Hollywood Domination Chapter 443: Four new dramas and the premiere of “Life Journey”
The time has entered September, and this year's top ten box office has probably taken shape, but no one thinks that the crown of the year has been confirmed—although there is an extremely strong "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" this year , the North American box office is close to 400 million, but the Christmas schedule is not without strong films, "Twilight 4", "Mission: Impossible 4", "Sherlock Holmes 2", all of which performed well before, and the commercial reputation of the sequel is also excellent. In addition, there is Jennifer Jefferson and Heath Ledger's strong film "Life Journey", which is shot in 3D and has a fantasy theme, although on the surface, the theme is biased towards Literature and art don't seem to be the type that will sell well, but it's not the first time Jennifer has created a miracle. Even if there are many unfavorable factors before the release, as long as she is the leading role, the box office forecast of the theater lineup is extremely strong. No one will sing against her, this is basically a stupid act of slapping someone in the past few years. Even as long as she participates in the production of films, box office analysis agencies will increase the estimated data by 10% when publishing articles, and the bosses of various theaters are even more willing to sign more stringent sharing contracts. This can be regarded as her halo effect.
"For this time's Halloween schedule, there is only one blockbuster "Journey of Life", which will occupy the exclusive two-week schedule until Dameng's own "Twilight Saga" comes out to compete for the weekly crown. After that, " In the Christmas file of Mission: Impossible 4, no movie was released for a whole year. Dameng and Jennifer finally started to attack frequently at the end of the year, but now, everyone is most concerned about the performance of Dameng TV. It will return at the end of October, and the four new dramas produced by Big Dream TV will all premiere at the end of September. Among them, "Happy New and Never Boring the Old" is the most eye-catching. , the pilot episode received a strong response. It is obviously aimed at the same audience group as "Empire of Hip-Hop", but the taste is milder. Judging from the broadcast time, cbs has no intention of competing with "Empire of Hip-Hop" for ratings. In fact, in its seemingly crazy Under the viewership ratings at the end of the season, the best way for major TV stations this year should be to adjust their strategies, no longer compete with Fox with ace dramas, and give up the Wednesday show to "Hip-Hop Empire" to rule the roost. It’s CBS’s prime time slot, preceded by Thursday’s “The Big Bang Theory,” which is the best treatment CBS has given.”
The ratings of the finale of the first season of "Hip-Hop Empire" are as high as 6.9, which is a miracle data that is almost close to 7. Judging from the popularity of discussions and the popularity of the songs in the show, the second season The ratings may not decrease but increase at the beginning. Although the popularity of singing and dancing TV dramas is generally difficult to last, it is certain that before this trend passes, "Hip-Hop Empire" will be the most money-absorbing money-printing machine of all TV dramas. Dream TV has completely established its name and has become a TV producer that is concerned by major media. Whether these four new dramas will create miracles again has also become a topic of concern for many drama critics.
"The Golden Years, like '70s Show, is based on mainstream audiences' childhoods, which also feels like time has passed since the show is about the '80s The story of civilian life in the United States, based on the childhood life of screenwriter Adam Goldberg, focuses on family audiences, and has a similar theme to "Modern Family", forming an interesting situation of contrasting with each other, and it has also been described in the 2010 family life "" "Modern Family" is the lead, and he will meet with you on Wednesday night. Before "Empire of Hip-Hop" goes live, he has a month to cultivate a basic audience. "Golden Age" and "Empire of Hip-Hop" are played at different times, but given the sluggish ratings of the leading episode, whether "Golden Age" can gain a firm foothold depends on the audience's reaction..."
