hollywood melon man

Chapter 697: Better Than Nothing

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect there would be such a good thing."

In the office of Sky Studios CEO, David Ellison was smiling happily, along with Mel Gibson, Michael Ovitz, and Martin Bob.

"We have mobilized the media to hype this up, and we believe it will have a great impact on The Dark Knight."

"Yes, it would be better to drag that bastard Gilbert into this. Violent people always hang out with violent people. He must have done it too."

Mel Gibson was the happiest one. When Will Smith did that thing before, he wanted to participate, but was persuaded by David Ellison and Michael Ovitz.

But this time Mel Gibson decided not to let it go and he seized the pain point to attack little Gilbert.

The same goes for Michael Ovitz. Sean Connery, who was under his management, was ruined because of Gilbert Jr. It was revealed that he was a domestic violence maniac, which ruined Sean Connery's reputation.

Michael Ovitz has always kept this incident in mind and has never forgotten it over the years.

David Ellison waved his hand and said, "We have investigated and found that Gilbert Jr. did not commit any domestic violence or assault.

And he doesn't need to hit anyone. If he wants to kill someone, it's very easy. Just look at Will Smith."

"That's true," Mel Gibson said, a little dissatisfied, but still said, "It's good as long as it can affect the box office of The Dark Knight. David, I suggest that we compete with The Dark Knight this summer."

Several major projects that Sky Studios is currently investing in were all snatched from Gilbert Jr., and "Tron: Legacy", a project with an investment of 1.85 million US dollars, is even more highly anticipated.

Others include movies with huge investments such as "Battleship" and "John Carter".

However, this year Sky Studios is going to produce "The Golden Compass", which has an investment of 1.8 million US dollars and stars Nicole Kidman. It has been announced that it will be released in August.

According to history, this film should have been released last year and then flopped. But even the Hollywood giants are short of money, not to mention the second-tier film company New Line Cinema.

As a result, the project was delayed for a while until David Ellison brought in money. The project of "The Golden Compass" was officially launched and finally released this year.

David Ellison never underestimated Gilbert Jr. He did not think that a beating incident would affect The Dark Knight. Besides, the release date had already been set, so it was too late to change it.

So David Ellison said: "We should just follow the hype. If we move up the schedule at this time, we will become a thorn in Gilbert's side."

Mel Gibson is indeed more tolerant than before. If it were him a dozen years ago, he would have fought and killed Gilbert Jr. It can be seen that more than a decade of imprisonment has more or less changed him.

Christian Bale's beating incident continues to be hyped, and movie companies that are interested in summer movies have joined in. But to be honest, Christian Bale is not the only one with scandals, there are also many other stars.

For a time, negative scandals about various Hollywood stars were flying everywhere, such as beating people, exhibitionism, past friendships, and countless cases of doing it with several people at the same time.

The public's nerves have become extremely strong through these incidents, and the moral standards for these Hollywood stars have been lowered a lot.

To a certain extent, these negative news do affect the movie-watching choices of many movie fans. In any case, most people in this country tend to be conservative.

Only a small group of people are open-minded, and this small group of people makes a huge amount of noise, making the majority of relatively conservative people endure it all in silence.

This is similar to the DEI incident later, where a few people created a huge noise, while most normal people remained silent until they could no longer tolerate it. However, this matter is not as serious as it once was, and with the media hype, Christian Bale's weird family has also been known to movie fans.

Many fans praised him for his good fighting skills and said he was worthy of being the actor of Batman. If I were in his place, I would also be unable to resist fighting.

There is no lack of internet trolls who lead the rhythm, pretend to be passers-by and netizens, and pretend to be rational.

Gilbert's troll army is definitely the largest, most skilled and most professional troll army in the world. In terms of online public opinion and the pace of the trend, his troll army is extremely powerful.

Of course, Gilbert Jr. also controls the right to speak on the Internet. He has the confidence to own the largest social networking site in the United States.

When the incident of beating someone is resolved and even becomes a just thing, Christian Bale will be fine.

He was also very grateful. If it weren't for Gilbert Jr., the incident would probably have been hyped up by the media for a long time. Although it wouldn't ruin his reputation, it would still be a problem for a while.

This incident has not yet passed. On March 14, Marvel Studios' third film "Thor" officially landed in North American theaters.

Gilbert Jr. and Jennifer Connelly attended the premiere of the movie "Thor" together to support the film, but their appearance gave the fans and media at the scene a feeling of absurdity.

Anyone who knows a little bit about this knows that Gilbert Jr. is the boss of Marvel Studios, and he is also the director of the next DC Batman movie, in which Jennifer Connelly is the protagonist.

So when the two appeared at the premiere of the Marvel movie "Thor", it felt like an absurd comedy.

So some media asked Gilbert Jr.: "As the director of the Batman movie, do you feel a little out of place appearing here?"

Gilbert Jr. laughed: "No, whether it's DC or Marvel, this proves that superhero movies are indeed booming."

"Do you think Thor will surpass your Dark Knight?"

"I think they are all excellent movies and cannot be compared. As long as they tell a good story to the audience, that's fine."

Having said that, the media coverage of the premiere still inevitably linked "The Dark Knight" and "Thor" and began to compare the two films.

The media always finds something to talk about, and even movie fans discuss whether "The Dark Knight" directed by Gilbert Jr. is better, or "Thor" produced by him is better.

Gilbert Jr. also met the film's lead actor Chris Hayworth at the scene. The tall man, who was a miner before starring in the movie, thanked Gilbert Jr. for giving him the opportunity so that he no longer had to work as a miner.

There is also Tom Hiddleston. Although he was chosen by director Kenneth Branagh, he would not have been able to star in the film without Gilbert Jr.'s nod.

Needless to say, Megan Fox defected from Michael Ovitz and was worried that her future was ruined.

I didn’t expect that I could get such a big-budget movie.

Even though she's just a vase and the pay isn't much, it's better than nothing!

(End of this chapter)