When Warner Bros. set the release of "Catwoman" in early August, it did not have the intention of using "Time to Go to War", after all, the success rate of the film with Ronan as a producer is too high, and taking advantage of the situation and gaining popularity is also a consistent behavior of Hollywood.

Selena Kyle's fame is very great, and her feud with Batman also has a great impact.

But no one can figure out what Warner Bros. and the people in the DC Comics production department think, just like many people in the future can't figure out why T. Browner Bros. played DC's good hand so confusingly, this movie under the banner of "Catwoman", the heroine is not Selena Kyle!

Catwoman in this movie is not only black, but also a near-original character, Philip Phillips.

In this day and age, black movies are not popular.

Even the black version of Selena Kyle is stronger than it is now.

Playing the heroine is Halle Berry, who just won the Oscar for Best Actress.

Just as Warner Bros. and DC Comics often came together to create some inexplicable movie projects, this "Catwoman" is simply a collection of commercial movie elements.

In fact, before borrowing the east wind of "Time to Go to War", "Catwoman" exposed a lot of problems.

Due to the poor response to the test screening, Warner Bros. and DC Comics reshot some of the scenes, with only a month left before the release date.

But that's not enough.

Sure enough, the response to "Catwoman" was extremely poor after its release.

If the "Spider-Man" series takes the excitement of the comic book adaptation to the extreme, then "Catwoman" is the opposite, although Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is commendable for her hard work in the film, and she is also very eye-catching in the catwoman suit, but she alone cannot undo the film's fiasco, "Catwoman" can be called one of the worst superhero movies.

In the opening weekend, "Catwoman" not only did not top the North American box office charts, but also had a tragic low box office.

The film cost a whopping $100 million to produce, and the North American box office in its first weekend was only $16.72 million, and Cinema Score estimated that the final North American box office was about $40 million based on the overall evaluation of the audience.

Huge losses are inevitable.

The losers are not just Warner Bros. and DC Comics, but also Halle Berry herself.

Shortly after winning the Oscar for Best Actress, her acting career was originally at the peak of her life, but the moment "Catwoman" hit the street, Halle Berry fell sharply from the peak.

Since then, Halle Berry, who was originally expected to enter the ranks of superactresses, can only retreat to the second line and has never carried any medium-scale films alone.

No production company will ask her to carry it again.

"Catwoman" failed, huge losses have been generated, Warner Bros. must have someone to blame for it, and an assistant director of the production department has left in disgrace.

When a big-budget movie fails, someone has to be responsible, and it's not like the Warner Bros. family.

Also in this week, Walt Disney officially announced that the head of Disney Studios, Tony Cross, resigned.

Everyone knows that Tony Cross is responsible for the failure of two big productions, "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur".

"King Arthur" opened last weekend, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, with a cast of Cliff Owen and Keira Knightley, and the production cost was as high as $120 million.

is such a film that should be very safe no matter how you look at it, and it only got a pitiful $15.1 million in the opening weekend in North America, which is even worse than "Catwoman".

The myth of gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer's undefeated invincibility since "Jedi Men" has been shattered.

In fact, many people can't understand why "King Arthur" failed at the box office?

Many of the big-selling commercial films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer are definitely not much worse than "King Arthur".

Ronan is not very clear, but he has come to a conclusion based on his relevant memories that since "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King" reached its peak, large-scale magical or historical epic war films are all sinkholes invested by Hollywood, and they can't be filled.

Just said that he has memories, this year Warner Bros. has a "Alexander the Great", next year Ridley Scott directed "Heavenly Dynasty", followed by "10,000 Years Before History", filmed one after another "Robin Hood", "Pharaoh and the King", "The End of Pompeii", "King Arthur" in the magical genre and so on.

There are very few successful big-budget epic films in the future.

It seems that there is only one "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors", but this is a comic book adaptation, and strictly speaking, it can be classified as a superhero movie.

Relativity Entertainment has also received a lot of projects in the epic war film category, but all of them are stuck here with Ronan without exception.

Since epic war films are not popular in the market, he certainly won't throw money at it.

Regarding the failure of "King Arthur", Ronan combined the analysis of Shahai Entertainment and came to the conclusion based on his memory, that there is only one possibility, just like the pirate movies in the past, epic war films with big productions and big investments are no longer in line with this era.

