Chapter 451: Trailer

Just two days after the trailer for "Tornado" was completed, the Super Bowl final, the biggest televised carnival in the United States, was also approaching. On this day, almost half of Americans watch the National Football League championship final in front of the television.

As the heroine of "Tornado", Eric originally invited Joanna Pakula to watch the Super Bowl together at Sharp Corner Manor, and by the way, he watched the trailer of "Tornado" cut by him. But as evening approached, a white sedan drove into the manor, and two delicate women got out of the car.

"Why are you all here?" said Eric, looking at Joanna and Virginia who were holding each other together, with some surprise.

Virginia, who was wearing a black V-neck dress, glanced at Eric seductively when she heard Eric's words: "What, don't you welcome me?"

"Of course not," Eric shook his head and gestured in a gesture of invitation, but his eyes quickly noticed that both women had a striking rose-colored ring on their left ring finger, and a smile could not help but appear on their lips.

Seeing Eric follow, Joanna explained softly and in a low voice, "Vicky and I were originally going to go to Minnesota to watch the live finals together, but the tickets were bought, and we canceled it temporarily when we heard you call." ”

Eric politely pushed open the door of the villa for the two girls, and said with a smile: "I'm just curious when did the relationship between the two of you become so good?"

"It was that time Vicky went to Oklahoma, and we kept in touch a lot, and you're so busy, you never see anyone. ”

Eric smiled awkwardly when he heard the faint resentment in Joanna's tone. "That's not bad. The two of you are the same age. There's definitely a lot to talk about. ”

"Why are you still deserted here?" said Virginia, looking around the villa, after "Island Cry", Virginia moved out of Malibu and bought another house in Beverly Hills, so she didn't have to go to the manor much more often than other women.

Eric said, "Because I like this, and you don't want me to find some pretty little maids to fill in, do you?"

"How can we control you," Virginia smiled and raised her left hand and gestured at Eric with the ring on her ring finger. How many did you send out?"

When Joanna heard this question, she also showed a curious look.

"Call you together another day, and you'll know. ”

"You're just messing around, one day Joan and I can't stand it anymore, so we'll move to San Francisco," Virginia's tone was a little disgusted, but there was a smile on the corners of her eyebrows, obviously not really angry.

"Hang the rainbow flag at the door, and you'll be famous." ”

The three of them laughed and chatted for a while. We made dinner together.

For ordinary Americans, this night. They're still more focused on the win or defeat between the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills, but for Hollywood's Big Seven, many executives are focused on the upcoming Super Bowl trailer.

Warner's "Batman", Sony-Columbia's "Dark War Prequel" starring Tom Cruise, Universal's "Beyond Immortality", Fox's "Alien 3" and other films have chosen to appear at the Super Bowl. And the one that has attracted the most attention is undoubtedly Firefly's special effects blockbuster "Tornado", which is the main one in this summer. Compared with several other movies that started all kinds of publicity early, "Tornado" has simply announced some cast names so far, in addition, Firefly has not disclosed any specific news about the film, and Eric, who has always been known for his high production, did not direct any movies for a whole year last year, and the special effects blockbuster created by sharpening a sword for two years can be imagined.

It was already dark, but Michael Eisner didn't get off work, still staying in his office at Universal Pictures' headquarters, watching the Super Bowl live with a few of his henchmen and executives. Although he didn't say it explicitly, several henchmen understood that Michael Eisner was more interested in Eric Williams's "Tornado".

After accepting the management of the world from Panasonic, after a period of iron-fisted governance, Michael Eisner barely controlled the company, but he also knew very well that this qiē was only temporary, and if he could not do his best to improve the global business situation, those forces that he suppressed would definitely have a greater backlash.

Similar to Michael Eisner, two members of the Sony-Columbia family, Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, gathered at a luxury villa in Beverly Hills to watch the Super Bowl final.

In the two years since Sony acquired Columbia, it has successively produced several blockbusters such as "Total Recall" and "Captain Hawke", and this summer will also launch "Prequel to the Dark War", which has obtained all the copyrights from Eric, and the performance can be described as 'thriving', but everyone in the Hollywood circle knows that Sony Pictures has been losing money in the past two years, and it is a huge loss, and those big-investment films are all Sony Pictures making money at a loss, even if there are some profits, they are basically divided up by famous Hollywood filmmakers such as Spielberg.

Not only that, but Peter Cooper and Jon Peters are two losers who squander Sony Pictures' money on pies, yachts, private jets, and even high-end prostitutes. After being taken to a yacht full of Hollywood superstars and celebrities by the two to compliment Sony's chairman, Akio Morita, who came to inspect in person, not only did not question Sony's performance, but was very satisfied with the two people's expressions, and attributed Sony's losses in the past two years to the normal performance ups and downs caused by Sony's acquisition.

In the past, Peter Cooper and Jon Peters would never have wasted such a good nightlife time following a rugby game. However, since Japan's Panasonic forcefully removed the current management of Universal, the two Sony Pictures family members have also felt the crisis. The Japanese are not stupid, Sony Pictures continues to lose money like this, there is a lesson from Panasonic's removal of Universal management, and when Sony's headquarters comes to their senses, they will definitely be swept away.

In addition to Universal and Sony, people from Warner, Paramount, Fox and other companies are also closely watching this Super Bowl game.

Compared to the nervousness of the others, Eric was much more relaxed. Had dinner. A whole bunch of snacks were prepared with two women. Together, they curled up on the soft sofa in the small living room and watched the live broadcast of the finals on TV. Speaking of which, neither Eric nor Joanna is interested in the Super Bowl, only occasionally making a few layman's comments and applauding any mistakes without any position, but Virginia seems a little fanatical.

