Made in Hollywood

Warner Bros. has invested heavily in "Fury Road", and Duke's films have always been the pillar of Warner's film business, and the promotion of "Fury Road" has not been relaxed for a moment.

Entering the second Friday in April, Wondercon Comic Con kicks off. Although it is not as influential as San Diego Comic Con, the people who participate in Wondercon Comic Con are younger, and they are also the main moviegoers in the North American film market.

On this day, more than 100,000 anime fans, sci-fi fans and other pop culture fans will gather here, looking forward to pouring into the Anaheim Convention Center, which is an hour's drive southeast of Los Angeles. They have traveled thousands of miles to come here, Just for this 3-day Comic Con.

Now in its 22nd year, WonderCon is organized by a wave of pop culture fanatics and acts like a prelude to Comic Con in San Diego every summer.

While not as grand as San Diego Comic-Con, WonderCon is still a fan favourite, especially since it's less crowded, allowing for more events to attend each day.

In addition to reviewing the series of "Back to the Future", "Star Trek" and "Star Wars", this year's exhibition schedule will also add many franchised game exhibits, interactive interviews with best-selling comic book authors, and a large wave of film studios, TV shows web exhibition.

In fact, the most attractive highlight of Wondercon Comic Con is that "Fury Road" will release the first trailer.

Norman Shearer entered the Anaheim Convention Center early, did not go to other booths at all, and came directly to the Warner Bros. exhibition hall. He came so early because he wanted to occupy a good position in the front. He did not expect this wish Totally fell through, the place was packed.

Nearly 10,000 people crowded in front of the Warner Bros. exhibition hall. They talked about Duke, movies, and posters.

"Charlize Theron looks amazing!"

Some movie fans pointed to the huge poster hanging high and commented, "Tom Cruise looks so cool wearing a muzzle!"

"Their looks are so chic!"

"Is this self-destructing?"

"Self-destructive image? This is a self-breakthrough, okay! Even if I see the extremely cool and powerful looks of these two people, I will go to the theater."

Looking at the two huge character posters, Norman Shearer had only one thought. Perhaps there is only a director like Duke in Hollywood. Only then can the two superstars be willing to play this type of role.

Then, though, he dropped that notion when the trailer was released.

Ellen DeGeneres, the famous talk show host, walked onto the stage in the Warner Showroom to introduce the trailer himself.

But few people paid attention to this famous host, and they turned their attention to the big screen.

In the big-screen video, Tom Cruise wakes up from a sandy wasteland, dizzy. He wore a metal mask and was handcuffed with James Franco in the wreckage of a car. He found a shotgun, and he tried to break the companion's arm with a shot, but the gun failed.

When he was about to grab the other's wrist, he heard movement nearby. So he picked up his unconscious companion and walked to a truck, and found a group of women in white clothes washing the dust off their bodies with a hose.

Those are the five Victoria's Secret angels in white clothes fluttering like a Greek saint. They are as attractive as an oasis in the desert, but when the camera turns to Charlize Theron. Almost everyone left the Victoria's Secret supermodels behind because of the bald Charlize Theron. To them, it's like water in a desert oasis!

With water, everything else in the oasis can be ignored for now.

Even more jaw-dropping is the powerful roles played by two superstars, Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise. There was also a life-and-death fight that was so intense that it made people crazy.

Tom Cruise pointed a gun at one of the women, told her to bring him a hose, and cut off the shackles with pliers. At this moment, the female leader played by Charlize Theron attacked him, and the two started a personal fight.

Tom Cruise fends off her attack, his accomplice James Franco wakes up from a coma and finds that Charlize Theron is about to get the gun on the ground, rushes up to help, Tom Cruise gets the gun in the end , fired several shots at the sand near Charlize Theron's head...

This is an action scene that is so tight that you can't breathe, there are no fancy moves, just life and death!

Norman Shearer breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that Duke would not disappoint, and the facts proved that it did not disappoint.

The trailer continues, featuring car chases in the Badlands, mind-blowing stunts, and a dangerous canyon duel between Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron and a gang of bikers...

These clips are all wonderful!

"The most ambitious, anticipated and exciting movie of the year is here!"

