How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 355: Lionsgate panics, Warner hesitates, making Nolan less confident
Time flies by.

Two spin-offs of the [Martial Arts] series starring Wu Jin and Zhou Jie respectively.

Starring Zhou Jie, it was released at the end of 2004, riding on the trend of spin-offs from The Lord of the Rings: The Legend of Sauron, and was released after more than a month with a global box office of US$1.5 million.

The film starring Wu Jin was released in early February 2005, in time for the 77th Academy Awards.

The reason for this arrangement is that after the Oscar ceremony, there will be a wave of movie watching for the award-winning films, so it would be better to avoid it.

However, this "Martial Arts" spin-off starring Wu Jin failed to gain popularity, perhaps due to its schedule, so the global box office of the film was only over [-] million.

Of course, both films cost 5000 million US dollars to produce. Even if the box office exceeds [-] million, even if the money is recovered, it can be said to be a success.

Moreover, in this era where Li Lianlian and Chenglong have both suffered setbacks, Zhang Nan is quite satisfied that Zhou Jie and Wu Jin can keep the movie box office stable and still survive in Hollywood.

However, Zhang Nan is not the only one who is satisfied. As the director of two spin-offs of the "Martial Arts" series, Lin Yishan has stabilized his position as director of "Fast and Furious 3" after both films have recovered their costs. A lot.

……

The 77th Oscar Awards Ceremony ended in a bustle.

It was not an unexpected and reasonable result, but it made Peter Jackson, who personally led the team "Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron", a little disappointed.

After the award ceremony, Peter Jackson made a special call to Zhang Nan. His words contained some regrets for not listening to Zhang Nan's advice.

Because this time he went to attend the Oscars, it could be said that he was supporting the Oscars in vain, but the Oscar jury did not give him any face, not even a statuette for makeup, sound effects, etc. [The Lord of the Rings- The Legend of Sauron].

Regarding Peter Jackson's complaints, Zhang Nan on the other side of the phone gave Peter Jackson a profound discussion.

"Look at Steven, then look at James Cameron and George Lucas. If you still don't understand, then look at me. People like us who have won Oscars at the Oscars, from now on After that, I basically said goodbye to the Little Gold Award, so——, Peter, please be more careful! Don’t participate in the future, I won’t give you another award.”

Peter Jackson on the other side of the phone: "..."

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In previous years, after the Oscar ceremony, there will usually be another month or two of excitement, during which the award-winning movies will earn box office starts of tens of millions of dollars within these two months.

Don't look at the fact that the total box office is not high. Compared with those movies that often have a box office of more than [-] million, it is less than one-tenth of it.

But this situation can be included even in literary films.

And the box office starting from [-] million US dollars is already quite good for a literary film.

Because the total box office of many literary and artistic films is only a few million, or even tens of millions.

There are art films that have grossed over [-] million US dollars, but they are too rare.

But after this year's Oscars ceremony, the popularity was cut off by a piece of news.

A source revealed: Zhang Nan, currently the world's number one superstar, has already boasted that he will use "Jurassic World 1" to book this year's annual box office championship.

Another source revealed: Zhang Nan even said that if he didn't have some friendship with George Lucas, then he would have tried "Jurassic World 1" and "Star Wars Episode 3", but this is not the case , [Jurassic World 1] only gave [Star Wars Episode 3] 20 days to search the box office.

Another source revealed: Zhang Nan also said that he has booked the best summer vacation time in North America. If you are convinced, just get out of the way. If you are not convinced, just come and have a look...etc. arrogant remarks.

For a time, the whole of Hollywood was thrown into a panic by this kind of gossip.

Because the North American summer vacation is indeed an important battlefield for major film and television companies every year. The total market value of the entire period is billions of dollars, and the interests involved are too huge, and no company can underestimate it.

But the shadow of the famous tree and Zhang Nan's resume over the years have indeed made many film and television companies a little panicked.

Like Lionsgate.Lionsgate was founded in Canada in 1997. It moved to North America in recent years and has done quite well by making low-budget horror films.

Yes, Lionsgate is now confident enough to get involved in A-level blockbuster projects with Hollywood investment of over [-] million US dollars.

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith] was produced by Lionsgate starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Of course, in terms of distribution, Lionsgate handed over "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" to [-]th Century Fox, one of the Hollywood giants.

The original release date of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was June 6th.

But as soon as the arrogant rumors about Zhang Nan came out, and based on the calculation of the release date of "Star Wars Episode 3", we came to the conclusion that "Jurassic World 1" will be released on June 6th.

Lionsgate Pictures immediately panicked and went directly to [-]th Century Fox to discuss postponing the promotion and changing the schedule.

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And if Lionsgate is panicking, then Warner Pictures is a little hesitant.

At the end of June, that is, on June 6, they will release a comic book movie "Batman 29" that follows 1th Century Fox. The distance between "Jurassic World 1" and "Jurassic World 1" is just like "Jurassic World 3" The same time as [Star Wars: Episode III], 20 days.

Logically speaking, this time interval should not be affected.

However, due to Zhang Nan's power over the years, Warner Pictures decided to be more cautious and called in Nolan, the director of "Batman 1", to discuss it.

then……

By the way, the creative team of [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory], which is scheduled to be released on July 7th, also called over.

So this scene happened in the conference room of Warner Pictures.

Nolan, the director of "Batman 1", and Johnny Depp, the star of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", are in the same room.

"The purpose of calling everyone here, I think everyone knows, is to discuss whether to adjust the release time of the movie." Warner Pictures President David Morris was the first to speak on the stage.

Johnny Depp in the audience looked at the document in his hand and felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart.

Before being on the set of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", Johnny Depp was actually a little unhappy about the fact that Zhang Nan's salary was much higher than his own, but his role was far lower than his own.

But now seeing this situation, Johnny Depp is convinced.

A few arrogant words caused Warner Pictures to convene the creative team of the summer release film for a meeting overnight to discuss whether to adjust the schedule.

Not to mention anything else, Johnny Depp felt that Zhang Nan was worth the price just for this kind of power.

I just don’t know if Zhang Nan will come out like this when [Pirates of the Caribbean 2] is released, so that he can join in the glory.

Johnny Depp in the audience here has a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Director Nolan, who was in the audience, was not at peace either.

Nolan feels that he is a capable person.

The continuous success over the years also proves this.

So Nolan is a little proud deep down in his heart. In addition, during the filming of "Batman 1", Nolan felt good, so he is certain about the box office of "Batman 1" It will work.

But this kind of certainty hit Zhang Nan...

(End of this chapter)