Chapter 533 Partners
On Monday morning, Solomon, head of distribution, accepted congratulations from his colleagues at Warner Bros. Pictures headquarters.
The movie "Batman Begins", which he fully directed and was responsible for, was a great success in its opening weekend, and the Batman IP also came to life.
After a brief celebration, Solomon discussed matters alone with Warner Pictures CEO Doug Walter.
"Little Gilbert has already taken the crew on a national promotional journey. After he participates in this week's promotion, he will go to work on other projects." Doug Walter said.
Solomon tasted the Longjing tea that Gilbert Jr. gave to Doug Walter. Although he didn't think it tasted as good as coffee, Gilbert, who was most important to Warner Pictures, loved drinking this.
In order to share the same interests with little Gilbert, many senior executives of Warner Pictures would become arty and drink tea with him.
If someone was given a can of tea by Little Gilbert, that guy would probably be happy for a long time.
After hearing Doug Walter's words, Solomon quickly put down his tea cup and said: "The new series has just begun, and Little Gilbert should hurry up and make the second one.
What project will he be working on at this time? "
Doug Walter laughed: "Gilbert Jr. said that it would be more appropriate to let the movie settle for two years before launching a new one. Besides, Disney also has strong opinions. Gilbert Jr. not only belongs to Warner."
Solomon was not in a hurry now: "That's right. If we push little Gilbert to start the second part, I guess Mr. Egger won't be happy."
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now." Doug Walter said: "The North American box office performance is good, and I think it will be ready for overseas release soon.
The work of your distribution department must be well connected. "
"Don't worry," Solomon said confidently: "Next weekend, "Batman Begins" will be released in 87 countries and regions around the world.
I think the film's first week performance in North America was quite good, and its performance in overseas markets must be great. "
"Of course."
Both of them are looking forward to the overseas results of "Batman Begins". As long as there is a box office of more than 200 million US dollars in North America and more than 500 million US dollars globally, the Batman IP can continue to develop.
After the first weekend's box office performance, Warner's internal analysts believe that the film's North American box office can reach a level of 250 million US dollars, which is exactly the global box office figure of the previous "Batman and Robin".
Warner's side is happy, Disney's side is not beautiful.
This year, Gilbert Jr.'s solo movie for Warner Pictures was released, leaving Disney's movies somewhat empty.
In addition to "The Mystery of Spell 3" co-produced with Warner Bros. in July and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" released in November, there is also "The Chronicles of Narnia" released by its subsidiary Buena Vista Pictures. .
Although they all seem to be popular projects, there is no need to worry about profitability.
But what Robert Egger said well is that without the movie directed by little Gilbert himself, the entire summer work seems to lose its flavor.
Looking at the newspaper reports about "Batman Begins", Robert Egger seemed a little unhappy.
The assistant immediately understood what was going on. He brought tea and said to Robert Iger: "President, didn't Director Gilbert Little talk to you before?
As promotion wraps up this week, he will shift his focus back to Marvel Studios' first movie, while also working on new projects. "
"Yeah!" Robert Iger said: "I'm just a little depressed. I've known for a long time that the Batman series will be successful.
It's ridiculous that I still have illusions about whether Warner Bros. would break up with Gilbert Jr. if the movie failed. "
Robert Iger also thought about using Disney's power to do evil and block the "Batman Begins" movie.
The goal was for the movie to fail and for Warner Bros. to lose trust in little Gilbert. In this way, Disney can take the opportunity to acquire the shares of Cantaloupe Studio from Warner Pictures, and control 100% of Cantaloupe Studio, and little Gilbert will completely join Disney's ship.
But after thinking about it later, Robert Egger gave up this unrealistic idea.
The reason is simple. According to Robert Egger's understanding of little Gilbert, instead of just boarding the ship, he might blow up the ship.
It would be good to follow the current model. Anyway, each side accounts for half of the movies produced by Melon Studio.
Warner's invitation to Gilbert Jr. to direct the Batman movie also served as a reminder to Disney. For any future projects, they can also ask Gilbert Jr. to direct them, bypassing the current complex Melon Studio system.
However, how to convince Gilbert Jr. is a problem. As a super director recognized as the most talented director in Hollywood, Gilbert Jr. writes most of his movie scripts himself.
If you rashly find a script and invite little Gilbert to make a movie, I'm afraid he won't agree.
So a lot of times these ideas are just ideas, and Robert Iger doesn't implement them.
But in the face of the popularity of superhero movies, Robert Iger still has some other ideas.
He asked his assistant: "What is the outcome of the current negotiations with Marvel Studios?"
The assistant replied: "Marvel Studios basically agrees with our North American and overseas distributors, but President, Marvel Studios lacks film production experience, and I'm worried..."
"What are you worried about?" Robert Egger waved his hand and said: "There is nothing to worry about, little Gilbert is still the producer of the film.
I heard that Marvel Studios has made a long-term plan, and the entire plan came from Gilbert Jr.'s idea.
It's proof that Gilbert Jr. has faith in Marvel Studios' films, and it's an opportunity for us. "
It is indeed an opportunity to watch DC come back to life with the huge sales of "Batman Begins". Others, such as the "Spider-Man" series and the "X-Men" series, have achieved good results.
This year there will be "Fantastic Four" to be released, as well as a number of superhero movies being planned, announcing the arrival of a new era.
Disney does not have suitable superhero copyrights, so it is very important to win the distribution rights for Marvel Studios' first movie.
For Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige serves as the first producer of the "Iron Man" movie, and Cameron Diaz serves as the second producer.
In order to prevent Kevin Feige, a novice producer, from not understanding the crew business, Gilbert Jr. specifically asked Cameron Diaz to be the second producer of "Iron Man".
The two of them, plus Gilbert Jr., the producer, constitute the three most powerful people on the "Iron Man" crew.
Of course, if you really want to make a decision, only little Gilbert can do it.
Kevin Feige and Cameron Diaz just gathered the crew and held a brief preparatory meeting.
After the meeting, Kevin Feige stopped Jon Favreau and said to Cameron Diaz: "How about the final audition time being in mid-June?"
Cameron Diaz calculated the time, and little Gilbert should have returned from Europe at about that time.
"Okay," Cameron Diaz agreed, turning to Jon Favreau and said: "Now the preliminary auditions can begin, and let the casting director audition one by one.
The main role must be unanimously approved by the three of us, and then let little Gilbert review it. "
Jon Favreau is a novice director. Hearing this, he nodded quickly to express his understanding.
(End of chapter)