Abc's "Golden Age", CBS's "Happy New", and "Silicon Valley", which will be released on flix in November, gave NBC's "Homeland Security". Among these four new dramas, "Silicon Valley" There are only trailers, but the response is quite good, and the expectations seem to be the highest, and the pilot episodes of the remaining three new films have received quite good responses, and they have also recruited many famous artists to create, among which "Homeland Security" is the big dream The project I won in my hands - the main creator Howard Gordon once created the drama "24 Hours", and he is also a famous player in the industry. He had to negotiate with the production company, but in the end he was defeated by the reputation of the dream and a better prepaid Attracted by the strategy and the number of scheduled episodes of the broadcast platform, with the script, the dream has been found, and it has found a home with better conditions in nbc. In addition, Shonda Ramus, who once created "Grey's Anatomy", is also negotiating with Dameng for a new drama. She just took a fancy to Dameng's new drama. Heartbeat——The snowball with "Empire of Hip Hop" at its core is now getting bigger and bigger, engulfing more and more talents to move closer to the big dream, but for now, the speed of the snowball rolling is not very fast. Among the four new dramas this year, if more than two can stand firm, more famous artists who are waiting and watching will come to the door with their own scripts.
"I'm looking forward to "Black-ish" the most," Jon said while marking on the notepad on the ipad to remind himself of the premiere time of these new dramas, "By the way, Charles, can you Can’t be an app for TV dramas? Just click “Follow” and you will be able to push the broadcast time to remind you to watch – develop one, there must be a market.”
"Harry is already working on this app." Although Charles, who has just completed the C round of financing, is now conservatively estimated to be worth tens of millions, he is still wearing a T-shirt and jeans, and he looks like a poor student. Two, "It's already in the process of being reviewed and put on the shelves-hasn't he told you about it?"
"No, he's been working overtime recently, we haven't been together for a long time," Jon took a sip of his wine and raised his hand to greet him, "We're talking about you——some time ago your overtime hours were Are you working on an app? I thought you were working on a new version of your website."
After unloading their backpacks, Harry and Charles touched their fists, raised their hands and ordered a glass of wine, "Actually, it's already launched on Android, and the current user growth momentum is quite good. There are already advertisers talking to me. contacted."
"Oh?" Charles also showed a concerned expression, "Are you interested in finding a buyer? Or do you want to finance it and develop it into comprehensive information?"
As a code farmer in the Bay Area, Harry, who has graduated for several years, of course earns a lot of money, and has also received an option award from the company, but any programmer has a dream of starting a business in his heart, and he is of course no exception. In the era of vigorous development of the terminal, it is not uncommon for a lucky person like Charles to write an app at will and change his destiny from then on. The two ways of cashing out that Harry mentioned have their own advantages and disadvantages. If you sell it at the initial stage, it depends on how much money you get. However, if you sell it after it becomes bigger, the financing difficulty during the period is relatively high, and the risk of failure Also big. Harry took the draft beer brought by the waiter, took a sip, and then said, "The pressure on the server is not too great, I can run it by myself for a while, and at the same time look for buyers - this is a service with a very low threshold , the development prospect is not very great.”
"That's not the case if you find a good angel investor." Charles said disapprovingly. He'll have to look at himself, Harry."
This is already a great favor, Harry nodded solemnly, "I owe you once, brother."
"Is it the company's annual meeting?" Jon asked curiously. Being from a wealthy family, she was not disturbed by the career development of the two friends, "Sayed will come, then j.j What? Will she come?"
"Who knows..." Charles spread his hands with a wry smile, he glanced at Jon and raised his hand begging for mercy, "ok, ok, if j.j comes, I will definitely give you an invitation letter."
"If j.j is going to come, have a party at your new home." Jon said with obvious intentions, "high-level parties--the kind that don't need too many people, you know, where everyone can sit down." The kind who talk about the sky—"
"If I can invite her, it will definitely be a two-person party." Charles rolled his eyes, "Trust me, you will never have room to participate—"
"What are you talking about?" Amidst the chuckles of the three, Zade walked into the bar and shook fists with several people.
"Is Mumbai fun?" Harry first greeted his friend whom he hadn't seen in a few months, and he drew a circle on his face teasingly, "—don't answer, I know the sun in Mumbai must be very strong, Oh my god, you've got sunglasses marks."
"Haha, this is actually true - it's so fun! Zad, you look so cute now!"
Zade helplessly caressed the obvious sunburn marks on his face, let the group of young friends laugh for a while, and then said with a muffled voice, "Believe me, if you go to Mumbai, you will definitely I'd rather be tanned like this and wear sunglasses—what were you talking about just now? What kind of party for two?"
