Chapter 261: More and more mysterious

As life stabilized in semesters, the North American film market gradually recovered. The total box office in the first week of September was only 86.7 million, and the first week of October rebounded to 127.3 million, and was preparing to enter the peak period of November-12 of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The comedy music "Rock Campus" No. 3 was released, the crime thriller "Limited Time Chase" was released, the action thriller "Kill Bill Vol.1" No. 10 was released, and the crime thriller "Mysterious River" was released...

On the 17th, the plot thriller "The Out of Control Jury" was released, the remake of the new line movie "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was released, and the Flame Movie will also launch the inspirational song and dance film "Dance Out of My Life".

Competition for the weekly box office rankings is underway every day; and the North American screen "booking" for the next one and two years has begun. Major film companies have successively announced some schedule plans for 2004 and 2005. On the one hand, for publicity; on the other hand, they are unwritten to test each other's attitude, so as to adjust the screening plan in a timely manner, avoid box office bombs or head-on battles.

In 2004, DreamWorks' Monster Shrek 2 was released on May 19, Sony's Spider-Man 2 on June 30, "I, Robot", "Troy", "National Treasure", "Polar Express", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"... In 2005, Fox released "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith" in May, Warner confirmed the new version of "Batman 1" directed by Darren Aronovsky in June...

The flame, who is already the boss of an independent film company, was no exception. It announced several plans for 2004 and 2005 to media fans, which attracted much attention for a while.

2004 is its sequel. The cartoon "Ice Age 2" is scheduled to be released on May 7, two weeks earlier than "Shrek 2"; Flame seems to be confident in the completed "Extreme Speed", and scheduled it to be released on June 11, just the second week of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"; "Hangover 2" without magical Young on June 25; "Saw 2" October 29, and "Mr. Hughes 2" December 10.

In 2005, the unspecified schedule of Brokeback Mountain, the summer vacation "Kung Fu Panda" was released in May, the Firefly" was in June, and the October "Dance of My Life 2".

Looking at these plans, media fans suddenly noticed several unusual places. "Dance from My Life" and "Saw" have not been released yet. Fire is making or losing money, and the audience doesn't know whether it is like or scolding, so there is a sequel plan. According to Fire's reputation that "only promote but not hype" and never loses the appointment, these two sequels will most likely be on the big screen. Fire's confidence is so overwhelming, and their movies will be so good.

Another point is that there seems to be no movie directed by Fanqi Yang in 2004. It is only in 2001 in the past six years. The next year he staged the "Return of the King" with "The Ninth District" and "The Hangover".

This speculation from fans of movie fans was confirmed on Wang Yang's personal website. He announced his work plan for the next two years to his fans, and said, "On the screen, I will focus on "Fireflies"; on the screen, "Prison Break" and "Big Bang Life". Although he also participated in the production of "Extreme Speed", in 2004, he was not a director! This news naturally made fans quite frustrated, and at the same time he was even more looking forward to it.

What will happen to "The Big Bang Theory" in "The Firefly" that Shen Qiyang takes is so "serious"?

"mit-21-team" has been painted offline in North America and many overseas places, ending its on-screen journey. It finally received 191 million North American box office and 367 million global box office, successfully surpassing 352 million of "Attack on the Impossible".

However, its box office is only ranked 6th among all seven films in director Wang Yang's career, only higher than the 323 million yuan of the *** "Ghost Record", ending the terrifying record of more than 200 million yuan in North America in five consecutive films, and two consecutive films exceeding 300 million yuan; its overseas results rank fifth in individuals, and still maintaining the miracle of a single film that must exceed 150 million yuan and a global total box office of 300 million yuan.

The total global box office of Shenqiyang has now reached 2.8956 billion, with an average single film of 413.6 million, which is the top ranks, and the 6-year period makes this number even more unimaginable.

Despite this, compared with James Cameron's 6 films directed by 25 years, the total global box office was 3.0413 billion, the average average box office was 506.8 million; George Lucas directed by himself three "Star Wars" series, the total box office was 2.349 billion, the average average was 783 million, and compared with the inflation figures, Fanqiyang still has a distance to catch up. But everyone knows that he is just a 23-year-old baby and has plenty of time to create a new legend.

What else will Pokémon bring? "Firefly" is still too far away, and fans all set their sights and expectations on "The Demon Wearing Prada" released on December 12 this year.

On the release schedule of the Flame Movie, what surprised the media the most was that "Brokeback Mountain"! "Brokeback Mountain" which is the gay story of the male cowboy?! Flame also announced that the movie will be directed by Ang Lee, the now-bad Ang Lee; without waiting for their reaction, there was a feeling of lightning, and the crew of "Brokeback Mountain" was reported to the exact actors. Anne Hathaway joined the heroine Lureen, and Jack Gyllenhaal joined Jack.

"This is Jack Gyllenhaal's stupidest decision. Brokeback Mountain will ruin his originally hopeful acting career."

After the news came out, such remarks immediately flooded various media comments; there were also many Hollywood industry insiders, well-known producers and well-known agents who were very unpopular with Gyllenhaal's performance. They predictably revealed: "This may lead to the end of Jack's career. If Brokeback Mountain fails, his ugly performance will become one of the box office poisons; if Brokeback Mountain succeeds, his screen image will become a gay man. Isn't that enough?"

"When I read the script of Brokeback Mountain for a few pages, I knew I must join it." Jack Gyllenhaal seemed very determined and recognized the Brokeback Mountain. He said: "The only thing I worry about now is that my acting skills do not meet the requirements of director Ang Lee and cannot play 'Jack' well, but I will work hard."

Oh my God! Gyllenhaal's fans are puzzled and worried. Is Jack a homosexual and ready to come out? In contrast, in the homosexual group, Jack's popularity surged and quickly entered the top of the list of "The One I Want to Date the Most", next to it is Wentworth Miller, the starring "Prison Break". Why is the handsome guy, a 23-year-old Hollywood popular actor who doesn't film superheroes, goes to "Brokeback Mountain" to play!?

Unless there is any evidence that this Brokeback Mountain is related to Wang Yang, and with his behind-the-scenes optimism and support, fans can convince themselves that "everything will be fine" and reverse the whole situation. Media fans have searched for it. Is it related to Shenqiyang? Although he is the owner of the Fire, it does not mean that all movies have his ideas, especially such low-cost films. Everyone searched for it, and it seems that nothing is related. Is it really okay?

"No, I'm not worried about messing up. This is something you would never have expected to have such a good opportunity! Yang called me that day and asked me, and I agreed on the spot, no need to think about it."

Oh! Oh!! Fantastic Young!!! Media fans found it now. Anne Hathaway said she missed her mouth in an interview, and it was indeed related! Then everything is not surprising. This is not the first time Jack Gyllenhaal has collaborated with Flame. He has starred in the independent horror film "Detective Illusion". This poor box office film has become one of the marvels of flame business with its post-sales. Fantastic Young praised Jack of the same age at that time: "It feels very touching."

"Big Mouth Princess" Anne Hathaway is one of the popular actresses he discovered to bring to the big screen. Now he pushes the two to Brokeback Mountain. Who will the other male protagonist Ennis be? No matter who it is, Fantastic Young's popularity among the homosexual group has also soared rapidly. The ranking of "The person I want to date the most" *** is directly following Jack Gyllenhaal, and there is even a new gossip: "Yang is actually a homosexual, he and Jessica are just acting, who is his real partner?"

"Are he crazy? If his purpose is to save Ang Lee, he should really find another script instead of rushing into the penalty area." "This is the stupidest investment of Fanqi Yang." ... The media is not optimistic about everything about "Brokeback Mountain", and the Hollywood industry also looks down on everything, otherwise it would not be impossible to even invest 5 million for so many years. The flames that keep a low profile did not respond, only "Brokeback Mountain" producer James Shams said: "Ang Lee knows how to make it an excellent movie, and we all cherish this opportunity very much."

Of course, "Brokeback Mountain" is just an unknown person now, and has not caused any heated discussions, protests and other social topics. Gay movies on the screen are not uncommon. This year's Oscars are popular, and "Yest Moment", which won the Best Actress Prize, is a lesbian; it involves homosexuality, the comedy "Bird Cage" in 1996 and the horror film "Night Visit to Vampire" in 1994 have a box office of over 100 million yuan in North America.

Compared with sexual orientation, religion is more "scary" and more inconvenient. "The Crucifixion" scheduled to be released in February next year has been controversial since the start of the project preparation. Catholic and Jewish organizations have their own opinions on it. During the filming of the set, James Kavezer, who played Jesus, and assistant director Ju Michelin were struck by lightning once and twice respectively. Is this a warning from God? Anyway, James Kavezer's acting career has been concluded in the industry: "Fail."

"No one wants to see a face of Jesus in the theater." The media said so. As for producer and director Mel Gibson, some gossip media also made rumors, saying that his career has been finished and no one will work with him anymore. He has photographed things that shouldn't be filmed.

Entertainment media and movie fans are paying attention to entertainment trends, but some of the business behaviors of Fire Group have attracted the attention of financial investment and financial technology. It completed another acquisition not long ago and took over the female community website ivillage.***.ivillage was established in 1995 and is mainly aimed at the female netizens. Its stock price reached a maximum of US$134 per share in 1999. With the Nasdaqko Net Stock Bubble in 2000 and poor management, its share price fell to a historical low of 69 cents per share in November 2002.

At that time, the Flame Group, which had determined its acquisition target, had already absorbed its shares in the market. Not long ago, it completed the acquisition of its directors, spending a total of 120 million yuan and gaining an absolute controlling stake in 60% of the shares.

