Xinghai Pictures, in the New York distribution office, Nina Jacobson, who came from Los Angeles on purpose, is discussing with Simon Pike about Roland Emmerich's new disaster movie "Goodbye Atlantis" ".

"The reputation of "10,000 Years Before History" is really not very good. Roland Emmerich is very eager for the new film. It is best to start shooting in August, and it will be released in the second half of next year. It is still a little anxious," Ni Na Jacobson and the production department have researched that there is a market for Roland Emmerich's new film, but the $200 million production budget is too high.

"It seems that he is also stimulated. What does it mean that Warner Bros. and Columbia have been in contact with you?" Simon Pike still thought that Xinghai could operate independently, but his strength did not allow it.

"Both Warner Bros. and Columbia are interested in this project, but they don't want to invest too much money. We are involved in the investment, and Warner Bros. can give us distribution in North American markets other than DVD, theaters, TV stations, online networks, etc.," Nina Jacobson spoke out about Alan Horn's condition at the time,

"Sony can hand over the complete North American copyright to us, on the condition that we hope that Xinghai Entertainment supports the Blu-ray DVD format!"

Simon was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Sony is actually making this request now, but Toshiba just announced a press conference last month to stop R&D, production and promotion of HD-DVD players. Sony's Blu-ray HD DVD format battle has been Victory!"

"It is estimated that independent filmmakers mainly support HD-DVD and ordinary DVD formats. After all, it is cheaper than Blu-ray, and Sony also hopes that we can fully promote Blu-ray HD DVD. After all, Xinghai Pictures has become the overlord of independent film companies. Intentions," Nina Jacobson laughed. Sony wanted to promote Blu-ray HD DVDs in order to sell machines, but the market for ordinary DVDs is still huge, and more supporters are good for them.

"It also makes sense. The North American distribution rights of a movie are indeed unimportant, and they have confidence in the Marvel we have because of the success of the "Spider-Man" series!" Simon thinks more about this, after all, Columbia Pictures Industry is just a chain for Sony Group to drive products from content.

In the early days of Sony-led Betamax format wars, Panasonic-led VHS format videotape battle, the more technical Betamax format lost to Panasonic's VHS format, which can be described as Sony's pain.

Akio Morita and Konosuke Matsushita both recognized the importance of content, coupled with the economic prosperity of RB, one acquired Columbia and the other acquired Universal!

"Warner Bros. is still as greedy as ever. It refuses to let the DVD release in the North American market. It really treats us as the kind of company that only wants to rely on movies to promote its brand." Simon is a little disdainful, Xinghai Pictures has won this year's The Oscar for the best picture, and after Marvel Studios becomes popular, Xinghai Entertainment will definitely be famous all over the world, how much influence can a "2012" have.

"Then, do we cooperate with Sony?" Nina Jacobson actually prefers to cooperate with Sony. After all, Sony is always an RB company. In some aspects, Xinghai Pictures has a certain initiative, and some interests also Let's talk a little bit.

"Yes, let's cooperate with Sony Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures and them in the overseas market, and Xinghai Pictures in the North American market," Simon decided.

"Remember, the North American market is far less than the overseas market for this type of film, and we must vigorously strive for our interests in terms of investment share!"

Nina Jacobson nodded, of course she understood, but I'm afraid the funds of sixty to seventy million dollars are indispensable.

"By the way, I deliberately watched the pseudo-documentary horror film "Smart: Ghost Record" that you mentioned before, and thought it was okay. Do you want to put him in the theater?" Nina Jacobson suddenly asked road.

"I have this idea, but I'd better release the DVD version according to your plan to see what the income is, and then make a planned theater release according to the situation." After all, if you invest in theaters, you must promote it strategically. , which requires time and money.

Nina Jacobson nodded, thinking the same way herself. If the response in the DVD market is very good, it is indeed worth putting into theaters.

"Before Summit, we had a lot of experience in releasing low-cost horror movies, and "Smart: Ghost Recording" worked well for them." Anyway, the current plan is to regard Summit as a label for producing and distributing films, with functions and Dimen Pictures, a subsidiary of Weinstein Pictures, is similar.

Simon nodded and said, "I will personally buy a few movies this year. It is estimated that it is also an independent movie suitable for Xinghai Qixing Pictures. Money and fame are always the same thing!"

"By the way, the Chinese movie "Chibi" that Summit Entertainment previously represented seems to be about to be released. It seems that the North American distribution rights have not been sold, right?"

Summit Entertainment became the overseas copyright agent of the movie "Chibi" in 2006. Outside of Asia, the distribution rights in the North American market have been pre-sold.

However, now that "Chibi" is about to be released in Asia, the copyright in the North American market has not been sold. Because it is a Chinese movie, Simon also paid attention to it.

"The price can't be negotiated, and the box office of Chinese movies in recent years has not been ideal, and that movie has to be divided into two episodes and released, and it has to wait until the next episode is finished." Of course Nina Jacobson knows, after all "Red Cliff" is a production with an investment of 80 million US dollars. It is a big production in the Xinghai system, and it is the film with the largest investment in China. John Woo was also the one who shot "Mission Impossible 2" and other blockbuster movies in Hollywood before.

"Agent!" Simon curled his lips. It was not worth mentioning. Before Pinnacle Entertainment, he either participated in investment or production, and always made small troubles.

"Don't worry, Xinghai Pictures will buy distribution rights in the future, and will focus on the distribution of movies, and we are preparing a branch of Xinghai International Pictures in the English-speaking European region. It is quite convenient for Hollywood movies to enter Europe. "Nina Jacobson certainly knows Simon's mind, and it's not Simon's style to make small plays.

"China, last year's box office market was 450 million US dollars, more than 3.3 billion yuan, and the growth rate is still good. It seems that the Asian side is going to speed up!" Simon knows that the Chinese market will surpass the North American market in the future. what.

"It should be prepared early, Asia still has the world's second largest market RB, we must pay attention," Nina Jacobson and others are realistic, the size of the market determines the degree of attention.