mousepad-d2 Chapter 314 The Birth of a First-line Male Star
Chapter 314 The Birth of a First-line Male Star
In Hollywood, the simplest criterion for measuring a male star is his salary.The salary referred to here refers to his salary income as the leading actor in a movie in detail, excluding his later dividends or bonuses.The average salary of first-line male stars is more than 2000 million US dollars, so Hollywood also has the so-called "2000 million club" legend.Whether you are popular or not, what magazine cover you can be on, what magazine interview you can get, etc. are all related to whether you have entered the 2000 million club or not.And the Hollywood male stars who can stay in the 2000 million club for a long time and rarely miss are just three "Two Tang Yiwei" (Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Will Smith), Nicholas Cage and Johnny Desmond. Generally speaking, they are "quasi first-line". The reason why they call them this way is that many of their films are indeed no worse than "Shuang Tang Yi Wei", but the vision of these two people in choosing films is too weird. There are also a lot of bad movies with a mess at the box office, so the salaries of the two often go up and down, which makes their agency quite dissatisfied.
It is interesting to say that Shuang Tang Yiwei's brokerage contracts are all affiliated to "Innovative Artist Brokerage Company", which is a rising star of Hollywood brokerage company. Of course, its qualifications are not as good as William Morris Brokerage Company, but because there is a Cologne in the list of shareholders of Innovative Artists. Bo Pacific Investment Company, so their relationship with Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group is clearly revealed.Because of anti-monopoly laws and some unspoken rules, Jed did not directly get involved in the brokerage business.But in the process of my own development, because of Spielberg's connection, I have had very close cooperation with innovative artists.For this reason, innovative artists are dubbed "Sherman Entertainment's Queen's Brokerage Company".
In the 90s, under the operation of innovative artists and Jade, "Two Soups and One Power" consolidated their unshakable position in Hollywood.But after entering the new century, Hollywood male stars suddenly fell into a state of inadequacy.Compared with the colorful scenery of newcomers on the female star side, the male star is completely supported by the elderly and the Mesozoic generation.In fact, Jed once wanted to popularize Nicolas Cage and Johnny Depp, the former because of his relationship with the Coppola family, and the latter because of Jed's personal reasons.It's a pity that neither of them signed a contract with the innovative artist in the end, and Jed had to give up in the end.
It wasn't until Jed dug out Robert Downey Jr. from the drug rehabilitation center that Jed and the innovative artist had a plan to regain popularity as a "first-line male star".According to the analysis of innovative artists, the backup actors who can now reach the status of first-line men are nothing more than Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr.Heath Ledger and Christian Bale can be regarded as a complete new generation, while Leonardo and Robert Jr. are already considered "quasi-Mesozoic".Originally, innovative artists were more optimistic about Ledger and Bell, but Jed, who is familiar with the development of later generations, completely gave up on these two.
It's not that Jed doesn't want to save Ledger the Clown, but the question is that even if Ledger is saved, can you guarantee that his future performance will be as good as the Clown's?More importantly, the posthumous award of Oscar for Best Supporting Actor to Ledger also seems to be a kind of tribute.So although Jed took some precautions, he didn't keep an eye on the "Batman Begins" crew all the time.
And Bell and DiCaprio seem to be difficult brothers, and the typical drama celebrities are not popular.It can be said that Bell and DiCaprio have almost starred in the best films of their time, and the crews they worked with are also the top of their time, but they have a feud with the best actor, and they are destined to be with them for thousands of years. The role of the prince studying.But what Jed appreciates more about DiCaprio is that he can tolerate loneliness, while Bell can't.After the "Batman prequel trilogy" did not bring him any personal honor, he actually gave up Nolan's invitation.Although Bell is still improving with his talent, the speed of improvement is far less than his earth-shaking performance in the Nolan crew.
On the contrary, it is DiCaprio. Since "The Aviator", film critics have begun to complain year after year for his failure to win the best actor.Don't underestimate the so-called "after-the-fact comfort". The judges are also human. After years of "guilt", can you guarantee that the next role will be hopeless?Moreover, DiCaprio seems to have taken this point aside, completely running towards the positioning of the old drama in the future.It seems that DiCaprio himself is also angry. It is estimated that his plan is to either become the least controversial actor in the history of Oscars, or become the biggest regret in the history of Oscars.When Jed's "The Shawshank Redemption" defeated Oscar, no one laughed at Jed, but mocked Oscar's blindness.
Under such circumstances, Jed advocated the signing of Robert Downey Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio. Jed believes that they are the next generation of twin soups, one will be the king of commercial films like Tom Cruise, and The other is a master of literary films like Tom Hanks.Jed's plan for Leonardo DiCaprio has urged him to cooperate with Christopher Nolan in "Inception", and then DiCaprio will be arranged to star in two or so biopics every year.Because biographical films are frequent visitors to Oscars, and they are also the type of films that most exercise actors' acting skills.Jade has planned to arrange DiCaprio to star in "Hoover" in 2011; "Django Unchained" in 2012; The Wolf and The Great Gatsby.
