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Latest website: In terms of live-action fairy tale movies, apart from Alice in Wonderland which is currently being filmed and produced, the only project Ronan has really put on the agenda is Beauty and the Beast for the time being.

In the future, with the return of funds from Shahai Entertainment, the manpower will be eased, and more live-action fairy tale film projects will be established.

Such as Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King and Cinderella and so on.

These are extremely valuable for adapting and shooting live-action movies.

The adaptation of the script is similar to Beauty and the Beast. It doesn't matter what the original fairy tale is. The first thing to follow is the plot of the animated feature film.

Feelings are one of the biggest selling points of these live-action fairy tale movies.

In addition, like Fantasy Forest and the like, it also has operational value.

As for Mulan, Ronan is relatively cautious.

This kind of caution does not come from the movie itself, but from outside the movie. After all, it is not easy for a movie to have a good box office performance in North America and be widely accepted by audiences across the Pacific.

If it is not done well, it will be unfavorable inside and outside, and at the same time, it will tarnish the company's reputation and become the target of attack.

Ronan knows very well that great movies have no borders, but audiences do.

Therefore, some aspects must be cautious.

For example, he would never let Marvel Entertainment make so-called oriental superhero movies.

This is typical thankless work.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the other side of the Pacific Ocean is not even mentioned to avoid the prestige of the scissors.

It's actually not wise to deliberately please. According to Ronan's previous experience, in Hollywood movies, it is actually the safest to completely ignore the existence of the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Just like the strategy adopted by Relativity Entertainment.

Business is carried out as normal, keeping a certain distance and always keeping silent.

The Incredibles has also entered the film market in the East. Just like other animation films of Pixar Studio, it has been well-received, but it is not popular at all.

The works of Pixar Studios have always been unacceptable on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

It is also difficult for a good movie to kill the whole world.

Pixar's animated feature films, almost without exception, hit the street in oriental cinemas.

However, in the North American home of Hollywood, this animated feature film by Pixar Studios still maintains enough popularity. In addition to the box office, offline channels have also begun to generate a steady stream of income for Relativity Entertainment.

Once a Hollywood animated film sells well at the box office, the peripheral profits are often astonishingly high.

Less than a week after its release, The Incredibles brought Relativity Entertainment $39.8 million in sales through offline channels.

You know, various copyright licensing negotiations for this film have not yet started.

It is not a big deal for the copyright license of a popular cartoon to sell hundreds of millions of dollars.

As Thanksgiving approached, the North American film market became more popular again, and more and more films began to be screened together.

On a new weekend, there are several films with a scale of more than 2,000 theaters, and many of them are very well-known works.

For example, Charlotte's Web released by Paramount Pictures, Borat produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, and The Time and Space Effect by Disney's Touchstone Pictures, etc.

The latter is also starring Oscar winner Denzel Washington.

Although this is the second weekend before Thanksgiving, the intention of these films to get a share of the Thanksgiving schedule is very obvious.

To a certain extent, these films were released together, and they were also driven over.

Because the following weekend, the weekend before Thanksgiving, there's a sequel to a huge hit -- Night at the Museum 2 -- coming out.

Sequels to successful films are never easy to provoke, and everyone knows this, so no film is willing to collide head-on with Night at the Museum 2, which was a super hit in the first place.

These few films were released one after another, each hoping to be the final winner, but none of them had the strength to overwhelm the others.

On the contrary, The Incredibles, which was released on the next weekend, took the championship from many newly released films by virtue of the super stable trend of animated films, and won the championship of the North American box office chart this weekend.

Compared with the first week of release, the box office of The Incredibles fell by less than 30% in the second weekend, and it closed at 54.17 million US dollars in three days!

This super stable trend also helped the film's North American box office exceed 150 million U.S. dollars in one fell swoop, with a total of 152.78 million U.S. dollars.

Among the newly released films, the highest-grossing film is 20th Century Fox's Borat, but it only earned $26.11 million during its opening weekend, so we can only look up to The Incredibles.

Now that the end of the year is approaching, the feedback data from various aspects of the North American film market this year undoubtedly proves that this is a small year for movies, and there are very few commercial movies that are really big. .

Except for Relativity Entertainment, which is equally stable in production and quality, among the major Hollywood film companies, the remaining large and medium-sized companies seem to lack masterpieces this year.

Originally, Warner Bros. had high expectations, but the hit of Superman Returns made Warner Bros. change the schedule of many films, and more aimed at the future.

At the same time, the awards season in North America has also kicked off, and many films that intend to win awards this year have also stepped up their promotion efforts.

This year, three films under Relativity Entertainment will challenge the Oscars in the awards season, namely Martin Scorsese's The Departed, Sofia Coppola's Juno and Pixar Studios' Superman. general mobilization.

The latter has the clearest goal and is most likely to win the award. The award for the best animated feature film is usually accompanied by DreamWorks Animation Studios in the year when Pixar Studios animation films are released, and Pixar Studios wins the award.

The subject matter of Juno and the resource investment of Relativity Entertainment determine that this is an accompanying film, and how many nominations can be won. Basically, there is not much hope for the Oscar statuette.

The Departed, which doesn't open in North America until December, is Relativity Entertainment's headliner this awards season, with best picture first, and then best actor for Tom Cruise and Martin Scorsese. Best Director Award.

Compared with The Aviator, which hit the Oscar last time, Martin Scorsese, who has returned to the gangster theme, undoubtedly has a lot more confidence.

Moreover, the previous defeat was precisely the qualification this time.

Ronan also took the time to chat with Martin Scorsese about this awards season. Compared with the previous time, Martin Scorsese's mentality was much calmer and he was not so anxious.

Even if this fails, it's not the end of the world for Martin Scorsese. Clint Eastwood is old enough to direct a movie, and so can Martin Scorsese.

The key to Ronan's exhortation is to keep Martin Scorsese from being high-profile, and he doesn't need to be high-profile.

As long as The Departed is released normally, the whole world will know that Martin Scorsese is going to hit the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture again, and it goes without saying.

If it is too high-profile, it will make people feel that it is too deliberate, and it may arouse the resentment of some neutrals and become a lost item.

In fact, Ronan felt that Martin Scorsese's possibility of winning was infinite as long as he went step by step.

Surprises and the like don't suit Martin Scorsese and his films.

As for Tom Cruise's Best Actor, Ronan also had a chat with Tom Cruise.

Perhaps it was the entanglement with former agent Pat Kingsley a few years ago, Tom Cruise is in a good state of mind now: Of course I am happy to get the best actor statuette, if I can't get it It doesn't matter. In fact, I understand that this best actor is just icing on the cake for me now, and it can no longer affect my status in Hollywood.

Ronan also agreed with Tom Cruise's words: Oscar is more of an honor for you, and other aspects are dispensable, but Embassy Pictures will actively promote public relations for you. As long as there is an opportunity, we will strive to win it back. That statuette.

Tom Cruise said: I also have $5 million ready on my side. You have Embassy Pictures keep in touch with my team.

Ronan nodded slightly: No problem.

How likely is Martin to win? Tom Cruise asked curiously.

Ronan replied directly: No matter who the competitor is, Martin has the greatest chance of winning.

This has nothing to do with The Departed, but the capital that Martin Scorsese has accumulated over the years.

Tom Cruise reminded: Clint Eastwood is here again this year, and it will be released in December of the new year. Be careful.

I know. Ronan roughly understood: The old cowboy used the footage of one film to edit two films, which is indeed quite remarkable. But he just won the best director statuette two years ago, it is impossible Get another one immediately.

As far as the judges vote, it is generally rare to vote for the person who has just won the award recently.

Besides, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima are good, but they are not top-notch works directed by Clint Eastwood.

The pair then discussed potential contenders for Best Actor.

In fact, the overall competition for Best Actor in this year's Oscars is not too strong, but Ronan vaguely remembered that it was a black actor who won this year's Best Actor Oscar.

Compared with the natural skin color advantage of blacks, Tom Cruise doesn't seem to have much advantage.

Ronan didn't think too much about it. This kind of thing can only be discussed at that time. Since the beginning of the new century, there have been too many black actor winners in the Oscars. Perhaps the judges should also find a balance.

After all, it's not yet to the point where nominations are judged by the color of their skin.

It won't take too long for Hollywood and even the entire Western world's awards standards to undergo tremendous changes, and more messy standards will be added to the factors that seriously affect the awards.

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