默多克:我想把夢工廠CEO挖到??怂?
????夢工廠負責(zé)人斯泰西?斯奈德會到20世紀??怂箚幔咳绻嗫说脙斔?,斯奈德就會跳槽。斯奈德曾經(jīng)主導(dǎo)推出過《諜影重重》、《美國派》、《速度與激情》、《斷背山》等多部熱門電影,是默多克擴大電影業(yè)務(wù)所需要的理想人選。 ????最新一期《財富》(Fortune)雜志刊登了對傳媒大亨魯伯特?默多克的專訪,他在其中確認了一條震動好萊塢的傳聞,那就是他打算把夢工廠(DreamWorks Studios)聯(lián)席董事長兼首席執(zhí)行官斯泰西?斯奈德挖到20世紀??怂梗?0th Century Fox)。 ????默多克通過上市公司21世紀??怂梗?1st Century Fox)控制著20世紀福克斯。他說:“我非常欣賞她,而且已經(jīng)跟她做過長談?!?/p> ????這位83歲的傳媒巨頭不愿多談細節(jié),但他確認,??怂闺娪皧蕵饭矩撠?zé)人吉姆?吉安諾普洛斯正在和52歲的斯奈德接洽。斯奈德和夢工廠的合同將于年底到期,默多克說,她“有望成為我們現(xiàn)有團隊的又一位得力干將?!?/p> ????施耐德和吉安諾普洛斯都是較為謙遜的人,至少按好萊塢的標準是這樣。對此,默多克的評價是:“絕對如此,我認為用任何標準衡量都是這樣?!?/p> ????這個強勢群體的另一名成員是史蒂文?斯皮爾伯格,他是施耐德在夢工廠的合伙人;另一位合伙人是印度多元化集團Reliance Anil DhirubhaiAmbani Group。斯皮爾伯格20年前和大衛(wèi)?格芬、杰弗瑞?卡森伯格共同創(chuàng)建了夢工廠??ㄉ瘳F(xiàn)在是夢工廠動畫公司(DreamWorks Animation)負責(zé)人,這家公司于2004年由夢工廠的動畫部門拆分后成立。據(jù)報道,斯皮爾伯格一直希望把施耐德留在自己的私營真人電影制片公司。施耐德從來沒有公開討論過此事,也拒絕接受本刊的采訪,但人們都知道,她的腳步不會停下。雖然斯皮爾伯格執(zhí)導(dǎo)的電影《林肯》(Lincoln)為夢工廠贏得了聲譽,但這家公司已經(jīng)決定將今后的業(yè)務(wù)規(guī)模壓縮到每年幾部影片。今年,節(jié)奏緊張的影片《極品飛車》(Need for Speed)已于3月份上映,講述了一場橫跨美國的賽車。海倫?米倫主演的冒險片《百尺旅程》(The Hundred-Foot Journey)定于8月份上映。夢工廠還和沃爾特迪士尼公司(Walt Disney)簽訂了協(xié)議,在全球發(fā)行和推廣后者的電影。 ????如果跳槽到??怂?,施耐德就會重新參與到繁忙的制片事務(wù)中。2006年進入夢工廠之前,施耐德在環(huán)球影業(yè)(Universal Pictures)擔(dān)任董事長,負責(zé)了許多熱門系列電影的制作,包括《諜影重重》(Bourne)、《木乃伊》(The Mummy)、《美國派》(American Pie)、《速度與激情》(The Fast and the Furious)和《拜見岳父大人》(Meet the Parents),以及電影《永不妥協(xié)》(Erin Brockovich)、《美麗心靈》(A Beautiful Mind )和《斷背山》(Brokeback Mountain)等。她在環(huán)球影業(yè)10年的成功履歷讓她登上了《財富》“最具影響力的商界女性”名單。 ????默多克對擴大福克斯的業(yè)務(wù)有著很高的期望。接受本刊采訪時,他興奮地談到了“歷史上最宏偉的電影《阿凡達》(Avatar )將有一、兩部續(xù)集”。 ????他說:“首部續(xù)集將在2016年底上映。果真如此的話,那將是(《阿凡達》導(dǎo)演)詹姆斯?卡梅隆第一次按時完成拍攝,或者說第一次沒有超支。但他從未讓我感到失望。他最后完成工作時,帶來的總是熱門大片?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W(wǎng)) ????譯者:Charlie ???? |
????Rupert Murdoch, in an exclusive interview released today in the new issue ofFortune, confirms the rumor churning through Hollywood: He is trying to lure Stacey Snider, the co-chairman and CEO of DreamWorks Studios, to 20th Century Fox. ????"I'm a great admirer of her. And I've had long talks with her," says Murdoch, who controls Fox through his publicly traded 21st Century Fox (FOX). ????The 83-year-old mogul was hesitant to go into detail, but he confirmed that talks between Fox Studio chief Jim Gianopulos and Snider, 52, are ongoing. Snider, whose DreamWorks contract expires at year-end, "would be an addition to what we have" at Fox, Murdoch explains. ????Snider and Gianopulos are relatively low-ego people, at least in Hollywood terms. "Absolutely," Murdoch says. "I think, in any terms." ????The other power player in the mix here is Steven Spielberg, Snider's partner at DreamWorks along with India's Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Spielberg founded DreamWorks 20 years ago with David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who now heads DreamWorks Animation (DWA), which was spun off in 2004. Spielberg reportedly had hoped to keep Snider at his privately held live-action studio. But Snider, who has not commented publicly and declined to talk to Fortune, is known to be restless. Though DreamWorks won accolades for its Spielberg-directed Lincoln, the studio has reduced its schedule to a few films a year. This year, Need for Speed, a nail-biter about a cross-country car race, was released in March, and The Hundred-Foot Journey, an adventure drama starring Helen Mirren, is due in August. DreamWorks has a deal with Walt Disney (DIS) to distribute and market its films worldwide. ????Moving to Fox would return Snider to a busy production slate. Before she arrived at DreamWorks in 2006, she chaired Universal Pictures, where she oversaw many hit franchises -- Bourne, The Mummy, American Pie, The Fast and the Furious, Meet the Parents -- and films like Erin Brockovich, A Beautiful Mind and Brokeback Mountain. Her success propelled her ontoFortune's Most Powerful Women list during her decade at Universal (CMCSA). ????Murdoch has high hopes for expanding Fox's slate. In the Fortune interview, he speaks excitedly about "one or two sequels to Avatar, which was the biggest film in history." ????"The end of '16 is the first sequel," he says. "If we make it, it will be the first time [Avatar director] Jim Cameron's been on time or on budget. But he's never lost me. When he finally comes through, they're just huge hits." |
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