"Hahahaha!" burst into laughter in the packed screening room, on the big screen, two squirrels scramble for a pine cone, watching Slater tragically fall off a cliff into the river, smashing a heart-shaped ripple, the audience laughed again, whether children, young people or parents and adults, all had relaxed smiles on their faces, deeply attracted by the interesting stories on the screen, and soon they laughed madly again: "Hahahaha!"

With this happening in 3,869 North American theaters and tens of thousands of theaters around the world, Ice Age 3 did not disappoint the long-awaited IA fans!

But not so popular with critics, it was marked with a puddle of green rot on the main page of Rotten Tomatoes, and the critics section was almost full of criticism, with Ben Mankiewicz of "In the Movie" saying, "Of course it's not terrible, but in the end you'll forget about it, which means you should ignore it." The Los Angeles Times' Betsy Sharkey said, "Why is there a third installment to this animated story? The Orlando Sentinel's Roger Moore said, "Some jokes work, and the story is like being synthesized by the BlackBerry Commission. ...... the two freshness levels of "IA2" are only 57% and 59%, and the third part is even more "further", with a 45% freshness of popular film reviews and 33% freshness of well-known films!

Many critics have expressed their desire to "hope this is the last IA", which has long been the main criticism of flame films, such as the "Musical Youth" series, the "Ice Age" series, the "Hangover" series, the "Dance My Life" series, the "Chainsaw" series, and "Raging Speed" series, almost no big companies can catch up with the sequel production speed of FF, let alone independent film companies, and there are a large number of them, they don't rub the sequel decision at all, they don't waste sequel resources at all, some can get good film reviews, and some cannot.

Lionsgate has two sequels this year, "Ghost Record 4" and "Marty's Family Reunion" (Black Mad Woman) after a year, which are also its two current cornucopias, and the new line also has 2 parts, "Death Comes 3" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel" after three years...... The flames of "The Hangover 3", "Furious Speed 2", and "Saw 4" are all going to appear, and there is no doubt that other companies do not have so many high-quality resources and cannot be envied, and the flames that are good at using sequels have become the most successful film companies today.

One of the key factors was to maintain the reputation of the audience, with IA3 having a whopping 83% audience liking on Rotten Tomatoes, with Jaymuthecooldevils praising it: "I never thought IA would be a successful franchise series, the first part was good, the second part was hilarious, and now the third part is ...... The story is the best in the IA series, but it's not as fun and fun as the second installment. Roy-G said: "The Flame promotes the IA series as a cartoon for all ages, and I couldn't agree more. Dean! commented: "Lots of new elements, another great IA movie. It's just as good as the first two games, and I like it slightly more than the second one, and it was nice to see some dinosaur plots, a lot of funny moments, and great animation. "......" IA3 is the best of the three heroic adventures of our prehistoric animal friends. Forty-five percent of film critics appreciated it, and Thumbs Up Roger Albert was one of them, who praised the work in the Chicago Sun as the perfect trilogy finale.

Critics and audiences have mixed opinions, and the box office figures seem to be the best proof of this, with 70.16 million box office over three days over the weekend, an average of $18,136 per room! "IA3" unstoppably won the opening weekend (March 31 - April 2), the second place "The Insider" only had 15.43 million, Warner Bros.'s new films "New American Story" (11.55 million), Universal's "Ripper" (3.88 million), and Sony/Columbia's "Instinct 2" (3.2 million) all failed miserably.

Audiences love watching prehistoric animals so much, why not launch a series of excellent sequels? After winning the opening weekend so strongly, it is worth looking forward to at the final box office, and since it's not the holiday season, the remaining four days of the first week won't make much difference.

Despite this, it is not difficult for North America to break through 80 million in the first week, and the overseas market is even more successful, winning the championship in Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom...... The first blow of the flame's '06 yielded near-perfect results.

"Oh, I'm so tired......" The door of the apartment was opened, and with a click, the living room was suddenly brightly lit, and the door was slammed shut, and Nancy put the briefcase, handbag, and other things on the utility cabinet, and approached the sofa with her eyes closed, and threw herself on it at once, not wanting to move.

With the end of the filming of "Chainsaw 4" and the post-production stage, the film crew was disbanded, and Nancy, the logistical dispatch producer, also completed the task, so in addition to the assistant director of "I Am Legend" and the American version of "Infernal Affairs", she is also Wang Yang's production assistant, and she has a lot of work.

Legend has it that some powerful monster-level filmmaker only sleeps four or five hours a day, and it is still not enough to have six or seven assistants, and he is still alive and well, and he continues to pour out whimsical ideas and give work tasks, just like Miranda in "The Demon Wears Prada".

