The impact of Carl Icahn and the drag of MGM's reorganization caused Sony's morale, which had been stabilized by the management, to fall again. The market collapsed and the situation was in danger. Moreover, Carl Icahn also incited the media to make a big deal
Advocating that Sony will go bankrupt.
In addition, Sony's business has indeed been sluggish in recent years, and all aspects of business have been surpassed by competitors. Sony finally couldn't hold on. Nakahata Ryoji once again came to San Francisco and spent an entire night meeting Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu. No.
Instead of being calm and composed last time, his eyes were bloodshot and looked a little ferocious.
After meeting, Ryoharu Nakahachi got straight to the point: "What conditions are required before Sony is willing to divest its investment in MGM?"
Li Xiuxiu did not make any pretense and said directly: "We don't want Sony to divest its capital. In our opinion, reorganizing MGM will have great achievements. If we give up MGM, I'm afraid there won't be such a good opportunity in the future."
"I know, I have always believed that MGM can do something, but Sony is not going to follow up. Director Shao, Mr. Li, please set a price."
"Okay, Sony will transfer its MGM shares to Summit Entertainment at a low price, and also transfer all MGM film copyrights, as well as the copyrights of Spider-Man, to make up for Summit Entertainment's loss of capital and human resources invested in MGM.
.We will agree to Sony’s divestment from MGM!”
Nakaba Ryoji closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "We will transfer the copyright and shares to Summit Entertainment as soon as possible."
Ryoji Nakabachi left. Li Xiuxiu immediately contacted Carl Icahn: "Mr. Icahn, Sony is preparing to divest from MGM."
"A strong man breaks his wrist, not bad, not bad. I thought Sony would hold on for a while. Mr. Li, after you get what you need, you can take the film library resources and return the shares to me!"
"nature."
The battle is over, and all that remains is the distribution of benefits.
In the blink of an eye, June 3rd came, and "Magic Mike" began to be released. At the same time, "X-Men: First Class" produced by 20th Century Fox was released. In the end, "X-Men: First Class" ended with
It took the top spot with US$56 million. Compared with the X-Men series, this movie has a high reputation and can be regarded as a model. However, the opening result is too low. It is only a little higher than the first part of the series, but far lower.
In anticipation of 20th Century Fox.
"We will also make a sequel. We believe that with the high reputation of the movie, the sequel will reach a higher level." A spokesman for 20th Century Fox said forcefully.
Compared with the failure of "First Class" at the box office, "Magic Mike" is simply blinding. It cost 7 million U.S. dollars and achieved a first-week result of 40 million U.S. dollars, making a lot of money. Especially the large group of macho men selling their muscles, deeply loved by them.
Female and gay viewers loved it, and they left messages on Twitter of lead actor and producer Channing Tatum, asking for a sequel.
Summit Entertainment immediately held a press conference with Qian Ning. Qian Ning excitedly confirmed the sequel plan and said: "Yes, yes! We are conceiving. We hope to write the script as soon as possible and shoot on a larger scale.
.And now, we are also preparing to put "Magic Mike" on the stage."
"Magic Mike" performed well, and "Kung Fu Panda 2" also performed well, taking in 24.3 million U.S. dollars this week. The overseas market performed amazingly, earning 126 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has reached 363 million U.S. dollars.
From June 10th to 12th, "Kung Fu Panda 2" earned US$16.64 million in North America, and "Magic Mike" earned US$14.95 million. "Weakness" was also officially released, with US$256 million in North America and US$311 million globally, making huge profits.
Already.
At this time, Summit Entertainment and Sony Corporation reached an agreement on the film copyright and MGM shares and signed a contract to transfer them.
Marvel Comics immediately announced on its official website: "Good news. After friendly discussions with Sony, the copyright of Spider-Man has returned to Marvel Comics. We are already working on writing a script for Spider-Man, and it is very likely that he will join Marvel Comics."
Spider-Man fans can look forward to the second installment of the movie universe!"
Comic fans clapped their hands and applauded. Xiaochong is the most popular one in Marvel comics. He has many interactions with superheroes and is even a good friend. If Xiaochong joins the Women's Federation, it will definitely be a shocking improvement to the Women's Federation.
The influence. Of course, most of the scenes of "Avengers" have been filmed, so it is impossible for the bug to appear in the first part.
After launching the news of the return of Spider-Man, Summit Entertainment also announced another news. After negotiations, all MGM film distribution rights and copyrights obtained by Sony were transferred to Summit Entertainment. As an independent economic entity, MGM
Movie copyright is the largest capital and cannot be sold easily. This so-called copyright is actually the distribution rights of the movie and half of the ownership of the movie series.
For example, the copyright of the 007 series must be in the hands of MGM. It is simply impossible to want the 007 series without acquiring MGM. MGM's equity is very complicated, and everyone knows that film copyright is important, but it cannot be
The sale cannot be made at will, even if Carl Icahn now occupies a majority of MGM's shares.
The half of the copyright owned by Summit Entertainment is only for new movies based on the 007 series. The new movies will be produced by Summit Entertainment and enjoy half of the copyright and income. However, MGM will retain the 007 series.
Separate copyright.
