Heads Up Hollywood

Generally speaking, movies that cost less than $3 million are not Hollywood movies. Because these films do not need to abide by the rules of the union, and do not need to pay dividends to the union. Of course, if there is a problem on the set, the union will not be responsible.

So in theory, investing $1.5 million in "Chain Saw" is not a Hollywood movie. Most of this type of movies rely on DVD, video tape sales and rebroadcast fees from professional cable TV stations.

Twain acquired and established Focus Pictures because he wanted to plan Violence Pictures under the name of Focus Pictures instead of being directly led by Twain Pictures.

It's like the relationship between Miramax and Dimensional Pictures.

Originally, Dimension Pictures was a subsidiary of Miramax, but when Disney acquired Miramax, it made a clear request to separate Dimension Pictures, and Disney could not own such a company.

Although Tang En Pictures is not as politically correct as Disney, it still needs to pay attention to some image effects.

For a good movie, Tang En Pictures will bear the good reputation; for a bad reputation, let Focus Pictures bear it!

In Hollywood, movies with a cost of less than US$30 million and more than US$3 million are generally small-budget movies; movies with an investment of between US$30 million and US$80 million are medium-budget movies; movies with a cost of more than US$80 million are An A-level production that is often mentioned by the media.

The summer vacation has entered August, and it is coming to an end.

So at the beginning of August, it was the final battle for the summer vacation.

For example, on August 4th, there will be three high-profile movies released at the same time: "Girls Club" produced by Disney, "Transparent Man" produced by Sony, and "Space Cowboy" produced by Warner.

After this stage, it will be the world of small and medium-budget movies. For example, the Palme d'Or winner "The Girl Who Moved Soul" will be released on August 15, and New Line Pictures' "Invasion of Brain Cells" will be released on August 18. Universal's "Pretty Girl Cheerleader" will be released on August 25.

In the past two years, Tang En Pictures had monopolized the August file.

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" produced in 1998 and "Wedding Crashers" produced in 1999 both achieved amazing box office results in August.

In particular, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", directed by Tang En himself, surpassed blockbusters such as "Saving Private Ryan" and "Peerless Heist" with a score of 250 million U.S. dollars, and became the North American box office champion of the year!

However, this year, "Soul Shifting Girl" obviously cannot bear the heavy responsibility of carrying the box office in August.

Now, the popularity of "Spider-Man" has dissipated. Although the weekly box office revenue can still be squeezed into the top 10, the downward trend is obvious.

Tang En Pictures, which has been popular throughout the summer, is somewhat dimmed at the end of this summer.

In contrast, Disney, which has been recovering from "Scary Scream", has begun to exert its strength gradually, and "Girls Club" will be the main hit in August!

Under the promotion of Disney's promotional channels, there are no big stars and big directors to join "Girls Club". The biggest publicity point is the film's producer Jerry Bruckheimer!

As a well-known action film producer, Jerry Bruckheimer suddenly produced a comedy, romance, and musical film, which somewhat surprised many media people, and various interviews followed one after another.

"I think art is the same. Movies are movies. We don't need to strictly plan the inherent types of romance movies, musical movies, and action movies." Jerry Bruckheimer was interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter. Said with a relaxed face.

The reporter asked: "But in our concept, different types of movies have different audiences. Your past productions were all action movies, and the main audience was male. And "Girls Club", obviously It is a work for female audiences, and several leading actors are actresses."

Jerry Bruckheimer said disapprovingly: "Times have changed, we can't always look at movies with fixed thinking. It's like "Titanic", which is obviously a disaster movie, but it is also a romance movie at the same time. It’s not a contradiction, is it? Just like the new movie I’m working on right now, Pearl Harbor, is also a mature and excellent movie, not only showing a shocking and realistic war scene, but also a touching love story.”

The reporter immediately made a fuss, "You mean..."Pearl Harbor" will be as popular as "Titanic"?"

Jerry Bruckheimer said with a smile: "Pearl Harbor is a commercial blockbuster with a huge investment, we even got the approval from the military department to shoot on the Nimitz aircraft carrier, just to be real enough and shocking enough! I believe that the quality of this movie will not be inferior to that of "Titanic."

The reporter was obviously not satisfied with his answer, "What about the box office? Is it evenly matched?"

Jerry Bruckheimer said lightly: "Records are meant to be broken!"

The reporter's eyes brightened, and he quickly asked again: "By the way, there are rumors that you and Director Walker have a bad relationship. Is this true?"

"Dawn Walker? Sorry, I'm not familiar with him."

