72_72291Joe Schumacher is not a first-line director in Hollywood, but in the past two years, he has attracted much attention because he has directed two masterpieces, "The Ultimate Witness" and "Batman Forever". Recently, Joe has been working on a sequel to "Batman Forever" - tentatively named "Batman and Robin", which has also made Joe the focus of conversation.

Rumor has it that due to the schedule conflict between Fang and Kilmer, there is no way to star in "Batman and Robin", which also makes this sequel have to re-select Batman. Thanks to the incredible box office performance of "Batman Forever" last year, and also won a lot of praise from film critics, it also makes the prospects of "Batman and Robin" promising. Warner Bros. also announced that the film has a budget of up to $130 million and is bound to create a wonderful sequel, which makes the cast of the movie hot.

Rumors also say that Warner Bros. wants to invite Hugo to play "Batman and Robin", even if it is paid 20 million dollars - if Hugo plays the superhero? What would that look like! It's really exciting. This also made the film cast create countless topics in the selection stage.

However, it seems that Hugo does not have much interest in Batman, and there are even rumors that Hugo and Joe's meeting ended up being unhappy. At present, George Clooney has been mentioned the most times on the cast list of Batman, and the handsome guy who became popular in the United States with "ER" seems to be about to usher in the first peak of his career.

However, all the things about "Batman and Robin" are just rumors, and they have not been approved by any of the parties involved. What's more, the recent "Independence Day" table is so strong, almost sweeping thousands of troops in the North American summer file of 1996, for the time being, no one will care about a work that is still in the casting stage, not even "Batman and Robin".

Interestingly, the "Independence Day" was a strong release, breaking numerous records, most of which were set by "Batman Forever" last year, which, combined with the recent ambiguous rumors, also created a sense of tension between Joe and Hugo.

In the fourth week of July, the New York Post called this week "Week of Revenge"! It's not Colin Mailer and the New York Post, of course, it's Joe Schumacher, because this week Joe knows that his new film "Hour of Killing" is about to officially premiere in 2,200 theaters!

Leaving aside the rumors of "Batman and Robin", the fact in front of us is that "Independence Day" will break all the records set by "Batman Forever" last year, so this week is naturally Joe's revenge battle - although facing "Independence Day", which is entering the fourth week of release, the media still believes that this will be a hand-to-hand encounter, with a five-five victory and defeat, and the outcome is unpredictable.

"Time to Kill" is a $40 million investment by Warner Bros., with a heavy theme, similar to "The Ultimate Witness", focusing on racial discrimination and justice, and is considered to be very similar to "To Kill a Mockingbird".

The cast is even stronger, with Matthew McConaughey starring, and Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey and others on the supporting cast list, which won a lot of praise during the preview screening stage and is considered to surpass the level of "ultimate witness", not only hoping to compete at the box office, but also hoping to make a difference at major award ceremonies.

After the test screening, many media compared "Killing Moment" with "Yihai Xiongfeng", although the themes of the two films are not the same, they are both works that explore judicial justice. At the beginning, "Yihai Xiongfeng" was not only nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Best Picture, but also swept the box office of 170 million US dollars in North America, and was considered the leader of judicial works.

It can be said that "Killing Moment" is completely on the opposite side of Hugo in the eyes of the media, but because in the movie cast, except for Matthew and Hugo, who have no friendship, the other main supporting characters are Hugo's friends, so the smell of gunpowder is much less.

But a small number of media who are afraid of chaos in the world still gloat that Sandra was absent from the North American premiere of "Killing Hour" and personally went to Europe with the "Independence Day" crew to carry out publicity, does this mean that the outcome has been achieved?

Obviously, these media are deliberately sowing discord, and Endeavor Elite Agency immediately launched a public relations campaign, publicly stating that Sandra will arrive in Los Angeles on the day of the premiere of "Killing Hour" in North American time, and will definitely attend the premiere; And Warner Bros. and the crew of "Killing Hour" also seem to be in unison, saying that Sandra had said hello before leaving for Europe, and she would definitely be back in time for the premiere.

As a result, on the day of the grand premiere of "Killing Hour" in North America, Sandra's red dress appeared on the red carpet of the premiere, which amazed many people and made those negative topics self-defeating.