The crowd did not know who said such a sentence, which caused a lot of echoing voices around, and senior movie fans like Norman Shearer couldn't stop nodding.

If such a film is not worth looking forward to, then what kind of film is worth looking forward to?

The promotion of the film has also entered the craziest and intensive stage before the release. In the next month, Warner Bros. released four more short TV trailers.

These trailers have a strong style of painting and focus on the visual system. Accompanied by a huge tornado, runaway lunatics fight in the desert, staged a speeding explosion, and brought the most thrilling to the fans who are looking forward to the release of this movie. Visual enjoyment.

"As director Duke Rosenberg said, "Fury Road" has a large number of speeding scenes, full of elements of gun battles, speeding cars, and explosions, and at the same time has a strong sense of the end of the world..."

Looking at the TV screen, David Ellison's expression was very serious. Although the scale of the film was a bit large, he was fully aware that this was an extremely powerful competitor.

"Hey David, great news."

His younger sister, Megan Ellison, ran in from the outside and said loudly, "I just came from the company, and there is already accurate information. The rating of "Fury Road" by the MPAA is R."

"It's strange that such a movie is not rated R." David Ellison muttered.

Megan Ellison came over, sat next to him, and said, "I remember Tintin was rated PG, right?"

David Ellison nodded.

"Steven Spielberg's PG-rated family carnival, Duke Rosenberg's R-rated heavy taste..." Megan Ellison shook his head, "This is simply an unfair contest .”

"Unfair?" David Ellison sneered, "Business competition has never been fair! It should be "The Adventures of Tintin" that has been treated unfairly!"

Megan Ellison looked at his brother, and couldn't help asking curiously, "Did something happen that I didn't know about?"

As she grows older, Megan Ellison can also control part of the funds in her trust fund. She is also interested in the film industry and has invested in David Ellison's Sky Film Studio.

"Those idiots on the theater side would rather give more than 4,000 theaters to an R-rated film like "Fury Road" than invest resources in a PG-rated film like "The Adventures of Tintin"!"

Having said that, David Ellison couldn't help but hammered the armrest of the sofa.

Megan Ellison just shrugged, but didn't say anything. She knew the reason very well, and she also knew that David Ellison knew the reason better than her.

Although unruly, David Ellison is not a fool, and quickly regained his composure. "The Adventures of Tintin" has less than 3,600 movie theaters. The preferential treatment given after Berg, otherwise the number will be less.

why is that? The reason is simple, the distributor of "Fury Road" is Warner Bros., and the distributor of "The Adventures of Tintin" is Sky Film Studios!

Up to now, David Ellison regrets that he did not find other publishers for "The Adventures of Tintin". He overestimated the capabilities of his company and the difficulty of establishing distribution channels.

Publishing is far from setting up a department and hiring some professionals with high salaries.

But now it is too late to change the distributor in North America. All David Ellison can do is hand over the overseas distribution of "The Adventures of Tintin" to Disney Pictures.

However, David? Ellison still has a certain degree of confidence, after all, the director of "The Adventures of Tintin" is Steven Spielberg.

The most important thing is that PG-rated movies have a huge advantage over R-rated movies in terms of audience, which is enough to make up for the gap in the number of opening theaters.

And as long as the box office figure of "The Adventures of Tintin" is higher than that of "Fury Road" in the first week, it is a matter of course to increase the number of theaters in the future.

There is also the Chinese market. David Ellison is also aiming at that market. "Transformers" has made him fully see the potential of that market. As a person from a business family, he has a keen sense of business. Knowing that market represents the future.

Now he is indeed not as good as Duke Rosenberg, but he has only been in this circle for a few years? What about the other party?

He has high enough expectations for his own future and the future of Sky Movie Studios,

If you want to realize these expectations and become a force that cannot be ignored in Hollywood, you must rely on solid market performance!

There is no doubt that "The Adventures of Tintin" has entered the Chinese market. Disney Pictures has already received a definite reply from the other side. Spielberg's influence in the world is still huge.

If "Fury Road" wants to enter that market, it may be difficult. Even if Warner Bros. has various cooperation with China Film Group, can it pass through the opposite...

David Ellison couldn't remember the specific name. He only knew that the possibility of "Fury Road" being approved was not high, or even almost none. (To be continued.)

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