Shahai Entertainment also had contact with Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese is busy with the shooting and production of "The Aviator" and has no time to take care of it. He will not talk about other film projects after the production of "The Aviator" is over next year.

Luo Nan was not in a hurry, after all, there was still plenty of time.

2003 is about to pass, and the two films released by Relativity Entertainment in December are still being screened, and "The Enemy of the People" enters its second weekend.

This romantic comedy movie with a mediocre reputation may be due to Will Smith's personal charm, and its trend is jaw-dropping.

The box office of the next weekend was only 34% lower than the first weekend, and it received another $38.6 million. In addition to the previous gains including the Christmas holiday, the total box office of the film in North America successfully exceeded the $100 million threshold, reaching a cumulative amount of $119.98 million.

Not to mention others, even Ronan did not expect that the trend of "The National Enemy" would be so steady and smooth.

After all, this is just a funny romantic comedy, and its reputation can only be considered mediocre. Although the promotion and distribution of Embassy Films are great, it does not make it so steady.

In the final analysis, it can only be said that in the decade after the new millennium, Will Smith's personal charm and box office appeal are amazing.

It seems that as long as the video is not too bad, Will Smith can support the box office.

In addition, "Lost Tokyo" is still screened in a small preview situation. Although it entered the fourth preview weekend, the Embassy Film Industry has excellent control over the rhythm, and the reputation marketing is very good, and the preview attendance rate has always been quite considerable. When the single-camera box office of the weekend continued to remain above $10,000, the total box office in North America had reached $15.1 million.

In addition, the film received a series of nominations and awards.

In many Oscar outpost awards, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, the New York Film Critics Association Award, the Boston Film Critics Association Award, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award, etc., "Lost Tokyo" has all won nominations for the three major awards: Best Director, Best Actress and Best Picture.

Although "Lost Tokyo" is not the strongest first film on the outpost, it has gained a lot. As the New Year is approaching, the famous weather vane award will be followed.

Director Union Award, Producer League Award, Actor Union Award, and Golden Globe Award.

These are the four weather vane awards with the greatest influence on the Oscars. The judges of the first three highly coincide with the Oscar judges. It can even be said that they are composed of Oscar judges. The final result is extremely overlapping with the Oscars. According to relevant data statistics, the overlap is more than 95%.

The latter's judges have no cent relationship with the Oscars, but they have a certain influence. Once they win the award, they will receive huge publicity effects and attract the attention of many people.

Of course, these are ultimately to give the film more opportunities to win tickets, and it is impossible to guarantee that any film will win 100% of the award.

The so-called Oscar vane or outpost is nothing more than the titles given by film critics, reporters and movie fans.

The original intention of many movie awards was that they never thought they would become an appendix to the Oscars. However, the status of the Oscars in the world is too high. In North America, there is really no entertainment award that can match the qualifications and influence of the Oscars.

Sometimes, when a person and an award reach the highest level, later generations are inevitably called accessories.

Before the New Year, good news came, and the three-party negotiations between Preton Pictures and Embassy Pictures and Shahai Entertainment came to an end. The three parties signed a formal cooperation agreement on the two film projects "Mama Mia" and "Da Vinci Code".

Sandsea Entertainment and Preton Pictures invest in each other's film projects. The former accounts for 51% of the investment in "Mama Mia" led by itself, and the latter accounts for 51% of the investment in "Da Vinci Code" led by Tom Hanks.

This can effectively guarantee each person's right to speak in the leading project.

At the same time, Rita Wilson served as one of the producers of "Mama Mia", and Ronan will also serve as a producer in the "Da Vinci Code" project.

The omni-channel distribution of these two films in North America and overseas is all under the responsibility of Embassy Pictures.

If the issuance rights are in your hands, Relativity Entertainment will take the absolute initiative.

Pretong Pictures has no distribution capabilities and can only be in the downstream of the industrial chain.

“Happy cooperation.”

In the news room of the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Ronan and Tom Hanks exchanged contracts at the signing ceremony and shook hands tightly. Tom Hanks smiled honestly and said, "Happy cooperation!"

The two hands were held together heavily, as if they were the closest partners.

The lights of hundreds of media reporters turned off, as if they were about to blind people's eyes.

Then it is the time for routine questions.

A reporter with the "Yahoo Entertainment" tag hanging on his chest asked: "Mr. Anderson, Mr. Hanks, congratulations to you on this strong cooperation. Can you tell me what you think about this cooperation?"

