Chapter 656: A Large Collection of Street Fighting Elements

When Warner Bros. set the file for "Catwoman" in early August, it might be that they did not intend to use "Time to War". After all, the success rate of Ronan's film as the producer is too high.

Selena Kyle's reputation is very large, and her entanglement with Batman has a great influence.

But no one can figure out what the people in Warner Bros. and DC comics production department think, just like many people in the future can't figure out why Warner Bros. played DC's good cards in such a mess. In the movie under the banner of "Catwoman", the heroine is not Selena Kyle!

The Catwoman in this movie is not only black, but also the almost original character Phibus Phillips.

In this day and age, black movies are not popular.

Even the black version of Selena Kyle is better than it is now.

The leading actress is Halle Berry, who just won the Oscar for Best Actress.

Just like Warner Bros. and DC Comics once joined forces and often came up with some inexplicable movie projects, this "Catwoman" is simply a collection of elements of many commercial movies.

In fact, "Catwoman" has exposed many problems before borrowing the wind from "Time to War".

Warner Bros. and DC Comics reshot some scenes after the test screenings were poor, with just a month left until the release date.

But this is not enough.

Sure enough, "Catwoman" received extremely poor response after its release.

If the "Spider-Man" series has brought the excitement of the comic-book adaptation to the extreme, then "Catwoman" is just the opposite. She also has a good figure in women's clothes, but she alone can't save the fiasco of this movie. "Catwoman" can be regarded as one of the worst superhero movies.

On the opening weekend, "Catwoman" not only failed to reach the top of the North American box office rankings, but the box office was so low that it could be called miserable.

The production cost of this film was as high as 100 million US dollars, and the North American box office in the first weekend was only 16.72 million US dollars. According to Cinema's overall evaluation of D by the audience, the final North American box office is estimated to be about 40 million US dollars.

Huge losses are inevitable.

The losers are not just Warner Bros. and DC Comics,

And Halle Berry herself.

Not long after she won the Oscar for Best Actress, her acting career was at the peak of her life, but the moment "Catwoman" hit the street, Halle Berry fell from the peak rapidly.

From then on, Halle Berry, who was expected to enter the ranks of super actresses, could only retreat to the second line, and never took on any medium-to-large-scale film alone.

And no production company will ask her to carry it again.

"Catwoman" failed, and a huge loss had already been incurred. Warner Bros. must have someone responsible for it, and a deputy director of the production department resigned sadly.

When big-budget movies fail, someone has to be held accountable, and not Warner Bros.

Also this week, Walt Disney officially announced that Tony Cross, the head of Disney Pictures, resigned.

Everyone knows that Tony Kloss is responsible for the failure of two big productions, "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur".

"King Arthur" started painting last weekend. The producer is Jerry Bruckheimer. The cast includes Clive Owen and Keira Knightley. The production cost is as high as 120 million Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

It's such a safe film no matter how you look at it. It only got a pitiful 15.1 million US dollars during the opening weekend in North America, which was even worse than "Catwoman".

Gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer's invincible myth since "Bad Boys" has been shattered.

In fact, many people don't understand why "King Arthur" failed at the box office? The quality of the movie alone is not bad.

The quality of many blockbuster commercial films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer is definitely much worse than that of "King Arthur".

Ronan is not very clear, but based on his previous related memories, he has come to a conclusion that since "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" has reached its peak, large-scale productions of magical or historical epic war films are all luxuries for Hollywood investment. The hole can't be filled no matter how you fill it.

Let’s just say that he has memories. This year Warner Bros. will have "Alexander the Great", next year "Kingdom of Heaven" directed by Ridley Scott, and "Ten Thousand Years Before History" will be filmed one after another. "Robin Hood", "Pharaoh and King", "The Last Days of Pompeii", "King Arthur" of the magical genre, etc.

There are very few successful big-budget epic films later.

It seems that there is only one "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", but this is a comic book adaptation movie. Strictly speaking, it can be classified as a superhero movie.

Relativity Entertainment has also received many epic war film projects, but without exception, they are all stuck with Ronan.

Since epic war movies are not popular in the market, of course he will not throw money for nothing.

Regarding the failure of "King Arthur", Ronan integrated Shahai Entertainment's analysis and combined his memory to conclude that there is only one possibility. Just like the pirate movies in the past, epic war movies with large production and large investment no longer fit this era. up.