Still, the rivalry between Killing Hour and Independence Day adds some urgency. Many people are looking forward to the "Killing Moment" to reproduce the miracle of the original "Yihai Heroes", create a good box office result, and pull the "Independence Day" down; But more people hope that "Independence Day" can continue to be strong, and the better the box office of "Independence Day", the more beneficial it will be to the future changes in the film market.

But what the media didn't know was that this competition meant much more to Joe than their self-speculation, and in Joe's eyes, it was a must-win victory! Even if one production is a premiere and the other is in its fourth week of release, it's a completely unfair matchup, but for Joe, it's a competition that can't be lost.

As the media speculated, Joe didn't want Hugo to be the leading actor in "Batman and Robin", he wanted to use George Clooney, but Barry Meyer, the head of Warner Bros., has always been unwilling to let go, and has been doing everything possible to prevaricate, and has simply left Los Angeles for New York in the last two weeks, avoiding it. Although Qiao Ming knew that Barry still did not give up on Hugo, he had no way to take Barry.

The huge success of "Independence Day" made almost everyone in Hollywood red, even Joe himself felt envious, although he knew that the box office record of "Batman Forever" would be broken sooner or later, but he did not expect it to come so quickly, and so vulnerable, "Independence Day" almost set a new record with a double or triple advantage, which is beyond people's reach. As a commercial film, the table of "Independence Day" is perfect.

Hugo was able to open Hollywood's "20 million club" because in the past few years, Hugo's box office appeal has reached an unprecedented peak, with five consecutive works grossing over 100 million and two consecutive works exceeding 200 million, which is estimated to be difficult to achieve in ten or twenty years. Because this is a test not only of box office appeal, but also of the continuity of the work, which is not something ordinary people can achieve.

Now, after the release of "Independence Day", it has shown a devastating posture, and compared with the "Ace Correspondent" starring Jim Carrey, Hugo has become a well-deserved 20 million first.

So, Joe has no way to accuse Barry of being greedy.

But Joe couldn't compromise, he didn't want to work with Hugo, he refused to work with Hugo. George was the only one he was looking for. The showdown between "Killing Hour" and "Independence Day" is Joe's best and last chance, and if "Killing Hour" premieres can't beat "Independence Day" in the fourth week of release, then Joe won't be convincing. Although it is said that "Killing Hour" will win, at least Joe will be able to win the initiative in front of Barry.

For the media, the so-called duel may be just a hype, but for Joe, it is a real hand-to-hand fight, with no sparks in sight, and the tension is enough to suffocate.

Surprisingly, the head-to-head confrontation between Independence Day in week four and Killing Hour in week one became the biggest news highlight in the fourth week of July, with all eyes on the North American weekend box office charts for the week.

In particular, "Independence Day" is in full swing on the European continent, and the sensation caused by the crew is no less than the publicity activities in North America, corresponding to the lively and lively publicity activities in the "Killing Hour".

It also makes the other three films that premiered this week seem a little lonely, Bill Murray. Murray) starred in the low-budget comedy "Ace Bowling (Kingpin)", Cheng. Dragon starring in "Police." Cha Story 4", the fantasy adventure movie "Pinocchio" (the. adventures。 of。 Pinocchio)" These three works have been released on a large scale in more than 1,800 theaters, but they have not received even a quarter of the attention of "Killing Hour".

However, this is the mystery of the movie schedule and publicity strategy. "Independence Day" took the Super Bowl express train, created a miracle of movie promotion, and has already set an example for the whole of Hollywood. Now that "Killing Hour" has also taken advantage of "Independence Day" to occupy the spotlight for a while, and at the same time promote "Batman and Robin", Warner Bros. means should not be underestimated.

The "Killing Moment", which held a grand premiere on July 24, took the lead in making a move, and because of the participation of three talking figures, Sandra, Samuel, and Kevin -- especially Sandra, who had just returned from Germany temporarily, brought first-hand information about "Independence Day" in Europe, and the premiere was sensational, and after the grand premiere of "Independence Day" in the first week of July, the North American film market, which had been silent for two weeks, finally became lively again.

Immediately afterwards, the first media comments of "Killing Hour" came out, officially kicking off this head-to-head showdown!