Heads Up Hollywood

The summer of 2000 was destined to be the most fiercely competitive summer in Hollywood in recent years.

After the people of the United States have watched the schedule battle between Tang En Pictures, Disney, and Fox at the end of June, another big battle will usher in early August.

It's not quite as intense as the rivalry between "Spider-Man," "60 Seconds," "Chicken Run," and "Titan A.E.", but it's just as intense and lively.

This time the protagonists are Columbia, Warner Bros. and Disney.

Before the three films "Transparent", "Girls Club" and "Space Cowboy" were released, the three major Hollywood film companies launched an overwhelming offensive in terms of publicity.

Sony is a foreign company, unable to get involved in the US media industry on a large scale, and seems to be at a clear disadvantage. But the reality is quite the opposite.

"Transparent Demon" has an excellent idea. It tells the story of a scientist who successfully developed an invisibility potion and finally became an invisible person and abused superpowers.

Now, the popularity of "Spider-Man" has just passed, and fans still have unlimited reverie and expectations for "superpowers". And the movie "Transparent Demon" happened to be stuck at this point in time, and with the momentum of "Spider-Man", it attracted the attention of a large number of fans.

According to the data of the survey agency, fans' expectations for "Transparent Demon" are much higher than those of the two films of the same period. Moreover, according to theater data, the pre-sale box office of "Transparent Demon" is also higher.

In fact, this is quite normal. Compared with "Girls Club" and "Space Cowboy", "Transparent Man" is a real A-level production.

However, both Disney and Warner are backed by large media groups, and their publicity capabilities are beyond imagination.

Soon, the media reports in the market centered around "Girls Club" and "Space Cowboy".

Just when a group of industry insiders in Hollywood were about to watch another show of "Enter the Dragon and Tiger", another force joined in - Twain Films!

Tang En, who rarely showed up even when promoting "Spider-Man", even made an appearance in person, participated in a talk show, and accepted exclusive interviews from three media.

Many people thought that Tang En's appearance was to re-hype the popularity of "Spider-Man", push the film's North American box office to 500 million US dollars in one fell swoop, and pave the way for Tang En Pictures' next upcoming film "Soul Shifting". Girl" preheating.

Unexpectedly, Tang En kept silent about these two films, and instead talked about two upcoming films from other film companies - "Space Cowboy" and "Transparent Man".

"Director Eastwood's works have always been a guarantee of quality. I grew up watching his films. It can be said that his film style has had a great impact on my understanding of films... that's right. , I will definitely buy a ticket to see "Space Cowboy", it must be a very exciting movie."

"The idea of ​​"Transparent Man" is excellent, it sounds a bit like a comic book story. Moreover, the role of the invisible man has a lot of room for development... Yes, I am very curious and looking forward to it. I will go with Natalie Go to the cinema, buy a ticket to watch this movie, I hope director Paul Verhoeven will not let me down."

""Girls Club"? Sorry, I have no interest in this movie! Not only that, but my friends and colleagues have no interest in this movie. I heard that the protagonist of this movie is a couple of strippers Girl, my God, what kind of values ​​are these? Is this advocating that girls should all be strippers?"

"Fortunately, the rating of this movie is PG-13, and little angels can't watch it. But I hope parents should pay attention, if your daughter is underage, or not mature enough, it is best not to watch this kind of value distortion Movies that could ruin a child's life."

...

Tang En's remarks exploded like a bomb.

Since "Titanic", the media has seldom heard Tang En's unabashed "fire". Although this has brought stability to Hollywood, what the media dislikes the most is stability!

Now, Dunn Walker finally speaks out again, pointing directly to the upcoming new movie "Girls Club"!

Tang En's words were published in almost all entertainment newspapers. Criticism of "Girls Club" also flooded in like a tidal wave.

People who eat melons don't know the truth, so they naturally believe it is true, but people in the industry know what's behind it at a glance.

This is not aimed at "Girls Club", it is clearly aimed at the film's producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the production company Disney!

Many people in the industry who knew the inside story secretly admired in their hearts, the young people nowadays are really amazing.

If you are fledgling, you dare to challenge Disney, you have the guts, you are courageous enough!

Warner's president, Alan Horn, laughed out loud after reading the report. Of course he knew that Tang En was targeting Disney. But Tang En came out at this time, and he was also helping Warner's movie "Space Cowboy" to promote.

He called Tang En with a very enthusiastic tone, "Tang En, do you still need to buy a ticket if you want to watch "Space Cowboy"? All the employees of the industry can come and watch the movie.”

Tang En said with a smile: "You are so kind, there is no need for internal screenings. For excellent movies, I am happy to contribute a movie ticket."

"Okay then, I won't bother you. By the way, if you need help...just ask." Alan Horn's smiling voice was full of the kindness of an elder.

Tang En secretly laughed in his heart, he did not expect to sell Alan Horn's favor so easily.

This shot, really rewarded a lot!

Because before that, he also received an email from Ms. Amy Pascal, the chairman of Columbia Pictures. possible.

Columbia Pictures is having a hard time now, losing money year after year, and urgently needs reliable investment projects to save the decline.

Box office king Twain was undoubtedly the first choice.

Amy Pascal took a fancy to Marvel's superheroes, and asked Dunn if there was a possibility of co-developing the "Fantastic Four" series.

When Tang En saw Amy Pascal's proposal, he almost burst out laughing.

In the previous life, Amy Pascal snatched the "Spider-Man" series from Marvel in a "steady, precise and ruthless" way, and became Columbia's ace suction weapon.

Now, the "Spider-Man" series was firmly controlled by Tang En, and the independent development was successful. Amy Pascal turned to "Fantastic Four".

However, Marvel's superheroes are the core assets of Tang En Pictures. Of course, Tang En cannot feed tigers and cooperate with other companies to develop them.

Therefore, even if Amy Pascal offered favor, Tang En could only decline.

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The director of "Space Cowboy" Clint Eastwood and the director of "Transparent Man" Paul Verhoeven expressed their gratitude to Twain through their brokerage companies.

With Twain coming forward to promote their movie, at least in the early August schedule, they were a little more confident.

"Girls Club" is miserable by comparison.

Even before the film was released, it had already received a lot of criticism.

Even though producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the Disney marketing department launched a series of remedial public relations, the effect is still not good.

Society is like this, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles!

Jerry Bruckheimer was so angry that he almost vomited blood!

In contrast, Joe Ruth, the chairman of Disney Studios, is much more relaxed.

He is in charge of Touchstone Pictures, which is in charge of science fiction, action, and war films. The person in charge of "Girls Club" is Richard Cook, another chairman of the production department, a layman who was born in the theater business , in charge of movies of comedy, song and dance, and music.

Some time ago, because of the suppression of "Spider-Man", Joe Ruth was out of breath, and even received a lot of private ridicule from Richard Cook.

Because at work, the two are competitors.

Now, when Tang En suddenly opened fire and bombarded "Girls Club", Joe Ruth inevitably felt a little gloating in his heart.

"Hmph, didn't you say that Tang En is just a fool with good luck? This time, it's your turn to try and see if he is stupid or you are stupid!"

Joe Ruth twitched his mouth and sneered secretly.

Inside Disney, Michael Eisner usually likes to have three or four people jointly manage a department. Although it improves competitiveness, it also brings hidden dangers of internal instability.

This was also one of the triggers for Michael Eisner to fail in the internal power contest and be kicked out by the board of directors.