Chris Cantell Discusses Entertainment: War of the Worlds by Livia Necasova

Talking about the movie studios is such a thing. I think ordinary people don't pay attention to them at all. Do you pay attention on the beginning or in the end of the film like which studio produced the movie? Is that important to you? Do you choose a movie because of a studio? Like, wow, this is a Dreamworks movie, let's see it. I don't think so. The only studio you may pay attention to is Disney-cause obviously everyone knows Disney's animated fairytales, so everytime you see Disney somewhere, you know what to expect. Oh, I just realized that Disney doesn't tingle in the ears anymore. Now it's Pixar who brings a lot of money to the pocket. But it's one and the same pocket since Disney bought Pixar, two years ago.I'm sure many people would be able to order the studio to its logo.Like the hungry lion,thats MGM. The golden city with the lights going on and the music,thats 20th Century Fox. The fishing boy sitting on the moon,thats Dreamworks.The "Big Five". Paramount Pictures, MGM, Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. These are the five biggest and oldest studios in Hollywood.Making movies is a risky business. It is a long way from screenplay to the silver screen. It costs huge money so if the movie is a big flop, very bad. The people won't come to the cinema to see it which means they won't earn the money back that they did invest. If they produce a couple of movies like that it can lead to crash.So it came along that Viacom bought Paramount Pictures , MGM is a part of Sony Pictures Entertainment , News Corp. owns 20th Century Fox, Universal is a branch of NBC. The next is New Line cinema,becoming a part of Warner Bros. To buy and to be bought.That's the answer.

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by Livia Necasova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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