Chapter 461: This Year's Opponents
In addition to the poster, "Wushuang" also announced its release date, which will be released simultaneously in more than 30 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and the United States on Friday, April 30, 2004.
It seems that everyone is waiting for the release date of "Wushuang". After "Wushuang" is set, other films have been set.
Among them, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" produced by Melon Studios will be on the summer schedule for the first time and will be released on June 4th.
This is the third film in the series, and it is also a sign that the series has moved from the first two family-friendly children's movies to adults.
The starring cast is still a trio, and Hailey has successfully maintained his figure without gaining weight or becoming disabled. Harry Potter becomes more and more handsome as he grows, which makes fans like him very much.
Emma Watson Needless to say, from childhood to adulthood, Hermione is more popular than the other two.
Only Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, has some doubts about life. The trio consists of a playful handsome boy and a pure beauty, but he is the only one who becomes disabled alone.
Rupert Grint is innocent, and he doesn't want to.
It is worth mentioning that as the series continues, the salaries of the three young actors have increased to varying degrees.
This was an inevitable situation. Little Gilbert had long expected it. Even if the three young actors don't want a salary increase, their families and agents will demand a salary increase.
It is natural for Hollywood to demand higher pay for starring in sequel movies, but the problem is that it is not only the pay, but the actors even extend their hands to the box office share and peripheral share.
This is something that Gilbert Jr., Warner, and Disney cannot accept.
J.K. Rowling enjoys a share of the box office and peripherals because she is the core character of the series. In order to win over her, this is the price that must be paid.
But with three young actors involved, this is not what little Gilbert wants to see.
Even if he admires Hailey very much, even if he likes Emma Watson very much, little Gilbert will not let his personal emotions affect his decision-making.
However, in the face of this situation, Hollywood giants have many awards, and the simplest one is to make accounts.
The "Harry Potter" series is run by a separate studio, and all expenditures are made in the name of this studio.
Therefore, "Harry Potter" is equivalent to a movie made with borrowed money from Warner and Disney.
After the film is finished filming, it still needs to be publicized, and the funds for publicity and distribution will also be included in the total investment. But in fact, the money from this announcement just went into the pockets of Warner and Disney.
If you mess around like this, there will be a loss on the books. Since a loss has occurred, it will naturally not be divided into box office.
Although everyone knew there was something wrong, even the most astute accountant could not find anything wrong.
Of course, unless the actors are greedy, most movie companies will not use this trick.
In addition, there is a last resort, which is to change the actors.
However, for the work "Harry Potter", changing actors is not a last resort, and actors are generally not changed easily.
Another one worth mentioning is Emma Watson. This girl is very scheming and had previously proposed that she want to come to Melon Manor to study.
As she grows older, Emma Watson becomes more mature and understands the nature of Hollywood better.
A beautiful girl like her without the protection of a big shot would be very dangerous in Hollywood, so she wanted to get closer to little Gilbert eagerly.
However, little Gilbert still doesn't have much contact with Emma Watson. He is busy with work and there are many women around him, so the focus does not fall on Emma Watson.
The little girl will not give up. She often publicizes her close relationship with little Gilbert in public, calling her "brother" sweetly.
This trick was very effective, at least the ill-intentioned glances on her disappeared a lot.
Little Gilbert is a narrow-minded person who will retaliate for his anger, and everyone knows this. It's not worth starting a war with little Gilbert over a little girl.
Emma Watson's immediate urgent task is to really establish a close relationship with little Gilbert.
Otherwise, as time goes by, people will find out that you are just talking about Emma Watson and have nothing to do with little Gilbert, and the attention will come back.
No way, pretty girls are in such trouble in Hollywood. So having too many eyes is not a bad thing, but a good thing.
Didn't you notice that Natalie Portman, a girl with a deep mind, is thriving in Hollywood? She is quite popular in the Hollywood Squid Club and is even more favored than little Gilbert.
After all, little Gilbert was rebellious, but Natalie Portman was obedient.
Emma Watson naturally understands her own situation. She cannot be like Scarlett. After all, Scarlett's situation is very special. Which family would raise a girl from the age of five to adulthood, and then everything goes smoothly?
Many people in Hollywood doubt whether little Gilbert has a habit of developing addictions. The key is to be able to endure it, wait until Scarlett is an adult before taking action, and not let outsiders even talk about it.
This year is an opportunity for Emma Watson. Raising her from 14 to 18 can be considered training. This can also be considered as adding a different color to little Gilbert.