"Oh, we're talking about Charles' annual meeting party." Jon shrugged, and took the topic off without much care. She leaned over the table, tried to put on a look of admiration, and said to Charles with a wink, " Speaking of which, dear Charles, can you get us tickets to the premiere of Journey? They're coming to San Francisco for the premiere, aren't they? I hear they're coming."
"Heath will come, but Jennifer seems to only be in two shows in London and Los Angeles." Charles said expertly, and he shrugged, "so, unless you're willing to go to Los Angeles for just one movie ——"
Jon, who has already started working officially, drooped her shoulders sadly - although she still likes Jennifer, with the passage of time and her own growth, now she will no longer ask for leave at will in order to chase stars.
"When is the premiere scheduled? Is the world premiere still in London?" Harry asked, "Have you also provided feedback on the pre-sale box office? What do you think of the domestic box office situation?"
Charles’ tikt is developing very well now. Tikt, which has just completed its C-round investment, has a lot of money to burn. It poses a severe challenge to Fandango, which is now trying to enter the mobile terminal, and they are also beginning to explore more ways to make profits. , For example, providing box office reports to the outside world is a newly developed function.
"In this regard, Paul and I—that is, the Paul Degarabidean who wrote the article optimistic about the Chinese market—he is now a department manager of Big Dream Films, responsible for data analysis. Our The opinions are unanimous." Charles suddenly regained his spirits, and he revealed the inside story of the industry in a somewhat ostentatious manner, "The North American box office of "Life Journey" should be on the verge of breaking even, and it is estimated to be around 200 million to 300 million. The profit point is still overseas, especially in mainland China. It is not surprising that Jennifer plus 3D will get another 200 million US dollars at the box office. The global box office should hover around 1 billion, which is the same as Warner's estimate. It may be difficult for a movie of the same size as "Inception" to win the North American annual crown. After all, we have all seen it. Its content is a bit too niche, but it can still attract people around the world relying on 3D and graphics. It received a good box office, so the world premiere should still be in London, and then return to Los Angeles for the North American premiere.”
"Europe has always had a good view of literary films." Harry also expressed affirmation of this strategy, "If we can return from London to Los Angeles, the box office in North America is not hopeless-but the current estimate It’s not low anymore, I thought the estimate in North America should be around 150 million.”
"Don't underestimate Jennifer's box office appeal." Charles said disapprovingly, "The box office pre-sale on the premiere day alone has 10 million tikt data-of course, this is not a midnight show, I We are talking about the box office data for the whole day. According to the general data comparison, it can be speculated that the box office on the day of the premiere is at least 30 million. With such an opening, it is absolutely impossible for North America to fall to 150 million, at least 200 million. .”
"This is really a good movie." Jon didn't care about the details of these data, but said with some melancholy, "I really hope that enough people like it--that charm and beauty, a little Eastern philosophical thinking-this is the kind of thinking that knows that it can't make money, but still hopes to see more, and hopes that someone will sacrifice to invest in it, so that we can continue to see movies with similar themes. I hope the word-of-mouth in Europe can Drive North America, so that Salvi can make more similar movies in the future."
"And let j.j be the heroine?" Charles snickered, "It's strange that no newspapers are promoting her relationship with Salvi now-they have already cooperated in three movies, if you don't count In the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Salvi is already the director who has cooperated with her the most times, which is actually quite imaginative."
"Now the media is all talking about j.j and Cesare, wanting to see her and Cesare rekindle the old relationship - or spark with Leo, she and Salvi are in the past tense, cooperation I haven’t been able to take intimate photos after watching three movies, I guess even if there is a spark, it’s under control.” Harry commented objectively, as if this could blur the essence of his gossip, “I’ve been talking about it for a month before I care about her and Leo, but after she returned to Los Angeles from the film crew, she has stayed in Hollywood and never went to Santa Monica. This is equivalent to hitting back at her and Leo, her and Salvi Rumors, after all, it's so close, if there is really love, I will definitely go back to visit the class."
"Yeah," Jon also nodded, "She didn't go back to the previous wrap-up party, so she should have nothing to do with Salvi—in fact, she and Cesare were just looking for a topic, he didn't Have you been photographed eating with several different women? Get in love, j.j! You can’t lose to him!”
