With the end of the first weekend and three days, the box office results of "Iron Man" were published on major Hollywood websites.

North American movie fans are very face-saving, giving high marks on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb websites, and publishing excellent movie review articles.

Looking at these articles, Jon Favreau finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was originally worried that "Iron Man 2" would not be able to reproduce the glory of its predecessor, but with the frequent praise on the Internet and the box office results going all the way, a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Kevin Feige did not hesitate and directly signed a letter of intent with him to direct "Iron Man 3".

The same is true for Robert Downey Jr., who did not press for a sky-high salary increase, but kept it in a normal range.

He knew very well in his heart that he and Tony Stark were actually a mutually fulfilling relationship.

At the moment, "Tony Stark" can pay some price to abandon him, but he can't do without the role of "Tony Stark".

Only the deeper the relationship with "Iron Man" is bound, the more stable his position in Hollywood can be!

At the same time, the box office results of "Iron Man 2" have also been reprinted by domestic media on Weibo, Tieba, and film and television information websites.

The title is very short, but it's incredibly catchy.

["Iron Man 2", the box office exceeded 100 million US dollars in the first three days of the first weekend, and Chen Fei's new work was a success again! ] 】

Along with this, there are also box office data for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2: Dawn of War" and "How to Train Your Dragon".

The former has been gradually removed from major theaters around the world, and the box office performance has basically stabilized at about $750 million.

The latter is still in the hot stage, the North American box office is about to exceed 200 million US dollars, and the mainland box office has broken through the 300 million mark, and the trend is extremely fierce.

It's just that because "Iron Man 2" is about to land in mainland theaters, there will inevitably be a certain amount of competition between the two, so this rising momentum may not last long.

There are already many film and television companies and producers in the mainland who are complaining, and since the beginning of the year, domestic films have been pressed to death, and there is no sign of emerging at all!

It's a pity that most of these voices were suppressed by the combined efforts of China Film and other theaters.

The more blockbusters come in, the more profitable the cinema chain will be, and the development of the mainland film industry can also rise step by step, which is a virtuous circle process, even the film bureau does not want to break it.

As for the pressure on domestic films......

The reason given by Han Sanping is, "The blockbusters are all behind, and the second half of the year will definitely be the moment of the blowout of domestic films, so let's do it in the first half of the year." ”

The leaders of the bureau nodded silently and did not say much.

Chen Fei played a big role in it!

The news of the completion of "Hunting" has also been transmitted back to China, and many people are still a little confused when they see the news, why was it completed in less than a month?

"Damn, he's not going to the Venice Film Festival, is he?"

There were many people who reacted violently and were scared on the spot!

For a realistic movie, winning awards must be a necessary process.

The Cannes Film Festival is about to open in late May, and "The Hunt" has just been completed, so it will definitely not be in time.

But if you're going to the Venice Film Festival, this is just the right time!

Jiang Wen called overnight and asked with great interest: "There are many people in the circle who are speculating that you are going to the Venice Film Festival, is this true or false?" ”

"Really."

Chen Fei has no intention of hiding it, anyway, he will send the finished film to the film festival in a month at most, and then the media will be able to check it on the website.

"Are you confident of winning a prize? Haha, if you can win a golden lion, you will achieve the grand slam of the three major European film festivals, the Golden Bear, the Golden Palm, the Golden Lion, plus the Oscar little golden man... Oh, your life is complete. ”

"Who knows, send it to try first, maybe it will be realized."

Chen Fei chatted with him with a smile for more than ten minutes, then hung up the phone, and then turned his attention to the front again.

The computer screen in front of me is lit up, and it is full of various domestic film and television information news!

Although Hollywood is very busy with work, he does not completely block the entertainment news in the mainland, and he will pay special attention to the jet lag when he comes back in the evening.

Ignoring a series of news such as "Iron Man 2" and "How to Train Your Dragon", he saw a report in the corner.

["Three Smiling Talented Girls", the box office on the first day was less than one million, and the crossover failed. 】

Click in and take a look, there are really a lot of people commenting at the bottom.

