After this issue of "The Oprah Show", Rachel Weisz's character of "foodie beauty" can be said to stand up all of a sudden.

And Brandon Fisher also fully demonstrated his sense of humor in the show, and his popularity has increased greatly.

Although the two were inevitably dug up some privacy by Oprah in the end, and were forced to follow the sensationalism and sprinkle dog blood, it was worth it compared to the popularity they gained.

And the box office of "The Mummy" has also been bonus-

In the second week of release, the box office decline curve was very weak, and there was even a slight reverse growth on Wednesday.

"With this box office curve, we should be able to challenge the status of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace!"

On the phone call to Charlotte, Sean Daniel said excitedly.

At present, Universal Pictures has approved the plan to prepare for the second part of "The Mummy", and Sean called Charlotte this time, mainly to convince him to be the director and producer of the second part.

Charlotte, on the other hand, wants to wait until he finishes making Sherlock Holmes to talk about these things in detail, much to Sean Daniel's disappointment.

In order to convince Charlotte, he mentioned the competition between "The Mummy" and "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace" for the annual box office championship in North America -

There is no way, although most of the movies shot by Charlotte after she became famous are strong contenders for the annual box office championship in North America, but in the face of "Star Wars", the national IP of the United States, they dare not hold it up.

In particular, this is more than ten years later, George Lucas restarted the "Star Wars" series again, and filmed the story of the most popular black warrior Darth Vader in the original trilogy, which can be said to have come out for a long time.

The anticipation from fans alone is enough to make it a strong contender for the annual box office title in North America.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the results of "The Mummy" seem to be a bit unsatisfactory at the moment, Sean Daniel feels that "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace" would almost have locked in the annual box office champion in North America in advance.

In this regard, Charlotte also agrees -

Although according to the history of the original world, he knows that the reputation of this "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace" is actually quite average.

After not directing a film for more than ten years, George Lucas, who is redirecting again, is obviously a little uncomfortable.

In addition, unlike back then, Hollywood's special effects productions have gradually increased in recent years, which makes the advantages of the "Star Wars" series in special effects less obvious.

On the contrary, the weaknesses of the plot and lines are highlighted.

- Space opera!

Remembering the scornful name for Star Wars by fans of the Star Trek franchise, Charlotte couldn't help but wonder......

In short, Charlotte still attaches great importance to this rival movie that will be released in more than a week.

Of course, considering the schedule difference between the two sides, when "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace" was released, the peak box office of "The Mummy" had passed.

It can be said that there is no direct competition between the two in the absolute sense.

But indirectly......

In the end, after chatting about "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace" for a long time, Charlotte only promised Sean Daniel that he could be the producer of "The Mummy 2" and help write the script outline.

As for directing it himself, let's wait until he finishes filming "Sherlock Holmes" before talking!

Actually, Charlotte has been busier lately-

On the one hand, he has to prepare for the new film "Sherlock Holmes", and on the other hand, as the producer of "The Mummy", he has to pay proper attention even if he does not have to devote himself to promotion.

— and that's just the film he directed.

After reaching an agreement with Warner, he also needs to serve as a producer for the follow-up films of the Harry Potter series.

- Although he is not the chief producer, he is not purely named.

There are many things in the movie, he still has to take care of.

Especially the part that involves special effects.

After all, according to the agreement with Warner, the special effects work for the later films of the Harry Potter series is still handed over to the Ghost Party Studios.

In this case, Charlotte still has to be a little careful.

In particular, in order to match the growth cycle of young actors, the second "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" has begun to be filmed.

This time, too, the time is tighter.

- No way, although most of the young actors Charlotte was looking for were one or two years younger when she was casting before, but because of the time-consuming negotiations after "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", coupled with the communication and coordination time after reaching an agreement, a year has passed.

Now the time has come to start the second part.

And with the rhythm of the second filming, it is also to borrow the east wind, J· K. Rowling's third Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will also be released in the near future.

Of course, it has nothing to do with Charlotte.

But another thing has to do with him-

With Rowling's permission, the console game commissioned by Ghost Party Studios from EA and eventually named "The Amazing Quidditch" has also been produced and will be released soon.

- I will choose this time to go on sale, naturally in order to borrow the east wind.

Judging from the current pre-sale situation, the results are still very good.

- Although, this may also have been influenced by the previous "Quidditch match" shown on ABC TV.

In fact, the number of Quidditch fans in North America has increased considerably over the past year, and even some people who are not fans of the Harry Potter series have joined the mix.

Now, the future of this game can be said to be very good.

And Charlotte also took this opportunity to finally click on the game development skill book of the Ghost Party Studio-

From the EA side, he poached half of the studios that developed "The Amazing Quidditch".

EA is naturally a little dissatisfied, but there is nothing to be done.

- No way, with the bursting of the bubble in the Internet economy, EA's stock price, which is a company in the similar video game industry, has also been affected.

In order to stabilize the company and ensure the safety of the capital chain, EA naturally adopted the usual self-insurance method of American companies - layoffs.

And when your own company lays off employees, you can only be helpless to catch up with other companies and poach them on a large scale.

What's more, EA is still holding the license and is making other games in the "Harry Potter" series, so naturally it can't have a bad relationship with one of the copyright owners like Charlotte.

In the end, EA acquiesced to the poaching of the Ghost Party studio in exchange for continuing to obtain the subsequent IP license of the "Harry Potter" series.

- Of course, the copyright money that should be given to Warner and the original author Rowling is still indispensable.

As for the Ghost Party Studio, after successfully poaching, it successfully formed its own game studio.

While they continue to take over the follow-up maintenance and development of "The Amazing Quidditch" -

After all, the game was commissioned to EA by the Ghost Party Studios at the expense of the Ghost Party Studios, and the ownership rights still belong to the Ghost Party Studios.

Now, since they have poached the original developers and have the ability to maintain and develop them themselves, it is naturally better to maintain them themselves.

On the other hand, this new game studio, also under Charlotte's direction, is involved in the preparation of Sherlock Holmes.

- Charlotte is going to have a real movie and game linkage this time.