Chapter 398 "The Matrix 3" is coming?

For the time being, "V for Vendetta" is a decision and idea for the next movie, and at the moment, there is obviously no time to think about that.

The time has come to mid-September, and at this time, all the media focus of the world is on Zhou Shaoming, the youngest heavyweight director in Hollywood, at this time, he took "Fuse" to the Chinese market to promote, and this news is not suspected of being dropped by a bombshell.

What's even more stunned is that with the large amount of money brought by Zhou Shaoming, in an instant, a Chinese cinema kingdom is rising rapidly.

All of this makes people feel that Zhou Shaoming's brain is in water, which is definitely a crazy and ignorant approach.

With Supernova Entertainment becoming the hot "Hulk" movie in the North American film market for a while, after the sudden airdrop to the Chinese film market.

People all over the world know what the Chinese film market is like at this time.

No one wants to go to the theater to watch a movie, and the box office revenue of a large country with a population of more than one billion is less than one-tenth of the North American market.

And this kind of talent is already a relatively good result in China, and it is conceivable that the Chinese film market is sluggish.

At this time, "The Incredible Hulk" has been released in North America, and in other parts of the world, although it has achieved fairly good results, it is much worse than the North American box office results after all.

"When "The Incredible Hulk" stabilized the box office of North American movies, our Smith Zhou didn't know what the hell he was doing, and he suddenly stopped the promotion of the film in North America and moved to a country with no box office at all - China, which is really incomprehensible, and now his promotion of "Fuse" can no longer be called incomprehensible, absolutely crazy." -- USA Today

"'The Incredible Hulk' is undoubtedly a good film. More than a month has passed. Very good results have also been achieved. But it's a shame that Smith Chow decided to let the film, which could have done better, come to an abrupt end. —Chicago Daily News

Yes, when everyone thought that Zhou Shaoming's decision to airdrop "The Incredible Hulk" to the Chinese film market was the biggest mistake, Zhou Shaoming was silent, and he who had been busy promoting "Fuse" in China simply ignored these voices. Zhou Shaoming just wanted to speak with box office results.

Sure enough, after the promotion of "The Incredible Hulk" in China, people liked the green giant in pants very much, and the box office of "The Incredible Hulk" was obviously much better than the box office of other films in the same period.

But after all, the results cannot be compared with North America. As a result, many media began to point fingers at Zhou Shaoming's decision.

In the end, "The Incredible Hulk" earned more than 600 million at the box office in North America, and reached a terrifying 900 million worldwide.

But the media still seized on the fact that "Hulk" did not perform as well as the previous "The Day After Tomorrow" at the North American box office and blamed Zhou Shaoming for his wrong decision.

"Because of a wrong decision by Smith Week, "The Incredible Hulk", which could have reached the 700 million mark in the North American market, only had just 600 million at the box office, which is a blow to Supernova Entertainment, which only has one or two movies a year." -- The New York Times

"The genius Smith Chow didn't have the leadership skills after all, and he messed up a blockbuster movie that could have made more money." -- Los Angeles Times

Zhou Shaoming did not pay attention to the doubts about Zhou Shaoming's leadership ability, let alone care, but focused all his attention on the Chinese film market this year, which has always found a place to blame the media of Chinese director Zhou Shaoming, who has never been very disliked.

In addition, Zhou Shaoming went on a rampage in China and began to quickly establish a cinema empire. Let a lot of media, whether it is because of jealousy or because they are not optimistic, continue to make mocking voices.

"Supernova Entertainment looks like it's going to be ruined at the hands of Smith Monday. didn't learn the lessons of "The Incredible Hulk", but began to build a nationwide theater under such a bleak market in the Chinese film market, haha, I can't help but laugh at Smith Zhou's brain is in the paste. "Mike – USA Today

"It seems that Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Entertainment Company in North America is squeezed by Warner and other giant companies and can only seek film markets in other regions, but Mr. Smith Zhou, who has always been talented in making movies, did not show leadership skills and chose a Chinese film market with no market prospects at all, perhaps Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company will have to pay a heavy price." -- Chicago Daily News

Christina pursed her lips, looked at Zhou Shaoming beside her, and couldn't help but say, "Why does the media always say irresponsible things to you?" ”

Zhou Shaoming couldn't help but smile: "If they don't say that, will there be an audience to watch it?" Like we don't hype our movies much now, will there be an audience that knows? Don't pay attention to the voices of these media friends, what matters now is the box office results of the movie "Fuse", their voices are more of a kind of propaganda, don't care about the content, just care about the form. ”

Christina looked at Zhou Shaoming beside her and couldn't help asking, "Zhou, it's the first time I've seen you under such pressure, don't you believe in yourself?" How can you make a film that doesn't have a high box office result? ”

Zhou Shaoming shook his head and said: "Actually, it's not as simple as high box office results now, as our Supernova Entertainment Company invests in building a series of theaters in China, and begins to build its own theaters in North America, such a huge project requires a lot of money, if "Fuse" does not have a high box office performance in the Chinese film market, then Supernova Entertainment will really be in trouble as the media said." ”

Christina looked at Zhou Shaoming beside her, it was the first time that Zhou showed such a worried look before the movie was about to be released, and couldn't help but lie in Zhou Shaoming's arms and comforted: "Don't worry, we'll be fine." ”

"I think so, go to sleep!" Zhou Shaoming smiled.

