Heads Up Hollywood

The next day, Tang En and his party rented a plane and left France.

In addition to the crew of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", Luc Besson's team and the French goddess Sophie Marceau were also present.

As in the past, Tang En sat between Natalie and Nicole Kidman. Although he couldn't hug left and right in front of so many people, the twin sisters were beside him, which added a lot of fun to the long journey .

"By the way, George sent me a message, saying that "Star Wars Episode 2" is about to start filming, are you still the director?" Natalie suddenly thought of something, and turned her head to look at Tang En.

Tang En was slightly taken aback.

He really didn't get the news!

But on second thought, this is quite normal.

Although "Star Wars" is a movie produced by Lucasfilm, the copyright is in Lucasfilm, but the investor is 20th Century Fox, and the distribution rights are also in Fox's hands. They have the power to decide the director.

Twain and Twentieth Century Fox are now having such a big fight, no matter how high the box office and achievements of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" are, Tom Rothman cannot agree with Twain to be the director of the sequel.

Anyway, in this series of movies, the director is not important at all.

Didn't the third version of "Star Wars" change directors?

Also a great success!

And when "Star Wars" was restarted, 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm both intended to let George Lucas be the director of the new trilogy.

It was only when Tang En appeared suddenly that he took George Lucas's place.

Now, taking Twain down and helping George Lucas up is just returning to his place.

Compared with Tang En, George Lucas is the god of "Star Wars". Maybe if you switch to other directors, fans will have a great response. But George Lucas as director, will not cause controversy.

Seeing Tang En's slightly dazed look, Natalie guessed the result and snorted coldly, "Fox is really stingy!"

Nicole Kidman said meaningfully: "I hope Director Lucas will not screw up the project."

Under the direction of Twain, "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" has achieved unprecedented success, with a global box office of 1.15 billion US dollars.

Three days ago, Twain's financial assistant informed him that Fox had transferred the box office dividend of 170 million US dollars.

Now, the whole world knows that Twain is rich, and it is impossible for Tom Rothman to suppress Twain economically, so there is no need to forcibly suppress the dividends.

As for whether George Lucas will screw up the project...

There was a leisurely arc at the corner of Tang En's mouth.

"Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones" is considered to be the worst, worst, and most boring one in the entire "Star Wars series", with a global box office of only more than 600 million US dollars. Lucas had the idea of ​​retiring.

"Are you thinking of some bad idea again?" Natalie keenly grasped the subtle changes in Dun En's expression, and stared at him closely.

Tang En laughed, "What bad idea can I come up with, I don't even have a chance to get close to this project now."

Natalie hesitated for a moment, then snorted softly, "I hope George will mess up this project and let the whole world see how good you are."

Tang En and Nicole looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Obviously, these three guys have the same thoughts.

Natalie knew it was difficult to talk about this topic, so she glanced at Sophie Marceau, who was talking to Luc Besson not far away, and lowered her voice, "Hey, how did I find out that she is acting weird today?"

"What's wrong?" Tang En was a little puzzled.

Natalie was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "I just think that the way she walks is very awkward, like..."

Tang En pursed his lips and laughed, "Like what?"

Although Nicole Kidman turned her head to listen, Natalie didn't shy away from it. Of course, there is no need, everyone understands the relationship with each other very well.

"It's like how I felt the next day after the first time we... lived together."

Nicole Kidman had a weird look on her face.

Tang En chuckled, "It's very simple, because it's her first time."

"Liar!" Natalie glared at him angrily, "She is in her thirties and has been married before. Tang En, do you think I'm an idiot?"

Tang En coughed lightly, leaned over, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Natalie's face turned red suddenly, and she also showed a somewhat disgusted expression, "Twain, you...you...you are disgusting! How could you..."

Tang En looked innocent, "Nate, is this normal?"

"Normal? Are you gay?" Natalie's tone was a bit heavy, her face was very ugly.

Tang En frowned, "Don't talk nonsense! My sexual orientation is normal!"

"Then why..." Before Natalie finished speaking, she found Nicole Kidman sitting on the other side of Tang En, as if everything had nothing to do with her, and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Nicole, did you hear our Have a conversation?"

Nicole nodded helplessly.

"Then do you think this is normal?" Natalie stared at her closely.

Nicole squeaked and didn't answer.

Natalie blinked, her eyes flicked over the faces of Tang En and Nicole, and she suddenly understood something, "You...you also..."

Nicole forced a smile, very embarrassed.

Natalie rolled her eyes and almost fainted.

...

In the past two years, Twain's work was very easy. Even with a high production of one movie a year, he still felt very leisurely.

But with the development of Tang En Pictures, especially this year, Tang En Pictures successively laid out its layout in the film and television industries, and the work that made him worry about it suddenly increased.

Even with the help of Bill McNick to handle the specific affairs, Dunn only needs to be responsible for the strategic design, and he is still very busy.

Back in Los Angeles, he didn't even go home, and was called back to Dunn Films by Bill McNick.

"Please, I need to rest now!"

Facing the menacing Bill McNick, Tang En struggled weakly.

Bill McNick said: "How old are you, do you still need to rest? When I was in my twenties, I used to make a movie without sleep for a week. You just came back from a trip to Europe, and you still need to rest?"

Tang En rolled his eyes and raised his hands, "Alright, Bill, you have successfully convinced me. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Your layout in the animation industry has failed." Bill McNick spread his hands, looking helpless.

"Failed? How to say?"

Tang En's expression suddenly became serious, and he no longer wanted to joke around.

Hollywood hasn't noticed it yet, but Tang En knows that the animation industry represents Hollywood's real profits!

In 2007, Pixar was able to sell a sky-high price of 7.4 billion U.S. dollars. Lucasfilm, which owns the two ace series of "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", could only sell 4.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2012. price.

This is the powerful advantage of animated movies over live-action movies!

The reason is simple, peripheral and derivative copyrights.

In the future of Hollywood, what is the most powerful movie peripheral?

Is American culture representative of "Star Wars"? Or the popular "Harry Potter" all over the world? Or the ace series of the Marvel Universe?

neither!

Hollywood's top peripheral industry is the upcoming "Disney Princess" series!

The surrounding copyrights of these decades-old cartoons cover literature, publishing, clothing, toys, cruise ships, beverages, film and television, real estate, music and many other aspects.

Just selling toys can bring Disney an annual revenue of 500 million US dollars, crushing all movie series!

This is the power of the animation industry!