Chapter 859: Blacklist plan

Zombie movies have always been the favorite of heavy-tasting movie fans. The unique setting of zombies can not only satisfy the sensory stimulation of heavy taste, but also the desperate feelings of doomsday or the dark human conflicts are also very attractive.
In the 1980s, George Romero gradually went up and down. In 1985, "Zombie Out of the Basket" was not only ridiculed by critics, but the box office was also dismal. Later, several other films were still not satisfactory.
George Romero had to die.
The box office of "Land of the Living Dead" has also officially announced to the world-the return of "Father of Zombies"!
This will arouse the feelings of many zombie film lovers. In the marketing and promotion of movies, feelings are an effect that can never be ignored.
Therefore, although "Land of the Living Dead" has a bad reputation, its box office trend is not bad.
Only ten days after it was released in North America, the box office of this film easily exceeded $30 million.
And in overseas screenings, markets such as the UK, France, Australia and Germany have performed well.
Compared with the film's $8 million production cost, the overseas box office of $10.12 million in the first week is also quite brilliant.
The success of "Land of the Living Dead" has made Shahai Entertainment pay more attention to "The Walking Dead". Related preparatory work is speeding up. Netflix streaming media is also urging, hoping to launch the first season of the series next winter. .
Netflix streaming media has been developing rapidly since it went online for more than half a year. Without any strong competitors, it has attracted a large number of audiences with extremely rich content.
The second season of "Prison Break" and the second season of "Survival" will also be launched in the last quarter of this year.
By next year, there will be new dramas landing on the Netflix streaming platform.
Although after a series of hype and rapid growth, Netflix's stock price has gradually slowed down, but it has also risen steadily.
This is also the normal development model of a healthy company.
Just like the real estate market on the other side of the Pacific, after the explosive growth, there will be a short adjustment period, and then it will be able to accumulate the price for the next stage.
In recent months, Netflix has also steadily promoted overseas expansion plans. Except for some special markets, such as central Africa, most of them have established branches to promote Netflix's related businesses.
Even in the Arab world, relatively open countries such as the UAE and Qatar, Netflix has successfully entered.
For example, in an extremely conservative country such as Saudi Arabia, although Netflix video and other services are blocked, Netflix Sharing has opened up the market.
In addition, there are new trends in Android.
After the establishment of the Open Handheld Device Alliance, already powerful individuals united in the general direction, attracting more companies to join, and Android also ushered in a period of rapid development.
Netflix also convened an alliance conference with major manufacturers in September, at which it officially announced that Samsung, BlackBerry and Motorola phones equipped with Android systems will be officially launched next year.
This is undoubtedly great news for Android and Netflix.
But there was also unfavorable news that Nokia officially announced the acquisition of Symbian, and Symbian became Nokia's exclusive system.
The two major consortiums of mobile terminals have also officially come to the front. With the world's number one sales volume, Nokia wants to completely establish its status as the global hegemon.
The relatively closed Symbian and the open Android are about to usher in their own different destinies.
Ronan doesn't worry much about Nokia and Symbian, even if he has always been a loyal user of Nokia.
Netflix has used Android to coerce too many mobile terminal manufacturers to form a broader alliance.
In contrast, Nokia's circle is much smaller.
The only pity is that Ronan never talked about Steve Jobs. Apple still insists on its own system. Fortunately, Netflix's APP has fully entered Apple's system.
Both "Dawn of the Living Dead" and "Land of the Living Dead" two zombie genre films have all succeeded. In addition to "The Walking Dead", Ronan has also put more attention on this genre.
The first is the script library of Shahai Entertainment and the delivery scripts received. Ronan specifically went through it again. There are many books on zombie themes, but there are basically no filming value.
This has nothing to do with his memory, but based on the typical Hollywood review principle. Most of the scripts do not conform to the basic three-stage structure, and the content setting is chaotic.
Having said that, the scripts that follow the delivery route are mostly new works, and it is not easy to discover valuable works.
Similarly, it is not generally difficult for those valuable newcomers and new works to get ahead.
Never mind that Ronan will personally review the scripts or projects that Shahai Entertainment receives from time to time, but he is still one of the lucky few who can eventually appear in front of him.
