", "Stranger Things", "Darkness", etc., which are all very good. In this way, from online to offline, from movies to dramas, to peripherals, theme parks, plus live broadcasts, short videos and long videos, etc.
Little Gilbert will become an unprecedented super entertainment giant, an unprecedented one.
Of course, there are federal antitrust laws.
But as long as the federation changes its owner, antitrust laws will not work. No one is above the law, but as long as you have the privilege and the right to interpret the law, the law has very little control over you.
On June 22, "Edge Walker" continued to air its third and fourth episodes, with ratings reaching a new high. The fourth episode of HBO and Disney Channel combined reached 22.5 million viewers.
In these two episodes, David Martinez puts on Sean Westan and teams up with Lucy to steal the prosthetic body. The plot is exciting and exciting, and it starts to ignite, changing the depressing plot of the second episode.
The scene where David was lying on the ambulance stretcher, and the doctor wanted to remove his prosthetic body, and then was rescued by Lucy, was even more explosive.
Watching the stretcher truck racing through the tunnel with constant traffic, Lucy and David faced each other and controlled the stretcher truck to drive in reverse at high speed. Coupled with the intense rock music, it was simply explosive.
After this scene was broadcast, it was talked about by the audience. Lucy, played by Scarlett, also became the most popular character in Edgewalker with this scene.
After that, the mercenary teams appeared one after another, including the lovely Rebecca, the reliable Falco, Mann, Pugh, Dolio, Qiwei and other characters.
The world of Night City is also slowly unfolding, with Arasaka Corporation and military technology appearing one after another. Gangs such as the Tiger Claw Gang, Six Street Gang, and Animal Gang also began to appear.
At the same time, the history of Night City also begins to unfold for the audience. For example, the nuclear explosion of Arasaka Tower in 2023 was caused by Johnny Silverhand and Morgan Blackhand,
In that nuclear explosion, Johnny Silverhand Legend was captured by Arasaka Corporation, while Morgan Blackhand was nowhere to be seen.
This is a foreshadowing for the subsequent story. At the end of the series, little Gilbert will have an Easter egg and will mention that a very powerful person named V appears on the street.
Until then, the protagonist in the main story will appear.
When "Edgewalker" was on the air, the biggest headache was probably those summer movies.
This unlucky movie, "The Bourne Supremacy" starring Matt Damon, was impacted by "Edgewalker" and grossed US$58.92 million at the box office in its first week.
In fact, the results are pretty good, and Universal Pictures is also very satisfied.
But in the previous life, this movie made nearly 70 million US dollars in its first week. Now it has been impacted by "Edgewalker" and has dropped nearly 10 million US dollars at the box office.
The next one to be impacted is "National Treasure 2" which will be released on June 29th.
The film was aired just as the fifth and sixth episode of "Edge Walker" was airing, and the plot entered a high-energy stage. Coupled with Little Gilbert's birthday blessing, the viewing share reached 25.8 million viewers.
Suffering from the impact, "National Treasure 2" only received US$46.38 million at the box office in its first week. Compared with the investment, the box office performance in the first week is obviously not good enough.
For star Cameron Diaz, box office results obviously don't matter. She is now doing more behind-the-scenes production work.
But for Nicolas Cage, things have been bad in recent years. The failure of "National Treasure 2" has cast a shadow on his future.
(End of this chapter)