Chapter 212： fire!

Chapter 212 Cannonball

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

After the American people watched the schedule battle between Dunn Pictures, Disney, and Fox at the end of June, there will be another battle in early August.

Although not as fierce as the competition of "Spider-Man", "Sixty Seconds", "Chicken Run" and "Titan a.e.", it is equally fierce and lively.

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

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

Sony is a foreign company, unable to enter the US media industry on a large scale, and seems to be at a significant disadvantage. In reality, however, the opposite is true.

"Transparent Man and Demon" has an excellent creativity, telling the story of a scientist who successfully developed an invisibility potion, eventually became an invisible man, and abused his superpowers.

Now, the popularity of "Spider-Man" has just passed, and fans still have infinite reverie and expectations for "superpower". The film "Transparent Man and 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, the expectations of movie fans for "Transparent Man and Devil" are much higher than those of the two films in the same period. Moreover, the theater data shows that the pre-sale box office of "Transparent People and Demons" is also higher.

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

However, Disney and Warner, both of which are backed by large media groups, have a publicity ability beyond imagination.

Soon, media coverage in the market revolved around "Girls Club" and "Space Cowboys".

Just when a group of industry insiders in Hollywood were about to watch another good show of fighting between dragons and tigers, another force joined in - Dunn Pictures!

Even Dunn, who seldom appeared when promoting "Spider-Man", also appeared in person, participated in a talk show, and was interviewed by three media.

Many people think that Dunn's appearance is to re-hype the popularity of "Spider-Man", to push the film's North American box office to 500 million US dollars, and to promote Dunn's next upcoming movie "Transfer Soul". "Girl" preheating.

Unexpectedly, Dunn did not talk about these two films, but talked about the upcoming films of two other film companies - "Space Cowboy" and "Transparent".

"Director Eastwood's work has always been a guarantee of quality. I grew up watching his films. It can be said that his film style has had a great influence on my understanding of films... That's right. , I'll definitely buy a ticket to see Space Cowboys, it's going to be a really good movie."

"The idea of ​​"Transparent Man and Demon" is very good, it sounds a bit like a comic story. Moreover, there is a lot of room for the role of the invisible man... 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 film, and hope director Paul Verhoeven won't let me down."

""Girls Club"? I'm sorry, I have no interest in this film at all! Not only that, but my friends and colleagues around me have no interest in this film. I heard that the protagonists of this film are a few strippers Girl, God, what kind of values ​​are these? Is this advocating for girls to be strippers?"

"Fortunately, the rating of this movie is pg13, and the little angels can't watch it. But I hope parents will pay attention. If your daughter is underage or not mature enough, it is best not to watch this kind of movies with distorted values. , which could very well ruin a child's life."

Dunn's remarks exploded like a bomb.

Since "Titanic", the media have rarely heard Dunn's open-mouthed "shooting". Although this has brought stability to Hollywood, what the media dislikes the most is stability!

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

Almost all entertainment newspapers published Dunn's remarks. Criticisms of "Girls Club" also poured in like a tide.

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

Where is this against "Girls Club", clearly against the film's producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the production company Disney!

Many people in the industry who knew the inside story secretly praised in their hearts, the young people today are really incredible.

If you are still young, you dare to challenge Disney. You have the guts and the guts!

Warner's president Alan Horn laughed a few times after reading the report. Of course he knew that Dunn was targeting Disney. But Dunn appeared at this time, and he was also helping to promote Warner's movie "Space Cowboy".

He called Dunn with a very enthusiastic tone, "Don, do you want to watch "Space Cowboy", do you still need to buy a ticket? It's too foreign, so let me arrange an internal screening, you bring Dunn's movie All employees of the industry can come and watch the movie.”

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

"Well then, I won't bother. By the way, if you need help... just speak." Alan Horn's laughing voice was very kind of an elder.

Dunn laughed secretly in his heart, he didn't expect to sell Alan Horn a favor so easily.

This shot is really rewarding!

Because before that, he also received an e-mail from Ms. Amy Pascal, the chairman of Columbia Pictures. The content was short and concise, and the tone was very polite. In addition to expressing gratitude, he was still euphemistically consulting, and the two sides cooperated from time to time. possible.

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

The box office king, Dunn, is undoubtedly the first choice.

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

Dunn almost burst out laughing after seeing Amy Pascal's proposal.

In the previous life, Amy Pascal grabbed the "Spider-Man" series from Marvel with "steady, accurate and ruthless" means, and became Colombia's ace inhalation weapon.

Now, the "Spider-Man" series is firmly in the hands of Dunn and successfully developed independently, and Amy Pascal turned to "Fantastic Four".

However, Marvel's superheroes are the core assets of Dunn Pictures. Of course, Dunn can't raise tigers and develop them in cooperation with other companies.

Therefore, even if Amy Pascal offered her favor, Dunn could only refuse.

"Space Cowboy" director Clint Eastwood and "Transparent" director Paul Verhoeven expressed their gratitude to Dunn through their brokerage companies.

Dunn came forward to promote their movie At least in the beginning of August, they were more confident.

In contrast, "Girls Club" is too miserable.

Before the movie was released, there was already a lot of criticism.

Even though producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney Marketing launched a series of remedial PR, the effect was still not good.

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

Jerry Bruckheimer almost vomited blood!

In contrast, Joe Ruth, chairman of Disney's production department, is a lot easier.

He is in charge of Touchstone Pictures, in charge of sci-fi, action, and war films, and in charge of "Girls Club" is another chairman of the production department, Richard Cook, a layman from the theater business. , in charge of comedy, song and dance, music genre films.

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

Because at work, the two are rivals.

Now, Dunn suddenly opened fire and bombarded "Girls Club", Joe Ruth inevitably gave birth to a bit of schadenfreude in his heart.

"Humph, didn't you say that Dunn was just a lucky fool? Well, this time, it's your turn to try and see if he is stupid or you are stupid!"

Joe Ruth twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered secretly.

Within Disney, Michael Eisner usually likes to have three or four people jointly manage a department, which not only improves competitiveness, but also brings the hidden danger of internal instability.

This was also one of the triggers for Michael Eisner's subsequent failure in the internal power contest and being kicked out by the board of directors.

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Chapter 212 Cannonball