Heads Up Hollywood

Time flies, and it's September.

A lot has happened in America during this time.

The first is the political arena, with the presidential candidates of both parties starting state-to-state speaking tours. Without the interference of the negative news of "Fahrenheit 9/11", President Bush Jr.'s re-election call is very high. In particular, he expressed his confidence in revitalizing the U.S. economy in the next term through South Korea’s concession on the WTO free trade agreement.

However, the agreement between the MPAA and the Korean revitalization committee did not continue the political life of Jack Valenti. He has officially left the chairmanship of the MPAA.

His successor...is President Bush's direct successor, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Dan Glickman!

The United States is the world's largest agricultural country, and the power of the Minister of Agriculture can be imagined.

President Bush Jr. will arrange the Secretary of Agriculture to be the chairman of the MPAA, which shows how much he attaches importance to Hollywood!

However, the MPAA substitution is not the most sensational event in the entertainment industry.

The disintegration of Viacom and the disintegration of Paramount are the biggest news!

As Tang En had previously obtained internal information, CBS Group was spun off from Viacom Group, taking away Paramount's TV production department and all TV content copyrights.

Paramount's label name and film production department are still affiliated with Viacom.

Back then, Megatron Hollywood even aroused the fear of the highest level. Paramount Pictures, which was restricted by the "Paramount Monopoly Act", announced its collapse!

It's an MGM-esque road of no return.

It's not just Viacom that's split, it's also DreamWorks!

This summer, Dreamworks' animated film "Shrek 2" became popular all over the world, with a global box office of more than 920 million US dollars, second only to the super commercial blockbuster "Pirate League 2: Dead Man's Chest".

However, DreamWorks' live-action movies are too watery.

This year, DreamWorks has released five live-action films, including "A Date with Idol", "European Sex Tour", "Ultimate Target", "The End of Happiness" and "Anchorman".

The first three films lost money, and although the latter two films made money, they did not meet expectations.

In particular, "The End of Happiness" directed by Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones seems to be silent among the commercial blockbusters of the summer vacation.

In the past ten years, once Spielberg's film is released, it will inevitably cause a sensation in the United States.

In the movie circle, there seems to be an outdated argument about Spielberg.

Of course Spielberg was not convinced, he was gathering people, and he even found the action superstar Tom Cruise to join forces and plan to make a heavyweight sci-fi action blockbuster "War of the Worlds"!

He also wants to become a $1 billion box office director!

He wants to save his reputation with this!

However, the separation of DreamWorks is imperative.

The animation department of DreamWorks is getting better and better, but the live-action movies are hard to improve. This has caused the animation department to be very dissatisfied, and they don't want to bear the burden anymore.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is the chairman and CEO of DreamWorks. He started his business for ten years and led DreamWorks to survive in the cracks.

Simply split it up.

The live-action film department and the animation department are now separated!

The animation department is headed by Jeffrey Katzenberg, and the live-action department is headed by Spielberg.

Because the performance of the animation department is better, the label of "DreamWorks" belongs to the animation department. However, the label name can be leased to the live-action film department for free and indefinitely.

Since then, there have been two DreamWorks in Hollywood.

One is the DreamWorks Animation Department, and the other is the nominal DreamWorks.

In addition, the shock of the sports world is not small.

Gymnastics is filing for bankruptcy.

In the Athens Olympics, every time an athlete won an award, when interviewed by media reporters, Dunn Walker's name would be on the list of thanks.

It may be restricted by the sports association, but they did not explain the reason. But everyone knew in their hearts that Twain's exposure of the sexual assault scandal in the gymnastics industry was a fig leaf for the sports world.

The sports circle, especially some non-market niche circles, is full of a lot of scandals that cannot be seen.

Uglier than Hollywood.

Tang En's act of righteousness may not completely improve the situation, but at least it can give young athletes a better training environment and greatly increase the cost of breaking the law for many people.

Tang En was still filming at this time.

After the crew moved to New York, Atlanta, and Cleveland, they finally returned to Los Angeles.

The live-action shooting of "The Avengers" is coming to an end.

Try to finish it before September 20th.

The movie "The Departed Walker" starring Tang En will be released on September 25th.

As a core actor, Twain is not easy to be too big. It is necessary to participate in some pre-publicity to create momentum for the movie.

Including Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Mark Wahlberg, etc., must actively participate in the early promotion.

Tang En, the chief producer and investor, didn't show up, so he didn't look good.

...

"The speeding scene... is it really necessary?" Timo Bekmambetov frowned, skeptical about the next filming plan.

In the next scene, it is not the soaring sky of "Iron Man", the swinging of "Spiderman", the bright muscles of "Hulk", and the power of thunder and lightning of "Thor"... but "Ant-Man" and "Ant-Man". A drag racing scene of "The Wasp".

