Heads Up Hollywood

In the morning, Villa No. 4.

Tang En woke up from the warm and fragrant nephrite, looking at the two lazy beauties who were comfortable and soft beside him, he couldn't help but feel a little pride in his heart.

Recalling the wonderful process of the three people's fierce battle last night, I feel more and more happy.

This is the life a man should have!

"So early?"

Miranda Kerr had sleepy eyes. Seeing Tang En get up, she also sat up, revealing half of her elegant demeanor.

Meghan Gale on the other side just glanced casually, then turned over and fell asleep again.

In contrast, Miranda Kerr is a newcomer and needs more solid pets. She is an old friend. At first, she got on the line of Tang En through Nicole Kidman's relationship. The foundation is very deep.

Tang En got up and dressed, "You sleep a little longer, I have something to do."

"Isn't today the weekend?"

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is officially released today. I'm going to check the pre-show data from last night."

"oh."

Miranda Kerr didn't say much about work, so she got up and persisted, and virtuously helped Tang En get dressed.

Tang En has never been worried about the box office of the "Harry Potter" series of films.

He was going to the company, mainly to discuss the rival Paramount with Bill McNick, Shirley Lansing, Amy Pascal and other executives from the film and television entertainment department.

Because of the popularity of the "Harry Potter" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" series, children's fantasy films seem to have become the outlet of this era.

As long as you stand on the tuyere, even a cow can fly!

After Paramount fired Shirley Lansing and hired Brad Gray, it began to secretly plan a big project, a big project comparable to "Harry Potter" and "The Chronicles of Narnia".

Paramount is adapting Daniel Handler's children's book series "Ramon Snicket" into a movie!

Tang En also got the news that the children's fantasy film called "The Unfortunate Adventures of Raymond Snicket" embodies Paramount's ambition and Brad Gray's ambition to revive Paramount. Division is super powerful.

Including famous actors such as Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Jude Law, Billy Connolly, etc., they are all supporting roles, of course.

The protagonists were several children, one of whom Twain was still very familiar with was Emily Browning, an actress from Australia who was still 14 years old at this time.

It is said that the investment of the film has reached 140 million US dollars, which is higher than the cost of a single "Harry Potter" and "The Chronicles of Narnia".

"Let me tell you, you guys are too careful. Paramount has long lost its former glory, and there is no chance for it to rise again." When Tang En arrived at the company, he saw several executives waiting eagerly.

Bill McNick frowned and said, "You can't go wrong if you're careful. Dunn, your reputation is too great. This is a good thing, but it's also a bad thing! Many colleagues in the industry have set you as a target. This is to rub your popularity. You have to stand on your shoulders. If Paramount steps on us to turn over this time, it may not be what it is advertised. Have you forgotten the battle between "Batman" and "Daredevil" in the summer?"

This summer, "Batman" changed its schedule because it was afraid of confronting "Daredevil" head-on.

As a result, "Daredevil" grossed $380 million worldwide and "Batman" grossed $430 million worldwide.

Even if "Daredevil"'s reputation is almost invincible, so what?

In the box office market, "Daredevil" lost to "Batman"!

Warner also took this as a breakthrough point, praising the superiority of "Batman", and also insinuating that DC is the boss of comic movies! Even if Twain is behind Marvel, it can't change the powerful background of DC comics!

The easiest way to flatter people is to belittle a very great person, and then make another person even greater.

The same is true for movies.

Warner still showed favor to Tang En, without exaggerating.

But Paramount will not.

If Paramount's "The Unfortunate Adventures of Lemony Snicket" can beat the big-budget film of New Universal in the same period, then Paramount will definitely spare no effort to demote Twain in an attempt to revive it.

Tang En sneered, "For the matter of "Daredevil" and "Batman", let's wait a few years to see it! Wait for the second part to be released, and then let everyone see and see. Is "Daredevil" good or not?" "Batman" is amazing!"

Without the DC Films of the Nolan Brothers, what kind of in-depth superhero movies can be made?

Tang En has already read the first draft script of "Daredevil: The Dark Lord" written by Jonathan Nolan.

Everything is a familiar taste!

Bill McNick said solemnly: "No matter what, we can't give Paramount any chance in terms of schedule arrangement!"

Tang En nodded, "How will our commercial blockbusters be distributed next year?"

Shirley Lansing said quickly: "Dumbo, February 13; Ghost Rider, May 7; The Day After Tomorrow, May 28; Mad Mike, June 18." 4"; July 9, "Pirate League 2"; July 23, "Mechanical Enemy"; November 12, "Harry Potter 3"; December 17, "Spider-Man 3". "

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the office became a little weird.

Especially Amy Pascal, who just joined New Universal not long ago, has a wonderful expression on her face.

Throughout 2004, New Universal Group has a total of 8 commercial blockbusters to be released?

