Heads Up Hollywood

As May is about to enter, a batch of popular movies during the awards season have begun to be released one after another, leaving enough screens for blockbuster movies in the summer.

Including a series of films from Tang En Pictures——

"A Beautiful Mind" has a North American box office of 180 million US dollars and a global box office of 340 million US dollars;

"Juno" has a North American box office of 160 million US dollars and a global box office of 250 million US dollars;

"Chain Saw 2" has a North American box office of 80 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 140 million U.S. dollars;

"Resident Evil" has a North American box office of 70 million US dollars and a global box office of 170 million US dollars.

However, in May, Tang En Pictures' summer blockbuster will be the first to appear - Ridley Scott's $140 million blockbuster, "Spider-Man 2"!

There is no doubt that in this year's summer, there are two films that have attracted the most attention.

One is "Spider-Man 2" and the other is "Star Wars Episode 2".

The two previous works directed by Tang En are super blockbusters with a global box office of more than 1 billion US dollars, with unrivaled influence.

Blockbuster films from all walks of life have adjusted their schedules to avoid their edge, giving up the entire month of May.

"Spider-Man 2" hits theaters on Friday, May 3; "Star Wars Episode II" hits theaters on Thursday, May 16.

In the previous life, this period of "Spider-Man 2" belonged to Sam Raimi's version of "Spider-Man". In the box office competition with "Star Wars Episode 2", it won a big victory, with a North American box office of 400 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of 820 million U.S. dollars.

Because of Tang En's appearance, "Spider-Man 1" appeared two years ago, with the influence of "Spider-Man 1", "Spider-Man 2" directed by the great director Ridley Scott defeated George · Lucas's "Star Wars Episode 2", the problem is not big.

What Tang En cares about is whether "Spider-Man 2" can continue to write the myth and continue to break through the global box office mark of 1 billion US dollars!

Under the eyes of everyone, the time is getting closer day by day.

Today's Hollywood blockbusters have not yet reached the point where they will be released simultaneously globally.

To put it bluntly, economic globalization is not enough.

The overseas release date of "Spider-Man 2" is June.

However, as soon as the North American market entered May, it began to roll hot and dry like boiling water.

The long-awaited "Spider-Man 2" is finally here!

On May 3, "Spider-Man 2" opened in 3,676 theaters in North America. On that day, it grossed 85 million US dollars at the box office!

The next day, the film continued its efforts, with a single-day box office of 64 million!

On the third day, which is also the last rest day of the first weekend, the hot push of "Spider-Man 2" has become the standard entertainment news of all major media in the United States!

All kinds of voices of admiration came one after another.

On that day, it took another 63.6 million US dollars at the box office!

In the three days of the first weekend, the North American box office of "Spider-Man 2" reached 216 million US dollars!

"Spider-Man 2" has also become the fastest commercial blockbuster in the history of Hollywood to break through the $200 million box office in North America!

The fiery momentum is unstoppable!

"Entertainment Weekly" film critic Owen Graeberman commented on the film: "Director Scott did not stop at Dunn Walker's old path, he walked on a new journey to explore super movies. In the film, 'Spider The scene where "Hero" and the heroine Mary get to know each other is destined to become the best memory in the hearts of movie fans."

Pulitzer Prize winner and famous film critic Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" said: "'Spider-Man''s enemies have created his success. The evil scientist 'Dr. Otto' in the film is a The city's nightmares and disasters are synonymous, which makes 'Spider-Man' an incarnation of an angel who protects citizens' safety. It is precisely because of this that American audiences who have been frightened by '9·11' are very fond of this screen hero. Heroes are intoxicated."

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times: "After the success of Spider-Man, Marvel Studios launched a series of superhero movie projects, from Daredevil, to Ant-Man, to Ghost Rider, This kind of formatted film once pushed Marvel Pictures to the forefront of public opinion. But "Spider-Man 2" countered with a box office of 200 million US dollars in three days, fans like this kind of superhero movies!"

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"Gone Girl," directed by David Fincher and starring Mel Gibson and Nicole Kidman, wrapped filming at the end of April.

