Hollywood Hunter

Compared with "Superman: Man of Steel", although the setting refers to the background of General Zod's invasion of the earth, this version of "Superman" is basically two completely different stories.

Clark Kent learned of his identity in the Krypton spacecraft on the ice of Antarctica and was given an official Superman suit.

In the initial publicity, Simon's Superman suit designed by referring to the look in "Superman: Man of Steel" also caused some controversy. As the film's release date approaches, more and more powerful new Superman suits have been acquired. Many Superman fans even think that this is what Superman really should be.

Putting on his battle clothes and comprehending his own power, Superman flew over the glacier, crossed the sea, crossed the desert, passed the grassland for the first time, and finally rushed to the starry sky overlooking the earth, which once again brought an impact to the audience A powerful visual feast.

For the Hollywood filmmakers who participated in the premiere, the advanced special effects technology contained in this set of less than 1 minute shots even gave people a strong sense of powerlessness.

The mainstream of Hollywood is still pursuing those superstars and directors whose price/performance ratio is getting lower and lower. Daenerys Entertainment has put everyone far behind through its spare no effort in technology.

At the same time as Superman awakened, the Planet Daily reporter Louise Lane, who was accidentally saved by him in the Antarctic ice layer, began to inquire about the details of the alien visitor, following the trail of Clark Kent’s adventures, and gradually Close to the truth.

In the distant space, receiving the signal from the Krypton spacecraft, General Zod led his subordinates to the earth.

In "Superman: Man of Steel", General Zod arrived on the earth and directly opened a global broadcast requesting the surrender of the Kryptonians hidden among humans, which triggered a global public opinion storm.

Zach Schneider’s original intention was to torture humanity through this plot, increase the connotation of the film, and at the same time reflect the almost perfect "divineness" of Superman. Even if he encounters human betrayal, he still chooses to stand on the side of mankind and guide the story to Superman in " The sad ending in Batman v Superman.

From the very beginning, when planning the DC movie universe, Simon had not considered playing the deep game of Diablo. If something had to be discarded, he would choose to make the DC movie universe a pure popcorn series without hesitation.

The same goes for this "Superman".

Therefore, General Zod and his entourage who arrived on Earth did not turn on global broadcasting any more, but directly ignored the fragile ants living on this planet, investigated the Krypton spacecraft that sent the signal, and passed the clues left by Clark Kent. , Confirms that Kent is likely to be a descendant of Joe El.

The most critical point is that Joe El’s descendants are likely to have a mother box containing the power to rebuild Krypton.

General Zod has always hoped to rebuild Krypton.

Finding the mother box, the long-cherished wish of wandering in space for hundreds of years can be realized, and the resource-rich indigenous planet under their feet can also be used as the raw material for rebuilding Krypton.

By collecting information about the human world, General Zod and his party quickly confirmed Clark Kent's identity and went straight to Kent's hometown.

Smallville, Kansas, where Clark Kent grew up.

Louise Lane finally saw the alien visitor in front of the tombstone of Superman's adoptive father Jonathan Kent. Clark did not hide his identity anymore, but told Louise about the accident that his adoptive father could have been saved by him. The experience of dying in the middle of the world, in order to show your attitude towards the world.

Then, the Krypton spacecraft descended from the sky.

In a hasty encounter, the entire Smallville town was almost destroyed. In order to protect his mother, Louise Lane and the residents of the town, Clark Kent had to let General Zord take away the mother box.

The spaceship appeared, the powerful aliens confronted each other, and the town encountered the raging ruins, and the news spread quickly.

The federal government has habitually sealed off the entire town to avoid panic and strictly control the leakage of information, and at the same time began to trace the whereabouts of the Krypton spacecraft.

Clark Kent quietly left with Louise Lane ahead of time.

During the communication between the Krypton spacecraft in the Antarctic ice layer and the information left by his father, Clark Kent knew that the mother box contained powerful energy, and Joe El also repeatedly urged Clark Kent to protect the mother box.

