Hollywood Road - Chapter 682

As night fell, in a wealthy neighborhood in North Hollywood, Howard Koch ended his walk early and walked into his own independent villa. Because his wife was taken by his son for a holiday on the east coast, he was the only one left in the huge villa.

Entering the living room of the villa, Howard Koch turned on the TV and switched directly to Fox News. When he was walking outside just now, he received a call from his old friend Sidney Gannis and returned home early this time. It is because the other party said that there is an important news that he should read.

Fox News is a bit similar to CNN. The key news is broadcast every day, and every hour is news time.

Sitting on the sofa, Howard Koch waited for a while and saw the news that Sidney Gannis had said.

“If Hollywood itself cannot regulate the production of movies, then the government and churches can assist! Movies, as a widely disseminated cultural entertainment, must be regulated and restricted…”

On the TV screen, an old man dressed in the costume of a high-ranking Catholic priest, uttered a lot of words there!

Yes, to Howard Koch, the other party is just ranting!

“Archbishop Marquez Costello…” Howard Koch stared sharply at the TV screen, “What do you want to do? Do you want to take this opportunity to let the church forces restrict Hollywood again?”

As the new rotating chairman of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Howard Koch and his predecessor Tom Sherak have a completely different temperament. If the latter is relatively easy-going, he can be said to be a gunpowder keg.

At the end, he couldn’t help but patted the armrest of the sofa hard, making a loud “bang”, and even the TV remote control placed on it shook off.

Howard Koch stood up, his face full of anger.

“What do the Catholic people want to do?” He saw that the news was over and stopped paying attention to the TV. “How long did the last thing pass? This is here again. I want to recover from the shooting at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.” The influence of Catholicism on Hollywood?”

After walking two laps back and forth, Howard Koch gritted his teeth and said, “Don’t even think about it!”

The interview with Archbishop Marquez Costello really stimulated Howard Koch’s nerves.

Hollywood’s film industry has developed to the present prosperous situation, not to mention church forces, even the federal government can not easily intervene!

As a veteran of Hollywood, Howard Koch remembers clearly how the censorship established by the Catholic Church has restricted the development of the Hollywood film industry since the 1950s. Not only was it unable to compete with European films, it almost killed Hollywood. Drop.

It was not until Hollywood got rid of the shackles of the church that Hollywood movies ushered in the stage of rapid development from the 1970s to the present, completely defeating the competitor of European movies and becoming the absolute hegemon in the world film market!

If the church re-established the censorship system, what situation would Hollywood face? Howard Koch could hardly imagine.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will never allow this to happen again.

Murphy also saw the interview video of Archbishop Marquez Costello. There was no surprise that the archbishop violently pointed the finger at him and the “Dark City”, but the other party was not a Hollywood insider after all. , It is also difficult to understand the subtle mentality in the Hollywood circle that can only be unspeakable, after all, he once again expanded the attack area.

“Perhaps he can’t see…”

In front of the hospital, when Murphy got out of the car, he said to Gal Gadot and Margot Robbie, “I think this is a good opportunity for the Catholic Church to extend its influence to Hollywood again.”

If this is the case, the ambition of the Archbishop Marquez Costello is really not so big.

After all, the social situation facing any church today is completely different from the past.

Subsequently, Murphy took the lead in getting out of the commercial car, and under the attention of the reporter’s flashing lights and camera lens, he took Gal Gadot and Margot Robbie into the ward building of the California Medical College.

They came here this time mainly to see the injured in the shooting at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

“May you get well soon.”

Walking into the ward of the University of California School of Medicine, Murphy and the three people paid close attention to each injured person, shook hands or saluted each injured person with solemn faces, and did not refuse the request for some people to take photos. Some young fans I didn’t seem to care at all about the injuries I suffered. Not only did they gather around to take pictures with Murphy and the others, but they also posted them to the Internet via Facebook or Twitter as soon as possible.

In addition to flowers, Gal Gadot also presented some small dresses to the injured on behalf of Stanton Studio, but they will not bear the medical expenses of these people, which has nothing to do with money.

Once Stanton Studio or Murphy bears the medical expenses, under some ulterior motives in the media, they will become directly responsible for the case.