Excluding Netflix, the main business of Relativity Entertainment is based on content production.
Although the proportion of box office revenue in the company is declining, the content of all offline and peripheral operations is actually the basis.
This is no different from Warner Bros., which has the best performance in Hollywood today, and Walt Disney, where Hollywood is about to become a dominant presence.
Content production requires scripts, and Ronan also needs to screen more extensively.
To this end, he specifically brought George Clint and Jessica Felton over to discuss related matters.
"Expanding the screen is not simply referring to these delivery scripts." Ronan pointed to the copy of the script on the table, and said: "There are many scripts, not necessarily to Relativity Entertainment, but also scripts from other companies. Ashes fall in the library."
George Clint said: "Other film companies would rather have a mildew and fall in their scripts than would allow us to look at their script library, even if they don't have the copyright."
Jessica Felton agreed: "Well, it is true. For example, I will never let the producers of other companies look at the script in my hands."
Ronan certainly understands this. Many scripts are delivered to the film company just to hit the big luck. The copyright is still in the hands of the author. The film company may disdain the script, but they will not let outsiders look through it.
"It's not just newcomers and new works." Ronan added: "Including projects in the circle to find investment or production companies."
There are many projects in Hollywood. Even if the project has been set up by the producer, it will take many years to produce it, because it is not easy to find investors.
George Clint said: "There may be thousands, tens of thousands, or even more of the scripts created by Hollywood every year. In fact, only a few of them can appear in front of us. But we want to expand our horizons. It is not easy, and it will also be restricted by various practical factors. It is impossible for us to concentrate too many resources on finding scripts."
Ronan said: "This is also the reason why I have discussed with you today, how can we expand our horizons and let more scripts and projects that may have value come into our sight."
"What are your thoughts?" Jessica Felton asked.
Hollywood gathers the strongest film talents in the world and has a huge talent pool.
These talents come from all over the world, with dreams, and hope that Virgo will win with one blow.
The script provides the initial story model, character appearance, conflicts, and event transformation, and determines the theme and genre of the movie, and to a large extent, the foundation of the movie.
Jessica Felton is no longer a rookie when she first worked with Ronan. She knows the entire Hollywood industry model very well and said: "In fact, this is not our family’s problem, but all production companies are facing this. How can we expand our horizons with minimal investment and find valuable projects as much as possible from so many scripts every year?"
George Clint smiled and asked, "Are there any other ways besides manual screening?"
As the CEO of Shahai Entertainment, he has deep feelings. For a production company, it is not difficult to have a script material library, but it is not easy to make this material library vibrant and often updated.
For new screenwriters who want to get ahead, how to sell their scripts is also a problem.
Ronan said, "Finding and selling scripts are never easy."
Compared to George Clint, Jessica Felton speaks more directly: "Hollywood is conservative. Most executives say'no, no, no' all day and then go to dinner because they say yes may result in dismissal.
Ronan knew that she was telling the truth. How many executives in Hollywood were driven out because of the failure of a film project?
"I have an idea. If more people are mobilized, will more scripts appear on my desk?" Ronan said.
George Clint didn't quite understand: "Motivate more people? Are we going to invest more resources in this area?"
Ronan waved his hand: "I didn't mean that. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com George, Jesse, and Shahai Entertainment make more than ten films every year. Directors, actors, screenwriters and producers who have worked with us. The number is huge, and they are all front-line practitioners in the industry, and they are directly exposed to a large number of scripts and projects every year..."
Jessica Felton understood Ronan's meaning, maybe this is a good way?
Ronan continued: "We can establish smooth communication channels with the good people among them, let them use email or other methods, and recommend to us scripts that we have seen very much but have not been filmed and produced. If we can adopt it, we can give them a certain recommendation reward."
"This... seems to be extremely feasible." George Clint thought for a moment, and said: "With the company's current development momentum, there should be many people in the circle who have a good relationship with the company."
He went on to add: "We can also mobilize the internal staff of the company, after all, they will also have a lot of opportunities to access the script."
Jessica Felton said: "I also think it's feasible."
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