Ronan certainly understood the meaning of this sentence and said, "Jesse thinks you are the most suitable director of this project."

Sofia Coppola said: "I like the script "Juno". So, after Jesse found me, I immediately ended my vacation."

Ronan smiled: "I hope you can bring a masterpiece like "Lost Tokyo."

Sofia Coppola also laughed: "I am very confident in myself and the script of "Juno."

Female directors have natural advantages in directing female themes, and Sofia Coppola has also filmed some similar "The Death of a Virgin".

Ronan said directly: "The goal of this film is still to be awards season and Oscars."

"It's a pity that I'm a woman." Sofia Coppola sighed: "It's hard for those stubborn old men to give me the Oscar little golden man I want most."

Ronan nodded: "It's really difficult, but there's always hope." He said deliberately: "Don't forget, you're Sofia Coppola."

Sofia Coppola said self-deprecatingly: "Yes, if I weren't Sofia Coppola, there would be no hope at all."

Ronan couldn't help but think of James Cameron's ex-wife who is stronger than most men. She seemed to have won the Oscar for Best Director, and was in the same class as "Avatar".

Even with such cases, it is still very, very difficult for female directors to achieve something in the best director who occupies an absolute dominance of men.

To put it bluntly, Catherine Bigelow is just an isolated case and does not have universality.

Sofia Coppola has hope, but it is very unlikely that she wants to win the best director through a subject like "Juno".

While "Madagascar" has not been screened yet, Ronan and Sofia Coppola talked about some things about "Juno".

Jessica Felton has negotiated a relevant director contract with Sofia Coppola, and the two parties officially signed a director agreement a week ago.

The production budget of this project is only 7 million US dollars, which is also a low investment among the production projects of Shahai Entertainment today.

"Lost Tokyo" has a box office of $72.15 million in North America. Sofia Coppola only asked for a basic salary of $500,000 during the negotiations, and the focus of the salary was on the later share.

Working with famous directors, you will definitely have to pay a higher reward. In the final agreement, Sofia Coppola, in addition to the basic salary of $500,000, also enjoys 10% of the North American box office profit dividend.

Ronan and Jessica Felton agreed on the invitation of Sofia Coppola, and they all believed that Sofia Coppola was conducive to the success of the film.

The topic of the two also turned to Jessica Felton, and Sofia Coppola said: "The female producer you found is very good. Successful female producers are rarer than successful female directors."

Ronan smiled and said, "Jesse worked hard on his skills and abilities."

Sofia Coppola glanced at Ronan and refused to say something.

The lights on the ceiling were turned off at this time, the big screen lighted up, and the screening room became quiet, and the premiere of "Madagascar" began.

This movie about African animals, of course, has to start from the United States due to the needs of the North American market, so the protagonists became animal stars in Central Park, New York.

Lions, zebras, hippos and giraffes originally lived very comfortably in Central Park. Later, whether passive or active, they yearned for freedom, and their experiences became more colorful.

Of course, DreamWorks Animation Studio has also learned a lot of successful experience from the success of "Monster Shrek".

For example, the nonsensical and funny thing in the whole process.

The style of DreamWorks Animation Studio has always been the truth, goodness and beauty in funnyness.

"Madagascar" is very funny, and just like the anti-fairy tale classic of "Monster Shrek", it spoofs many classic elements.

For example, the Lion's signature appearance move simply dropped the Peugeot logo. The soundtrack of the Lion chasing the Zebra with green eyes is the classic music of the Marlboro cowboys. The ball played by the Lion is Tom Hanks' partner Wilson. The roses flying all over the sky in "American  .beauty" are steak here...

When the evil penguins returned to their hometown Antarctica, where they were thinking day and night, and cursed "What the hell is this?", the spoof atmosphere reached its climax.

This group of penguins who tried to return to Antarctica by following the laws of nature. They really arrived at Antarctica but could not stand the harsh environment of Antarctica. They turned around with sunscreen to Madagascar.

The entire screening room was filled with joy.

Since "Shrek Monster", DreamWorks Animation Studio's successful animated feature films have almost all the premises for success, based on making the audience laugh wildly.

"Madagascar" is no exception.

This is a movie that makes people laugh and feel very comfortable after watching it.

As for any profound theme or whether there is irony or not, it doesn't matter in front of the market.

