Chapter 293 Three-party melee
There are always many weird but very powerful institutions on this land of North America, and once they are provoked, it will be extremely troublesome, such as environmental protection organizations and various animal protection associations that have a headache for Hollywood directors and producers, as well as the National Federation of Teachers and Parents, which is responsible for protecting the rights and interests of minors.↖
This is an unofficial organization, but its influence in the United States is absolutely terrifying, and it even has the power to modify and maintain child labor laws. In fact, they can have today. In addition to their long history and continuous efforts, there is also the mainstream society's inwilling attitude towards infringing on minors.
Indeed, in the corners that cannot be seen, the lives of some minors in this country may not be really good, but these will not be exposed before the public and the media. Those exposed, especially those related to public figures, can basically be said to have zero tolerance.
Morgan Freeman's step-granddaughter is only sixteen years old and is a female student, and is a minor in the absolute sense.
Therefore, the National Association of Teachers and Parents of the United States made an extremely fierce reaction, and with the media's inspiration, it specially convened a press conference on the matter and announced that it would conduct a targeted investigation. If it is true, parents and minors across the United States will call on any movies starring Morgan Freeman and reserve the right to sue the law.
From the first moment of the scandal, Morgan Freeman and DreamWorks were conducting crisis public relations, but the existing information was not good for them, and the power of the six major companies and the media group behind them was far beyond DreamWorks' ability to compete with.
In fact, as Duke said, no one cares about Morgan Freeman's life or death. A second-tier black movie star is not worth fighting with the Six Major Companies and DreamWorks. He is just the little fish affected by the fired city gate. From the day when DreamWorks showed its ambition, the Six Major Companies are waiting for such an opportunity to take full advantage of the suppression.
The media has a huge role in guiding public opinion, especially the four major TV networks with terrifying influence in this era. ABC belongs to Walt Disney, CBS is owned by Viacom, Paramount Pictures's previous home. Fox TV is originally part of 20th Century Fox. Although NBC TV belongs to General Electric, it has a close relationship with Time Warner...
When the four major TV networks are focusing on tracking and reporting on the scandal, what should DreamWorks and Morgan Freeman use to resist?
As the release date of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" is getting closer, media reports and digs are getting more and more fierce. Even some people in the Freeman family cannot withstand the temptation of the media and come forward to expose the fierce news related to this. Even if there is no direct evidence to show that Morgan Freeman has indeed had a relationship with his step-granddaughter, just like Michael Jackson, is the evidence important now?
Some enthusiastic publics were incited by the media and those who were interested. They began to protest in front of the DreamWorks headquarters in the Hollywood area. Some more enthusiastic private charity organizations called the North American theater alliance and asked the theaters to boycott the "Clash of Heaven and Earth".
The conservative Utah responded the most fiercely, and directly announced the ban on the screening of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" in Utah.
It is impossible for theaters to boycott "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", but the voices of protest in society cannot be completely ignored. The most important thing is that there may be a considerable number of people who boycott this movie.
"In the past three days, we have received protest calls from twenty-two public welfare organizations!"
In the conference room of Amg headquarters, Lynch said to many executives present. "There are six major issuing companies that have been jointly putting pressure on us!"
Although theaters are independent, their relationship with the six major companies and traditional Hollywood forces such as Hollywood is far beyond DreamWorks.
“If the film has enough potential, we can ignore these protests.”
On the other hand, the head of the film selection department said. "Based on our sampling survey among the potential audience, nearly one-fifth of people have canceled their plans to watch "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth."
After a brief silence in the conference room, Lynch was the first to speak, "My suggestion, amg reduces the number of theaters in "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth". If this film has excellent box office openings, we can completely re-adjust the theaters."
In fact, everyone here knows that "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" will inevitably be affected by a scandal, and the other party made the decision to reduce the release of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" yesterday.
"Disney's "Born of a Couple" was released in the same period as "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth". "Lynch looked at Ceo Paulo, "This PG-level film responded very well in the preview of the student group. We can add the free theater chain to this all-age film."
After roughly thinking about it for a few minutes, ceo Paul made the final decision, “Execute as you think!”
