Chapter 656： Big collection of bashing elements

When Warner Bros. set the files for "Catwoman" at the beginning of August, it was not without the intention of using "The Hour of War". After all, Ronan's success rate as a producer in the film was too high, and it is Hollywood's consistent behavior to take advantage of the situation and keep up the heat.

Selena Kyle's reputation is very big, and the entanglement with Batman has a big impact.

But no one can figure out what Warner Bros. and the people in the DC Comics production department think, just as many people in the future can’t figure out why Warner Bros. played a good hand of DC in such a mess. This movie plays " In the movie under the banner of Catwoman, the heroine is not Selena Kyle!

The Catwoman in this movie is not only a black person, but also a nearly original character Phoebe Phillips.

Nowadays, black movies are still not popular.

Even the black version of Selena Kyle is better than it is now.

The leading actress is Halle Berry, who just won the Oscar for Best Actress.

Just as Warner Bros. and DC Comics used to unite together and often produced some inexplicable movie projects, this "Catwoman" is simply a collection of many commercial movie elements.

In fact, "Catwoman" has exposed many problems without borrowing the wind from "The Hour of War".

Due to the poor response from the screening, Warner Bros. and DC Comics re-shot some scenes, with only one month left before the release date.

But this is far from enough.

Sure enough, the response after the release of "Catwoman" was extremely poor.

If the "Spider-Man" series has brought to the extreme the splendor of a comic-based movie, then "Catwoman" is the opposite. Although Oscar actress Halle Berry's hard work in the film is commendable, she puts on a cat The figure behind the female dress is also very seductive, but she alone can hardly save the fiasco of this movie, "Catwoman" is one of the worst superhero movies.

During the opening weekend, "Catwoman" not only failed to top the North American box office rankings, but the box office was so low that it was tragic.

The production cost of this film is as high as 100 million U.S. dollars. The box office in North America was only 16.72 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend. Cinema based on the overall audience rating of D, estimated that the final North American box office was about 40 million U.S. dollars.

Huge losses are inevitable.

The losers are not just Warner Bros. and DC Comics, but Halle Berry himself.

Not long after she won the Oscar for Best Actress, her acting career was at the peak of her life, but the moment "Catwoman" hit the street, Halle Berry fell sharply from the peak.

From then on, Halle Berry, who was originally expected to enter the ranks of super actresses, could only return to the second line, and never carried any medium-to-large film alone.

No production company will ask her to carry it again.

"Catwoman" lost, and huge losses have already occurred. Warner Bros. must be responsible for this. A deputy director of the production department has left.

When a big movie fails, someone is always responsible, not the Warner Bros. family.

Also this week, Walt Disney officially announced that Tony Close, head of Disney Pictures, resigned.

Everyone knows that Tony Close is responsible for the failure of the two major productions of "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur."

"King Arthur" started painting last weekend. The producer is Jerry Bruckheimer. The cast includes Cliff Irving and Keira Knightley. The production cost is as high as 120 million. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

It is such a movie that should be safe to watch. The North American drawing weekend only received a meager $15.1 million, which was even worse than "Catwoman".

The undefeated myth of gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer since "Jedi Men" has been shattered.

In fact, many people don't understand why "King Arthur" failed at the box office? The film quality alone is not bad.

Many of the big-selling commercial films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer are definitely inferior to "King Arthur" in quality.

Ronan is not very clear, but based on relevant memories, he has a conclusion that since "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" reached the top, major productions of magical or historical epic war films are the days of Hollywood investment. The pit can't be filled no matter how to fill it.

To say that he has memory alone, this year Warner Bros. will have "Alexander the Great", next year, "The Kingdom of Heaven" directed by Ridley Scott, and "Ten Thousand Years Before History" will be filmed one after another. "Robin Hood", "Pharaoh and the King", "The Last of Pompeii", the magical "King Arthur" and so on.

Few people succeeded in making big epic films.

It seems that there is only one "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors", but this is a comic-based movie. Strictly speaking, it can be classified as a superhero movie.

Relativity Entertainment has also received many epic war film projects, but without exception, they are stuck with Ronan.

Since epic war films are not popular in the market, he certainly won't throw money away.

