Chapter 213 212. The most ridiculous case in Hollywood history
The Guardian: The Golden Globe Awards have come to an end, and "The Lord of the Rings 3" has become the biggest winner, winning all five nominations and taking home three heavyweight awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
NBC Entertainment: A new record was set at the Golden Globe Awards. Eric Cooper once again broke the record in film history and won the Best Screenplay award. The Olsen sisters also won the Best Actress award, becoming the first double yolk in the history of the Golden Globe Awards.
Sina live broadcast: Eric Cooper, president of MGM Studios and honorary chairman of the board of directors of MGM Oriental, won the Best Screenplay Award and is expected to compete for the Oscar and win three consecutive championships.
The New York Times: The 61st Golden Globe Awards was star-studded, with same-sex themed films shining brightly, and the market ushered in a wave of same-sex themed films.
The Independent: Sean Penn's performance in Mystic River was brilliant, and I feel sorry that he didn't win the Best Actor award, but Elijah Wood's performance also deserves the title of Best Actor. On the contrary, some films won awards based on public opinion and political correctness, which is unworthy of the title!
Los Angeles Post: The biggest surprise at this year's Golden Globe Awards is undoubtedly the Olsen sisters, or in other words, the most surprising actors in 2003 are Ashley and Mary.
Unconsciously, before the public could react, the twins had grown up. They completely abandoned their past exaggerated and superficial performance styles and stepped into a new realm, truly worthy of the title of movie queens.
Of course, all this is inseparable from the training of Eric Cooper. He is definitely a natural genius in this field and he can always exceed people's imagination. I am looking forward to his next masterpiece.
BBC News: The most tragic character of the Golden Globe Awards was born. Charlize Theron did not hesitate to make herself ugly and gain weight, turning herself into an unapproachable murderer, but the Golden Globe Awards still let her down.
Her performance was good enough to win the title, but it's a pity that the subject matter overlapped, causing "Monster" to lose to "Blue Is the Warmest Color." This doesn't mean Charlize Theron lost to the Olsen sisters, it's just that the public prefers sunshine. I hope she can bring better performances in the future.
As the Golden Globe Awards came to an end, reports from all sides came out and dominated the entertainment section’s trending searches.
With the help of good word of mouth, "Blue Is the Warmest Color" has indeed boosted the morale, and the downward trend in box office revenue has slowed significantly, falling only 19% this week.
The global box office has now officially exceeded 200 million US dollars, raising the box office of same-sex themed films to a new level.
Although "Monster" received two nominations, it didn't win any awards, and its North American box office barely exceeded 20 million US dollars.
The situation overseas was equally bad, with only around 11 million earned, and the screening range was only a thousand theaters, ten times less than "Blue Is the Warmest Color."
The biggest beneficiary is naturally "The Lord of the Rings 3", which has already grossed $810 million worldwide and still has astonishing attendance. The appeal of classics is indeed very strong.
At this time every year, it is the award ceremony season for major awards, whether in the film industry or the music industry.
A few days ago, when he received the invitation to the Golden Globe Awards, Eric also received an invitation to the 46th Grammy Awards.
I was wondering why I would send myself an invitation since I don’t play music. Then Michael told Eric that since “Rolling in the Deep” was nominated for an award, and your name was written on the lyrics and music of this song, of course the Grammys would send you an invitation.
Eric had never watched the Grammys and hadn't planned to go, but Michael said the chances of winning were very high, so he just went for fun.
Eric went there only because of Michael's invitation, since the location was close to his home in Los Angeles anyway.
After I went there, I found that there are really many Grammy awards, a total of 105 awards, all kinds of and diverse.
There are 30 major categories alone, such as music videos, classical, packaging, children, jazz, rap, etc.
The most valuable of these is the comprehensive category, which includes four awards: Production of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year.
"Rolling in the Deep" was nominated for two awards: Production of the Year and Single of the Year.
The former is awarded to the performer and production team of a single. Producers, recording engineers, mixers and others who participate can go on stage to receive the award.
The latter belongs exclusively to the songwriters of the song, Eric and Michael.
More than half a year after its release, "Rolling in the Deep" is still in the top 100 of the B chart. When it was first released, it even won the championship for 9 consecutive weeks.
