Heads Up Hollywood

Tang En is the soul of New Universal's film business.

Now that his family has a big business and his status is getting higher and higher, he seldom makes movies in person. More energy is to cultivate new directors.

The key training objects are Christopher Nolan, Zach Schneider, and J.J. Abrams, the director of the "Transformers" series.

There are many secondary training targets, including Gary Gray, Justin Lin, Peyton Reed, David Yates, Joe White and Matthew Vaughan.

Although the global box office of "Thor" was only 250 million US dollars, Twain never blamed Matthew Vaughn, and wanted to let him cooperate with Marvel Studios and give him more opportunities.

Unexpectedly, Matthew Vaughan passed Tang En's level, but his own inner level did not.

There are too many people in the outside world who say that he is the worst director in the history of Marvel Pictures, and he is incompatible with comic movies.

He just wants to prove himself!

Even if he can't shoot Nolan's deep and magnificent, and Zack Snyder's splash-ink visual effects, he can still make a unique comic-adapted super-English movie!

"Kick-Ass" is an opportunity!

"Kick-a-Bian King?"

It stands to reason that such a trivial matter is not worth Tang En's attention at all, but when he heard that it was "King of the Sea", he immediately became interested.

Matthew Vaughan said: "Yes, this is Mark's new comic idea. He is also not reconciled to the failure of "Thor". He wants to cooperate with me again to prove that we have the ability to produce a comic that will amaze the world. Movie!"

Mark Miller is a legendary cartoonist who has provided comics for both Marvel and DC.

Three years ago, he founded his own comic company, Miller World, and began to adopt Marvel's grading system. Since then, he has completely separated from DC and has taken refuge in the embrace of Marvel.

Not only that, but his comic "Wanted Warrant" was also adapted into a movie by Universal Pictures, which was a great success. The sequel "Wanted Warrant 2" has also started filming and will be released next year.

Mark Miller has participated in the comic production of the "Thor" series, coupled with the success of "Wanted", deeply trusted by Nina Jacobson, and became a co-screenwriter of Marvel Pictures.

But I didn't expect "Thor" to set an embarrassing record for the lowest box office of Marvel Pictures.

This is almost tantamount to cutting off Mark Miller's film career.

Of course he is not reconciled!

And in the process of filming "Thor", he admired the ability and level of the British director Matthew Vaughan very much, and believed that he could achieve greater achievements.

In this context, Mark Miller has a new comic idea, which is "Kick-Ass".

He found Matthew Vaughan with the rough draft comics and story ideas of "Kick-Ass".

Lang has affection and concubine intentions, and the cooperation is achieved overnight.

However, Marvel Studios did not accept it.

Most of Miller World's comics are published by Marvel Entertainment, which adopts Marvel's grading standards. However, this is not an orthodox "Marvel" story after all.

It is impossible for Marvel Studios to make a "Miller Universe" movie.

Then, Matthew Vaughan and Mark Miller went to Universal Pictures.

"Wanted" is produced by Universal Pictures and has a basis for cooperation.

Unexpectedly, Amy Pascal of Universal Pictures got the project, and after some creative communication... it was dead!

The story of "King of Kick-Ass" is too different, satirizing the gods, weird and remote, super violent, appalling, and the scale is very large! Moreover, the lead actor will choose an underage girl, and make a little girl swear... This is really beyond the understanding of normal people.

Amy Pascal thought the project was bound to fail, so she rejected it.

The same is true in previous lives.

Matthew Vaughan and Mark Miller found a big circle in Hollywood, and the six major film companies were unwilling to take over. There is no other way but to find Lions Gate Films.

Later, "Hai Bian Wang" was a big success.

Especially dvd sales, half a year income of 200 million US dollars!

The film's investment is less than 30 million US dollars!

Earned more than most Hollywood blockbusters of the year!

At this time, the top six in Hollywood finally realized that there is also a market demand for a superhero movie like "Kick-A-Bian".

Then, Lionsgate was kicked out.

Universal Pictures took over Kick-Ass 2.

Matthew Vaughan also became famous because of this, took over the filming of "X-Men: First Class" and supervised the production of "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which opened the way of Hollywood's first-line directors.

The current Matthew Vaughn is still a small role.

