hollywood melon man

Chapter 413 Hollywood’s bottom line is that there is no bottom line
The other one is "Terminator 3", but it was not directed by James Cameron.

And the superhero movie "The Hulk" directed by Ang Lee, but an art film director directing a superhero movie?

I can only say that this choice is not a good one, and Ang Lee is not suitable for such a film.

It is worth mentioning that during this year's Valentine's Day period, 20th Century Fox released a "Daredevil" movie.

But unfortunately, the film received mediocre response.

It was originally expected that this movie would achieve a big first-week explosion like Sony's "Spider-Man", but reality dealt a heavy blow to 4023th Century Fox, and the film only earned $ million at the box office in its first week.

More importantly, the film received poor critical reviews, and now "Daredevil" has been hastily withdrawn from the theaters after barely making over 100 million at the North American box office.

This movie is also starred by Ben Affleck. It turns out that before playing Batman, Ben Affleck had already worked for Marvel.

But the situation is not so good. In view of the poor performance of "Daredevil", 20th Century Fox announced the cancellation of the sequel plan of "Daredevil".

Previously, due to the consecutive success of "X-Men" and "Spider-Man", many people firmly believed that the era of superheroes was coming.

But the failure of "Daredevil" has made companies that hold the copyrights to superhero movies calm down and decide that the matter still needs long-term consideration.

"Daredevil" failed to meet expectations, but the film's box office still ranked fourth in North America this year. Coincidentally, the top three were romantic comedies, and their North American box office revenues all exceeded 100 million.

Other superhero movies waiting to be released this year include "X-Men 2" and "The Hulk", distributed by Universal Pictures and directed by Ang Lee, both of which belong to the Marvel camp.

In fact, seeing this scene, both Warner and DC were a little anxious.

Although "Daredevil" flopped, everyone knows that this is temporary and there is still a lot of room for the potential of superhero movies to be tapped.

Previously, Warner Bros. wanted to reboot the "Superman" film series and also planned to make a Catwoman movie and invite Halle Berry to star.

Warner executives even hope that Gilbert Jr. can direct a Superman movie or a Catwoman movie.

However, Gilbert Jr. thinks Warner needs to keep a calm mind. This quick success and quick profit approach is more likely to fail, so it is better to stay calm.

But how can Warner Bros. remain calm when it sees other companies making money from Marvel's superheroes?
Fortunately, Gilbert Jr. is now also a member of Warner's board of directors. He will not allow Warner's top management to do anything that will harm their own interests and damage their reputation.

So plans for a reboot of Superman and an independent film for Catwoman were canceled, and replaced with a plan for a Justice League movie.

Gilbert Jr. carefully analyzed DC's superheroes and came to the conclusion that because Superman is too strong, Superman's fighting power in the movies is not proportional to other superheroes, which is somewhat unbalanced.

If you want to balance the abilities of the superheroes, you can either weaken Superman or strengthen the other heroes.

Or just make Superman the villain and have all the superheroes fight him.

The previous version of "Superman vs. Batman" took the path of strengthening other superheroes, while "Justice League" made Superman a villain, and then awakened and joined the righteous camp.

How to do it specifically still needs discussion.

But no matter what, it is not easy to make a series of movies, and Warner's quick success approach is not advisable.

However, Gilbert Jr. does not want to bother himself with this matter for the moment. Instead of being a hero of justice, he might as well shoot The Dark Knight trilogy, which at least gives him more assurance.

Compared to DC's melancholy, Marvel's side is undoubtedly much more relaxed.

The successful superhero movies in the past two years all have one thing in common: they are from Marvel. However, the film copyrights have been sold, and Marvel gets nothing except a small dividend.

Since being acquired by Gilbert Jr. in 1998, Marvel has recovered and its top management is full of ambition.

According to Gilbert Jr.'s plan, the Marvel Cinematic Universe project is also being carried out ambitiously, and the first superhero chosen is Iron Man.

It was just that when pre-production started, Gilbert Jr. was not satisfied with the level of special effects, so he asked Marvel Studios to wait a little longer.

Nowadays, Marvel is basically ruled by Gilbert Jr. If he says to wait a little longer, it is difficult for others to object.

After all, Gilbert Jr. is a super director, and Marvel executives have great confidence in Gilbert Jr.'s vision and talent in movies.

Since Gilbert Jr. felt the time was not right, that made sense.

Anyway, Marvel is not going to die and will not go bankrupt, so it is better to wait for the opportunity and wait for the earth-shattering moment.

When making superhero movies, special effects are of paramount importance.

Why was the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe unpopular in the past? In addition to the idiotic plot setting, the stall was too big, and it was affected by the right influence.

The most important thing is that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has reduced its investment in special effects in the fourth phase, and looking at the blurry picture makes people feel very distracted.

To be honest, if it weren't for the title of Marvel superhero movies to attract fans to watch them, many movies would have failed.

One of the important reasons why Gilbert Jr. postponed the "Iron Man" movie plan was that if the film wanted to achieve the special effects level of the first movie, the investment would have to be at least more than 1.8 million US dollars.

To put it bluntly, special effects are created by spending money. The more money you spend, the better the special effects.

Marvel executives also want to invite Tom Cruise to star in "Iron Man". With Tom Cruise's salary, the film's investment will be close to 2 million US dollars.

