Rebirth In Hollywood

Filming "Argo", which depicts Iran as a terrorist state, is Hollywood's freedom, and "Spartan 300", which depicts Persians as cruel and tyrannical monsters, is also Hollywood's freedom. In the call of the banner of freedom Next, as long as there is enough interest, even "Fahrenheit 911", which mocks the federal government, is also produced and distributed by a company.

Freedom, the most popular slogan in North America; Freedom, the biggest reason and excuse for boycotting protests; Freedom, the eternal theme of Hollywood movies.

As for whether there is so much freedom in North America, do Hollywood producers and distributors care?

Hollywood makes movies in the name of freedom, resists tyranny in the name of freedom, smears its opponents in the name of freedom, and applies double standards both internally and externally in the name of freedom...

Also, in the name of freedom, the audience is called to enter the theater.

When May came, a mocking jay, with a sharp arrow in its mouth and a dazzling ashes, became a symbol of freedom on the big screen and throughout North America.

Because "The Hunger Games" is a huge hit in North America, "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire" was rated as the most anticipated movie of the year as early as last year. The large number of fans accumulated by the novel and the first film also made Walt Disney Relatively save a lot of advertising and marketing costs.

Although it only spent a little more than half of the publicity costs for the first film, the film has always maintained enough topical interest, and even from the day of the preparation of "Spark Fire", all kinds of true and false news have been breaking out.

For example, the name of the film changed from the original "Catch Fire" to "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire", which was revised several times; for example, it was rumored that Sofia Coppola resigned as director because of a sharp conflict with Natalie Portman. Another reporter filmed the two of them chatting and dining intimately; for example, the crew held a huge audition for 'Tribute', and most of the finalists were Disney youth idols like Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens ...

In short, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" has never lacked a topic for public discussion.

One of the biggest and most explosive news, a week before the release of the film, Disney Pictures held a press conference, announcing the success of the contract renewal with Natalie Portman, she will continue to star in the next "Hunger Games 3: Ridicule" Birds, upper and lower. Disney paid $20 million per film.

The whole of North America was in an uproar. This was Hollywood's fifth female member of the 20 million club after Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon and Charlize Theron, or the most young one.

Although some tabloids are saying sour words, the mainstream media has affirmed it. After all, the Star Wars prequel trilogy has established Natalie's status as a popular actress in Hollywood.

After "The Hunger Games", she became one of Hollywood's most attractive actresses.

As for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which has yet to be released, look at the $127.8 million box office pre-sale to see why Disney signed this contract.

The news was an excellent eye-catcher, as "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" set a new North American box-office record from the first weekend in May.

The film grossed $70.95 million on its opening day Friday. It broke the single-day box office record of $67.26 million held by "The Hunger Games"; the North American box office totaled $158.07 million in the first three days, surpassing "The Hunger Games"'s $152.53 million, setting a new first-week box office record.

Those tabloids who had previously questioned whether Natalie was worth the $20 million salary kept their mouths shut.

"Survive in the name of freedom!"

This is Disney's promotional slogan for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", and it has also become a veritable money-making slogan.

"In the history of Hollywood and the world of film, there has never been a film with a female protagonist so popular; and no female star like Natalie Portman has single-handedly held up its opening week. $150 million at the box office."

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's first week at the box office gives us enough reason to believe. It will surpass the first one, and if you count the "Star Wars" series as the heroine, Natalie Portman must be She has become the highest-grossing female film star in Hollywood history, and she can even outshine the vast majority of male film stars in Hollywood."

"Perhaps this is the beginning of a new era in Hollywood. Films with women as absolute protagonists will occupy the screen in North America and even the whole world on a large scale in the future. New feminism has fully awakened on the big screen!"

The comments in the Los Angeles Times were entirely in favor of Natalie. And The New York Times is no exception.

"As a standard New York girl, Natalie Portman is full of talent, and acting is just one side of her. Don't forget she has another side as a director, don't forget she's the second best director to win an Oscar. Nominated American Women."

With the popularity of "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire", Disney did not forget to promote "Black Swan", and even released the first trailer cut by Natalie on the Internet.

