As in the past, the academy did not respond to the controversy over the award results in the media. Anyway, everyone knows that no matter who the award is awarded to, it will always cause controversy.
A few days after the Oscars, Firefly's first movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which was released after the turmoil at the beginning of the year, was released. Many people followed this movie with various moods.
Although "Reservoir Dogs" some time ago also achieved a good box office, although the box office of that movie was greatly expanded under the influence of Eric, it was still a small hit.
Because Eric was very optimistic about "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in advance, Robert Shea raised as many as 2,000 screens for this movie. This is already the limit of Firefly's current capabilities, and the seven major film companies can raise as much as necessary. More than 3000 screens.
And, even if Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles does much better than originally planned, it's hard to add canvases, and if it falls short, hundreds of screens could be pulled next week.
Therefore, this release has attracted the attention of most people inside and outside the Hollywood circle. If Firefly encounters 'Waterloo' this time, there will be a lot of people gloating or even making trouble.
But because the box office results of the previous life are guaranteed, and the current publicity scale is much larger than the previous life, Firefly has invested a publicity budget of 6 million US dollars for this movie, which does not include the production cost of 2000 copies , Therefore, Eric is not as disturbed as Robert Shea or Jeffrey.
Although he participated in the premiere, Eric hid away as a guest this time, and gave the opportunity to show his face to the creators of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
at this time. He is discussing with Jeffrey about the preparation of "Basic Instinct".
"Jeffrey. If Hollywood doesn't find the right actor. I suggest you try it in Europe, just like the "Prague Love" a few years ago. The director of that movie is because most of the fancy actors Hollywood actors are too conservative to play, and choose European actors."
Jeffrey glanced at Robert Shea, who was giving an impassioned speech on the stage, shook his head and said, "Eric, I'm not worried about this. There are many other things, such as the director. The Paul you recommended .Verhoeven, recently picked up a big movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, would not bother to bother with "Basic Instinct". Also, the budget is also a big problem, I let people follow the The script made a detailed budget, and the final result is that the cost of this movie is at least 30 million US dollars, far exceeding the 20 million US dollars budget you gave, and the most important issue of grading, the film you designed A few scenes are really too much. It is easy to be rated as nc-17. We have no ability to intervene in the rating committee. Once it is rated as nc-17 and it is arranged to be released in limited theaters, then, The film definitely lost its blood."
Eric scratched his hair in distress. He knew that what Jeffrey said was true. The film rating committee in the United States was completely controlled by the seven major film companies. Many people have analyzed that the same pictures in some movies, seven The productions of major film companies will be rated R, but the non-big seven productions will be rated NC-17. What Eric obviously remembers is "Nude Cutting" starring Meg Ryan in his previous life in order to seek a breakthrough. Because it was released by a big film company, some scenes in that movie were called Ivy-level, but they were rated It is R grade.
If this movie is not rated as nc-17 when it is shot in the future, then the seven major film companies must have a collective convulsion. Although there is still a way to re-rate by modifying the plot, but in that case, the plot will definitely change a lot, and the box office results will be difficult to predict.
After thinking about it for a while, Eric knew that he had no choice, so he had to say: "Well, Jeffrey, contact the Seventh University to see which one is willing to cooperate, and choose a condition that is more beneficial to us."
"The thing about you being the screenwriter..."
"In that case, I definitely don't want to hide it, so just use my real name. Anyway, I'm not yet twenty years old. Writing such a script just makes people think that I am young and frivolous. If I hide it, I bet those No matter what the guy's purpose is, he will definitely do everything possible to reveal it."
Jeffrey shook his head helplessly: "Eric, I really don't understand why you insist on making such a movie. I can't see what makes this movie so good."
"Then read the script a few more times," Eric joked, "Do you now know who is killing people with 38?"
Jeffrey shook his head: "If you tell me what Beth said 'I...' after being shot by the actor Nick, I will be 100% sure."
Eric said, "Maybe it's 'I was wrong', 'I'm sorry for you', 'I love you' or something?"
"I think the least likely is 'I love you' and the most likely is 'I'm wrong'," Jeffrey said.
