257 New MGM new works
Su Zhen, who has disappeared for a few months, finally appeared in front of the public again, in fact, Su Zhen, who has been intoxicated with the original version of the World of Warcraft again, was dragged away from Wyoming by Nicole, no way, as the new boss of MGM, if he didn't even appear at the premiere of the first film released after MGM's reorganization, it would be a bit unreasonable, not to mention that this is still a movie starring Kate.
MGM can be said to be in ruins after being reviled by Su Zhen, so after the reorganization, it is obviously too late to make any big production to be released this year, so except for the Fantastic Four, which only made a small part, only now this million-dollar baby specially prepared by Su Zhen for Kate can be released in time.
Escorted by the bodyguards, Su Zhen dodged the swarming reporters and walked into the theater, and most of the questions these reporters asked about him and Charlize.
"You're here" Kate in the background greeted Su Zhen with a smile when she saw Su Zhen, who was a little embarrassed, coming in.
"How are Charlize and the kids?" After the two said hello affectionately, Su Zhen asked about Charlize's situation, although Su Zhen often took the time to go to the farm in California to see Charlize and the child, but more often, Kate and Charlie's mother took care of it, for this, Su Zhen still owed a lot.
"Hey, so you're here, hurry up, the movie is about to start" While the two were chatting, Clint Eastwood, the director and actor of Million Dollar Baby, walked over and said to the two with a smile.
"Good Clint," Su Zhen smiled and walked over with Kate.
"How likely do you think this film is to win an Oscar?" After the movie started, Clint Eastwood asked Su Zhen, who was sitting next to him, because to avoid unnecessary trouble, Su Zhen did not sit with Kate, but sat with Clint and the supporting actor, black superstar Morgan Freeman.
"Hmm, I don't know if you're asking for the best director or the best actor?" Su Zhen asked with a smile, the process of their acquaintance was actually quite interesting, when Su Zhen was about to prepare a script for Kate. Naturally, I thought of this film that won Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director next year, and this movie is composed of three short stories from the complete theme novel collection "RopeBurns", So when Su Zhen approached the author F.X. Tours and wanted to buy the copyright, the director in the original history was already negotiating the copyright with Tours, and Clint had not yet found an investor at this time, so the two sides chatted for several hours and hit it off, and Su Zhen adapted the script and invested, and Clint directed it.
Originally, Clint wanted Eilish Judd to speak of the heroine, but Su Zhen was specially prepared for Kate. Naturally, it is impossible to agree, but Kate is indeed a good candidate, and Clint does not object, but he is a little hesitant about the choice of the actor, but after Su Zhen said, can't you just play it yourself? Clint was relieved, indeed, he couldn't just act by himself, after all, although he was a director. But that doesn't mean he can't act in movies. You must know that Clint Eastwood was also a tough guy star when he was young, and although the male protagonist in this movie has a lot of roles, the focus is actually on the heroine. So for him, an old actor, it's not a problem at all.
"Of course it's the director, I'm so old, I'm not interested in winning the actor award again," Clint said with a smile. Although he often plays some important supporting roles as a director, he has not played a leading role for a long time, and the focus of his career is still as a director and producer.
"Wow. Don't say that, you're not much older than me, if you can't win an actor award when you're old, how can you let us old actors live" Su Zhen didn't answer yet, Morgan Freeman on the side said with a smile.
"Well, well, it would be nice if I could win an actor award at my age," Clint replied with a smile when Freeman said this.
"If you want me to present the awards, all the awards next year should be given to this movie" Su Zhen said jokingly, but then said with a straight face, "But in the early days of the movie's release, the box office will not be very optimistic, so you have to be mentally prepared, after all, the subject matter of this movie is somewhat niche, but if it can win something at the Oscars, it may give us a surprise."
Su Zhen's words are not groundless, in fact, the original history is indeed the case, the box office of this movie in the early days can be said to be extremely bad, fortunately, because the cost of the film was originally low, so it was barely painted, after Zhilu Dao won the first place in the Oscars, it aroused the interest of many fans, and once became the box office champion after the Oscars, and at the same time made the box office exceed 100 million US dollars, which is also a big profit, but Su Zhen was originally ready to win awards to make fame, The box office or something is secondary.
The two nodded when they heard this, indeed, although this movie is definitely a masterpiece, but because of the subject matter, no matter how much it is promoted, it is difficult to sell a high box office, and it is very good to be able to recover the cost.
After chatting for a few words, the three of them turned their attention back to the movie.
This movie is indeed a rare masterpiece, not so much a full-length movie, but a movie about "love", this love, is not the love of men and women, but a kind of father-daughter love, an old man is sad because of the father-daughter relationship that no longer exists, he finds a young girl who makes him feel like a father again, and this girl is trying her best to become an outstanding boxer.
When the film reaches its climax, the male protagonist Frankie said to the female protagonist Maggie, I will take off the respirator for you and inject you. Then when you fell asleep, there were sobbing sounds in the theater from time to time, and even Su Zhen couldn't help but feel a little sour in his eyes.
However, everything is always so unexpected, perhaps because of Su Zhen, or the first movie after MGM's reboot, the media paid unexpected attention to Million Baby, so in the days after the premiere, all major media reported on the Million Baby movie and recommended the movie, and they were all praised, which attracted the attention of fans, so this movie, which was not much attention at the beginning, actually got a lot of box office in the Christmas file, just one month, It received more than $100 million at the box office, which surprised those who originally thought that the film would not have a good box office.
"The magical Su doesn't just make commercial films," Su Zhen, who was in Wyoming, looked at the headline in the newspaper and smiled, put the newspaper aside, and got up to play with his sister and baby son Gavin. (To be continued......)