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As the screenwriting work of Simon Kinberg University, the script of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been circulated in Hollywood for many years, but no one has ever made it into a movie. Until Relativity Entertainment acquired Artisan Films, Ronan worked in Artisan Films In the script library, I saw the script, and only then did the film project be approved.

In the past, this film was also removed from multiple companies before it was approved.

The personal charm of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie completely suppressed the plot of the film.

Regardless of whether this charm is released in a positive form or not, it has finally attracted a large number of audiences to watch in theaters.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith was released in North America for the first weekend, and it was in 3,925 theaters in three days, with a reported income of 68.79 million US dollars.

This film also ended the two consecutive championships of War of the Worlds and successfully climbed to the top of the North American box office chart.

On the other hand, the audience's live theater score of B gave it an estimate of $230 million in North America.

The reason why the box office expectations that do not match the audience's word of mouth is given is entirely because of the super gossip of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.

Because of the publicity effect of super gossip, the total investment of Embassy Pictures in the promotion of Mr. and Mrs. Smith is only 50 million US dollars.

This action movie with a total investment of 150 million U.S. dollars is expected to reach a global box office of about 550 million U.S. dollars according to the internal expectations of Relativity Entertainment based on market feedback.

Looking at the quality of the film alone, Mr. and Mrs. Smith does not seem to be worthy of such a box office, but the film market has never been determined by the quality of the film.

It is not uncommon for a film to achieve the sensational level of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and to sell well at the box office.

Not every film is lucky enough to encounter such super gossip.

The influence of actors on the film is sometimes great.

From the beginning, Ronan did not allow Relativity Entertainment to intervene in this matter. Later, after rejecting Angelina Jolie, Embassy Pictures also mostly stopped promoting Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Now that the incident has progressed, the overall situation of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been decided.

After the film was released, there were more reports and rumors about Jennifer Aniston and her children in the media,

Apparently someone is secretly promoting it, which not only diverts the attention of public opinion, but also cleans up for themselves.

Jennifer Aniston was completely silent, as if this matter had nothing to do with her anymore.

According to the latest news that Ronan received, Jennifer Aniston left North America and went to Africa to participate in charity activities, temporarily staying away from the whirlpool of public opinion in Los Angeles.

In some ways, Angelina Jolie has achieved her goal and won this love war with an unusually tough stance.

The winner, of course, is Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

It's also Relativity Entertainment's only release in June, with Embassy's focus on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

The big sales of the first part laid a good audience foundation for the second part.

Since its release in 2003, Captain Jack Sparrow's fans have grown day by day, becoming one of the most popular Hollywood movie images since the New World.

Johnny Depp also seems to be on the verge of becoming a real-life Captain Jack Sparrow.

In order to cooperate with the promotion of the film, Johnny Depp's actions have continued recently, and Captain Jack Sparrow has been frequenting all over the United States.

Today, the captain accepted the invitation of Ronan and Tom Cruise's ALS charity foundation to visit sick children in nursing homes.

Tomorrow, before receiving a letter asking for help, the captain parachutes into a middle school in Los Angeles to punish the domineering principal.

Ronan had previously talked with Johnny Depp's agent. Under the strong constraints of the agency and the contract, Johnny Depp was quite cooperative for the time being. During the promotional announcement, nothing too outrageous happened. .

But Johnny Depp's alcoholism and other issues are getting worse.

Robert Zemeckis has already talked with Shahai Entertainment about directing Alice in Wonderland. Ronan will definitely not invite Johnny Depp to play the role of the Mad Hatter.

Under the leadership of Robert Zemeckis, this project is undergoing preliminary planning, and the rhythm of filming, production and announcement is completely based on Avatar as the standard.

The latter, in addition to continuing to prepare for special effects at Weta Studio in Wellington, several assistants of James Cameron led a team to some famous scenic spots for location inspections.

Any real location will not exist alone. In the future, it must be integrated into the special effects production scene of the film in some form in the future.

In the future, there will definitely be a large number of scenic spots all over the world, rushing to say that a certain scene in Avatar is from their own.

Rubbing popularity is a common phenomenon all over the world.

James Cameron returned to Los Angeles in mid-June, interviewed Ronan, and also brought a performance video of Jessica Alba testing motion capture, highly recommended by Jessica Alba Acting as the Na'vi heroine.

