The Oliver Stone-directed "Alexander the Great" debuted on Wednesday at the North American box office, and was ranked No. 6 on the charts with just $13.5 million over the three days of the weekend. 【Net debut】

This three-hour-long epic blockbuster can be called the best in terms of its creative team and production lineup. In terms of casting, Colin Farrell plays Alexander, Fon Kilmer plays Alexander's father King Philip, the sexy goddess Angelina Jolie plays Alexander's mother Queen Olympias, Anthony Hopkins plays the historian Ptolemy, Rosario Townsend plays Alexander's wife Rosunny, and Jared Leto plays Alexander's fellow ** person Hephaestion.

Whether it is the actor cast or the producer cast, it is a big production that is second to none.

"Alexander the Great," which was released last Wednesday in time for the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, has grossed $21.6 million so far.

This self-financed film by the famous Hollywood director Oliver Stone fulfilled his 15-year wish. According to relevant reports, "Alexander the Great" was filmed at a cost of $210 million, and it was filmed on three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa, and will become one of the most expensive films in the history of cinema.

Unfortunately, since its release, the film has received a flood of bad reviews.

A large number of bad reviews mainly focus on the film's rendering of Alexander's bisexual, promiscuous-incest plot, story lay-out, and hollowness in character building. It has been said that "if the film were placed in Alexander's time, the gods would rain down angry lightning".

The content of the film may be really nonsense, and the Greek government is outraged. A team of lawyers was hired to sue Oliver Stone for misrepresenting Alexander's sexual orientation, and the lawsuit added to the chaos.

And the distribution company of this movie is still the hard-pressed Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. They paid $35 million to buy the rights to North America from Intermedia, the film's producer.

Now they are so lost that they can't speak, but fortunately, the 210 million movie is not made by themselves. Otherwise, under the successive defeats, the CEO of Warner is really in danger of being ousted.

In its second week of release, "National Treasure" continued to hold the top spot at the top of the charts with a box office of $35.1 million, followed by the animated film "The Incredibles." Box office receipts of $24.1 million. Both films were produced by Disney Studios, with post-production by Pixar Animation Studios.

After its sixth week of release, "Van Helsing" regained 10 million weekend box office, earning $13.5 million in a week. Strong recovery. This result also pushed the North American box office of "Van Helsing" to a height of $192.5 million, breaking $200 million next week, and the global box office will exceed $458 million.

- Continue to exert the magic of the "Vampire Monster".

There is no doubt that this is the first pioneering work of the "Matrix Monster Cinematic Universe Project", which was once called by the media as the whimsical of the Matrix. It was undoubtedly a success. The matrix has added another titans to its blockbuster film library.

While the iron is hot, Matrix CEO Peck immediately announced that he was ready to start the next shooting plan of the "Monster Cinematic Universe".

Everyone thought it was just a movie, but on the official website of the matrix, there are three film works: "Dracula", "Vampire Slayer" and "Tales of the Night"!

"Dracula" tells the story of Dracula, the most famous vampire count in the search saga, before he became a vampire.

Starring:Johnny? Depp.

……

Except for one starring role, none of the other roles have been announced.

Because even the script is still looking for someone to write, it belongs to the typical three-no type where the script is undecided and the director is undecided.

The second is a continuation of the successful model of "Van Helsing", a movie called "Vampire Slayer".

It is actually adapted from a Japanese anime that was released in the United States in the early years.

Some curious fans searched and could really find the prototype, but the box office of the film in North America was miserable. Latest. After the accompaniment into Japanese returned to Japan and was released, the results were so-so. However, the IMDB movie score is not low, at least it is not lagging behind in terms of word-of-mouth.

The original anime "Vampire Hunter D" is an animated film directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri of Japan, and the work is also based on one of the fantasy series of the same name by the famous Japanese writer Hideyuki Kikuchi.

The film was first released in the United States before being released in Japan with a dubbed Japanese version.

The animation abandons the gloomy and gloomy atmosphere of the original work, and portrays the whole story as a heart-wrenching love tragedy. And added a lot of original plots to make the characters more flesh and blood. The character design of the work adheres to the style of Yoshitaka Amano who drew illustrations in the original work, and Amano's magnificent features complement the overall picture style of the film, which is a romantic and beautiful fantasy animated film.

It's a pity that the Japanese don't understand the aesthetics of the Americans, and the thin English dubbing. Lose the film too much. The American audience couldn't figure out what he was trying to say.

Regardless of these, just looking at the picture and action design, tasting the beautiful gothic style of the movie, it is still a very interesting cartoon.

If "Van Helsing" is a monster book. Among them are scarecrows, dwarves, mountain demons who are one with strange trees, werewolves, vampires, and so on. Then this "Vampire Slayer" is also a monster reunion:

These include a female dryad with a bewitching skin and a hot body, a shadow demon like an old witch, a barbarian on a wheelbarrow, a savage werewolf with a wolf's mouth on his chest, a vampire with an elegant medieval aristocracy, a huge group of earth dragons, and a half-human, half-vampire with a monster in his palm...... There are also a lot of monster characters, and they are all very distinctive.

