April is over in a blink of an eye, and the summer season in May is coming strongly, although the overall downturn in last year's summer file has made people disappointed in the performance of the film market, but this is just a comparison with "Independence Day", in fact, "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World", "Men in Black", "Air Force One" have performed very well, especially the "Men in Black" who was born out of nowhere, making Will Smith another popular black actor after Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy and others.

This year's summer file will be held with the theme of "Deep. Impact)" and "Godzilla" kicked off with a vigorous summer box office battle. Both works are disaster films, based entirely on the brilliant success of "Independence Day", especially the latter!

"Godzilla" is directed by Roland Emmerich, the director who relied on "Independence Day" to make a splash, cooperated with Sony Columbia Pictures to create this film at a cost of 120 million US dollars, and also invited Jean Reno, who is famous all over the world because "this killer is not too cold", to join, which can be said to be menacing.

Although the summer season has not yet kicked off at this time, people have begun to get excited in advance, what kind of box office performance will the two disaster movies give, and what kind of box office results Roland's new work will contribute after "Independence Day", all of which have become a hot topic of discussion.

Especially in the "Star Wars Prequel" series and Hugo's scandal in the past month, the level of heated discussion has been high, and some people even signed a joint letter hoping that Hugo can star in Obi-Wan, and some people organized rallies to protest Hugo's joining, and the topics were one after another, so that the heat of the summer file began to cover the entire North American continent early.

It is not known what kind of chemistry will occur between Hugo and the "Star Wars prequels", but the answer will be revealed soon as the box office performance of the movies "Heaven and Earth Collide" and "Godzilla" are revealed. What's even more interesting is that this time Roland will also have a showdown with Hugo.

As the summer season approaches, Paramount Pictures also announced the schedule of "Truman's World", a comedy film with an investment of only $60 million, which can only be regarded as a small shrimp in this extremely competitive schedule, but it has become hot due to the joining of Hugo.

"Godzilla" will officially land in the North American market on May 22, while "Truman's World" will be fully released in North America on June 5. Although there is a two-week gap in between, "Godzilla" still needs to face the impact of "Truman's World", and the market share of this comedy film starring Hugo will have a direct impact on the follow-up box office pulling ability of "Godzilla".

This will be Hugo's third time landing in the summer file after "Life and Death" and "Independence Day", but compared with the previous two works, "Truman's World" is not only Hugo's first challenge to comedy films, but also needs to face the pickiness of the summer market for films of the same genre. It also adds a touch of uncertainty to the film's North American box office.

Of course, under Hugo's current momentum, people still generally believe in Hugo's box office appeal, and "Truman's World" is bound to become a seed choice that cannot be ignored in the summer file. In such a situation, how much pressure will be on the follow-up box office of "Godzilla", and whether the final cumulative box office will be directly affected, has become the biggest attraction.

People have also lamented that this is a precursor to Hugo and Roland joining forces again after "Independence Day" to "dominate the summer file". It's ridicule, it's ridicule, it's anticipation.

Before the summer vacation, everyone's eyes were focused on the lively film market, and the topics surrounding Hugo were always inseparable from the shadow of "Star Wars prequels". But in the silence, there were turbulent waves in the circle.

In less than 50 days, DreamWorks acquired four small distribution companies and one medium-sized distribution company in a big way, and vigorously established its own distribution division. That's when people noticed that a powerful amount of money was injected into DreamWorks!

Before, there had been no rumors of any leakage. When they heard that DreamWorks had bought the distribution company, insiders didn't pay much attention to it, because DreamWorks is an independent production company, and the Big Three led by Steven Spielberg refused any form of Wall Street capital injection, so everyone didn't think that DreamWorks could make a big move.

But now, DreamWorks, which has been silent, suddenly burst out with such powerful energy, which is impressive, and only then did I notice the existence of Alan Strello - he injected funds into DreamWorks in his own name, helped DreamWorks complete the construction of the distribution department, and improved DreamWorks' competitiveness by several steps in one fell swoop.

