Heads Up Hollywood

With the end of the Golden Globe Awards, another blockbuster acquisition news came out in Hollywood-Disney acquired Sillywood Animation Studio, which originally belonged to New Universal, for US$2.2 billion in cash.

Disney is a listed company, so for such a large-scale acquisition, it will take at least three months to complete a set of procedures.

The acquisition was finalized in mid-January, and announced in a hurry at the end of January. The purpose was obvious.

When New Universal was questioned by critics, Disney showed firm support behind the scenes!

From this point of view, Tang En quite admired Michael Eisner's style.

It is true that he is overbearing and dictatorial, but he also dares to act!

He can openly satirize Jobs for piracy in Congress, and he dares to show the alliance between Disney and New Universal to the whole society.

In any case, Tang En did them a big favor by selling Sillywood to Disney.

Reciprocate, in this respect, Eisner is much better than Redstone.

With the acquisition of the Discovery Communications Channel and the sale of Sillywood Animation Studio, at the beginning of the new year, the cash flow on the books of the New Universal Group left 2.5 billion US dollars.

Among them, the North American headquarters has 1.46 billion US dollars, and the overseas headquarters has 1.04 billion US dollars.

Not much.

In order for the new global aircraft carrier to set sail at full speed, it is necessary to rely on debt to survive.

Is it going public to raise money?

Tang En communicated with the chief financial officer, and the other party said that the current debt of New Universal is too low, and it is suspected of misappropriating money when it goes public. It will be easier to ask for debts to be raised to about US$15 billion before applying for listing.

The more debts you owe, the more uncle you are, it really is a common truth.

Fortunately, with the acquisition of MGM, New Universal's layout in the film and television entertainment department has been completed 90%, almost.

MGM's delisting process has not yet ended, but the Ministry of Justice and the Securities Regulatory Commission have already passed the review.

In other words, MGM is now a real New Universal industry!

Twain could also truly exercise his power over MGM's life and death.

At this time, Tang En was sitting in the office, and Amy Pascal was standing by the desk, as if listening to teachings.

""Fatal Attraction"? Such an old-fashioned and boring project, but it can still pass the review? No wonder MGM's performance is so poor. The production department's vision for picking movies is not as good as imdb's film critics!"

On Tang En's desk, there was a thick stack of scripts, there were as many as seven or eight scripts.

Under Amy Pascal's astonished eyes, Tang En opened a script, glanced at it casually, and threw it directly into the trash can, speaking with disdain.

"Boss, no... don't you need to do more research?"

Amy Pascal was a little flustered.

Isn't it too hasty to eliminate a project after just a few glances?

This is the production department of MGM, and it was saved through hard work. At least you should respect the fruits of other people's labor, right?

"No need! Fire all those trash as soon as possible!"

Twain is foresighted, and he has a negative impression of the current group of people in power at MGM.

In the previous life, after MGM was acquired by Sony at a high price, it once had high hopes.

The results of it?

Even with the huge copyright library and "007" support, the losses are getting worse!

In 2009, it could only apply for bankruptcy and reorganization.

Later, Sony became ruthless and let go of its power and control over MGM, replaced all the horses in the Kirk Kerkorian department, and let a group of newcomers take charge of MGM.

Only then did the recovery follow.

The current MGM is still controlled by Kirk Kerkorian's direct descendants. Instead of distinguishing them one by one, it is better to fire them all, which is simple and trouble-free.

""Beauty Shop"? Is it so familiar?" Tang En picked up another script and asked pretendingly.

Amy Pascal hurriedly said: "In 2002, MGM released a movie "Barbershop", which was a male perspective, and the box office was good. This year, "Barbershop 2" will be released again. "Beauty Shop" Movies are the female version of Barbershop."

"Hmm." Tang En nodded, "This is okay, since it's from a female perspective...Let's leave it to Rose Films to operate it, it's a support for women's rights."

"good."

""Great Talent"? (The literal translation is bigger than the sky)" Tang En frowned, and sarcastically said: "It's still bigger than the sky, why not go to the sky? It's ridiculous! If this kind of rubbish movie is made, it will be a waste of time! "

This time, he didn't even read the content of the script, only the title of the film, so he was eliminated directly.

Amy Pascal was about to cry, and she tried to persuade her: "Tang En, you...can you be more serious?"

"Huh?" Tang En stared.

Amy Pascal wanted to cry without tears: "Even if MGM's production department...is relatively poor, it can't be so hasty, right? The preparations for these projects cost a lot of money."

"If you don't stop, you will be subject to chaos!" Tang En snorted and waved his hands, "I know it! Amy, you have not been working in New Universal for a long time, and you may not understand my working style. It’s fine for you to implement the decision, and disputes are a waste of time.”