On the new Monday, Mel Gibson came to Tang En Pictures, full of dust, looking in good spirits.

He got 1.85 million original shares of Tang En Pictures, which is considered a minority shareholder, but he is more obsessed with movies, and when he came to Tang En's office, he said, "Tang En, I found an easter egg, which is very problematic! "

"Huh?" Tang En was slightly taken aback, a little amused, "You mean "Spider-Man 2"?"

Mel Gibson said: "Of course, I went to the cinema with my child yesterday... Don't change the subject, in the last egg of "Spider-Man 2", I saw the heroine Mary Jane stroking her stomach, is she pregnant? "

Tang En looked at him with a half-smile, without denying it.

The "Spider-Man" world he built is different from that of the original Sam Raimi. This is the beginning of the "Avengers" series. It is not just as simple as the trilogy, it must have a longer-term foreshadowing.

In Twain and Marvel Studios' conception, James Franco signed 10 film contracts, which seemed like a lot, but actually it was not that many.

Spider-Man is a superhero in New York, and has ties to the Avengers and the Hired Heroes, and is very familiar with Daredevil and Iron Man.

In order to make those superheroes who are not well-known enough attractive, it is necessary to let "Spider-Man" appear in cameo appearances in related films to gain attention.

Just like in the previous life, "Iron Man" made a cameo appearance in "Spider-Man: Homecoming".

In this way, the 10-film contract between James Franco and Marvel is not enough.

In particular, "Spiderman" and "Deadpool" are a natural pair, and they have a very amazing performance in comics, and are deeply loved by comic fans.

If the "Deadpool" movie is released, there must be shots of Spider-Man.

In this way, Dunn had to make preparations in advance.

What happens when James Franco's film contract expires and he doesn't want to play the role?

Change actors? impossible!

Actors can be changed for small roles, but with such a deep-rooted image, it is impossible to change actors.

The only way is to cultivate a second-generation Spiderman as soon as possible!

That is what Mel Gibson just said, the easter egg of "Spider-Man 2".

In Spider-Man 2, Mary Jane and Spider-Man are in love and engaged.

In the easter egg, Mary Jane is indeed pregnant, and she will give birth to a girl. This girl will become a veritable female superhero after more than ten years and the full rise of feminism!

The specific role is yet to be determined by Marvel.

Either "Spider-Woman" or "Spider Silk".

Minor modifications to the manga settings.

She will replace the "Spiderman" whose film contract has expired and continue to be active on the big screen.

As a filmmaker, Mel Gibson immediately understood Tang En's intentions, and heaved a long sigh, "Tang En, to be honest, I don't think it's the right choice for you to invest so much in superhero movies."

Tang En had thought so before.

Superhero movies will make commercial blockbusters quickly fall into formatting, routine and IP.

But it's different now, Twain is the boss of the movie company!

Making money safely and steadily is the most important thing.

He is responsible for his employees.

The pursuit of art can be fully demonstrated through drama films.

Isn't Tang En's last movie "A Beautiful Mind"? It also won an Oscar for Best Picture.

Tang En shook his head, "You just finished filming "The Gone Girl", and you don't want to go back to Australia for vacation. What are you doing here? It's not just to discuss easter eggs with me, is it?"

Mel Gibson said seriously: "No, I have a new project."

"What?"

Tang En was dumbfounded.

This Mel Gibson is too exaggerated, right?

He knew that this Australian tough guy was known as a workaholic, making three or four movies a year was not a problem at all.

But now...he's only been away from the "Gone Girl" crew for a week, so he's thinking about a new project?

Isn't this too diligent?

Mel Gibson said solemnly: "Twain, this project has been conceived in my mind for more than ten years, and I plan to direct it myself."

"You want to be a director?"

Tang En raised his eyebrows, and an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

Of course, he didn't doubt Mel Gibson's director ability. The other party won the Oscar for Best Director, which is an award that Twain has never been able to get his hands on.

His focus... is the subject matter of this new project.