Soon, Ronan's attention turned from "King Arthur" to Disney. Since people have been staring at Disney, he knows more about the departure of Disney Pictures Tony Cross.

Tony Cross is not only responsible for the two failed projects of "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur", which invested hundreds of millions, but also a victim of Disney's internal power struggle.

Unlike Ronan to Relativity Entertainment, the current emperor of Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, does not even have a relative controlling stake, let alone an absolute controlling stake.

This determines that once many shareholders unite and ask Michael Eisner to be responsible for something, Michael Eisner will not be able to hold back any objections.

While some Disney shareholders have sided with Roy Disney, many more have been neutral.

In the eyes of these people, whoever can bring benefits to Disney and shareholders will stand with them.

However, two consecutive major productions failed to invest. Even if Roy Disney didn't have to do too much work, someone from Disney would have to stand up and take responsibility. What's more, Roy Disney took this opportunity to connect with many shareholders.

Such an opportunity, as long as anyone with a little brain will not let it go.

Michael Eisner has insufficient equity as a backing, so he can only choose to sacrifice Toni Kroos, allowing the latter to take the blame and resign under extremely reluctant circumstances.

In the words of Robert Iger's analysis for Ronan, Michael Eisner has lost another hardcore supporter within Disney, and even this hardcore supporter may have already had a deep prejudice against Michael Eisner.

Robert Iger has worked in Disney for many years and has a smooth source of information, which quickly made people contact Tony Cross quietly.

In case it can be used in the future, it is also a pawn.

Robert Iger is very clear that Ronan has great plans for Disney, at least a Pixar studio.

A lot of the prep work for Walt Disney was going in the direction of Pixar Studios.

Especially since this year's Oscars, Relativity Entertainment has quietly strengthened its connection with Pixar Studios, and John Lasseter of Pixar Studios has also visited Relativity Building several times.

John Lasseter came to the Relativity Entertainment Building again, and met Ronan and Robert Iger in the reception room on the top floor.

The two sides have met several times and are already familiar with each other.

"Mr. Jobs asked me to convey my greetings to you." John Lasseter faced Ronan with an unusually sincere smile: "He went to India for a retreat this time, and he wants to have a good talk with you when he comes back."

Ronan nodded and asked out of politeness, "Is Steve cured?"

John Lasseter said: "It's better, it's okay."

Of course, it’s good to listen to this. If it wasn’t for Steve Jobs being rich, the king of cancers like pancreatic cancer would kill people soon.

Robert Iger said at this time: "In this case, Mr. Jobs should devote time and energy to think about the future of Pixar Studios. Is Disney, especially a chaotic Disney, really suitable for Pixar Studios?"

John Lasseter's cliché: "But Pixar Studios has a contract with Walt Disney."

"I don't know if you have paid attention to it recently, John?" Robert Iger said directly: "Toni Cross of Disney Pictures has left."

John Lasseter lowered his glasses: "I heard that Tony Cross is responsible for the failed investment of "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "King Arthur"?"

Ronan didn't interrupt, and picked up the black tea and drank it.

Robert Iger showed a smile like Mickey Mouse: "To be precise, Toni Kloss's resignation is the result of Disney's internal struggle. Originally Michael Eisner was dominant, belonging to the Michael Eisner Group and biased towards neutrality All shareholders support Michael Eisner because of past achievements, and Roy Disney can only rely on the influence of the Disney family to support it. However, the departure of Tony Klose allowed Roy Disney to seize the opportunity to expand its influence We have contacted more shareholders to support us.”

He knows Disney too well: "Now, the strength of the two parties is slowly getting closer. What does this mean? War, the real war, is about to break out in Disney."

John Lasseter didn't take the subject lightly.

Robert Iger said again: "Which side is the Pixar studio on? You and Michael Eisner are on fire and water. If he wins, he will only squeeze Pixar with a tougher stance. Roy Disney is a traditional Disney force. He wants to revitalize Disney animation, if he wins, Pixar will feel better? The copyright of Pixar’s animated feature films is in the hands of Disney, don’t you want to take it back?”

"We are very passive." John Lasseter sighed for a long time: "Don't talk about those movies in the past, don't the newly produced feature films also belong to Disney?"

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