This society should indeed be full of care, but care should be treated according to specific circumstances, and besides care in this country, there are many people who are waiting for the opportunity to continue to step on Murphy for a few more feet.

Murphy personally went to the ward to visit every person injured in the shooting. If the injury was not serious, he would chat with each other.

After nearly a morning, the visit to the Wounded Number came to an end. Murphy, Gal Gadot, and Margot Robbie had just walked out of the University of California Medical School and were surrounded by countless reporters at the door.

“Murphy, what do you think of the shooting at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood?”

Several days have passed since the shooting happened, and the media reporters finally blocked him. It can be said that the crowd is turbulent.

“The murderer is said to be the imitator of the magician in your film, is that true?”

“Don’t you think that the scale of “The Dark City” you filmed is too large and you have to bear some responsibilities?”

“You appear here, do you feel guilty because your movie caused others to hurt?”

Some reporters and paparazzi also asked quite unceremoniously, “Are you here this time, are you doing public relations for Stanton Studios, 20th Century Fox, and your film “The Dark City”.”

Faced with so many questions, Murphy couldn’t answer them one by one. After thinking about it, he said briefly, “This time, I’m only representing myself, not any company or film. I also hope that no one will maliciously speculate about this. A public relations event for the film.”

The reporters were still arguing. Murphy made a downward gesture and continued in a painful tone, “Words can no longer express the shock I felt. I think we may not be able to truly appreciate the injuries of the victims and their families. It hurts, but my heart will accompany them.”

CAA has prepared a public statement for Murphy. Murphy didn’t say anything, got in the car and left the California Medical School.

When the police confirmed that the shooting was related to “Dark City”, neither Murphy nor Twentieth Century Fox could continue to remain silent.

In the afternoon, Twentieth Century Fox took the lead in issuing a public statement stating, “After learning about this shocking tragedy, Twentieth Century Fox Film Company is deeply saddened. We are very sad about the victims and victims of the tragedy. The family members extend their most sincere condolences.”

Twentieth Century Fox also announced that it would cancel all subsequent live promotional activities related to “Dark City” to prevent accidents from recurring.

Anyway, there are few on-site publicity activities in North America after the film, and the negative impact of the cancellation is very small.

Murphy issued a public statement elaborated by CAA and Bill Rossis through his blog, Twitter and Facebook.

“The shooting incident was a disaster, and I express my deep condolences to the innocent audience who were victimized in the incident.”

“I believe that film is a great art form in the United States. Watching stories in front of the big screen and sharing the experience of watching movies with everyone is a very important and pleasant way of entertainment. The cinema is my home. The brutal way of violent destruction and assault in front of the cinema is a disaster for me. For the innocent victims in this shooting, no amount of words can fully express our grief, I just want to say we My heart is with them and their families.”

The shooting incident at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood has caused great social repercussions, and even Ohei Tan, who is as far away as the White House in Washington, has stepped up and expressed concern. .

At the latest White House regular press conference, he expressed “shock and sorrow” over the incident and expressed condolences to the victims in the shooting.

The two largest theater companies in North America, Emperor Entertainment and AMC, issued a statement stating that fans will be prohibited from wearing “costumes” that will make other audiences feel uncomfortable, or wearing masks and carrying fake weapons into theaters.

The event is rapidly fermenting, no matter whether it is subjective or objective, it is impossible for “Dark City” to escape from this event.

Not only these, the incident has also affected the stock market. Due to the shooting, the stocks of the screening industry in the United States have fallen by different degrees. The stock price of IMAX has fallen by nearly 6%, and the stock prices of AMG and Emperor Entertainment have fallen by more than Nine percent.

Many countries have improved the security measures in movie theaters. In the UK and Germany, many theaters prohibit audiences from wearing costumes from cosplay films. Security personnel are added to the theater lobby to monitor all activities in the lobby without blind spots. The personal safety of the audience.

It is no exaggeration to say that the shooting at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood has changed the entire film screening industry.

As for Murphy, he is very clear that just a public statement on the social network is not enough. He is still waiting for the latest news from the police, and then accepts an exclusive interview from the media according to the specific situation.