Sid's interview outside the filming location immediately caused a shock in the entire entertainment industry!

Although the media and film critics have had mixed reviews and mixed reviews of "Star Wars Prequel 2", few people in the Hollywood circle, whether it is a star or a director, have come forward to express their opinions, let alone such sharp criticism.

This couldn't help but immediately make the gossip media and TV news that reported it gain a lot of attention, and as a result, those who agreed with Sid and those who opposed his opinion also stood up clearly and staged a war of words.

Especially for Sid's last sentence, "If I had to shoot it, I would have a better solution." A large number of die-hard Star Wars fans, especially those of Old Man Lucas, have stood up and angrily scolded Sid, saying that he is a hairy boy who has not dried up, and he dares to criticize "Star Wars" before he has made a few movies.

On the other hand, the side that supports Sid counts his amazing achievements in just a few years, and on the other hand, accuses "Star Wars Prequel 2" of being empty and boring and lackluster, and makes a space opera into a romance romance film.

Because the argument is about the hottest "Star Wars Prequel" at the moment, this party scolding posture has become a lively trend no less than the summer file for a while.

Sid, the initiator, plunged headlong into the filming of "The Departed" and completely stopped accepting interviews from any media and reporters.

In the last week of this month, five new films were released, and the first one to appear was a 2D animated film from DreamWorks Animation - "My Little Pony".

This is DreamWorks Animation's first animation released after "Shrek", and it is also the first animation released by DreamWorks after "The Prince of Egypt", or its CEO Katzenberg's ambition for 2D animation!

Although last year's "Shrek" made a name for DreamWorks animation as a dark horse, everyone in the industry knows that "Shrek" was actually produced by Pacific Special Effects Studios, which was acquired by DreamWorks.

DreamWorks Animation's real focus was on 2D animation, and as the animation team that created the epic "The Prince of Egypt", Katzenberg is still running DreamWorks Animation with his philosophy of creating the era of "The Lion King".

The majestic background, the heart-wrenching story, the real and delicate characters, and the euphemistic and beautiful music are all Katzenberg's specialties in successfully creating "The Lion King" in the past, and the acclaim of "The Prince of Egypt" seems to confirm that 2D and 3D are not the focus, but a good story.

So, like Don Quixote aiming at the windmill impact, the former golden boy Katzenberg charged towards his goal with the best 2D Disney dream in his heart.

Only this time, it was not the perfidious Michael Eisner who stood opposite him, but the torrent of the times!

After its first day of release, "My Little Pony" quickly received a good reputation among the media and critics, and Amazon's movie review website IMDB also gave it a high score of 7.1.

This made everyone at DreamWorks Animation feel relieved...... Half a breath, and then they were beaten to the ground by reality.

Because, even with the support of 3,300 theater screenings in the first week, "My Little Pony" still only won the first weekend box office of $23 million.

The box office fell directly to $11 million the next week, and the third week fell directly out of the 10 million red line, only $9.3 million!

Looking at this dismal result, all the big studios gloated and looked lively, among which Disney was the most happy.

And this officially announced that the final dying struggle of 2D animation also ended in failure, and the changes of the times will never be transferred by the will of individuals, even Katzenberg, who created the first "Lion King" in the history of animation box office, is no exception.

And "My Little Pony" only received $73 million in North America in the end, and not even 50 million overseas, compared to the high cost of 80 million for the movie, the loss is certain, the question is only how much to lose.

DreamWorks' glory of winning three consecutive Oscars seems to have been immediately overshadowed by the summer season, and the older generation of Don Quixote seems to be exhausted, and they are already exhausted at the beginning of the impact on the Big Seven.

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The CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures was Barry Meyer, who won the competition with "The Matrix" that year.

After taking over Warner Bros. Pictures, Barry Meyer's biggest business feature is his penchant for blockbusters.

With the "Matrix" series he created and the "Lord of the Rings" series that he let Peter Jackson create, it can be said that Barry Meyer's sense of smell for big-budget movies is not inferior to that of any top producer, and his status as the CEO of Warner Pictures also allows him to have more resources and room to operate.

Such a wealthy confidence is difficult to compare even with the heads of several other large film factories that are also in the Big Seven.

So Barry Meyer usually gives the impression of being polite, but he doesn't lose the sharpness and domineering of the big boss. But today, he walked hurriedly in the corridor of the company, and the staff in the past watched with some surprise as the unsmiling head walked quickly through the corridor with a frown.

Barry Meyer knew of course that he was looking a little out of shape, but he couldn't care about these boring things at all now, and he was still in a trance for a moment when he thought back to the news he had just learned in his mind.

In Hollywood's eyes, he is the head of Warner Pictures, the seven top executives with deep pockets, and the characters who have to shake Hollywood when they stomp their feet.

But he knew that he was still the general manager of a division in the AOL Time Warner Group after all.

Although for Hollywood, Warner Pictures is big, but for AOL Time Warner Group, Warner Pictures is not that big.

There are many really heavyweight things, and he alone is the CEO of Warner Pictures, and he can't control it at all.

For example, in the process of mergers and acquisitions, AOL and Time Warner were competing for high-level power disputes such as executive positions and board seats, which was like happening in another world for Barry Meyer.

Of course, for him, as long as these "" in New York don't affect himself in Los Angeles, as long as he can control Warner Pictures as he wants, then his status and power in Hollywood will not be affected.

However, this time is different, this time, even if he is far away on the West Coast, he has to care!