"Colin Firth's 'Single Man'!"

"Congratulations!"

Accompanied by Wu Yuan's angry voice, in the area where the crew of "Single Man" was located, a handsome old man with a gentlemanly and elegant temperament stood up in surprise, and his face was wrinkled with a smile.

After hugging his fellow crew members one by one, he took three steps and two steps and quickly walked onto the podium.

Wu Yuan took the silver lion trophy from the concierge with a smile on his face, handed it to Colin Firth, and said to him, "Congratulations, you deserve it." ”

"Thank you." Colin Firth thanked Wu Yuan very gentlemanly before receiving the trophy.

Then the stage belongs to him.

Wu Yuan and Sandrina Bernell left the podium in a low-key manner.

Looking at the back of Colin Firth giving an acceptance speech on stage, Wu Yuan sighed and said to Sandrina Bernell: "This is a good actor, Venice has a really good vision." ”

Wu Yuan is still quite sorry for letting Colin Firth lose the series "Ace Agent".

His performance in this movie is very good, it can be said that he is the soul character, and the other protagonist is just a foil to him.

It can be said that this IP can be successful, and his credit accounts for more than 60%, and the remaining 40% is the credit of the rest of the crew combined.

This is similar to Wu Yuan finding Cheng Long to do the "Ace Agent" series.

Cheng Long's version of "Ace Agent" is also the one who takes the lead, even heavier than the "Rush Hour" series.

It's just that Colin Firth relied on his elegant British gentleman's taste to inject soul into this series.

Cheng Long definitely doesn't have this taste, he relies on martial arts to bring another soul to this movie.

To be honest, Wu Yuan didn't know if Cheng Long's version of "Ace Agent" would get a good result in the end.

After all, the biggest selling point of this series is the contrast between the image of a British gentleman and a secret agent, and after losing this selling point, it has been replaced by Cheng Long's comedy effect, I don't know if the global audience can buy it.

Speaking of which, the later production of "Ace Agent" has also been completed, and John is already negotiating with the six major ones about the release schedule.

As early as the beginning of this project, New Line and Universal negotiated a global distribution, and the film will be produced by New Line and Light Times, and distributed by Universal Pictures.

However, the specific release schedule still needs to be studied.

At present, the new line and John are hoping that the film can be scheduled for Christmas this year.

Christmas is suitable for watching some family movies, and this schedule is similar to the Chinese New Year in the United Kingdom and the United States.

In previous years, the Christmas schedule was occupied by fantasy and magic films, thanks to the "Harry Potter" series.

However, with the rescheduling of "Harry Potter" to the summer last year, the Christmas file in North America has once again entered a bloody battle.

But

This year's Christmas file is even scarier than the Harry Potter series.

After listening to John's report and knowing that the new line and his consideration of putting "Ace Agent" on Christmas was released, Wu Yuan immediately called an emergency stop and desperately asked them to raise the file.

What a joke!

This year's Christmas file is Cameron's world!

"Avatar", which he has been filming for ten years, will be released in North America on December 16 this year!

Before "Avatar" was released, although there was widespread speculation in the industry, the movie had a good chance of being a hit, after all, this was Cameron, and it was his work that he had sharpened for ten years.

However, even the most optimistic forecasters think that this movie will break $500 million at most in North America and more than a billion dollars in the world, which is already amazing.

This is already the current top data of Hollywood.

Even though the global market has become larger and larger in recent years, the North American box office can break 500 million US dollars, and the global box office can break 1 billion US dollars, which can still be counted on one hand.

There are only five or six movies that break $1 billion at the box office of a single film.

Hollywood's insiders have already given Cameron enough respect.

Even so, considering that the capacity of the Christmas file in previous years is very high, and even a schedule can cut $1 billion at the box office in North America, even if "Avatar" is entered, everyone still thinks that the Christmas file can still accommodate one or two hit movies.

This kind of mentality is just like the current competition for the Chinese New Year stalls in China, and the later Spring Festival stall war.

Everyone thinks that there will not be a situation where a movie will suck up all the plates, even if a phenomenal movie is produced, the remaining plates can still accommodate one or two hits.

It's just that what the whole Hollywood didn't expect was that "Avatar" would create a box office miracle.

The North American box office is more than 750 million US dollars, and the global box office has exceeded 2.7 billion US dollars, which is only the result of the first release, not counting the box office of more than 200 million US dollars accumulated in the subsequent re-releases.

This achievement is something that even Haolaiwu can't even think of, but Cameron has done it.

Wu Yuan has a cannon in his brain, so that "Ace Agent" and "Avatar" will be released at the same time!

The North American Film Market will usher in the most lively and profitable Christmas file in the entire Hollywood film history this year!

"Avatar" will repeat the miracle of "Titanic" in 1997 in the second week of Christmas, with $75 million in a single week and $210 million at the box office in two weeks.

And among the movies that went head-to-head with "Avatar", "Sherlock Holmes" won $65 million in the first week!

These two movies can directly suck up the Christmas files in North America!

The new line is still not self-sufficient, and wants "Ace Agent" to intervene in this year's Christmas file.

Wu Yuan immediately gave John an order at that time, asking him to negotiate with the new line, and be sure to raise "Ace Agent" to the schedule of October-November to avoid the terrible "Avatar".

This will be at the closing ceremony in Venice, after seeing Colin Firth win the best actor, Wu Yuan suddenly remembered about this movie.

After waiting for the closing ceremony to end, seeing that all the awards were awarded, after the war film "Lebanon" won this year's Golden Lion Award, Wu Yuan, who left the scene, didn't care about the time difference, and immediately called John who was far away in North America.

"John, how's the release schedule of "Ace Agent" going?"

"What do you say about the new line?"

It was still early in the morning in North American time, and John, who was sleeping Zhengxiang, was called up by Wu Yuan on a phone call, and said helplessly: "Daniel, aren't you supposed to be attending the Venice Film Festival?" ”

"The closing ceremony has just ended, and my mission is complete." Wu Yuan replied.

"Okay." Sighing, John endured his sleepiness and recounted to him, "The new line agrees in principle. ”

"You know, Cheng Long's "Rush Hour" has always been released in the summer, and "Ace Agent" is actually the most suitable if it can be released in the summer."

"But because of the delay in post-production and the conflict in the schedule, this summer file can't accommodate us."

"Now that you are trying to discourage us from releasing it at Christmas, there is not much time left for us to choose."

"October to November is the off-season at the North American box office, and the new line plans to make "Ace Agent" the most important series of movies in the next five years, but it is not willing to release it in the off-season."

"So what the new line means is that if you strongly refuse to release it in the Christmas file, then they would rather choose to press for more than half a year and put "Ace Agent" in the summer next year, rather than release it in the off-season this year hastily."

"Do you think we're going to postpone it until July or August next year?"

(End of chapter)