Hollywood Hunter

On the second week of the Christmas season, which opened on December 23, the North American cinema welcomed seven new films at a time, four of which were mainstream commercial films with more than 1,000 screens, produced by Warner Bros. Pictures "Little Rich Rich", MGM's "Street Fighter", Disney's "Prince of the Forest" and Paramount's "IQ Destiny".

"The Little Rich" starred in "The Alone's Lead" actor Macauly Calkin tells the story of a ten-year-old boy who inherited a large legacy of missing parents resisting his uncle's seizure of property. Withdrew from the "Home Alone" series, but it is still the most popular and highest paid child star in the United States, so the film production cost reached 40 million US dollars. Warner Brothers still gave 1913 open screens after "Suicide Squad".From this project, Warner once again tried to get rid of the ambition to rely on the DC movie universe.

"Street Fighter", as the name implies, is adapted from the fighting game of the same name. The film starred by the famous action star Shange Yunton. The production cost reached 35 million US dollars. MGM prepared 1671 open screens for this movie.

"Prince of the Forest" is a live-action version of Disney's classic 1960s animation. The production cost has also reached $27 million, and the number of open screens is 1880.

"IQ Destiny" starred in Hollywood sweet sister Meg Ryan, and also brought in "Einstein" as a cameo, telling Einstein's comedy story of breaking his heart for his niece's marriage.The film production cost is 25 million US dollars, and the number of screens is 1,406.

In addition to the four mainstream commercials, the other three films intended for the award season, "Nell's Heart", "Great Wisdom" and "Burning Years", should not be underestimated.

"Nell's Heart" starring Judy Foster, a Hollywood movie star, is a typical seed of the Olympic Games.

The hero of "Great Wisdom" is the Hollywood veteran actor Paul Newman, and also brought in a number of celebrities such as Jessica Standy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and so on. A series of warm stories in a small town in northern New York, the style is still similar to the "Golden Magnolia" that was sold a few years ago, but this time it is no longer a female heroine, and the audience for viewing is therefore much broader.

"The Burning Years" is the highest production cost of the three on-demand movies, produced by Sony Pictures, starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins, with an investment of $30 million, which is one of the memories The films with double harvests at the box office and word of mouth have also won in the award season.Simon had paid attention to this project before, and only gave it to Sony with a mentality that Daenerys Entertainment could not take all the benefits. In fact, many Dans such as "Nair's Heart", "Night Visit Vampire" and so on This is true of the movies that Nellis Entertainment could have won.

With seven new films crowded up, one can imagine how intense this competition will be across the box office week for Christmas.

According to the excellent results of "Suicide Squad" approaching 100 million in the first week, the local box office of this film is very likely to exceed 300 million at the box office. Whether it can be achieved is the key to whether it can withstand the impact of new movies this week. .

After Simon's visit in Toronto, he went through the shooting for the next few working days. "This man from the earth" was successfully killed on December 23. The crew returned before Christmas. Brett Ratner began to invest in post-production. The film also began. More news materials are released.

Next year's 11th Sundance Film Festival has been confirmed to open on January 19.

With the announcement that Simon's new screenwriter is about to participate in the Sundance Film Festival, many people started preparing for Sundance's itinerary half a month in advance. What happened during Sundance last year can still be remembered, especially in the circle. You know, director David Russell of The Fighting Monkey, Mia Kosina, the heroine of The Little Lady, and Paramount’s next year’s blockbuster "Cut Throat Island" were all last year at Sundance During the meeting at Simon’s Villa during Sri Lanka.

This time, since Westeros’ new films have joined Sundance,

On the other hand, before Christmas and after a few rounds of communication, Daenerys Entertainment and Tim Burton signed an agreement of intent for the adaptation of the novel "Sleeping Valley Legend", which heralded the famous Hollywood personal style. The director and Daenerys Entertainment opened their first collaboration.

"The Legend of Sleeping Valley" is a work in the nineteenth century. There is no copyright at all. The key to the project's adaptation is the script.

Simon personally drew up a simple outline and invited the original "Broken Valley" screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker to write, Andrew Kevin Walker was the "Seven Deadly Sins" that made David Finch famous last year. "Screenwriter.

Speaking of which, David Finch's preparatory work for the new film "Psycho Game" after "The Seven Deadly Sins" has been completed. The budget is estimated at 50 million US dollars. I intend to invite the original Michael Douglas to star. It is expected to start shooting early next year. At the end of the year, too crowded may become a cannon fodder, so it will probably be placed at the end of the summer stall at the end of August and early September. This is also the typical distribution strategy of many dark horse thrillers in recent years. In 1987, it was also the box office sale starring Douglas. This is the case with "Fatal Temptation".

This is also a kind of helplessness.

There are only those movie schedules each year, and the best quality schedules must be reserved for the movies with the greatest box office potential.Blockbusters with a budget cost of $50 million such as "Psycho Games" are placed in other film companies, and may be arranged in the summer or the end of the year. For Daenerys Entertainment, it can only open up the unpopular period.

Simon also knows that this situation is inevitable and will even become more popular.

After more than ten years of memory, even Marvel or DC superhero movies can sometimes only be arranged in unpopular schedules such as February or September, also because Disney and Warner have too many important projects.Moreover, these blockbusters ran away to eat up the unpopular schedule, further squeezing the living space of other studio movies, making the stronger the stronger and the weaker the weaker.

Simon began his vacation on December 23.

In order to feel a stronger and more festive atmosphere, the family rushed to the east coast again. The manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich was just covered by the recent snowfall and wrapped in silver. Simon also brought his eldest son who already knew the existence of Santa Claus. Many snowmen were piled up by the small lake in the north of the manor.

The Faith family is also there, and the Christmas Eve manor is even more lively.

