Heads Up Hollywood

The "Hollywood Reporter" is not a newspaper with high sales, but it is rooted in Hollywood. After decades of operation, it has made a lot of contacts and often can get first-hand information about major Hollywood companies.

Therefore, many authoritative newspapers, such as "New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", and "Wall Street Journal", like to reprint news from "Hollywood Reporter".

Tang En chose "Hollywood Reporter" to do an exclusive interview because of its influence in the industry.

As in the past, the reporter's questions were prepared in advance, and Tang En had read the answers many times.

"The box office of "Unsinkable" produced by Tang En Pictures did not seem to be very good in the first week. It was overshadowed by "Pearl Harbor". This was impossible in the past. Mr. Walker, what do you want to say about this? ?"

Although it was just a newspaper interview, there were cameras.

Tang En was dressed in formal attire and looked upright. He glanced at the little secretary Illa Fisher at the door of the office. She was holding a small blackboard in her hand, with two key words "normal" and "word of mouth" written on it.

"The film market is inherently unpredictable. The audience's viewing preferences are the biggest problem facing many filmmakers. The box office of "Pearl Harbor" surpassed that of "Unsinkable" last week, and it is only leading the box office. Important. "Unsinkable" has received good reviews in terms of word of mouth, hasn't it?"

Tang En smiled slightly and nodded at her.

The reporter asked again: "What is the reason why the two blockbusters "Pearl Harbor" and "Unsinkable" were released on the same day? It is really the same as many people have speculated. Do you have any conflicts with Disney?"

"Contradiction? This is completely nonsense. I have clarified this issue many times. Here I will say it again for the last time. Hollywood has a good competitive atmosphere, and all kinds of speculation from the outside world are very irresponsible."

Tang En smiled and continued: "In this regard, I have also communicated with Mr. Michael Eisner, the chairman of the board of directors of Disney, many times. Hehe, we are very good friends. Unbearable."

The reporter asked: "However, Disney has been making high-profile claims that "Pearl Harbor" will be the second "Titanic", and even the box office...can break the record of "Titanic". What do you think of this?"

"Break the box office record of "Titanic"? I'm afraid it's impossible based on the box office results of more than 50 million U.S. dollars in the first week." Tang En smiled lightly, "But they said that "Pearl Harbor" will be the second "Titanic" "The Nick", this has always been a doubt in my heart that I can't solve."

"Oh? Can you tell me more about it?"

At this time, Isla Fisher had replaced the key words on the small blackboard with "creation", "deception", and "inheritance".

"As we all know, the producer of Titanic is James Cameron, I am the director, the male lead is Leonardo Ricaprio, the female lead is Kate Winslet...and the Pearl Hong Kong, to be honest, none of the crew participated in the production of "Titanic", I really don't understand, what is the relationship between that movie and "Titanic", this is a completely different creation. "

"The "Pearl Harbor" crew and Disney have been comparing the "Titanic" during the promotion period. I don't quite understand the reason behind it. Maybe it's just for publicity? I don't think so. Disney is a conscience company. They don't They will lure the audience into the cinema under the guise of "Titanic". I guess... there must be another purpose? It depends on their explanation."

"As for "Titanic"... Hehe, speaking of it, "Unsinkable" is the sequel to "Titanic" in the true sense. From the producer, director, to the staff of the crew, the two films The main creative personnel have not changed much, this is a real inheritance."

"Moreover, the core of the story of the two films is the shipwreck. "Titanic" is the tragedy of the shipwreck, the love of the century; "Unsinkable" is a miracle of life staged after the shipwreck, and it is the love of the world!"

The reporter immediately set up a bridge for him, and immediately said: "Mr. Walker, can I understand that "Unsinkable" is the real second "Titanic"? You and Director Cameron are trying to save 4 years ago. The scene of the shipwreck tragedy?"

Tang En said seriously: "Of course, there is no doubt about it! "Titanic" is the work of Cameron and I. If anyone in this world wants to copy "Titanic" and make a movie, it must be us Two, not Mr. Bruckheimer and Michael Bay."

"'Unsinkable'...was really as good as 'Titanic'?"

"Of course! Whether the director James Cameron is the director or the lead actor Mel Gibson, they are the guarantee of the quality of the film. Moreover, I am the producer of "Unsinkable", and I have great respect for my work, With deep confidence!"

