While "Men in Black" raked in a box office of 76 million US dollars in the first week, the black super special police in the film also aroused a trend of imitation in the whole society just like in the previous life. In the following period, the popularity of black clothes and sunglasses became Like the windbreaker and toothpick of Brother Ma after the release of "The True Colors of Heroes" on the other side of the ocean, although the release time was in the hot summer, it was still difficult to stop the enthusiasm of movie fans who appeared on the street wearing black clothes and sunglasses. A proprietary term "black super mask" has gradually become popular.
At the same time, the film also sparked a new round of alien discussions in the media because of the ubiquitous alienization of real characters and events. And bear the brunt of it, the hottest subject of discussion is undoubtedly occupied by Eric, the 'Pandora star'. After all, Eric started from nothing as an ordinary high school student, and became a media tycoon worth tens of billions of dollars in just six years. This miraculous life experience is unique in the entire history of mankind.
Countless media then began to relish digging into Eric's "characteristics" of aliens, and even Eric's more carefree personality became an "alien" in the gossip tabloids in an attempt to carry out racial aggression Some people even sent a petition to the White House to investigate Eric's identity as an 'alien'. There are also some people who made a fuss about Eric's wealth at this time and asked the federal government to really levy money from Eric. Alien Immigration Administration Tax'. Naturally, there will be no response to these requests.
Later, even the serious New York Times couldn't help publishing commentary articles on an important page to join in the fun: "Eric Williams satisfies gossip lovers all over the universe with a kind of crazy self-mockery. .”
A well-known film critic on the "Washington Post" in which Buffett holds shares also used a line in the movie to joke: "If I could see Eric Williams beaten. I would pay $4."
Even more interesting is. After the peripheral products of "Men in Black" began to go on sale. The most popular is not those cool weapon models, nor is it a variety of alien figurines, but the pair of sky blue tentacles on Eric's head in less than 30 seconds of footage, except for a large number of fans In addition to buying them for collection or wearing them to attend parties, perhaps with the hope that their children will be as good as Eric, even some parents like to buy a pair of sky blue tentacles for their children as gifts.
However, after the box office explosion of "Men in Black", a series of questions about the sequel have also followed.
Although Sony-Columbia Pictures has made a name for itself in the past two years by releasing several films in cooperation with Firefly. But under the ruinous management of Peter Guber, the company is still losing money year after year. The original "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Broken Arrow" from Firefly did not cause much controversy in terms of profit division, but the success of "Men in Black" obviously surpassed "Mrs. Smith" and "Broken Arrow". And the sequel is no doubt more lucrative.
As a result, the division of interests between Columbia and Firefly has attracted Sony's attention.
Because the copyright of this comic originally belonged to Columbia Pictures, but after cooperating with Firefly, Columbia not only lost most of the profits that it should have enjoyed alone, but also lost 60% of the copyright. Most importantly, according to the original agreement. If the development of the sequel is delayed for a long time for some reason, Columbia will lose even the remaining 40% of the copyright.
If all goes well with sequel development that's fine. Since it chose to sign the contract at the beginning, Sony could only hold its nose and continue to cooperate with Firefly. But after the great success of "Men in Black", including the film director, two leading actors, producers and even the original comics company of "Men in Black", they all jumped out in an attempt to share enough benefits in the sequel.
In the face of this situation, Firefly will definitely not compromise. If the distribution of benefits cannot be negotiated, it will be a waste of everyone. I am not afraid of a lawsuit. Anyway, the film company under Firefly has no shortage of popular movie projects. Firefly's main schedule film list is even three years later, but Columbia Pictures can't afford it. After Sony bought the company, not only found that there was no It can make a profit of a dime, and it has not played a role in promoting its own video tape format. With the advent of the DVD era, if Columbia continues to lose money, this film company will definitely look more and more tasteless.
Moreover, Sony gradually realized something was wrong. However, the Japanese did not intend to turn against Firefly immediately. It was just that Sony's top management continued to put pressure on Peter Cooper to fight for the company's due for Columbia. Interests.
Peter Guber himself also realized that he had been sitting in this seat for a long time. Of course, he also knew how bad Columbia was. After the cooperation with Firefly was terminated, it was impossible to continue to stay in this seat.
However, because in the second half of the year there are two blockbuster films "James of the Brave" and "Mission: Impossible" that will be released soon, although Peter Guber himself has reaped the benefits in the past few years, he still hopes to release the two films at the end of the year After that, according to the award contract signed at the beginning, with the success of these two films, I got the last huge dividend and then left Colombia.
So, in just a few days, Peter Guber was almost entangled with several senior executives of Firefly, and even found Eric, who has been fond of spending time in the studio of the Victoria's Secret Show recently.
Glancing at the busy crowd around him, especially those slender fitting models, Peter Guber, who was standing by a workbench, did not forget to chatter to Eric: "Eric, do you think this is good? We can sign a subsidiary agreement, including the director of "Men in Black" and the two leading actors. Only after the sequel reaches a certain level of profit can we get dividends. We can definitely raise this standard higher. In this case, if the sequel Another big success, even if we distribute more benefits to those main creators, we will still make money without losing money."
Eric continued to discuss an angel costume with the designer, completely ignoring Peter Cooper, and said: "Peter, you should know how much Hollywood's salary has risen now, Sony is rich and powerful, and doesn't mind these things, but We Hollywood natives must take a longer view, right?" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit http://