In addition, Jed does not exclude DiCaprio from going to other crews to hone himself. After all, his vision is much better than Johnny Depp, but there is no need to worry that he will receive some weird movies that will ruin his first-line actor. star road.And Robert Downey Jr. naturally accumulates his box office appeal through various commercial films. "Iron Man" and "Avengers" are almost the series created for him, plus the "Sherlock Holmes" series, If Robert Downey Jr., who holds three major commercial film series, does not become Hollywood's highest-paid movie star, Jed can say goodbye with a smile.
Of course, Jade also has his own selfish motives for popularizing Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr. The most simple thing is to urge his Galaxy Film Company to be selected into the MPAA (Movie Association of America).Although Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group already has two companies, MGM and United Artists, who are members of the MPAA, they are "adoptive" after all, and Jed must respect the feelings of the elders of these two companies.Yinhe Movie is his own son, and only sending him in is his real success.Many people wonder, isn't it just a film association, why bother?Quite simply, MPAA is the only institution in the United States and even North America that has accreditation for film distribution.
The U.S. government does not directly manage the distribution of U.S. movies, and how the movies are distributed is entirely up to this association.Whether your film is rated PG-13 or R, that's entirely up to the MPAA in a matter of minutes, but it's that little decision that can make or break your top-grossing 13- to 17-year-old demographic.Meanwhile, in the United States, only members of the MPAA are eligible for film distribution.A member like Disney dares to get a Disney Pictures Group and a Bona International, and one company sits on two distribution companies; while hard-working non-members like Galaxy and DreamWorks have to ask for a thigh hug.
In the early days, Galaxy was released through Disney’s Bona International channel; in the mid-term, it was either Fox Films or Paramount Films; it was not until Jed acquired MGM and United Artists that the distribution was really in hand.Regardless of the fact that Jed owns the largest AMC Wanda cinema company in North America and even the world, the bulk of the movie box office profits are actually in the hands of the distribution company.Generally speaking, production companies get [-]% of the box office, theater companies get [-]%, directors and crew members get [-]%, and only distribution companies can blatantly take [-]%.From this we know how important the MPAA is, right?
Most importantly, the MPAA is regarded as a representative organization of the American film industry, and even politicians like the President of the United States have to be polite to MPAA members.In the 90s, some people might say that Shuangtang Yiwei was just discovered by Jed with his keen eyesight. Disney, Paramount and Fox really made them popular, because most of their films were produced and produced by the three companies. issued.This also prevented Galaxy Pictures from being shortlisted for the MPAA to a certain extent, but if DiCaprio and Downey can make it, then no one can talk nonsense.
May is an unpopular period in the North American film schedule, because it is far from the big schedules such as summer and Christmas; it is also somewhat distant from the small schedules such as Valentine's Day, Easter, and Thanksgiving.It can almost be said that April and May are basically the best time for major film companies to clear out their own bad movies.But what other film companies didn't expect was that Jade actually brought one of his annual dramas to this schedule to create a sense of "presence".Although beating up children is very fulfilling, but movie fans also know that there is no drama in this schedule and they almost watch American dramas at home.Therefore, many analysts believe that "Iron Man 2" may only attract diehard fans to watch, so the overall box office will be slightly inferior to the $1 million box office of "Iron Man 3.2".
But few people expected that Jade and Marvel Entertainment planned to fully launch a plan after this "Iron Man", which is to take care of audiences in the East. It would be good if American movies in the past could cater to European audiences, but then With the growing importance of the Middle East, the enemy in American movies is no longer the Arabs.In order to please the Japanese market, Japanese elements can be seen everywhere in movies, and now it seems that it is time to please the Chinese.
This is not only understood by Jed, but also by Marvel Entertainment. You must know that in the Marvel series of superheroes, except for Captain America who sets the enemy as a Nazi, the rest of the superheroes are more or less politically unpopular. China likes it.But after Jed accepted Marvel Entertainment, it was stipulated that the enemies of superheroes are only aliens, terrorists and extremists.At this point, DC is obviously much smarter.Superman and Batman are both superheroes in the fictional world, and their enemies are generally Americans themselves, occasionally there will be a few aliens or something.This is why the "Superman" and "Batman" movies can enter the Chinese market earlier than the Marvel heroes.
Stan Lee, the helm of Marvel Entertainment, has never been a pedantic person. How to expand the influence and profitability of his "children" is the first element in his thinking. After Jed explained everything, Stan Lee He even smiled and said, "Jed, I can even tailor a Chinese superhero for the Chinese."