The first month of the year is a relatively low season for movies, and the biggest film released in January 2012 is "Lone Survivor", directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, and based on true events.

Although the production cost of the film was only $40 million, the project was promoted by Martin, and several preview sessions received unanimous praise, and Disney Studios came up with enough publicity and distribution resources.

There are nearly 3,500 theaters in North America.

On the day of the premiere, the crew invited many retired soldiers to watch the movie, and the person who saved Marcus back then also came to the premiere.

These are naturally necessary means of propaganda.

On the second floor of the theater, Alan Horn invited Martin to the floor-to-ceiling windows to admire the red carpet below.

Martin looked at it for a while and said, "This place is condescending, and the viewing angle is very special. ”

Alan Horn laughed: "Does it feel like you're in control of it all?" ”

Martin nodded: "It's true that it's easy to have this illusion, but a movie is an intricate commercial work of art, and no matter how good the reputation is during the test screening, no matter how high the professional rating, sometimes it is difficult to avoid failure." ”

This reminded Alan Horn of his old club: "It is said that when Warner Pictures films premiere, Jon Berg likes to stand here the most. ”

Martin could hear that Alan Horn was still angry about Warner's ruthlessness.

is similar to an ex-wife and ex-husband, once they turn against each other, they often hate it to the extreme.

"At this nominee luncheon, Warner Pictures' "Moneyball" was a complete rout." Alan Horn is in a noticeably good mood when he talks about this: "Our work with The Martian was one of the winners. ”

Martin was not polite to him at all: "Allen, whether I can win the best actor or not, Disney's support is the key." ”

This is a bit exaggerated, because Disney Studios has not done as much as Martin himself, but Alan Horn still responded happily: "Best actor is the primary goal of Disney Studios' Oscar operation this time." ”

An Oscar for Best Actor can at least make the film tens of millions of dollars more, which is worth it.

Alan Horn has carefully studied the other candidates who won the best nomination, Demien Bichling is a nobody, George Clooney's acting skills have never been recognized, Gary Oldman's film was not released by a North American company, and Joel Edgerton, like Demien Bisher, was obviously pulled to accompany him.

Although the film genre of "The Martian" is not dominant, among this group of actors, Martin is obviously a lot higher.

Oscar not only looks at himself, but also at his opponent.

Alan Horn asked, "How's that song and dance project going?" “

"I guess I'm going to have to wait a little longer, and I asked Taylor Swift to write the song," Martin said. ”

Speaking of song and dance films, he remembered one thing, and originally planned to take time to talk to Alan Horn, but there was nothing to do at this time, so he simply said: "I still have an idea for a song and dance film, and the two of us can work together." ”

Just like Megan Allison and Warner Pictures' Jon Berg, and other miscellaneous people, etc., Alan Horn is also optimistic about Martin's project.

If you don't believe in the winners, do you believe in the losers?

Alan Horn asked, "What project?" ”

Davis Studios and Disney Studios are in their honeymoon period, and the project investment is too high, and fairy tale films are inherently flawed without Disney endorsement.

Martin thought for a moment and said, "Fairy tale real phone call." ”

Alan Horn said: "There are a lot of live-action fairy tale movies in Hollywood, and Disney Studios also has 'Enchanted Black Forest'. ”

Martin has learned, a super hodgepodge.

"I mean, Disney's animated films from the past." Even if Martin doesn't say it, Disney Studios will soon put it into practice: "Pick the right one and make it into a live-action movie." ”

He gave a few examples: "For example, "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast". “

Alan Horn laughed: "I didn't expect us to think of a piece, I have considered this aspect, which one do you think is the most suitable?" ”

"The live-action genre 'Beauty and the Beast,' Martin said. ”

"It's a classic indeed." Alan Horn was slightly surprised: "Why don't you plan it alone, it's not difficult for you to pull more than $100 million in investment." ”

Martin said half-truthfully: "Because I've heard about the power of Disney's legal department, although these are public copyrights, but I heard that the experts in your legal department, when they see the Disney animated movie of the same name shot by other companies, will analyze it frame by frame, and as long as they find similarities, they will immediately go out." ”

Alan Horn waved his hand: "That's an exaggeration. He seemed to be joking: "At most, the legal department analyzes every second and every second." ”

While saying this, Alan Horn thought carefully about it, Disney's classic fairy tale movie wants to be adapted into a live-action version, and it is difficult to achieve it without an investment of more than $150 million, and Disney will definitely co-invest.

Still, there's no rush to do that.