He had no choice but to take the opportunity of the "Avengers" celebration reception to find Tang En and seek help.

In the film industry, especially the commercial film industry, Twain has the legendary ability to turn stones into gold.

He believed that Dunn would be able to see the merits of this project.

Unexpectedly, Tang En didn't give him a chance at all, and waved his hand, "Okay, I know, let's do it!"

He was still busy discussing big things with big shots, and he didn't have time to pay attention to such small things.

Matthew Vaughan was taken aback, thinking that he was rejected, he hurriedly said: "Tang En, wait, you...you listen to me! The series of "Kick-Ass" comics have not yet been released, but I believe this story will definitely Loved by comic fans. In fact, most of the idea and ideas for this story have been completed, and if you need it, I can send the materials to your office tomorrow!"

Tang En waved his hand, "It's not necessary."

"Twain!" Matthew Vaughan was about to cry. He really didn't expect that Tang En didn't even have the intention to simply listen to his thoughts, so he quickly stopped him, struggling and said, "Twain, this is really It's a great story, and "Kick-Ass" will be a different kind of comic book movie, and it will be a success!"

Tang En showed suspicion on his face, looked at him intently, blinked his eyes, very strange, "What's wrong with you? Didn't I say, since it will succeed, let's do it!"

"Ah?" Matthew Vaughn was dumbfounded immediately, as if he had seen a ghost, his face was full of disbelief, "You...you agree?"

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Tang En couldn't laugh or cry, "Okay, let me repeat, I agree with the project of "Kick-A-Bian", next year you can negotiate with Universal Pictures and make the movie .However, the movie can only be released after the comics are released, and the fan base must be reserved."

This agrees?

Matthew Vaughn didn't even have time to be ecstatic, unbelievable, "But...but I haven't explained this story and creative idea to you in detail..."

"No need!" Tang En waved his hand with a sincere look on his face, "Matthew, I know your ability, and I also believe that your persistence has its own reasons. I originally wanted you to continue filming "Thor 2", But since you have your own ideas...then do it according to your own ideas."

"But...but you haven't listened to my report..." Matthew Vaughn still couldn't believe it.

Even if the investment in "King of the Sea" is not too high, it will affect Tang En's personal reputation.

The project rejected internally by Universal Pictures was strongly demanded by Tang En to be approved.

Once it fails...it will damage the authority and make the people below feel dissatisfied.

Is it really trust?

Oh, God!

After Tang En left, Matthew Vaughan finally felt a sense of joy of success. Of course, it was more of a sense of recognition like a confidant.

No wonder another British director, Christopher Nolan, is always full of praise and good things when he mentions Twain.

The feeling of being trusted by Tang En... is really good!

At this moment, Matthew Vaughn was also deeply impressed by Tang En's atmosphere and personal charm.

No matter how many female stars are lying on his red sofa, he is the reliance of Hollywood!

He is the soul pillar of all young filmmakers with dreams.

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The battle between New Global and Wall Street continues.

Hulu's A round of financing gave Tang En great confidence to succeed in the fight!

However, take your time!

On July 18, Tang En Pictures released good news that the main creative team of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" returned again!

Director Luc Besson!

Actor Mel Gibson!

Actress Sophie Marceau!

This time, though, it's not a sequel to "Mr. \u0026 Mrs. Smith," but another long-running action series, "Taken."

Lily Collins will play Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau's daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith was pretty much the last traditional Hollywood action movie to hit the big time.

The film has made countless action movie fans look forward to it.

Now, the good news is finally here.

In the era when sci-fi, magic, and fantasy blockbusters were all the rage, Tang En Pictures chose to strike hard, put out the strongest lineup, and planned to create another era of action movies!

The good news spread like wildfire.

Cinephile rave.

It's been too long since they've seen a new action movie from action superstar Mel Gibson. There is also Luc Besson, who has been working on his Europa Films in France for the past few years, and rarely ends up in person.

There is also "French Rose" Sophie Marceau, "Non-Beauty Fairy" Lily Collins, this newly launched action movie is worth looking forward to!

Affected by this, Wall Street gave feedback and raised the expected issue price by $1 to $199!

What does raising $1 mean?

Calculated based on the 1.2 billion shares of New Universal in the future, that is to say, Wall Street's future value assessment of the "Taken" series is 1.2 billion US dollars.