In order to please little Gilbert, Emma Watson made some interesting modifications to the Hogwarts uniforms, just waiting to be used.
It can be said that girls at this age are starting to become more sensible, and Emma Watson, who is in Hollywood, is even more precocious.
In order to maintain her status and climb to a higher position, Emma Watson is willing to let little Gilbert educate herself with sticks.
Little Gilbert didn't know that this girl was so playful, mainly because he really didn't pay much attention to her. Apart from "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the biggest movie this year is "Spider-Man 2."
When "Spider-Man 1" was released, although the box office exceeded 100 million in its first week, its shine was completely overshadowed by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
But this year is different, there is no "Return of the King".
Although there is still a "Harry Potter" movie, Sony Columbia Pictures feels that the time has come for "Spider-Man 2" to dominate the summer theaters.
Of course, because little Gilbert is a very evil person, "Spider-Man 2" was not released on the same schedule as "Warriors", but was placed on June 30.
Just because Sony Columbia Pictures doesn't want to go head-to-head doesn't mean that some people don't.
Despite Michael Ovitz's dissuasion, David Ellison decided to put "Van Helsing" on the same schedule as "Warrior".
Michael Ovitz regrets that, "Warriorless" has two Toms, plus a queen, there are only four of them.
Not to mention, the film was directed by Gilbert Jr.
Gilbert Jr. has proven over the years that even if it's an original movie, he can make it so interesting and exciting that it shouldn't be underestimated.
David Ellison got excited and went head-to-head with others, and the result was obvious.
But David Ellison obviously didn't think so. He finally graduated from college and came to Hollywood.
Strictly speaking, "Van Helsing" is his first film as a writer and producer. David Ellison is arrogant and does not think it is worse than Gilbert Jr.'s film.
This kind of person, according to Martin Bob privately, will not grow without going through some hardships.
"Let him hit his head and bleed. Then he will know that what we said is correct."
These were Martin Bob's original words. Michael Ovitz was helpless and could only agree.
In addition to these movies, the summer release also includes "Shrek 2" released by DreamWorks.
DreamWorks is still resisting the giants tenaciously, but it's just getting harder and harder. DreamWorks' animation department has been coveted by major companies for a long time.
Once DreamWorks is divided up, the DreamWorks Animation division will be a very valuable asset.
The rest include "Armageddon", "The Bourne Supremacy" starring Matt Damon, "Immortal" starring Will Smith and other films to be released.
In addition, "Mystery 2", co-directed by Alfonso Cuaron and Tsui Hark and starring Cheng Long, will also be released in the summer.
"National Treasure" starring Cameron Diaz was released a little later. So many movies mentioned above made the summer schedule slightly crowded, so "National Treasure" was moved to the Thanksgiving schedule.
Another movie worth mentioning is "The Passion of the Christ". This movie has been screened and has received a lot of criticism from religious people.
However, the reputation of Dianying seems to be quite good, and the data is very good.
The film was released very early, hitting the theater market on February 25th. Little Gilbert is very optimistic about the performance of this film in the market, although it is very controversial.
But controversy only attracts attention and brings more box office.
The competition for the summer movie is very fierce, which makes little Gilbert have to pay more attention to the promotion of "Wushuang".
In addition to the Super Bowl trailer, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks will also appear on various programs to promote the film, and Charlize Theron will not be absent.
This star-studded crime film has gained attention that no previous Hollywood crime film has received.
This is a good thing and a bad thing.
The good thing is that attention can be converted into box office. After all, the three major superstars can increase the director's box office appeal. With this lineup, it is not a problem to get four to five billion in box office.
The disadvantage is that once the film's reputation collapses, the situation will be even worse and the collapse will be complete.
But Gilbert Jr. is very confident in the quality of the film, even though "Wushuang" looks very brain-burning and is incompatible with the simple films in the current mainstream film market.
And little Gilbert felt that the story of "Wushuang" looked brain-burning, but it was actually not complicated and very attractive.
The audience also needs to get used to this kind of movie, and at least think about it and run it.
No matter how bad it is, you can still learn how to make U.S. bills from the movies, you just need to get the color-changing ink. Even if the Federal Reserve finds out, it probably won't be too happy.
All in all, this year's summer season looks bloody and competitive, and even little Gilbert can't relax.
While he was busy working on the film, Peter Thiel, introduced by his cousin Ellie, also came to Los Angeles to meet little Gilbert.
The two sides held talks for about two hours on how to change the United States and the world.
The content of the talks is unknown to outsiders.
(End of chapter)