All year round, day and night, season or holiday, Burbank, which has always been noisy and noisy, ushered in a lively morning, and more than 800 people gathered at the door of the studio base, including reporters, fans, and onlookers...... Bustling, crowded, and lively, everyone's face is filled with a relaxed and excited look, and you can clearly feel the joy and comfort of the new year.

This is only because today is the official start of the "end of the world" - no, just at the press conference of the opening ceremony, Roland Emmerich announced that the production will be renamed "Independence Day", this idea from Hugo has the support of the entire crew, but due to copyright issues and some follow-up formalities to deal with, Twentieth Century Fox is still in full swing.

"We wanted the film to be released on Independence Day, which of course meant that there was a lot of pressure on our entire crew, and we didn't have time to rest and adjust." Roland said at the press conference that the slightly stiff German tone, while lacking much humor, made the reporters laugh.

Independence Day in the United States is July 4th, which is National Day, and it is less than four months from the filming to the post-production of zuò - the post-production of this work has been produced since April last year - and then the first wave of publicity will be put into it, which is indeed an oppressive schedule choice for the crew.

Commercial blockbusters are different from "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Row Prisoners", due to the cumbersome visual effects and post-production, it often takes half a year, a year or even more to complete the production. "Independence Day" has been working on computer special effects for most of the year, but it has still not been completed, which shows that the work process is complicated and cumbersome. Therefore, the production cycle of commercial films will be relatively long, and now there are only four months left for "Independence Day", which is indeed very urgent.

The atmosphere of the whole press conference was very relaxed, with Brad Pitt rising strongly at the end of the year, and Hugo and Jim Carrey joining the 20 million club successively; Paramount Pictures officially announced a day ago that "Mission Impossible" starring Tom Cruise will premiere in the last week of May, kicking off this year's summer schedule...... For reporters during this time, the atmosphere is the same as that of the New Year, with constant explosions and news, and a very nourishing life.

Not to mention that at the press conference, Hugo was also very cooperative, answering the reporters' questions one by one, talking and laughing, relaxed and comfortable, so that the whole scene was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

It seems that for the uncrowned kings, the turbulent waves in the second half of 1995 have finally passed, and after entering the new year, they have also opened a new page and started again.

After the event, Twentieth Century Fox held a grand breakfast where all the uncrowned kings in attendance were allowed to join in the star-studded opening ceremony.

Today's scene can be said to be star-studded, in addition to the actors who made cameo appearances on "Independence Day", many bigwigs have made a special trip to the scene to build momentum for Hugo, Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the three top DreamWorks stores appeared on the scene, Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and his wife all attended, and Al Pacino, who made a cameo appearance, also brought Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, a group of Hollywood-winning partners with the highest appeal, have brought it all.

In addition, Mark Canton, president of Columbia Pictures, Kevin Pence, CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, Ron Meyer, the leader of Universal Pictures, and Shirley Lansing, the behind-the-scenes controller of Paramount, were also present.

Many reporters have lamented that this opening ceremony is not inferior even compared with Oscar night. Let reporters already look forward to the premiere of "Independence Day", if the starlight on the day of the premiere is half of today's, it is bound to be the most anticipated day of the summer file.

Clearly, Twentieth Century Fox's strategy has succeeded, and the film has reached its apex in the spotlight before filming has even started - the huge publicity fee is also the most important part of the film's production cost, and aside from the follow-up publicity, today's opening ceremony alone cost at least 300,000 US dollars, or even more. Of course, the resulting effect is naturally amazing and eye-catching. Now it seems that Twentieth Century Fox has focused almost all of the company's promotional resources on "Independence Day", and it has the pride of not succeeding.

Hugo was tired all morning, and finally found a gap to drink a glass of juice, took two sandwiches and hid in the door of the prop room behind the studio to catch his breath. After a while, Samora carried a plate with a pile of food in it, and sneaked up to the back, and Hugo's eyes immediately bloomed with the figure of meeting the savior, "Thank you, thank you so much." ”

Samora took the plate and took the bacon from the plate and put it in his mouth, even though he was already full, "Wow, I didn't expect it to be so grand today, that's an exaggeration." ”

Hugo raised his eyebrows, surprise written on his face, "Don't look at me, it's the first time I've experienced such a boot ceremony." ”

Although Hugo has participated in many start-up ceremonies before this, and last year's "Seven Deadly Sins" start-up ceremony was also grand, but compared to today, it can only be said to be pediatric. It wasn't until today that Hugo really got a glimpse of what the so-called "grand" should be, and the endless crowd at the scene almost didn't even give him time to drink saliva.

