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Chapter 375 Against "Spawn"! (Earth)
"Spawn" is scheduled for September.

At the same time, because it is rated R, it will miss mainland China.

As soon as the news came out, everyone immediately understood that "Spawn" might lose money.

The cost is 2.3 million U.S. dollars. Excluding the theater share and publicity expenses, it needs about 7 million to pay back. As far as the box office in North America and Europe is concerned, "Shang-Chi 2" barely passes, that is "Doctor Strange 2" and "Black Panther 2" "" "Thor 4" and other popular IPs have box office revenue, but these are popcorn commercial blockbusters, while "Spawn" is an R-rated film.

However, the media waited and waited until Lin Yuhang officially announced on METE that "Spawn" will not be released in China.

As an investor in "Shang Qi 2", Lin Yuhang is already familiar to Hollywood. Many people know that he is almost bound to Truman, and his speech represents Truman's speech.

Suddenly, there was a lot of negative voices.

The Hollywood media originally thought that if Truman could magically use an R-rated movie to open up the mainland market, then this "Spawn" would still have the possibility of making money. Now, "Spawn" has officially announced that it will not be released in the mainland.

That's it.

Jason Cullen also publicly expressed his disappointment: "I am very disappointed in "Spawn", Cullen House will stop the distribution of "Spawn" unless it is cut into an unrestricted film that can be released in mainstream theaters .”

The reason why Cullen House bet on "Spawn" is because of the Chinese market behind Truman, and Cullen House will invest in "Spawn", most of which are publicity costs and theater costs. At this time, the investment will be terminated , the loss suffered by Cullen House will be smaller.

Lin Yuhang called Jason Cullen, "Jason, you can't do this, it's a breach of contract."

Jason Cullen said: "Go sue me, don't forget that I have the final review right, "Spawn" didn't pass my review, it just couldn't enter the theater, let CH and FENG re-edit it, turn it into A superhero movie that sells a billion dollars, otherwise we'd never see it on screens in movie theaters!"

"In this case, I will buy your investment in "Spawn"." Lin Yuhang said, "I will buy all your investment."

Jason Cullen found it incredible, "LIN, I am amazed by your support for CH, all the money you made in "Shang Qi 2" will be reinvested in this R-rated film that is destined to not make money, you Chinese Are all people crazy?"

Lin Yuhang said: "No, the facts will prove that you are the lunatic who doesn't understand movies, and you will give up investing in such a movie that will make you famous and rich."

Jason Cullen concluded by saying: "May God bless you crazy Chinese."

"CHIYU will bless us." Lin Yuhang said.

Jason Cullen sold all the rights and interests in "Spawn" to Lin Yuhang, and he got back almost 4000 million US dollars. Even so, he also lost several million. For Cullen House, it is equivalent to The profits of several films were gone.

Therefore, when facing the media, Jason Cullen didn't say anything good about "Spawn".

"It's a movie that I can't understand at all, it's not a superhero movie at all, it's so religiously taught, but if you consider that CH is a fanatical religious believer, you can understand, but As a general viewer, I don't recommend you watch it at all."

Lin Yuhang was very angry about Jason Cullen's frantic dismantling after recovering his investment, so he said on METE: "Mr. Jason is used to opportunism, but when the real opportunity is in front of him, he gives it up instead, believing that the ultimate The box office results would turn him into a joke."

The absence of the Cullen House means that the Truman team has to announce the release on its own and negotiate with the theaters about the launch. Fortunately, they have the almighty CAA. After Lin Yuhang and Xing Shuwen mortgaged the company, mines and ancestral graves again, they are very concerned about the The investment in "Spawn" has reached 2.4 million US dollars, totaling about 20 billion yuan.

But Spawn's doom wasn't over yet.

First of all, the company that kept the master was caught in a fire, and all the data was destroyed. Fortunately, Feng Zikai had prepared for it and asked two companies to make masters at the same time. One was destroyed and there was a backup.

Then, the plane transporting the master version of the film to Europe almost crashed due to weather reasons, and finally made an emergency landing on Nauru, because North America and Europe had to be released at the same time, which directly delayed the release time of "Spawn" by 3 days, even the original The scheduled premiere ceremony can only be rescheduled.

Finally, on September 9th, the troubled "Spawn" landed in several theaters in North America and Europe at the same time, and even the media heaved a sigh of relief. They looked at the premiere invitation letter with the changed date in their hands, and felt that It's really a cursed movie.

The premiere was held at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles, and the time was set for 8 p.m., but it was rainy all afternoon, which seemed to be a bad omen.

By 8 o'clock the rain hadn't stopped.

The reporters were invited inside the studio, and the red carpet session was also cancelled.

Facing the heavy rain that was not in the weather forecast plan, the reporters felt very disappointed. They looked at the promotional booth inside Warner Bros., and unexpectedly found that among the promotional booth and various materials of "Spawn" there was a The booth and posters in the next circle are called "Heavenly Visitors".

The reason why I noticed this movie is that the starring list on its poster is exactly the same as that of "Spawn", including Li Zi, Truman, Long Ma and Wesley, and there is even an extra McFarlane.

"What is this?" A reporter asked the event organizer of the studio.

"Another movie." The organizer of the event only undertook this event, and was not clear about the specific situation.

"I know it's another movie, but what does it have to do with Spawn..."

Before the reporter finished speaking, he heard noises coming from outside. Is it Truman and other celebrities arriving?When they came to the door, they realized that it was not Truman. In the fading rain, a group of people in bright green raincoats walked to the door of Warner Bros. Studios. They surrounded the door and put up a banner saying:
"Against Spawn! Oppose resource destruction!"

environmentalist?
The reporters couldn't help being a little surprised, because this is ridiculous. What does the movie "Spawn" have to do with environmental protection?
A reporter wanted to interview these environmentalists, but at this time the rain had gradually stopped. Those environmentalists lifted the hats of their raincoats, and the face revealed in it made the reporters' eyes shine, because this face was too much for them. I'm familiar, isn't this "Green Girl" Grey!

As the most famous environmental guardian in the world, this young school dropout girl is the environmental protection vanguard of the entire developed world!
She has become a democratic star throughout North America and Europe because of her radical views on environmental protection. She was also the cover of Time Magazine in 2019 and was a guest of European prime ministers.

In short, this is a very young "big man".

"Grey, why are you here? What are you objecting to?" a reporter asked.

"We are against 'regeneration'! 'Regeneration' is pollution and waste of the environment!" Gray yelled like a fighter, twisting her classic eyebrows.

"But 'rebirth' is just the name of the movie, it doesn't really 'regenerate' anything..." The reporter tried to explain.

Of course Gray and other environmentalists didn't listen, she and them yelled: "Oppose "Spawn"! Oppose the destruction of resources!"

(End of this chapter)