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Time is slowly approaching mid-June, and 20th Century Fox has invited many entertainment media to hold a grand press conference at the Fox Tower, announcing that it is different from another superhero series of movies other than Warner Bros. DC series, belonging to Twentieth Century Fox's own superhero movie is over, and production is about to begin.

In fact, the "X-Men" series of movies has always been speculated by the outside world. The media, including many production companies in the circle, are very concerned about this superhero film and television work that is different from the Warner Bros. DC series. After all, The amazing first-line hero "Hulk" produced by Universal Pictures before, it will take at least ten years to recover the production cost.

Now the outside world is still full of doubts about this amazing superhero, and no one is sure whether superheroes other than DC can win the favor of the market.

But when Wayne sat in the press hall of the press conference in order to show his importance to "X-Men", he gave the media considerable confidence. As we all know, as long as he participated, at least this superhero film and television can be guaranteed. Transformation will not go astray like "The Hulk".

The main purpose of this launch conference is still 20th Century Fox to promote the film in advance, which is the most commonly used marketing method in Hollywood. After the filming officially starts, the crew will occasionally release some news for Maintain the popularity of "X-Men" and keep raising the expectations of fans.

The first producer of the film is Wayne, which has been reported by the media for a long time. The director is Brian Singer, and the main actors include Hugh Jackman, Harry Berry, Patrick Stewart, etc. People, compared to the producer's huge popularity now, these actors are obviously a little dark.

This is also the purpose of 20th Century Fox to bring Wayne to attend the conference. It is also officially because the media knew early in the morning that he would attend, so almost all the authoritative entertainment media were present, and hundreds of entertainment media came to the scene. reporter.

Judging by the specs of the press conference alone, it's clear that Twentieth Century Fox is taking this project seriously, and it's clear that the veteran production company has high hopes for this project.

The focus of the media reporters on the scene was all focused on the producer Wayne. Who made him the most famous among these people, but in fact, he let go of this project to a high degree, even the specific The preparations are all being done by Kevin Feige and Brian Singer.

Even the most important actor audition work, Wayne gave the two full decision-making power, only briefly participated in the final round of audition work for half a day, and then plunged into Warner Studios again.

At the same time, he has to be busy with the related work of the three films. There must be trade-offs for him. This is an unavoidable thing. After all, he is not a robot, and it is impossible to participate in all the preparatory work. At least in "X-Men", His main job is to control the general direction.

Just like after the noisy start-up press conference, he did not participate in the next specific work. After the second fund needed for filming was determined and allocated by 20th Century Fox, he disappeared again from the core team of the crew. In the line of sight, I continued to look back and busy with the preparations for "Charlie's Angels".

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This is inevitable. Now that the filming of "X-Men" is about to start, he wants to ensure that there will be no accidents in the filming of "Charlie's Angels", and this project, which is based on the perspective of an absolute female protagonist, is expected to be released in July Start the official filming work. At that time, Wayne will take back most of his energy and start the work related to "The Flash".

In the huge studio of Warner Bros., Wayne is sitting in the rest area, tilting his head and looking at the improvised training ground. The three women are sweating profusely. With the help of the action coaching team, they make one or two sounds of pain from time to time. humming.

"The three of them must be able to meet the action requirements that need to be filmed on the big screen in less than a month, so you don't have to be polite to them in the early training." Director Joseph McGinty-Nee Che, and Luke Simmons, the producer in charge of the main work, were both sitting in the lounge area, also watching the three women who seemed to be competing in training, listening to Wayne's whispered instructions to the action director.

"No problem, Mr. Greenberg." The action supervisor was an old black man, as taciturn as usual. After nodding and answering, seeing that he had no other requests, he got up and walked towards the three heroines who were suffering.

This is not the first time this black old man has cooperated with Wayne. He was first introduced by Li Guohao and participated in the action direction of the Batman series of films throughout the whole process, so he is very clear about his acting needs for actors. It's enough to show kung fu under the camera lens, and he always asks.

"f**k!"

"No, no, no, God..."

Listening to the woman's strange cry, some of the other staff in the studio almost all cast curious glances.

"Wayne, Cameron Diaz is okay, no matter if she's a model or learned to dance." Luke Simmons frowned, raised his elbow and stabbed Wayne, as if looking at the three The woman stooped and lowered her waist, and a painful expression appeared on his face. "But Nami just returned to Los Angeles and immediately participated in such intense training. Wouldn't it be too much, at least let her rest for a few days?"

