Heads Up Hollywood

In the North American film market in the past week, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continued to sit firmly at the top of the box office, with a box office of 32.7 million US dollars.

The second place is the film "Juno", which is the focus of public opinion. Its release scale has expanded to 2476 theaters and it has received a box office of 21.6 million US dollars.

In third place is Warner Bros.' Ocean's Eleven, which took in $14 million in its fifth week of release.

Tang En Pictures' film "Resident Evil" shrank by 45% in the next week, and got a box office of 10.67 million US dollars. It is expected that the North American box office will be around 70 million US dollars.

Columbia Pictures invested a huge amount of money in "Black Hawk Down", the box office shrunk by more than 60% in the next week, and it only got 6 million US dollars, and it didn't even make it into the top ten.

The top box office in North America is 50 million U.S. dollars, and it is destined to suffer a big loss!

This time, Tang En's heart became much more stable.

Disney must be terminating Jerry Bruckheimer's contract, right?

He has already failed two consecutive major commercial productions, and he will push forward with one more. The box office of "Sixty Seconds" he supervised is also not good enough.

The data proves that he is outdated!

As for Sony Pictures... probably won't be looking for Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay to make "Bad Boys 2"?

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In the new year, Tang En Pictures started a new round of new film preparations.

"National Treasure" and "Gone Girl" are currently being prepared. The main creators of the former have been basically determined. As long as a consensus is reached with Ron Howard, the film can start shooting after the Oscar ceremony in early April. The expected release date is next year. August.

Twain has already contacted the candidates for the starring role of "Gone Girl". Mel Gibson is the male lead, Nicole Kidman is the female lead, and another Australian actor, Abbie Cornish, will get a small role.

The producers are husband and wife Katherine Kennedy and Frank Marshall, Reese Witherspoon will also participate in the production, as for the choice of director... there is almost no controversy, and David Fincher will do his part.

Another big project "Ghost Rider", Twain also informed Marvel Pictures that preparations can be started.

"Resident Evil" was shot very well, and the box office and word-of-mouth all surpassed the original version, reflecting Zack Schneider's personal strength.

Maybe he is not enough in leadership and commanding ability, and needs to accumulate more experience, but in terms of director ability, he has already met the requirements of Bill McNick and Nina Jacobson.

At that time, it will be enough to assign him an experienced, mature and prudent executive producer to help him manage the crew affairs.

The film will be released in the summer of 2004, in plenty of time. But another comic film "Ant-Man" must hurry up. This film is scheduled for October next year, and there are still 21 months to go. The director and starring roles have not yet been confirmed, and only a few drafts have been completed. script.

According to the current plan of Marvel Pictures: In May 2002, "Spider-Man 2" was launched; in May 2003, "Daredevil" was launched, and "Ant-Man" was launched in October; Coquettish, in December is the world of "Spider-Man 3"; in 2005, it is "Iron Man" and "Ant-Man 2: Appearance of the Wasp"...

Tang En has more and more work now, and many important things have to wait for him to handle. He no longer participates in the specific preparation of the movie. He is only responsible for approving the project, and other work is handed over to the people below.

If he is not busy, he will definitely direct "Gone Girl", but this year he has too many tasks.

Especially with many old monsters staring behind him.

Awards season is here!

The power of Kirk Douglas is fully demonstrated!

The United States has a very mature film industry, and there are as many as dozens of film awards in the annual awards season, such as the American Union Award, the Phoenix Film Critics Association Award, the American Audio Society Award, the American Visual Effects Union Award, the American Film Critics Choice Award, North American Film Critics Association Award, American Producers Guild Award, African American Film Critics Association Award...

Too much!

In addition to the Golden Globes and Oscars, the National Society of Film Critics Awards, New York Film Critics Association Awards, and Los Angeles Film Critics Awards are also very important.

However, an accident occurred.

Among the nominees for the National Society of Film Critics Awards and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Natalie Portman, who had a wonderful performance in "Juno" and was widely acclaimed, was not on the list!

Although Natalie was nominated for the New York Film Critics Association Award, she was not elected.

This is in stark contrast to the strong voice of the entire film critics for Natalie Portman!

Natalie's performance in "Juno" represents the youth of the United States and is a symbol of the times. She is even considered to be able to win this year's Oscar queen with "Juno" in one fell swoop!

However, the reality...it's hard for her to even be nominated!

Due to the war in Afghanistan, whether the Oscar ceremony will be held as scheduled this year is still unknown, and the Academy has not yet officially expressed its position.

