hollywood melon man

Chapter 252 Sequel Movie Plan
Time does not move according to human will. Little Gilbert, who celebrated his 28th birthday, has adapted to the weirdness of this industry after eight years of Hollywood career.

Because of the release of "Heaven and Earth", Naomi Watts had to temporarily leave the crew.

Fortunately, she has a very strong foundation in dance and has prepared for this film for two or three years in advance, so missing a week or two of training will not have much impact.

Gilbert Jr. did not attend the premiere of "Collision." Although he and Spielberg have a good personal relationship, this is a DreamWorks project.

Spielberg is still Spielberg, and he will always be the most popular director in Hollywood.

If DreamWorks just wants to be another Lucasfilm, Spielberg is still welcome. But DreamWorks wants to become a giant, which will be suppressed by traditional Hollywood giants.

Personal friends are personal friends, and little Gilbert still makes a clear distinction when it comes to general interests.

From this aspect, Gilbert Jr. is already a mature Hollywood director, and he is also a mature businessman when he puts down the camera.

"Heaven and Earth" faced quite a few difficulties. The film first encountered classification difficulties.

It finally passed the PG-13 rating, but faced many obstacles in terms of publicity and distribution.

The film is also very popular overseas. It has already earned US$2.4 million overseas, and the global box office has reached US$5.03 million, temporarily ranking first in North America and the global box office.

Although the movie "Titanic" is adapted from the shipwreck, the love between Jack and Rose is indeed original, so it is considered an original movie.

Not counting the box office failure, it did not affect Naomi Watts's status and worth, and she earned her salary.

This is far from the point. Disney and Warner internally predict that the North American box office of "The Matrix" will reach more than 2.9 million US dollars, and the global box office will exceed 6 million US dollars, or even 6.5 million US dollars.

In the first week of "Collision", the film has already grossed US$2.63 million at the box office in North America, once again breaking the North American box office record for an R-rated film "Saving Private Ryan" directed by Gilbert Jr.

"Collision" was not very successful, but "The Matrix" was a huge success.

One is Gilbert Jr.'s own "The Sixth Sense," which grossed US$3.17 million in North America and US$7.54 million in global box office.

However, it seems that there is no problem for the film's North American box office to exceed 100 million. With the overseas box office and peripherals, DreamWorks will not have a big problem in eventually making a return on investment or even making a profit.

Another film, unexpectedly, is James Cameron's "Titanic". The global box office has exceeded 1.8 billion US dollars, and it is still being released in a few countries and regions.

After participating in the promotion of "Collision", Naomi Watts returned to the "Chicago" crew and continued to practice dance. The filming of the film is about to begin.

Subsequently, the box office of "Collision" dropped rapidly on weekdays, and coupled with the suppression of other film companies, the film's performance gradually fell behind DreamWorks' expectations.

Some people even think that if Naomi Watts had not participated in the film, "Collision" might have been scrapped.

But even so, "Collision" still scored 4115.2 million U.S. dollars at the box office in its first week, which is still considered a success.

This kind of ending is not what the Hollywood giants want. It is conceivable that DreamWorks will encounter a series of targets in the future.

It may be due to some aesthetic fatigue. After all, "The Great Tribulation" already performed the story of a comet hitting the earth. This seems to be a bit of a conflict of subject matter.

For an original film to exceed US$600 million, only two films and two directors could achieve this before.

And now, without James Cameron, Little Gilbert once again dominates the market with "The Matrix."

This is an incredible box office result for an original, non-sequel R-rated film.

In its second week, the film took in a box office of US$2451.6 million. The box office dropped by nearly % and failed to maintain a healthy range.

If there are no accidents, "The Matrix" will become this year's North American and global box office champion. Little Gilbert once again proved his power as the king of summer movies.

It's not a shame for "The Sixth Sense" to lose to "Titanic", and it's not a shame for any movie to lose to this movie. Little Gilbert has done a good enough job.

Although there is some suspicion that there are no tigers in the mountains and the monkey can be called the king, but the monkey must also have the ability to be called the king.

And the film company still prefers Little Gilbert, James Cameron's project and Little Gilbert's project, the film company will definitely give priority to Little Gilbert's project.

The name Little Gilbert conveys a reassuring temperament, which is very reassuring.

But the name James Cameron sounds like high blood pressure, making people not want to see him.

In addition to box office, "The Matrix" performed very well peripherally. Following the release of the film, peripheral sales generated a total of US$1 million through July, which is a pretty scary peripheral data.

With such excellent commercial performance, Warner and Disney will naturally not let go of the sequel development plan.

And looking at the end of the film, "The Matrix" obviously has the ending of a sequel.

So after some discussion, Robert Iger first came to Gilbert Jr. and asked him about his plans for the sequel.

At Warner Studios, Robert Egger admired the actors for a while as they were practicing hard under the guidance of singing and dancing director John Mayer.