The film starring Martin is confident in all Hollywood, but Martin has no ...... to play a role

Davis Studios recently had two films that Martin co-produced but did not star.

Alan Horn plans to wait for this "Lone Survivor" and another "Napoleon Beauty Pass" to be released and see the specific results.

He smiled: "Let's find a time for this matter and talk about it in detail." ”

Martin was not in a hurry either: "You can call me at any time." ”

The two rushed into the hall before the premiere and sat in the third row.

During the pre-preparation and post-editing of this film, Martin discussed with producer Aziva Gosman many times, removing many sensitive elements of the film, downplaying the political connotation, and focusing on the courage of Marcus and his comrades-in-arms.

Under the lens of director Peter Borg, Marcus is a four-American GI and is definitely a moral model.

As for how it actually is, in the face of sufficiently large commercial interests, it does not matter.

In a sense, this is also a main theme film that meets the needs of mainstream American society.

After the premiere, "Lone Survivor" was released widely in North America, and the overall response was not bad.

Marcus's memoir has long been released on the market, and it has also laid a certain audience base for the film.

Although most of the attracted male viewers over the age of 30 were attracted to the audience, $16.87 million was earned on the first day.

In the three days of the opening weekend in North America, "Lone Survivor" earned $41.25 million, and the box office exceeded the production cost in its first weekend.

This almost means that the film is bound to be a commercial success.

Of course, there is also a lot of criticism in the media and online, such as various rumors about Marcus himself.

But during the preparation period of the film, Martin talked to Marcus about related matters, and Marcus has been involved in the production and filming of the "Fast Pursuit" series in recent years, and there is a certain psychological construction in this regard, which has not caused much trouble.

The production investment for "Lone Survivor" comes mainly from South Korea.

The success of the film caused the media in South Korea to automatically climax, calling it a classic case of South Korea's investment in Hollywood.

Some reporters from South Korean media outlets in Los Angeles reached out to Davis' studio to interview Martin and ask him why his partnership with South Korea had been so successful.

This time, the sticks didn't make any farce about Martin Davis having Korean ancestry.

Considering the real money paid by the plutocrats of the sticks, Martin accepted a joint interview with several stick media, in which he casually touted the film industry of the sticks, and expressed his willingness to cooperate with the sticks on the spot in terms of films.

Translated, I will borrow your chickens and lay my own eggs.

Today's Hollywood is attracting investment all over the world, and those productions that are hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn have international funds in their production budgets.

"Lone Survivor" is quite popular among male viewers over 30 years old in North America, which also ensures a relatively stable box office trend, and after getting $23.56 million the following weekend, the film's North American box office has accumulated $88.98 million.

The North American box office broke 100 million easily.

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Glendale, DreamWorks Campus.

The company's post-production department was completely contracted by the deep-pocketed Annapurna Pictures for the post-production of its three hugely invested films.

"The Seventh Son", "Transcendental Hacker" and "The Lone Ranger" are all in intense post-production.

Coming out of the editing room of "Transcendental Hacker" and "The Lone Ranger", Megan Ellison has another belly of fire.

Wilson came over from behind and said: "President, Depp's refusal to participate in post-production is good for us, now that post-production is going well, some of the scenes that need him to re-dub are not critical, I discussed with Jerry, I'd rather give up these shots than Depp here, otherwise both crews will be tortured by him......"

Megan Ellison interrupted him with a raised hand: "I understand. She asked directly, "Are there any difficulties?" ”

Wilson said: "The Seventh Son wanted to add a budget, but I called it back. ”

Megan Ellison asked, "Why?" ”

Wilson thought for a moment and said, "It's too much money to make, and it's too risky......"

"I just want the film to be well-made enough, and funding is not an issue." Megan Ellison once again showed a lot of money and more billions: "I have more and more confidence in these three films. ”

Wilson didn't quite understand what she meant.

Megan Ellison said simply: "These three projects, all of which we snatched from Martin Davis, he was already optimistic, and some time ago there was a box office failure of a movie that he was optimistic about but did not appear in, and I was shaken for a while." ”

She came to the newspaper rack and took out a copy of The Hollywood Reporter and handed it to Wilson: "Look at the box office list, Martin Davis's film "Lone Survivor", which was launched but did not appear in it, was a great success. ”

Wilson glanced at the numbers on the box office list, and the North American box office of "Lone Survivor" has exceeded 100 million.

The film cost only $40 million to make.

Megan Ellison said: "I add you, and then Jerry Bruckheimer, can't it be compared to Martin Davis plus Aziva Gossman? ”

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