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Mike Linton and Amy Pascal have been sitting together a lot lately. Baidu Search Geili Literature Network

Usually, for a company as large and busy as Sony Pictures, the co-chairmen and directors rarely have the opportunity to communicate intensively in person.

But ever since the Sony consortium and DD Pictures filed a lawsuit over the acquisition of MGM, the exchanges between the two have naturally increased. Sony and Daniel have not had much contact. In fact, among the seven major Hollywood companies, except Universal, Disney and MGM are basically not closely related to Daniel.

This is also normal.

So far, Daniel has only starred in thirteen or four films, of which three or four are produced by DD Films, three in the "Lord of the Rings" series, two in "The Bourne", and the first in "Pirates of the Caribbean". Part 2 has also been landed-there are not many opportunities left, so it is normal to lack experience in cooperation with large companies.

This time, Linton and Pascal met because of the premiere of "The Hangover."

"After "Greek Wedding," DD Films once again dabbled in wedding comedy, and this time, they set their sights in another direction: the groomsmen. The three groomsmen woke up hangover from the eve party to say goodbye to the bachelor, and found several terrible things The first thing is that the groom is missing, the second thing is that there is a six-month-old baby in the room, and the third thing is that there is a tiger in the bathroom—what interesting things will happen next... ..."

The Los Angeles Times reported the premiere of "The Hangover" in detail-now the "Times" has been able to be impartial when reporting on Daniel's news, and there is no need to be a partner or an enemy. Obviously, Carroll's strategy is good. At least when Daniel's series of news is released, the "Los Angeles Times" will never be missed. After all, it is a large newspaper with millions of sales.

"What do you think of this movie?"

Amy Pascal, the most powerful woman in Hollywood. Single-handedly promoting the "Spider-Man" project almost opened the door to a new world for Sony.

In fact, quite a few of the top executives in Hollywood are women, except for Pascal. Universal's Stacey Schneider, Viacom's Shelley Lansing, Fox's Gail Berman and CBS's Nancy Thrun are all figures who can shake things up.

Now the 47-year-old female chairwoman, who is full of glory, is facing questions from her colleagues. Obviously hesitant.

The premiere of "The Hangover" was held in Beverly Hills yesterday, and the whole scene was arranged like a manor wedding. Daniel even invited Nia, the heroine of "Greek Wedding", to help out.

The two walked out in elegant dresses, recreating the scene of the "Greek Wedding" that once swept North America. Then, the three "Hangover" actors who acted as best men, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Zarifianakis had been acting as their best men before. role, until the priest starts asking the newcomer "Would you like to—" The three suddenly jumped up and threw Daniel Sandler into the special trash can beside the stage—a huge trash can made of green sponge.

Then the stage instantly becomes the domain of three gag best men.

In addition to the young Bradley, Ed and Zach have work experience in stand-up shows.

The warm and romantic opening, full of memories, instantly turned into an impromptu talk show stage full of jokes and jokes.

This makes everyone feel refreshed.

"This time, Daniel is obviously willing to be thrown into the 'trash can'. Maybe he wants to tell everyone that the legendary box office of "Greek Wedding" is over. Now it's the turn of "The Hangover", although I don't know. I am not optimistic that "The Hangover" can reach the box office of 400 million, whether it is in North America or the world. But compared to the budget of 35 million US dollars, I can guarantee it. This time DD Films and Daniel will definitely make a lot of money again. It’s really an interesting piece of work.”

The Times reporter's response to Mike Linton's question was clearly positive and positive.

The Hangover will make money.

In fact, DD Films has become more and more high-profile in holding premieres. "Social Network" and "The Hangover" can illustrate this point. They invited a large number of filmmakers, reporters and guests from all walks of life. It was different from The Social Network back then. This time, Daniel personally entertained all the guests, and everyone was obviously very respectful.

Positive, neutral, and negative comments are about 6:2:2, and in terms of comedy effects, positive comments are as high as 80%.

Even the press, which is fairly aligned with Sony, doesn't seem to be planning to go "against its own heart" this time around - if that's the case at all.

On the theater side, they have also learned that most of them are optimistic, and there will be many opening screens for "The Hangover". From this point of view, Pascal and Linton should actually be able to draw conclusions. After all, theaters are not Maybe make fun of your performance.

However, these logical reasoning became unreliable when they met Daniel Sandler. The rumors of Daniel's "undefeated golden body" are impossible to ignore even the major theaters and theaters. What's more, "The Social Network" is still finishing after breaking through 300 million, and the box office of "Greek Wedding" stands at 400 million In the film library of DD Films. It is not incomprehensible that the theater chain is affected by other factors to make the current decision.

Now, Pascal and Linton wanted to be sure, not whether The Hangover would lose money—but how much it would make.

If it is another work with great potential, they have no way of predicting the possible impact on the current situation.

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While Sony has more reason to pay attention to "The Hangover," other studios are also very interested in this movie.

"The Hangover" can actually be regarded as Daniel's first work after he really turned to work in a studio, and it is very important in the eyes of major giants. Indeed, even if "Greek Wedding" and "The Social Network" made enough box office before, it would not give people this impression, but since Daniel took the lead in the acquisition of MGM, his identity, in these Hollywood studios In the eyes of the boss, he has transformed from a legendary actor to a studio owner and a legendary actor, and the studio's work is in the front.

Therefore, the success of "The Hangover" has a certain level of verification significance. This point does not have any quantitative measurement conditions, but it does exist in everyone's hearts.

"I wish he could lose once." (To be continued.)

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