The setting in the movie is: at the last moment, the streets of New York were in chaos, "Ant-Man" and "The Wasp" actively participated in the battle, and a speeding show was staged, which also had violent scenes of explosions.

In Timo Bekmambetov's view, "The Avengers" is a sci-fi movie full of imagination, and the elements in the movie are very innovative.

In comparison, the speed scene... is too traditional and old-fashioned.

It's not as interesting as the process of "Ant-Man" and "The Wasp" getting bigger and smaller.

Nina Jacobson glanced at him and said with a smile, "This is Hollywood! Even Twain must pay attention to the taste of the market."

"What's the meaning?"

"Every year, Hollywood conducts a large number of market surveys to evaluate and judge the tastes of movie fans. Then adjust the production style of movies according to their tastes. In the past few years, there is a very important data, the excitement of teenagers about flying cars, Always at the top of the list of commercial elements! Even more attractive than the big stars in the $20 million club."

"Ah? Really?"

Timo Bekmambetov was taken aback for a moment.

I feel like I learned a lot.

In the past, when he made movies, he always made his own movies completely. He is confident that excellent movies will never lack fans to pay for them.

It was only when he arrived in Hollywood that he realized that his film philosophy was completely reversed.

A movie that can make fans pay is a good movie.

In this case, it is natural to shoot content that attracts more fans' attention.

This is the essence of Hollywood popcorn movies.

Nina Jacobson explained a few more words: "A commercial blockbuster, especially an action movie, if you don't arrange a few minutes of car chases, it will be difficult to win the appetite of young audiences. They are the most important in the film market. consumption power. Don’t talk about “The Avengers”, look at “Star Wars Prequels”, don’t they also have drag racing scenes?”

"But why are you here?"

Timo Bekmambetov looked at the surrounding environment in a daze, nodded, and shook his head again.

It is close to the Gold Coast and has the most beautiful sea view in Los Angeles.

However, this is completely inconsistent with the setting of the movie.

The speed scene in the movie requires the chaotic scenes on the streets of New York, here...is it too deserted?

Nina Jacobsen pointed to the front right, "See that tower?"

"Um."

In the far distance, there is a large area of ​​woods, but the towering spire is still very obvious, a bit like a navigation light on the coast here.

"That's Tang En's home, No. 1 King's Landing Manor."

"ah?"

Timo Bekmambetov was stunned again, and continued to be confused.

Nina Jacobson explained with a smile: "Shooting road scenes, especially speed scenes involving crashes and broken roads, is very troublesome and has a lot of extra expenses. You need to apply to the local government, you need to apply for funds, you need to There are traffic control funds, road maintenance fees, police subsidy fees for maintaining order, and damage fees for disrupting residents’ lives. All kinds of external expenses are higher than the cost of filming!"

Timo Bekmambetov suddenly realized: "It's no wonder that most of the speeding scenes in American movies and TV series are filmed in deserts, wilderness, ports, abandoned industrial areas and other places. This is the reason!"

Not in Russia.

Movies are king.

The government, agencies, and ordinary people must all give way!

Nina Jacobson said: "Yeah, even if this scene is shot on the streets of Cleveland, it will cost an additional $5 million. It's too wasteful. Instead of this, it's better to combine the scenes."

It's empty here, but it doesn't matter.

It is enough to mainly capture the shots that are afraid of flying cars.

As for those high-rise buildings and busy New York traffic, we can wait until next year for the green screen cutout and post-compositing.

"Is this road newly built? This specification is better than a highway. Don't you need to apply to the government for filming here? What if the road is damaged..."

Immediately Timo Bekmambetov had his next doubt.

Nina Jacobson smiled, and pointed in the direction of the tower in the distance, "Didn't I tell you, that's Tang En's home."

"The two are related?"

"Why doesn't it matter?"

"what relationship?"

Nina Jacobson said: "In the past, it was just an empty piece of land, without even a road. This 10-kilometer-long highway was built by Tang En himself for the convenience of going home."

"What? He built a highway?"

Timo Bekmambetov opened his eyes suddenly, rolled them, and almost fainted.

How much will it cost?

He is indeed the richest man in the world!

Rich and powerful!

Nina Jacobson gave him a strange look, "It's normal, the roads in the United States... a large part of it is built by individuals, and the government has no obligation to help those rich people who like to live in the suburbs to build roads. Besides Well, it’s just road construction, how much can it cost? When Warner was filming The Matrix, they built a 2-kilometer highway for a highway fight scene, and then donated it to the government.”

Timo Bekmambetov twitched the corner of his mouth, and felt that he had a new understanding of Hollywood.