The First Thousand and Twenty-Eight Chapters Always Come Home One Day

Although there has never been a movie starring in a movie that has a box office of over 100 million in North America, Tom Cruise's market appeal is beyond doubt.

The former Tom Cruise, in the later stage, can only rely on the "Mission: Impossible" series to support his coffee position.

Because of the relationship between Ronan and Relativity Entertainment, especially last year's "The Departed" and the Oscar's best actor statuette, Tom Cruise is far more attractive than ever, and is now one of the top superstars in Hollywood. one.

Universal Pictures lacks Jim Carrey's "Fake God 2", and it is impossible to be the opponent of "Mission: Impossible 3".

"Disc in Disc 3" became the North American box office champion this weekend before Memorial Day with a box office of nearly 60 million US dollars. Hulk came in third, with $17.55 million for the weekend.

The North American box office of "Hulk" also exceeded 150 million US dollars in one fell swoop. According to the current box office trend, it is not too difficult for the North American box office to exceed 200 million US dollars.

Overseas, as the film appeared on the film market in more countries and regions, the overseas box office of "Hulk" also exceeded 100 million US dollars.

Although the total global box office is expected to reach about 400 million US dollars, there is little hope that "Hulk" can recover all the investment through box office revenue alone, and it still depends on the operation of the offline market.

"Mission: Impossible 3" was a success at the box office in its first week. Both Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures naturally want to shoot a sequel.

Despite Tom Cruise's faults of one kind or another, there is no doubt about his professionalism and dedication.

He quickly contacted Brad Bird and Pixar Studios, preparing to invite Brad Bird to be the director of "Mission: Impossible 4".

After "The Incredibles", Brad Bird did not start a new animated feature film business, and was also very interested in directing live-action films.

Ronan and Pixar Studios, will not set up obstacles for the directors below.

In the past, Ronan and Tom Cruise also envisioned that they could completely withdraw the copyright of the "Mission: Impossible" series from Paramount Pictures.

But Paramount Pictures didn't let go, and everything else was useless.

In the past few years, Paramount Pictures first suffered setbacks in front of Relativity Entertainment, then failed to acquire DreamWorks, and its performance sank in an all-round way. Not only was it at the bottom of the six major Hollywood companies, but its performance was already surpassed by Relativity Entertainment, even DreamWorks.

That is to say, there is a huge film library and relatively complete marketing channels, otherwise Paramount Pictures will face an extremely severe situation.

The "Mission: Impossible" series can be said to be the only facade and signboard left on the Paramount Pictures series.

Burbank, in the studio of the Hughes Aircraft Factory, Ronan came out of the studio of the "Iron Man 2" crew and said to Jon Favreau who sent it out: "My suggestion, add Iron Man and future potential Superhero interaction. You don’t need to point out which superhero it is, but you can make one or two plausible shots.”

Jon Favreau asked: "I have thought about it, such as Doctor Strange..."

Ronan said: "I communicated with Joss Whedon that the parts of Doctor Strange and the New York Sanctuary can be placed in the last New York battle of "Avengers". Jon, I remember some Spiderman and Iron Man comics Inside, these two superheroes have a lot to do with each other, and Iron Man is kind of a guide to Spider-Man."

Jon Favreau nodded slightly: "The previous comics had this part of the setting."

Ronan said again: "Find a little boy and directly interact with Tony Stark,

There is no need to point out that he is Peter Parker, but if Spider-Man can appear in the series in the future, it can be publicized and become a big gimmick. "

"No problem." Jon Favreau's greatest strength is his strong execution ability. He first agreed, and then asked: "The copyright of future Spider-Man..."

Ronan sighed: "Wait for the opportunity, Peter Parker will come home one day."

Jon Favreau knew that this was not something a director could solve. After Ronan left, he returned to the studio to continue working on "Iron Man 2".

The sequel's production cost has risen to $170 million, much of which comes from rising staff salaries.

Robert Downey Jr. is a typical example. His salary in the second part soared to 6 million US dollars.

The long-term contract that Marvel Entertainment signed with him effectively limits the excessive expansion of actors' remuneration.

The former Robert Downey Jr. can be said to have overwhelmed the entire Marvel and even Disney.

Ronan then went to another nearby hangar-turned-soundset, where Lindsay Beale's The Hunger Games crew was based.

Before coming to Hughes Aircraft Factory, the two parties made an appointment.

Ronan wants to meet the director and heroine who have been confirmed for this project.

