Most of the film projects filmed by Shahai Entertainment this year have reached the stage of completion or even completion, and Ronan was particularly busy during this time, completely handing over the Oscar PR of "Hero" to Embassy Pictures.

Regardless, the goal is just an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

The core of this film determines that it cannot be as dazzling in the North American market as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Cultural differences are not rhetorical, they are real.

Throughout mid-December, Ronan was busy with several key films.

Paul Greengrass completed all the post-production and editing of "Spy 2", and officially submitted the sample to him, the producer, and Ronan gathered the senior management of Embassy Pictures and Shahai Entertainment to watch it, and unanimously approved the version edited by Paul Greengrass.

As long as there are no problems with the MPAA's rating review, this is the final release version.

The release date of the film has also been set, with Embassy Pictures initially finalizing the Memorial Day holiday at the end of May, but Disney Studios is already ahead of the curve, and "Finding Nemo" will be released on this schedule.

The two masterpieces collided directly together, and it would only break the head, and the schedule of "Spy Shadow 2" could only be advanced, and it was chosen on the second weekend of May.

The only film that really started on a scale that same weekend was Sony Columbia Pictures' "Daddy Rangers," which was only a third-tier project of Columbia Pictures and had few competitors in front of "Spy 2."

Sony Entertainment itself doesn't particularly attach importance to this film.

But the summer season in North America has always been crowded, and it goes without saying that the weekends before and after are all top Hollywood productions.

The beginning of the summer season seems to have started with "Spider-Man" and gradually turned into an exclusive premiere schedule for Marvel superhero movies, with "X-Men 2" produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox released on the first weekend of May, and "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" produced and distributed by Warner Bros. premiered on the third weekend.

Later, there are big productions such as "Fake God", "Finding Nemo", and "Terminator 3".

2003 will not only be a big year for relativistic entertainment, but also a big year for Hollywood.

Not to mention the sequel movies and small productions of Relativity Entertainment, there are three movies with an investment of more than $50 million to be released.

In addition to "Spy 2", there are also "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Enemy of Love".

Post-production on Pirates of the Caribbean is in the final stages, with the North American release scheduled for the weekend after the Independence Day holiday.

In fact, in terms of schedule, it also shows that the distribution business of Embassy Pictures cannot compete with the six major companies.

There is an internal tacit understanding and coordination between the issuance business of the six major companies, and the best schedules, such as the first weekend of the summer file, the President's Day holiday, the Memorial Day holiday and the Independence Day holiday, etc., will basically be divided up by the six major companies as soon as possible.

Looking at the annual North American screening schedule, these best schedules are basically occupied by big productions from the big six companies.

If you don't want to bump your head with the big commercial productions of the six major companies, you can only find a suitable premiere time from other schedules.

This Independence Day schedule has been squeezed into several well-known films such as "Terminator 3", "Stealing the Day" and "Legally Blonde 2", which can be said to be very crowded, and there is no need for "Pirates of the Caribbean" to fight these films again.

In contrast, on the weekend after Independence Day, only such a film as "Falling from the Sky" was released on a large scale, which is a very good schedule.

The trailer for this movie, Ronan, has already seen it, which is somewhat similar to the Avengers, and the actor is Sean Connery, who is about to say goodbye to the film industry completely.

It is said that this veteran actor, who is well-known in the circle for being vulgar, irritable, arrogant and rude, is difficult to leave with dignity after selling a gentleman's character for decades.

Although there was no such thing as selling characters in those days, Sean Connery can be said to be one of the most successful Hollywood stars in selling characters.

The most important thing is that even after retirement, Sean Connery's character has not collapsed.

Another big production released by Embassy Pictures is "Enemy of Love" starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron.

Of course, for Relativity Entertainment, the production cost of $60 million is an out-and-out big production, but in today's Hollywood, it can only be regarded as an upper-medium scale film at best.

In this era, the threshold for Hollywood's first-line production has risen to $100 million.

If you don't throw $100 million, I'm really embarrassed to say that I am a first-line big production.

"The Enemy of Love" has just started filming, and the release time is scheduled for the holiday after November, and Will Smith's appeal is huge, and it is also the film's biggest reliance.

As for Charlize Theron, box office appeal and the like can be basically ignored.

Then there are those sequel movies and small productions, "Human Clearance Plan 3", "Fatal Bend 2", "Tales of the Night 2", "Dungeon Siege" and other films will also be released next year.

In addition, Wen Ziren's "Chainsaw" is also making preliminary preparations, and will be scheduled to see his filming situation.