Soon, Ronan's attention shifted from "King Arthur" to Disney, and since he had been keeping people staring at Disney, he knew more about the departure of Disney Studios Tony Cross.

Tony Close is both responsible for two failed projects with hundreds of millions of dollars in "Around the World in 80 Days" and "King Arthur", and a victim of power struggles within Disney.

Unlike Ronan's Relativity Entertainment, the current Walt Disney emperor Michael Eisner has no absolute controlling stake, not even a relative controlling stake.

This determines that once a large number of shareholders unite and hold Michael Eisner accountable for something, Michael Eisner simply cannot suppress dissent.

While some of Disney's shareholders side with Roy Disney, many more are in a neutral position.

In the eyes of these people, they stand with whoever can bring benefits to Disney's shareholders.

But the investment in two major productions in a row failed, even if Roy Disney doesn't have to do too much work, Disney has someone to stand up and take responsibility, not to mention that Roy Disney took this opportunity to connect many shareholders.

Such an opportunity will not be missed by anyone with a little brain.

Michael Eisner's lack of equity as a confidence can only choose to sacrifice Tony Cross, so that the latter voluntarily resigned.

In the words of Robert Eger's analysis of Ronan, Michael Eisner has one less die-hard supporter within Disney, and even this die-hard supporter may already have a deep prejudice against Michael Eisner.

Robert Iger has worked at Disney for many years and has a smooth source of information that quickly gets people to contact Tony Close quietly.

In case it can be used in the future, it is also a chess piece.

Robert Iger knows very well that Ronan has great plans for Disney, at least a Pixar studio.

A lot of the preparation for Walt Disney is going in the direction of Pixar Studios.

Especially since this year's Oscars, Relativity Entertainment has quietly strengthened its ties with Pixar Studios, and John Lasseter of Pixar Studios has also visited the Relativity Building several times.

John Lasseter once again arrives at the Relativity Entertainment Building, and in the reception room on the top floor, he meets Ronan and Robert Iger.

The two sides have met several times and are already very familiar.

"Mr. Jobs, I asked me to convey my greetings to you. John Lasseter faced Ronan with an unusually sincere smile on his face: "He went to India for a retreat this time, and he wants to have a good talk with you when he comes back." ”

Ronan nodded and asked politely, "Is Steve's illness cured?"

John Lasseter said: "Much better, no big deal. ”

Of course, it's good to listen to this, if it weren't for Steve Jobs's money, the king of cancers like pancreatic cancer would soon be killed.

Robert Iger said at this time: "In that case, Mr. Jobs should dedicate time and energy to think about the future of Pixar Studios, and Disney, especially a chaotic Disney, is really a good fit for Pixar Studios?"

John Lasseter is still a cliché: "But Pixar Studios has a contract with Walt Disney. ”

"I don't know if you've been paying attention lately, John?" Robert Iger said directly: "Disney Pictures' Tony Cross has left. ”

John Lasseter lifted his glasses: "I heard that Tony Close is responsible for the failure of the investment in "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur"?"

Ronan didn't interject and took the black tea and drank it.

Robert Iger smiled like Mickey Mouse: "To be exact, Tony Cross's departure is the result of Disney infighting. Originally, Michael Eisner's side was superior, belonging to the Michael Eisner Group and neutral shareholders, all of whom supported Michael Eisner because of his past achievements, and Roy Disney could only rely on the influence of the Disney family to support it. But the departure of Tony Close allowed Roy Disney to seize the opportunity to expand his influence and reach out to more shareholders. ”

He knows Disney too well: "Now, the strength of the two sides is slowly getting closer, what does this mean? War, the real war, is about to break out at Disney." ”

John Lasseter didn't take the topic lightly.

Robert Iger added: "Which side is Pixar Studio on? You are in a close relationship with Michael Eisner, and if he wins, he will only squeeze Pixar with a tougher stance." Roy Disney is a traditional Disney force bent on revitalizing Disney animation, and if he wins, will Pixar be better off?

"We were passive. John Lasseter let out a long sigh: "Not to mention those past movies, the newly produced feature films, aren't they all owned by Disney?"

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