Hollywood Drawing - Chapter 654

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“In mid-May is your “The Flash”, and at the same time there is the big project “Godzilla”, which is our main competitor. The next arrangement of Warner Bros. cannot be too close to “The Flash”, “The Flash” is our key project this year…”

Listening to Bruce Rosenblum’s narration, Wayne’s hand gently scratched on the stubble of his chin. Some things are obvious. This year’s summer season is more crowded than in previous years, not only 20th Century Fox’s big projects are lined up for release, but Warner Bros. is also the same.

Followed by the chaotic Walt Disney, even though this media giant is in a fierce moment of internal struggle, their output is not less at all, on the contrary, there are more medium and large-scale projects than in previous years.

This has caused this year’s summer season, which seems to have entered the rhythm of a big fight since June. Big companies all understand that competing with each other will only lead to more lose-lose, but several times throughout the summer schedule, there is no so-called comfortable weekend at all.

“Starting from 20th Century Fox’s “Doctor Dolittle” in mid-June, every weekend thereafter, at least two medium-sized projects will be released.” Speaking of this, Bruce Rosenblum and Wayne both I know, the point is here, he paused for a while before continuing:

“I have analyzed it carefully. The best schedule for “Charlie’s Angels” produced by your studio is in late June. Wayne, after all, this is a film composed entirely of women, and no one knows what the market prospects will be. Personally, I think that the further back you drag on, the more detrimental this film will be, and there are too many projects from major companies behind!”

Nodding silently, Wayne and Nina, who had been invisible, looked at each other, frowned slightly, and said, “I will urge the later stage of “Charlie’s Angels” to ensure that Warner Bros. will not delay the announcement plan. ”

What the other party said is an objective situation. No matter whether he has more confidence in this “Charlie’s Angels”, it seems that it is most appropriate to arrange the film until late June.

It is true that this will inevitably face the follow-up squeeze of “Strange Doctor Dolittle”, but compared to the later schedule, this is already a pretty good arrangement.

Seeing that he had no objection, Bruce Rosenblum secretly sighed in relief. Not to mention other things, it was the overcrowded level of this summer’s program, which also gave the publishing master a headache. “Wait until the first ten days of July, it will be Warner Bros.’ traditional sequel series “Bombshell”, this is the fourth part of this series, and the previous ones have performed quite well…”

“and many more.”

Hearing the name of this very familiar movie, Wayne raised his hand subconsciously, tilted his head to look at the director of distribution at Warner Bros., and asked uncertainly, “Is there a Chinese Kung Fu star who participated in this movie? ”

“Ha, I almost forgot, you are a veteran of oriental culture.”

Looking at his appearance, Bruce Rosenblum patted his thigh, nodded affirmatively, and joked: “Yes, your previous trip to the East made Warner Bros. see more possibilities. , so, this “Bombshell 4″ did indeed invite a Chinese Kung Fu star to perform, you know Wayne, Kung Fu has been very popular with North American audiences in the past two years.”

Speaking of Warner Bros.’ traditional sequel series, The Boomstick, it may not be familiar, which is why Wayne hasn’t given it much thought. But another translation of this film, which is much louder than “Booming Cannons”, is called “Lethal Weapon”.

If nothing else, this film is jet-li’s famous work in Hollywood, and it also allows this oriental kung fu superstar to win the most basic respect in Hollywood’s most important data survey.

“If you have time, you can go to the premiere of “Bombshell 4″ to help the platform. Maybe, you can chat with the kung fu superstar about oriental culture.”

Although a Jew likes oriental culture, in the eyes of Bruce Rosenblum is incredible, but this is Hollywood after all, and it is normal for directors who play with art to have some eccentricities. Good Quentin Tarantino is also known for his penchant for book culture.

“Come on, Bruce.”

Wayne is still a little self-aware in this regard. He grinned and shrugged and said, “With Mel Gibson around, the film will naturally not lack attention, and there’s no need for me to go to the platform.”

Compared with Mel Gibson, who is now a first-line male star, even if he is a famous director, he will definitely be incomparable in this respect. This is the position that exists as a behind-the-scenes worker. What the audience is most interested in will always be the big stars standing in front of the stage.

However, with the passage of time, this situation is gradually changing. With the popularity of the Internet, people’s access to information has become faster and easier, and it has become inevitable for the director to go to the front of the stage. In the early days, no matter how famous a director was, he couldn’t compare his appeal to first-line male stars.