"What about the rumors in the newspapers?"

Jerry Bruckheimer smiled lightly, with a bit of an elder demeanor, and waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, kids, it's inevitable to be young and energetic. As seniors in the industry, you can't mess around together, right? That would seem I bullied the small with the big! You media reporters don’t need to hype, I won’t be as knowledgeable as him.”

The reporter was so excited that his nose bubbled up, "Let's talk about the movie "Girls Club". Can you talk about your box office expectations for this movie?"

Jerry Bruckheimer said: "No one can tell about the box office. But... this is a good movie, very competitive. In fact, we can see it from another aspect. Soul-shifting Girl, I didn't dare to schedule it in early August, but in mid-August, just to avoid the competition from "Girls Club."

"Oh? Is that so? I heard that "The Girl Who Moved Soul" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival!"

"A European award is not very useful for the American market, otherwise "Girls" must be in the same schedule as "Girls Club", right?"

Jerry Bruckheimer laughed twice and waved his hands again and again, "Forget it, don't say it, don't report the last sentence, if it spreads, you will think that I am bullying the younger generation, hehe, there is nothing wrong with it." ! I'm still very optimistic about that little fellow Twain, his level is not bad."

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In the Banshan Manor, Tang En employed 29 servants including a housekeeper, 5 maids, 5 cooks, 2 weeders, 1 fish pond farmer, and 4 guards.

Among them, the English-style housekeeper and two maids who are over 60 years old are on a 24-hour full-time contract and share two rooms in the mansion.

According to the housekeeping company, there is no need to provide them with a luxurious bedroom, only a bedroom converted from a small storage room. Even in many wealthy homes, maids do not have bedrooms at all, and sleep directly on the wall of the laundry room.

As well-known public figures across the United States, Tang En and Natalie must respect human rights greatly.

In the evening, after the passionate joy, Tang En came out of the attached bathroom in the bedroom, and saw Natalie wearing a pink transparent pajamas, sitting on a soft big bed, holding a laptop computer, with a bad face.

Tang En flew forward and lay directly on her lap, then took a deep breath in her lower abdomen, and said with a smile, "What are you looking at? You're so angry?"

Natalie pushed him and pointed at the computer screen, "Look, that bastard is talking nonsense again!"

"Um?"

It was only then that Tang En looked at the computer and found that Natalie was browsing Yahoo Entertainment News, and the title of this report was very attractive - "Is Director Walker Afraid?" "

This is a reproduced news, an exclusive interview with the famous producer Jerry Bruckheimer by The Hollywood Reporter.

After a quick scan, Tang En couldn't help but snorted coldly, "Pretending to be smart and self-righteous!"

Natalie kicked off the computer angrily, and pushed Tang En's head, "He is too much, always talking nonsense in front of reporters, as if someone is afraid of him, you have to teach him a lesson!"

"A lesson? How can I teach a lesson? Disney now confesses him as a baby, what can I do?"

"Then you can't swallow your anger, can you?"

Natalie pushed it several times angrily, and muttered: "If you have strength, you know how to use it on women, and you don't know how to do something serious."

Tang En burst into a "puchi" laugh, got up, embraced her soft waist, and said with a smile: "Isn't it serious to put effort on you?"

"roll roll roll!"

Natalie's face turned slightly red, she glared at Tang En, pouted and said, "Are you really going to let that bastard go?"

"Let go?"

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up, and a bit of coldness flashed across, "Isn't Jerry Bruckheimer promoting "Girls Club"? Sure, I can't touch him now, but I can touch his movie!"

A little doubt flashed in Natalie's eyes.

"Girls Club" is a movie produced and distributed by Disney, how does it work?

Are you in the ring?

But Tang En Pictures has no chance now, "The Girl Who Moved Soul" has already been finalized.

Moreover, even if it works, adjusting the schedule of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" and using the theme and content of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", it will be difficult to compete with the comedy romance "Girls Club" in the box office market.

Even if "The Girl Who Moved Soul" is blessed with the Palme d'Or, and even in order to cater for North American audiences, the theater version is very different from the competition version.

Tang En smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to gently rub her wet hair, and said softly: "Don't worry, I will do the same for you!"

"I?"

Natalie rolled her eyes coquettishly, and snorted softly, "He can coax people, he's targeting you, not me."

"Yeah?"

Tang En smiled mysteriously, "When you know the method I used, you won't think so."

"Oh?" Natalie's expression was startled, her face revealed a bit of joy, and she cheered and pressed herself into Tang En's arms, "Hurry up, hurry up, what can I do?"