Superman hadn't thought of using the power of the mother box, so he didn't know what General Zod and his party planned to use the mother box for.

However, both Kent and Lane felt a strong threat and instinctively believed that the mother box should be taken back.

The story line continues to advance.

The federal government quickly found the whereabouts of the Krypton spacecraft, and encountered an attack during the trial contact. Superman arrived in time for a critical juncture.

The second climax scene.

The Union army retreated under the cover of Superman. During the confrontation between Superman and General Zord, they learned of the other's purpose.

In order to rebuild the overall situation of Krypton, General Zod also tried to recruit Superman, but was rejected.

After another fierce battle, Superman realized that he had to cooperate with the federal government, so he took the initiative to contact the military in an attempt to stop General Zod’s conspiracy.

In this process, the mother box is activated.

The Krypton spacecraft appeared over the metropolitan city, using the energy provided by the mother box to begin to transform the earth, and the metropolis was greatly destroyed.

After the opening of the Kryptonian War scene, Daenerys' special effects once again contributed an extremely shocking scene of the city being destroyed.

Moreover, unlike the fantasy Krypton, what was destroyed this time was completely a city that existed in reality, so it inevitably triggered a strong sense of substitution among the audience.

The final battle.

In order to save the world, Superman and the military joined hands to destroy the Krypton spacecraft, and killed General Zod in a duel between "Superman" and "Superman".

Although the CG special effects at this stage cannot fully show the devastating special effects scenes of "Superman: Man of Steel" in Simon’s memory, the final battle is based on the maximum use of technical resources at this stage. For the audience in the early 1990s, it was still thrilling, and the shock was no less than that of the Tyrannosaurus rex on the big screen at the end of last year.

At the end of the story, the whole world is caught in the discussion of the war between humans and aliens in the metropolis, and the image of Superman frequently appears in the media.

Some people admire, some are jealous, some criticize loudly, and some worship.

Clark Kent disappeared from the crowd again, joined the temporary headquarters of the "Daily Planet" as a reporter. Under the assignment of the grumpy editor-in-chief, he took a break and stood with Louise Lane in front of the wall-mounted TV that was reporting the "Superman" news. In the noisy and chaotic picture, a child wearing a superman uniform said that he is a hero.

The two looked at each other and shook their hands quietly.

The picture is dark.

The grand background music sounded.

In the Chinese Grand Theater, all the audience felt a sense of satisfaction after watching an excellent film, but there was no commotion in the theater as the subtitles rose.

By convention, DC Cinematic Universe movies all have eggs that people look forward to.

Finally, after the ten-minute end credits, the screen lights up again.

Overlooking the camera, in the center of the ruins of the metropolis, people in chemical protective suits were busy like ants in the wreckage of the Krypton spacecraft. Soon, someone shouted in surprise: Found it.

Immediately, the mother box that had dimmed again was lifted out, and the others quickly gathered forward.

The easter egg does not end so easily.

The camera zooms out again, and a silhouette wearing a cloak appears on the top of a building near the ruins.

Fleeting.

The big screen went completely dark.

"Batman!"

With the warm applause that immediately sounded, there were already audiences in the theater hall exclaiming.

Superman and Batman have met too many times in comics.

However, this is the first time on the big screen.

Even if there is no head-to-head confrontation for the time being, just appearing in a movie in the form of an easter egg is enough to excite comic fans.

The DC Cinematic Universe has been paving the way for heroes to gather together, but so far there has not been a scene where several superheroes fight side by side. Now, with the appearance of Batman and Superman in the same movie, everyone realizes that this day will not be far away anymore.

Early the next morning, all kinds of media were focusing on the premiere of "Superman", and the film's reputation was also lifted directly.