“Hey, hey, hey, man, even Mel Gibson himself wouldn’t dare to say these things yourself.” He raised his hand and nodded to Wayne, Bruce Rosenblum smiled. Shaking his head.

It seems that those first-line stars are more influential, but the name Wayne Greenberg is also not a big star in the circle who dares to despise it.

“You know, New Line has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.” Speaking of the Oriental Kung Fu star, Bruce Rosenblum seemed to suddenly remember something, and put his hands on the desk in front of him , looked at him and said, “This year, there is also a film in the new line, and there is also an Oriental Kung Fu superstar in it…”

Hearing this, Wayne smiled and asked, “Ja?!”

“Yes, have you heard of him?”

“Of course, I just haven’t seen…”

In 1998, Wayne suddenly felt that it was too coincidental. If there were no accidents, Ja also officially opened up in Hollywood with this “Rush Hour”.

Although Ja has also had other works before, but it is far less influential than this “Rush Hour”, which has a very good box office in his memory. More importantly, this film made Ja’s comedic kung fu style really have a large audience in Hollywood.

Bruce Rosenblum shook his head. “Forget it, if you’re interested, I’ll have someone send a copy of the invitation letter to Nina when you have time. Go see it yourself when you have time. That film was scheduled for mid-to-late September, and it’s already a summer vacation. The file is over.”

One thing is actually a bit of a hit, because “Bombshell 4” is a sequel series of movies produced by Warner Bros., as long as they invite Mel Gibson, a popular actor to join, to a certain extent, it shows that Warner Bros. The importance of this series.

When it comes to New Line Cinema’s project, the difference is not a little bit. Although this is already a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Bros., the emphasis is completely different, and this “Rush Hour”, the production cost is the most. It’s medium, and it just made the film’s dark horse’s counterattack.

“Let’s talk about business.” After the chat, Bruce Rosenblum raised his wrist, glanced at the time, and immediately brought the topic back to business. “The project “The Matrix 3: The Matrix Reboot” was scheduled to be released in mid-August after our negotiation. If you have any ideas, it is best to put forward them now.”

It can be clearly seen that Warner Bros. attaches great importance to the film “The Matrix 3: The Matrix Reboot”, so high that it is not comparable to “Charlie’s Angels”, which has a vague market prospect.

After all, this film was co-produced by Warner Bros. and Greenberg Studios, and the first two films also brought a lot of benefits to both parties. Especially in the videotape trading and rental market, until now, the first two are still breaking into the top ten of the US videotape list from time to time, and they continue to generate revenue for them.

Nodding his head, Wayne said, “I have no opinion, you are an expert in this regard, and I trust your arrangement.”

“The reason for this arrangement is that July is really too crowded. The consensus of the company’s top management is that they do not want to use projects that make steady money to go to the muddy waters of the chaos in July.”

Speaking of this, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Bruce Rosenblum’s mouth slowly hung up with a smile. “Pubwei International Pictures, the distribution label owned by Disney, announced that they will release this year’s head production “Peerless Catastrophe” on July 1. The director named Michael Bay knows very well what audiences want in the summer. What, and have done very well in the past two years.

July 15th is 20th Century Fox’s “I’m Crazy for Mary”, and July 17th is Sony Columbia’s “Black Man Zorro”, the former is the key project of 20th Century Fox, as for the latter…. ..trust me Wayne, Zorro’s influence, never too bad.

A week later, it was our only project in July, the R-rated war epic “Saving Private Ryan,” which Steven Spielberg always wanted you to direct, but had no choice but to make himself. In the same period, there are also films such as Bowei’s “Born A Couple”. ”

You must know that the films that can be spoken by Bruce Rosenblum are basically big productions of various companies, such as “Cinderella”, “Crystal Soldiers” and other relatively low-cost films. This month is even more common. There is no way. Who makes July the focus of the summer vacation? No company with ambition is willing to miss this craziest month for fans.

“Bruce, you know, I’ve always believed in your abilities, so I don’t need to explain your arrangement to me.” Seeing that the director of distribution at Warner Bros. wanted to continue explaining the reason for this arrangement, Wayne interrupted him with a smile.

“Although I pulled the line for DreamWorks and Warner Bros., I don’t care about the cooperation between the two sides, I just remind you, Bruce, don’t force Steven Spielberg back into Paramount’s banner! “