Hollywood Hunter

Compared with "Superman: The Body of Steel", although the setting refers to the background of General Zord's invasion of the earth, this version of "Superman" is basically two completely different stories.

Clark Kent knew his identity in the Krypton spacecraft on the Antarctic ice and obtained a formal Superman suit.

In the initial publicity, Simon's superman suit with reference to the styling design in "Superman: The Body of Steel" also caused some controversy. As the film's release date approached, more and more powerful new superman suits also gained more and more. Many superman fans even believe that this is what Superman really should be.

Putting on his armor and comprehending his own power, Superman first leaped over the glacier, across the sea, across the desert, across the grassland, and finally rushed to the vast starry sky overlooking the earth, once again brought a shock to the audience A powerful visual feast.

For Hollywood filmmakers who participated in the premiere, the advanced special effects technology contained in this group of less than 1 minute shots even produced a strong sense of powerlessness.

The mainstream of Hollywood is still pursuing big stars and directors whose cost performance is getting lower and lower. Daenerys Entertainment has spared everyone away by investing in technology.

At the same time as Superman awakened, "Star Daily" reporter Louise Ryan, who was accidentally rescued in the Antarctic ice, began to inquire about the alien visitor's details, following the trail of Clark Kent's adventures, pursuing all the way, gradually Close to the truth.

In the distant space, receiving the signal of the Krypton spacecraft, General Zord led his genus down to the earth.

In "Superman: The Body of Steel", General Zord arrived on the earth and directly opened the global broadcast to surrender the Kryptonians hidden in humans, thus triggering a global public opinion storm.

Zac Schneider's original intention was to torture human nature through this plot, to increase the connotation of the film, and at the same time to reflect the nearly perfect "divine nature" of Superman. Even if he encountered human betrayal, he still chose to stand on the side of humanity, and then directed the story to Superman in " The tragic ending in Batman Vs Superman.

Simon did not consider playing deep-dark in the process of planning the DC movie universe from the beginning. If he had to abandon something, he would not hesitate to choose to make the DC movie universe into a pure popcorn series.

The same goes for this "Superman".

Therefore, General Zord, who arrived on Earth, did not start global broadcasting anymore, but directly ignored the fragile ants that lived on this planet, investigated the krypton spacecraft that sent the signal, and passed the clues left by Clark Kent. , Confirming that Kent is likely to be a descendant of Joe Ayr.

The most important point is that the descendants of Joe Ayr may have a mother box containing enough power to rebuild Krypton.

General Zod always wanted to rebuild Krypton.

Finding the mother box can realize the long-cherished dream of wandering space for hundreds of years. The richly indigenous planet at their feet can also be used as the raw material for the reconstruction of Krypton.

By collecting information about the human world, General Zord and his party quickly confirmed Clark Kent's identity and went straight to Kent's hometown.

In Kent, Clark Kent grew up in the small town of Smallville.

Louise Lane finally saw the alien guest in front of the tombstone of Superman adoptive father Jonathan Kent. Clark no longer concealed his identity, but told Louise that his adoptive father had been rescued by him in an accident that could have been saved. The experience of dying in the middle shows the attitude towards this world.

Then, the Krypton spacecraft descended from the sky.

In a hasty encounter, the entire town of Smoville was almost destroyed. In order to protect his mother, Louise Lane, and the residents of the town, Clark Kent could only let General Zod take the mother box.

As the spacecraft appeared, powerful aliens confronted each other, the town encountered raging ruins, and the news quickly spread.

The federal government habitually blocked the entire town to avoid news leaks due to panic, and began to pursue the Krypton spacecraft.

Clark Kent quietly took Louise Lane ahead of time.

In the communication between the Antarctic ice krypton spacecraft and the information left by the biological father, Clark Kent knew that the mother box contained powerful energy, and Joe Ayer also repeatedly told Clark Kent to protect the mother box.

Superman had never thought about using the power of the mother box, so he didn't know what General Zold and his party planned to use the mother box to do.

However, both Kent and Ryan felt a strong threat, and instinctively thought that the mother box should be taken back.

The story line continues to advance.

The federal government quickly found the whereabouts of the Krypton spacecraft and was attacked during the tentative contact process. It was critical that Superman arrived in time.

The second climax scene.

The federal army retreated under the cover of Superman. During the confrontation between Superman and General Zod, he learned the other party's purpose.

In order to rebuild Krypton's overall situation, General Zord also tried to recruit Superman and was rejected.

After another fierce battle, Superman realized that he must cooperate with the federal government, so he took the initiative to engage with the military to try to stop General Zord's conspiracy.

During this process, the mother box is activated.

The Krypton spaceship appeared over the metropolitan city. The energy provided by the mother box began to transform the earth, and the metropolis was greatly damaged.

After the opening Krypton War scene, Daenerys special effects once again contributed to an extremely shocking picture of the city being destroyed.

Moreover, unlike the krypton star in fantasy, this time it was destroyed, it is completely a city that exists in reality, so it inevitably caused a strong sense of substitution for the audience.

The final battle.

