Chapter 439 - 438: step up

Chapter 439: Chapter 438: step up

The next day.

Hmm, that is to say, on the second day after Kevin Feige held the Page Pictures New Year meeting, Kyle, who was sitting in the headquarters of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, received a detailed report on the meeting’s content.

[Page Pictures, 2001 First Half Filming Plan.]

1. step up movie;

2. crank movie;

3. the fast and the furious movie;

...

8. final destination 2 movie;

"Not bad~"

Kyle looked at the report of Page Pictures’ 2001 first-half production plan in his hands. Especially seeing that there were as many as 10 movies to be approved and filmed in the first half of the year, he couldn’t help but feel happy.

Once upon a time, Page Pictures filming 5 movies at the same time was already its limit.

But now?

10 movies!

Simultaneously approving and filming 10 movies—just looking at production capacity, Page Pictures was now definitely not inferior to any of The Big Six of Hollywood!

This was definitely a huge step forward!

"However, while the quantity is there now, the quality still needs improvement!"

Kyle had integrated several acquired Hollywood film and television companies, gaining a large amount of film-related manpower and talent, which caused Page Pictures’ production capacity to expand rapidly. But... this had not yet been recognized by the market.

There was still a long way to go!

step up movie series?

When looking at this movie about to be approved and produced, Kyle couldn’t help but say proudly: "Summit Entertainment, right? Patrick, right? I had the intention to acquire you and pull you out of the quagmire of failed internet investments, but you not only rejected my good intentions, but also openly insulted me in the public media. Hehe~ I am not a magnanimous person."

To be precise, in a business environment, sometimes it really is necessary to be calculating and petty.

A company that doesn’t fight back when hit or cursed will definitely be treated as a soft persimmon in the business environment and bullied to death.

Kyle happened to be a very vindictive person.

"In the first decade after entering the 21st century, the dance-themed movies that Hollywood could bring out were only a few, such as the step up series, high school musical series, Black Swan, and Chicago. Now that I have taken away Summit Entertainment’s future step up movie series, let’s see how you, Patrick, can rise rapidly?"

For a moment, Kyle was quite proud.

Kyle had watched all 5 movies of the step up series in his previous life.

Although the series’ plot was cliché, the beautiful dancing really attracted the audience’s attention, and each one was more exciting and grand than the last. 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

The step up 1 movie, with a production cost of 10 million USD, achieved a global box office of over 100 million USD, dazzling many people;

The step up 2 movie hit a new high, taking 130 million USD at the global box office.

The step up 3 movie also took in 160 million USD at the box office.

Climbing step by step!

As everyone knows, in an environment where sequels are rampant, it is very common for box office and word-of-mouth to decline, and it is truly rare for the step up movie series to break conventions and prejudices.

"Since there is the dance movie step up, then I might as well plagiarize Disney’s high school musical series of movies as well," Kyle thought to himself.

In the original timeline, the high school musical movie series definitely had great fame.

high school musical 1 and high school musical 2 were TV movies, movies played on the television platform, and did not enter the theatrical market because the audience group they targeted was teenagers aged 12 to 16.

Especially the high school musical 1 TV movie, which set a record of over 60 million viewers across the United States, with a global viewership of up to 250 million.

Undoubtedly, it set an astonishing number of views!

ABC Television Station, under the Disney Group, made a fortune just by selling advertising slots!

As a result, the high school musical 3 movie was moved from the small TV screen to the movie theater in one fell swoop.

But... what was the result?

It flopped!

The production cost of the high school musical 3 movie was as high as 35 million USD, and the promotional budget was as high as 50 million USD. During this period, the power exerted by the Disney Group was not small, but in the end, the global box office of the film was only a little over 3 million USD?

Disney lost a fortune!

"Hmm?"

"Regardless of its box office, let’s grab it first. As for whether it will be played on the television platform or enter the theatrical market, we’ll talk about it later." Kyle thought about it and didn’t struggle with it much.

Chicago and Black Swan?

The fame of these two movies goes without saying, and both have won many awards at the Oscars. The actress Natalie Portman even won the 2011 Oscar for Best Actress for her role as the heroine in Black Swan.

However, Kyle really didn’t have much thought about these two movies at the moment.

In 2002, Chicago, with a production cost of 45 million USD, was released. Under the operation of Miramax President Harvey Weinstein, it won more than a dozen international film awards and also took home the Oscar for Best Picture that year, with a global box office of 170 million USD.

"Tsk tsk tsk~"

Kyle curled his lips and said: "To put it plainly, the Chicago movie is very average; it is the result of hype and packaging."

"the fast and the furious movie should be filmed earlier. Let’s strive to complete the release this year."

A few years ago, Kyle had quietly registered the copyright of the movie. After all, it was a high-grossing movie series. Especially since the fast and the furious 5, the box office performance of each one has been very excellent.

"pirates of the caribbean?"

"With Page Pictures’ current production capacity, it is fully capable of starting another pirates of the caribbean movie while preparing for Spider-Man 2 and harry potter 2, but the absolute male lead of the film, Johnny Depp, has no free time this year!"

Isn’t that so!

Although Johnny Depp had not yet become a first-line Hollywood actor, he did not lack film contracts. His schedule was already arranged until the end of 2001.

"If I want to start filming the pirates of the caribbean movie, I can only wait until 2002!"

Kyle had no choice!

Captain Jack, played by Johnny Depp, was definitely the soul of pirates of the caribbean. A Captain Jack who was a bit effeminate, wore smoky makeup, and walked arrogantly was definitely an extremely charming character in film history. Without him, Johnny Depp, it would definitely not work!

"Eh?!"

Suddenly, in the report on Page Pictures’ 2001 first-half production plan, Kyle saw a very interesting movie.

—crank!

The film tells the story of Jason Statham, who played Chev, who was tired of his life as a hitman and wanted to retire from the world with his girlfriend to start a new life, but was not tolerated by others. He was injected with poison in his sleep, a poison that required him to stay constantly excited, otherwise he wouldn’t live for more than 1 hour. His girlfriend was also in a trap. To save his girlfriend and his own life, he had to drag his poisoned body to clear all obstacles.

This film was an absolute action blockbuster!

Explosions, car chases, bloodshed, brawls, gunfights...

It could be said that it gathered all the elements of action movies, and it was extremely hot.

The actor playing the male lead, Jason Statham, gained great fame and popularity through the crank movie, and even established his status as a first-line Hollywood action actor.