Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

A 100% lie will not deceive everyone, only a lie that is three percent true and seven percent false is the biggest weapon of destruction.This so-called Mayan legend website that suddenly appeared is a lie that is [-]% true and [-]% false.

First of all, the so-called Yellowstone super volcano does exist, and in recent years, the Yellowstone super volcano has indeed become extremely active, especially when the super large magma reservoir is only eight kilometers away from the surface at its most dangerous.Secondly, the so-called research on neutrinos is still controversial in the academic circles. Although the mainstream view in the academic circles is that neutrinos will not have physical or chemical reactions with any matter, there are indeed some people who put forward different hypotheses. .Finally, conspiracy theories have always had a huge market in the United States.

The United States believes in the idea of ​​"elite ruling the country", but at the same time Americans are in a rebellious spirit, so they worship and doubt authority, especially the authorities related to the government. Basically, Americans will hold this or that doubt.Therefore, when this "Mayan legend" spread on the Internet, the plausible theoretical views naturally brought all Americans into a big discussion.And Jade also took the opportunity to let his cable company launch related programs on the History Channel, Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel.For example, the History Channel has produced a historical documentary about the Mayans, while the Discovery Channel has opened up a popular science channel about how the earth will perish. Other active supervolcanoes made another five episodes.

With the fuel of these programs, many Americans actually believed in the so-called legend that 2 is the end of the world.First, a rich man in Los Angeles announced that he was building a doomsday shelter, and secondly, some manufacturers actually launched the so-called small Noah's Ark, etc... At this time, Sherman Entertainment Group and Galaxy Films announced "12o2" The first trailer, although this trailer only showed the scene of the super volcano erupting in Yellowstone Park for only a few seconds, but it was this scene that made many "doomsday correctness" find more support. It will be the real end of the world in 12o2.

However, at the same time when "2o12" was first exposed and attracted a lot of attention, "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" officially debuted in North American theaters in the spring.As the pioneering work of Galaxy Animation's Blue Sky Studios, this series of animations is gaining popularity all over the world.The original equipment was criticized for being too thick, but it turned out to be the style of "Ice Age".Although the box office of the "Ice Age" series of animated films did not guarantee their capital, this animated film has made a lot of money for Sherman Entertainment Group in terms of the DVD market and derivative copyright market.More importantly, Blue Sky Studios produced many patents through the production of this animation, which also benefited the entire Sherman Entertainment Group.Therefore, some film critics joked that although "Ice Age" lost more and more money as it was filmed, it still got a pass to make a sequel.

Although this "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" is scheduled for the relatively deserted Easter schedule, but fortunately this movie is aimed at students who are on spring break, so "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" is still in In the first week, it stood at the weekend box office champion. "Hollywood Reporter" commented: "Another 'Ice Age' is released! In fact, as the timeline advances, I have been curious about how Blue Sky Studios will deal with the historical fact of the extinction of dinosaurs. Fortunately, the production staff of Blue Sky is very clear about our Children cannot accept death or extinction, so the whole animated movie does not face the final fate of dinosaurs. Instead, it shows children that despite the terrible natural disasters experienced by the protagonists in the movie, they still rely on friendship to survive Well, I have to admit that the box office performance of "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" seems to make Mr. Sherman lose money again, but according to the past practice, since the film has lost money like this, then "Ice Age 4" should be put on the agenda."

It seems that in order to cooperate with the "Hollywood Reporter" article, on the second day after this article appeared in the newspaper, Brian Kane, the co-general manager of Galaxy Animation Company in charge of Blue Sky Studios, held a press conference and announced that "Ice Age 4" has been released. on the work schedule.At the press conference, Kane even joked: "When 'Ice Age' makes money, we will stop filming."

"Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" is naturally just an appetizer for the Sherman Entertainment Group this year. According to the feedback from the theater company, the Sherman Entertainment Group has at least four S-level super-large production movies this year.It seems that after 2 years of silence, Sherman Entertainment Group will release their most dazzling light in 8.And "Wolverine", who took over "Ice Age 2: Dawn of the Dinosaurs", has naturally attracted much attention, because as one of the three most valuable superhero groups in Marvel Comics, the X-Men are not actually the same as the Avengers. It shines like that, on the contrary, they are the earliest to produce, but their reputation is the smallest.

After three X-Men films and a prequel, Sherman Entertainment Group seems to be setting its sights on spinoffs.In fact, starting from "X-Men 2", Sherman Entertainment Group has promoted Wolverine as the main plot character of the X-Men series.Therefore, it makes sense to start a spinoff series just for this character, but the editor of "Variety Show" believes that since the X-Men series has not been successful, making spinoffs is simply a desperate idea.