"Daenerys, with her unparalleled special effects technology, truly perfectly interprets a powerful superhero image on the big screen."-"Hollywood Reporter"

"Perfect fifth, Simon Westero's control of the DC movie universe's advancing rhythm is already easy, and the plot of the film is as smooth and compact as ever. Compared with Batman and Wonder Woman, the powerful Kryptonians bring audiences A completely different shocking visual experience."-"Los Angeles Times"

"Rookie star Brad Pitt succeeded in taking over Christopher Reeve, Courteney Cox successfully got rid of "Scream" and opened a new screen image."-"Entertainment Weekly"

"Although Simon Westeros personally checks, Roland Emmerich's performance is still unexpected. There is no doubt that Hollywood has once again an excellent director who can control the super blockbuster."—— "Variety"

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In the hot media discussion, after preliminary statistics, the comprehensive media score of "Superman" reached 8.7 points, easily surpassing all the films that were drawn in the previous two weeks of the summer vacation. Moreover, under the cover of phenomenal popularity, a small amount of criticism can not stop the audience from entering the theater.

After a day of word-of-mouth fermentation on Thursday, on June 4, "Superman" officially opened in North America with 3329 screens.

The popularity equal to that of "Batman", the popularity of the four consecutive successful films in the DC Movie Universe, and the more shocking special effects scenes, are absolutely excellent media reputation, dominate the first week of high-quality schedules, and there is almost no suspense. Since then, the box office of "Superman" has been in a turmoil.

Counting the morning and night shows, the cumulative box office of the film on the first day reached 23.69 million US dollars.

Subsequently, after two days of screenings on Saturday and Sunday, the box office of "Superman" opened three days in the first weekend and quickly rushed to 69.15 million US dollars, surpassing the US$68.38 million created by "Batman: The Dark Knight" in three days of opening the first weekend. Record.

Entering the working day, because there were no other strong competitors during the same period, "Superman" continued to reap the box office strongly.

In the end, from June 4th to June 10th, in the first week of seven days, "Superman" reached a cumulative box office of US$112.61 million, becoming the second film after "Batman: The Dark Knight". Hollywood movies.

In just one week, "Superman" has achieved the goal of over 100 million domestic gross box office, which many Hollywood films tirelessly pursue.

There are two kinds of Hollywood movies, and the conclusions of DC Cinema Universe and other movies have been confirmed again.

Under the strong impact of "Superman", a series of films released in previous weeks have seen a very significant drop in box office this week.

Columbia Pictures’ $70 million "Break in the Mountains" was released in the third week, with a decline of 53%. The box office in a single week was only 7.96 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office in three weeks was only 49.96 million US dollars. The total box office in North America is expected to be barely Break through 70 million US dollars.

Disney’s "Super Mario Bros." was a disappointment at the beginning. Under the pressure of "Superman", the box office dropped by 51% the following week to only $4.69 million, and the cumulative box office in two weeks was $14.36 million. After completing two-week screening contracts, many theaters began to quickly withdraw the schedule of "Super Mario Bros.". The screening scale of 2,081 screens in the first week was quickly reduced to 1,276 yuan in the third week, and it is expected that it will be basically down in four weeks.

"Zhe Ling Xiong Feng" is also expected to recover its costs through omni-channel operations in the next few years. The production cost of "Super Mario Bros." is as high as 48 million US dollars. The local box office is expected to be less than 20 million US dollars, and the follow-up is destined to be equally bleak. For other channels, Disney’s losses are inevitable.

Other films such as "The Story of Bruce Lee", "My Genius Family", "Made in America", "Fairy Tale Ending" and other films also failed to escape the fate of a sharp drop in the box office.

On June 11th, four new films emerged in North American theaters at once.

The sequel to "The Adams Family" by Paramount Pictures "The Values ​​of the Adams Family" has 2,577 screens. Two years ago, the first song of "The Adams Family" hit the box office. This sequel can be described as Paramount's most important summer film this year. The production budget has increased from US$30 million for the first song to US$47 million.

When choosing to face the next week schedule of "Superman", Paramount has also been carefully considered.