"There's no time for her to rest and adjust." Wayne shook his head, without any emotional change at all because of Naomi Watts' painful groan. "Unless she is willing to give up the project herself and return to the manor to see the children, otherwise, this is the most basic professional quality of an actor."

After just going through the global promotion of "Batman: The Dark Knight", it can be said that as soon as the crew disbanded, and only hurriedly glanced at the child, Naomi Watts couldn't wait to join the "Beer Machine" the next day. Preparatory work, the level of initiative is beyond everyone's expectations.

You know, even if you only need to be able to put on the big screen with kung fu elements, it is definitely a painful process for ordinary people who have not been exposed to these things.

But Wayne knows her very well. This woman has a very high level of patience for her career goals, and the three women who are undergoing painful training know in their heads that there are women in Los Angeles who are willing to stand in line to suffer such a chance.

Especially Angelina Jolie, in the face of those anti-human cross-legged, low-back, and high-heeled shoes to make difficult and flexible movements, Naomi Watts groaned constantly, and there were some basic Cameron- Diaz frowned sometimes, but the woman was very simply silent, and she could only tell from her expression that she was also suffering.

This is the price you must endure if you want to become famous, climb the ranks, and make a lot of money. No matter how rotten and indulgent the private lives of actors in the circle are, basically every actor knows this very well.

"The box office of "The Dark Knight" is about 1.1 billion, right?" The relatively unfamiliar Joseph McGinty-Nitcher looked at Wayne with undisguised admiration. "Congratulations, Mr. Greenberg, if nothing else, The Dark Knight will soon surpass Jurassic Park's $1.099 billion box office, and you're about to surpass Steven Spielberg as In the true sense of the history of the total box office first."

"That's right."

Luke Simmons' relationship with Wayne is much more familiar, and he doesn't speak as implicitly as Joseph McGinty-Nitcher. "Wayne, when you are free, you want to treat guests and have a huge party, beauties and wines."

"Let's get busy with this first." Wayne nodded and looked at the busy staff in the studio. He turned his head and looked at the two beside him seriously. "Listen, the main person in charge of the work here is the two of you, especially for these three women. I absolutely don't need to consider my face. I usually ask for what I want in my work. If they mess with each other, then use The contract speaks!"

Speaking of this, he deliberately looked at his senior brother Luke Simmons, and his voice was as severe as always at work. "You should understand what I mean. If anyone affects the normal shooting of the project, as a producer, you have the right to let her bring her things and get out, including Nami!"

Looking at the three sweaty women, Luke Simmons nodded silently. After the three women started training, although they muttered and cursed in a low voice, everyone could see that the three of them had been competing all the time, and none of them would lose face in front of the other two.

This seems to be a good thing for the time being, but after the official filming starts, Wayne can't always stay on the set. Just like the "X-Men" that is being filmed, he can take time to go to the shooting site at most to learn about the work. The progress and funding situation, it is impossible to devote a lot of energy to ask specific shooting questions.

No one knows the ability of the actresses in the circle to make things happen. If these three women compete with each other after the filming starts, something that affects the progress of the work will definitely make the two main directors of the crew. Headache to death.

As we all know, there is no harmony among the crew in the circle, and all kinds of broken things will never stop, especially in such a crew with a large number of actresses, the small movements made by comparing each other are simply commonplace.

Luke Simmons has already figured out that as long as the three of them don't make bad things that affect the work, he will patiently move the project forward. Now that he has Wayne's assurance, he is more confident. If there is a problem, he will talk about the contract as soon as possible.

In the same way, in the face of the preparatory work before the official start of "Charlie's Angels", Wayne still fully delegates power. Basically, like "X-Men", he will only control the general direction, and the specific work must be handled by Lu Lu. G. Simmons and Joseph McGinty-Nitcher do it.

After the last word, he turned around and entered the office, and continued to work on the preparations for "The Flash".

"Damn, I feel like my bones are going to be separated."

After get off work time came, Naomi Watts changed clothes, grabbed Wayne's arm, and walked out of the studio together. "Oh, I don't know if Little Fendi misses me today."

"Tomorrow you can take a day off."

Ignoring the Australian actress's whispered complaints, a few people got on the tram, and Wayne shrugged and said. "Wrong, it's half a day. You accompany me to the premiere of The Matrix tomorrow afternoon."

"Aha, are you sure I'm going with you?"

Naomi Watts rolled her eyes and pouted at him, her tone clearly yin and yang. "Black and white, huh? Are you sure you don't want to invite those two b***h's together?"