Eric was stunned for a moment. In fact, this sentence was originally "I love you". However, Eric felt that it was difficult to say "I love you" before he died after being shot by someone he loved so much. Such a word, so when writing the script, Eric made a small modification, leaving only "I..." for the audience to guess. Just like "Small Island Cry", leaving a suspense will be more beneficial to the box office.
On the stage, after the main creators of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" gave speeches in turn, the movie started to play.
Seeing the picture on the screen again, Eric still frowned slightly. This has a strong taste of B-grade Hong Kong movies. Although the total cost of 13 million US dollars is definitely a super-big production for Hong Kong movies, but the release In Hollywood, it can barely be regarded as a medium cost, plus some special effects must appear in the movie, the result can be imagined.
Just like in one of the shots, when a group of people are fighting, a gangster with a knife cuts the wire. Even if you can’t do lighting effects here, you should at least add a little electric sound, but the result is... no, The gangster just shivered a few times, even if he was electrocuted, it looked a little funny.
Of course, this is mainly because Eric's appetite was spoiled by the special effects blockbusters in his previous life. Although Eric frowned frequently, the audience in the movie theater who participated in the premiere from time to time laughed a few times or exclaimed a few times because of the words and martial arts movements of the four ninja turtles.
The movie creators, who were still a little nervous at first, also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard these voices.
Perhaps it was due to the budget of the film, or it was the practice of Hong Kong films. The film was only 90 minutes long, and it was played quickly. Before the lights were turned on, there was warm applause in the theater.
"A great sci-fi action movie that's been poorly made in a lot of places, but for $13 million, this one is an excellent movie."
"The ridicule of Renaissance characters that appears in the movie from time to time makes people laugh, and the action design of the movie also has two points, which are worth watching."
"..."
After the premiere, various evaluations followed. Because of Firefly’s vigorous publicity and public relations, the overall evaluation of the film was still very positive. Many newspapers gave high marks, although there were a few fierce criticisms from time to time. Although the seven major film companies do not want to see this movie succeed, but in the face of Firefly's spare no effort to spread money and publicity, no one will spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to discredit this movie. Movie.
What's more, the inside of the Seventh Big Group is not particularly optimistic about this movie, otherwise Fox would not have refused to release "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" after watching the finished film.
Among the attention of many people, three days later, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" received a box office of 25 million US dollars in 2,000 theaters in North America, which surprised many people.
And Fox, who was wrong again, fired several executives in a short period of time. Counting the "Jin Yumeng" incident, Fox was inevitably ridiculed by a lot of media.
Faced with this situation, Fox couldn't tell.
After a full week, the box office of the first week of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was released, reaching 32 million.
Seeing this result, many media that were still chattering have lost any voice.
People in the Hollywood circle also realized that Firefly was not affected in any way after the turmoil at the beginning of the year, and it was inevitable that the news that Eric was the first to see this movie was revealed, once again in the Hollywood circle It caused a heated discussion. In addition to the few films that Eric himself participated in, and "Steel Magnolia", this is also the second time that a film that was not favored by others but favored by Eric was a big success.
For a while, many people began to ask which movies Eric liked.
As a result, the series of copyrights that Eric had acquired by Drew years ago once again caught the attention of many people.
Because Xiao Nizi was not in a hurry, only more than half of the more than 20 copyrights listed by Eric were purchased.
After the two copyrights being discussed were discovered, all powerful film companies in Hollywood joined the fight, and the copyright owners were also up for grabs.
In this case, Eric can only ask Drew to stop the acquisition of copyrights. Although there are still a few copies that have not been obtained, if they are sold now, they will definitely fall into a frantic rush, and the certainty of getting them is extremely low.
What's more, the rights to adapt several of Eric's most valued films, such as "Charlie's Angels"/"Mission: Impossible" and "Bourne's Identity", have already been acquired.
Of course, these are things for later, and after the success of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", the person with the most complicated mood is undoubtedly Robert Shea.
After all, if Robert Shea can wait for the first half of the year and wait for the release of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", then the new line will be a completely different situation. (To be continued..)