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Unless Spielberg and others can buy a major Hollywood studio with the support of Microsoft and improve the distribution channel. Otherwise, the chances of the new Amberlin Pictures gaining a foothold in Hollywood are very low. For the last few years, at least, Eric hasn't had the studio on his mind.

After a deep conversation with Harvey Weinstein, and after several negotiations, the other party finally decided to take over FFM TV, and Eric then successfully won the script of "The Black Road Family".

After Harvey Weinstein signed his name on the contract, he began to integrate the three acquired paid cable stations, at this time, FFM TV stations, in fact, only exist in the planning plan, to integrate several TV stations from the staff team to the broadcast channel, it will take at least a few months, the best estimate is that FFM can be officially launched under this name in the fall in September.

After FFM is launched, it will definitely need to go through a period of adaptation before it can initially form a stable user base. In these tumultuous times, it certainly wouldn't be wise to rush out The Kurodo Family, and Eric plans to release the series again next fall, which will also give creator David Chase more time to polish the series more refined.

Eric worked on projects such as FFM TV, "Titanic", "Rush Hour", and "Jedi Men 2" until late May, when Hollywood studios began to release new films one after another, heralding the official arrival of the summer season of 1996.

The release date of "The Matrix" is on May 31, and before that, only Time Warner's "Killing Hour" was released at the box office.

"Killing Hour" is a crime film about racial conflict in the United States starring black movie star Samuel L. Jackson, and to be honest, this kind of film is not very popular with critics, because it involves racial issues, and in order to ensure that it does not violate taboos, critics have become constrained, and it is difficult to give a fair evaluation of this type of film.

The average score of "Killing Hour" in the media is only about 7 points, which is not up or down, if it were not for the film genre that made film critics consciously show mercy, it is estimated that the score would have been directly pulled to the passing line of 6 points. With the addition of several movie stars such as Samuel L. L. Jackson, the film won more than $23 million at the box office in its first week.

Because it is difficult for race-type films to achieve too good box office results overseas, with its production cost of $40 million, unless "Killing Hour" can go out of a long-term box office, the likelihood of Warner recovering its costs at the box office is somewhat low.

Eric saw the relevant information, but he just felt that Warner seemed to have chosen the wrong schedule, habitually filling in a cannon fodder before the summer file, and then the successive release of blockbusters such as "The Matrix", the film schedule and box office space of "Killing Hour" will be greatly squeezed, and it is impossible to get out of the long run. Such a film, if it can be placed at the end of the summer file, may be able to achieve unexpected box office results, after all, when it comes to the serious topic of racial conflict, only adult audiences may be interested, and the most popular student group in the summer moviegoers will definitely not be too interested.

Of course, Eric didn't have any intention of worrying about Warner, because the Firefly didn't seem to be in good shape this year.

Since March, when Firefly officially announced that "The Matrix" was rated R, the media has never stopped talking about the film.

Eric's original novel "The Matrix" did not involve too much philosophical thinking, but was more like a pure science fiction novel with a big brain, and this type of theme, with a little attention, could not be made into an R-rated film. The viewing requirement for R-rated films is that teenagers under the age of 17 need to be accompanied by parents or adults to watch them, which almost blocks a large part of the middle school students in the summer from the theater.

Because of the natural audience limitations, before "The Matrix", the highest box office results of R-rated films in North America were usually around 200 million US dollars, just like "Terminator 2" and "Saving Private Ryan" that Cameron and Catherine faced off in the summer two years ago, although both films are very popular, but because of the R-rated rating, the domestic box office in North America remains at more than 200 million US dollars.

200 million US dollars, which is almost the box office ceiling of R-rated films recognized in the circle.

Although even if "The Matrix" gets $200 million at the box office and is released overseas, Firefly can still generate profits, but this is far from the industry's expectations.

In the eyes of many people, "The Matrix" is no less creative than "Jurassic Park", the first two parts of "Jurassic Park" have exceeded $300 million at the North American box office, and correspondingly, "The Matrix" should have the same box office potential.

Therefore, after the film's R-rated rating was released, the media generally felt that it was likely that the rookie directors Wachowski, whom Eric chose this time, messed up the project. Even within the Fireflies, there was no shortage of such opinions, and Katzenberg couldn't resist suggesting that Eric personally intervened in the editing of the finished "Matrix" film, modifying it to PG-13 level.

However, these requests were rejected by Eric.

In addition to "The Matrix", "Titanic", which is still in the late stage, has also become the focus of media attention, and news headlines such as "Titanic" cost more than $200 million to make, and Fireflies may repeat the mistakes of Warner's "Future Water World" have appeared very frequently in major mainstream media pages during this time.

Perhaps the fireflies have been too strong in recent years, overwhelming too many people, so this year, showing a little decline, a group of people began to fantasize about turning over serfs and singing and other beautiful visions.

Eric just laughed at these arguments, not to mention that everything has not yet settled, even if Firefly really suffers some failures in the film business this year, it is unlikely to cause too much damage to the Firefly Group, which has laid a solid foundation, and the entire group as a whole is still showing a vigorous upward trend.

Although Eric doesn't care too much about what the outside world says, it doesn't mean that everyone else does.

Cameron clearly understands that if a film that costs $200 million to make fails at the box office, the blow to his personal career is almost devastating, so while the extreme pursuit of perfection has not changed, Cameron's temper has recently begun to grow irritable in the workplace, and the number and decibel of his curses have skyrocketed.

Eric receives a call from Stan Winston and takes the initiative to speak to Cameron bluntly that a film failure Firefly can afford to withstand.