"Last year, the two of them came to make a movie and made a bad movie, and this year the cross talk came to join in the fun, and once again a bad movie, how can it be so easy to cross the border?"

"Made, I was fooled into going to the cinema, can you believe it, Tang Bohu is a black and fat... Peaches? ”

"Not every director who talks about cross talk can be as successful as Takeshi Kitano!"

", destroy the three views!"

Fans are not stupid, the cross talk and singing duo are currently very unpopular in the film market, especially with more and more bad movies, capital doesn't pay much attention to these people.

invested nearly 20 million, lost all his money, and I don't know how many cross talks I have to say to earn it back?

"Fei, aren't you resting?"

A slightly hoarse voice came from behind him, Chen Fei turned his head to look, and saw Anne Hathaway, who was wearing a slightly wide set of silk pajamas, standing behind him, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

After "The Hunt" ended, she came back with the excuse that she wanted to visit the big villa.

Lonely men and widows, dry wood and fire, everyone tacitly rolled into a bed when they visited the bedroom.

Most of the men and women here in the United States are actually quite open, even if they don't like each other, it's normal to feel like rolling a sheet.

Although the two argued about "who slept" afterwards, they were unable to reach an accurate conclusion.

In this hearty hunt, maybe both sides are hunters, or maybe they are each other's prey!

"I'm not sleepy yet, if you want to sleep, go to sleep first."

"What are you looking at?"

Anne Hathaway came over curiously and fell into Chen Fei's arms like a rabbit.

Changing into a more comfortable position, she looked at the computer screen curiously.

Unfortunately, it's all Chinese, she can't understand it!

Losing interest, she turned her head and focused on Chen Fei, and asked curiously, "When will the later stage of "Hunting" be completed?" Can I walk the red carpet together at the Venice Film Festival? ”

"Absolutely." Chen Fei smiled, and patted her moving peach again: "The post-production progress is a secret, and it can't be revealed to outsiders." ”

"Don't worry, I'm very tight-mouthed, and I promise not to reveal your secret."

"Oh? Is it? How strict? ”

"I can show you how!"

As she spoke, Anne Hathaway, wrapped in silk pajamas, went straight to the bottom of the table like a slippery hamster, and began to show Chen Fei how her mouth was... Strict!

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The filming progress of Li Yang and Guo Fan is also very fast, and on May 15th, Guo Fan called him to inform him that "The Adventures of Li Xianli" was successfully completed.

In line with the principle that a sheep is also herded, and a group of sheep is also driven, when Chen Fei called Han Sanping, he asked him to implement the release schedule of "The Adventures of Li Xianli" by the way.

"The schedule in the second half of the year may be a little looser in August, and there are almost all blockbusters at other times."

In July, there was "The Great Earthquake", in September, there was "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", in October, there was "Heart Flower Road", in November, there was "Di Renjie: The Heavenly Empire", and in December, it gathered domestic high-quality movies such as "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2".

There are really not many opportunities left for "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "The Adventures of Li Xianli".

"Then August, one in early August and one in mid-August."

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

Han Sanping answered and hung up the phone.

Because the later stage of "Embroidered Spring Knife" has been done in advance, the theater website took the lead in announcing the release time of this movie, and "The Adventures of Li Xianli" needs to get the dragon mark before announcing the release time.

After the media noticed the new movie that suddenly appeared, they issued press releases one after another,

"Cutting-edge director Lu Yang's new work "Embroidered Spring Knife" is officially set for August."

"The new Chinese martial arts film is coming!"

"Stay tuned......"

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Chen Fei began to be busy with the post-production of "The Hunt".

Although the Venice Film Festival promised to give him the green light, he decided to submit the finished film by the end of June at the latest.

There is still a lot of work to be done, and we have to race against time.

At the same time, Universal Pictures announced the fixed angle of "Fast and Furious 5" to the outside world, and announced that filming will start on May 20.

Many people noticed that Chen Fei's name was still on the list!

Fans are very excited to look forward to his wonderful appearance in the movie, and many people said that there are too few movies he starred in, and hope that he can make more movies in the future and not focus all his energy on his directorial career.

