The Greatest Showman

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"The Shadow," directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. In the last life, when people mentioned this movie, what came to mind was "the beginning of the collapse of Johnny Depp's career".

In 2010, with "Alice in Wonderland", Johnny's career was revived with vitality. Before that, the failure of "Public Enemy", "Deadly Companion" and other works made him lose "Hollywood's first man". "The throne, Robert Downey Jr. replaced it with the great success of "Iron Man". But "Alice in Wonderland" managed to turn the tide at the global box office of one billion.

After that, the failure of the small-budget movie "Rum Diary" and the disappointment of the commercial movie "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" did not sound the alarm. People still think that Johnny has a strong appeal, and major film companies are in full swing. Signed contracts with him for at least four commercial works. The first is Tim's "Shadow".

However, this turned out to be the beginning of a nightmare. "Small Shadow", "Lone Ranger", "Transcendental Hacker", "Aristocratic Thief", "Alice in Wonderland 2", five consecutive works failed miserably, a complete collapse-style fiasco, and the "Lone Ranger" with the highest investment cost With a total investment of 220 million and the lowest investment of "Aristocratic Thief", the cost is as high as 60 million. Johnny's career has fallen into a slump, and there is no hope of recovery. The title of "box office poison" goes hand in hand. All of this started from "Shadow".

"Soul Shadow" invested 150 million. In the end, the North American box office was only 79 million, and the global box office was 245 million. Due to the extremely high publicity expenses, Warner Bros. lost nearly 100 million US dollars. Moreover, the film could not develop peripherals, and the performance of the video rental market was also a disaster, which really caused Warner Bros. to suffer internally.

For the work of "Soul Shadow", people seem to have forgotten too many details, but they only remember that this is the beginning of Johnny's nightmare.

According to this, this should be a terrible work, and Andy is obviously misunderstood; but the fact is just the opposite, in the preparatory stage of "Black Shadow", this work can be described as a high-profile work, everyone All are optimistic that this work can create brilliant.

Warner Bros. showed the guts to swallow mountains and rivers. Not only did they pay a lot of money with a big pen, you know, this is a movie that doesn't involve any visual effects. They allowed Tim to shoot all scenes on the spot, just to show the best And it is also extremely generous in the cost of publicity. From preparation to shooting to the later stage, the publicity is step by step. Warner Bros. expects this work to swept at least 700 million or even more than 800 million at the box office worldwide.

In order to meet the high expectations of the crew, Warner Bros. is even more generous in terms of remuneration, forming a luxurious star lineup.

In addition to Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Lee Miller ler), Chloe Moretz (oretz), Christopher Lee (christopher-lee) and others have joined.

From the preparatory stage to the release stage, "Black Shadow" has always been regarded as a box-office giant, with directors, actors, screenwriters, producers, publicity, distribution and other links in full bloom. From the schedule arranged by Warner Bros., we can see their strong self-confidence:

It was released in the second week of May 2012. The previous week was the opening of the summer blockbuster "Avengers", and the next week was the "Super Battleship" created by Universal Pictures. "Black Shadow" will collide with these two super commercial blockbusters!

This is not blind confidence. In the last life, all the media called the unveiling of the 2012 summer archives the "Confrontation of the Century", believing that the confrontation between these three works will be the confrontation between Mars and the Earth, and the general view agrees that "Small Shadow" is the only one. It is a work that can compete with the "Avengers", and many media even use the banner of "Johnny Depp vs Robert Downey Jr.", attracting countless attention and focus.

In other words, not only Andy, not only Warner Bros., but even industry insiders and professional media, everyone is optimistic about the box office prospects of this work, and even thinks that it can compete with "Avengers". Down.

So what happened in reality?

It’s simple to say, complicated and complicated. The content of the original TV series of “Soul Shadow” is very huge, and there are many adaptation directions, but the crew finally chose the line of funny soap operas, which resulted in weak script, chaotic narrative, uninteresting characters, and old setting. At the same time, the visual effects lack highlights, the colors are dazzling and there is no focus; what is worse, the climax is too boring and makes people sleepy.

It can be said that all the big taboos of commercial movies have been committed again and again, and even the popcorn-style lighthearted joy has not been able to achieve, which is disappointing.

In the end, the media comprehensive evaluation was only 55 points, which was on the same level as "Alice in Wonderland"; but the fatal blow was that Rotten Tomatoes, Popcorn Index, i-score, and theater scores all fell, and "Alice in Wonderland" had the same score. The obvious gap, which led to the total collapse of the box office.

