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Fox Building, Twentieth Century Fox's distribution department and production department are also busy. As the weekend approaches, Kingdom of Heaven with a production cost of up to 130 million US dollars has also reached the final preparation period before the premiere.

After Ridley Scott finished editing, this epic masterpiece about the war in Jerusalem held two trial screenings, and the response and reputation were very good.

But 20th Century Fox was not satisfied internally, because Ridley Scott's director's cut version was too long, and the total length of the film was infinitely close to 200 minutes.

That's crazy, and it's simply unacceptable to 20th Century Fox.

First of all, if the film is too long, the audience will get bored and have no patience to watch it.

Secondly, and the most important point, if the film time is too long, it will seriously affect the screening rate of the film. Originally, a theater could line up six times a day, but in the end it can only line up four times. The reduced number of screenings also means that the number of movie tickets that can be sold The reduction, which dragged down the film's box office results.

Even at the preview meeting, the version submitted by Ridley Scott received an excellent response. From a commercial point of view, after the preview meeting, Twentieth Century Fox asked the producer to call the editing team to re-edit the film. clip.

The re-edited copies have all been sent in place. Bruce Dewan reported to Jim Pross: The new edited version has been shortened from the original 198 minutes to 132 minutes, and two more screenings can be arranged in each hall every day. times.

Jim Prowse asked: What about Ridley Scott? No objection?

Bruce Dewan replied: He has no objection, the director's agreement stipulates that he does not have the final editing rights, and he is really a bit crazy this time, actually editing such a long film.

It's not unreasonable for Hollywood to limit the power of directors. Jim Prose doesn't think there's anything wrong with re-editing. Directors are crazy guys. If they don't limit it, maybe they will just edit a 300-minute version: Many directors only think about film creation and don't think about the market at all. They don't understand the pressure that the production company will face.

Bruce Dewan smiled and said: Ridley Scott is pretty good, at least he won't interfere with the work beyond the scope of the director and the contract. Peter Jackson is a headache. I heard that Universal Pictures recently It didn't go well with him, they gave Peter Jackson the final cut, Peter Jackson's original cut was over 200 minutes long, and King Kong didn't appear until over an hour into the film...

Jim Prose said: Comfort Ridley Scott, we are still working with him on new projects, don't let him have too many negative emotions, it will not be good to affect the work of new projects.

He also participated in the test screening, and has seen the reactions of all parties in the test screening. He still highly recognizes Ridley Scott's work on Kingdom of Heaven.

But recognition is recognition, and the maximization of benefits is in line with the needs of 20th Century Fox.

Bruce Dewan said: Ridley Scott is a good director, and he is more obedient to the command, not the kind of thorn.

Jim Prowse nodded slightly. It is not without reason that Hollywood production companies like to cooperate with Ridley Scott.

Aside from the value of creation, no one likes directors like James Cameron who I am number one in the world.

Contact the theater,

Control the schedule of Kingdom of Heaven. Because of the excellent response to Ridley Scott's trial version, Jim Pross is quite optimistic about the market prospects of Kingdom of Heaven: Let the publicity department promote the promotion and marketing of the film as planned.

The cost of publicity and distribution of as high as 70 million U.S. dollars has been spent, and no matter what, the film must cause a wave of enthusiasm around the world.

As long as there is a market response like Troy, 20th Century Fox can make profits through online and offline operations.

The project was a success.

Both Jim Prowse and 20th Century Fox are optimistic.

Moreover, Ridley Scott has achieved great success in war epics, and Gladiator can be called a classic of this type. According to the response during the test screening, the quality of Kingdom of Heaven is definitely not Gladiator under.

After Bruce Dewan left, Jim Prows temporarily stopped considering the reassuring Kingdom of Heaven, and instead considered the extremely troublesome Fantastic Four.

This superhero movie is about to be released, but the situation is quite grim.

Twentieth Century Fox has made many efforts, and has done a lot of soft articles and various public relations in the media, but the initiative of the comics is completely in the hands of Marvel Entertainment, which is not as good as the direct expression of the comics. The content of Four Heroes packs a punch.

Marvel Entertainment's Civil War is now in its second issue, and the buzz is growing, with the Fantastic Four not only becoming notorious but also a stepping stone for another superhero team comic.