"When I was 12 years old, I remember very well that my brother brought me here at Los Angeles Memorial Stadium. Unfortunately, we didn't get tickets, so we could only watch the live broadcast in a small café outside the stadium, and I cried aggrievedly. My brother used the rest of the money to take me all over Los Angeles and Disneyland, and then we had to take a ride back to New York, but luckily nothing happened along the way, otherwise I would have regretted it. ”

Eric caressed Virginia's waist comfortingly, and said with a smile: "Your brother is not a good person at first glance, what can happen, your worries are obviously unnecessary." ”

Virginia gave Eric an annoyed look, "My brother just looks rough. But definitely a nice person, which is like you. gave birth to a good skin, but inside it was a bad embryo with a flower heart. ”

Listening to the girl's teasing, Eric leaned in and kissed Virginia on the cheek, grinning, "I usually think this is complimenting me." ”

Virginia pushed Eric's face away and sneered, "Cheeky. ”

Although she had a good relationship with Virginia, she felt like she was being left aside, and Joanna couldn't help but ask, "Eric, why hasn't the trailer for Tornado started yet?"

"After the third quarter, we didn't get a good ad spot, but that's okay, you're going to be surprised. ”

As the three of them were talking, the second quarter of the game was over and the usual advertising session began, and Eric was a little surprised to see Apple's notebook ad, but it was not surprising that Apple was advertising at the Super Bowl considering the huge profits that the newly released PowerBook brought to Apple.

After Apple's PowerBook notebook commercial ended, the picture darkened, and the Warner Pictures logo appeared, and Eric slightly lifted his spirits, knowing that the next step must be the trailer of "Batman Returns".

In the dirty, dark sewers, a fat figure with an umbrella gradually appears, and in the narration, the penguin man reveals the image of a yin owl with a hooked nose as depicted in the comics.

"It's disgusting," the two girls obviously felt a little uncomfortable, leaning towards Eric, Eric didn't feel anything, looking at the rich comic-style shots on the screen, exaggerated sets and dark painting style, and shook his head secretly, it seems that this sequel has not changed anything, although Warner will not lose money, but will definitely lose a lot of popularity because of Tim Burton's weird style.

A few shots later, Catwoman played by Michelle Pfeiffer, an urban white-collar worker who falls from a building surrounded by wild cats, a crazy woman who is persecuted by her boss to binge drink milk, and a sexy catwoman who stands in front of a store and makes a weird cat meow with a violent explosion...... After the two villains, Michael Keaton's Batman appeared in a Batmobile.

After the trailer of "Batman Returns", which was also played for one minute and thirty seconds, Virginia said with some regret: "Catwoman's image is so sexy, Warner originally invited me to play Catwoman, but unfortunately the schedule couldn't be adjusted during that time." ”

"Catwoman isn't for you, if you want to play a superhero, I'll find you a role in the future. ”

"Oh, so which superhero do you think is right for me?"

Eric recalled all the DC and Marvel superhero movies he had watched, and then shook his head: "Forget it, you still play a female ghost, superheroes are not so easy to be." ”

To Joanna's laughter, Virginia raised her fist and hammered Eric on the shoulder.

In front of thousands of TVs in North America, compared to Eric's bland reaction to the trailer of "Batman Returns", many fans of DC Comics are very excited, because in the original comics, Penguin Man is the villain who gives Batman a headache more than the Joker, and his popularity is far greater than that of the Joker in the previous film, and the sexy Catwoman is undoubtedly another very popular character. The simultaneous appearance of two heavyweight original comic book characters in the movie is enough to drive many fans of the comic and the movie crazy, and many people have already decided to watch this new work as soon as the trailer is halfway through.

"It's too dark, and the style is a bit exaggerated," in the Universal office, after watching the trailer of "Batman Returns", Michael Eisner commented in his heart, Universal's "Flying Over Immortality" and "Batman Returns" will be released on June 19 at the same time, originally this schedule was also opposed by Universal, however, seeing that this "Batman Returns" tends to be an extreme weird style, Michael Eisner's original worries and worries have also been put down a lot.

Compared with "Batman Returns", Michael Eisner is even more worried about "Tornado" and Firefly's other "Strange Guy in Disguise", which was released two weeks in advance, although the time difference between these two movies and "Flying Over Immortality" is two weeks, one is scheduled for June 5, and the other is on July 3. But because of Eric's previous film achievements, Michael Eisner did not dare to take it lightly.

Eric had some expectations for the halftime show of the famous Super Bowl, but he was disappointed by the actress who had never heard of him at all. It seems that we can only look forward to next year's Super Bowl halftime show, and I remember that next year's halftime guest is Michael Jackson, speaking of which, 1993 can be regarded as the peak of Michael Jackson's career, but it is also a turning point in his life, and the famous child molestation case is about to happen next year.

After the halftime show, the game entered the second half, and Eric and Joanna still played the role of laymen, and could only hear a few words of expert analysis from Virginia from time to time.

The time ended minute by minute, and the three of them solved a lot of snacks and finally survived until the end of the third stage of the game.

After the much-talked-about opening of the Firefly, a scenic aerial shot flew over Oklahoma's vast farm to the sound of brisk music.

After a delightful landscape shot, the scene quickly shifts to the tornado expedition led by the heroine, Ju Harding, where Joanna stands on the roof of a car in a white tank top with a coat tied around her waist and gives a charming smile to the male protagonist, and then jumps off.

After a few montage silhouettes, the heroine finally said her first line: "The biggest storm pack in twelve years is approaching here!"

Immediately, the rhythm of the music suddenly became urgent. (To be continued......)