According to the box office rules of the previous DC Cinematic Universe films, except for the first "Batman: Hour of War", which has fallen from the first week to the next week, the box office declines of the next week will be very obvious after the market potential of the other films is greatly released in the first week. , So it quickly freed up market space.

Moreover, the genre of "The Values ​​of the Adams Family" is a comedy and has little conflict with "Superman".

Speaking of which, the four new films opened this week are basically based on the same considerations.

The other three are Fox Pictures' "Relapsed in the Forest". This is a cartoon about the adventures of a few small animals in the forest. The number of screens is 1,496.

MGM this week also launched an action movie "Ultimate Target" starring Shangge Yunton, with a budget of $15 million and a total of 1,672 screens. MGM does not have the same confidence that Paramount has in "The Values ​​of the Adams Family", and there are some thoughts to miss when choosing this schedule. June 11, after all, is the most golden period in the summer vacation.

The last film is the release of "Orlando" by Gaomen Films, which was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival last year. The production includes European capitals such as the United Kingdom and Italy, starring Tilda Swinton, and the film is adapted from The British fantasy novel of the same name tells the story of an aristocratic teenager who was blessed by Queen Elizabeth, Orlando, who woke up again after 40 years of sleep and turned into a woman, then became immortal and experienced hundreds of years of time changes.

The selling point of the film is very strong, so the copyright was bought out by Gaomen Pictures, and the scale of 367 screens was given in this summer file.

Hollywood is watching the next week of "Superman" and the opening performance of the four new films. Simon flew to San Francisco on June 11 and plans to spend the weekend here.

The business is about the copyright dispute between Eaglet and Hearst Group.

In March at the beginning of the year, the Hearst Group suddenly filed a lawsuit with the San Francisco District Court on the grounds of unauthorized reprinting and use of the copyright of a large number of articles and pictures in newspapers and magazines owned by Hearst. The opening was 100 million US dollars. Huge claims.

Yigrete Company strives **** reason.

After several months of wrangling, the two sides finally decided to reach a settlement in private.

To be more accurate, the Hearst Group is basically forced to reach a settlement with Eaglet.

Not only is the federal policy and the media and public opinion environment unfavorable to Hearst Group’s demands, but also, in private, Eaglet has seized the Hearst Group’s handle. Many of the so-called “infringing” contents are It was uploaded by Hearst Group’s own employees.

So, this is very talkative.

It is also very appropriate to say that employees can do it on their own, and that Hearst Group deliberately tried to blackmail them, and that the latter statement is obviously more catering to the taste of the public.

However, Eaglet’s method of obtaining these evidences is actually not very glamorous. In addition to calling official website information, it also used the intelligence system that the Westeros family had been cultivating for investigation. Therefore, once the matter is exposed, it will inevitably make users think of privacy infringement, so it cannot be submitted to the court as clear evidence.

Hearst Group is obviously more guilty.

If the wrangling continues, Eaglet is forced to produce its own ‘evidence’, and Hearst Group will never get any benefit.

Moreover, the entire federal environment is very unfavorable for the Hearst Group.

Once the lawsuit is formed as a precedent, it will almost affect the development of the entire Internet industry. Whether it is the federal government that is vigorously promoting the "Information Superhighway Act" or the increasing number of capitals from all walks of life entering the Internet industry, Hess will not be allowed The special group won the lawsuit.

Naturally, the solution can only be private reconciliation.

Of course, he holds a heavyweight bargaining chip in his hand, saying that it is a reconciliation, but in fact it is only a form, and Eaglet will not compensate for a penny.

The two sides reached a reconciliation on the surface, but the tit-for-tat in private was even stronger.

Simon only asked about the matter on Friday, and spent the following two days with the assistant in the villa on the Woodside hills.

There are other reasons for staying in San Francisco for three consecutive days.

With the release of "Superman", the third part of the planned "Batman" trilogy "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" has been officially launched in Australia recently. As usual, Simon will rush to Melbourne next week to follow up this in person. For the project, Janet will also go there together, and the two will probably stay in Melbourne for at least a week.