A new film company wants to invest 200 million in its first film?

The risk is too high. Even if little Gilbert has money, he wouldn't spend it like this.

Gilbert Jr. also disagreed with the choice of Tom Cruise. He had a good personal relationship with Tom Cruise, but he was impressed by Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man in his previous life.

He really didn't know what it would feel like to be replaced by Tom Cruise's Iron Man. Little Gilbert always felt that a superhero like Iron Man, who was a bit mean, rogue, smiling, and sharp-tongued, was not suitable for Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise is too orthodox, while Robert Downey Jr.'s ruffian style is more suitable for the tone of "Iron Man".

It's just that Robert Downey Jr. has just ended his prison life. He has fallen from a potential Hollywood star to the abyss. Now he is at the bottom of his career, which is undoubtedly a pity.

Last year, Downey completed his five-year, painful "anti-drug program" and began to repair his acting career that had been suspended for six years.

His first job after his comeback was to be a stand-in for singer Elton John's song "I Want Love" and shoot the MV.

At the time, some people lamented: "The former Oscar-winning actor now has to lip sync to pop singers."

However, Downey did not take it seriously and instead regarded this job as the first step towards re-employment.

Robert Downey Jr. has recently appeared in several movies, all of which were supporting roles, but the response was not high. The former rising star fell, and Robert Downey Jr. witnessed the warmth and coldness of Hollywood.

But Robert Downey Jr. was lucky. After he met producer Susan, Susan introduced him to a lot of jobs.

In addition, Robert Downey Jr. also practiced Wing Chun, trying to use Kung Fu to quit drugs, and the effect is said to be significant.

In fact, Robert Downey Jr. is just unlucky. Many Hollywood stars take drugs. Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves were once drug addicts.

River Phoenix even died from drug abuse, which made these two people realize the preciousness of life and quit drugs from then on.

But Robert Downey Jr. was unlucky in that Washington just announced an anti-drug plan, and because of his youth and ignorance, he offended people and was arrested as an example.

If this happened twenty years later, when marijuana is legalized and there are even drug centers operating, Robert Downey Jr.'s experience would be nothing.

Of course, Gilbert Jr. himself is firmly opposed to drug use. He comes from a country with a strong anti-drug awareness and knows the harm of drugs.

Some people say that these stars take drugs to relieve stress.

But little Gilbert thought it was nonsense. There are many ways to relieve stress. Why bother with something that is harmful to your body?

Gilbert can relieve stress by taking a vacation, going fishing with Leo and Matt Damon, or hunting with Tom Cruise.

If all else fails, sleeping in the same quilt is not bad either.

Leo was more exaggerated. The last time he came, he told Gilbert Jr. about his experience attending the silver party and invited Gilbert Jr. to go with him.

Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson heard this, so Leo ran away and was chased out...

The bottom line of Hollywood is that there is no bottom line. The extravagant and decadent lifestyle is nothing new. If you are here looking for a perfect moral role model, you have come to the wrong place.

As long as you keep succeeding, you will be welcome in Hollywood no matter how bad you are as a person.

And you will find that there will always be someone worse than you, and there is no limit to how bad they are.

In comparison, little Gilbert felt that he was as pure as a fairy, even though he was a grown man.

After taking the main creators of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to several well-known talk shows in North America, the film's early promotional activities came to an end.

After April, on May 1st, "Pirates of the Caribbean" premiered at the China National Theater.

It drizzled in Los Angeles that day, and when the premiere started in the afternoon, the rain was still dripping.

However, this cannot stop the enthusiasm of movie fans. There must be a Gilbert Jr. movie every summer, which has almost become a routine.

Going to the cinema to watch Gilbert Jr.'s movies every summer has also become a habit for movie fans.

This year's story is no longer the story of "The Lord of the Rings", but a brand new and original story. To be honest, if it were another director, fans would not have such high expectations.

But who can blame the director of the film, Gilbert Jr., the most popular director with the most fans on the planet.

Movie fans believe in Gilbert Jr.'s ability and believe that he will bring a good movie.

The red carpet in the afternoon was still very lively. It was Keira Knightley's first time walking on this red carpet, and such a scene surprised her as a newcomer to Hollywood.

"Nervous?" asked little Gilbert.

Keira Knightley nodded: "A little bit, there are too many people."

Little Gilbert smiled and consoled him, "Don't be nervous. Just treat the fans and reporters on both sides as hamburger monsters."

Johnny Depp joked: "Keira, what's your first reaction when you see the Burger Monster?"

"Hmm..." Keira Knightley tilted her head and thought for a while, "Since it's a monster, should we avoid it?"

"ONONON," Johnny Depp shook his finger, "Monsters have already been made into burgers, why not eat them?"

"Hiss..." Keira Knightley was chilled by Johnny Depp's joke.

But Johnny Depp's move completely took away Keira Knightley's nervousness.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, it's time for us to make our debut." Little Gilbert clapped his hands and said, "Don't keep everyone waiting too long, go and welcome the applause that belongs to you!"

As they were talking, the main creators of "Pirates of the Caribbean" walked onto the red carpet in batches, instantly igniting the atmosphere of the entire premiere red carpet.

(End of this chapter)