In Nancy's opinion, Wonder Young is such a monster, an enhanced version of the monster, which I didn't think much of in one movie before, but now I make two movies at the same time, and it's a quick operation...... She now wonders if Miracle Yang needs to sleep time?Hearing that he has to coax his wife to take care of the children when he comes home from work, she can't help but have a not-so-kind speculation, he ......can't do it at night? In a daze, Nancy remembered today's casting auditions, the preparations for the American version of "Infernal Affairs" are advancing every day, Wang Yang has been busy with the auditions for the protagonists in the past few days, such as today's audition for the role of police officer Jack Nicholson and several other people, Magical Young is very satisfied with Nicholson, as for "Liu Jianming" and other role candidates are still unknown, but the cast will be released at the end of April at the latest, and the actors have 2 months to prepare.

“Forever-Young，I-ant-To-Be-Forever-Young，Do-You-Really-ant-To-Live-Forever，Forever-And-Ever……”

I don't know how long it took, the mobile phone rang suddenly, and the Alphaville band sang for a while, Nancy woke up yawning and took out her phone from her pocket, and sure enough, Forever-Young! It's very encouraging and happy.

"This is Nancy, Marvel Young, please say. Nancy answered the call, and after saying "Hey, Nancy!", I heard Wang Yang over there gushing: "I think you should go and prepare some quiz questions for tomorrow's audition, I'm afraid I'm not prepared enough, remember not to think from the normal perspective of the casting team, how difficult it is, how difficult it is, to be honest, you know that those people are not rookies, to satisfy everyone, you can't make them feel so good, understand? ha! There are also acting questions......

Nancy said OK softly, and his words continued, and there was a crisp laugh from Keke, and Jessica was faintly heard shouting: "Yang, don't lift the baby so high, it's too dangerous!"

After a while, it seemed to become more and more lively, and the call ended. Nancy cheered up and began to think about difficult problems, but couldn't help laughing a few times, and finally knew why his womanhood was so good, cunning + smart + caring, what problem was good?

Wang Yang did this out of desperation, because there are too many big names participating in the audition, and each of them is a capable person in their own right, Natalie, Knightley, Scarlett, Hathaway, the four little flowers are amazing enough, as well as Emily Blunt, Jessica Bell, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gaylar, Eliza Dushku, Alexis Bledell...... Michelle Williams is also included.

More than half of Hollywood's popular female stars under the age of 30 came over at once, some of them were recommended by their agents to audition, and most of them took the initiative to compete for roles, and the media who learned of this shortlist said that this was a "supernatural phenomenon", they are not newcomers without fame and no film appointments, they are popular actresses in their youth, so many people go to grab one or two supporting actresses, it is simply a ** share, and it is fun to be eliminated in the end?

Behind the scenes of the American version of "Infernal Affairs" "In the role of a female doctor, who, who, who, who...... Auditioned, and who did they lose to?"

However, this time is different, as long as you look at who the director is, you can understand the reason, for these women who are single or in love or engaged or married, this is a lively Huashan debate, and you will regret it after not participating.

This made Wang Yang have a good "happy trouble", these people are all full of confidence and enthusiasm to participate in the audition, almost no one is rated by the media as poor acting skills, who does not think they are good? Especially Natalie, Knightley These big stars have a very high spirit, and most of them think that they must take a role.

And human emotions are very complicated, some of the candidates in this shortlist are well-known Wang Yang's good brothers, good friends, and people who were single-handedly pushed to the big screen by him, if in the role of a female doctor, he finally chooses Natalie, or Emily? What will be the mentality of the other people who are not selected? Even if they don't feel anything, after a long time, those agents and friends are chirping and complaining and regretting, their mentality is likely to change.

Wang Yang didn't think Natalie would, and Scarlett probably wouldn't, but maybe Emily would blame him: "I lost at the beginning." ”

It's long gone since the casting of "Youth Musical", everyone was a fledgling rookie back then, and the movie didn't know if it would be messed up, Jessica also rejected "Idle Hand" because of this, losing is losing, Eliza, Hewitt and others can't complain;

Of course, Wang Yang is not afraid that they will be angry, even if he takes the initiative to find someone to cooperate with them in the future, that guy will be unhappy and unenthusiastic, and then he will talk about it, he can't control so much! But now there is a plan for the best of both worlds: let the loser lose convincingly.

It's not that I'm convinced of my competitors, it's impossible, not to mention the problem of heart, they can't see other people's audition videos for the time being; they are convinced of him and the crew, and they are convinced of this audition, it turns out that it's not just "playing a woman well", but her own performance is not very good, and she messed up.

Sometimes, Wang Yang really doesn't want to care, he continues to teach Keke to speak, and these problems are a headache for the casting director! However, he understands that these women are coming for him, he auditions for the leading actor and the supporting actor, and the supporting actress shortlist is star-studded, and he actually doesn't come forward to audition for them in person...... In fact, it is not only the two supporting actresses who have to solve it in this way, but also the "Liu Jianming" side.