They can re-shoot the 007 series, or transfer the copyright of a certain 007 film.
However, MGM retained the 007 series, but the complete copyright of the Hobbit series was obtained by Summit Entertainment. This is the compensation that Summit Entertainment should receive, because the copyright of this series was developed by the great director Peter Jackson and MGM.
The transaction is MGM's outsourcing income and can naturally be traded at will.
There are also some other movies that are either traded or shared in copyright. Some old movies are shared directly with Summit Entertainment. Summit Entertainment can use these old movies at will. Except that they cannot be traded, they can be used under its own banner. MGM
It is in decline now, but back then it was a giant with countless film library resources, which expanded Summit Entertainment’s film library dozens of times.
In the film industry, content has always been king. With content, Summit Entertainment can be considered a complete big company. Lionsgate’s film library, Summit Entertainment’s own film library, Dream Harvest’s film library, and MGM’s film library
, the content currently occupied by Summit Entertainment is by no means inferior to that of any major studio.
After acquiring these copyrights, MGM has no interest in Summit Entertainment at all. After all, MGM's current debt has accumulated to 4 billion US dollars, and the acquisition of MGM must include these debts, which is not cost-effective at all.
Therefore, in mid-June, as Sony withdrew from MGM, Summit Entertainment reluctantly announced that it would withdraw from MGM and transfer all its shares to Carl Icahn. In the eyes of the outside world, Summit Entertainment was originally very ambitious.
He wanted to reorganize MGM, but was ultimately defeated by Carl Icahn.
Of course, in the eyes of the media, Carl Icahn mainly defeated Sony, while Summit Entertainment cooperated in disguise and obtained a series of copyrights, which was enough to make up for the losses.
"Sony retreated with a broken arm, Summit Entertainment calmly turned around, MGM sank into the valley, and corporate predator Carl Icahn became the new Lion King. A century-old brand may no longer exist." - "Wall Street Journal".
"Wall Street's first victory in Hollywood, has capital begun to penetrate Hollywood? How will Sony face it?" - "The Yomiuri Shimbun".
"Summit Entertainment's plan to revitalize MGM failed, and Icahn became the ultimate profiteer. MGM currently has only two paths, merger and reorganization or bankruptcy reorganization. Either way, Icahn will be able to make huge profits from it. The only loss is Sony.
And the majority of shareholders!" - "The Sun".
"Spider-Man has returned to Marvel, half of the rights to the new 007 sequel have been acquired, The Hobbit has also invested in Summit Entertainment, and even enjoyed the sharing of MGM's film library! In the MGM restructuring case, has Summit Entertainment really lost? I'm afraid
Otherwise!" - "The Observer".
“A century-old MGM, where is the road ahead?” - "Mirror".
"Hollywood compromises in the face of capital!" - "Hollywood Entertainment Report".
Since the hostile acquisition of TWA, Carl Icahn has once again become the most bullish investor on Wall Street, and his reputation as a corporate predator has become more and more famous. Icahn is high-spirited, Sony is suffering, and Summit Entertainment is secretly laughing. This is capital.
of magic.
"We have reached an agreement with MGM. The latest sequel to the 007 series has been finalized. We plan to invest US$150 million and name it "007: Skyfall." Mitchell Bruce was asked, MGM
In the restructuring case, when asked whether Summit Entertainment had any losses, they smiled and changed the subject.
Vice president David Joe Cole added: "We have also discussed the issue of The Hobbit with director Peter Jackson. The Hobbit will be produced back to back in the form of a trilogy next year.
, we believe that this will exist beyond the "Lord of the Rings" series."
The Hobbit is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, and the copyright is in the hands of director Peter Jackson. The original trilogy of The Lord of the Rings was a collaboration with New Line Cinema. After New Line merged with Warner Bros., Peter Jackson no longer had a partnership with Warner Bros.
cooperation, but switched to MGM, which was acquired by Sony.
I thought MGM would be rejuvenated, but I didn't know that it was always cheating, so The Hobbit was repeatedly delayed. Now that it is in the arms of Summit Entertainment, Jackson immediately approached Mitchell to discuss the filming of The Hobbit. Mitchell
After asking Shao Shuaijun, Shao Shuaijun replied at the time: "Peter Jackson can film whatever he wants!"
This is how "The Hobbit" started.
In this way, June ended in such hustle and bustle.
Everything is settled.
On July 1st, Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2)", the last installment in the "Twilight" series, was released simultaneously worldwide. "Transformers 3", which was originally scheduled to be released this week, was released under the influence of Twilight
Next, it will be released a week ahead of schedule. Although the global box office of the Transformers series is better than that of the Twilight series, the Twilight series has always been known for its unbelievable opening performance, so it has to avoid the edge for the time being.
Movies adapted from best-selling novels such as Twilight and The Hunger have huge teenage fans who will choose to support the movie as soon as possible, so the opening results are quite impressive, both of which have exceeded 100 million.
This time is no exception. At the end of the three-day weekend, according to statistics, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2)" topped the list in North America with US$141.07 million. Affected by the impact of "Breaking Dawn", the runner-up "Transformers 3" The two-week result was only 32 million U.S. dollars. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)