Although it was promoted overseas, the news of the famous Hollywood director Wayne Greenberg, who brought two black and white beauties to spend the night at home after the party, has long been reported in North America. Gossip about the private life of such celebrities, The performance of overseas fans is no different from that of North American fans, and they are also full of the spirit of inquiry.

But Naomi Watts only complained a few words. Seeing that the man began to close his eyes, just like countless times before, he turned his head and chatted with Nina about the dresses and jewelry that need to be passed tomorrow, as if like I forgot what I just said.

Due to the need to attend the premiere of the second part of "The Matrix", Wayne also had to interrupt his work. During this time, he ran "X-Men" and "Charlie's Angels" and hardly took any time to say goodbye. Yes, at the premiere of "The Matrix" tomorrow, a group of executives from Warner Bros. will also be there to discuss issues related to "The Lord of the Rings".

As director Joseph McGinty-Nicher said, the global box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight" is about to exceed 1.1 billion US dollars, and countless media are also waiting for the arrival of this new global box office number one.

After "Batman: The Dark Knight" won the box office championship for four consecutive weeks, it finally lost this throne last week. The North American box office has officially entered the stage of accumulation over time, and the market potential has basically been exhausted by 90%. , in North America, made $15.2 million in just over a week.

At the same time, the Cinema Alliance once again reduced the scale of the screening of "Batman: The Dark Knight", and now there are only about 1,900 theaters that are still showing the film, and the more screening resources have been evenly distributed to all on the movie being shown.

This is a normal market law. After all, all the cinema company's film planning plans are based on market performance. For more than a week, "My Best Friend's Wedding" has gradually shown the fan effect brought about by its strong word of mouth. "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Jurassic Park 2", which had strong box office trends, became the new weekly box office champions.

Compared with the already weak North American theater market, the overseas screening of "Batman: The Dark Knight" is still in the hot tail. As more regions join this dark journey sweeping the world, Warner Bros. released the latest The overseas box office has reached 558 million US dollars.

The global box office combined, the total box office has come to 1.097 billion US dollars, although the North American daily box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight" has gradually fallen below one million US dollars, but in many overseas markets, it is still contributing to the box office, which does not appear. Unexpectedly, after one night has passed, there is a high probability that it will reach 1.1 billion US dollars, becoming the number one in the new film and television box office.

Wayne knows better than anyone else that his "Batman: The Dark Knight" is able to achieve this achievement. On the one hand, it is because this era is a desert of superheroes, and it is far from the movie fans of later generations who have so many superhero movies to choose from. . On the one hand, entertainment resources are relatively expensive in this era, and movies are still the first choice of entertainment consumption for most ordinary people.

Even if the North American box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight" can only be honed by time, it is foreseeable that there will not be much growth, but it is true in his heart that it has surpassed the results that this film should have had, and more importantly It is overseas, and now it is officially the golden age when Hollywood dominates the overseas theater market. The Hollywood film industry at this time can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction blow to 90% of overseas regions.

Compared with the box office figures on the surface, Warner Bros. has been making a fortune in silence, but it is the sales data of peripheral items during the movie's hot screening period. Don't look at it, maybe a keychain, a doll, or even just a stationery box, all seem so inconspicuous, but the profit margins of these things are far from comparable to the movie box office.

What's more, there are more lucrative bat suits, masks, capes, bat logos and other equipment. If you add pure-looking bat motorcycles and bat chariots, the profit margin can reach more than 80%.

The number of movie peripheral sales Warner Bros. has not disclosed to the public, but the latest email sent to Nina shows that the revenue in this area has reached a terrifying $400 million, and this is just the beginning. Although the hot sales period It will pass, but extending this sales timeline to several years, or even ten years, is the biggest source of profit for film companies.

And this is only the peripheral income of the film during the release period of the film. There are also various related authorizations, such as the sale of TV first broadcast rights, second-round broadcast rights, and even third-round broadcast rights in various regions, as well as Hollywood film companies. The first major profit point is the sale and lease of video tapes. These incomes are calculated in years, just like Disney’s animation copyrights. Even if decades have passed, Disney can generate tens of millions of dollars in net income every year.

On this Thursday afternoon, June 13, Wayne wrapped up his work at Warner Studios early to bring a costumed Naomi Watts to the premiere at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The Matrix red carpet.

The movie has a very high reputation among the fans, so the fans who participated in the scene were very enthusiastic. After Li Guohao and Charlize Theron walked on the red carpet, the atmosphere of the scene completely reached the high nest.

Compared with these big stars, Wayne is much more low-key. Even in the face of dozens of reporters frantically asking questions about the box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight", he smiled and shook his head, simply saying something Complimenting "The Matrix", he quickly left the interview area and gave up the stage to Zach Snyder behind him.

