Hollywood New Century

Los Angeles, Bel Air.

In the viewing room of Simon's newly purchased villa, Blake Lively brought two cups of coffee.

"Thank you," Simon took a cup, took a sip and asked, "Is "Black Swan" going to be released?"

Blake Lively is the supporting actress in "Black Swan" and has quite a few opposite scenes with Natalie Portman.

"I'm going to Europe to promote it. When it was shown at the Venice Film Festival, many people were optimistic. The film will be released in some European countries next month, and will be fully released in North America in December," Blake Lively said. Then he complained a little bit,

"They were all filming the DC Comics movie "Green Lantern" adapted by Warner Bros. this year. There are a lot of special effects, and there are many scenes that need to be made up."

"Oh, "Green Lantern"! That's a big production with an investment of 200 million US dollars. In the past few years, DC's Nolan's "Batman" can compete with our Marvel," Simon smiled, and Universal will release it next year. Who can stop the Avengers?

Blake Lively nodded, then yawned and said, "It's a little late, let's go to rest!"

"Let's go," said Simon, and went to the bedroom with his arms around the girl.

It was a beautiful and long night, and when Simon woke up in the morning, Blake Lively was still sound asleep.

Simone came to the viewing room of Aurora Pictures and watched Wen Ziren's low-budget horror movie "Hidden".

"The name of the film was officially established when he participated in the Toronto Film Festival. Since "The Chainsaw", Wen Ziren's several films have not been successful. "Hidden" is the return of him and his old partner! "Jason · Bren, who is now the head of Aurora Pictures, seems confident in the film.

"I think Wen Ziren is a very talented director. His understanding of horror films is very profound. "Ghost Story 2" will be released tomorrow, right?" Simon said.

Jason Bren nodded and explained with a smile: "'Ghost Story 2' has a lot of fans because of its first DVD sales and the spread of the Internet, and we have already had a lot of fans online before. The viral spread, I believe we will not be disappointed.”

"This kind of niche movie has a lot of specific movie-watching groups. Universal Pictures has a lot of copyrights and ideas for such B-level movies. If there are suitable ones, they can continue to develop," Simon told Jason Brun. It is suggested that, after all, Universal Pictures now mainly puts its experience on commercial blockbusters such as Marvel.

Other low-budget horror, thriller, and literary films can be handed over to Aurora Films and Morningstar Films for distribution.

After Simon returned to his office, he watched the final results of "Tai Chi" in the European and American markets.

North America grossed 67 million euros, and Europe, Australia and Latin America combined nearly $50 million at the box office.

Including the 250 million US dollars in the Asian market, the global box office totals 367 million US dollars, which exceeds the 213 million global box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

"The Chinese market is so hot, basically the mainland of China is worth 200 million US dollars!" Simon leaned back in his chair, Stephen Chow only had one, and it was too difficult to find another film of this type, both the Chinese market and the foreign market could take it all.

"Boss, I heard that Anne Hathaway is very popular in the Chinese market now, and her popularity in China has greatly increased, and Thor and Tai Chi have been credited a lot," Laura Collins said.

Simon shook his head. Anyway, the market should be opened this time, and the future will follow. He asked about other actors in Warner Bros. "Batman 3: The Rise of the Dark Knight".

"Besides Christian Bale, there's Catwoman Jessica Biel, Tom Hardy and Marion Cotillard," Laura Collins quickly responded.

"Catwoman is Jessica Biel?"

"Yeah, the girlfriend of famous singer Justin Timberlake is also a **** female star, and she is also featured in this year's Valentine's Day," Laura Collins explained for Simon.

"It seems that the media has reported that Christopher Nolan also expressed that Anne Hathaway is also a suitable candidate, but I don't know if it is true?"

After all, Anne Hathaway is Thor's girlfriend in Marvel, so why would she play DC's Catwoman!

"Well," it turns out, Simon doesn't care anymore, since he knows that the catwoman is Jessica Biel, it is estimated that it is not much worse than Anne Hathaway.

"When will Sony Columbia Pictures start filming of Soul Chariot 2?"

"Oh, the report is that the crew will be filming in Romania next month. Not only has the director changed, but the budget has also been reduced to $75 million. After all, the first film didn't do well," Laura Collins, a qualified assistant, said The blockbusters or Marvel-related projects of various companies are well understood.

The production cost of "Soul Chariot 1" is 110 million US dollars, but the global box office is only 230 million US dollars; "Soul Chariot 2" changes the director and reduces the budget is also logical.

"Hehe, Nicolas Cage, it seems that it's not too far for us to take back the copyright of the Soul Chariot characters," Simon smiled. The box office of "Soul Chariot 2" is no longer as expected, and Sony Columbia will definitely not develop a sequel. It's time for Marvel to take back the copyright.

During Halloween, Universal Pictures' Aurora Pictures 2 was released in 3,216 theaters in the United States on October 22, 2010, and its opening weekend grossed $40.67 million. It was the first to sound the horn of horror movies during Halloween.

Compared to Lionsgate's "Chainsaw 7", which was released a week later, it was a lot of pressure. After all, the Saw franchise has never had such a high opening weekend.

Of course, in addition to the investment in publicity, there are also reasons for the strong appeal of such pseudo-documentary films.

Adding novel ideas to a documentary will always be a magic weapon at the box office, just like the "Blair Witch" of the year, with online viral marketing, it has become a box office myth.

The first "Ghost Records" was generally a non-theatrical film, but it had a strong market on DVD and the Internet, with a large cult following.

"Smart: Ghost Recording 2" has been sublimated for shooting, and has invested several times the cost to promote it. The opening result of more than 40 million US dollars in the first weekend has indeed surprised many people.

The two who regretted the most were DreamWorks and Paramount. It was DreamWorks buyer Ashley Brax who discovered "Ghost Records", and at that time DreamWorks had also been acquired by Paramount.