In order to save the world, Superman and the military jointly destroyed the Krypton spaceship, and killed General Zord in a duel between'Superman' and'Superman'.

Although the CG special effects at this stage can not fully show the special effects scene like "Superman: The Body of Steel" in Simon's memory, but the maximum use of technical resources at this stage, the final battle, For the audience in the early 1990s, it was still thrilling, as shocking as the tyrannosaurus rex on the big screen at the end of last year.

At the end of the story, the whole world is caught in the discussion of the war between humans and aliens in the metropolis, and the image of Superman also frequently appears in the media.

Some people admire, some are shy, some blame loudly, some worship.

Clark Kent re-hidden in the crowd, joined the temporary headquarters of the "Planet Daily" to become a reporter, loosing under the designation of the grumpy editor-in-chief, and standing with Louise Lane in front of the wall-mounted TV reporting "Superman" news, In the noisy and chaotic picture, a child wearing a superhero uniform says he is a hero.

The two looked at each other, hands clasped together quietly.

The picture is dark.

A grand background music sounded.

In the China Grand Theater, all audiences have a sense of satisfaction just after watching an excellent film. However, there is no commotion in the auditorium as the subtitles rise.

In accordance with established practice, DC movie universe movies have eggs that people are looking forward to.

Finally, after ten minutes of end-titles, the screen lights up again.

Overlooking the camera, in the heart of the ruins of the metropolis, the crowd wearing chemical protective suits is busy like an ant in the wreckage of the Krypton spaceship. Soon, someone shouted in surprise: found it.

Immediately, the mother box that had been dimmed again was lifted out, and the others quickly gathered together.

Eggs don't end so simply.

The camera zoomed back again, and a silhouette in a cloak appeared on the top of a building near the ruins.

Flashed away.

The big screen is completely dark.

"Batman!"

With the enthusiastic applause that sounded immediately, the audience in the theater hall was already exclaiming.

Superman and Batman have already met too many times in the comics.

However, this is the first time on the big screen.

Even if there is no head-to-head confrontation for the time being, but it appears in a movie in the form of an egg, it is enough to excite comic fans.

The DC movie universe has been paving the way for the gathering of heroes, but so far there haven't been scenes of several superheroes fighting side by side.Now, as Batman and Superman appear in the same movie, everyone also realizes that this day will not be far away.

Early in the morning of the next day, all kinds of media were focusing on the premiere of "Superman", and the word of mouth of the film was directly lifted.

"Daenerys, with her unparalleled special effects technology, truly interprets a powerful superhero image on the big screen."-"The Hollywood Reporter"

"Perfect fifth, Simon Westeros is already at ease with the control of the DC film universe's rhythm. The film plot is as smooth and compact as ever. Compared to Batman and Wonder Woman, the powerful Kryptonian brings to the audience. A completely different shocking visual experience."-"Los Angeles Times"

"Rookie star Brad Pitt successfully took over Christopher Reeve, and Courteney Cox successfully got rid of "Scream" and opened a new screen image."-"Entertainment Weekly"

"Despite Simon Westero's personal control, Roland Emerici's performance is still unexpected. There is no doubt that Hollywood once again has an excellent director who can control the super bombshell."- "Variety"

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In the hot media discussion, after preliminary statistics, Superman's comprehensive media score reached 8.7, easily surpassing all the movies that were drawn two weeks before the summer file.Moreover, under the cover of phenomenal popularity, a small amount of criticism could not prevent the audience from entering the theater.

After a day of word-of-mouth fermentation on Thursday, June 4th, "Superman" was officially opened in North America on a large scale of 3,329 screens.

With a reputation comparable to "Batman", the popularity of the four consecutive successful movies in the DC movie universe, more shocking special effects scenes, is definitely an excellent media word of mouth, and the first-week premium schedule has almost no suspense and is released. After that, the box office of "Superman" was in full swing.

Counting the morning night show, the cumulative box office on the first day of the film reached $23.69 million.

Subsequently, after two days of screening on Saturday and Sunday, "Superman" opened the first three days at the box office for the first weekend and quickly rushed to $69.15 million, surpassing the $68.38 million created by Batman: The Dark Knight in the first three days of the first weekend. Record.

Entering the working day, because there are no other strong competitors in the same period, "Superman" continues to harvest the box office strongly.

In the end, from June 4 to June 10, seven days in the first week, "Superman" reached a total of 112.61 million US dollars at the box office. After becoming "Batman: The Dark Knight", the second part achieved the first week of the box office. Hollywood film.

In just a week, "Superman" has achieved the goal of breaking the 100 million local box office in many Hollywood movies.

There are two kinds of movies in Hollywood, and the conclusions of the DC film universe film and other films are confirmed again.

Due to the strong impact of "Superman", a series of films released in the past few weeks have seen a very obvious drop at the box office this week.

Columbia Film's $70 million "Peerless Hero" was released in the third week, a drop of 53%, with only 7.96 million US dollars left in the single-week box office, and only 49.96 million US dollars in the three-week box office. It is expected that the total box office in North America can only barely Break through 70 million US dollars.

