Heads Up Hollywood

In the past three years, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has dominated the Christmas file, so that many blockbuster movies in the same period have to adjust their release time to avoid head-on hedging.

Even the "Harry Potter" series was squeezed into early November.

Things got a lot better starting this year, though, with the Lord of the Rings trilogy coming to an end.

New Universal can also take this schedule openly and ruthlessly! And as soon as he made a move, it was a big move, directly assigning "Spider-Man 3".

On December 17, "Spider-Man 3" was released in the United States!

In addition, Universal Pictures' comedy movie "Meet Your Father-in-Law 2" will also be released on December 22.

Especially "Spider-Man 3", as the last Hollywood blockbuster this year, has set off a movie-watching frenzy without any suspense.

The box office on the first day easily exceeded 40 million US dollars;

The box office of the next day exceeded 40 million US dollars again;

Sunday's box office also successfully exceeded 35 million US dollars.

In the first three days of the weekend, "Spider-Man 3" grossed US$120 million at the North American box office, making it the No. 1 weekly box office in North America!

Hollywood was as sensational as ever, but Twain was as calm as ever.

To speak big words, he is used to it.

I really got used to it.

A billion dollar movie is an unattainable fantasy for other filmmakers, but for Tang En, it seems to be within easy reach.

"Harry Potter 3: Prisoner of Azkaban" is hopeless to hit the global box office of 1 billion US dollars, and "Spider-Man 3" has almost no suspense.

This will be the second $1 billion box office movie this year after "Pirate League 2: Dead Man's Chest"!

After Twain promoted Gore Verbinski, a newcomer director, to become a $1 billion director, Hollywood's small-budget horror film director Sam Raimi seemed to be the next lucky one.

Of course, in Twain's view, these are trivial matters.

Legendary Pictures is inviting him to attend the year-end review meeting.

Next year, Legendary Pictures will go public.

This is the first film company in history to focus on film assortment investment.

After platter investment companies sprung up in Hollywood like mushrooms after rain, Legendary Pictures has already started preparations for listing, a big step ahead of its competitors.

Twain is one of the founders of Legendary Pictures and the second largest shareholder of Legendary Pictures, so he has a lot of power to speak.

However, he did not attend the meeting.

It's the end of the year and he's too busy.

He also wanted to finish the work at hand quickly, take Scarlett to Israel before Christmas, meet Natalie and Gal Gadot, and reunite the family.

However, there was a film crew that Tang En wanted to meet no matter what - "The Hunt".

The movie has officially wrapped.

The director of the film is David Fincher, and the actor is Mel Gibson.

Twain is the screenwriter of the film, which is tailor-made for Mel Gibson. After the filming is done, it can help him hit the Oscars! It is not necessary to win an Oscar winner, but at least one Oscar nomination for best actor.

Mel Gibson, a Hollywood superstar, has not even been nominated for an Oscar, which is somewhat shabby.

Even Tom Cruise was nominated.

"The Hunt" is about a kind-hearted, mild-mannered divorced man who works in an elementary school and quickly becomes adored by his colleagues and children. Then, one of the precocious girls showed her love to him and was rejected, and then she felt resentful and made a rumor that she was "bullied" by him.

One lie completely changed this man's life.

Tang En once wanted Emma Watson to come out, but he rejected the idea because he thought that this role was not very pleasing.

Let the director choose for himself.

Unexpectedly, David Fincher chose another British girl.

"Lily? Are you Lily Collins?"

Seeing this handsome, classic-looking little beauty appearing in his office, Tang En couldn't help laughing.

The world is really small.

"Mr. Director, do you know me?" Lily Collins blinked her beautiful big eyes, her long eyelashes curled upwards, and those two distinctive thick eyebrows...it's a bit like Audrey Hepburn's charm.

Tang En shook his head with a smile, "I know your mother. I was at her place and saw your picture."

Lily Collins is a veritable second generation of Hollywood stars.

Her father is the famous British male singer Phil Collins, who is a signed artist of EMI Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.

Her mother is Jill Collins, a public relations expert in Hollywood. She is good at handling various interpersonal relationships and is the chairman of the Beverly Hills Women's Club.

Almost every first-line female star in Hollywood has contacts with her.

Tang En glanced at David Finch, saw him nodding slightly at himself, and understood in his heart.

Lily Collins can star in this movie, which probably has her parents' relationship.

In Tang En's view, Lily Collins was a bit old, and did not quite fit the "girl" setting in the script of "The Hunt".

It seems that David Fincher and the crew should have made some modifications to the basic setting of the script during the filming process to better match Lily Collins' age, image and temperament.

"I've seen your photo too! In Mom's study, there's a photo with you hanging on the wall, it's full of splendor." Lily Collins looked very excited, with a brisk and lively tone.

He is obviously the same age as Little Taylor, and seems to be much more sensible than Little Taylor.

His actions and manners are very decent, and his words are also very particular. It can be seen that he has been educated in traditional British culture, which is very different from the native slang in the United States.

Tang En smiled and said: "Lily... I will call you Lily, your mother is my good friend, and I can be considered your elder. You have a very good temperament and a very outstanding image. It may be more suitable for your future career development.”

Lily Collins pouted, glanced at him complainingly, seemed displeased with the term "elder", bit her lip and said, "Uncle Walker, I'm still young, and I won't talk about career development until I graduate from college. "

Tang En almost fainted.

This uncle called, with a touch of anger in the tenderness, and a softness in the softness, so there is still a little bit of the elegant posture of the British noble princess just now?

Tang En hurriedly stopped when enough was enough, and talked about the movie with David Fincher and Mel Gibson.

The movie's schedule will be in August next year.

Then, strive to make a difference in the 2006 awards season.

When leaving, Lily Collins stepped forward and handed Tang En a piece of her personal business card.

The business card design is beautiful and girly.

Among the pink business cards, there are patches of roses embellished, and the name "Lily Collins" is also written in cursive characters, which is very artistic.

"Uncle, I don't know much about the fashion industry, can you spare me some time to tutor me?"

Big eyes, ethereal and divine.

Doesn't seem to see any unwanted impurities.

However, Tang En, who is well-informed, how can he not see through this hazy girl's heart?

Tang En said calmly, "Okay."

Before leaving, Mel Gibson stayed a few steps on purpose, and said in a low voice, "This girl can't be touched."

Tang En was taken aback.

When did I lose my mind?

He has always been very cautious when dealing with underage girls, okay?

Even if it is grass powder, it must be in a reasonable and legal atmosphere.

For example, in New York, eating Anna Wintour's daughter, Katherine Schafer, was a perfect move.

Lily Collins' mother was Jill Collins, who was the chairperson of the Beverly Hills Women's Club. Even Twain was not easy to mess with.

Seeing Tang En's silence, Mel Gibson frowned and warned in a low voice: "I told you, you can't touch that girl! Don't look at her young, she grew up in such a family atmosphere, she is very clever. If you have If you are interested, you can go to Australia, there are all kinds of things, I will arrange for you!"

He and Tang En have a deep friendship, and he helped Tang En a lot in the early years when his status in the industry was higher than that of Tang En.

He is indeed qualified to warn Tang En as his elder brother.

Tang En said angrily: "When did I say I was going to touch her? Don't worry, I have more experience in this area than you! Even if I really want to touch her, I will definitely do everything right."

Mel Gibson smiled loosely, "By the way, have you been to Australia for Christmas? Are you going to attend the annual Australian Gang meeting?"

Tang En shook his head, "I'm going to Jerusalem."

Mel Gibson suddenly realized, "Okay."