This big plan was originally called the "Matrix Monster Universe", and this time it really has to go down the monster route thoroughly.

Compare it to. Universal, which has also clamored to make its own monster universe, has not yet established a film project. It's just that the thunder is loud and the rain is small.

There is also news that Universal has seen the great success of "Van Helsing" and is very excited. Insiders are considering bringing the classic "Frankenstein" to the big screen.

There are quite a few originals in the matrix, but Frankenstein in the world naturally has a huge fan base. If Universal really wants to make a "Universal Monster Universe", although it is a pick-up of people's teeth, it will definitely be a matrix rival.

However, Frankenstein is still far away, and people's attention is still on the next member of the Matrix Monster.

The Matrix has always been good at creating miracles, and this shoot was announced. It made Japan's cartoon, which had sunk to the bottom of the sea, put on the table again, and it became a small fire.

Even the Japanese media only made a big deal about it after learning about it from the American media.

The Asahi Shimbun reported: "The Imperial Japanese anime 'Vampire Hunter D' is going to be adapted into a Hollywood live-action movie. This is after the matrix company adapted the hit TV series "Legal Heroes" movie and the best-selling anime "Rogue Kenshin" and "**". Once again, an adaptation of a Japanese anime work...... It has been rumored that Chen Tiandujun has always been a loyal fan of Japanese comics, and even filled in the story outline by himself, and handed it over to "Weekly Shonen Jump" to complete the creation of the classic comic "**". Now I like Japanese cartoons again, and it seems that this matter is really true......"

Chirp crooked a big chase. It's nothing more than mentioning others to show off yourself.

For Chen Tiandu, there is no substantive significance, but there is a lot of new news in the Japanese entertainment industry. Because the news has been released that there will be Japanese actors involved in the role, this has attracted many big names to inquire about Kong Yiji, and it has also made this movie popular before it is filmed.

In fact, it was Kong Yiji's words, but the list had already been decided, and Haruka Ayase was still secretly happy at home, what did Kong Daguan want to play.

The last part of the first phase is planned. The name is "Tales of the Night".

What was announced was only the heroine's information. It's none other than Kate Beckinsale Chen, affectionately known as the "Goddess of the Night" by the majority of fans.

The media also speculated about the content of the film, as part of a large series of movies, the heroine is Kate again. That is naturally a continuation of the story at the end of "Van Helsing", after Kate became a vampire.

Originally, in "Van Helsing", Princess Anna played by Kate had already killed all sides, and if she filmed "Legend of the Night" again this time, she would be really worried, who in the whole of Hollywood could control the long legs of the goddess.

"Los Angeles Times" joked: "It seems that the big director does not dislike letting his wife go all the way to the dark." I'm really not afraid of being beaten up at home and suffering from domestic violence. ”

After Thanksgiving, DreamWorks acquisition negotiations resumed.

After many rounds of bargaining and more than a dozen rounds of repeated negotiations, a final conclusion was finally reached.

DreamWorks Productions was sold, while DreamWorks Animation was slightly divided. The three major shareholders, Spielberg and Katzenberg and David Geffing, will continue to retain some of their shares. Not a complete acquisition. But the matrix needs to play a leading role, which is also the focus and tangle point of the negotiations.

The entire purchase price is up to $3.6 billion, and Matrix will acquire the entire equity of DreamWorks and assume all of its debts.

After this statement was released by Peck, CEO of Matrix Pictures, the whole of Hollywood sighed.

DreamWorks has been selling for years, with buyers ranging from Universal to Paramount to Disney. I didn't expect that in the end, Chen Tiandu, who walked out of DreamWorks, put an end to this protracted acquisition rumor.

Although there will be less news on demand in the future, the reporters will not be unhappy, "It will be exciting to think about, and it is really inspirational." ”

"Chen Tiandu, who took the first gold from DreamWorks, is now returning to DreamWorks as a usurper, and this kind of drama is more than the plot of the movie."

"So many years of hype 'Stephen? Spielberg vs Chen Tiandu's drama will also stop here. ”

"The matrix is getting bigger and bigger, and it has swallowed DreamWorks, is the next step really to "meet each other" with Paramount? ”

"Can the Big Six Hollywood sit back and watch the matrix continue to grow, and the matrix acquires DreamWorks, can it escape the fate of being acquired?"

"What the future holds, no one can predict."

Monday, December 5th.

"King of Bad Movies" Nicholas? The film "National Treasure" starring Cage won three consecutive championships and exceeded $110 million at the North American box office. In its fifth week of release, "The Incredibles" grossed more than $226 million. In the seventh week of the release of "Van Helsing", the North American box office exceeded 200 million US dollars without suspense, and the global box office is also slowly moving towards 500 million......

The film market is so "competitive", but all of this has been robbed of entertainment headlines by a piece of news.

Early in the morning, at the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel, the press conference hall of Nuoda was already filled with hundreds of reporters. Among them, there are many groups of reporters from Asia and Europe, and the group of reporters who sit at the front of the East is particularly conspicuous. They are all Chinese.

Others have completed the security check and walked into the hall. There are also many paparazzi who can't enter the venue outside the hotel, and they may be able to take a few photos when they are waiting to leave.