"How long have you known Tom?"

In the lobby of the Grand Theater, Wayne followed Naomi Watts and Nina, chatting with Will Smith and his wife, who came to cheer. Just when he came in, he saw the black movie star, who was with Tom and his wife. Had a very good chat.

"Ha, two years? Or a little more? We've been getting along really well." Will-Smith shrugged, speaking with a characteristic black rap tone. "Hey, man."

Glancing at the Cruise couple who were chatting with other guests, he deliberately lowered his voice, took a step forward, and said with a mysterious laugh: "I heard that Tom wants to be the godfather of Little Fendi? what do you think?"

"Let's take a look, don't worry, some things still need time to verify." Of course Wayne knows Tom Cruise's thoughts, not only he, but also some friends around him, but when he thinks of the name The sect of science, he drummed in his heart.

This sect seems to be called Science, but according to the information he has learned, even in the open and free land of North America, it is a Chi Luoluo cult. Things that have never been seen clearly.

Thinking of this sect, and thinking of some entertainment gossip rumors in his previous life, Wayne tilted his head involuntarily, looked into Will Smith's eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Shit, don't tell me you participated in that Scientology too. It's gone!"

The rest area was bustling with guests coming to the platform. The black movie star shook his head slightly, then nodded again, and took the lead to a corner where no one was around.

"You should know that even if I participate, I won't believe in these ghosts."

"You know what you have in mind." This is a country that pays great attention to personal privacy. All Wayne can do is to remind them that no matter how close the relationship between the two is, if they talk too much, they will not be the concern of friends, and they will become Troubled by antagonism.

"Ha, someone came to find our No. 1 box office in film history." Will Smith teased, raised one hand to make a phone call, left the rest area with his wife beside him, and greeted the one who just came in. Zach Snyder left.

Here, the black movie star couple just left, and the back foot Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg walked over. The goal of the two is obvious, which is Wayne, who has just become the number one director at the box office in film history. .

"Congratulations, Wayne." Steven Spielberg smiled and hugged him first.

"Thank you, Steven." Wayne knew better than anyone that this old Jewish man looked like a good guy, but in fact he was definitely not to be messed with. The other party gave him enough respect, and he naturally wouldn't take it as a source of pride. "It's just that you're just out of luck this time. The North American box office of "Jurassic Park 2" will soon be $300 million, right?"

"This week should be enough." Steven Spielberg nodded, obviously not caring about the gossip in the media. Could it be that a temporary win or loss is really as hyped by the media? Become the head of the Jewish director of Hollywood's hand of the baton? Compared with the old man's reputation among the Jewish community, Wayne obviously can't shake it for the time being, and this is by no means a film's winning or losing decision.

"Congratulations, Director Greenberg."

After the two embraced, Jeffrey Katzenberg stretched out his right hand with an inquiring look. "You've done a great job, I've seen the premiere of "Batman: The Dark Knight", and you're totally worthy of the No. 1 box office achievement in movie history!"

"Thank you, Jeffrey."

Between the handshakes, Wayne was also squinting at the thin bald head. This is the big boss who created DreamWorks Animation Studio after leaving Disney Animation, but at this point in time, it is clear that the other party has not had a big conflict with Steven Spielberg.

Everything has to wait for the unprecedented success of "Shrek", DreamWorks Animation Studio has really determined its own style, crazy spoof, but with truth, goodness and beauty, with such a style to achieve continuous success, the animation industry leader. The old will gradually go further and further away from the good Jewish people.

"Time to play golf together." Jeffrey Katzenberg patted Wayne on the shoulder behind him, a smile on his bespectacled face. "I heard from Steven that your technique is very bad. Let's chat together when we have time, and I may be able to tell you some tricks."

"No problem, I'll ask you out when I have time."

Nina gave Wayne's personal business card in a timely manner, and the two sides soon ended their brief exchange. Looking at the backs of the two DreamWorks bosses walking towards the theater, Wayne was now quite sure that DreamWorks' most golden For a few years, he was completely bound to the big ship of Warner Bros. because of himself.

"The Matrix" is a key project of Warner Brothers. Since the other party came to participate in the premiere, it means that the cooperation between the two parties is about to enter the honeymoon period.

Seeing people coming up to say hello from behind, Wayne shook his head helplessly and took the lead towards the theater. Today is Zach Snyder's home court. He didn't want to steal his student's limelight at all, so he simply entered the theater ahead of schedule. Wait for the movie to start.