As soon as the acquisition was completed in September, its good news continued. First, it reached a cooperation agreement with Microsoft's subordinate msn.*** on beauty, fashion, clothing, interpersonal relationships, family, food, career and financial management, and reached a number of cooperations with blogger.***, etc. Wang Yang, chairman of Fire Group and blogger.***, personally said: "This is a win-win acquisition. Fire has taken an important step in online sales, and Ivillage has found the most solid backing. Through the acquisition of Ivillage, we will be able to provide our programs to the vast number of beautiful and moving women."

So the stock price of ivillage (ivil) has risen again and again, and has reached US$3.15 in mid-10, up 57% from US$2 before Flame announced its absolute holdings.

In fact, after years of development, ivillage has developed and acquired multiple successful women's websites. In the "female media" network field, the only one that can compete with it is Disney-Hurst's lifetime.***. However, like many well-known websites, its finances are in a state of loss all year round and cannot find more profitable methods. In addition to the shadow of the ke.com stock bubble, no one cares about it.

But this is the first step in the Internet strategy of Fire Group. Wang Yang believes that female netizens will become active, because computers and the Internet are the absolute mainstream that no one can avoid in the future. Women have the enthusiasm to consume and care about entertainment. No print media can compare with the information volume of the website and the update speed of the latest news. Moreover, traditional media does not have the function of "community communication" and loves to talk about gossip, clothing fashion and other things, which is another characteristic of women.

In other words, ivillage is promising, and it will always turn losses into profits; it is also an important member of the new marketing system network that Flame Group wants to build. As long as the marketing network is formed and popular TV channels are added, no one can make things difficult for Flame Group in publicity.

Now the advertisement for "The Devil Wearing Prada" has been overwhelmingly seen on ivillage.***. What makes female netizens scream is that ivillage, joins Flame and Prada Company to hold a viral marketing campaign with the opportunity to win various tempting prizes! The prizes include Prada handbags, boxes, premiere tickets for "The Devil Wearing Prada" and Prada's coupons. The ultimate prize is a limited edition beautiful handbag designed specifically for "Prada", which doesn't even have Hollywood stars!

For example, blogger.*** plays the "Invite Friends to Register" method to obtain event gold coins, including lottery and selection. Various activities have attracted countless female netizens. "The Demon Wearing Prada", Prada Company and Ivillage are naturally beneficial to the three parties.

Of course, its promotion is not just about online virus marketing. The poster poster in the real world has also begun. There is no need to worry about trailers. Flame is now the top user of NBC. The main poster of the movie is designed as classic red high heels, and the heels have become a demonic three-pointed cover. There are no photos of three female protagonists, but they are very eye-catching; the deputy poster includes Meryl Streep who is unhurried, the sarcastic Emily and the confused Jessica.

Just as female movie fans are looking forward to "Dance from My Life", which is expected by female movie fans, is about to be released, and as we look forward to "The Demon Wearing Prada", "Firefly" has the latest and most surprising news that has been expected, which immediately makes fans of "Firefly" with only a name and two concept pictures excited.

"The first actor of "Firefly" announced that it will join, and Robert Downey Jr. will play "Captain Mar"." - Yahoo Entertainment; "Downey and Young have joined forces to play the leading role of "Firefly"!" - Hollywood.***...

"It's hard to say how excited I'm now!" Donnie happily told the media that since he was re-starred in "The Ninth District", he won the Golden Globe Award nomination and Oscar. Although his popularity has improved, there are no blockbuster appointments. After all, Wiggs' tragic image and concerns about taking drugs again have enough to make the producers hesitate. He only filmed a suspense comedy "The Demon of the Heart", which costs 10 million yuan, and will be released on October 24th.

Donnie said excitedly: "We are going to join forces to hit the screen again! This really touched me. It feels like I was back in my youth. It's great to be able to star in this movie. I've read my own character script. "Captain Mar' is very charming, just like me, I can't wait for it to start filming." He said with quite "troubled" again: "But before that, I need to exercise my figure, increase my muscles, and make myself more handsome; and take martial arts training classes to make myself better."

Martial arts training! This means that "Firefly" will have martial arts scenes. Will it be like "The Matrix"?? Is this kung fu master Shenqi Yang finally going to try kung fu in the movie?!

All of these make "Firefly" appear more and more mysterious in the hearts of movie fans. Senior movie fans have smelled an unusual smell, which seems to be the kind of big masterpiece.

"I don't want Yuan Heping." Wang Yang was eating pasta while talking to Jos Whden on the other side of his phone: "The Matrix is ​​him, the Thunder Angel is him, and the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is him... Is there anyone else? Jos, you know, I didn't mean to ask martial arts guide to be 'different', it's not that Yuan Heping's movements are not beautifully designed, but that his mode has been fixed and cannot bring surprises. I want new, top-notch ones."

"Cheng Xiaodong? No, what's the difference between using Yuan Heping?..." Hearing Wang Yang's vetoes one by one, Jos Weiden was really a little emotional. He was absolutely happy to have invited these top martial arts commanders in the past, and he laughed with joy. He asked, "Yang, why don't you just do it all?"
Chapter completed!