This is the first truly high-cost and high-investment work in Hugo's past thirteen years as an actor, and an investment of $100 million can be included in the ranks of high costs even in the 21st century, let alone now. And recently, the topic has been noisy, and Twentieth Century Fox consciously launched the first wave of pre-publicity, so this created the grand occasion of today's opening ceremony.

"No one mentioned Macaulay today?" Hugo muttered suspiciously.

Samora picked up another piece of apple, stuffed it into her mouth, and took two bites before she said, "Rick had prepared before, but when I arrived today, I looked at it and heard that it was Kevin who said hello." ”

Hugo was munching on a sandwich and paused slightly. Actually, he shouldn't be surprised, should he? Today's Macaulay is a thing of the past, and there is no interest and no attention, whether it is a film company or the news media, not to mention that Macaulay's father, who is known as the watchdog of hell, has really offended the whole of Hollywood.

At the beginning, Kitt was completely blatantly threatening, "If you don't fulfill my wishes, Mike will refuse to film!" Since Macaulay was a minor, all decisions had to go through Kit, so Kitt blackmailed the Son of Heaven to order the princes to satisfy his own selfishness. desire, do not hesitate to make money, and then squander it wantonly.

Because Macaulay has box office appeal, all major film companies have no choice but to meet Kitt's unreasonable demands. Now that Macaulay has lost its value, it is impossible for the major film companies to tear down the bridge, not only do they have to unload the mill and kill the donkey, but also have revenge and grievances - although for them, a Macaulay is not worth dealing with in a big way, but it is easy to complete the ban with a casual sentence.

From Twentieth Century Fox to Warner Bros., from Columbia Pictures to Universal Pictures, almost all of them hated Kit.

On the day of the audition, when Hugo left the Los Angeles Grand Theater, he asked Joseph to inquire about Macaulay and Kitt, and the result was "we have already cooked, don't worry". With Twentieth Century Fox greeting him, the news media naturally didn't care about Macaulay, who didn't have any topical topics at all, and it couldn't be easier to sell face casually.

But when Hugo heard this, it was quite sad. Of course, this qiē is all Kit's own sins and cannot live, and the poor must have something to hate.

Hugo sighed lightly and looked down at the plate, only to find that Samora had already eaten more than half of it, and there was not much left for him, "Hey, are you hungry or am I hungry?" ”

Samora couldn't help but be stunned and smiled awkwardly, "Hehe, you can't blame me, Joe has been losing weight recently, forbidding me to eat and drink in front of him, you know I'm working hard." Hugo didn't buy it at all, and just gave a roll of his eyes, and Samora hurriedly showed a flattering smile, "I just saw that there is sushi, why don't I go and get some for you?" Sashimi and everything are made by a master on site, oh, it's very fresh. ”

Hugo pouted, "Forget it, let's go out, I guess Rick is looking for me everywhere again at this time." "Today Hugo is the core of the core, when Hugo's request for 20 million salaries and box office dividends was approved by Twentieth Century Fox, Hugo clearly knew that he would have to pay the corresponding price, there is no free lunch in this world.

What's more, the boot ceremony is a normal publicity occasion, not malicious hype, and Hugo has no reason to refuse.

"Yes, Rick said to let you take a look at the final selection of the child actors, and Carl seems to want to sign the child actors, and wants to ask for your opinion." Samora remembered this and said quickly.

Hugo was stunned, at the press conference of the opening ceremony just now, Hugo and Alexander Lorraine, Sandra Bullock, and Jennifer Aniston took the stage as representatives of the actors, but he did not see the child actors selected in the final audition, "Why do you ask me to give opinions, I don't understand these?" ”

As he spoke, Hugo and Samora walked outside, and Samora handed over a tissue and motioned for Hugo to wipe his mouth and tidy up his appearance, but he kept saying, "We all believe in your vision, not only the script, but also your keen touch for art!" ”

"Artistic touch...... Wow, it sounds like a deodorant in the bathroom. ”