Amy Pascal was speechless.

Next, "Jiminy Glick's La Lawood", "Out of the Swim", and "Madison" suffered cuts one after another.

Tang En's methods were almost the same, he casually flipped through the script a few times, and then threw it directly into the trash can.

It seems that looking at it more is cumbersome.

"The remaining two movies are definitely fine. "Short Man" is a sequel to "Short Man", a dark comedy. "Howling" is a remake of the old movie from the 80s, and it is also very interesting. The market expects it."

These are Amy Pascal's two favorite movies. I am afraid that they will be eliminated by Tang En in a daze, so I quickly recommend them.

"oh."

Tang En blinked and opened the script of "One Cool to the End".

Amy Pascal said: "The crew of this film has been prepared, and the director is Gary Gray. He has filmed "Ace vs. Ace" and "Stealing the Sky". He is very capable. The leading actor continues to be played by John Travolta. In charge, the heroine is his "Pulp" co-star Uma Thurman..."

"Wait!" Tang En interrupted her with a wave of his hand, "The heroine can't do it, she needs to change."

Amy Pascal was taken aback, "Huh?"

Tang En said: ""Pulp" and "Kill Bill" have already imprisoned Uma Thurman's image. She is an actress in a cult film. I read that the budget is 53 million US dollars? This is a commercial film, so I need to choose one A marketable actress."

"Who is it?"

"Charlize Theron."

At the Golden Globe Awards dinner last night, Tang En chatted with Charlize Theron. She accepted a film contract from Paramount and invited her to make a sci-fi action film "Wonder Woman".

This is a big bad movie!

Tang En warned her on the spot, not to pick up!

As a friend, it was impossible for him to see Paramount pull her into the fire pit.

If Paramount wants to jump, it jumps by itself.

Don't hurt anyone!

Let Charlize Theron and director Gary Gray team up again for this "cool to the end".

Amy Pascal blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "She is the hottest movie queen this year. Of course, it would be best if she can participate in the role. In terms of production budget, it needs to increase by 10 million. Theron's salary is very high." Much taller."

"Transfer this movie to Universal Pictures. You can deal with it." Tang En waved his hand, and picked up the script and planning of "Ghost Cries and Gods Howling".

"Huh?"

Tang En first read the plan and saw a person's name. His eyes lit up, and he subconsciously drew a circle on the name with a carbon pen.

Chloe Moretz, the amazing little Luoli!

Amy Pascal stepped forward and took a look, with a strange expression on her face: "Boss, she...she is only 7 years old this year, if you are interested, you can pick that Rachel, I have seen her before, she is a very beautiful girl ..."

"What are you thinking about?" Tang En glared at her, then his expression became serious, and he coughed, "Rachel... which Rachel?"

"Rachel Nichols, although he has only debuted for a few years, he has the nickname of 'Three Highs' in the industry."

"Three highs?"

"Well, she has a high degree of education, a tall head, and a high vision. She has a double degree in mathematics and economics from Columbia University. She is 1.78 meters tall. Facing the suitors in the circle, she looks down on many suitors."

Tang En smiled, "Interesting."

"How about I call and ask her to come over?"

"Oh? Don't you say she has high eyesight?"

Amy Pascal smiled and said, "No matter how tall you are, it's impossible to be taller than you."

"Forget it, highly educated actresses are a bit arrogant, like Nat, if you don't touch them, you don't touch them, and you feel tired." Tang En waved his hand, then took a pen, and drew a circle in the list of actors, "Ryan Monoz is the leading actor, right? I've seen his play, it's good. You can focus on training with that girl like Chloe Moretz."

"really!"

Amy Pascal felt dark in her heart.

Men are all controlled by luoli!

However, with a serious expression on her face, she said again: "What about "007"?"

This is MGM's most important intellectual property!

As the person in charge of Universal Pictures, of course she wants to win "007" to Universal Pictures.

"Leave it to Tang En Pictures. They are my old team, they are more mature and experienced in handling big projects." Tang En said lightly.

There are ten thousand imbalances in Amy Pascal's heart.

As expected, there is special treatment for direct descendants.

The current Dunn Films is fully implementing Tang En's blockbuster strategy, and the production cost of each film released will exceed 100 million US dollars, which is so extravagant that it absolutely tops the entire film and television entertainment department.

In contrast, although Universal Pictures produces more, it is profitable but quick to sell.

Of course, even so, it is much better than when she was in charge of Columbia Pictures in the past.

The position of vice-chairman of the New Global Women's Rights Foundation alone is very prominent.

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