Disney's "Super Mario Bros." had a disappointing start. Under the pressure of "Superman", the box office fell by as much as 51% the next week, only receiving 4.69 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office in two weeks was 14.36 million US dollars.Many theaters quickly withdrew the "Super Mario Bros." arrangement after completing the two-week screening contract. The screening of 2081 screens in the first week was quickly reduced to 1276 in the third week. It is expected that the four-week time will be basically downgraded.

"Awesome Winds" is also expected to recover costs through omni-channel operations in the next few years. "Super Mario Bros." only costs 48 million US dollars in production, and the local box office is expected to be less than 20 million US dollars. For other channels, Disney’s losses have been inevitable.

Other films such as "Bruce Bruce Lee", "My Genius Family", "Made in America", "Fairytale Finale", etc., also failed to escape the fate of the box office.

On June 11, four new films emerged from the North American theater line.

Paramount Pictures' "Adams Family" sequel "The Values ​​of the Adams Family" opened 2577 screens.Two years ago, the first song of "The Adams" sold at the box office. This sequel can be described as Paramount's most important film this summer. The production budget has also increased from the first song's 30 million US dollars to 47 million US dollars.

Choose to face "Superman" next week, Paramount has also been carefully considered.

According to the box office laws of several DC movie universe films in the past, except for the first "Batman: The moment of the war" that reversed the following week, after several other films have released their market potential in the first week, the box office decline will be very obvious the following week As a result, market space was quickly vacated.

Moreover, the type of "Values ​​of the Adams Family" is a comedy, and there is not much conflict with "Superman".

Speaking of this, the four new films opened this week are basically based on the same considerations.

In the other three, there is "Forest of the Forest" by Fox Pictures, which is a cartoon that tells the adventures of several small animals in the forest. It has 1496 screens.

MGM also released an action movie "Ultimate Target" starring Shang Ge Yundun this week, with a budget of 15 million US dollars and 1672 screens.MGM does not have the confidence that Paramount has in "The Values ​​of the Adams Family". There are some thoughts about picking this time when choosing this schedule.June 11, after all, is the golden season in the summer season.

The last one is the release of "Orlando" by Highgate Pictures, which was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival last year. The producers include European capitals such as the United Kingdom and Italy, starring Tilda Swinton, and the film is adapted from The British fantasy novel of the same name tells the story of Orlando, a noble boy blessed by Queen Elizabeth, who woke up and became a woman again after 40 years of sleep, and then gained immortality and experienced hundreds of years of time.

The selling point of the film is sufficient, so the copyright was bought out by Gaomen Pictures, and in this summer file, the screen size of 367 screens was given.

Hollywood is paying attention to the next week of "Superman" and the opening performance of four new films. Simon flew to San Francisco on June 11 and plans to spend the weekend here.

The matter is about the copyright dispute between Igret and Hearst Group.

In March of the beginning of the year, the Hearst Group suddenly filed a lawsuit in the San Francisco District Court on the grounds that the Igrid Portal unauthorized reprinted the copyright of a large number of articles and images of Hirst’s newspapers and magazines. The opening was $100 million. Huge claims.

Eaglet strives to be reasonable.

After several months of frustration, the two sides finally decided to reach a settlement in private.

To be more precise, the Hearst Group was basically forced to reach a settlement with Eaglet.

Not only because federal policy and the media's public opinion environment are not conducive to the appeal of the Hirst Group, but also, privately, Igerett also seized the handle of the Hirst Group. Many of the so-called'infringement' contents are It was uploaded by Hirst Group’s own employees.

So, this is very talkative.

It is okay to say that employees can do it on their own, and it is also very appropriate to say that the Hearst Group deliberately tried to blackmail, and the latter statement is obviously more suitable for the taste of the public.

However, the method used by Igret to obtain these evidences is actually not very glorious. In addition to calling the official data of the website, it also used the intelligence system that the Westeros family has been training to investigate.Therefore, once the matter is exposed, it is inevitable that users will be reminded of privacy violations and the like, so it cannot be submitted to the court as clear evidence.

The Hirst Group is obviously more guilty.

If I continue to blame, Igrid is forced to come up with his own "evidence", Hirst Group absolutely can not get the benefits.

Moreover, the entire federal environment is very detrimental to the Hearst Group.

Once this lawsuit forms a precedent, it will almost affect the development of the entire Internet industry. Whether it is the federal government that is vigorously promoting the "Information Superhighway Act" or more and more capitals from all walks of life entering the Internet industry, Hess will not be allowed. The special group won this lawsuit.

The solution can only be a private settlement.

Of course, holding a heavyweight chip in his hand, saying that it is reconciliation, is actually just a form, and Igerit will not compensate for a penny.

The two sides reached a settlement on the surface, but the private front was stronger.

Simon only asked about it on Friday, and for the following two days on the weekend, he had been with the female assistant in the villa in the woodside mountains.

There are other reasons for staying in San Francisco for three consecutive days.

With the release of "Superman", the third part of the planned "Batman" trilogy "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" has recently officially opened in Australia. Simon will rush to Melbourne as usual to follow up for a period of time next week. The project, Janet will also pass together, the two probably stay in Melbourne for at least a week.