默多克：我想把梦工厂CEO挖到福克斯
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梦工厂负责人斯泰西•斯奈德会到20世纪福克斯吗？如果默多克得偿所愿，斯奈德就会跳槽。斯奈德曾经主导推出过《谍影重重》、《美国派》、《速度与激情》、《断背山》等多部热门电影，是默多克扩大电影业务所需要的理想人选。 最新一期《财富》（Fortune）杂志刊登了对传媒大亨鲁伯特•默多克的专访，他在其中确认了一条震动好莱坞的传闻，那就是他打算把梦工厂（DreamWorks Studios）联席董事长兼首席执行官斯泰西•斯奈德挖到20世纪福克斯（20th Century Fox）。 默多克通过上市公司21世纪福克斯（21st Century Fox）控制着20世纪福克斯。他说：“我非常欣赏她，而且已经跟她做过长谈。” 这位83岁的传媒巨头不愿多谈细节，但他确认，福克斯电影娱乐公司负责人吉姆•吉安诺普洛斯正在和52岁的斯奈德接洽。斯奈德和梦工厂的合同将于年底到期，默多克说，她“有望成为我们现有团队的又一位得力干将。” 施耐德和吉安诺普洛斯都是较为谦逊的人，至少按好莱坞的标准是这样。对此，默多克的评价是：“绝对如此，我认为用任何标准衡量都是这样。” 这个强势群体的另一名成员是史蒂文•斯皮尔伯格，他是施耐德在梦工厂的合伙人；另一位合伙人是印度多元化集团Reliance Anil DhirubhaiAmbani Group。斯皮尔伯格20年前和大卫•格芬、杰弗瑞•卡森伯格共同创建了梦工厂。卡森伯格现在是梦工厂动画公司（DreamWorks Animation）负责人，这家公司于2004年由梦工厂的动画部门拆分后成立。据报道，斯皮尔伯格一直希望把施耐德留在自己的私营真人电影制片公司。施耐德从来没有公开讨论过此事，也拒绝接受本刊的采访，但人们都知道，她的脚步不会停下。虽然斯皮尔伯格执导的电影《林肯》（Lincoln）为梦工厂赢得了声誉，但这家公司已经决定将今后的业务规模压缩到每年几部影片。今年，节奏紧张的影片《极品飞车》（Need for Speed）已于3月份上映，讲述了一场横跨美国的赛车。海伦•米伦主演的冒险片《百尺旅程》（The Hundred-Foot Journey）定于8月份上映。梦工厂还和沃尔特迪士尼公司（Walt Disney）签订了协议，在全球发行和推广后者的电影。 如果跳槽到福克斯，施耐德就会重新参与到繁忙的制片事务中。2006年进入梦工厂之前，施耐德在环球影业（Universal Pictures）担任董事长，负责了许多热门系列电影的制作，包括《谍影重重》（Bourne）、《木乃伊》（The Mummy）、《美国派》（American Pie）、《速度与激情》（The Fast and the Furious）和《拜见岳父大人》（Meet the Parents），以及电影《永不妥协》（Erin Brockovich）、《美丽心灵》（A Beautiful Mind ）和《断背山》（Brokeback Mountain）等。她在环球影业10年的成功履历让她登上了《财富》“最具影响力的商界女性”名单。 默多克对扩大福克斯的业务有着很高的期望。接受本刊采访时，他兴奋地谈到了“历史上最宏伟的电影《阿凡达》（Avatar ）将有一、两部续集”。 他说：“首部续集将在2016年底上映。果真如此的话，那将是（《阿凡达》导演）詹姆斯•卡梅隆第一次按时完成拍摄，或者说第一次没有超支。但他从未让我感到失望。他最后完成工作时，带来的总是热门大片。”（财富中文网） 译者：Charlie
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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." |