Wen Ziren and Ray Werner are still working on the script, and according to Wen, he will be able to complete the filming and post-production of the film as long as it takes three months.

Ronan vaguely remembers that once "Saw Horror" seemed to have only been filmed for more than ten days.

The scene of this film is very simple, at best it is more complicated than a bunch of people sitting together and listening to people brag.

Having said that, the first part of "Chainsaw" is a real classic, especially the moment when Tobin Bell stood up, which stunned countless people.

Relativistic entertainment is moving forward step by step.

In the past few days, the business situation related to the company has also been continuously fed back to Ronan's side.

In addition to the film project, "Grey's Anatomy," which aired on ABC TV, ended its first round of broadcasts, and the show's first season went all the way up, with the final episode of the first season reaching a total audience of nearly 20 million.

ABC TV has officially placed an order for the second season with Shahai Entertainment.

The second round of the show's broadcast rights skyrocketed to $5 million.

And after the second round of broadcasts, the DVD of "Grey's Anatomy" will be fully released, and Netflix will get the exclusive network rights.

Relativity Entertainment's film and television production and publicity business provides an excellent platform for Netflix.

In the second quarter of 2002, Netflix turned a profit for the quarter, and despite making a profit of less than $2 million, it was off to a good start.

By the third quarter, earnings for the quarter had nearly doubled to nearly $4 million.

Although the fourth-quarter statistics are not yet available, it is not inevitable that the earnings figure will rise again.

Even if there is a huge loss in the first quarter, but counting the performance of the whole year, Netflix is very hopeful to achieve profitability.

Now that the DVD industry is developing rapidly and the Internet industry is gradually recovering from the blow of 2000, Netflix has a lot to offer.

Outside of the film and television project, there is also news that Ronan is leading his team into the Atlantic, and it takes a lot of courage to take on a rubber boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the traditional winter season.

It can only be said that Bell is a very adventurous person.

It's a pity that he wasn't the first to cross the Atlantic and didn't attract much attention.

Before Christmas, Ronan went to New York to meet with Lindsay Beale and ask her about the results of her personal interview, and second, to see the filming of the crew of "Enemy of Love", which can be regarded as visiting Will Smith's class.

New York, Central Park, the crew has just finished filming.

"Over here, Will. Ronan beckoned to Will Smith, who walked over after removing his makeup and said, "How does it feel to make a romantic comedy?"

Will Smith shrugged: "It's not bad, it's much easier than playing around." ”

Ronan turned and walked towards the river, saying as he went, "You can see that you are enjoying it." ”

Will Smith said, "It's okay. He suddenly asked: "Ronan, this film belongs to a realistic theme, can you apply for the Oscar?"

"It's hard. Ronan told the truth: "Don't forget, this is a comedy. ”

Will Smith sighed: "yes, those people like to see people cry, and they don't like to see people laugh very much. ”

Ronan asked, "You haven't given up on Oscar?"

Will Smith said: "The Oscar is also one of the pursuits of actors, and although I take the commercial route, I also want to try an Oscar. He added: "Tom too, he has been racing the Olympics for the past two years. ”

"I have a project in my hand, a realistic one. Ronan thought of Chris Gardner's life resume that had already been granted the rights to adapt: "You might be a better fit. ”

Will Smith looked at Ronan with concern: "I heard you say last time that you are collecting copyrights everywhere, is there really something suitable for me?"

Ronan nodded: "Biographical genre." Will, have you ever heard of Chris Gardner, a black stockbroker who went from being near a street to being the owner of a public company. ”

Will Smith was rather surprised: "The real-life version of the American Dream can't be fake, right?" ”

"It's true. Ronan said simply: "The copyright department of Relativity Entertainment has contacted him in detail and verified that Chris Gardner's career is more legendary than the movie, and it is definitely a very suitable theme for film adaptation." ”

Hearing this, Will Smith was moved, he has had a lot of friendship with Ronan in recent years, and naturally knows that the project initiated by Ronan is very reliable, and the biographical film is simply a type customized for the Oscars.

The American dream, although it is just a dream most of the time, does not prevent it from becoming the type that the Oscar judges like.

Will Smith was not polite to Ronan either, and asked directly, "Is there a script?"

Ronan shook his head slightly: "For the time being, the adaptation has not started, and when I return to Los Angeles after filming, you can take a look at Chris Gardner's information first." ”

"Okay. Will Smith said.

Ronan came to the periphery of the crew and walked back, and was confronted by Charlize Theron and another person.