CHAPTER 378: KO!KO!KO! (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

"Miracle reveals new film plans, Natalie Portman joins to star in '500 Days with Shamo'" - Yahoo Entertainment, Rotten Tomatoes, AOL...... According to a number of media reports, "Firefly" director Pokémon Wang Yang recently revealed a new plan on his personal blog to shoot a low-budget love movie called "500 Days with Shamo"! and announced that "Star Wars Queen" Natalie Portman will play the heroine! Before the news was in an uproar, Natalie Portman confirmed his words on her blog, she wrote in the article: " It's a great honor to work with Wang Yang again, it's an exciting time, he always gives you a special energy on the set, look forward to my performance, and congratulations to his "Firefly" for breaking through the $1 billion global box office. ……”

There was an uproar after the news spread, although the public has long been accustomed to Wang Yang's high-speed and high production, according to the three consecutive commercial films after "District 9" "Las Vegas Duseries + From New York to Paris to New York", it is not strange that he returned to small and medium-budget production after "Firefly", but ...... Fans of the love movie?!MY?Fans can't help but be stunned, and then listen to the only detail he joked about himself: "It's not the youth love of high school students, there will be sunshine and haze, please fasten your seatbelts!"

"It seems that the war between Young and the critics will continue. "The report on Rotten Tomatoes says so, because more than one critic has complained about Wang Yang's lack of enthusiasm for chasing girls, even if that movie has a so-called love classification, "Youth Musical" is considered love? "Juno", "District 9", and "The Devil Wears Prada" also have some embellishments, but if you count it like this, "Ghost Shadow" is a love movie, and "Firefly" is the only review on MetaCritic.com, which is the lack of normal beautiful women and love elements.

Now Wang Yang, who is about to be promoted to a father at the end of the year, has not stopped for a moment, announcing that he will shoot a love movie!

"MY, WHAT'S THE STORY?WHAT'S THE STYLE?WHAT'S THE THEME?OH MY GOD, IT'S SO SUDDEN!" Movie fan Carrie E grabbed the front row of this new journal, and fan Jon L was puzzled: "It's not a joke, is it? Who's going to tell me what's going on? It's hard to imagine MY's love movie! No kissing, no physical contact, no eye contact, what's that?" Katie T cares about gossip: "It's Natalie Portman again!" I don't think she's acting so good, MY, wouldn't Jessica be angry when you get so close to her?" Georgina-D, who is also a girl, cares about the film: "The movie is about the story of 500 days with Shamo, what about the 501st day? It won't be a tragedy, right? Don't!...... Fans actually have this worry, you must know that the "sunny humorous version of Magic Jan" can make people cheerful for months and years, and the "depressive horror version of Magic Jan" can leave an indelible shadow in the hearts of the audience for a lifetime...... The whole movie world is in chaos! Of course, not only the media and movie fans are in a hurry, but also a number of film companies, not for the sake of illusory equity investment, but Wang Yang said: "This movie will be released this Christmas!" They all hurriedly checked their release schedules and re-weighed and evaluated, no one wants to become bleak cannon fodder in the joyous Christmas! Agents and actors are also in a mess, why is there no advance news, and suddenly it is a new film! Suddenly the heroine is gone! God! Are there still characters?

"If you can't get an important role for me, you will get out of here!" Drew Barrymore gave a death order to his agent, and Keira Knightley, Blake Lively, Camilla Baylor, Jessica Bell, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Rose Byrne, and many other popular new actresses or fledgling female stars of the right age have expressed their intentions to the agent; Anne Hathaway, Alexis Bledell, Eliza Dushku, Anne Darren, Emily Blunt and others have called or texted, and Julia Roberts has asked if there is a suitable role for her niece Emma Roberts?...... No one minds being the second heroine, and even if she doesn't get a Best Supporting Actress nomination or something, her fame is very likely to explode suddenly! But whether you are famous or not, personal wishes account for a large proportion, just for cooperation, this is a magical Young! A star a few years younger almost grew up watching his movies, and the limelight "Firefly" is even more exciting and exciting, who doesn't want to work with this humorous and friendly super-director of the same age? There are so many things to be gained.

The agents all went out to contact Wang Yang to inquire about the possibility of cooperation, and the vacant actor and supporting actor were more intense, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Zachary Levy, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Franco, Ryan Reynolds, Ashton Kutcher, Jay Baruchel, Bradley Cooper, Channing Tatum...... There are too many people who want to act, and like the female characters, there is no problem with the salary being only a symbolic hundreds of thousands.

