Rebirth In Hollywood

Filming in Canyon National Park continued until mid-April, and after Alan Ralston was rescued by a helicopter, all filming came to an end for this documentary-style biographical film. The others returned to Los Angeles with them.

After just three days off, Natalie went into post-production.

Ryan, at the invitation of Drew Barrymore, participated in a test film of Flower Pictures, and the film he watched was "Brokeback Mountain", which had just cut out the main plot.

Due to time constraints, this film, which has been declared for this year's Cannes Film Festival, has not yet completed all post-production. What they see is just a sample film with no opening and ending, or even many pictures without special effects.

Although many details of the film have changed, the main plot is the same as in the previous life, especially the relationship between Jack and Ennis, which is far less thrilling and unrestrained than those traditional gay films. From the East has a relationship.

I want to come to the later release, even if I encounter pressure, it will be like it used to be, and it will not cause particularly big trouble.

And the gay movement is getting bigger and bigger, including several states such as Massachusetts, which have legalized gay marriage successively. At next year's Oscars, many judges will definitely consider giving this film a heavyweight award.

You know, there are countless gay and bisexuals hidden in Hollywood, many of which are heavyweights, such as David Geffen, one of the nation's super-rich and one of the Big Three of DreamWorks.

"Mr. Lee, very good film."

After the people around Ang Lee left, Ryan walked over and shook hands with each other, "I think this film will make a difference at the Cannes Film Festival and next year's Oscars."

"Thank you!" Li An's eyes were sunken, and there was an undisguised haggard on his face.

Indeed, for a director like him, it only took more than seven months to complete the film preparation and most of the post-production. Definitely under a lot of pressure, and I must have come to work overtime a lot.

Having said that, if you can really win heavyweight awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Oscars, it will all be worth it.

Ryan just said a few words briefly. The two sides are in two completely different circles. Except for work, they have no other exchanges. After expressing his satisfied views on the movie, he left the trial with Drew. small theater.

"Ryan..."

Standing in front of the theater.

When he was about to get into the car separately, Drew seemed a little worried, "Are you sure this movie will not cause a huge storm?"

"When facing the media, you only need to grasp a little." Ryan patted Drew on the shoulder lightly. "True love has nothing to do with gender, age, or belief and ideology."

"You always make sense." Drew shrugged, Ryan waved his hand, and walked towards his car. Left the last sentence, "Trust me, Drew, this film will leave a special place in film history."

Brokeback Mountain even became an icon. a symbol.

The film will premiere during the Cannes Film Festival, but the North American release will definitely be before the awards season. With the temperament of European filmmakers, such a theme will definitely suit their appetite.

As May is approaching. North America will launch a new round of box office competition. Ryan's first release is "Paddington Bear" produced and starred by Nicole. The premiere of the film is in the United Kingdom, the birthplace of Paddington Bear. . It will be released simultaneously in the UK and the US in late April.

Unexpectedly, the film was rated as pg in both the UK and the US, and the reason was that Paddington Bear did not wear pants in the film...

Fortunately, the pg-level only requires the accompaniment of parents, and does not restrict children's viewing, and it is difficult for children of this age to enter the theater alone, so the impact is not too great.

The film earned $37.68 million in North America in its first week, which is not bad for a total investment of less than $60 million. This is a comedy after all, while the UK was slightly better at £13.56 million. , is the highest first-week box office performance in the UK since 2005.

After all, this is a classic cartoon image born in the UK, and it is also very popular with the British.

Due to the lack of strong competitors in the same period, the film stayed at the top of the box office charts in the UK and the US for two weeks until the release of "Kingdom of Heaven"...

The production cost is 130 million US dollars, directed by the great director Ridley Scott, starring Orlando Bloom, who became popular after "The Lord of the Rings" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", and Eva Bloom, who dares to take off and dare to reveal. Green, along with the powerful Edward Norton and Liam Neeson, would have been a contender for the annual box office title before last year.

It is a pity that the epic war films have not met expectations since last year, especially the three major productions of "Troy", "King Arthur" and "Alexander the Great", and this theme inevitably fell into a low ebb.

No matter what efforts 20th Century Fox made, the results of the film after its release did let them experience the bleak feeling of Warner Bros. in "Alexander the Great", even though many film critics were applauding the film, But it didn't help the box office.

"It's a better film than Gladiator, deeper, more penetrating, with less action shots and more discussion of human motivation."

From Roger Albert's column, the nation's leading veteran film critic gave the movie a nine out of 10!

"A very amazing historical work, very respectable, director Ridley Scott's latest epic, this work is his strongest expression."

David Denby also scored nine points for "Kingdom of Kingdom" in his online column.

These two representative figures in the film critics also showed their appreciation for this film. However, the ruthless box office once again proved that they are really just living in the glory of the past, and they are indeed old Now, the critics are so far away from the audience's taste that they have forgotten that the audience is the foundation of the movie.

"Kingdom of Heaven" opened in North America on May 6, the first weekend of the summer season. In the first week, it received a box office of 19.63 million U.S. dollars among 3,216 theaters. Such a result almost declared the film's failure and even There is no return at all, because in the summer season for incentives, basically every weekend, there will be big commercial films launched.

Such a dismal first week at the box office shows that the film is not competitive at all.

The big production that will be released in the next week is "X-Men 3: The Last Stand", which was hyped by Disney at full speed. In the promotion, this film was marked as the end of the "X-Men" series. No., the ultimate battle of love and killing between Jean Grey's transformed Phoenix girl and Wolverine Logan has attracted countless fans into the theater.

As one of the brand series films that Marvel and Disney focus on creating, whether it is promotion or distribution, the film appears extremely strong, and the box office performance also proves Disney's confidence.

Although only 3,690 theaters joined the screening industry in its first week, "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" grossed $122.86 million in its first week, becoming the first film of the year to break the $100 million mark in its first week. Movie.

There is almost no suspense, and the opposite of the box office is the film's reputation among film critics.

"Fuck your "X-Men 3: The Last Stand", which was supposed to be the climax of the trilogy, but turned out to be the worst of the entire X-Men series. The only meaning of this film's existence is just that Proving that the first two weren't bad enough, it only survived on the reputation of the comics."

Roger Albert made no secret of his distaste for the film, and only scored a very low three-point score. Unfortunately, he didn't affect many people.

"X-Men 3: The Last Stand" was a huge hit, which seriously squeezed the living space of other films of the same period. The box office of "Kingdom of the Kingdom" fell directly below $10 million in the second week, falling to $9.62 million. .

And "Danny the Wolf", which was released in the same week, completely became cannon fodder. Fortunately, the producer did not have much hope for this film, otherwise it would not have been arranged in such a highly competitive schedule.

Nicole's "Paddington Bear" is no exception. The North American box office in the fourth week was only more than 12.5 million US dollars, but the North American box office accumulated to more than 90 million US dollars. With at least one month of show time remaining, finally There's certainly no problem with breaking $100 million at the North American box office.

To use what Nicole told Ryan when he left London, it's a little hard for the film to recoup its cost at the box office, but the film's online, TV and DVD rights negotiations have been completed, and it has sold 3,500 in the UK and the US alone. 10,000 US dollars, this film is enough to bring about 20 million US dollars of profit for her as an investor.

The money is not too much, maybe it can't cover Nicole's expenses for half a year, but she is very happy that the film can make a profit. After all, she has also established a Kidman studio, and she can't always maintain a balance of expenses as the biggest goal. .

However, these are not in Ryan's consideration for the time being. He arrived in Cannes in early May and took over the position of chairman of the jury of the 58th Cannes Film Festival.

As early as when Ang Lee found Australia to discuss "Brokeback Mountain" with him, Ryan received an invitation from France. After some consideration, he finally agreed. This is not a bad thing, is it?

"Brokeback Mountain" not only entered the competition unit, but also the opening film of this film festival. This theme is very popular among European filmmakers.

In addition, Ryan also saw Yishui's Chinese films on the entry and screening list, such as "Qinghong", "Wuji", "Myth" and so on. (To be continued..) ()