The reporter said with a smile: "So...the box office performance of "Unsinkable" should rebound in the next few weeks?"

Tang En said indifferently: "Of course! Back then, "Titanic" also experienced a box office rebound. It's the same sentence. This time, I joined hands with Director Cameron to replicate the miracle of that year!"

...

"Shrek" is very exciting, but it's an animation, and it's already entered its third week. The entire box office market is mainly watching "Pearl Harbor" and "Unsinkable", two commercial blockbusters that are in full swing .

"Hi everyone, this is NBC's "Film Watch" column. I am the host Hannah. I am currently at the AMC theater on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Next, we will randomly interview a few viewers."

Among the three major public TV stations in the United States, NBC TV station, which lacks the support of media giants, has been getting worse and worse. If it does not transform, it will be overtaken by Fox, a rising star.

However, as a well-known outdoor program, "Movie Watch" has always had good ratings. Of course, this is also related to the beautiful blonde hostess Hannah Wilmot.

Soon, the recording team saw a few friends who had just come out outside the cinema. They looked extremely excited and were yelling and talking about something.

Hannah walked over with a smile, briefly introduced herself, and then asked, "Excuse me, did you watch a movie just now? May I know which movie you watched?"

""Unsinkable"!"

A black guy stood up first, and he seemed to have a very flamboyant personality.

The female reporter Hannah is very beautiful, and she always has a smile on her face. It is easy to win the favor of others. "Why did you choose to watch such a movie?"

"Cool!"

The black boy answered casually.

A Caucasian friend next to him stood up with a smile, and quickly said: "Mel Gibson is the lead actor, he is a real superstar! But this is not an action movie, but it is also very exciting, haha."

"And Dunn Walker!" Another little friend stood up, "The producer is Dunn Walker, it is written on the poster! And the director is Cameron, a very good director, I like his very much Terminator. Of course, this movie is better, I love "Unsinkable"!"

"You all seem to like to watch action genres...why didn't you watch "Pearl Harbor"? I heard that the movie is very intense..."

Before Hannah could finish asking the question, the black boy just said "Pooh", "That movie is a pile of shit!"

"That's right, we went to see it yesterday, and it was so boring that I almost fell asleep! My friend told me that the director of that movie is the same as the director of "Into the Deadly Island". Like a French film!"

"No!" A little friend stood up and rushed, "The reason why we watch "Pearl Harbor" is because they said it is a movie similar to "Titanic". Of course we all like "Titanic" ah!"

"Yes, yes, after reading the results, I really want to curse!"

"Yes, we were scammed, I will definitely refund the ticket if possible!"

"But the heroine is quite pretty, haha..."

...

After one group of interviewees ended, Hannah went on to interview several groups.

The audience's main viewing choices are "Pearl Harbor" and "Unsinkable", followed by "Skykreme" and "The Mummy Returns".

She interviewed about a dozen groups of viewers one after another, and most of them praised "Unsinkable" after watching it, thinking that this movie has moving emotions, shocking special effects, and ups and downs in the plot. very exciting.

And most...or all of them, after watching "Pearl Harbor", the fans who watched "Pearl Harbor" were severely cursed, and some were disappointed and complained, "This is not "Titanic" at all. If that movie hits 10 If the score is 1, this movie can only score 1! No, 0.1!"

When she asked the audience if they would buy tickets and watch the movie again, there were two distinct factions again.

Most of the fans who have watched "Unsinkable" said that if they had the chance, they would watch this movie several times. Even if they can't go back to the cinema to buy tickets to watch, they will definitely pay more attention when the disc is released or broadcast on TV in the future;

And fans who have seen "Pearl Harbor"...

"Watch it again? Are you kidding me? It's a miracle that I can last through a three-hour movie. Do you want me to watch it again? Do you want to challenge the Guinness Book of Records?"

"Watch it again? Impossible! This movie is so disappointing, even if I wasted my time reading textbooks, I will never watch this kind of bad movie again."

"Watch it again? You mean "Pearl Harbor"? God, please forgive me. I really don't want to suffer a second time. The love scene in this scene makes me almost sick of embarrassment. I'm sorry. , I don’t have health insurance.”

"Look again? You might as well just kill me, it's a good time..."