Heads Up Hollywood

At the celebration party, there were also some of Twain's business partners, such as Michael Ovitz from Legendary Pictures.

"Have you gotten close to Eisner recently?"

Michael Ovitz has been an agent in Hollywood for 20 years. He has seen many things about the relationship between men and women, and he has long been used to it. He didn't care that Tang En was flirting with Julia Stiles at all, and walked over directly.

Tang En glanced at him, a little amused, and squeezed his eyes at Julia Stiles with a smirk, and said in a low voice, "I booked a room upstairs, do you want to go?"

Julia Stiles pursed her lips, her face was slightly hot, and she gave a soft "um".

"The reception is over, let's go upstairs!"

Only then did Tang En turn his head around, shook his head and said, "Being close doesn't mean we have a good personal relationship."

Michael Ovitz and Michael Eisner have a big feud, and after hearing this, he smiled slightly, "The box office of "Spider-Man 2" is gratifying, it seems that Hollywood's comic-changing movies, Marvel Studios is the leading DC movie It's a big job!"

You know, for the past 30 years, comic book movies have always been dominated by DC Films!

Tang En was noncommittal, "By the way, didn't Warner restart the new version of "Batman"?"

"You don't know? The movie is almost finished!" Michael Ovitz was a little surprised, but also a little funny, "Twain, are you too confident? You don't care about the situation of your competitors at all? Just don't put DC Does the film industry care about it?"

Tang En asked: "What's the specific situation? Who is the lead actor?"

Warner Bros. is Legendary Pictures' largest "platter investment" partner. Legendary Pictures is an investor in every Warner film. Of course, Michael Ovitz knows a lot of inside information.

But his face was not very good-looking, "Humph! It's Ben Affleck!"

"ah?"

Tang En almost laughed out loud.

Ben Affleck is the new Batman!

However, in "Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones", Ben Affleck's poor acting skills were criticized by the media, and his life was not very good.

Michael Ovitz gasped: "I said at the time that Ben Affleck is not suitable! But both DC and director Bryan Singer think he fits the image of Batman."

Tang En waved his hand, "Forget it, it's useless to be angry. Besides, this is the famous Batman! His appeal and influence are greater than that of Spiderman."

Michael Ovitz said in a deep voice, "But "Batman" is scheduled for May next year!"

Upon hearing this, Tang En couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

Now it's fun!

Next May, Tang En Pictures' "Daredevil" will also be released!

"Batman" VS "Daredevil"?

This time, we really have to decide who is the real "Dark Knight"!

As far as the film brand is concerned, "Spider-Man" certainly beats "Daredevil".

Even with the help of Tang En and Natalie's "Marvel Song" and MV, "Daredevil" cannot have the appeal of "Batman".

However, the director of Daredevil is Christopher Nolan!

In front of Nuo Shen, to be honest, Bryan Singer, the director of "Batman", is like a primary school student.

In the previous life, when Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy became the gods in one fell swoop, Bryan Singer directed "Superman Returns" with an investment of 270 million US dollars and a global box office of only 390 million US dollars. He vomited blood at a loss.

It wasn't until the release of Zack Snyder's "Superman: Man of Steel" that the signature hero was saved.

"In any case, it's impossible for "Batman" to lose money." Tang En smiled and waved his hand, "In the disc market and peripheral market, it is enough for "Batman" to recover its cost, and even make a small profit."

Michael Ovitz blinked and raised his brows slightly, "Even if I'm not satisfied with Ben Affleck, listen to what you mean... In terms of box office, "Batman" has no competition with "Daredevil" Qualified?"

Tang En avoided answering and laughed a few times.

Michael Ovitz knew Tang En's confidence in movies, so he didn't get too entangled in this topic, and said in a low voice, "I've made arrangements to have dinner with the Brown family at the end of this month. You want to come."

Tang En's expression changed, "No problem!"

Back then, Panasonic acquired Universal and Seagram acquired Universal, all of which were operated by Michael Ovitz.

Tang En's help in acquiring Universal Pictures this time would definitely be indispensable.

The Brown family in Canada was the major shareholder family of Seagram Group at the beginning; later Seagram was acquired by Vivendi, and the Brown family naturally became the major shareholder of Vivendi.

Two consecutive large mergers and acquisitions failed, and the company was heavily in debt and faced bankruptcy crisis.

The Brown family has been completely disappointed with Universal Pictures and Hollywood.

Within Vivendi, the Brown family has already united many American shareholders to implement two strategies: first, to request the dismissal of CEO Messier; second, to sell related assets in the United States immediately.

I can't play anymore!

But right now, Vivendi's board of directors is in the hands of French shareholders.

Vivendi's shareholder groups are divided into French and American.

Although the Brown family is a Canadian family, it is also a representative of the American family.

Tang En wants to start early and build a good relationship with the Brown family.

...

As we all know, the May schedule is dominated by "Spider-Man 2" and "Star Wars Episode 2".

However, for the entire month of May, we can't just focus on these two films, can we?

Thus, a series of cannon fodder appeared.

Dreamworks' cartoon "Little Pony King" has an excellent reputation, and the film critics are full of praise, with a box office of 17.5 million;

Warner's criminal action film "Insomnia", produced by George Clooney and starring Al Pacino, opened to a box office of 15 million;

Twentieth Century Fox's large-scale romantic film "Infidelity" has a box office of 14 million;

Universal Pictures' comedy "About a Boy" had a box office of 8.5 million;

Sony Pictures' comedy film "The Newcomer" has a box office of 9 million;

MGM's action crime film "Wild Youth" opened to a box office of 2.7 million;

Produced by DreamWorks, Woody Allen's masterpiece "Hollywood Ending" has a box office of 2 million...

Basically, in front of "Spider-Man 2", except for "Star Wars Episode 2", which has the power to resist, other films are full of wailing.

At the end of May, Tang En attended Michael Ovitz's family dinner, and chatted with Old Brown and Young Brown very speculatively.

When it came to the acquisition of Universal Pictures, Universal Music and a series of assets of Vivendi Entertainment in the United States, they responded by expressing their full support for Twain!

That night, after Tang En returned home, he received another overseas call from the other side of the ocean.

The other party is Scott Swift, who is actively investing in Internet companies on the other side.

"Twain, I'm in trouble."

"What's wrong?"

"The Penguin company you let me take care of is going bankrupt!"

Tang En almost laughed angrily, "Scott, it seems that you are living in style over there? Do you like joking too?"

Scott Swift's voice was serious, "No! Dunn, this is not a joke, I'm serious."

"Penguin? Bankrupt?"

Tang En frowned, very puzzled, "If you're short of money, invest more! I've already told you, one Ali, one Penguin, these two companies are not afraid of investing more, but less shares!"

Scott Swift said in a deep voice, "No, it's not about funding."