The heroine will not have any live-action shots in the film, and all will appear in the form of motion capture. Jessica Alba has also participated in the experiment and production of motion capture special effects. Of course, Ronan will not object, and directly let Sha Hai Entertainment sent a special person to negotiate with Jessica Alba's agent.

Although James Cameron claimed that Avatar will only be filmed once, and there is no plan for a sequel, Ronan is still mentally prepared for the sequel.

One of them is to sign a long-term contract with an actor.

Jessica Alba was originally a small star who could barely qualify for the second-tier, but the Fantastic Four she just starred in messed up again, and the salary was very cheap. According to the usual standards in the industry, the highest salary for Avatar was not Will be over $500,000.

If nothing else, Shahai Entertainment will be able to settle the deal with $300,000.

After Ronan tested James Cameron's plan for the sequel, he didn't talk to him about this issue, but after Avatar is successful, he will personally communicate with James Cameron on this issue .

There's no way an Avatar sequel could be turned into a living series.

The sequel of Avatar was pushed back and pushed back. Many fans who grew up watching Terminator 2 and Titanic even jokingly said that the biggest regret in their future life may be that they did not see Titanic. Avatar 2.

Bounced tickets have become the norm in the sequel of Avatar.

Of course, this is not to say that James Cameron has made enough money and lacks motivation to shoot new movies. A large part of the reason lies in film technology.

James Cameron has always wanted to use new film production and projection techniques in his new works.

There were rumors on the Internet that James Cameron was cooperating with Sony Pictures to develop a new naked-eye 3D technology.

It is difficult for former movie fans to judge whether these news are true or false.

As a pioneer of new film technology and a director at the forefront, James Cameron's emphasis on technology is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

During the preparation of the crew of Avatar at Weta Studio, many shooting scenes need to operate some shooting platforms and software specially developed by James Cameron's team.

These are the results that James Cameron has accumulated over the years.

It is no exaggeration to say that a director without years of technical accumulation will never achieve such a huge technical success as Avatar.

James Cameron has come to the forefront of Hollywood in terms of technology since he filmed Alien 2.

For the special effects production of Avatar, it is not enough to rely solely on James Cameron's team. For motion capture, Weta Studio is needed, and more special effects production is in charge of Industrial Light and Magic.

The production of such a film is like a super project.

At the same time, Neil Blomkamp, ​​the deputy director of special effects production of the James Cameron team, also negotiated cooperation with Sandsea Entertainment.

Neil Blomkamp sold the copyright of the short film Aliens in Johannesburg to Shahai Entertainment for a symbolic price of $1, and got the opportunity to direct a feature film.

After the two parties signed the contract, Neil Blomkamp completed the first draft of the script as quickly as possible, and faxed it to Los Angeles for Ronan to review in person.

The title of this script is called The Ninth District.

The main plot of the script is basically the same as Ronan's impression, and the alien image settings that come with the script, each and every prawn is very unique.

Since Neil Blomkamp still needs to participate in the special effects production of Avatar, he is still in the key position of deputy director of special effects. It is definitely impossible to leave the crew of Avatar at this stage. Class into Shahai Entertainment's future plans.

Neil Blomkamp will have to wait for the special effects production of Avatar to complete a stage at the earliest before he can make friends with his successor.

James Cameron is quite good to the team members and has not set any obstacles for Neil Blomkamp. If nothing else, District Ninth can start preparations as soon as next year.

In contrast, the Indian novel Question and Answer, which has obtained the adaptation copyright, is much slower.

This will not be a commercial project, and it will definitely be one of the awards season works in the future.

In a certain awards season, it is impossible for Relativity Entertainment to release too many works. Not to mention the scattered resources, the Oscar judges rarely choose films from the same company in succession when voting.

This year's Brokeback Mountain and next year's The Departed, these are the key projects of Relativity Entertainment's next two awards seasons.

There is also a gril directed by David Fincher. Due to the relatively slow progress of the project, it is temporarily uncertain which award season will be released.

In this way, although it is clear that the director is the one who directed Trainspotting, Ronan has not let anyone contact him for the time being.

Slumdog Millionaire, adapted from Question and Answer, will not be suitable until it is released at least three years later.