Heads Up Hollywood

Time flies, in a flash, it is already mid-August.

The vigorous summer vacation is about to pass.

In the past few months, many blockbuster movies that have been released in the past few months have also gradually become cold.

In this frenetic summer file, there is no doubt that "Pirate League 2: Dead Man's Chest" is the best of the best, the best of the best!

It is the box office champion of the summer file!

In 38 days of release, the global box office exceeded 1 billion US dollars!

Among them, the North American box office was 440 million US dollars, and the overseas box office was 580 million US dollars!

Following "Titanic", "Star Wars Episode 1", "Spider-Man 1", "Unsinkable", "Spider-Man 2" and "Lord of the Rings 3", it is the seventh film in history to exceed 1 billion US dollars in global box office The movie was born!

With the success of the film, director Gore Verbinski also entered the public eye.

Especially those in the Hollywood industry.

Almost everyone was shocked and speechless.

Today's Hollywood has not yet completed its ideological upgrade, and its understanding of movies is still based on "creativity", and it has no idea that "technology" has reached a level of market demand comparable to "creativity".

They were still in shock, and the doubts in their hearts could not be solved for a long time.

The previous $1 billion box office directors were Dunn Walker, James Cameron, Ridley Scott and Peter Jackson, each of whom is a big name!

What is Gore Verbinski?

How can he rank among the directors of a single film with a box office of 1 billion US dollars?

You know, this is an achievement that even Spielberg, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Roland Emmerich and other commercial film giants have never achieved.

The film industry in the new era is becoming more and more incomprehensible.

Could it be...Twain really has the ability to turn stones into gold? The "Pirate Alliance" series is the world of pirate movies he created. He is the executive producer of this series, and it is his existence that boosts Gore Verbinski?

No way of knowing.

In short, people panic.

The shock that "Pirate League 2: Dead Man's Chest" brought to the industry was even stronger than when Twain was just a fledgling in Hollywood!

Twain's first film was a big hit at the box office, but "Titanic" was really good and classic, so the high box office was justified.

The box office miracle of "Pirate Alliance 2: Dead Man's Chest" is really incomprehensible.

In contrast, some other movies in the summer file are more in line with psychological expectations.

Runner-up: "Shrek 2", with a North American box office of $430 million and a global box office of $920 million. It surpassed "The Lion King" at $858 million and "Finding Nemo" at $867 million to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time.

Third place: "Ghost Rider", with a North American box office of 230 million US dollars and a global box office of 580 million US dollars. The popularity of the film in North America has completely passed, and the number of theaters that are still showing it has dropped to 380, and overseas regions are still warm. It is expected that... the global box office will exceed 600 million US dollars.

Fourth place: "The Day After Tomorrow", with a North American box office of 186 million US dollars and a global box office of 520 million US dollars.

Fifth place: "Doomsday" has a North American box office of 130 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 330 million U.S. dollars.

Sixth place: "Mecha Enemy", the film was released for three weeks, with a North American box office of 120 million US dollars and a global box office of 280 million US dollars.

Seventh place: "Bourne Shadow 2", with a North American box office of 160 million US dollars and a global box office of 240 million US dollars.

The eighth place is Warner's "Troy", the ninth place is 20th Century Fox's "Crazy Dodgeball", and the tenth place is Disney's "Princess Diaries 2"...

As for the blockbuster films "King Arthur", "Catwoman", "Around the World in 80 Days" and "The Unfortunate Adventures of Raymond Snicket", which were highly publicized before, all failed miserably, and none of the North American box office surpassed 50 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office failed to exceed 100 million.

Although the summer season is not completely over, and the movies are still in theaters, it is unlikely that the box office will exceed 100 million US dollars.

New Universal Group once again ruled the summer file!

During this period, it may be because the box office results of New Universal are really gratifying, or it may be because Twain has made great contributions to Hollywood, or it may be because Twain won Harvey Weinstein and exposed the gymnastics industry. The scandal is too deep in the hearts of the people.

In short, the major media started playing tricks!

Tang En is simply praised in the sky and on earth, unique.

He is a rare film genius in the world!

"Time Magazine" even launched a special edition, which specifically reported in detail a series of brilliant film achievements Tang En had made in the past few years.

At this time, Dunn had already blocked the Queens Bridge in New York.

"It's almost time, let's take the last one!"

At this time, Tang En, wearing a short sleeve, was standing on the bridge, holding a walkie-talkie in his hand, shouting loudly.

Here is a set of scenes where "Spider-Man" appeared in "The Avengers".

"Spiderman" James Franco was driving a car with his wife and daughter.

Suddenly, the hairs on his hands stood up, and the spider sensor appeared.

Something big has happened.

In the planning of Marvel Pictures, his daughter is the later "Spider-Man" successor "Spider Silk", and is the replacement for James Franco after retirement. So there was no need to conceal his identity, he put on the spider suit under the surprise eyes of his infant daughter, swayed across the magnificent Queens Bridge with spider silk, and ran towards the Central Station in New York.

There, Loki strikes, and there is a big battle!

The movie version and the comic version are slightly different, but the positioning of "Spider-Man" is relatively unified, and he belongs to the fringes of the "Avengers".

Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, Wasp, Hulk, and later superheroes such as Captain America and Black Widow are the real core layer.

Although "Spider-Man" has powerful superpowers, he is just a commoner hero, and there is no comparison with those superheroes with backers and backgrounds.

In fact, in the comics, there is no "Spider-Man" in the "Avengers" at all, but later this character is too popular, and it is the hottest superhero in Marvel.

In order to attract popularity, Marvel made "Spider-Man" appear in various organizations, parallel universes, multiverses, and reset universes.

In Marvel's superheroes, almost every character has an intersection with Spider-Man.

In the comics, there was no Spider-Man in the first issue of "The Avengers", but in order to attract popularity, Twain had to add a role for him and let him participate.

Of course, not the core.

Even when he wants to join the battle and fight against the powerful Rocky Legion with the Avengers, superheroes such as Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man have to firmly oppose him, for fear that he is not capable enough and will be hurt.

When it came to the finale, Iron Man sent the nuclear bomb out of outer space and destroyed the Rocky Legion's battleship. When the fuel ran out and fell down, it was Spider-Man who shot in time and saved him.

Only then did everyone officially accept Spider-Man, and in the last shot of the movie, they announced to Spider-Man: "Welcome to join us!"

Of course, this is all for later.

The shooting cycle of the film is very long.

This summer, I will shoot for two months.

Tomorrow summer, there will be another month of green screen shooting in the studio.

"OK, that's it, let's call it a day!"

Tang En was very efficient, and after James Franco ran to the side of Queen's Bridge in a spider suit and made a jump gesture, he announced the end.

The traffic here is too heavy.

The crew only applied for a one-hour filming period with the city government, and it was impossible to make more complex and difficult actions.

Swinging across the Queen's Bridge with spider silk, there is no need to shoot in real location.

Anyway, the surrounding scenes of the Queen's Bridge have been filmed, and the difficult action scenes will be shot on the green screen next year, and the post-production synthesis will be fine.

If according to the traditional realistic shooting method, the coercion is really lifted, and the action stuntman puts on the uniform and jumps off the Queen's Bridge... Don't say one hour, this kind of scene can't be finished in 10 hours!

It takes 5 hours just for the preliminary preparation and safety inspection!

After finishing the work, Tang En didn't have to worry about the follow-up work.

He was also polite and got into the RV directly.

The air conditioner was on in the car and it was cool.

Isla Fisher stayed in the car the whole time, and when she saw Tang En, she had a rosy and excited expression on her face.

"What's wrong?"

"Good news!"

"What's the matter?"

"you do not know?"

Tang En was angry and funny, "I'm busy making a movie here, what do I know?"

Isla Fisher pursed her lips and said with a smile: "When you make a movie, you are almost isolated from the world! This is a big news that has caused a sensation in the New York business circle!"

"Oh, that has nothing to do with me."

Tang En shrugged nonchalantly.

The core of his industry is in California, and the circles in New York...he is not familiar with them and does not communicate often.

There are more politics involved here, and Tang En is not interested.

Isla Fisher shook her head and said, "You are wrong, this matter really has something to do with you!"

"Huh? Could it be the News Corporation? Or the New York Times?" Tang En asked curiously.

Isla Fisher said: "Neither, it's Viacom!"

"Viacom?"

Tang En's eyes narrowed suddenly, as if he had thought of something.

This summer, Paramount released a total of five films, including "King Arthur" and "Lemony Snicket," two mega-productions that cost more than $150 million to produce.

However, the box office was miserable.

Except for the youth idol drama "Mean Girls", Paramount couldn't make any hits.

Redstone's four-year-long "Revival of Paramount" project has completely failed.

Affected by this, Viacom's stock price continued to fall this summer.

As a result, Viacom's market value is only 26.5 billion US dollars!

Only $50 more than 20th Century Fox!

You know, Twentieth Century Fox is just the entertainment industry under News Corporation.

The status of Viacom Group in the industry should be higher than that of News Corporation.

Three years ago, Lei Shidong bullied others and severely suppressed Tang En.

Tang En's revenge began after the New Global Group completed its mergers and acquisitions and industrial integration last year.

In the next few confrontations, Tang En fought repeatedly, while Lei Shidong suffered repeated setbacks.

Especially this summer, Redstone used almost all his resources and connections to promote a high-level MPAA meeting.

In the end, Tang En actually played a game of exporting to domestic sales, pulling up South Korea's tiger skin!

Not only passed the test calmly, but also became a hero of change in Hollywood!

The negotiations between the MPAA and the Korean Film Association went very smoothly.

It is very likely that in September, the contract will be officially signed.

This can be regarded as an explanation from the MPAA to President Bush Jr. After all, in the handling of the "Fahrenheit 9/11" incident, the MPAA is useless.

With this feat, President Bush's re-election will be more assured of success.

Tang En now has a golden body to protect his body, and he is invulnerable to fire and water!

What can Redstone do?

Viacom's stock price, we must try to save it, right?

"The Viacom Group officially announced... that it will split up its business!" Isla Fisher's eyes sparkled. She knew that Tang En had won the battle.

The helpless Lei Shidong had to personally dismember the media empire he had worked so hard to build.