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Joe Schumacher cannot be regarded as a first-line director in Hollywood, but in the past two years, he has produced two masterpieces, "Ultimate Witness" and "Batman Forever", which have attracted much attention. Recently, because Joe is preparing for the sequel of "Batman Forever"-temporarily named "Batman and Robin", this has also made Joe the focus of the topic.

Rumors say that due to the schedule conflict between Fang and Kimmer, there is no way to star in "Batman and Robin", which also makes this sequel must re-select the candidate of Batman. Thanks to the incredible box office success of "Batman Forever" last year, and also won many praises from film critics, this also makes the prospects of "Batman and Robin" promising. And Warner Bros. also announced that the movie's budget is as high as 130 million U.S. dollars, and it is bound to create a wonderful sequel. All these positive factors make the film's cast lineup hot.

The rumors also say that Warner Bros. hopes to invite Hugo to star in "Batman and Robin", even if it is a 20 million dollar salary, it doesn't care-if Hugo plays a superhero? What will it be like! It is really exciting. This also caused countless topics to be created by the film cast during the selection stage.

But it seems that Hugo doesn't have much interest in Batman, and there are even rumors that the meeting between Hugo and Joe ended up unhappy. At present, George Clooney has been mentioned the most times on the list of Batman's cast candidates. This handsome guy who relied on the "emergency room story" to become popular in the United States seems to be about to usher in the first peak of his career.

However, all the things about "Batman and Robin" are just rumors and have not been approved by any parties. What's more, the recent performance of "Independence Day" is so strong that it almost came to the North American summer archive of 1996 in a sweeping manner. No one cares about a work that is still in the casting stage, even if it is "Batman and Luo". "Bing" does not work either.

Interestingly, "Independence Day" was released strongly and broke countless records. Most of the records were set by "Batman Forever" last year. Coupled with the recent ambiguous rumors, this also made the media in Joe A sense of tension is created between Hugo and Hugo.

In the fourth week of July, the "New York Post" called this week "Vengeance Week"! Of course it is not Colin Meyer and the "New York Post", but Joe Schumacher, because this week Joe's new work "Killing Hour" will be officially premiered in two thousand two hundred theaters!

Leaving aside the rumors of "Batman and Robin", the fact that lies ahead is that "Independence Day" broke all the records set by "Batman Forever" last year, so this week is naturally Joe's battle for revenge. ——Although we are facing the "Independence Day" that enters the fourth week of the release, the media still believes that this will be a close encounter. The outcome will be five to five, and the outcome is unpredictable.

"Moment of Killing" was issued by Warner Bros. with an investment of 40 million US dollars. The theme is quite heavy. It is similar to the theme of "Ultimate Witness". It focuses on racial discrimination and judicial justice. "A robin" is very similar.

The cast is even stronger. Matthew McConaughey led the starring role. Samuel Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey and others appeared on the list of supporting actors, who won at the preview stage. It has received a lot of praise and is considered to have surpassed the level of "ultimate witness". It is not only hopeful to compete at the box office, but also hope to make a difference at major awards ceremonies.

After the trial screening, many media have compared "Moment of Killing" with "Yihai Xiongfeng". Although the themes of the two films are different, they both discuss judicial justice. At the beginning, "Yihai Xiongfeng" was amidst the praise, not only got the Oscar nominations for best supporting actor and best film, but also swept the box office of 170 million U.S. dollars in North America. It was considered a judicial work. The leader.

It can be said that in the eyes of the media, "Moment of Killing" stands on the opposite side of Hugo, but because of the fact that, except for Matthew and Hugo, the other main supporting roles are Hugo's. Friends, so the smell of gunpowder is also much less.

However, a small part of the media who fears the world will not be chaotic still have some gleeful claims that Sandra was absent from the North American premiere of "Killing Hour" and personally went to Europe to promote the "Independence Day" crew. Does this mean victory or defeat? The result has appeared?

Obviously these media are deliberately instigating discord. Endeavour Elite Agency immediately launched a public relations campaign, publicly stating that Sandra will arrive in Los Angeles on the premiere of "Killing Hour" in North American time, and will definitely attend the premiere ceremony; and Warner The brothers and the crew of "Killing Hour" also seemed to have a unified calibre, saying that Sandra had said hello before leaving for Europe, and she would definitely be back in time for the premiere.

The result was the same. On the day of the grand premiere of "Killing Hour" in North America, Sandra appeared on the red carpet in a red dress, which surprised many people and made those negative topics self-defeating.