Tom Hanks glanced at Ronan, and Ronan made a gesture of inviting him to signal first.

"I am very honored to be able to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment." Tom Hanks is still a good man: "Mr. Anderson is a very outstanding producer, and I believe this collaboration will surely lead to success.

Tom Hanks' words are very particular, and Ronan doesn't say anything randomly. He smiled and said, "I have always been Tom's fan. I have wanted to work with Tom since the 1990s, and now I finally get what I want."

This kind of scene is a must-have skill in Hollywood.

After the signing ceremony, Tom Hanks took the lead in leaving the news room, and Ronan then entered the lounge on the other side.

The conversation between the two bigwigs of their respective companies is quite peaceful in private, but it is definitely not as harmonious as in front of the media.

With more than $50 million in investment and holding a producer position, Ronan is very concerned about the specific preparation plan for "Da Vinci Code" and asked: "Tom, when will the film be prepared for filming?"

Faced with extremely important work, Tom Hanks temporarily put down his prejudice and said: "Preparation will start as early as May next year, and will start filming in the second half of the year and be released in 2005."

With too much money on it, it may be that Relativity Entertainment has nothing to do, and his Pritton Pictures will be very difficult, which is also the key to finally agreeing to cooperate.

With the strength of Preton Pictures alone, the financial problem of filming and producing "Da Vinci Code" is difficult to solve.

Ronan has no big doubts about investment and funds. On the one hand, he is one of the producers of the crew and is one of the highest power structure; on the other hand, both crews hired firefighters funds as a third-party film completion guarantee, and the investment will be controlled in third-party accounts.

"Where is the director?" Ronan knew that Tom Hanks was playing the leading role in person: "Are you sure you choose?"

Tom Hanks said: "It's basically finalized, Long Howard has agreed to be the director of the film."

Ronan nodded slightly: "This person is good, director Howard is competent."

"I think so, too." Tom Hanks suddenly turned around and asked, "One of the heroines in "Mama Mia" is your friend, and the other heroine?"

Ronan said directly: "I plan to invite Meryl Streep."

Tom Hanks frowned slightly: "She? Will she star in it?"

"It's up to man," Ronan explained simply: "I may work with Meryl Streep on several film projects."

Tom Hanks said: "Her acting and singing skills are enough to deal with this role, your friend..."

Ronan smiled: "Her name is Amanda Seyfried. She just starred in "Mean Girl" some time ago. This film is still released in North America. She is not in Los Angeles now. She is running overseas promotions of "Mean Girl". When Amanda comes back, I can arrange for her to meet Ms. Rita Wilson first."

When it comes to expensive investments, Tom Hanks is also cautious: "This is the best."

Ronan is very confident that Amanda Seyfried is competent for this role. Perhaps Amanda Seyfried's acting skills are average, but his appearance is excellent and he has a very good singing skills.

There are many actors who can't sing at all, such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise. Others need money to sing, but they do not sing at all.

It is said that even the female wolf in the Rocky Mountains could be attracted by them.

With a full-scale collaboration on two film projects, Ronan and Tom Hanks discussed for a while, especially about the investment, shooting and distribution of the film.

"Mama Mia" is okay, with a production budget of $40 million; "Da Vinci Code" has a production budget of $110 million!

Even with the support of the Pacific Investment Foundation and not occupying the working capital of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan is still very cautious while paying attention.

Nearly half an hour later, Ronan was about to say goodbye. Before leaving, he said specifically: "Tom, we are now partners, and we need to maintain smooth and good communication and work together!"

Tom Hanks is neither a kid nor a willful star in the circle, but a very mature and steady person, saying, "Ronan, this is exactly what I want to say."

Ronan shook hands with Tom Hanks, and then walked out of the rest room.

Perhaps because of Spielberg's relationship, Ronan knew very well that Tom Hanks had prejudice against him, and the two might not be friends, but there was no need to become enemies.

In the Hollywood circle, good connections and cooperative relationships are sometimes very important.

The North American film circle is still a business circle after all, and the practice of being either a friend or an enemy will only make it difficult for oneself to move forward.

Just as the cooperation agreement reached between the two film projects "Mamma Mia" and "Da Vinci Code", Relativity Entertainment spent the critical year of 2003, ushered in the dawn of 2004, and continued to run wildly on the road of development.
Chapter completed!