Just like the first few movies produced by DreamWorks, the three giants' ambitions are always constantly being hit when facing traditional forces. A week before the release of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", major commercial theater chains in North America have reduced the number of North American theaters to varying degrees with various excuses. Since theaters and publishers have signed flexible contracts, and there is a scandal in "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", DreamWorks can't say anything except for stepping up public relations.
The North American painting theater chain of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" has decreased from about 2,850 originally planned to 2,410. Before the film was released, DreamWorks suffered a heavy blow.
"There are many interests between commercial theaters in North America and the six major companies."
In Steven Spielberg's mansion, Martin Bob looked at the three DreamWorks, "It's meaningless to continue to entangle theaters now. As long as the box office in the first week of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" is excellent enough, theaters will never consider the pressure of the six major companies."
All the people here are industry insiders, so of course they know this. David Geffen asked Spielberg, "Can Morgan Freeman's character be cut?"
"He is an important supporting role!" Spielberg emphasized, "We cannot reshoot less than a week after the release. If we cut off his scenes, the plot of the film will have serious problems and it is not feasible."
David Geffen thought for a while. "The first priority now is to minimize the impact of Morgan Freeman's scandal."
"How to lower it?" Jerryford Carsonberg frowned, "behind this..."
He shook his head, how could he not see the truth of the matter as the former head of Disney Animation Studio?
"News are time-sensitive, and the media and the public are always pursuing freshness." Martin Bob suddenly stood up and walked a few steps nearby, saying, "The best way to suppress a scandal is to create another new scandal like Warner Bros did!"
Spielberg looked up at Martin Bob, "Actors with insufficient weight are of no use. The most well-known actors in "The Matrix" are Keanu Reeves and Duke Rosenberg. The former has been hyped by us and is not that attractive. The latter..."
He sighed, "Duke has a lot of lace, and his lace is not a secret to us, but he never has sex with minors, and those ordinary laces are not lethal at all."
"Yes, my people have checked him." Martin Bob's face showed a little disappointment, "He, the famous playboy, can actually stand it..."
Speaking of this, Martin Bob turned the topic back, "Give up attacking the Matrix. We can shift our target to another film that is also competitive. There are some methods we cannot use for actors in the English-speaking area, but actors from mainland Europe are a different matter."
Every May, news about popular movies is always endless, including flattery, praise, criticism, and smear from competitors.
This year is no exception. Although there is no name-based war between "The Matrix" and "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", the various gossip news created have attracted countless public attention. The Morgan Freeman scandal has only appeared for four days, and new black information has been exposed by the media!
One of the stars of "Godzilla", famous French movie star Jean Renault is suspected of escorting young and prostitute...
This time, not only gossip reports, but also a fifteen-year-old prostitute from New York personally stood up to correct Jean Renault, saying that he used a huge amount of money to lure her into having sex when filming "Godzilla" in New York...
The woman then reported the case to the New York police, and the New York police soon announced that they would summon Jean Renault.
As soon as this news came out, the media reported much less about Morgan Freeman, especially the public, who turned their attention to "Godzilla", which Jean Renault and him.
"Is this matter true or false?"
Ino Martin looked at Pat Kingsley and Tom Cruise, "It's not important at all. With the ability of DreamWorks and Martin Bob, it's not difficult to find a young prostitute. Even if such a thing fails in the end, it will not affect them, but it can effectively divert the attention of the media and the public."
"What do we need to do?" asked Pat Kinsley.
Ino Martin said without thinking, "We will do nothing for the time being, we will watch, we will wait, waiting for both of them to suffer losses..."
DreamWorks is not just creating scandals to divert attention. When it comes to pressure, Warner Bros. and the Time Warner behind it are definitely the most powerful. After all, "The Great Collision" and "The Matrix" are competitive, but Martin Bob knows that "Godzilla" and "The Matrix" are also competitive. As long as there is a chance, Warner Bros. and the Duke Studio will definitely not miss the opportunity to crack down on "Godzilla".
"Why should we give up this opportunity?"
This is what Duke said to Tina Fey, "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth is our competitor, and Godzilla is the same."
Doug Walter, who had dinner with them, fully agreed with Duke, "Warner's media has been involved in the Jean Renault scandal, and the headquarters has always had a good relationship with the New York police."
In the summer season of 1998, the big production has already staged a fierce competition that is not lacking in every business circle. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, novels are better, updated and faster!
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