At the award ceremony, many people wanted to get to know Michael by taking advantage of his relationship, but they were completely clueless about the rapper Eric.
It's not a metaphor, it's really black, all of them are black.
Except for Jayz who was invited by The Voice of China and Gouye who has obvious characteristics, I don’t know any of the others.
However, the blacks had a good impression of him and asked Eric when "Barbershop 2" would be released and they would definitely bring their families to support it.
The leading actors of this movie are all black people. It was a project before Eric joined MGM and made him a fortune.
The main creator Ice Cube is a rapper and producer who crossed over to the film industry.
Perhaps because of this reason, these black people have a pretty good impression of him, just like "Black Panther" was nominated for an Oscar.
Relatively speaking, he was more familiar with pop songs, including Avril Lavigne and Lana who was badly cheated.
He also chatted with Celine Dion and Janet Jackson. The recording of "The Voice" was in progress, but Eric had been busy with film work and had not had time to watch it.
As for that stupid idiot Emmie Eminem, he didn't attend the Grammys. How could he have the nerve to show up when his album has been pulled from the shelves? He was probably worried that Eric would scold and beat him up on the spot.
In the end, "Rolling in the Deep" successfully won the two awards of Production of the Year and Single of the Year, becoming the biggest winner of the night.
Eric also stood on the Grammy stage in a daze and won the Golden Gramophone as an outsider.
I have to say, this scene is still very interesting.
At the same time, a new round of box office wars has begun in the outside world. The protagonist that has attracted much attention this time is James Wan, who is known as a rising star director.
Because the two newly released horror films are both masterpieces he participated in, MGM's "Saw 2" and Lionsgate's "Dead Silence".
Although he was only the producer of the former, Ray Whannell actually completed the film under his direction, while the latter was completely directed by him.
Now that the two movies are competing, everyone is waiting to see who can make the best use of James Wan's sword.
James Wan was running between the two, promoting "Saw 2" and "Dead Silence" at the same time.
He was in Los Angeles in the morning, flew to Boston in the afternoon, and had to go to New York to do a show in the evening. The kid was exhausted.
Lionsgate is confident that "Dead Silence" will be well made, after all, it cost $30 million to make.
When Eric and James Wan were chatting privately, he said that the figure was exaggerated but not much. It actually cost 25 million US dollars and the movie had many big scenes.
But after all, there is the first "Saw" as a precedent, so Lionsgate is still a little worried.
So they played a little trick. Originally, both movies were scheduled to be released on January 30th.
But after "Saw 2" announced its release date, "Dead Silence" was suddenly moved up and released three days earlier.
The idea of creating a time difference is also very simple. Once the word of mouth of "Dead Silence" spreads, it will be enough to suppress the later "Saw 2".
Judy and Volvo therefore wanted to advance the release date of Saw 2, but Eric ignored them.
Are you kidding me? What is your gold? Do you really think that gold plating is real gold? You are not even worthy of brass! Cooper's house in Beverly Hills.
After winning several Golden Globe Awards, Eric chose to hold a party at home, both to celebrate and to connect with everyone.
The company's senior executives, several close buddies, and good friends were all invited. In total, there were dozens of people, much more than last time.
My mother and the nanny Lisa were definitely too busy to handle it, so they simply invited a Michelin chef to cook at home.
People gathered in groups of three or four to chat and brag. Judy was drinking with Chris Evans, and Warren was eating snacks with Ryan Reynolds with a big belly.
Evangeline Lilly and Gadot were smiling coquettishly, and no one knew what they were talking about.
James is introducing Michael Fassbender and Tom Hardy to the Olsen sisters.
Theron has calmed down, but when she heard Ashley and Mary were coming, she chose not to participate.
Eric, James Wan, and Leigh Whannell were sitting on the sofa watching TV, which was playing Jet Li's Black Mask.
Gulp!
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I had a cold drink to relieve the greasiness. This Michelin chef’s level is just so-so.
"James, don't you like the taste of mango? Do you want beer instead?"
Eric asked when he saw that James Wan didn't eat or drink much.
Ray Whannell spoke up, "I don't think James has much appetite right now, the reviews for 'Dead Silence' have come out."
