Chatty Hollywood

Of course, even if Charlotte was trapped by the illusion in the ant's body, Shuloker was an Aztec god after all.

Even though the development of the Aztec gods itself was relatively primitive, and their believers had long been slaughtered by European colonists, the gods were gods after all.

Anyway, it is impossible for Charlotte to see all the secrets of the other party at once.

——If you want to pry out the secrets you want from the mouth of this Aztec god, you must fight a protracted battle.

On this point, Charlotte has made sure.

However, this matter does not take up too much of his energy.

Currently, his greater energy is on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

Because of the explosive box office performance from the beginning, Disney no longer had any doubts about this fantasy pirate film about water, and the protagonist was complained by his own boss as a "sissy".

——After all, even if Michael Eisner is a "tyrant", in business, a "tyrant" cannot get along with the US dollar.

Encouraged by the box office, Disney, especially Disney Pictures, is already rushing forward with green eyes.

After receiving full publicity support from Disney, the reputation and box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" also exploded——

Breaking 100 million in the first week is nothing.

In fact, the final first-week box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" was an exaggerated 1.4 billion.

——This number, coupled with the fact that "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" still has a pretty good reputation among audiences and critics so far, means that as long as there are no major problems, another movie with a global box office of more than one billion US dollars is likely to be born. .

This cemented Charlotte's status in Hollywood.

Many people feel that when Steven Spielberg is getting old and cannot keep up with the times, and James Cameron is extremely slow to make a living, unable to make two movies in ten years, Charlotte Te can already be called the number one commercial film director in Hollywood.

Of course, this statement is not yet fully recognized.

At least, people like Michael Bay are not completely convinced by Charlotte——

Bang Bei, who believes that "art is explosion\

,"He is preparing to challenge Charlotte with "Pearl Harbor," which he has carefully crafted for two years.

——This movie was also released in 2001.

——But in August.

If "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" is released at the beginning of the summer season, then "Pearl Harbor" is released at the end of the summer season...

"In other words, this summer, we will always be surrounded by seawater?"

Kenneth Turan joked in the newspaper,

"Moreover, both movies are related to Disney. Maybe Disneyland should open a new water world area..."

Although this is a joke, Disneyland's sales have indeed been positively affected by "Pirates of the Caribbean 1"——

At the very least, everyone can see that the revenue from the Corsair project has increased significantly.

There is some excitement throughout the Disney Group.

And because of his long-standing support for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Disney Pictures Chairman Robert Iger has also been evaluated as "bold and visionary" and has completely secured his position.

However, as the group president, Michael Eisner feels a little hurt now.

However, as a qualified businessman, earning US dollars is the most important thing. What is face?

Anyway, Mr. "Tyrant" acted like nothing embarrassing had happened before.

Of course, even if he didn't say it, no one under his command would dare to mention it.

However, privately, within the Disney Group, there are gradually some other opinions...

"If Pearl Harbor can achieve good results in a few months, your momentum within the group will be even higher."

As a close confidant, Philip Biermann secretly said to Robert Egger,

"At that time, maybe we can..."

"It's too early!"

Egger waved his hand,

"Michael's status is not so easy to shake! Moreover, the movie "Pearl Harbor" was actually planned before I became the chairman of Disney Pictures, and it is not directly affiliated with Disney Pictures - even if it succeeds , it doesn’t add much to my reputation!”

"But there are benefits after all!"

insists Philip Biermann.

"That's true!"

Robert Egger nodded,

"I actually hope that "Pearl Harbor" can be successful..."

"But Pearl Harbor couldn't succeed!"

In the internal meeting of Spectre Studio, Charlotte said definitely,

"Michael Bay may be good at making action movies, but judging from the various news I have received so far, he probably went astray during the filming of "Pearl Harbor" this time!"

"How to say?"

Lao Qiang was very interested.

"Because of the characteristics of war movies!"

Charlotte shrugged.

"Unlike pure action movies, war movies like "Pearl Harbor" are extremely propositional. Patriotism and the cruelty of war must be shown. And Michael Bay, as a director who loves explosions, He will inevitably emphasize explosions and various exciting shots - which makes the balance difficult to grasp."

"Looking at Michael Bay's past movies, he is not a director who is particularly good at balancing?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"As a director with a background in TV, Michael Bay is good at extreme expressions rather than balance. This will make him have to suppress his instincts when making serious historical war themes. In this way, if he wants to make a good movie, But it’s more difficult.”

"That's true!"

Lao Qiang nodded.

——The director cannot express himself freely, and the subject matter of the movie is difficult, so it is naturally more difficult to succeed.

However, a group of people from Spectre Studio will discuss the possible success or failure of "Pearl Harbor", and they are not idle -

"In order to prevent Disney from sharing some of the losses in "Pearl Harbor" with us, we must keep a close eye on it!"

Charlotte concluded.

——This is the main reason why they discussed Pearl Harbor.

Of course, as a time traveler, Charlotte still has a deep memory of the big pit of "Pearl Harbor".

Apart from anything else, after the failure of "Pearl Harbor", the three male and female protagonists of this movie, except for Ben Affleck, who finally returned to the front line with his directorial talent and incredible luck, the other two People are gradually sinking——

Josh Hartnett never appeared in a major production again, and was even reduced to acting in TV series;

And if Kate Beckinsale hadn't been killed by the "Underworld" series, this most beautiful British rose since the 1990s would have withered in Hollywood long ago;

…Anyway, Charlotte doesn’t think Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” has any hope of salvation.

Of course, for him, this is not a bad thing——

This means that Disney will still have to rely on him in the field of live-action movies for a long time...