This obviously underestimates the earning power of the "Taken" series.

It can be seen that Wall Street has a relatively conservative attitude towards the future earnings of movies.

However, Tang En was not discouraged!

The next day, Dunn Films released another important announcement - the most famous movie series in history "007" will be restarted!

At the beginning, the "007" series belonged to United Artists Pictures.

After MGM acquired United Artists Pictures, it became MGM's trump card.

Now that New Universal has acquired MGM, the "007" series has become Tang En Pictures' money-absorbing weapon!

"007" is too famous!

The global influence is far greater than the new project "Taken".

You can see it with an example.

In 2002, MGM produced the 20th "007" series of films, called "007 Die Another Day". The production cost of the film was US$100 million, the cost of publicity and distribution in North America was US$40 million, and the global box office was only US$430 million.

Such a result does not seem to be very impressive.

However, how much is really invested by MGM?

Only $20 million!

Once the project was launched, it became the darling of the sponsors and advertising circles. A total of 12 advertisers participated in the sponsorship of the film, and the total advertising cost of the sponsorship reached 120 million US dollars!

In other words, MGM only spent 20 million US dollars to shoot "007: Die Another Day"!

This shows that the "007" movie has a strong ability to make money.

Now, 4 years have passed.

Tang En Pictures is finally going to launch this long-lasting super sequel masterpiece, how can it not attract the carnival of the market?

First there was "Taken" created by Luc Besson and Mel Gibson, and then the action movie ace "007"... All signs indicated that Tang En Pictures was going to make efforts in the field of traditional action movies.

Twain seems to be saving the traditional action movie market!

This time, the investment bank consultants who are listed on the new global market finally can't sit still, "007" is too famous!

The issue price has increased again!

This time, raise $2!

After many rounds of competition between New Universal and Wall Street, the issue price finally exceeded $200!

The chairman and CEO of Citibank, Charles Prince, personally called Tang En to tell Tang En the good news: "After our careful assessment, the estimated issue price of New Global will be $201!"

Tang En smiled, "Listen...are you in a good mood?"

"Of course, I am excited about your work!" Charles Prince praised Tang En unabashedly, "I have been in charge of the IPO of more than 30 companies, and in the process of determining the issue price, I will always encounter various problems. All kinds of quarrels, and even many unpleasant things happened. Dunn, I really didn't expect that you would choose such a surprising way. I have come into contact with too many entrepreneurs. Among these people, You are the only one!"

"Don't put a high hat on me!"

"not real!"

Tang En shook his head, and said flatly: "I just want to raise the issue price as much as possible, to be responsible for my employees, and for the shareholders who have contributed to New Global over the past few years."

Charles Prince said: "You are an admirable entrepreneur. Especially your response measures are gratifying. When I was studying the listing work of New Global with a few old friends these days, they all agreed You are full of praise."

Tang En smiled slightly, his mind as calm as water.

He had already expected the compliment from the other party.

In the past few years, Tang En's struggle in Hollywood was actually a process of grabbing jobs. Snatching jobs from other Hollywood companies has established the current monopoly of New Universal.

This is the benefit of eating alone.

But fighting against Wall Street... Tang En changed his strategy.

He is not grabbing the cake, grabbing the cake from Wall Street into his own bowl. Such an approach, even if it succeeds, will greatly offend Wall Street. Wall Street is not Hollywood, and Tang En lacks strength there. In the future, New Global's financial operations will be inseparable from them. It is necessary to maintain a good relationship.

Therefore, Tang En adopted another coping strategy.

Make the cake bigger!

New Global releases heavy good news again and again, which will greatly increase the market recognition of New Global and the investment enthusiasm of subscribers.

In other words, good news is equivalent to increasing the expected market value of New Global.

The bigger the cake, the more cakes New Universal will get. At the same time, Wall Street's share of the cake is naturally bigger.

In the past IPOs, listed companies and investment banks distributed benefits on the basis of inherent value, and there was always arguing and fighting, and everyone wanted to make more money.

Tang En chose another strategy, using his own means in a friendly manner to increase the inherent value while the distribution of benefits remains unchanged. Let's make more money together! If New Global is satisfied, Wall Street will also be satisfied.