So within a few days, a lot of filmmaker news circulated in the media: "Keira Knightley is actively seeking to join "500 Days with Shamo", "Jessica Biel joins the role competition in "500 Days with Shamo", "Julia Roberts wants to magically help her niece take the position?", "Jake Gyllenhaal is looking forward to playing the leading role in Wang Yang's new work", "It is revealed that Heath Ledger will join "500 Days with Shamo"", ...... "Let's cheer for "Firefly" first!" Wang Yang seemed to have expected the news to be boiling immediately after it broke, when he finally wrote in his announcement log.

Recently, Wang Yang's news has been one after another, but at the center of the vortex is still "Firefly", which broke through the 1 billion global box office, especially since it just killed "War of the Worlds" by Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise.

When the curtain came down on July 1st-7th, the week ended, "War of the Worlds" finally lost the most promising first-week championship, it ranked second with a box office of 98.8267 million US dollars, an average of $25,288 per unit (3908 theaters), this first week performance is not bad, 134.5 million in 9 days is also passable, but if you compare it with the third week of "Firefly", it can be ashamed to death-

30.57%!"Firefly" earned 104.9 million to dominate North America and win the championship for three consecutive weeks!The average single theater is $25,761 (4,075 theaters), and the total box office in North America in 21 days is 492.5 million!

Driven by the strong drive of the two authenticity rescue works, the North American film market continued to be hot this week, with a total box office of 316.5 million that made theater owners smile, but it was only a pain for many films such as "Batman" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", whose average single library figures were around 3000-5000 yuan, almost to the point that no one cared. And this week's other new film "Rebounding" sports comedy "Rebounding" was forgotten on the one hand, and ridiculed on the other, with three indicators of 13%/14%/52% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average of $2,445 per theater, a total of 6.02 million first-week box office (2,464 theaters), and simply announced his death.

The overseas film market is also very hot, the weekly champion "Firefly" in various countries and regions swept 176.4 million US dollars with a -28% weekly decline, and the total overseas box office rose to 690.6 million, with a global box office of 1.1831 billion in 21 days, surpassing "The Lord of the Rings 3", which ranked second in film history with 1.167 billion, and became the new runner-up in film history!

"I said it a long time ago! "War of the Worlds" is definitely not the opponent of "Firefly"! What about the third week? Continue to be the champion! 1 billion box office!"

Evelyn excitedly typed this line on the Yahoo News comment message board, and saw that there were countless people cheering for Wang Yang and "Firefly", and many people were sarcastic, such as the mentally handicapped Yang Hei SEM65 said: "I don't know what you guys are happy about, don't forget that Wang Yang's people bombed our Pearl Harbor." Cappie replied, "Know more about history! Adrian replied, "It's because of this idiocy that we have so much fun." Milinda replied, "There are still people who don't know anything about Amazing Young, my God, what planet are you from?" The girl Kray wrote excitedly: "I love Amazing Young!!I want to marry him, I want to have a baby for him!!I hate Jessica Alba!! I hate her!!" Another mentally handicapped Yang Black CeeM directly insulted: "Wang Yang, come and taste the taste of my large balls!" ...... Everyone loves Miracle Young, everyone hates Miracle Young, no matter what praise or abuse is, they are crazy about him.

Nast8 wrote: "1.2 billion box office! I love this madman! This guy gives me a huge boost every time, it feels so good to finish Spielberg's old ass!" Tpfan24 wrote: "I have always disliked Spielberg, I feel that he is too shrewd and treacherous, and I am very happy that Wang has cleaned him up." Alice, another die-hard Wang Yang fan, wrote: "Spielberg is old, he can't make any decent movies anymore, "War of the Worlds" is a very old-fashioned and clichéd film, maybe some old people will like it, but it doesn't fit the aesthetics of young people, look at "Firefly", there is everything we want! Rolo188 wrote, "How can I stop loving Wang Yang?" ...... Break through 1 billion box office!1.1 billion box office! 1.2 billion! The entire "Firefly" production team and the whole flame movie are happy and proud of this achievement, Robert Downey Jr. is happy, Heath Ledger is happy, Daniel Wu is happy, Michael Pitt is happy, and Alan Page is happy...... Unbelievable!Flames official spokesperson Foona Hassen expressed her heartfelt thanks to the fans and viewers of Firefly through the media: "Young said, 'This is a miracle that everyone has put together to put on a show for the world,' and we think so......"

There is no doubt that this proud result not only greatly stimulated Nast8, but also stimulated the fanatical die-hard fans who fought in the IMDB battle, providing them with plenty of explosive power! "Firefly", which had risen to 5.7% and had been pulled to 9.3 points, went crazy again, returning to 9.5 points (465,943 rated users) almost overnight! It was able to continue to lead "The Godfather" by 9.1 points and firmly sit at the top of the TOP250 list!

