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Chapter 657 Pharaoh and the Gods Released

Kodak Theater, Hollywood.

Today, there are many ancient Egyptian-style decorations placed in front of the door, huge posters hang from the top of the theater, and Christian Bale splits the Red Sea with a shepherd's staff.

"Pharaohs and the Gods", which Warner Pictures ultimately spent US$1.6 million to produce, is about to premiere as the 2011 summer blockbuster.

In the Mercedes-Benz before the red carpet, Bell's agent repeatedly warned Bell: "If you see Martin Davis at the premiere, just ignore him and stay away. Tonight is your premiere, Qian." Don’t do anything.”

If you take the initiative, you will be beaten into a pig head. There are many media reporters at the premiere, which will seriously damage the image.

The agent knew that Bell was particularly sensitive to Martin and did not dare to say these words.

"I will pretend that I can't see him." Bell still couldn't let go: "This is my premiere, why invite Martin Davis to participate? Everyone knows that Martin Davis is my enemy."

The agent explained: "The invitation to Martin was the intention of Jon Berg, the president of Warner Pictures. He probably wanted Martin Davis to see that no matter who leaves Warner, it will still be Warner."

He thought for a while and added: "This was a project that Martin was originally optimistic about. He originally picked it out and wanted to cooperate with Warner Pictures to shoot it. As a result, Warner got the project and kicked him aside."

Bell's impression of Martin was extremely bad: "This is the treatment he deserves!"

The Mercedes-Benz arrived in front of the red carpet. As soon as the car stopped, someone came over and opened the door.

Bell got out of the car, buttoned his suit, and walked along the red carpet toward the theater, waving to both sides as he walked, drawing screams.

Because the scene where he almost clashed with Martin at the Oscars was reported, many members of the Coca-Cola Cult had strong opinions on Bale.

One of them learned from the experience of Ronaldo's anti-fans in football calling Messi, and suddenly shouted: "Martin! Martin! Martin..."

Dozens of members of the Coca-Cola Cult took off their coats, showed off their red shirts and their identities as Martin followers, and roared in unison at Bell.

"Martin! Martin!"

Bell's face turned green and he stopped waving to the fans on both sides of the red carpet. He quickly walked across the red carpet without even entering the media area. He went directly to the sponsor's background board and took a few photos before entering. The Kodak Theater.

At the window on the second floor of the theater, Daniel was frowning, but Jon Berg, standing next to him, was still full of confidence.

As a member of the old Warner management, he clearly felt that the overall atmosphere of Warner was changing.

Perhaps Warner Bros.'s performance in the past ten years has been too good, and now management from top to bottom has full confidence in Warner and its projects.

Jon Berg patted Daniel on the shoulder: "Don't look like this. Isn't it just that the test screenings have a bad reputation? What's this big deal? A small number of people cannot represent the opinions of the broad audience."

However, Daniel fell into self-doubt: "After two test screenings, we have not yet released the film's reputation, and the market already has doubts."

The final editing of "Pharaohs and Gods" was personally controlled by Jon Berg. He believes that these are not problems: "In the past, there were many films that had a bad reputation in Hollywood test screenings but were successful at the box office when they were released, right?"

Daniel couldn't deny this, because there were indeed many.

Jon Berg simply gave an example: "Star Wars almost all received negative reviews during the test screenings. What's the result? Jedi Men, Halo, Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers, etc. also received poor reviews during the test screenings, but all of them were box office hits. Sell ​​and become a model of business success.”

Daniel could not say that the quality of his own films was poor, so he did not say anything to refute it. Deep down in his heart, he also expected success.

After all, this was a project he had personally stolen from Martin.

As the red carpet came to an end, the two left the window and went to the nearby VIP lounge.

As soon as he entered, Jon Berg saw Martin and went directly to him.

He stepped forward to shake hands: "We meet again, Martin."

"This is a grand premiere!" Martin said very politely: "Thank you for the invitation."

Jon Berg revealed the scars on the spot: "You're welcome, this is a project you are optimistic about and selected. Warner Pictures should thank you for your help. Without you, there would be no "Pharaohs and Gods"."

Martin found that he has really become a well-known good person recently. Megan Ellison thanked him for his kindness a few days ago, and today Jon Berg thanked him for his kindness.

It feels really good to receive a good person card in person.

Martin's expression remained unchanged and he still smiled and said: "Warner and I are old friends, so there is no need to be so polite."

Jon laughed and said: "No, no, I must thank you for the film's celebration party. You must come to it."

It was hard for Martin to refuse when others were so enthusiastic: "You can let me know when you confirm the time."

