Chapter 497

The third day of Hollywood writers' strike has dealt a heavy blow to the television industry, especially talk shows. In addition, writers of a series of popular dramas such as desperate housewives, cosmetic surgery room and lost have all joined the demonstration, and many stars have come out to support the writers.

Thousands of screenwriters demonstrated near the studio of Warner Brothers' desperate housewives. Eva Longoria and actress Julia Louis de lifas cheered the screenwriters. EVA gave pizza at the scene. In addition, "sweet sister" Meg Ryan came to the strike site in New York to visit her screenwriter friends. The popular candidate for the next US president and Senator * * * claimed that she was on the screenwriter's side. Hillary Clinton called on both sides to sign a contract to confirm the screenwriter's great contribution to the entire entertainment industry.

The consequences of the strike were immediate: at present, the second season of hero has only filmed episode 11. Because of the strike, the crew had to urgently change the end of Episode 11 before the strike, making it look more like a "grand finale". As the new script has not yet been obtained, the crew of desperate housewives suspended filming from the 7th.

However, the media pointed out that "when the strike continues, some writers with low income will be financially stretched, and their confidence will be seriously hit."

In the 2001 strike case of the actors' Union and the producers' Union, Tom Cruise and many other famous actors were strong supporters of the strike, but some of the small actors affiliated to the actors' Union went bankrupt because they had been unable to work.

If the strike continues, may low-income screenwriters take up jobs privately for food and clothing? The answer is No. According to the regulations of the screenwriter Association, if its members continue to work during the strike (including discussing scripts, signing agreements, etc.), such members will not only be severely punished, but also be disqualified by the screenwriter Association, and even the producer's house will not be allowed to enter.

In November 13th, the writers continued to strike and demonstrate. On this day, the actors union members acted collectively to support the screenwriters, and stars in the mass parade of Universal Studios, including Jay Reno, Jack, Black, Ben Stiller, Sarah, field, Felicity, Hoffman, and so on, even the Desperate Housewives. Lulu, a Chinese star dog, put up placards to protest as a member of the actors' Union. Nicolette Sheridan revealed that she had a baby with her boyfriend Michael Bolton.

However, many big stars have not expressed their position, but as more and more projects are shut down, more and more star actors will join the ranks.

In the best place for demonstrations, the six big companies' headquarters, Universal Studios and Warner Brothers studios were the worst hit areas. A few screenwriters were demonstrating at the MM headquarters, Columbia film and MGM gates, the least of the six.

In this crisis, several major projects of MM have problems successively, which are considered to be the hardest hit areas with heavy losses. Who makes mm a staunch supporter of blockbuster strategy?

In fact, MM's "007 Quantum crisis", "angels and demons", "Iron Man 2", "Thor", "Hulk 2", "national Superman" and other self-made big factories are still released on time. As for the rumored affected "Hobbit" and "Spider Man 4", these two films have not been officially approved, saying that they are not affected by this.

In 2004, a "hangover" made people remember the three best men. Now they work together again to bring a brand-new "hangover 2". As one of the most anticipated sequels in the second half of this year, the film was released in beimi on November Halloween. It premiered at midnight and grossed $12 million in 2600 cinemas, which is the box office record of R-rated films at midnight.

"Hangover 2" is released in 3870 cinemas in beimi, which will also be the largest release range of R-rated films. The box office on the first day is expected to exceed 20 million. The box office of "hangover 2" will reach US $125 million in four days, but Warner and MGM are more cautious. Their expectation is US $100 million.

"Hangover 2" created another miracle. After the film detonated at midnight on Thursday, it swept the box office of US $27 million in one day (including the revenue of US $1200 at midnight), thus breaking the highest box office on Thursday, the highest box office at midnight on Thursday and the highest release scale of R-rated films (3870 Cinemas) As well as the R-rated film record with the best premiere on Thursday, Hollywood Box Office authorities believe that after the weekend, the box office of the film is expected to reach US $110 million to US $125 million, becoming another film with the fastest breaking US $100 million in film history.

The $27 million box office on the opening day of hangover 2 is really rare in film history. Before, only three super blockbusters had reached this power, including $50 million for Star Wars prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith; $37.5 million for matrix 2; "Star Wars prequel 2: the attack of the clones" cost $30.1 million, but these films were not released on Thursday. Hangover, as a comedy drama, can create such amazing achievements. It can't be said that it is a special case.