You know, for the usual film giants, it is considered too much to release two commercial blockbusters every year.

Those independent film companies, in order to produce a commercial blockbuster, often have to go bankrupt and borrow money in order to raise so much cash.

I have to say that the family property of New Global Group is really too big!

Looking at her expression, Tang En felt a little funny.

8 commercial blockbusters, is that a lot?

is a lot.

But this is still on the premise that he cut off the two big projects that Universal Pictures wanted to set up to produce, "Van Helsing" and "Interstellar Legend 2", which were destined to lose money.

I heard Shirley Lansing say again: "The above are commercial blockbusters with a production cost of more than 100 million. In addition, we also have "My Father-in-Law 2", "Bourne Shadow 3", "The Prestige", "Borrowing a Knife" , "BJ's Diary 2" and other 8 medium-budget films with an investment between US$40 million and US$80 million. It is not as good as "Lemony Snicket's Unfortunate Adventures", even if the box office is less, it is not worth it. question……"

"Alright!" Tang En interrupted her with a wave of his hand, "You guys are really thinking too much, the first "Harry Potter" and the first "The Chronicles of Narnia" both achieved great success. Then the market thinks this is an outlet for children’s fantasy films, if the market trend is so easy to judge, isn’t the film too simple?”

Since his debut, Tang En's predictions on the movie box office can be called an unrivaled authority!

Bill McNick still clearly remembers that when Twain was just a fledgling boy, he dared to shout out in his office the shocking words that the global box office of "Titanic" had a guaranteed bottom of 1.5 billion US dollars and a target of 1.8 billion US dollars.

Facts have proved that his vision is indeed ahead of the times!

"You mean... children's fantasy movies are going to go downhill?" Bill McNick's face changed slightly.

Tang En said lightly: ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is definitely fine, but "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" is hard to say. As for Paramount's "The Unfortunate Adventures of Raymond Snicket" "...Whether it's summer vacation or Christmas vacation, there is no chance of survival! Don't make a fuss over a molehill."

Seeing that Tang En was full of confidence, Shirley Lansing glanced at Bill McNick, and saw him nodding weakly.

There was no way, no one could object to Tang En's decision, especially regarding the movie.

Shirley Lansing tentatively said: "Then this schedule... is it just decided? Doesn't need to be modified according to "The Unfortunate Adventures of Raymond Snicket"?"

Tang En said proudly: "No need! Our 8 commercial blockbusters are placed there upright! Paramount can choose a soft persimmon at its own discretion. I believe that even if it is our soft persimmon, it must be Better than the pillars of Paramount!"

"Lemony Snicket's Unfortunate Adventures" If you want to challenge the opponent, who can you choose as your opponent?

"Dumbo"? This is a full cooperation between Rose Pictures and Disney, and it is a remake of classic animation;

"Ghost Rider"? This is a superhero blockbuster developed by Marvel Studios;

"the day after tomorrow"? This is the masterpiece of Hollywood commercial director Roland Emmerich who has honed his sword for four years;

"Mad Max 4" and "Mechanical Enemy" are played by action superstars Mel Gibson and Will Smith respectively;

Not to mention "Pirate Alliance 2" and "Harry Potter 3", both are sequels to hit movies.

As for Spider-Man 3...don't even think about it!

"Spider-Man 1" and "Spider-Man 2" are both annual box office champions.

"Spider-Man 3" ... is also almost booked to be the top box office next year.

Even if Paramount wants to play tricks, so what?

In the face of hard power, all conspiracies are paper tigers.

"How much was the advance box office last night?"

"$4.4 million."

"Oh, it's okay." Tang En nodded, "Where is the box office of "Ant-Man"? Has it exceeded 400 million US dollars?"

Shirley Lansing replied: "The North American box office reached 140 million US dollars, and the global box office just reached 400 million US dollars."

The word-of-mouth quality of "Ant-Man" is far inferior to that of "Daredevil", which can also be reflected in the North American box office.

The North American box office of "Daredevil" is 210 million US dollars, and the North American box office of "Ant-Man"... definitely cannot break through the 200 million US dollars mark.

However, "Daredevil" is too deep, and overseas film culture is still relatively rudimentary, especially in the Asian market, which has a large box office, and is more sought after for entertainment and comedy films.

The reputation of "Ant-Man" is far inferior to that of "Daredevil", but because of its humor and funny popcorn, it is even more popular among movie fans in overseas markets. Because of the surprises in overseas markets, the global box office of "Ant-Man" is estimated to be between 520 million and 550 million US dollars.

This kind of box office data naturally strengthens Marvel Pictures' development of the "Avengers" series in a relaxed, entertaining, and funny way.

At this time, Tang En's cell phone rang, and after answering the call, he heard a clear and joyful cheer: "Oudu sauce, we got off the plane, where are you?"

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