The next day, Zhou Shaoming was unsurprisingly the headline of all media and newspapers.

"Mr. Zhou Shaoming, a Hollywood Chinese director, suddenly brought a storm to the Chinese film market this year. In such a sluggish market environment, whether "Fuse" can fight its way out of the Chinese film market is worth looking forward to! -- People's Daily

"October 1 is approaching, will the Hong Kong film market, which is still at a low ebb at this time, be changed by "The Fuse" brought by Hollywood director Smith Chow? Look forward to it! But don't forget, October 1st is also the premiere of "Infernal Affairs 2" that many viewers and friends are looking forward to. Two Hong Kong-style police films of the same type. is also a popular gunfight genre action movie. So who killed the deer? Look forward to it! - Phoenix Entertainment News

"With Smith Chow's full promotion of 'The Fuse' in Asia, the film is about to be released, and we are looking forward to seeing this blockbuster action movie. What kind of box office results can it have? In the Chinese film market, can it compete with "Infernal Affairs 2", which has accumulated a certain amount of popularity? -- Asia Daily

The Chinese media are more expectant and praised, while the American media on the other side of the ocean are all kinds of disapproval and ridicule.

"In our opinion, 'The Fuse' is bound to be the worst grossing movie of Smith Week. hopes that because of the fan popularity he has accumulated before, he can redeem a little defeat. -- USA Today

September 30th.

There are only two days left before the release of "Fuse" on October 1, and at this time, Zhou Shaoming's team has just finished promoting in Tokyo, Japan, and it is too late to rush back to the headquarters of Supernova Entertainment.

In fact, for Zhou Shaoming, he doesn't like to come to Japan to promote, but art has no borders, and there is no way to do it.

The movie is about to be released. Zhou Shaoming's anxious look in Tokyo really made Christina next to her a little worried.

This is since the filming of the film, before the release of the movie. The only time Zhou Shaoming was a little anxious.

For Zhou Shaoming, this time in the Chinese market, whether the movie "Fuse" is promoted, or the establishment of hundreds of theaters in China, this is a big burden for Supernova Entertainment Company, because Supernova Entertainment has begun to build its own theaters in the North American market, and funds are tight.

Although "The Incredible Hulk" has achieved good box office results, all the funds are used for the construction of theaters, and even in this case, Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company is still a large part of the funds.

Fortunately, Facebook has achieved certain results, and "The Walking Dead" still maintains a high standard and makes a lot of money, so the supernova can be maintained for a long time.

But this is also a gamble that Zhou Shaoming made under great pressure.

Now Zhou Shaoming has only one way out, that is, after "Fuse" is released worldwide, he must achieve higher results than the box office of "I Am a Legend".

In Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company, the movie "I Am Legend" reached 80 million at its premiere, and it reached a box office of 300 million in the first week, breaking through the 1 billion mark in the world.

With such box office results, how easy is it to break it?

Zhou Shaoming is not worried that "The Fuse" has no such potential, because as far as the film is concerned, the scene is more hot and shocking, the plot is not bad, there are beautiful women and famous cars, plus several important actors are not only handsome guys, but also have strong muscles, this film is sold out very much!

However, Zhou Shaoming has always been worried about the Chinese film market, after all, the Chinese film market is in a bad situation at this time.

And Zhou Shaoming also inadvertently met a person, only after learning the news that China Xi'an Huaxi Film and Television Company wanted to sell, he immediately made an acquisition, and then planned a complete set of plans for the whole China supernova theater kingdom.

Of course, due to the tight schedule, most of China's supernova theaters are still under renovation, but several important big cities have long been ready to coincide with the release of "Fuse".

October every year is the time of the movie war, and the schedule of the National Day Golden Week is the best schedule of the year.

Obviously, in terms of release time, "Fuse" was not as lucky as "The Incredible Hulk".

In the North American film market alone, "Fuse" has encountered several super weighty films.

"Elf", a fantasy movie, has been attracting attention since its filming, and obviously, it will have good results after its release.

And what is even more anticipated is the release of "The Matrix 3".

In May 2003, "The Matrix 2" was released worldwide, and in the first week, "The Matrix 2" achieved nearly 200 million North American box office results, making people all over the world shine.

"The Matrix" is an epoch-making sci-fi blockbuster. The popularity of the first part has made "The Matrix 2" go further and achieve results that have attracted the attention of the world.

Just 5 months later. Warner is back with The Matrix 3. This made "Fuse" meet a strong opponent in North America.

The release of "The Matrix 3". is undoubtedly the most unfavorable news for "Fuse".

The "Matrix" series of movies has long become a familiar theme for North American audiences, and it has set off a big revolution in the global film market.

And Warners has always regarded Supernova Entertainment as a potential enemy, and certainly will not miss this opportunity.