But the Golden Globe Awards can't wait, on January 20, the awards will be presented at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills!

In the pre-announced list of nominations, "A Beautiful Mind" directed by Tang En was the biggest winner. 6 nominations for Best Film Score.

The equally popular "Juno" also received three nominations for Best Drama, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, except for the lack of Best Actress!

The Golden Globes are voted by 96 journalists, most of whom are entertainment journalists.

In order to get more first-hand news, Yuji usually has a lot of contacts in Hollywood and owes a lot of favors.

This makes the selection of the Golden Globes highly operable.

There have been many scandals of bribery in history. For example, in order to please Xiaomi, a certain rich man bought her a Best Supporting Actress Award, which once caused a sensation in the United States.

Although the Golden Globe Awards committee later stated that it would put an end to similar incidents, the selection system remains the same, and everything is nonsense.

Natalie was not nominated, which made Tang En feel very bad!

"I thought you'd refuse to attend!"

On the evening of January 20th, Tang En arrived as scheduled and arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, together with the crew of "A Beautiful Mind". Nicole Kidman obviously heard something, and whispered in Tang En's ear.

Tang En glanced at her and said indifferently: "Isn't that a sign of weakness by refusing to attend?"

"ah?"

Nicole Kidman was a little unresponsive.

Tang En twitched his lips and said with a sneer, "If I don't attend, the attitude I express will turn into anger. Isn't this in the favor of some people? Not only do I want to attend, but I also want to attend in a high-profile way! You hold me, we Let's show together!"

Nicole Kidman wore a black dress with high slits and her looming white thighs were already very eye-catching.

The scene where she showed up with Tang En's arm in her arms directly became a hot topic of discussion that night.

"I didn't expect that they would find Natalie as a breakthrough." Nicole Kidman sighed softly, "Poor Nat, I was troubled by you. Her performance in "Juno" is really amazing. It's very good."

Tang En's expression was calm and composed, "What should come will always come! It's good!"

Nicole Kidman looked at him strangely, always feeling that he was holding back his sins. This guy is not a loser.

"It's okay, let's go, everyone is here."

After entering the hotel, Tang En put his arms around Nicole Kidman's slender waist, turning a blind eye to the envious eyes of many men passing by.

She is almost 35 years old, and her appearance is still against the sky!

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the best in Hollywood!

On the way, I saw Steven Spielberg, who was nominated for Best Director for "Artificial Intelligence".

Tang En was in a bad mood and didn't bother to talk to him. Spielberg hesitated for a moment, walked up and lowered his voice: "Tang En, I support you in this matter."

Tang En's tone was a little mocking, "Really? If I remember correctly, you are all of the same ethnic group!"

Spielberg looked a little embarrassed and glanced at Nicole Kidman.

"Twain, I'll sit there first. Director Spielberg, your bow tie today is very special." Nicole Kidman complimented her generously.

Spielberg smiled slightly, "Thank you, my wife personally selected it."

After she left, Spielberg said in a low voice: "Jews are the biggest force, no doubt, because Hollywood was created by Jews. But it doesn't mean that we are all the same kind of people."

"Um?"

"Retired people, for their own benefit, maintain the traditional rules of the past and like to rank seniority; but the first-line directors, actors, and even managers have seen the traditional confinement of emerging markets."

For Spielberg to say such a thing, he definitely broke his heart and soul with Tang En.

Tang En smiled, "It seems that you and Kirk Douglas also have conflicts?"

Spielberg shook his head. "It's not a contradiction, but at least...we don't belong to the same front. His interests are contrary to mine."

In 1998, he filmed "Saving Private Ryan". Despite the high demand, he failed to win the best picture. Harvey Weinstein and Kirk Douglas teamed up to push "Shakespeare in Love" to the top of the list. On the throne.

It was a thorn in Spielberg's heart, and he hasn't dealt with either of these guys since.

What about the same ethnic group?

Far less important than profit!

For example, Michael Eisner, who is also Jewish, still chose to be an ally with Tang En.

Tang En pondered for a while, "Steven, do you think... Can Nat be nominated for an Oscar?"

If you lose the Golden Globes, you lose, but the Oscars are very important!

Every nomination is a lifetime honor!

Scarlett Johansson has made literary films for half her life, but she has never been nominated for an Oscar.

Spielberg's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "It's difficult! As I said, retired people... have the same interests. Only retired people will choose to work in the academy and serve Oscar."

The blue veins on Tang En's neck immediately popped up!