In the studio, in the producer's office, Lindsay Bill introduced two women to Ronan.

First, a middle-aged woman: "This is director Patty Jenkins."

Then came the brown-haired woman: "This is Gal Gadot, an actor from Israel."

Ronan first shook hands with Patty Jenkins and said, "Director Jenkins, we have met before, and the few films you directed are masterpieces."

"It's an honor to be working with Relativity Entertainment," Patty Jenkins said with a smile.

Afterwards, Ronan shook hands with Gal Gadot, the Israeli actress, who accentuated her extra-long legs in skinny jeans and heels.

"Hello, Miss Gadot." Ronan once left a very deep impression on Gal Gadot: "I hope you can bring us an unforgettable Katniss."

Gal Gadot, who has participated in the Miss Universe contest, is not a person who has never seen the world, without the slightest pretentiousness, and said with a smile: "I will do my best for this role."

Ronan glanced at her extremely slender figure because of her severe underweight, and said bluntly: "You need to strengthen your exercise, Katniss is a very tough girl."

Gal Gadot looked at Lindsay Bill and said, "The crew has made a fitness plan for me, and I'm going to gain 10 pounds of muscle."

Lindsay - Bill also said: "I have hired a professional coach and nutritionist."

Ronan nodded and asked, "Director Jenkins, I read your filming and production plan, it's good."

Patty Jenkins quickly said: "This is my biggest feeling after reading the original book. Lindsay and I have found a balance, putting Katniss in a dangerous environment."

She thought for a moment and went further: "We all agree that Katniss should be the absolute core of the whole film. The male characters who have a certain role in the novel will become Katniss supporting roles. This "Hunger Games" will explore the modern times in depth. The tumultuous, restless themes of war, including those caught up in the fray, and how they wove their lives and escaped the smoky place."

Lindsay-Bill continued: "Ronan, the idea and setting of "The Hunger Games" all come from you. I am the writer, and Patty agrees with our philosophy. The film takes women as the absolute core, and the theme and background are very Brutal and dark."

Gal Gadot is just a young actress without much acting experience. At this time, she can only listen to the producer and director.

The value of the "Hunger Games" series is huge. Even if Ronan is at ease with Lindsay Bill, he must meet director Patty Jenkins.

Patty Jenkins' shooting concept is indeed reassuring: "So, the film portrays the character of Katniss, through her growth and evolution, to balance the dark and cruel elements-this unusually stubborn and stubborn girl, In the end, she will become a brave and principled hero. Even though she embarked on this adventure with a skeptical attitude at first, she also gained a powerful energy derived from love and sacrifice, not only To her family, to strangers whom she cared little before, who cared little."

Ronan didn't stay here for long, and was about to leave soon. Lindsay Bill accompanied him and walked out of the studio.

"What's going on in Twilight?" Ronan looked at the studio under construction and asked.

Lindsay-Bill said briefly: "The filming of "New Moon" has been finished, and it is in post-production. I have communicated with the embassy film industry. Next year, the plot will be released on time."

She paused for a while, and then said, "If there are no accidents, "The Hunger Games" will be released in the holiday season next year, or in early 2009."

Ronan nodded lightly: "Pay attention to playing the card of the original novel."

Driven by the publicity of Relativity Entertainment and Random House, the sales of "The Hunger Games" series of novels have been amazing in recent months. Especially after the announcement of the film project, the popularity has also been unprecedentedly high. In North America alone, the total number of novels sold It has surged from 16 million copies to the current 35 million copies.

Especially the first novel, which has been on the "New York Times" bestseller list for more than 180 weeks for 3 consecutive years.

In April of this year, among the top 30 North American pop culture nouns evaluated by the Los Angeles Times, the "Benediction Nation" where Katniss lived also occupied a place.

It can be said that the novel has laid a good foundation for the film adaptation.

Returning from Burbank to the Relativity Building in Century City, as soon as Ronan entered the office, Connie came over and said, "Miss Felton is back, I just called your office."

Ronan nodded slightly: "I see."

He returned to the office and called Jessica Felton back. Jessica Felton seemed to be busy with the post-production of "Fast and Furious 4", and the two didn't say a few words , agreed to go back together after get off work, and hung up the phone.

As soon as she put down the phone, Connie informed Ronan that Uwe Ball had come and sent a script at the same time.

Uwe Ball seemed to be in a hurry, he hurriedly handed the script to Ronan and left.

This script is exactly the idea that Brother Bao mentioned about the Magical Washington. He moved very quickly and had already written the first draft of the script.