Hollywood New Century

Canada Toronto. This city in the northwest of Lake Ontario, as the central city of Canada, is the economic center of Canada.

King West Street in the city center, the whole area has become a movie kingdom. There are movie posters in the theaters and theaters on the street. Of course, those with specifications are the stars walking the red carpet.

"Tai Chi" held its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on 9.17, and Simon Parker deliberately attended the film festival with Nicole Kidman, who was promoting his film "Rabbit Hole".

"Tsk tsk, you're asking me to help you promote this movie," Nicole Kidman waved to the fans, keeping a smiley face for reporters to take pictures, and chatting with Simon next to him.

"Anyway, it's a commercial film. You're also a two-time Oscar winner, so you can always drive a lot of topics," Simon smiled, although the crew also had American stars like Anne Hathaway and Jack Black. But wouldn't it be better to have Oscar winner Nicole Kidman in attendance?

Nicole Kidman nodded. It wasn't a big deal anyway. "Rabbit Hole" was a low-budget literary film with low publicity, so she was the only one herself.

Like "Black Swan", Nicole Kidman's "Rabbit Hole" is also distributed by Morningstar Pictures, and the North American release time is in December for the Oscars.

Simon put his arms around Nicole Kidman and took a few pictures on stage before leaving, leaving the reporters to interview the big stars.

Afterwards, Simon went to chat with the main creators of "Tai Chi", Zhou Xingchi and other Chinese will soon return to China.

"The performance of "Tai Chi" is very good, and the Korean black action film "Lone Man" that we invested in also performed very well in South Korea," Zhou Lixian said, looking at Simon again, and said with a smile,

"It seems that Venus did not plan to distribute the film in the United States, and sold the rights directly to other small distribution companies. The distribution rights in some European countries and regions were also sold directly at the Venice Film Festival."

"Forget it, they have their own considerations. Anyway, the main market is South Korea, at most RB and some Southeast Asian markets, and China also directly approves the film. "Simon doesn't pay much attention to such trivial matters, and it's not "Tai Chi". In the United States, it can be directly distributed by Universal Pictures, and Venus Pictures can't eat it.

Zhou Lixian nodded. Anyway, he was in charge of the Asian market. It would be good to have someone in Europe and the United States handle it.

"By the way, now China's New Picture Film is developing a historical war blockbuster with a budget of more than 90 million US dollars. It is directed by China's first director Zhang Yimou, and Christian Bale has also been invited to play the male lead. The schedule is scheduled for next year. It's the Lunar New Year schedule," Zhou Lixian reminded.

"Oh, more than 90 million, which is higher than the production cost of the Chinese-language film "Red Cliff" with the highest investment." Simon knew that it was Lao Mouzi's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling".

"I will pay attention to this movie," Zhou Lixian said. After all, the current box office of "Tai Chi" proves that Chinese directors are still capable.

Simon didn't say anything, but simply nodded. If he wants to introduce it to the United States, it needs to be evaluated by Venus Films. Of course, Zhou Lixian's opinion as the current president of Universal International Pictures Asia is of course an important reference standard.

"Is there any progress in the negotiation of the film import agreement between China and the United States?" Simon is concerned about such a major event. After all, "Tai Chi" now has more than 1 billion people at the box office, which proves that the Chinese market has grown.

At present, the annual import quota of 20 units in the Chinese mainland market, plus 13% of the box office share, is really unbearable.

Zhou Lixian shook his head helplessly. How could such a thing interfere? The US government has been talking about it for many years.

"Forget it, I heard from the MPAA Association that they have been lobbying hard. The one who is mainly responsible for this is the current US Vice President Joseph Biden. Let's wait for the news. "Simon is helpless, do you have to wait until 12 years?

Now the 20 titles are not all for Hollywood, and there are also European countries, who also need to share some soup.

The rest are basically divided into the six major Hollywood, and an average of three movies can't be divided. Xinghai Entertainment produces two Marvel series every year. What about the animation of Lighting Entertainment, or other blockbusters?

"Now, according to my opinion, we still focus on special effects blockbusters. This type of film has a market in China, and it is relatively easy to pass the review." Zhou Lixian has very rich experience.

At the same time, Nicole Kidman, who had attended the premiere, also returned to the hotel where she was staying to find her agent, Pat Kingsley.

"Nicole, I received an invitation from an entertainment company in China. They hope to invite you to come to Shanghai around mid-December to spend a day promoting the movie "Weakness", which will have its premiere in Shanghai," said Pat Kingsley.

"Weakness hasn't been released in China yet?" Nicole Kidman opened her mouth in surprise. It was released last year, and it has been more than half a year now.

Pat Kingsley shrugged and explained: "The Chinese mainland market is under the movie import system, you know?"

Nicole Kidman nodded, that was clear, but Nicole Kidman was surprised how Pat Kingsley could say that.

Depending on the situation, this "Weakness" must have been bought out. I invited myself to promote it, and my appearance fee was enough to buy out a few movies.

"That company is called Galaxy Entertainment, and it's associated with Simon Pike, and there's a female supporting actor in "Tai Chi" who is an important shareholder of the company, and she's known Simon for a few years," explained Pat Kingsley.

"Every time Simon goes to China, he stays with her for a while."

"This," Nicole Kidman must have understood as soon as she heard it, and laughed: "Is this why Simon often goes to China?"

Pat Kingsley shook his head and explained seriously: "It's not that simple, Xinghai Entertainment really attaches great importance to the Chinese market, and it is not news that Simon will build a new movie-themed resort in Shanghai, China in the past two years;"

"Before Xinghai Entertainment had not acquired Universal, he began to deploy and compete with Disney. Now after the acquisition of Universal, the project plan has been greatly accelerated. Universal Studios does not have the brand effect of Disneyland, and Xinghai Entertainment needs to try its best to strengthen it. Universal Studios' brand effect in China, so Simon's attention to the Chinese film market is a must."

Nicole Kidman nodded and said, "Then go once, and it won't take much time to fly back then!"

Pat Jinsley also nodded, so as to win Simon's favor, because the person from Galaxy Entertainment who was on the phone with Pat Jinsley seemed to have euphemistically mentioned that this was suggested by the senior management of Xinghai Entertainment. .

Who is that top? Pat Kingsley guessed it was the tallest.