Ace Hollywood

"What's their purpose?" Andy was a little puzzled, "It did cause us a little trouble, but it won't have any fundamental impact. The PR capabilities of DreamWorks and Universal cannot be weaker than Tracy or Philip. , once we react, everything they do will be lost."

"Fox is leading this matter, laying the groundwork for the third week of the X-Men box office, it's just a matter of benefit and cost, the PR of their movie is still going, and it's incidental to suppress Danny. DreamWorks It is impossible for Universal to have a relationship with Fox because of a supporting role." Melissa understood a level, this is Fox's idea, staggering two weeks, it is true that we will not meet again, but there will definitely be basic competition.

It's not incomprehensible that Johnny Depp and Matt Damon, and of course their agent, would disgust Daniel by taking this ride.

"I don't think it's just that." Daniel obviously thought more, "You can think about it, before the release of "Gladiator", I saved some energy, if Commodius is successful, then CAA can That's the way to put me in A-list star status all at once, I mean, with just an Oscar nomination and a Bourne movie deal, I'd basically be able to get that status, or at least quasi-A-class. But if Kang Medius is controversial, then CAA will definitely hesitate, Kevin's attitude clearly shows this, as long as I can suppress my upward trend, maybe I will enter the A-level ranks, and I have to look at it later. This is In my crucial moments, any action will have the effect of surprising them."

Melissa and Andy's faces also became serious.

"Then what do we need to do?"

"No need to do much this time." Daniel smiled, but his tone was full of confidence. The role of Commodius really embodies his talent, tempering and talent. As long as DreamWorks and Universal did not give up on him, he would I believe that the brilliance of this character will not be overshadowed by some small tricks, this time, his enemies will be defeated by his performance.

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"The people at Universal are starting to exert their strength." Philip answered two calls, turned to Matt Damon and said with a somewhat indifferent expression, "It seems that they are quite interested in Daniel."

Matt Damon's expression is a bit dignified. In fact, from the very beginning when Joaquin Phoenix lost to Daniel, and even later in "The Bourne", Damon still didn't have many different emotions for Daniel. Hollywood has a chance It's not bad, but someone like Daniel, who has great talent and opportunity, will always be given a chance, not "Gladiator" and "Bourne Bourne" and others. The important thing is that not every opportunity is given. It is effective. In fact, the chance of turning into success is very low. After all, there are only so many A-stars in Hollywood, and there are always hundreds of thousands of films every year, and so many roles are always needed.

He didn't think Daniel could realize the opportunity so easily.

You must know how downhearted he and Ben were before Good Will Hunting got the Oscar.

However, when the premiere of "Gladiator" ended, they got the first feedback - almost overwhelming praise.

A-list productions, Oscar-worthy movies, great characters, and great acting—it's almost a standard skyrocket.

This is the important reason why Matt Damon and Philip are determined to encourage Fox to use Daniel as a breakthrough. They cannot let him soar into the A-level ranks. Matt himself absolutely understands the energy of an A-level star. The status of Hollywood basically comes from the twin stars of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Ben has not developed well. Whether it can be called an A-level star now is a matter of two things, in other words. After all, Matt Damon is the scepter in his hand, but this is enough to give him the power to directly contact the production directors of major film companies.

"Universal attaches too much importance to this movie, otherwise we can do more," Philip said regretfully, and the implication was that it was about to stop, "However, Tracy doesn't know what to do. already."

Fox was driven by two forces, which Philip and the others knew, and it was easy to know who the other was.

As for the rumor that Daniel rejected Tracy and then joined the CAA, it is not unheard of for Philip.

This is somewhat bizarre, but it seems that Johnny Depp is indeed not an ordinary character, and he seems to have long understood that Daniel will soon become his contender.

"That very interesting game at USC gave Depp a lot of excitement." Matt smiled.

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The efforts of Universal Pictures' publicity staff stopped the malicious comments on Daniel, and the positive comments on Daniel's performance by several first-line publications also reversed the previous situation.

With the end of the preview in Los Angeles, more comments and information came out.

In Los Angeles, LAH's Jenny pointed to The New Yorker and said gruffly to her brother Reiler, "This is a credible evaluation. Those second-rate newspapers are people who spent money to hack Daniel."

"This article looks more like spending money."

Brent's compliment does make people quite blush.

"This film critic has a good reputation. He must tell the truth, otherwise, wouldn't everyone see him ruining his brand?" Jenny has been an administrator at LAH for several years, and has a little understanding of Hollywood, "If it costs money , he can't be so explicit, it's simply not giving himself a way out. The only explanation is that he really thinks so."