With such a strong achievement, I can't say that MGM has made a score of 365 million before the stable break, but it is also possible that MGM has not made a work of 300 million by beimi. At present, the highest is twilight, which is 290 million by beimi. Hangover 2 is a work CO produced with Warner, but it has not affected MGM's good mood at all.

Mm has three or two works of beimi breaking 300 million this year. The champion of this year can't run. As for the fact that the Hobbit can't be approved, it's really urgent. It's been nearly 30 years since the 1970s. You can wait for so long, but you can't wait now?

Xinxian played tricks on this project. It has been trying to deceive mark, leaving Peter fat man alone, but mark remained unmoved until Martin became a major shareholder of Time Warner. Xinxian thought he was a family with mark, and is fooling mark to recommend better directors.

Just asked by mark, "his grades are better than Jackson?"

Mark believes that there is no ring without Peter. Let his new line talk about it, that is, he doesn't bird him. Mark is Martin's "good friend". He doesn't care about the feelings of Martin's shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

The screenwriter's strike has little impact on mm films. His spare drama library can be used for two or three years. Now other talents understand how wise and farsighted mark has spent a lot of money to buy drama films since the beginning of this year. In addition, they will introduce and distribute some films from overseas and film festivals, which can still maintain the scale of distributing more than 20 films a year.

In order to express dissatisfaction with the writers' strike, mm recruited nearly 100 foreign writers to deal with the emergency. These are non union members. Although they can't take up the posts vacated by the strike or take over their work immediately, they at least show an attitude that no one can replace in Hollywood.

Mm news spokesman said that this is a forced move. Although foreign screenwriters charge lower prices, they still like their own country. However, because their own can cause trouble, they have to use alternatives.

This caused many strike writers to make an uproar. This was originally their fat meat, but now it belongs to the foreigners, which made them angry. More people came to mm to demonstrate. However, to their panic, other major companies followed suit. They began to introduce talents from abroad. The five friends in the priority English area have similar cultural values and can be used as substitutes.

The screenwriters' Union panicked. They organized more people to take to the streets to protest solemnly. They also kept wandering in the homes of major star actors, hoping to lobby those famous stars to support them. The publicity effect of a star is greater than 100 screenwriters. They not only persuaded many stars to support, but also successfully persuaded the support and solidarity of the actors' Union.

However, the actors' Union said that at present, they would only support, not take to the streets to March, nor strike, because they have contracts with film companies. If the strike wants to lose money, many actors will go bankrupt.

The imitation Buddha was reminded that time warner, Viacom, News Corporation, Disney and mm announced that they would sue more than 200 screenwriters for violating the spirit of the contract and collecting money from the film company.

Within one day, the Los Angeles County District Court received more than 200 lawsuits, suing more than 200 screenwriters for breaking the law and asking them to compensate for the company's losses. This contractual spirit is the basis of western law and a kind of faith. Breach of contract is a shameful act, and no one will support and sympathize. The court accepted the prosecution of the film company. Their spokesman said that the law is the law, They will act in accordance with the law and will not shrink back because the law is not responsible for the public, but they hope that the two sides can settle out of court and end up in a peaceful way.

The claims of the five giants are as high as 256 million, which are shared among individuals, each of which is millions, enough to bankrupt many people.

The skill of the five giants caught the writers' Union unprepared and turned red with anger. The writers' Union could not take out such a large amount of compensation. On the one hand, they issued a statement saying that the company had no right to sue them for legal rights protection, and organized lawyers to deal with the lawsuit. On the other hand, they organized greater demonstrations and gave color to them.

Now is the time of the traditional award season. At this time in previous years, when all kinds of award ceremonies began like tea, all kinds of Olympic films began to warm up. This is called outpost war to build momentum for the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars. In response to the call of the screenwriters' Union and support their legal rights protection, many film awards began to be suspended, This cast a shadow over Hollywood's annual awards season.

The tit for tat behavior of the writers' Union aroused greater anger in the producers' Union. They claimed that the lawsuit would not stop, and announced that the five giants and their subsidiaries would no longer hire these defaulting writers. The joint blackmail of the five giants meant that it was blocked and it was difficult to have a job in the commercial field.