Some people are happy and some are sad, according to the disclosure of a number of gossip entertainment media, Tom Cruise is very depressed about the new film not winning the first week championship, and even Katie Holmes is affected, the two quarreled unhappily a few times, and the marriage may fall through. "Tom is frustrated and annoyed, he has done so much for this film and still can't win the championship, it's a real blow, but who can blame? He's just angry with himself," an insider from "US-eekly" revealed. In addition, Spielberg was also exposed to very angry rumors, received a failed audience reputation, failed to win the first week, and lost to a third-week film! The insider repeated his original words: "It's like a shame." ”

However, Spielberg's old friend Robert Zemeckis has a different opinion, and when the great director recently attended the Film Technology Expo, when talking to media reporters about Wang Yang and "Firefly", he was full of praise: "I am proud of this young man, from "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" to "Firefly", I have witnessed his growth step by step. A few years ago, he was asking me questions about getting the actors' emotions, setting up the mood on set, setting up props, etc., but now he is not something I can teach, instead I need to ask him questions, and he has taken IMAX technology to a new level. He smiled at reporters and said, "You should have heard too many praises of "Firefly", but I still have to say that this movie is unbeatable. ”

At the same time, according to Yahoo Entertainment, George Lucas also praised "Firefly", saying, "I appreciate the success of Wang Yang, which is a new interstellar pop culture", and he especially praised the future appearance of the perfect fusion of western cowboys and the eastern world in the film, saying, "It is indescribably beautiful, which inspires me to explore and construct future alien civilizations, and the IMAX characteristics of "Firefly" make the picture even better." While I'm not an avid fan of IMAX technology, I think Star Wars should be better with these new technologies. ”

"Back to the Future" and "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis doesn't seem to be a hot topic, and "the father of "Star Wars" George Lucas actually came to join in the fun! This real news that is not a rumor has stimulated many Star Wars fans for a while, and even made some Star Wars fans who are fighting for "Star Wars" VS "Firefly" dumbfounded, isn't it? Lucas stabbed them at a critical moment!? Is "Firefly" really that good!?

In addition to "USC Pie", the number of celebrities who give it thumbs up continues to increase, and Peter Jackson, the "Lord of the Rings director" and the remake of "King Kong", which will be released in December at the end of the year, said on his blog: "I can hear friends talking about "Fireflies" during this time, and I went to the regular theater and IMAX theater once last weekend, and then I started knocking on my head, why didn't "King Kong" use IMAX film? But if you think that I said that "Firefly" only has IMAX, it would be wrong......" Quentin Tarantino said on his personal website, Archives, "I can now list the number one on this list of the top 10 films of the summer, Firefly, which was so cool that it killed Kill Bill. I want to invite Wang Yang to star in an action movie, is that possible?" Will Smith revealed on his blog: "It killed me! Jaden has asked me to take him to see it five times since it was released, and of course I enjoyed it every time. ”…… The USC director is very majestic, and the USC director is very embarrassed. On the new weekend of July 8th and 10th, the North American film market ushered in two new films released on a large scale, the horror film "Ghost Water Monster Tales" released by Bowei received 45%/42%/37% of the three indicators on Rotten Tomatoes, with a three-day average of $2,740 per theater and a total of 7.28 million (2,657 theaters), and was labeled as "another cannon fodder"; was grandly released, but this blockbuster, which was pinned on by 20th Century Fox, had a miserable word-of-mouth and box office.

The freshness of popular film reviews is 27%, the freshness of well-known movies is 29%, and the audience's liking is 57%!

Richard Roper of "Ebert & Roeper" smashed Rotten Tomatoes: "Bland, bland acting, really, who made Rachel McAdams a transparent girl? Roger Albert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a 1/4 and he quipped: "A really good superhero blockbuster would be like 'Superman,' 'Spider-Man 2,' 'Batman,' and the purpose of 'Fantastic Four' and their presence in the same theater is just to be ashamed." David Edelstein of "The Rock" also smashed on Rotten Tomatoes: "An over-inflated, stupid B-movie, with no metaphors, no off-strings, no subtext, no wit, no acting, and it looks like they're just a soap opera director and some cheese actors, except for Rachel McAdams." ”…… With such a bad reputation, and without the support of big directors and big stars, "Fantastic Four" naturally had almost no box office competitiveness, and was labeled as a "big bad movie" early, and then "another cannon fodder", it collected an average of $9,328 per theater in 3,602 theaters, with a total of 33.6 million opening weekend box office!

After knocking out "War of the Worlds" in the first weekend in the third weekend, it knocked out "Fantastic Four" in the first weekend in the fourth weekend, winning the fourth consecutive North American weekend box office championship! For a while, the media, fans and fans were in an uproar again.

(To be continued)