When he saw these news on the Internet, Chen Fei suddenly thought of "Gravity".

"Want to see me act? Then I'm good for you. ”

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On the 21st, DreamWorks Animation held the premiere of "Shrek 4".

Chen Fei and Spielberg went to the event together.

The fourth part mainly tells the story of Shrek after rescuing the princess, saving his father-in-law's kingdom, and having his own children, he became a good man who loves his family, but as time goes by, he suddenly begins to miss the life of a monster, so he signs a contract with the dwarf Rambo, but because of this, he is in an unprecedented predicament, and Shrek must find a way to undo his mistakes and restore everything to its original state......

The film was also released in 3D, and was the first in the series to do so.

Because the distribution company is Paramount Pictures, the CEO of Paramount also came to the scene today and also acted as the host.

After some explanation, the film officially begins.

The 93-minute film made many people start to miss the ugly and cute monster, and the picture texture is also very good, and as an IMAX3D format film, it is indeed qualified.

It's a pity that this series is no longer as exciting as it used to be, and those magical highlights of the past seem to have disappeared out of thin air!

"Shrek 4 may be the last glory of this series." Spielberg commented.

On the 22nd, the box office was announced on the first day.

$20.802 million, this box office figure is a full $10 million less than "How to Train Your Dragon"!

On the 24th, the box office was announced for three days on the first weekend.

$70.83 million, which is still nearly $20 million less than "How to Train Your Dragon".

Chen Fei didn't pay attention to the follow-up box office situation.

Judging from the current box office trend, the North American box office has been officially fixed, and it is estimated that it is more than 200 million US dollars.

It's up to Paramount Pictures to do it, and if they can put some effort into global distribution, maybe there will be a good rate of return in the end, but it may have to pay a price.

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The press release of the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival began to spread all over the world, and many filmmakers were paying attention, and Chen Fei was no exception.

Although "Hunting" did not go to Cannes, Wang Xiaoshuai took his "Rizhao Mountain City" to the film festival, accompanied by Wang Xuejin, Fan Bingbing, Qin Hao, the little prince of literary films, and others.

When it comes to walking the red carpet, if Fan Ye says second, he will never dare to be called first!

Chen Fei saw a very shocking photo on the Internet, on the red carpet, Fan Bingbing actually made a "dragon robe", which really shined on the audience!

The domestic media was almost crazy, and many people were shocked when they saw the photos, and they couldn't say anything for a long time.

"She has comprehended the essence of hype." Chen Fei gave a very pertinent evaluation.

But I have to say that this woman still has a bit of "luck".

Just when Fan Bingbing was rushing to Cannes, a big thunder broke out in the capital, and dozens of large-scale high-end "entertainment venues" were wiped out.

Several well-known figures in the entertainment industry were directly arrested at the scene, and the arrest scene can be described as "shocking", and the luxury in the box is comparable to "Jiuchi Meat Forest"!

"Tsk, heaven and earth... Dude hasn't been to visit yet, so this is served? ”

Chen Fei looked at the list of people in the entertainment industry who was exposed, and silently remembered the names of these people in his heart.

It may not be long before the list is taken down, but these people label him as "uncooperative."

You don't invite me to go to the club to get a card?

This is a buddy who is not a friend!

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The news of the launch of "Warring States" quickly suppressed those "scandals" on the Internet.

Starlight and Wanda are notoriously wealthy, and the same is true for the shooting scene, which is called a "luxury".

On the first day of start-up, there was a big news.

In order to shoot a scene of Sun Honglei's "falling into the water", he directly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to build an all-wood luxury bathroom, and completed the "fresh milk bath" shot with hundreds of boxes of pure milk!

When the media exposed this operation, netizens couldn't help but shout, it's too cruel!

The directors of Xiangjiang, represented by Chen Kexin and Wu Yu, were even more angry, regretting that they missed the director of "Warring States".

Can you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to shoot a scene?

If you become a director, you won't be crazy?