"Congratulations, Bob, for successfully serving as the vice president of Disney." Little Gilbert congratulated and handed Robert Iger a cup of tea.

Having known little Gilbert for a long time, Robert Egger was also used to this strange drink from China. It was fragrant and refreshing, and he often made a cup of it himself.

Robert Egger was so cool that he specially found a tea master from an island country to learn how to drink tea. He first put his nose in front of the tea cup and smelled it, letting the fragrance of tea penetrate into his heart. Then sip the tea and let the sweetness after the bitter taste linger in your mouth, highlighting the elegance and romance.

If you ignore his foreigner status, you might even think that Robert Egger is a tea master.

On the contrary, although little Gilbert loves to drink tea, he is not as particular as Robert Egger, highlighting the way a cow drinks water.

After the tea in the cup cooled down, little Gilbert drank it all in one gulp and then made a comfortable burping sound.

Little Gilbert also plausibly said: “Only people who don’t understand tea culture regard those external forms as the content of drinking tea.

Chinese people have never been so particular about drinking tea, because it is part of the culture that is integrated into daily life.

Only people from the island country don’t know how to pretend to understand and come up with a lot of specious tea ceremonies. In fact, they have only learned a superficial knowledge and don’t understand tea culture at all. "

Of course, the different ways of drinking tea do not affect Robert Egger's love for tea as much as Little Gilbert's.

Every time he went to the Melon Manor as a guest, Robert Egger would take a bag or two of tea and go back to brew it and drink it.

Little Gilbert would also give away the tea he brought from China. Over time, everyone knew that little Gilbert liked to drink tea.

In order to have a common hobby and topic with little Gilbert, the culture of drinking tea suddenly became popular in Hollywood.

It's a pity that most people only learn the way of drinking tea in small days. Little Gilbert inadvertently helped promote the culture of drinking tea in small days, which he did not expect.

After drinking tea, Robert Egger spoke to little Gilbert: “I want to thank you for successfully assuming the position of vice president this time.

The success of "The Matrix" allowed me to successfully reach this position.

In a few years, after Mr. Eisner has stepped aside, I will be president of Disney. "

There is no doubt that Robert Iger successfully cleared the way to the position of vice president by being responsible for "The Matrix".

Many times, vice presidents hold a false position and have no real power in their hands, but Robert Iger, the vice president, is different.

He serves as the president of Disney and also runs Touchstone Pictures, so he has a lot of power.

After all, no one knows Disney’s entire live-action business better than Robert Iger. Those who wanted to object could not find any good reason to object to Robert Iger stepping down as president of Touchstone Pictures.

This is also the foreshadowing of Michael Eisner. His control over Disney is not as good as before, so he must give Robert Iger more power.

And Robert Egger also deserves such trust, and his ability is definitely not a big problem.

After complimenting each other, Robert Egger revealed the purpose of coming to see little Gilbert today.

"I see that "The Matrix" will obviously have a sequel story. Do you have any plans to make a sequel movie?"

Little Gilbert nodded and said: "To be precise, this is a trilogy of stories, but I don't plan to direct it myself."

"Looking for someone to take over?" Robert Egger asked.

"Yes," little Gilbert told his assistant Anna: "Go and find James."

James Gunn arrived quickly, and Gilbert Jr. introduced him to Robert Egger: "This is an assistant director of mine who has studied with me for a long time. He is very capable and has the ability to direct and direct.

I plan to leave the last two parts of "The Matrix" to him. "

Robert Iger was a little worried because Gilbert Jr. was not directing it himself: "If you hadn't directed a movie with this subject yourself, I doubt it would have achieved the same success as it does now."

"Don't worry, Bob." Little Gilbert smiled: "I will serve as the producer of the film, and I will also participate in the screenwriting work."

"Now that you are watching, I feel relieved." Robert Egger asked: "When will it start?"

"Wait a while, after next year's Oscars, we can start the plan for the follow-up two parts of "The Matrix"."

Since little Gilbert had already made a plan, Robert Egger was relieved and quickly left.

James Gunn was still a little confused and didn't know what the two big men were talking about, but he soon figured it out.

"James, congratulations, you got the opportunity to direct a movie." Little Gilbert sent out congratulations.

"I got the chance to direct?" James Gunn was surprised and a little dumbfounded.

It wasn't until everyone around him congratulated him that he woke up. This was not a dream. He got the opportunity to direct a film independently.

Little Gilbert patted James Gunn on the shoulder and said: "I plan to let you direct the last two parts of "The Matrix". Don't live up to my expectations for you."

James Gunn was overjoyed: "Thank you, director, I will not disappoint your expectations and I will work hard."

You will work hard, but whether you can succeed depends on subsequent performance, but Gilbert Jr. has confidence in James Gunn.

(End of this chapter)