Even so, the competition between "Moment of Killing" and "Independence Day" adds some sense of urgency. Many people are looking forward to the "Moment of Killing" being able to reproduce the miracle of the original "Yihai Power", create a good box office, and pull "Independence Day" from Malaysia; but more people hope that "Independence Day" can continue to be strong. , The better the box office of "Independence Day", the more favorable it will be for future changes in the film market.

But what the media doesn't know is that the meaning of this competition to Joe is far greater than their own guesswork. In Joe's eyes, this is a victory that must be won! Even if a work is the premiere, and a work is released in the fourth week, this is a completely unfair duel, but for Joe, this is a competition that cannot be lost.

Just as the media speculated, Joe didn’t want Hugo to be the actor of "Batman and Robin". He wanted to use George Clooney, but Barry Meyer, the head of Warner Bros., was always reluctant to let go. Excuse me, I have simply left Los Angeles for New York in the past two weeks and avoided seeing it. Although Qiao Ming knew that this was a signal that Barry had not given up on Hugo, he still had nothing to do with Barry.

The huge success of "Independence Day" made almost everyone in Hollywood jealous, even Joe himself felt envious. Although he knew that the box office record created by "Batman Forever" would be broken sooner or later, he did not expect it to be so. So fast, and so vulnerable, "Independence Day" almost set a new record with twice and three times the advantage, which is beyond the reach of the dust. As a commercial film, the performance of "Independence Day" is perfect.

Hugo was able to open Hollywood’s "20 million club" because Hugo’s box office appeal reached an unprecedented peak in the past few years, with five consecutive works exceeding 100 million at the box office and two consecutive works exceeding 200 million at the box office. It is estimated that such a momentum will be difficult to achieve within ten or twenty years. Because this tests not only box office appeal, but also the continuity of the work, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Now, after the release of "Independence Day", it has shown a destructive posture. Compared with the "Ace Specialist" starring Kim Carey, Hugo has become the well-deserved first person of 20 million.

Therefore, Joe has no way to accuse Barry of being greedy.

But Joe couldn't compromise. He didn't want to cooperate with Hugo. He refused to cooperate with Hugo. George is his only candidate. The matchup between "Killing Hour" and "Independence Day" is Joe’s best and last chance. If the box office of "Killing Hour" cannot beat the fourth week of "Independence Day", then Joe will not. Anything convincing anymore. Although it is said that "Moment of Killing" won and won't be victorious, at least Joe will be able to win the initiative in front of Ba Nai.

For the media, the so-called duel may be just a hype, but for Joe, it is a real hand-to-hand encounter, with no sparks in sight, but the tension is enough to suffocate.

Unexpectedly, the fourth week of "Independence Day" and the first week of "Moment of Killing" confronted each other, but it became the biggest news feature in the fourth week of July. Everyone focused on this week's North American weekend. Top of the box office rankings, the topic is endless.

In particular, "Independence Day" was a buzzword in the European continent. The sensation caused by the crew was not inferior to the publicity activities in North America. It corresponds to the lively local publicity activities of "Moment of Killing", which is fighting across the vast Atlantic Ocean. The competition among the major media is so lively.

This also makes the other three premieres of this week seem a bit lonely~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The low-cost comedy "Ace Bowling ( starring Bill Murray (. Murray), Cheng. Long starring "Police. Observation Story 4" and the fantasy adventure movie "Pinocchio (the. adventures. of. These three works have all been released on a large scale in more than 1,800 theaters, but they have won However, even a quarter of the "killing moment" cannot be reached.

However, this is the mystery of the movie schedule and publicity strategy. "Independence Day" took the express train of the Super Bowl and created a movie propaganda miracle, which has set an example for the entire Hollywood. Now "Moment of Killing" has also taken the spotlight on "Independence Day" and at the same time promoted "Batman and Robin". Warner Bros.'s methods should not be underestimated.

The "Killing Hour", which held its grand premiere on July 24, took the lead. Thanks to the participation of three topical figures, Sandra, Samuel and Kevin-especially just coming back from Germany temporarily. Sandra even brought first-hand information about "Independence Day" in Europe. The premiere was a sensation. After the grand premiere of "Independence Day" in the first week of July, the North American film was silent for two weeks. The market finally became lively again.

Immediately afterwards, the first batch of media comments on "Moment of Killing" was released, officially kicking off the prelude to this confrontation!