The popularity of the Fantastic Four is a bit long ago. The audience in the earliest popular period is already old, and they have passed the stage of liking superhero themes. The main audience today is young people who are not particularly familiar with the original Fantastic Four. Got it, found out that these are four disgusting bastards...

A decent Fantastic Four movie is bound to suffer.

Jim Prose is very clear that 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment had the opportunity to compromise, but out of practical interests, especially the interests of the X-Men series, 20th Century Fox cannot and cannot compromise, In the end it can only be like this.

The prospects for this Fantastic Four movie are not optimistic, and the whole of 20th Century Fox is ready to fail.

But failure will not shake his position. Tom Rothman, who has been eyeing for the top position, will not have a chance in a short time.

For the time being, the power struggle within the Murdoch family has come to an end. James Murdoch has become the biggest winner by virtue of Rupert Murdoch's favor. It won't take long for 20th Century Fox to belong to James Murdoch is in control.

As a confidant of James Murdoch, Jim Prose thinks his current position is very secure.

It's no big deal if a Fantastic Four fails. X-Men is about to develop many spin-off series, and 20th Century Fox will never give up an inch when it comes to interests in this regard.

As for Marvel Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox has nothing to do with them for the time being. Relativity Entertainment is behind the opponent, which is very difficult to deal with.

The specifics still have to wait until James Murdoch returns to Los Angeles from London in the future to personally control Twentieth Century Fox.

The North American premiere of The Bourne Shadow 3 was a huge success, and overseas markets such as Europe, Australia, and Latin America, which were released at the same time, were also popular.

Over the first weekend overseas, Bourne Shadow 3 took away US$92.1 million in film markets in more than 30 countries and regions.

Over time, this film will appear in cinemas in more than 90 countries and regions.

The plot of the film is not sensitive, and the only real villain is the CIA of the United States. Even the CIA itself doesn’t care, and even sends retirees to the crew as special technical consultants. Bourne Shadow 3 is very easy to pass.

Even Russia is sure to import and release the film on a large scale.

Although it is a pity that Paul Greengrass ended his cooperation with Relativity Entertainment and turned to create a niche political film that conforms to his own wishes, for Ronan and Relativity Entertainment, cooperation with any director and actor is ultimately rewarding. The end of the day.

In the future, similar situations will continue to appear.

Relativity Entertainment is also discovering new projects, new directors and new actors, as they come and go, this is a virtuous circle.

The summer vacation is still going on, and this weekend after Bourne Shadow 3, there are many new films that will be released, and the one that Ronan is most concerned about is undoubtedly Kingdom of Heaven.

For this film, word of mouth was severely polarized, but it was not polarized in the traditional sense.

Because those who gave bad reviews basically watched the theater version, and most of the people who gave good reviews watched Ridley Scott's cut version.

Ronan has already got the news that Twentieth Century Fox is dissatisfied with the length of Ridley Scott's director's cut version, which is close to 200 minutes. A refined cut was made in order to shorten the length of the film as much as possible and increase the screening rate during the screening.

Frankly speaking, 20th Century Fox's choice is understandable, and if it were Relativity Entertainment, it would generally make a similar choice.

After all, a movie with a length of more than 3 hours is really crazy, and it is difficult for the audience to bear such a long time.

Not to mention the box office revenue involved.

What about the re-edited version? Ronan hasn't seen the movie, so he doesn't know.

But regardless of whether Kingdom of Heaven succeeds or fails, there will be no doubt that Hollywood continues to limit the director's final cut rights.

Once upon a time, this war epic film was commented by many people on the Internet as a typical failure of Hollywood producer-centered production.

As far as Kingdom of Heaven is concerned, there is nothing wrong with this statement, but it is also necessary to limit the power of the director.

Not to mention anything else, as far as Michael Bay is concerned, if he does not restrict him, but puts all the power in his hands, what kind of films will eventually come out?

Bang bang bang bang, bang bang bang...

No matter how long the film is, Michael Bay dares to blow it up from beginning to end.

Coincidentally, the next weekend after the release of Kingdom of Heaven, the sci-fi production Escape from Clone Island directed by Michael Bay will also be fully released in North American theaters.

This is Michael Bay's first film since breaking free from the constraints of Jerry Bruckheimer. The latest chapter of the best entertainment era is here: