Heads Up Hollywood

During the weekend, Dunn usually left the set in Boston. This time, he was going to New York.

"The recent reports are very interesting." Nicole Kidman was buttoning up Twain's shirt.

She was wearing a pair of almost transparent silk pajamas, her charming face was full of laziness after excitement, and there was indescribable satisfaction in her deep eyes.

Tang En straightened his belt and asked casually, "Are you kidding me again?"

Nicole Kidman pursed her lips and said with a smile: "That's right, I heard... Bruce Willis couldn't satisfy his little girlfriend, so they broke up."

"Oh?" Tang En froze for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, "I'm afraid I'm going to take the blame again."

"you?"

"That's right!" Tang En sighed, "The whole of Hollywood knows that I have a grudge against him, and now that the big guy has caused another scandal, Disney must think that I did it behind the scenes."

"Isn't it you?" Nicole Kidman hesitated for a moment, blinked her coquettish eyes, and asked cautiously.

"This is someone fishing in troubled waters and fanning the flames!" Tang En curled his lips in disdain, his expression indifferent.

"ah?"

Nicole Kidman stared into Tang En's eyes, as if realizing something, "You mean...someone is deliberately provoking?"

Tang En smiled and waved his hands casually, "It's not really a provocation, it's a reasonable trick."

Facing a woman, there were some things he didn't say clearly.

Twain could understand the matter of Bruce Willis at a glance, and the shadow behind him must be Tom Rothman of Twentieth Century Fox!

Tom Rothman likes to play with such small tricks, and the structure is not big. This has something to do with his background in an independent company such as Fox Searchlight, and he will pursue the slightest profit.

Naturally, this kind of personality and philosophy would not be highly evaluated by the interpersonal circle, but it could please the board of directors.

"X-Men" and "Undead" were released on the same day, and suppressing Bruce Willis is to help "X-Men". Moreover, if he takes action now, he can still cause trouble and make Tang En a scapegoat. Why not do it?

Tang En's reaction to this kind of "taking the blame" was very indifferent.

In other words, he no longer disdains such tricks.

Tom Rothman likes to play, so let him play.

The conflict between Tang En and Disney, whether there is a scapegoat or not, is not important.

If Tom Rothman can really suppress the box office of "Undead", Twain is also happy to see it succeed.

Of course, Tang En would not allow others to take advantage of him for nothing.

On the plane to New York, Tang En called Tom Rothman, "Tom, the matter of Bruce Willis...you did it?"

"How is it possible?" Tom Rothman said righteously, "Twain, we are filmmakers, not gossip paparazzi."

Tang En certainly didn't believe this kind of nonsense, and smiled, "I'm under a lot of pressure here. Bruce Willis is the lead actor of "Undead", and Disney is furious about this matter."

Tom Rothman laughed, "Without evidence, even Disney can't mess around?"

"I'm afraid that Disney will play hard with me again!" Tang En sighed worriedly.

Tom Rothman secretly despises in his heart, just you kid, are you still afraid of Disney? She curled her lips, and said with feigned enthusiasm: "Oh, we are filmmakers, making a good movie is the first priority. I heard that the horror movie you participated in the screenwriting... yes it is called "Chain Saw", and the box office It’s very good! It beat out the same period “The Blair Witch 2”, and it can completely compete with mainstream commercial films.”

Tang En sighed: "Yes, according to the current box office trend, the screening scale of "Chain Saw" next week will definitely be further expanded. It's just... lack of publicity!"

Tom Rothman's face twisted slightly, he pondered for a moment, and then slowly said: "If necessary, I can help a little."

"Really? Thank you so much!" Tang En's tone revealed a bit of surprise.

Tom Rothman was like a mirror in his heart, and asked calmly: "What about Bruce Willis?"

Tang En laughed loudly, "I don't care about a little bit of pressure from Disney! It's okay, let the storm be more violent, I can handle it!"

"Twain, you...you are the only one in Hollywood who dares to provoke Disney like this, haha!"

Tom Rothman laughed happily.

It's just an exchange of interests. He is looking forward to watching the scene where "X-Men" crushes "Undead".

...

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is about to start on November 15th. Tang En came to New York to clear up the relationship first.

With his current status and status, and being introduced by two Brazilian supermodels, it is not a problem at all to get tickets to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and even...he also got the internal privilege of backstage visits.

Tang En's main purpose was to help participate in an action scene in Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

It's a drag-racing shootout on the streets of New York City, with lots of explosions.

So before the filming started, under the arrangement of the local police station, a two-kilometer section of the road was blocked.

There are hundreds of crew members, and there are more than 100 stunt personnel alone. This is definitely a challenging shot.

Standing beside Luc Besson, Tang En felt a little sigh in his heart.

There will be fewer and fewer such big action scenes in Hollywood in the future, and they will be gradually replaced by safe, convenient and easy-to-control green screen shooting.

Movie shooting has completely turned into computer production.

I can't tell whether it is good or bad, but the action scenes in the movie lack texture and indisputable facts.

"Why not shoot with green screen?"

Luc Besson shook his head, "I have had people calculate that the cost of green screen shooting and post-production special effects is about the same as the actual shooting cost of the scene. If this is the case, it is better to shoot the scene on the spot. Even if it is not as good as Kenji Mizoguchi, At least there must be a pursuit."

Kenji Mizoguchi and Akira Kurosawa are equally famous film masters, and their pursuit of the "texture" of movies is almost harsh. Antiques must be used for costume plays and even props to show the reality of movies.

Tang En was a little surprised at the high cost of special effects until now, "Then so many explosion scenes will cause damage to the streets?"

Luc Besson chuckled, "It depends on your face. The city government opened a green channel when they heard that it was a film produced by Tang En Pictures."

Tang En was a little helpless, "You are very witty!"

However, he is also somewhat relieved that after several years of hard work, his name finally has enough weight.

Ten minutes later, the explosion started.

"Boom! Boom!"

A stuntman drives a speeding car and rampages through the streets of New York.

Apart from the green banknotes flowing like water, the scene is really spectacular!

...

In the 3 days of the weekend, 867 movie theaters received a total of 6.38 million US dollars in the box office for "Chain Saw"!

So far, the total box office of "Chain Saw" has exceeded 10 million US dollars!

At this point, even if Harvey Weinstein can become Satan, it is impossible to prevent "Saw" from being released in full next week.

On Monday, November 13th, North American theaters finally made the most correct choice, expanding the screening scale of "Chain Saw" to 2674!

If it weren't for the R-rating of this movie, the screening age would be restricted, and the screening scale would probably be even larger.

Twain once again threw out 2 million US dollars in promotional expenses, and Twentieth Century Fox's publicity machine was fully activated, doing round after round of bombardment-like publicity for this epoch-making horror film.

After nearly half a month of trial screenings and small-scale screenings, with the support of 20th Century Fox, "Saw" finally got out of hand, like a flood dam, waiting to be released. After hair, unstoppable!

The name of "Chain Saw" has spread throughout North America!

Film director Zack Schneider has also become a popular figure and participated in the recording of many talk shows. In the absence of big stars in "Saw", his dream-seeking process has become the best publicity for the film topic.

Struggle, work hard, fight hard, pursue the American dream!

Overnight, Zack Snyder became the poster child for inspiration.

And when Zack Schneider was interviewed, he would always mention the same sentence naturally: "I want to thank Tang En, he is my friend and my benefactor!"

When Christopher Nolan heard this sentence, he would also express the same emotion, why didn't he?

In order to release "Follow", he went through hardships.

It wasn't until meeting Tang En that...the door of life finally opened.

In Hollywood now, Twain seems to be everywhere.