Zhou Shaoming has always been eyeing the status of Warner, a giant in the film kingdom, and has always wanted to have the opportunity to surpass the past. In such a situation, it will undoubtedly push the movie war of the eleventh schedule to a white heat!

"Due to Smith Chow's misjudgment, "Fuse" actually missed the advantage of publicity in North America in the case of such a fierce box office battle in October. Presumably, the strong intervention of "The Matrix 3" will make the box office performance of "Fuse" go to the bottom, and perhaps the legend of Smith's weekly shooting will come to a small end. -- USA Today

"It's hard to imagine what kind of box office performance a film without publicity will have in the North American film market. And Warner Pictures actually launched the second hacker series movie within a year, and this "Matrix 3" is very promising to break the myth of Smith Week's high box office. —The New York Times

"Arrogant, extremely arrogant Smith Chow never expected that Warner Film and Television would launch the third film in the "Matrix" series in just 5 months, right? The second part has swept the world, and in North America, it has set a box office score of nearly 400 million. Under such results. Black 3 will definitely take it to the next level. This time, maybe Zhou Shaoming's myth will end here. It's not that Smith Chow doesn't have a talent for filmmaking. can only blame his bad luck, and of course his arrogance, at this critical moment, he did not promote "Fuse" in the North American market, which is simply a brain-dead decision. Failure may have been avoided, but how much box office will "Fuse" be worse than "Black 3"? It's worth the wait! Chicago Daily News

"In October, the month of the most intense box office battle near the end of the year, Supernova Entertainment met Warner Pictures again, who can laugh at the end? Judging from the current indications, Smith Chow's "Fuse" is likely not as strong as Warner's "The Matrix 3". As long as "Fuse" is not too far behind the results of "The Matrix 3", we will all think that "Fuse" is a success. No one would question Director Smith Chow's talent, however, his strategy and luck went awry. Pray, hopefully, the movie "Fuse" won't be a disaster for Smith Week, it won't be a disaster for Supernova Entertainment. Los Angeles Times

Yes, maybe it was bad luck, or because there was no help from the system, Zhou Shaoming miscalculated the day.

Shortly after "Fuse" was announced to be released worldwide on October 1, Warner Pictures also announced that "The Matrix 3" would be released in mid-October.

In this way, for "Fuse", which was not promoted in the North American film market at all, there is no doubt that it has encountered a strong opponent.

The "Matrix" series is one of Warner's most profitable film series, and "The Matrix 2" quickly took the world by storm after achieving horrific box office results in North America, winning widespread praise and results around the world.

"The Matrix 2" deeply touched the hearts of the audience with super cool action visuals and sci-fi scenes, making people deeply unforgettable.

And under the anticipation, "The Matrix 3" is about to be released, which makes Zhou Shaoming, who was still promoting in China at the time, a little surprised, Warner? You guys want to use "The Matrix 3" to stop "Fuse"?

Surprise followed by a sneer.

Zhou Shaoming knows why Warner is so eager to make "The Matrix 3", because "The Matrix 2" is becoming popular around the world, and Warner wants to use movies with this theme to make a lot of money in the film market.

And you can also give yourself a hard blow.

It's just that Warner's idea is too naïve, not to mention that "Fuse" is a movie shot by him Zhou Shaoming himself, even if it is not, "Hacker 3" is likely not to be an opponent.

At least, in Zhou Shaoming's opinion, this film will not be successful, Warner rushed to shoot a movie with such a complex background as the "Matrix" system in such a short time, presumably the script must have been rushed out, right?

In addition, "The Matrix 2" became a global hit in May, and if such a movie is released within a year, it will definitely be disgusted by the audience after its release, because five months is too short, which will make fans feel that this is perfunctory and cheating money.

Rough shooting is definitely the first thought that comes to mind in the hearts of movie fans.

Therefore, when Zhou Shaoming heard that "The Matrix 3" would be released in October and compete with his "Fuse" for the box office in North America, he was not worried at all.

It is precisely because he is not worried that Zhou Shaoming is still promoting "Fuse" throughout Asia according to the plan.

The day before the release of "The Fuse" on October 1, Warner Pictures suddenly announced that due to some troubles in the post-production of "The Matrix 3", it will be postponed to November.

As soon as this news came out, there was a global uproar!

And Zhou Shaoming was not surprised at all, in fact, it was a wise move for Warner to postpone the release time and miss the release time of "Fuse".

Zhou Shaoming is worried, but what he is worried about is that "Fuse" cannot surpass "I Am a Legend", not a failure as the media thinks!

After spending so much experience to shoot a blockbuster, if it falls directly to the bottom, then Zhou Shaoming can be regarded as living his last life in vain!

Sitting on the sofa, Zhou Shaoming took a puff of his cigar and said lightly: "It seems that Warner is still quite interesting, and announced the postponement of "The Matrix 3" at this time to avoid the embarrassing situation of waiting for the release of "Fuse" at the same time. ”

And Christina was smiling beside her, obviously seeing Zhou Shaoming's calm appearance, she was very happy.

The world premiere of "Fuse" on October 1 is about to kick off, and everyone is looking forward to it, and the world is paying attention! (To be continued.) )