Regarding the failure of "King Arthur", Ronan integrated Shahai Entertainment after analyzing and combining with memory to conclude that there is only one possibility. Just like the previous pirate movies, epic war films with large production and investment no longer fit this era. Up.

Soon, Ronan's attention shifted from "King Arthur" to Disney. Since people kept staring at Disney, he knew more about the resignation of Disney Pictures Tony Close.

Tony Kross is not only responsible for the two failed projects of "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur" with an investment of hundreds of millions, and is also a victim of Disney's internal power struggle.

Unlike Ronan's theory of relativity entertainment, today's Walt Disney emperor Michael Eisner is not to say that he is an absolute controlling stake, and he does not even have a relative controlling stake.

This determines that once many shareholders unite and demand that Michael Eisner be responsible for something, Michael Eisner can't suppress dissent at all.

Although some of Disney’s shareholders stand with Roy Disney, more shareholders are in a neutral position.

In the eyes of these people, whoever can benefit Disney's shareholders, they stand with them.

However, two consecutive major production investments have failed. Even if Roy Disney does not need to do too much work, Disney will have to stand up and take responsibility, not to mention Roy Disney took this opportunity to connect many shareholders.

Anyone with a little brain will not let this opportunity go.

As Michael Eisner's lack of confidence in equity, he can only choose to sacrifice Tony Kross and let the latter take the blame and resign with extreme reluctance.

In the words of Robert Iger's analysis for Ronan, Michael Eisner has lost one more die-hard supporter within Disney, and even this die-hard supporter may already have a deep prejudice against Michael Eisner.

Robert Iger has worked at Disney for many years and has a smooth source of information, allowing people to contact Tony Close quietly.

If it can be used in the future, it is also a pawn.

Robert Iger knows very well that Ronan is a big fan of Disney, at least as a Pixar studio.

Many preparations for Walt Disney are carried out in the direction of Pixar Studios.

Especially since this year’s Oscars, Relativity Entertainment has quietly strengthened its connection with Pixar Studios. John Lasseter of Pixar Studios also visited the Theory of Relativity Building several times.

John Lasseter came to the Relativity Entertainment Building again, and in the reception room on the top floor, he met Ronan and Robert Iger.

The two sides have met several times and are already familiar.

"Mr. Jobs asked me to convey my greetings to you." John Lasseter faced Ronan with a very sincere smile: "He went to India for retreat this time and wants to have a good talk with you when he comes back."

Ronan nodded, and asked politely, "Is Steve's illness cured?"

John Lasseter said: "It's better, it's okay."

Of course, just listen to this. If Steve Jobs is not rich, the king of cancer like pancreatic cancer will soon kill people.

Robert Iger said at this time: "In this case, Mr. Jobs should devote time and energy to think about the future of Pixar Studios. Is Disney, especially a chaotic Disney, really suitable for Pixar Studios?"

John Lasseter still said: "But Pixar Studios has a contract with Walt Disney."

"I don't know if you have been paying attention recently, John?" Robert Iger said directly: "Tony Close of Disney Pictures has left."

John Lasseter lowered his glasses: "I heard that Tony Close was responsible for the investment failures of "Around the Earth in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur"?"

Ronan didn't interrupt, took the black tea and drank it.

Robert Iger smiled like Mickey Mouse: "To be precise, Tony Close's departure was the result of Disney's internal fighting. Originally, Michael Eisner had the advantage belonged to Michael Ace. Both the Nasdaq Group and its neutral shareholders support Michael Eisner because of past achievements, and Roy Disney can only rely on the influence of the Disney family to support it. But the departure of Tony Kross made Roy Disney Seizing the opportunity to expand the influence and contact more shareholders to support."

He knows Disney too well: "Now that the strength of the two sides is slowly getting closer, what does this mean? War, the real war, will break out at Disney."

John Lasseter did not take up the topic lightly.

Robert Iger said: "Which side of Pixar Studios are you on? You and Michael Eisner are in conflict. If he wins, he will only squeeze Pixar with a tougher posture. Roy Disney is a traditional Disney power. He wants to revitalize Disney animation. If he wins, Pixar will be better off? Pixar studios have the copyright of feature animations in Disney's hands. Don't you want to take it back?"

"We are very passive." John Lasseter sighed for a long time. "Not to mention those films in the past, but the new feature films are not the same as Disney?"

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