The new film directed by 'Katniss' has also aroused heated discussions among the media and fans, especially the fans gathered through the "Star Wars Series" and "The Hunger Games", who have expressed their expectations for the film.

A week later, Warner Bros.' "Wonder Woman 2: The Sword of Magic" landed in North America, with a box office of $125.66 million in the first three days. The film has become the biggest winner at the beginning of this summer's season.

In the middle of the two, with a male as the protagonist, the only important female character is still forced. The box office performance of "Sniper at the Line of Death" can only be described as appalling. The box office in the first week was only more than 14 million US dollars. The two weeks accumulated less than 20 million US dollars.

Perhaps the heroine was forced by the villain, and the first villain chose a black man, all of which were important factors for the film's failure, but the film's massive box office failure once again proved that having a sniper as the protagonist of the film is definitely a big commercial film. Taboo.

So far, the two sniper films with the largest investment in Hollywood history, "Sniper in the City" and "Sniper Life and Death" have all failed at the box office.

Even in the future, Ryan doesn't remember a Hollywood sniper movie that was a big hit at the box office.

The subject matter is like a pure pirate movie. Few companies will invest tens of millions of dollars in a production, and the ones that do will often regret it.

The whole film market in May is basically the world of "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire" and "Wonder Woman 2: The Sword of Magic". The most popular stars must be the absolute protagonists of the two films, Natalie and Gail? add more.

By the end of May, "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire", which spent its third weekend, took US$355.64 million from North America, and the simultaneous release in 97 overseas markets around the world also contributed US$263.57 million.

The second part of this series still hasn't changed the situation that North America is hot and overseas is slightly cooler.

However, this is also normal, after all, the feminist movement is such a fast-growing region as North America. There are not many in the world, and the film must be influenced by the social environment in the region.

At the same time, another incident occurred this month. Susan Collins, one of the original authors, announced in an interview that after the series is completed, the cooperation with Walt Disney will end, and her new works will not be released later. Will choose Disney as a partner.

Although the "Hunger Games" series became famous from an unknown screenwriter and received a revenue share of tens of millions of dollars, the other half of the copyright of the series has always been in Ryan's hands. Negotiations between Susan Collins and Disney were hampered, and probably fed up with the fact that the initiative couldn't be in her own hands.

This is too normal in Hollywood. The two sides come together for the benefit, and the cooperation breaks down because of the benefit. Maybe one day they will re-cooperate because of interests.

"Survive in the name of freedom!"

While muttering, Tyler carefully wrapped a pure gold Mockingjay brooch, "And to make money in the name of freedom."

Ryan ignored the guy who was walking towards the storage room, and looked at the opposite side instead. That's Kristen Stewart, whom I haven't seen in a long time.

The old tomboys not only grew taller, but also had long hair, and their slender figures also showed the soft curves unique to women.

"Christine." Ryan folded his arms. "You're not a tomboy anymore."

"Ryan!" Kristen Stewart said dissatisfiedly, "That was the past, is that the past? You have to look at the changes around you with a developmental perspective."

"What's changed?" Ryan asked suspiciously, "what's the change? Why didn't I notice it."

"Of course Kristen turned into a pretty big girl."

In a rush of footsteps, Taylor walked behind Christine, hugged her and gave her a prank kiss on the forehead, "Unfortunately, it still smells like a boy."

"Alison..." Christine hurriedly wiped the saliva from her forehead.

Tyler sat beside her jokingly, and then said seriously, "I just haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you very much."

"Me too, Alison."

After speaking, the two girls who grew up together hugged each other hard.

Then, Kristen Stewart turned to this side, "It's not all because of Ryan, he suggested to my mother that I go to a professional acting class, and I stayed at CalArts for two full years!"

"Dear, this will be good for your future development." Ryan put away his joking attitude and said seriously, "Kristen, although you entered this circle very early, acting has always been your weakness. "

"Yeah, Ryan is right." Tyler replied, "You won't be a face paralyzed who can only star in vases in the future, will you?"

Kristen simply ignored the guy who always hit her and asked Ryan, "Can we go to Sandy's birthday party?"

"Honey."

Without waiting for Ryan to answer, Tyler answered, "If we want to go, when do we need to consult him?" (To be continued..) ()