At first, because Natalie and Rachel didn't have schedules, he didn't care, and whoever wanted to join the role competition replied, "Okay, let's see how the audition results first." "If you promise this, it's hard to refuse that, and in the end, ...... Anyway, Wang Yang knows that the audition in the next two days will not be easy, and he wants to stump all these women and make them frustrated, including that Natalie Portman!

"Good night, baby. "Good night, baby. The night was dark, and the two took care of Keke and fell asleep, and walked out of the baby's room gently.

Coming to the corridor, Wang Yang suddenly took Jessica into his arms and said softly, "The two of them are in the world." Jessica's eyes rolled, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly: "And then?" Wang Yang kissed her lips like a dragonfly, and stroked her hair, shoulders and necks with both hands: "Then, we need to do some exercises." She blinked her eyes in confusion: "What exercise?" His hand slowly moved down: "Don't you want to give birth to a baby? Giving birth to a baby is a mysterious ritual, and we have to practice it well." ”

"But you still have a lot of work to do tomorrow. "It's okay, it just makes me more energetic and more awake. ”…… The sun rises after the night, the blue sky in the morning is pleasant, and the cool sea breeze blows, which makes people feel comfortable, there is no red carpet outside the Santa Monica Flame headquarters building, but it is more star-studded than some unknown film festivals and premieres, and the Flame employees only see a lot of beautiful stars coming!

"Hey!Keira, good morning!" Natalie was dressed in a black T-shirt and jeans casual wear, with a non-confident look, she would win today! When she was about to walk into the Flame Building, she happened to see Keira Knightley in a blue plaid shirt and jeans, Natalie walked up briskly with a smile, she wanted the role of a psychiatrist, and according to the agent's information, Knightley also wanted to play the role of a psychiatrist.

The two met as early as the filming of "Star Wars Prequel 1" (filming period 1997-6-26 to 1997-9-30), when Natalie played Queen Amidara, which was highly anticipated, and Knightley played the queen's stand-in, because of her striking resemblance to Natalie, she also received a lot of attention.

"Every girl wants to be Queen Amidala. Jennifer Lopez once said this, you can imagine the difference in treatment between the two young girls back then, and know the mood of the teenage girl Knightley who "mentioned this role because I look like Natalie Portman".

"Hey, good morning, Natalie!" Knightley replied with a smile and walked up, she was going to win today!

It is precisely because of this reason that the two who are both very high-spirited do not have a deep friendship, coupled with today's competition, at this time, as soon as the two of them look at each other, the fire immediately ignites! Knightley is no longer a queen stand-in, she is Elizabeth of "Pirates and Pirates", she is Elizabeth of "Pride and Prejudice", she is the super popular English Rose! And Natalie is naturally not bad, she is the super popular Amidara, Juno, Amanda, Shamo...... As the two walked into the building, they greeted and talked a few words, talking and laughing, without any abnormality at all, calm on the eve of the storm.

The auditions scheduled for this morning were very early, and soon Scarlett also came, she has fully proved in "The End of the Race" how sexy and glamorous she can be to play a doctor and nurse, as for her acting skills or something, do you need to question it? Then the big-mouthed princess Hathaway arrived, since "Juno", she has been looking for an opportunity to return to the set of Magical Young, and now the opportunity has come! Emily, who arrived almost at the same time, also misses that set very much; it has been almost 8 years since she last audition for "Youth Musical", and Hewitt is full of confidence this time...... Hmm, hmm......" In the chairman's office of the Flame Headquarters, Wang Yang looked at the questions prepared by Nancy on the document, but frowned from time to time and muttered: "These seem to be too simple." ”

Nancy, who was sitting opposite, was nervous, and couldn't help but take a deep breath and asked, "Aren't those questions okay?" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders, closed the folder, and said, "I'm afraid they can't bother those women, you know, each of them is smarter than the other." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry......" Nancy spread her hands helplessly and worriedly, it's really bad, not only to disappoint Magic Young, but also to mess up this matter, it's really a serious dereliction of duty, what should I do?

After staring at her for a few seconds, Wang Yang suddenly burst out laughing, da-da-da! He knocked on the desk table a few times, and said with a smile: "Do you think you've messed up? Do you feel frustrated?" Nancy immediately understood: "What? You mean?" The first thought in her heart turned out to be, "Fortunately, he is a good man", otherwise she would be in big trouble! Nancy immediately laughed, and spread her hands wider: "Then did I mess up?"

"Guess?" Wang Yang stood up with a smile, picked up the folder and walked out of the office: "Wait a minute, you will see how many questions I have adopted from you, won't you know?" Nancy thought for a moment, it was indeed the case.

(To be continued)