The two said a few more polite words, and Jon Berg left.

Martin took a few steps forward and found Ridley Scott.

The latter said to Martin with a serious face: "He edited my film in a mess, missing more than thirty minutes of content. The response during the test screening was not good. I don't understand. How can he be so confident?"

Martin thought for a while and said: "Warner has been successful too many times in the past ten years, and perhaps it takes success for granted."

Ridley shook his head: "Such a person serves as the president of Warner Pictures..."

Considering that he is the director of "The Martian", Martin said with relief: "The film has not been released yet, so everything is unknown."

As he was talking, Martin saw Bell, just a dozen meters away.

Bell also spotted Martin, and the first time he saw him, he forced himself to turn his head.     This bastard is so vindictive!

Bale carefully recalled in private that the root of the conflict with Martin came from Heath Ledger's drug driving at the Brooklyn studio. At that time, he put pressure on Martin, who was not yet popular, and wanted him to give in.

As a result, not only did this bastard not give in, he even regarded him as an enemy.

What a mad dog.

Bell also heard people say that this film was originally chosen by Martin, and the male lead of Moses must have been prepared for him by Martin.

When the film became a hit, he really made a comeback.

The premiere screening is about to begin, and the guests are the first to enter the hall.

Martin had just sat down, and Anne Hathaway, who was wearing an evening dress, sat next to him.

"Didn't I see you just now?" Martin asked.

Annie's big mouth turned into a smile: "We encountered a traffic jam on the road and almost got there late."

She was in a particularly good mood: "I passed the audition for "The Dark Knight Rises" and got the role of Selina Kyle."

Martin nodded: "Congratulations."

Annie leaned towards him: "This is the first time I have received a salary of US$700 million for a single film."

Martin asked: "Will the finances be easier?"

Anne nodded: "My financial crisis is over."

In fact, Martin is relatively soft-hearted towards his ex-girlfriends, saying: "What happened back then is in the past. You have nothing to say to me. Don't dwell on the past and look forward to the future."

Annie said: "Tonight, give me another chance to be filled, okay? Without involving other things, I just want to be filled by you."

What else could Martin say?

Just as the movie screening started, the two simply stopped talking.

This movie starts out like "Gladiator" and ends with a fierce military battle, which is spectacular and magnificent.

The sense of epicness was instantly lifted.

In terms of special effects and scenes alone, it is definitely top-notch.

Ridley Scott spent every penny of his budget wisely.

But the film just can't raise people's expectations.

Because everyone in the audience knows what's going to happen next.

Maybe it’s because the Jewish power in Hollywood is too large, and Ridley doesn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble. Or maybe it’s this epic feeling that Ridley likes the most. The content of the film respects the Exodus in the Bible very much, and there is no single main line of the story. A little change.

And the film is particularly neat. It opens with a big battle, provokes conflicts, turns, forces the protagonist to make a choice, then the protagonist saves everything, and finally there is a climax at the end.

Ridley was really serious and behaved in filming an Exodus story.

Even if Jon Berg cuts out a lot of content, it actually won't have much impact on the direction of the story.

The film doesn't have any major flaws, but it doesn't have any surprises either.

This is a Hollywood-style magical epic that cannot be more regular.

Perhaps if the film were of a different genre, the North American box office might exceed 100 million, but the epic film genre, especially the epic film directed by Ridley Scott, is to some extent the same as the films outside the Caribbean starring Johnny Depp. With a deep curse.

Hollywood loves this genre to the core, and countless companies are trying to revive the epic film.

Martin recently received news that Paramount Pictures has invested heavily in inviting Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe to adapt another story in the Bible, "Noah's Ark," into an epic movie.

It is said that Germany's Constantine has also joined forces with companies such as Lionsgate Pictures and Sony Columbia Pictures to prepare an adaptation of The Fall of Pompeii, which is also an epic type.

Strictly speaking, "The Lone Ranger" can also be considered a western epic.

No wonder that for Ridley, science fiction films are just for work and life, while epic films are for true love.

The epic atmosphere in the circle is very strong.

The film soon came to the part where Moses parted the sea. The special effects were still excellent, and the scene was still extremely grand, but most people just saw it.

After more than ten years of special effects baptism, the audience's threshold has been raised.

When the film ended and applause broke out, Anne said to Martin: "This special effect, this scene, this epic feeling must have been very difficult to shoot and produce."

Martin asked directly: "What about your intuitive feeling?"

"Uh..." Annie thought for a while and decided to tell the truth: "Let's talk about it in a normal way. I feel that there is nothing bad about the film, but I can't say that it is good either."

(End of this chapter)