Of course, if you really don't want to go, then after "Titanic", let's help Firefly make a movie.

Cameron was naturally extremely moved, and readily agreed to Eric's suggestion, and once again accepted Eric's proposal for the first big movie in the Marvel Universe series, "Spider-Man".

Why do you say 'again'?

Because Cameron intended to film "Spider-Man" as early as 1991, Carlock Films also bought the rights from Marvel at that time. It's just that the script of "Spider-Man" conceived by Cameron at the beginning was too large, and there was even a scene of Peter Parker and Mary Jane making love on the Brooklyn Bridge, which was properly rated as R-grade. Eventually, Cameron abandoned the project for various reasons such as cost and risk, and the rights to Spider-Man were reclaimed by Eric a few years ago.

Of course, this time, since Cameron took the initiative to jump into the pit, Eric certainly won't let his temperament come. As the opening masterpiece of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, the new version of "Spider-Man" in the future is almost equivalent to setting the overall tone of the Marvel Universe series of movies, so the R-rated is not good anyway.

Almost finished the work that needed to be handled by myself, and the time had quickly come to the end of May.

On May 27, the premiere of "The Matrix" was held at the Los Angeles Music Center, and after tonight's premiere, Eric will fly to the Bahamas tomorrow, and the crew of "007 Casino Royale" has been assembled there.

While there are concerns both inside and outside the company about The Matrix's box office prospects, the premiere is no less massive than the blockbuster premieres of previous years.

In addition to the Wachowski brothers, actor Keanu Reeves and other main creative teams, there are also a large number of Hollywood superstars who come to cheer.

Eric and Drew arrived at the premiere together at half past six in the afternoon, and the red carpet was boiling on both sides, and the trio of "Breaking Bad" could be seen walking in front of them.

Although "007: Casino Royale" will be crossed over in "Breaking Bad", the appearance of the three Charlie's angels is carefully controlled within ten minutes, which is actually a hunger marketing method, and the crossover plot of ten minutes can not only make the audience feel excited enough, but will not make them completely satisfied, so there will be expectations for more plot crossovers in the future.

The three of Charlize were mainly in Europe, and the filming time was not until a few months later, so they did not travel to the Bahamas.

Eric walked across the red carpet with Drew, ignored the excited questions from reporters on both sides, posed for some photos with a smile on his face, and walked into the premiere scene.

In the backstage, I greeted the guests who came to cheer one by one, and the time was almost seven o'clock, and everyone went to the screening hall one after another.

Eric sat with Katzenberg, and on the other side was Andy Wachowski, knowing that Eric was going to have something to talk to them about, the girl took the initiative to choose the star seat in the back row.

After the screening hall was full and gave a brief speech, the film officially began to play.

Looking at the familiar animated scene of fireflies flying into the sky, Eric noticed Andy Wachowski's clenched fist beside him, reached over and patted it, and said with a smile: "Andy, be confident, I'm very confident in this movie." ”

Andy Wachowski smiled at Eric, of course he is not lacking in self-confidence, but when it comes to the success or failure of hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, it is more about his future directorial career, no matter how confident he is, he will inevitably be nervous at this time.

Eric has a lot of authority over this project, and after he decided on a script that is not much different from his previous life, he rarely paid attention to specific shooting matters, and of course, he also brought up the finishing touch of 'bullet time' after confirming that the crew had missed it.

Except for some character changes, the first part of the new version of "The Matrix" has not changed much from the original, not that Eric doesn't want to make some modifications to the flaws of immersion, but unless he frees up a lot of energy to fully control the project, reckless interference will only disrupt the filming rhythm of the Wachowski brothers, and the result will definitely outweigh the losses.

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Although "007: Casino Royale" will be crossed over in "Breaking Bad", the appearance of the three Charlie's angels is carefully controlled within ten minutes, which is actually a hunger marketing method, and the crossover plot of ten minutes can not only make the audience feel excited enough, but will not make them completely satisfied, so there will be expectations for more plot crossovers in the future.

The three of Charlize were mainly in Europe, and the filming time was not until a few months later, so they did not travel to the Bahamas.

Eric walked across the red carpet with Drew, ignored the excited questions from reporters on both sides, posed for some photos with a smile on his face, and walked into the premiere scene.

In the backstage, I greeted the guests who came to cheer one by one, and the time was almost seven o'clock, and everyone went to the screening hall one after another.

Eric sat with Katzenberg, and on the other side was Andy Wachowski, knowing that Eric was going to have something to talk to them about, the girl took the initiative to choose the star seat in the back row.

After the screening hall was full and gave a brief speech, the film officially began to play.

Looking at the familiar animated scene of fireflies flying into the sky, Eric noticed Andy Wachowski's clenched fist beside him, reached over and patted it, and said with a smile: "Andy, be confident, I'm very confident in this movie." ”

Andy Wachowski smiled at Eric, of course he is not lacking in self-confidence, but when it comes to the success or failure of hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, it is more about his future directorial career, no matter how confident he is, he will inevitably be nervous at this time.

Eric has a lot of authority over this project, and after he decided on a script that is not much different from his previous life, he rarely paid attention to specific shooting matters, and of course, he also brought up the finishing touch of 'bullet time' after confirming that the crew had missed it.

Except for some character changes, the first part of the new version of "The Matrix" has not changed much from the original, not that Eric doesn't want to make some modifications to the flaws of immersion, but unless he frees up a lot of energy to fully control the project, reckless interference will only disrupt the filming rhythm of the Wachowski brothers, and the result will definitely outweigh the losses.

(To be continued.) )