To make matters worse, under the crushing of the "Avengers", the "Black Shadow" was not able to emerge even a wisp of blue smoke, and disappeared in an instant.

However, Renly's lighthearted talk was in fact nothing more than an afterthought. The trend of commercial blockbusters is traceable, but not a certainty. If there are two works of "Super Battleship" and "Alien Battlefield", there are bad signs in the preparation process, mainly because of the creation of the script. The sense of unease and confusion brought about by the process,

Then the full collapse of the "Shadow" would be without warning.

One can say that Tim and Johnny have worked together too many times, and there is no spark; one can also say that the polishing of the script still lacks the foundation and connotation; one can also say that the impact brought by the visual effects is not enough. Meets expectations; again, one could say, "The Avengers" was too powerful to be born at the right time. But these are just afterthoughts.

One of Renly's most important advantages is that he knows the successes and failures of the next six or seven years, especially commercial ones. But if he is only satisfied with this, Renly is not Renly anymore. The future he can "foresee" is limited, and 2017 is the limit, and he has no idea of ​​retire in 2017 for the time being, so he cannot always cultivate Habits always rely on established facts that already exist.

Not to mention, 2017 will come sooner or later; let's just say that Renly is now the biggest variable on the road of history. He is trying to change history and create his own history. Only by overthrowing those known facts can he open up own world. The tsunami came, and he was the butterfly that flapped its wings in the first place.

Naturally, Renly refused to be led blindly by habit.

Looking back from the standpoint of "knowing earlier", is it possible for "Soul Shadow" to succeed? If so, how should you try it?

Renly's personal point of view is that the chances of success are very slim, because in this film, the imprint of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp is too deep, continuing the dark gothic style that the two have always come from. , even the comedic effect is not strong enough, neither of them have been able to make breakthroughs, they are constantly repeating themselves, and their inspiration is lost.

Cheng also Xiao He defeated Xiao He. If "Sombra" wants to succeed, it must break the boat and replace Tim and Johnny from the root, so as to gain a chance of survival. Now, Warner Bros. intends to build a young cast lineup, which is a positive sign.

However, Renly is only a small character, and he does not think that Warner Bros. will replace the entire creative team for his opinion. What's more, he is only a small role on the audition list now.

Andy didn't say anything, just looked at Renly's expression quietly, but as always, he found nothing. The two had been working together for a year, and he gradually began to get used to this situation, so instead of speculating, he asked directly, "Do you have any special ideas?"

Roy was a little surprised, Renly just started to read the script, even if he had an idea, it wouldn't be so fast.

But Renly smiled and shook his head, "No, I'm not interested."

"Oh?" Andy raised his tail, expressing his doubts.

"I'm not Johnny Depp, and I can't be Johnny Depp," Renly said simply, "I'm sure the producers at Warner Bros. know that well, the problem is, Tim Burton doesn't. at this point."

Johnny will play unconditionally because of Tim's call; similarly, Renly can also unconditionally refuse Tim's call. He doesn't think his collaboration with Tim can spark, and he doesn't think his performance can fit Tim's style. This isn't to back off, it's that Renly has gradually gained a relatively clear understanding of his own performance style.

No one can really change. Not even Gary Oldman (gary-on).

Andy didn't respond immediately, but put his hands on his belly, and thought seriously for a while, his brows furrowed slightly, "Renly, would you like to think about it after reading the script?"

In Andy's impression, Renly is omnipotent, and there is no problem even with the gothic style. He has blind confidence in Renly's acting skills. He believes that under Tim's lens, Renly can also burst out. powerful energy. More importantly, the work "Soul Shadow" is indeed highly anticipated, and Warner Bros.'s resources are now tilted over, which can be said to be the top priority.

So even though Andy understood what Renly meant, he made a sincere request.

"Of course, I'll finish reading the script," Renly said neatly. "Even if you don't ask, I'll finish reading it."

Andy nodded in approval, "To be honest, Warner Bros. has used all the resources on hand for this project recently. This project is absolutely no trivial matter. I am quite optimistic about the prospects of this work, and this is a great help for us to strive for more High pay, both advantages and disadvantages. Warner Bros. is the best choice against Universal Pictures.”

"Does this mean that the 'Ring Messenger' is no more?" Renly and Andy's perspectives were different after all. He immediately thought of the scripts he read last time, "Ring Messenger" and "Dragon Tiger Youth Team". ' was the final standout, but now 'Dragon and Tiger' has held back, and 'The Ring Messenger' is the work of an independent studio.

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