Everyone is waiting for this signing ceremony to take place.

Finally, the DreamWorks and Matrix executives appeared one by one. The big guys, who would never get together on a daily basis, are now gathered here.

Seeing this scene, how many people will feel emotional.

At least Stallone and George who watch the news at home? Lucas, Tom? Cruise, Tom? Hanks, Catherine? Zeta? Jones and others inevitably had ups and downs.

"I want to ...... at the beginning"

Natalie? Portman, Anne? Hathaway, Scarlett? Johnson, Charlize? After Theron and the others saw Matrix snatching food and forcibly swallowing the huge Dream Factory, they felt something else.

"I want to ...... at the beginning"

"Hey. I don't want to, I want to be a fart. ”

Under the introduction of the host, they all walked on stage in suits and leather shoes, and they were all smiling at each other, and the picture looked so harmonious. Chen Tiandu also warmly hugged Katzenberg and Spielberg.

After taking his seat, Chen Tiandu talked about the help he received and how he felt about working with Katzenberg for the first time. broke the news with a smile: "He was not a friendly person at that time, we often quarreled with each other, we were all arrogant people, each other had their own opinions, and no one obeyed anyone." Finally noisy and noisy. made a "Sixth Sense" that exceeded $600 million at the global box office! ”

"Papapa~~" Chen Tiandu looked emotional, which attracted applause from many reporters.

Maybe they can recall the grand scene when "The Sixth Sense" was released.

Katzenberg also reminisced and smiled: "When you think about the original scene, it seems as if it all happened yesterday, it's incredible." Steve and I looked at the box office data every day, watching the box office of "The Sixth Sense" break 100 million, break 200 million, surpass "Saving Private Ryan", and then break 300 million...... Even overseas sales are popular. It's almost breaking through the sky. ”

Spielberg shook his head with emotion, "It was a crazy time. ”

After talking about Katzenberg and Spielberg, Chen Tiandu still looked modest. "He is my teacher, maybe the reality has changed a little, maybe I have some achievements now, but he will not change. There will still be only one Stephen in the world? Spielberg, there's no substitute. Ever since I left DreamWorks, I never thought it would be possible to continue working together. Now we're together again. It's really exciting to look forward to the future. ”

Spielberg laughed: "Young people nowadays are too powerful to admit it." ”

"We old guys must also keep pace with the times, otherwise we will really be abandoned by the times. Chen now has the demeanor of a master filmmaker, and he has a lot to learn. Why is every movie so popular? He's a special case. I didn't have a lot of opportunities to talk before, but now I can talk with confidence, and I want to learn this trick. ”

If you don't give too much time for the reporters below to ask questions, you won't have the opportunity to spoil the atmosphere. Most of the time, it's a few big names reminiscing about the past.

The words on stage were interesting, and occasionally joked, which actually made a large group of reporters listen to it with relish.

In short, this signing conference can be regarded as a joy for the guests and hosts.

The next day, most of the world's entertainment gossip pages are indispensable to a certain picture here.

Under the terms of the acquisition, Matrix will acquire the rights to all 59 DreamWorks films, including Oscar winners such as "Gladiator" and "American Beauty", as well as "War of the Worlds", "Cat and Mouse Game", "Saving Private Ryan", "Minority Report" and other Stephen? A stunning play directed by Spielberg.

Compared with the huge film resources, the role of the Big Three is also not to be underestimated, Katzenberg has a good relationship with Paramount, Spielberg and Universal are old ministers, David? Geffen is the only merchant magnate, but he is biased towards Disney.

But this relationship will not ease the contradiction between the matrix and the Hollywood Big Six, but may exacerbate it. If you don't want to run into real guns, buying Paramount is one way to go. Or, for every film, there are six major parties involved, or invested or distributed.

The matrix has now broken away from the path of independent production, and integrating into it is the best way out.

Upon completion of the acquisition, Spielberg and Geffen will sign a new employment agreement with The Matrix to assume the roles of producer/director and chairman, respectively. Mr. Katzenberg will continue to serve as CEO of DreamWorks Pictures.

The addition of DreamWorks will also help Matrix Develop more low-cost productions and reduce risks for the company.

In the new organization, production and distribution will be led by Spielberg and Geffen. According to the matrix's consistent high-quality blockbuster route, in the future, it will cooperate with the matrix to produce at least 4~6 film shooting plans every year, and DreamWorks and the matrix will maintain the same production scale. The sales and other functional structures of DreamWorks will be combined with the relevant channels of Matrix Company to operate in a unified manner.

The point of most attention is undoubtedly DreamWorks Animation.

This animation pioneer, with an annual output of 700 million, will produce existing animated films together with the new "Matrix Animation". For example, the "Kung Fu Panda" animated film that Matrix has already started production, and the "Madagascar" animated film that DreamWorks has already started production.

The huge team of thousands of people at DreamWorks Animation will undoubtedly drive matrix animation to mature rapidly. These two films will be the first joint film launched by the two parties after the merger.

Spielberg and others also want to see if Chen Tiandu really has the ability to "never fail", starting with "Madasgas" next year. To be continued.