In fact, this news has puzzled many people in the circle, everyone knows that Steven refuses to inject funds - is to refuse all forms of funding, and the three leaders of DreamWorks are full of personality, and their rejection of external funding is actually refusing to be criticized by others for their creations. But this time, DreamWorks accepted Allen's infusion, which is really an incomprehensible problem.

Soon after, there were rumors in the circle that Hugo Lancaster would be the executive officer of Allen and enter DreamWorks. Alan does not interfere in any day-to-day affairs of DreamWorks and leaves it to Hugo to handle it all. In other words, now DreamWorks is no longer a Big Three, but a Big Four! Hugo went alongside Steven, David, and Jeffrey to take the helm of DreamWorks' future development.

The news was quickly acknowledged by David Geffen himself. One stone stirs up a thousand waves!

No one could have predicted what kind of impact this change would have on Hollywood - the success of "L.A. Confidential" and "Perfect" is still fresh in my mind, and Hugo's undefeated record since the Golden Raspberry Award has earned Hollywood the reputation of "the god of gold", and even the success of "Titanic" is believed to have been predicted by Hugo.

Therefore, after Hugo joins DreamWorks, what changes will be brought to DreamWorks and what vitality will be injected into the works produced by DreamWorks, all of which are worth looking forward to.

At the same time, Hugo's joining was linked to the establishment of the distribution department, which Allen injected with funds. It is not difficult to guess that the two events are closely linked, and it can also be seen that DreamWorks has strong ambitions.

After careful and in-depth excavation, it can be found that the only medium-sized distribution company acquired by DreamWorks was acquired from Disney, which has very good resources, cooperates with five major theater chains, has long-term screening cooperation rights for 1,300 theater chains, and also has some cooperative relations with Disney's theme parks, peripheral sales, and video rental business.

Of the other four publishers, three are self-made independent publishers whose distribution capabilities are concentrated in the West Coast and Chicago-centric Midland; There is also a cooperative distribution company owned by Paramount, which has the long-term cooperative exhibition rights of 600 theaters, but it is definitely the best among small distribution companies in terms of geographical location, and it is only a matter of time before it develops into a medium-sized or even large company.

As we all know, among the eight major Hollywood film companies, Paramount has the strongest distribution ability, but Disney has the marketing ability of peripheral business. DreamWorks' choice of these issuing companies for acquisition is definitely not unreasonable.

People in the circle immediately smelled the exchange of interests in it, although they couldn't clear the fog and see the truth of the matter, but after the precipitation of time, it will always come to light, and then they will know how much bloody rain they have experienced after this transaction.

What people didn't notice was a couple of minor upheavals in Hollywood over the next few months.

First of all, ABC TV CEO Robert Iger was promoted in early July, and he successfully joined the Disney head office, becoming one of the many helpers of CEO Michael Eisner, becoming the president of the international business unit, specializing in Disney's global distribution and opening, and also serving as the chairman of ABC Group.

Around the same time, there was a personnel upheaval at Broadway Films, with CEO David Vogel's most trusted deputy, the chief operating officer, removed, and Michael at Disney's headquarters personally sending a new chief operating officer to assist Broadway Films' business operations.

In addition, Katherine Kennedy's Kenneth/Michelle Film Company signed a partnership agreement with DreamWorks to jointly develop several productions in the future, and DreamWorks has the right of first refusal - provided that DreamWorks' distribution department can meet the distribution capacity of 2,500 theaters.

These trivial news did not attract much attention, because the personnel changes within the big studios are very frequent, except for the change of important positions such as CEO and COO, it is difficult for people to pay much attention - after all, it is still the strategist behind the scenes, and the less attention the better.

However, the real person will be able to notice the subtle connection, especially a week after DreamWorks completed the acquisition of the mid-sized distribution division, Hugo officially announced through Rick Rosen that his new film will be a horror film - "The Sixth Sense", in collaboration with newcomer director M. Night Shyamalan, and the cast is also Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale and Toni Collette.

The unobtrusive horror film, with an investment of $55 million, will be Hugo's third work as a producer. However, it is worth noting that "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" is not a work invested and filmed by DreamWorks, but invested and produced by Bowell Films.

The connection is something that makes people think about it.