"Okay, when we go to see it together, there will be results, how about it? Go to see it on the 4th? I can take a day off." Reiler is a book broker - if you use an advanced expression, he is engaged in book IP operation. For example, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Tolkien's book, making it into a movie is an act of brokerage. Of course, Reiler's grades are not that high. He only does some publications, adaptation recommendations, book fairs, and translations. In general, he has something to do with the TV and film industry, but he is not an insider.

"It's a word."

Many Daniel fans are gearing up, and the time is getting closer and closer. The 4th is Friday, and how much you can win in the first three days will basically determine the results of this movie - unless it's "Forrest Gump" Unexpected work.

It has to be said that the behavior of movie fans always has something in common.

On Daniel's personal website and chat page, Sting, the veteran movie fan who proposed to watch the movie together last time, recently joined the ranks of the administrators and began to implement the plan of the head of the website, Cathy.

They posted a link to the chat version of the post under Daniel's blog, which stipulated the reply format, and also had some requirements, such as being over 17 years old, or accompanied by a guardian, Cathy found the person in charge in several different cities, of course, because This is the first time to do this kind of crazy thing, there are not many people, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, Boston and some other big cities. According to the address information left by the person in charge, the person in charge will contact through the text message tool in the version to finalize the itinerary.

Sting is the head of the Los Angeles area—an important position, not unlike Cathy herself, who is in charge of New York.

Daniel's popularity in Los Angeles is indeed extraordinary, and the most people in the replies belong to Los Angeles.

From the second day of the premiere to the evening of the 2nd, for about four or five days, there were more than 60 people who could watch the movie together.

The total number of people in the United States also exceeds more than 240 people.

This caught the attention of Fred and Evan.

The former is obliged to pay attention to the network dynamics related to Daniel, and the latter is the head of blogger. Daniel is one of the important symbols of his work. He is now negotiating for the life and death of bloggers.

Google intends to acquire them, but the price is too different from his expectations. Maybe they are looking at his death point - the further back, the more Evan can't hold it.

Now let him see this form of joint ticket purchase, which is quite exciting for Evan.

"Will this be an opportunity?"

Evan decided to talk to the internet guru on Daniel's side, in fact, since Daniel became the blogger's flag, Evan and Fred have more connections, Daniel needs some privileges like deleting ** on the blog, etc. Wait, of course Evan can satisfy him, and the blogger has to make sure that Daniel is always updated.

From Matt Damon to Evan Williams, Daniel has never been less, and of course he's certainly more capable of being a dominant star these days.

"Gladiator" was officially launched in the different moods of many people. The 2,938 screens show that Universal has really contributed a lot. Nearly 3,000 screens are indeed the only treatment for this type of blockbuster.

Compared to producers, directors, actors, etc., the main creators pay more attention to the box office on the first day, the audience is obviously more concerned about the gossip.

Russell Crowe and DiCaprio - the change of Hollywood gods? boy and man?

This kind of discussion is really exciting and inexplicable. People who love Crowe flaunt their mature view of men, and those who love Leonardo only need to bring out Jack Dawson.

This is a matter of mutual benefit. In fact, Leonardo's pressure is not small. After "Titanic", his worth rose to 20 million in the club, but Titanic No.'s achievements are almost unrepeatable. From the perspective of latecomers, only Daniel may understand that he can end his record when Kashen's "Avatar" comes out.

Russell Crowe's Maximus has also received a lot of attention, and Hero's Path is full of controversy, which has contributed to the box office.

The news released by Universal also kept Daniel's attention.

A commercial blockbuster "Bourne Bourne".

Look at Universal's manuscript, although it is an announcement to cooperate again, more than half of the content is to explain how wonderful Daniel's performance in "Gladiator" is. If you don't read it, you will regret it for life.

This is actually very convincing. If it wasn't for Daniel's really good performance, how could Universal invest 60 million to invite him to be the male lead.

On this day in early August, the entire film entertainment industry was contracted by "Gladiator", and news about it was everywhere, including box office predictions, award predictions, directors, actors, good and bad, controversies and affirmations, almost everywhere.

This kind of pervasive marketing was something Daniel had no chance to see during the "School Blues" period.

After the early morning of the next day, the box office statistics company will have the results. Of course, Daniel will be nervous. According to the order, he will get the news after many people, but Universal will call him ahead of time.

"I don't know what we are nervous about. Isn't Universal's forecast around 15 million? The pressure doesn't seem to be very big."

"It's about time—hey, the call is coming."