After the list of the creative lineup of "Red Flame Battlefield" was exclusively disclosed by the Los Angeles Times, it immediately caused a big sensation in Hollywood.

Lite together made people realize his specialty. It was enough to convince the Coen brothers who hated commercial films to be directors. What was even more amazing is that the average age of several starring actors in this movie was 53 years old, which was the result of calculating the heroine Charlize Theron in her twenties. Some media even joked that this is the most serious "aging" movie in Hollywood.

Various gimmicks about the film are enough, but this has scared many Hollywood filmmakers.

Although many film companies hope to invite the Coen brothers to make commercial films, the Coen brothers really came to make commercial films, and some people began to worry about the box office of the film. Many directors who are famous for making art films have basically not been optimistic about the box office of commercial films, especially directors like the Coen brothers who have outstanding personal style. The movies they used to make are all niche styles. Although they have high praise and won many grand prizes, they basically did not make much achievements in the box office.

On the other hand, the film's starring lineup also made filmmakers a little worried. Twenty years ago, the lineup of "Red Flame Battlefield" was enough to make all Hollywood filmmakers rush to invest in this movie, but now these people are old, and the fans who supported them are old. The film market has always used young people as the main consumer force. While such a lineup brings high costs, the box office will have a big question mark.

During this period, Universal Film Company, which is "closely" with Amg, is the first to retreat. Of course, they have given enough reasons. Universal has collaborated with Amg. In addition to the filming of "The Matrix", there is also a comedy film "Meeting the Father-in-law" directed by the Ferrari Brothers and starring Adam Sandler is in preparation. Due to the capital occupation, Universal will not consider new cooperation with Amg for the time being.

Global announced this to the outside world, but those who have a little knowledge of the inside story in the industry know that the reason why Global gave up the opportunity to cooperate with Amg is mainly because of a series of controversial practices in the recent 007 film. It has replaced the starring role in Brosnan, supporting "Titanic" that everyone is not optimistic about... These uncertainties have affected the enthusiasm of the film company to cooperate with Amg.

The second company clearly announced that it would not invest in "Red Flame Battlefield" by Disney. The reason they gave was similar to that of Universal, because "Extreme Cold" is still being filmed, and the male protagonists of the film are all from Amg. Before the release of this movie, Disney will not consider further cooperation with Amg.

Fox and Paramount are now being frustrated by the Titanic incident and have no interest in getting into it anymore. The attitudes of MGM, Sony and Warner have been shaking.

Just when many people thought that "Red Flame Battlefield" might be in trouble, an unexpected company came to Li Te.

"Mr. Shay, I didn't expect that it would be the first one to come to you."

Lite got up and walked around the desk, shook hands with a short, middle-aged man who walked into his office.

"Don't Mr. Lite welcome?"

Lite took the coffee from his assistant Fury, handed it to the other party himself, and dragged it over a swivel chair and sat down.

"Of course not, it's just a bit unexpected."

Shay lowered his head and blew the heat coming out of the coffee cup, and explained to Lit with a smile: "Brother Coen and I are very familiar with each other. This reason should be enough, right?"

Li Li nodded, with a look on his face that turned out to be like this.

The movies Coen brothers have made in recent years are basically supported by ** Production Company, and as the president of New Line Film Company, it is not surprising that Shay knows these two brothers.

Xinyi Company has a similar position in the ** film industry among the *** production companies in the United States. Although the company was acquired by Time Warner Group in 1993, because President Shay still holds the main equity of Xinyi and enjoys the company's independent operating rights, although Xinyi belongs to Time Warner Group, its film operations are not related to Warner.

Based on such an equity relationship, Lite did not associate Shay's visit with Warner at the beginning. He only felt that most ** production companies like to go against the odds, and Shay knew the Coen brothers, so he became interested in this movie.

Shay's own statement is similar to this. He told Lit that he never expected that the Coen Brothers would agree to be the director of a commercial film, but after seeing the starring cast of the commercial film, he felt that the Coen Brothers' decision had some truth. "The Battlefield of Red Flame" is indeed a unique commercial film. Perhaps it will become a classic black ironic film in the hands of the Coen Brothers, and the new line company is also willing to invest in the film.

Shay offered a $60 million investment budget for "Red Flame Battlefield", and Li Te's ideal investment amount was only so much. The two sides immediately reached a consensus, but Shay was overly enthusiastic in the process, which aroused Li Te's suspicion.

After seeing Shay off, Litt walked into Orwitz's office with a cup of coffee.

"The talk broke down?" Orwitz received the news as soon as Litt and Shea met. Litt kept frowning since he walked into the office, which made Orwitz easily think in some bad directions.

Lite shook his head because the facts were exactly the opposite.

"The negotiations went so well, and I always felt that there was something wrong with it."

"You are doubting that Sheayi's motivation to come to us for cooperation, right?" Orwitz hit Lit's mind in one sentence. Seeing that Lit did not object, he continued: "Maybe you have always ignored such a problem. Although Xinyi Company has the right to operate independently, it is now a subsidiary of Warner. It is very likely that his coming to us for cooperation is instructed by Warner."

"If Warner is interested in this movie, why don't they come to us directly to talk?" Lit asked in confusion.

"You don't know the reason?" Orwitz asked meaningfully.

Lite was stunned at first, and then immediately understood what Orwitz meant.

Originally, the Wachowski brothers were planning to invest in the movie "The Matrix", but Lite made a fuss and the investor eventually turned into Global.

Warner had been resentful about this matter before, but now the situation is different. Amg's rise is so fast that Warner had to give up prejudices and try to ease relations with it. However, he came to cooperate directly. Warner had considerable concerns. In addition to the controversy over Amg in recent times, the group's senior management had disagreements, so he pushed out the new line company.

All major film companies in Hollywood will not put eggs in one basket. Although Amg's recent series of actions are not favored, it does not mean that Amg has no chance of success. Although there is little hope, in the eyes of these major film companies, this is enough for them to invest in Amg.

Once the cooperation between New Line and Amg is successful, Warner, as the parent company, can cooperate with Amg with confidence without worrying about any criticism. If it fails, the impact will only be the new Line company. At least on the surface, Warner can separate the relationship.

Of course, Warner will definitely have to pay some price to make the new line willing to be this "trial stone".

After figuring out these relationships, Li Te also made a decision in his heart.
Chapter completed!