"As an antagonist of Saw 2, I hope it fails, but as your friend, I hope you succeed."
James Wan gave a bitter smile. It had been three days since the film was released and the word of mouth about the film had already been released, but it was far from what he and Lionsgate had expected.
The imagined scene should be one that the audience enthusiastically pursues, but the actual situation is just the opposite.
Audiences and critics who had seen the film scoffed at it, and he still dreams about those negative reviews.
"Dead Silence is the worst movie I have ever seen. The plot is ridiculous. Who came up with the idea of the puppet show? It is so boring."
"Today, I went to see Dead Silence with my girlfriend, the new film directed by James Wan. I like his Saw and my girlfriend likes his Get Out."
"We thought that Dead Silence would also be an exciting and excellent horror film, but the fact is that it failed miserably. Only the episode where the protagonist's father was hollowed out was a surprise, but that was all."
Chicago Herald: "It seems that Saw and Get Out have worn away James Wan's spirit, causing him to make bad films like Dead Silence. Is this rising star of the director? Perhaps it is just a short-lived meteor."
Fox Entertainment: "From the poor performance of Dead Silence, it can be seen that James Wan is not serious about this assignment. The movie lacks the surprise of Saw and Get Out. After watching the beginning, you can guess the ending. This is not his level."
With the negative reviews lingering in his mind, James Wan sighed, "I screwed up. $25 million is seven times more than Saw and five times more than Get Out, but I really screwed up."
"Through this filming, I feel that I still have a lot of shortcomings in controlling large scenes, and horror movies really don't have to be bigger and better. The audience taught me a lesson."
Looking at James Wan with a distressed face, Eric was happy deep down in his heart. Only when the child goes out to explore the society on his own will he know that it is not easy to survive in the society.
Only when you feel the cruelty of the outside world will you become more attached to the warmth of home.
What's more, he had achieved great success the previous two times, but this time it was a huge failure, which must have been a big blow to him.
He patted James Wan on the shoulder and comforted him, "James, you are great to recognize your own shortcomings."
"Come back, come back to MGM and help me make a movie. There's a place for you here."
"I believe that after this failure, you will become more mature."
Hearing this, James Wan was deeply moved. The failure of Dead Silence made Lionsgate doubt him, and the next movie that was originally scheduled was also shelved.
"Eric, are you going to let me do Saw 3?"
"No, let Ray lead the Saw series. I plan to start a new series for you. Have you heard of the Warrens, a pair of exorcists in the last century?"
James Wan shook his head.
"It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it. You can go buy a novel called "The Demon Master" and read it. I have already written the outline of the script, and you can complete it."
"When you are almost ready, the filming can start."
The Warrens and "The Mastermind" are actually the prototypes of the horror film "The Conjuring". Eric plans to start filming this most profitable horror film series in film history.
It’s unfair to say that it’s a series. The Conjuring Universe is more appropriate because it also led to the “Annabelle” and “The Nun” series.
However, after Warner and New Line made a lot of money, they were involved in a lawsuit because "The Conjuring" was adapted from the story of the Warrens.
But the Warrens actually sold their story a long time ago, and the buyer used it to write the novel "Master of Demons".
The writer therefore sued Warner and New Line for copyright infringement, demanding more than $900 million in damages.
Warner and New Line were naturally furious and found an excuse that we were not adapting the film based on your novel, but based on the true events of the Warrens, and we had never even read your crappy novel from beginning to end.
The result was embarrassing. Since the film was claimed to be based on true events, Warner and New Line were required to prove that there were ghosts and that Annabelle could kill people.
You choose it, idol!
Warner and New Line are dumbfounded, what the hell does this prove?
In the end, this most absurd case in Hollywood history ended with the two major companies admitting defeat to an individual.
It is impossible to compensate 900 million, but it is rumored that the compensation was tens of millions of dollars, which is a huge loss.
In order to prevent himself from becoming a defendant, Eric asked Billy to buy out the copyright of the novel early on, spending only $500,000.
After all, he was just an unpopular writer. He was so happy when he saw the $500,000. Eric was also so happy when he got the copyright.
(End of this chapter)