It makes people laugh and feel comfortable. The movie can guarantee commercial success and every dollar invested by Embassy Film and DreamWorks Animation Studios will get the rewards it deserves.

With the complete decline of traditional hand-drawn animation, computer animation has ushered in its best era.

With the rapid advancement of computer technology in recent years, computer animation has become a unique star in the field of cartoons. "Madagascar" can be regarded as another ambition work of DreamWorks Animation Studio.

During the early publicity, DreamWorks Animation Studio has repeatedly promoted the use of many new brain-based animation production techniques in "Madagascar" and has made major breakthroughs.

For example, the hair of the lion Alex.

Compared to the relatively rough scenes of "Monster Shrek", "Madagascar", which has a production budget of only $75 million, has indeed made great progress in technology and graphics.

However, the gap between Alex's hair is still very obvious compared to Sullivan, a few years ago in Pixar Studios.

But it cannot be denied that DreamWorks Animation Studio has made progress. After leading DreamWorks Animation Studio to get out of trouble, Jerever Carsonberg is catching up with Pixar Studio.

No one wants to be the second-year-old, and anyone wants to be the leader in the industry.

Therefore, DreamWorks Animation Studio changed its previous thrifty producer style and began to invest more than 150 million US dollars in a single animation feature project like Pixar's sluts.

This is also a reflection of Jerever Carsonberg and DreamWorks Animation Studios’ ambitions.

It is hard to say about the three major investment animated feature films in the future, but "Madagascar" was at least commercially successful.

"A movie that makes people laugh."

“Savvy family entertainment.”

The media's evaluation of "Madagascar" is also positive.

The Hollywood Reporter comments are perhaps the most representative.

“Madagascar doesn’t do much, it just makes you laugh, and such minimalism brings pure family joy!”

In the eyes of film critics, movies like "Madagascar" are typical examples of boredom and clumsy.

No matter these, the audience will not care about continuity thinking or something. Most viewers are immersed in endless jokes when watching this movie.

The most popular thing in the film is not the protagonists, but the evil penguins.

Just like the Ice Age series, the supporting roles stole the limelight from the protagonists.

Many viewers have been won by Penguin.

After watching the video, Ronan can also guess that DreamWorks Animation Studio will definitely develop Penguin's independent animated movies in the future.

Hollywood will make the most of every resource of successful movies.

Not to mention a very popular movie like "Madagascar", "Blade Runner", which suffered a serious loss back then, almost ruined Ridley Scott's directorial career, has attracted the attention of Warner Bros. after more than 20 years of offline operations and reputation fermentation.

Warner Bros. is said to be discussing whether to shoot a sequel to Blade Runner.

As time goes by, "Blade Runner" has brought discussion and heat from a loss-making movie to a classic movie, and the offline market has brought a steady stream of revenue, which seems to make Warner Bros forget that the cost of time is also a cost.

After the release of "Madagascar", the audience responded well, and the Embassy Films' publicity and distribution capabilities were guaranteed, and it also achieved expected box office results.

In North America, paintings started for three days, "Madagascar" earned $57.22 million in 4,288 theaters.

This result is enough to ensure that the film ranks first in the North American box office rankings.

Because the film has a good reputation, cinema score predicts that the North American box office of "Madagascar" will be more than US$200 million.

There is no doubt that this animated feature has been successful.

"Madagascar" also made DreamWorks Animation Studio's already overwhelming confidence stronger.

Although there were also less successful animated feature films like "The Pony King" and "The Legend of Simbad Seven Seas" in the past two years, since the release of "Shrek 2", including "Shark Gang" and "Madagascar", DreamWorks Animation Studio has achieved a dazzling three-game winning streak.

Jerever Carsonberg and DreamWorks Animation Studios do have the capital to be confident.

As the weekend passed and the workday approached, Spielberg gave Ronan a clear reply. The team formed by DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation Studio also came to the Relativity Building as agreed to discuss the termination of the contract with the Embassy Film Industry.

At the same time, Spielberg's agent is also talking about director cooperation with Shahai Entertainment.

Spielberg's directorial collaboration is a future plan and will not be implemented in the short term.

The negotiations between DreamWorks and Embassy Films were relatively smooth, after all, Ronan and Spielberg had agreed on the main terms.
Chapter completed!