As usual, there has been no response from the media over the controversy over the results of the awards, and everyone knows that no matter who the award is given to, it will always cause controversy.

A few days after the Oscars, Firefly released its first film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" after the turmoil at the beginning of the year. A lot of people are following the movie with a variety of moods.

Although "Reservoir Dogs" also got a good box office some time ago, although the box office of that movie was much larger under the influence of Eric, it was still a small fight.

Because Eric was very optimistic about "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in advance, Robert Shea raised as many as 2,000 screens for the film, which is already the limit of Firefly's current capabilities, and the seven major studios could raise more than 3,000 screens if necessary.

And, even if the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles box office is much better than originally planned after its release, it will be difficult to add more canvas, and if the box office is not as good as it should be, then hundreds of screens may be taken down next week.

Therefore, this release has attracted the attention of most people inside and outside the Hollywood circle, and if the fireflies encounter 'Waterloo' this time, there will be a lot of people who gloat or even fall into the ground.

But because of the box office results of the previous life, and the scale of the current publicity is much larger than the previous life, Firefly invested a huge $6 million publicity budget for the film, which does not include the production cost of 2,000 copies, so Eric is not as worried as Robert Shea or Jeffrey.

Although he participated in the premiere, Eric hid as a guest this time, and handed over the opportunity to show his face to the creators of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

At this time, he is discussing with Jeffrey about the preparation of Instinct.

"Jeffrey, if Hollywood doesn't find the right actors, I'd better try it out in Europe. Just like the "Prague Love" a few years ago, the director of that movie chose European actors because most of the Hollywood actors he fancied were too conservative to act. ”

Jeffrey glanced at Robert Shea, who was giving an impassioned speech on stage. Shaking his head, he said, "Eric, that's not what I'm worried about. There are many other things, such as the director, Paul Verhoeven, whom you recommended, who has just taken on a big Zuò movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and is not willing to pay attention to "Instinct" at all. Moreover, the budget is also a big issue, and I asked people to do a detailed budget according to the script you gave, and the final result is that the cost of the film is at least $30 million. Far more than the $20 million budget you gave, and the most important thing about the rating, the scenes you designed were really overdone, and it would easily be rated NC-17, and we don't have the ability to intervene in the rating committee now, once it is rated NC-17 and is scheduled to be released in restricted theaters, then, the film will definitely be lost. ”

Eric scratched at his hair in annoyance, knowing that what Jeffrey said was the truth. The U.S. Film Rating Board is completely dominated by the seven major studios, and many people have analyzed that some movies have exactly the same picture. Productions from the Big Seven studios will be rated R, but non-Big Seven productions will be rated NC-17. What Eric clearly remembers is Meg Ryan's previous life in which she starred in "Nude丨Cut" in order to seek a breakthrough, because it was released by a major film company, and some scenes in that movie can be called Ivy grade, but it was rated R.

If this movie is filmed in the future and is not rated as NC-17, then the seven major film companies will definitely have a collective convulsion. Although there is still a way to modify the plot and re-rate, in that case, the plot will definitely change a lot. Box office results are hard to predict.

After thinking about it for a moment, Eric knew he had no choice. "That's it, Jeffrey." Contact the seven major universities to see which one is willing to cooperate, and choose one with more favorable conditions. ”

"That's about you being a screenwriter......"

"In that case, don't try to hide it, then just use my real name, anyway, I'm not even twenty years old now, and writing such a script just makes people think I'm young and frivolous. If it were to be concealed, I bet those guys would do everything they could to reveal it for whatever purpose. ”

Jeffrey shook his head helplessly: "Eric, I really can't understand why you have to make such a movie, I can't see what is so good about this movie." ”

"Then read the script a few more times," Eric joked, "Do you now know who the killer is?"

Jeffrey shook his head: "If you sue me, I can be 100% sure what Beth said after being shot by the actor Nick is the exact 'I ......'." ”

Eric said, "Maybe it's 'I was wrong,' 'I'm sorry for you,' 'I love you,' or something?"

"I think it's least likely to be 'I love you,' and most likely 'I was wrong.' Jeffrey said.