A play of three women is impossible if there is no careful thinking among them. Fortunately, several women cherish this warm family atmosphere, and no one wants to destroy it.

After dinner, Fissi's parents returned to the villa next door early, and Daniel also took the initiative to avoid it.Gemma looks a little careless, and the girl who is not smart enough likes the very smart Seattle, holding the little girl beside her mother and not letting go, and the other two little guys are also snuggling in their parents’ arms. Talking about various things in front of the fireplace until late at night.

Because Sofia accidentally said something was leaking, Simon slept miserably on the sofa on Christmas Eve.

The woman is pregnant.

Probably during the first snowfall on the East Coast last month.

Sofia didn't want to tell others too early, including Simon.When the women were preparing dinner together, Janet accidentally saw signs in the kitchen, and then asked, Sofia admitted frankly.

After giving birth to two children, Melbourne and Nick, Janet didn't want to have a third guy anyway.

However, the woman is aware of Simon’s mind. Although his man does not take children very much, he hopes to have many children in his bones. The vast industry of the Westeros family is sure to have a few more heirs in the future, so it is not disgusting to others. The woman is pregnant with Simon's child, especially after confirming a certain blood relationship.

Of course, the attitude still has to be displayed.Otherwise, you will lose face as a wife.

So Simon was fined to sleep on the sofa.

It was only in the middle of the night that I couldn't help running out of the bedroom, holding a pillow, and the little girl got into Simon's arms like this, and then fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Aaliya, who got up early and started to prepare for housework, saw the strange scene of the host and the host embracing and sleeping on the sofa.

Jennifer also got up early.

Shout the two, do not forget to check it, make sure there is no cold or something, and rushed to the bedroom together to make up.

So, during the breakfast time, Little Gemma, who stayed with Seattle last night, found that there were only Jennifer and three little guys on the table. When she counted herself, she asked curiously. The female assistant only said that Simon and Janet were sleeping. .The little girl didn't know about her mother's pregnancy, Sofia had not told the two children.Hearing that Simon and Janet were asleep, they felt very fresh.

It's Christmas.

Simon and Janet simply slacked off and didn't get up until ten o'clock.

I wanted to sleep until noon, but just agreed to go to Manhattan's Rebold's house for lunch at noon, and I must not be late.

Janet can invite the Fayce family to come over to spend Christmas Eve, but apparently will not go to Rebold's house with Simon. Only about eleven o'clock, only Simon and the female assistant board the helicopter to Manhattan.

Noon is also a family feast.

In addition to the Reebolds, Jennifer’s younger brother Philip also brought his girlfriend together, also a girl who grew up in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Although he tried his best to restrain himself at lunch, he was obviously too attentive to Simon, which made her sister’s assistant The girl was dissatisfied and quietly warned Simon.

After lunch, I talked a lot of topics, and it was more than four o'clock in the afternoon when I left.

In the evening, the Black Hawk helicopter returned to the northern suburb of Greenwich Manor, got out of the helicopter, and walked intimately with Simon's arm to the villa. The female assistant leaned into the man's ear and whispered, "Will you start to feel trouble?"

Knowing what the female assistant meant, Simon smiled: "Of course not, I am happy with it."

Jennifer rolled his eyes slightly.

In fact, mainly during the afternoon chat, the Reybolds once again hinted that Simon and Jennifer could have one or two more children, which inevitably put some pressure on Simon.

Simon himself is nothing, the key is still the woman next to him.And, if the little guys grow up in the future, will they blame their unreliable father for bringing them to this world, in case there are one or two unruly big guys, that is unfortunate for the family.I used to joke that I wanted to raise a group of little bastards that would harm the world. Now that I am a parent, I can't really do it.

Returning to the villa, Janet is having a coffee chat with Sofia.

When she saw Simon come in, Janet, who was smiling, immediately put away her expression. I have not forgiven you.

Sofia smiled and got up to pour coffee for Simon and Jennifer. Everyone sat down. Simon was next to Janet, holding her woman's waist and looking at Sofia: "What were you talking about?"

Sophia looked at Jennifer: "Let's discuss again. I don't know if Jenny would you like to bring another child?"

The female assistant who had just picked up the coffee was a little surprised. She looked at Janet and then looked at Sophia. After hesitating, she asked, "Sophie, don't you want to bring your own?"

"You know I'm very busy on weekdays. Danny and Gemma have been taken care of by my parents for the past few years, and it will be better for the children to be on your side in the future. And..." Sophia paused and said, "I After consulting with Jenny, the child is also under her name like Sear."

Seattle was born under the name of Janet after being born as a twin last year in order to be justified.

In the first half of the year, because of the exposure during the confrontation with the Hearst family, the outside world already knew that Seattle was actually a child of a female assistant.However, because of this naming, although the truth has been known to the outside world, the people around them have recognized Seattle's identity, even in Australia.

Sofia is a very sensible woman, and it is impossible to see the benefits of all this for the child. This afternoon, when Simon and the female assistant were away, it was probably proposed to Janet

Judging from the expressions of the two talking and laughing when they entered the door, Janet apparently agreed.

Of course, Janet doesn’t take children very much. At first, Melbourne was thrown to Veronica after a while of freshness. If Nick and Seattle were not born together, I am afraid the second son will still be handed over to Veronica. Now , Just promised a place, and take care of the children, surely still have to fall on the female assistant.

Jennifer glanced at Janet again and was confirmed, saying: "If you are at ease, I'm okay here, but maybe you won't be able to bear it in the future."

At that time, the female assistant also said that she would completely hand over the child to Janet, but after her daughter was born, she looked at the little girl in her arms and immediately changed her mind.

Sofia smiled and said, "As long as you want, I want to thank you first."