But the facts gave "Variety Show" a big slap in the face. Although it was not a summer holiday, "Wolverine" won the box office last weekend with a box office of 45 million US dollars in the first week.And what is unexpected is that although it is only Wolverine's personal superhero movie, its popularity far exceeds that of the X-Men series itself.Originally, the failure of the X-Men in both the main story and the prequel made Sherman Entertainment Group want to seal the series for a while, but unexpectedly, the popularity of the rumor made Sherman Entertainment Group decide to make the fourth part of the original story of X-Men Movie.

It's just that the fourth X-Men movie should be after "Wolverine 2", and "X-Men 4" will have a crossover plot with "Avengers 2".Because according to Jed's plan, in the "Ultimate Marvel Superhero Project", "Avengers", "X-Men", "Fantastic Four" and "Spider-Man" will form the main body of this plan, as well as " Second and third-line heroes such as "Punisher" and "Blade Warrior" participated in it.

With the popularity of the "Wolverine" movie, the busiest summer vacation of the year is coming as scheduled.It's just that this year, Sherman Entertainment Group launched three s-level works in one breath during the summer vacation, namely "Transformers", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "2o12".The first to appear was of course "Transformers" directed by Michael Bay. Only after Jed Sherman and Hasbro negotiated the authorization, Michael Bay took the digital field studio to concentrate on shooting "Transformers".

According to the agreement between Jade and Hasbro, Hasbro will authorize Sherman Entertainment Group to shoot three "Transformers" movies. If the response is good, Hasbro will continue to authorize it.And Michael Bay, a master of commercial films and a skilled director, put all his body and mind into "Transformers". After the first film shocked the whole world, fans expressed great interest in the second film.

In the first film, humans and Transformers defeated the Decepticons and exiled Megatron to the depths of the sea.At the same time, human beings also formed an alliance with Transformers to clean up the Decepticons on the earth together.In the second part, Michael Bay actually used a flashback technique, telling the story of ancient humans who had contact with Cyberstan's aliens in ancient times.Then, the story timeline returns to modern times.Although Michael Bay has been criticized as a commercial film director, no film critic dares to underestimate Michael Bay's skills.After all, Michael Bay is the most successful director in the field of commercial films, and which director in this field is not a master of storytelling?

Since the movie starts with a flashback history, it must have its role here.And in the following scene where the lair troops composed of humans and Autobots attack the Decepticons, Jed gave up all the Shanghai scenes here.In fact, "Transformers" wants to introduce Chinese elements to please the Chinese market, which Jade appreciates, but Michael Bay seems to be in the wrong direction. China does not want its most prosperous city to be messed up by a group of robots.So Jed put this scene in Tokyo, anyway, the Japanese love to destroy Tokyo when they draw manga, so what if they want to destroy it themselves?

Unexpectedly, Jed's impromptu proposal actually excited the whole of Japan, thinking that this was a "flattery" from the Americans to Japan.Originally, the Japanese had a good impression of humanoid robots. Robots like Transformers, which are similar to Gundam, are very popular in Japan. As a result, the Transformers made a mess here in Tokyo, Japan, and the Japanese found it very interesting.So the film was actually asked to premiere in Japan, and Jed agreed after a little thought.

You know, although Japan is the second largest country in the world, the aesthetics of this country have always been very wonderful.In addition to big-budget American movies, the most popular in Japan are often Japanese animation movies or Japanese movies that are basically not exported.However, "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Revenge" has been a big hit in Japan, especially with the blessing of the Tokyo battle scene, "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Revenge" has won the weekend box office champion in Japan for two weeks in a row.With such good news, "Transformers 2: Revenge" returned to the United States.

Although "Transformers 2: Revenge" was only released in the early days of the summer vacation, the box office on the first day still safely broke 8 million US dollars, and the box office in the first weekend was as high as 2 million US dollars.It can be said that this week is completely "Transformers 2: Revenge" thriving.In the second week, although the box office fell by 3%, "Transformers 2: Revenge" still won the championship in the United States and Japan, and at the same time, it also won the first weekend box office in Britain, France and Germany.What makes the media excited is that in another week, China and India will also enter the scope of "Transformers 6: The Comeback", so how high will the global box office of "Transformers 2: The Comeback" be in the third week?

It's just that Jed no longer pays attention to "Transformers 2: The Comeback", but focuses on a documentary.This documentary was opposed by the company, because the documentary does not make money, and the chances of winning prizes are low; at the same time, this film will offend the world's second largest box office country, which makes the company feel that the loss outweighs the gain.