Eric was stunned, in fact, this sentence was originally 'I love you', however, Eric felt that it was difficult to say words like 'I love you' before dying when he was shot by a loved one without hesitation, so when writing the script, Eric made a small modification, leaving only a 'I ......' for the audience to guess for themselves. Just like "Island Cry", leaving some suspense will be more conducive to the box office.

On the stage, after several creators of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" took turns to speak, the movie began to play.

Seeing the picture on the screen again, Eric still inevitably frowned slightly, this strong B-grade Hong Kong film flavor, although the total cost of 13 million US dollars is definitely a super blockbuster for Hong Kong films, but in Hollywood, it can only be barely regarded as a medium cost, plus there must be some special effects in the movie, the result can be imagined.

It's like one of the shots, when a group of people are fighting, and some gangster with a knife cuts the wire, and even if you can't do the glow effect, you should at least have a little bit of ziz's electric sound, but the result is ...... No, the gangster just trembled a few times, even if he was electrocuted, it looked a little funny.

Of course, this is mainly due to Eric's appetite being nourished by the special effects blockbusters of his previous life. Although Eric frowned frequently, the audience in the movie theater attending the premiere let out a few laughs or low exclamations from time to time because of the words and martial arts movements of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The creators of the film, who were still a little nervous, were also relieved when they heard these voices.

Perhaps because of the film's budget, or perhaps as is the norm in Hong Kong films, the movie is only 90 minutes long, and it is quickly finished, and before the lights are turned on, there is warm applause in the cinema.

"A wonderful sci-fi action movie, although many places are not as good as it should be, but with an investment of $13 million, this is an excellent movie. ”

"The jokes about Renaissance characters that appear from time to time in the film are hilarious, and the action design of the movie also has a lot of two points that are worth watching. ”

“……”

After the premiere, all kinds of evaluations followed, because of Firefly's vigorous publicity and public relations, the overall evaluation of the film was still very positive, many newspapers gave high marks, although from time to time there were a few fierce criticism articles, but they couldn't make any big waves, although the seven major film companies didn't want to see the success of the movie, but in the face of Firefly's sparing no effort to spend money on publicity, no one would pay hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars to discredit the movie.

What's more, the Seven are not particularly optimistic about this movie, otherwise Fox would not have refused to release "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" after watching the finished film.

In the midst of many people's attention, three days later, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" earned $25 million at the opening weekend box office in 2,000 theaters in North America, which surprised many people.

And Fox, who once again looked away, fired several executives in a short period of time, counting the matter of "Golden Jade League", Fox was inevitably ridiculed by many media.

Faced with this situation, Fox couldn't say anything.

A full week later, the box office of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in the first week was released, reaching 32 million.

Seeing this achievement, many media outlets that were still chattering crookedly lost their voices.

People in Hollywood circles also realized that Fireflies were not affected in any way after the turmoil at the beginning of the year, and the news that Eric was the first to be optimistic about this movie was inevitably revealed, which once again caused a heated discussion in Hollywood circles. In addition to several movies in which Eric himself participated, plus "Steel Magnolia", this is also the second time, a movie that is not favored by others, but is favored by Eric, is a great success.

For a while, many people began to ask which movies Eric was optimistic about.

As a result, Eric's series of copyrights that Drew acquired a few years ago have once again entered the attention of many people.

Because Xiao Nizi was not in a hurry, Eric only bought more than half of the more than 20 copyrights listed.

After the two copyrights under discussion were discovered, all the powerful film companies in Hollywood joined the competition, and the copyright owners were all waiting to be sold.

In this case, Eric can only ask Drew to stop the acquisition of the copyright, although there are still a few that have not been obtained, but if he makes a move now, he will definitely fall into a crazy rush, and the certainty of getting it is extremely low.

Moreover, the adaptation rights of several films that Eric values the most, such as "Charlie's Angel"/"Mission Impossible" and "The Identity of Bourne", have already been acquired.

Of course, that's all for later, and after the success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the person with the most complicated feelings is undoubtedly Robert Shea.

After all, if Robert Shay could wait for the first half of the year, for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to be released, then the new line would be a different story entirely. (To be continued)