Heads Up Hollywood

"The Mummy Returns" is really a big bad movie!

The film completely abandons characterization, and regards the storyline as an auxiliary for special effects and action scenes. If it weren't for the first "The Mummy," the sequel wouldn't have any content at all.

Fortunately, Universal has found Industrial Light and Magic to produce special effects. It has invited the world's top special effects experts, mobilized 150 staff members and 30 animators, and spent nearly 7 months to complete all the special effects. The lens keeps improving.

In 2001, when special effects technology was still scarce, this may be the biggest selling point of "The Mummy Returns"!

After the movie was played, Lon Meyer, who was sitting next to Tang En, noticed that he was not in high spirits, let out a sigh of relief, and was a little scared, "Tang En, is the movie really that bad?"

In the field of commercial films, Twain is an undisputed master!

Past achievements are enough to prove everything.

Long Meyer was formerly the president of CAA, and he was good at administrative management, not film content.

Tang En said lightly: "It sucks!"

Lon Meyer's expression changed immediately, "I said a long time ago that during the internal screening, I asked you to come over and give pointers, but now..."

Tang En waved his hand and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, the bad movies are true, but the box office...isn't a big problem."

"Um?"

Ron Mayer looked surprised.

Tang En said: ""The Mummy Returns" will be released on May 4th, which is considered to be a time advantage. The next big movie will be released on May 25th, "Pearl Harbor" and "Unsinkable". In three weeks, Enough to pay for the movie!"

These words are absolutely justified.

In the previous life, "The Mummy Returns" had a box office of 200 million US dollars in North America, and in the first three weeks of its release, it had a box office of 160 million US dollars. This is basically the box office rhythm of commercial blockbusters.

Lon Meyer breathed a sigh of relief, "Hehe, to be honest, this movie... I don't like it either, it's a mess!"

Now it was Tang En's turn to be surprised, "You don't like it either? Then why didn't you order it to be revised?"

Lang Meyer shook his head, and said lightly: "If you want to have a cohesive management team, decentralization is an inevitable choice."

Tang En pondered for a long time, savoring this sentence, and then suddenly smiled, "Fortunately, I have handed over all the power of Tang En Pictures."

Lon Meyer couldn't help laughing, he was not very interested in "The Mummy Returns", so he simply chatted with Tang Endu, "Recently, "Pearl Harbor" has become more and more noisy, basically except for the leading actor Ben Affleck and lead actress Kate Beckinsale, the main creators of those crews, are full of explosive words."

Tang En shrugged his shoulders, looking very indifferent, "It's normal for a young actor to do something out of the ordinary in order to get a position and gain attention."

Lon Meyer glanced at him with a half-smile, "Then you just put up with it? It's not like your character!"

Tang En smiled and said, "What do you want me to do? Go into battle naked like before?"

Back then, Tang En had nothing. If he was barefoot and was not afraid of wearing shoes, if he encountered provocation, he would just take off his clothes and fight straight away.

It's completely different now. Twain's strength should not be underestimated. Legendary Films and Platter Investment are his black iron epee, which seems to be a bit of a boss.

A few little grasshoppers were jumping around, and Tang En no longer had the need to fight in person.

Lon Meyer was amazed at Twain's maturity, he grew up too fast!

It's hard to imagine that at this time last year, many of Tang En's actions were still frizzy like a child. But now, in the face of repeated provocations from the "Pearl Harbor" crew, he is as stable as Mount Tai.

Long Meyer said: "Without your help, I'm afraid Jamie won't be able to cope."

Tang En shook his head again and again, and said flatly: "James is not good at talking, but the movie market is all about the quality of the movie! It doesn't matter how happy Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay are. All I know is, "Unsinkable" is directed by James Cameron!"

Lon Meyer smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to have such confidence in Jamie. His movie box office... the highest record is 500 million US dollars, right? "Terminator 2"?"

James Cameron in this life lacks the blessing of "Titanic", and he cannot be compared with Steven Spielberg in terms of fame and ability.

Some doubts are inevitable.

"Pearl Harbor" is now clamoring so fiercely, even if the box office can't compete with "Titanic", it still has to guarantee a minimum of 1 billion US dollars!

Can James Cameron's "Unsinkable" resist "Pearl Harbor"?

In Lon Meyer's view, it is unlikely that "Unsinkable" will lose money. After all, the producer is Tang En, who has a strong business vision. Even if the box office market is not satisfactory, it can be recovered through DVD discs, TV and peripheral markets.

But what is Tang En's biggest advantage now?

It is the undefeated golden body!

Since entering the industry, he has never failed in a film, let alone in the box office market.

If "Unsinkable" was suppressed by "Pearl Harbor", even if it didn't lose money, it would still be a big blow to Tang En's image!

The corners of Tang En's mouth rose slightly, he shook his head and laughed, "James...haha, I have full confidence in him!"

Not only because of the glory of Cameron's previous life.

In "Spider-Man" directed by Tang En, the "mirror image possession" is Cameron's ability, and the global box office has exceeded 1.26 billion US dollars, far exceeding the original version's 820 million US dollars.

It is true that "Unsinkable" is a project that did not appear in the previous life, but the success of "Spider-Man" is the biggest source of Tang En's confidence!

Lon Meyer paused for a while, then forced a smile: "It seems..."Pearl Harbor" is going to be a good time for the entire promotion period."

As the distributor of "Unsinkable", Universal Pictures is responsible for the promotion and distribution. The publicity campaign of "Unsinkable" was crushed by "Pearl Harbor", which made Lang Meyer feel a little embarrassed.

I thought I could save some face by taking advantage of Tang En's famous brand, but I didn't expect him to be reticent.

Tang En said sarcastically and coldly: "Don't even think about causing trouble, let them make trouble! I want to see how long that Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay will be popular!"

Lon Meyer's face was a little stiff, and he quickly changed the subject, lowered his voice, and said in a low voice, "I seem to have seen Miss Vichy just now..."

Before he finished speaking, Tang En stretched out his hand and interrupted him directly, "Don't mention this aspect, I'm restraining myself."

"control?"

Ron Mayer almost laughed angrily.

In other respects, Tang En believed everything he said, but in this respect...are you fooling around?

...

Sure enough, after the screening of the movie was over and the main creators left the show, Tang En quietly walked to Rachel Weisz.

"Miss Wei Zi, your kung fu... is really great?"

"ah?"

Rachel Weisz was slightly taken aback, her face was rosy, tender and moist.

Tang En smiled, "Find a chance...try?"

"Okay, try it!"

Rachel Weisz smiled sweetly, showing a beautiful and shy expression, "This is my honor."