The Best Entertainment Era

There was the success of the X-Men series before, and the popularity of Spider-Man later. Fans of comics from Marvel comics to Universal Pictures to the Hulk have high hopes for this superhero comic book movie and are very much looking forward to it It shines like Peter Parker.

Universal Pictures also held a huge premiere for the film at the Oriental Theater in Hollywood.

The premiere not only invited a large number of celebrity guests, Ron Meyer of Universal Pictures also personally invited many heavyweight figures in the industry, such as Michael Eisner, the head of Walt Disney.

Ronan can also be regarded as being invited by Ron Meyer. In addition to Ang Lee's personal invitation, Ron Meyer also sent him an invitation in the name of Universal Pictures.

The red carpet was full of big names, but Hollywood's powerful figures with real decision-making power entered the VIP room early.

Your Theory of Relativity Entertainment's performance in the past two years has been amazing.

In the VIP room, Ron Meyer seemed very polite: Ronan, are you interested in cooperating with Universal Pictures?

Of course Ronan would say: It's an honor for me and Relativity Entertainment.

But other than that, nothing.

Ron Meyer is very curious about Relativity Entertainment: Pirates of the Caribbean will be released next month. Is Relativity Entertainment preparing to enter the top commercial production?

Ronan smiled: The Theory of Relativity Entertainment has no background, and it is not as good as Universal Pictures and other companies. It is mainly to try luck.

It's unbelievable that you chose a pirate film. Ron Meyer said this is his true opinion: Who dares to invest more than 100 million US dollars to make a pirate film now? Are you not afraid of failure?

Frankly speaking, he feels that Pirates of the Caribbean may not be as successful as Hulk.

Thinking of Hulk, Ron Meyer had a headache. After several internal screenings, few people were optimistic about the commercial prospects of Hulk. The entire Universal Pictures was ready for the film to hit the street.

But if the film fails, his position will be worrying. In the past two years, the Vivendi Group has expanded too fast, and there have been various problems, which have even dragged down Universal Pictures. If this major movie fails again, Universal Pictures may start again It's turbulent.

At this time, Ronan said: Relativistically, the scale and business volume of entertainment is average, and it is much worse than DreamWorks. It cannot attract the cooperation of first-line big directors.

There are no good project themes, so I can only look at the luck of pirate movies.

When it's time to keep a low profile, keep a low profile. Now is not the time to make waves.

Ron Meyer looked at Ronan, thinking of the consequences of the failure of the pirate movie, and suddenly felt that Ronan and him were like brothers and sisters.

You have to stumble on big productions.

Thinking of this, Ron Meyer rarely said: You are still a little impulsive, you should consider the consequences of failure.

Ronan nodded: Yes.

Tobey Maguire came over at this time, holding a girl's hand. Ron Meyer introduced Ronan, and Ronan knew that the girl was Ron Meyer's daughter Jennifer Mayer. Yay, she fucked Spider-Man.

After saying hello to the two, Ronan saw Michael Eisner, and specially pulled Ron Meyer over to let him introduce him.

This is Ronan's first time facing the helm of Walt Disney.

Are you the Ronan Anderson of Relativity Entertainment? Michael Eisner's attitude is not good, but there are reasons: You poached Robert Iger?

Ronan smiled and said, We have two choices.

Michael Eisner valued Robert Iger very much, otherwise he would not have promoted him from ABC Television to work in a group company, so he had a bad impression of Ronan, and as Disney successfully transformed from a single studio to a media group , Michael Eisner has also become extremely confident, whether facing people inside the group or people outside the company like Steve Jobs, he is far from being polite.

Ron Meyer had already gone to entertain other guests, and only Ronan and Michael Eisner were left here.

Michael Eisner said unceremoniously: I am the one who approved Robert Iger's departure from Disney. You owe me a favor.

Ronan shrugged and said, Mr. Eisner, if there is a suitable opportunity, I will return this favor.

He said this, as if he really owed a lot of favors.

It was impossible for Michael Eisner to understand the true meaning of Ronan's words, thinking that Ronan was taking the initiative to show weakness, he nodded in satisfaction, and his aggression was restrained.

The Pirates of the Caribbean movie you will release next month has the same name as the Disneyland ride. Michael Eisner said specifically, Ronan, you didn't ask Disney for permission before you approved the project.

Ronan replied calmly: We have not violated any copyright laws or any regulations in the industry.