Lu Zheng specially called to inform Chen Fei that the box office of "New Chinese Ghost Story" had successfully exceeded 100 million, and at the same time, he strongly invited him to visit the crew of "Warring States" after returning to China.

The corners of Chen Fei's mouth twitched, and he quickly found an excuse to end the call.

He didn't dare to go, that place was so brutal, he was afraid that his eyes would be broken!

Lu Zheng didn't know if he had received any task? I have to hold Jing Tian directly to the front line, and fantasize about one step all day long.

If the name of "resource coffee" falls on him, he will have to show 200% of his acting skills to wash it off!

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On the 27th, Walt Disney held a very grand premiere for "Prince of Persia: The Edge of Time".

The invitation was sent to Walton Pictures, and after Chen Fei and Natasha looked at each other, they finally decided to take a look.

This film is obviously a benchmark for "Iron Man 2", an action fantasy film, with almost the same investment cost, and it is also adapted from an existing story...... All of this shows how big Disney's ambitions are!

The film is directed by Mike Neville, who previously directed "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, who previously starred in "Brokeback Mountain".

Speaking of which, Chen Fei still has a bit of a relationship with him.

The male protagonist in "Source Code" is actually played by Jake Gyllenhaal, but unfortunately he was cut off halfway by Chen Fei.

After coming to the premiere scene, he simply said hello to some acquaintances around him, and Chen Fei began to wait for the movie to start.

According to Disney's early promotional slogan, the film cost a full $150 million in visual effects alone!

In order to restore the visual sense of the game, the film did not hesitate to give up the post-3D production, focusing on the use of CG, and focusing all the technicians on the creation of picture texture.

After the film officially began to be screened, Chen Fei mainly focused on the effects of CG special effects.

The five divine powers of the Sands of Time in the film all rely on CG to assist the visual effects, and the fusion shots of the Sands of Time and the protagonist are mainly attached to the technology of combining live action with CG, so a lot of CG visual effects are invested in the whole film to assist the characters in the film, so that the movie can be seamlessly connected with magical elements like a game......

Judging from the texture of the picture, the effect is really good, and the $150 million investment has paid off as it deserves.

However, if you ignore the CG special effects, the slots in the film are simply ... Numerous!

The first is the coherence and difficulty of the parkour action design in the film, which is simply not comparable to another classic parkour movie, "Violent Block".

In order to complete these difficult actions, the actor Gyllenhaal practiced hard for 6 months, and changed from the Sven man in the previous "Brokeback Mountain" to a rough star, which makes the fighting scenes in the film really exciting, but in the literary part, Gyllenhaal returned to the state of "Brokeback Man" with blurred eyes, and there was no major breakthrough in acting.

Towards the end of the movie, Natasha leaned over and whispered, "Fei, do you think it will surpass "Iron Man 2"?" ”

"Daydreaming!"

On the morning of the 29th, the media announced the first-day box office data of "Prince of Persia: The Edge of Time".

is very miserable, only $10.208 million, which is not at the same level as "Iron Man 2".

Natasha, who was still a little nervous, suddenly leaned back and leaned back, "That's it?" Dare to fight with my steel armor? It's just wishful thinking. ”

Chen Fei shook his head with a smile, and then reminded: "Let's go, there are already guests on the side of "Super Body" who have begun to enter, and we should go over." ”

Today is the day of the North American premiere of "Super Body", in order to build momentum for this movie, Chen Fei used some of his own connections and invited many big names.

Liu Yifei is naturally not qualified to receive these people, so Chen Fei has to go in person.

The movie will be released on June 1st and will be released simultaneously in the United States and China.

And the reason why the premiere of the United States was set on the 29th is also very simple, Chen Fei is going to hold two premieres, one abroad and one at home.

The guest list of the domestic premiere has been sent out, and almost all the stars and artists above the second tier in the circle have received invitations, and the row and popularity have been filled in advance!

You must know that there has been no sci-fi action commercial film starring actresses in China so far, and this "Super Body" is also unique.

Big Heroine Movie ......

Many female celebrities looked at the invitation in their hands, and they were almost drooling with envy!

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