Michael Eisner stared: But if your movie fails, it will affect Disney's amusement park project!

Ronan couldn't help laughing: The movie won't be released until next month, and the outcome is still unknown.

Do you think pirate movies can still be successful? Michael Eisner couldn't help saying, thinking of the negative impact this weird movie might have on Disneyland, I've seen the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean, and the pirate character is a What? Do you think fans will take it? Johnny Depp will ruin your movie!

Ronan didn't answer because it wasn't necessary.

I have said it a thousand times, but it is better to wait until the results of the film are released.

Michael Eisner shook his head: How did Johnny Depp portray the pirate captain? Is he a little retarded? Is he drunk? Is he gay?

Ronan shrugged slightly: Depp said that all his characters are gay.

Just in time, Ronan saw Ang Lee, and before Michael Eisner could speak again, he said first, Sorry, Mr. Eisner, I want to have a chat with Director Ang Lee.

After speaking, he walked towards Li An.

Thank you for coming to my premiere. Ang Lee shook hands with Ronan.

Ronan smiled and said, Of course I want to see your new movie as soon as possible.

Li An was very busy here, so he didn't say much, and after a few pleasantries, he left voluntarily and went to the theater to wait for the movie to start showing.

Ronan's position is a little further back, and the back is where ordinary audiences sit.

It didn’t take long for the film to start showing, and the previous comments kept appearing. This is not a good phenomenon for a commercial film, because it means that the audience’s attention begins to divert from the film, and the film cannot immerse the audience in the story and atmosphere.

One person seemed very depressed, and his dissatisfied voice was a bit loud: Is Ann Lee the only one who can make superhero movies so dull?

This remark seemed to resonate, and another person said: The directors who have won Oscars are indeed different. They may be expressed in the form of art, which is different from ordinary sci-fi films, but I don't understand what they want to express. , After watching it for 50 minutes, I feel that the movie is very cheap, and there are no big scenes.

Ronan is actually very clear that Hulk is not a commercial film in the typical sense, and its spiritual core is still literary.

And as a director who has worked with him once, Ronan can still guess some of Ang Lee's thoughts. According to Ang Lee, Hulk can be regarded as a psychological movie, but this kind of subject matter is obviously inappropriate. Superhero movies are actually popcorn movies, and Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy didn't go beyond that category.

Ang Lee, as an artistic director, only made a brainless popcorn movie. He must not be reconciled, and he would not make the movie a pure popcorn movie, so he added a lot of his own things.

Perhaps, Universal Pictures invited Ang Lee to make this film in the hope that he could inject something different into superhero films.

But with such a high investment, it is doomed that the success of the film depends on whether the audience buys it or not.

Some netizens once said that the biggest problem with Ang Lee's Hulk is rhythm and psychological entanglement, so that the subsequent superhero movies have learned lessons.

Ang Lee himself said later: In terms of superhero movies, I really became a martyr...

American superhero movies are mainly popcorn. The first thing in the picture is the refreshing visual perception, with some high-tech condiments, and a beauty to embellish it. Two hours have passed.

This kind of movie should fulfill the dream of a hero and beauty for the ordinary people it faces.

After all, American superhero movies are not very suitable for directors who are full of literary style.

Ronan looked at this film whose main plot was almost the same as before, and knew that this film could not create miracles, because it was completely wrong for the current commercial film market.

After the film screening ended, Ronan also went over to say a few words to Ang Lee and sent him his usual congratulations, but Ang Lee was not very interested. passed to the ears.

Likewise, the audience didn't buy it much.

When Ronan left the film crew, he called Robert Lee directly and asked Robert Lee to find someone to focus on Universal Pictures and Hulk related developments.

Only if this film fails, will Relativity Entertainment be able to obtain the copyright of Hulk.

The worst thing is to get the filming copyright of Hulk in the Avengers like Marvel Pictures did.

This can be said to be the best opportunity.

After the premiere, Cinema Company quickly announced the word-of-mouth audience of Hulk, only B-.

Even for a summer commercial film, such word-of-mouth is terrible, and it's the audience's word-of-mouth!

Misfortunes never come singly, the unfavorable response of Hulk ignited many contradictions.

Actor Eric Bana even publicly claimed that working with Ang Lee was like a nightmare in an interview with the media.

This is Hollywood, when things are going well, everyone loves them, but when things are going wrong, bad things happen.