Although Jon did not turn to hate Cesare because of the friendly division, the faction's prestige has also dropped a lot, especially after the couple broke up. After returning to normal social life, she hoped that her idol could also keep up. She chanted a few times before noticing Zade's abnormal silence. "——What are you thinking? Zade, the wine is about to spill."
"Oh, oh!" Zade hurriedly put the wine glass on the table, he smiled in a trance, "I was thinking, Salvi should also attend the London premiere, right? Maybe she and Salvi Isn’t the rumor of Wei’s relationship so unbelievable? It’s just because of some concerns that I kept a low profile. Anyway, the London premiere must be a chance to meet...”
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On September 23, "Happy New" was the first to be broadcast. The first episode scored 3.3 rating points and 10.4 million viewers. Even with "The Big Bang Theory" as the lead, this result is very reasonable , the play has won unanimous praise from critics for its witty, lively and slightly exaggerated performance style and excellent soundtrack, and its score on imdb has also risen rapidly to 8.6 points-of course, the scores of episodes on imdb have always been relatively high, However, the performance of "Happy New and Never Boring the Old" also made people have nothing to say, it was well received and became another living sign of Dream TV.
On September 25, "Golden Age" premiered. The first episode had a solid 2.3 ratings and 8.9 million viewers, which is enough to satisfy people. On October 2, "Homeland Security" premiered. It had a low-key 2.1 start and 7.8 million viewers. Although the performance was relatively the worst, the first two episodes of the simulcast were praised by the critics. The imdb score quickly rose to more than 9 points, and word of mouth spread Soon, the follow-up ratings were extremely positive, which also made NBC's eyes brighten-the show's excellent production level and excellent commentary reputation mean that it will be the darling of the Emmy Awards next year. And if you judge it from the perspective of being able to win an award, the ratings cannot be said to be bad. Many big winners have extremely low ratings and basically rely on awards to survive. It should be cut, but because it took Emmy to get soft hands, it is still the best so far.
Flix released the entire season of "Silicon Valley" on October 11th. This new approach has been loved by many viewers. However, because this TV series was not broadcast on TV stations, it is difficult to measure it with ratings data. Its value can only be judged from word-of-mouth - the word-of-mouth of "Silicon Valley" can only be said to be not bad. For non-geek audiences, this is a TV series that can be watched, but how much I like it , That's obviously a lie, after all, business, sex, love and other content are indeed a little far away from the lives of ordinary people, they are still more willing to look forward to the grievances and grievances of the rich and powerful in "Empire of Hip-Hop", at least those content and conflicts are what they yearn for or are familiar with of.
Four new dramas, three of which have been successfully landed, can be said to have their own bright spots, and the remaining one is also on the level, and even flix has expressed satisfaction with the outside world-so far, the sign of Big Dream TV has been completely established. Next Whether it's invitations from TV stations or olive branches from major producers, they naturally come one after another. Cesare Vijeri's investment vision and highlights in cost control marketing promotion are gradually becoming known. Now in September, the industry no longer doubts whether there is a shadow of Jennifer Jefferson behind these successes After all, during the entire preparation period, Jennifer was basically filming in other places, and she did not participate in the production. Some people even suspect that after this couple, Dream Movie and TV will separate sooner or later, and Cesare will be transferred to Dream TV After all, the two companies are now in a period of rapid development, and it is impossible for Cesare to take care of both. Compared with the big dream movie with Jennifer's shadow very heavy, the big dream TV brought up by him seems to be more ideal choose.
The second season of "Empire of Hip-Hop" is about to start broadcasting. What will be the ratings direction of this unprecedented drama? ——When the major Hollywood TV stations are paying attention to this point, the film companies are completely indifferent to it. In fact, for them, Cesare is just a nobody now, at least until the movies he produced are released. He's just an ordinary executive. They are more concerned about the premiere evaluation of "Life Journey".
——especially Fox, who is working on "Life of Pi", is looking forward to the feedback from the other side of the sea, and even sent an observer to Fox UK, relying on the friendly relationship with Jennifer, In order to collect first-hand information: "Life Journey" is scheduled for the beginning of November, which should be to avoid collision with "Mission: Impossible" and "Sherlock Holmes", but it also faintly hints at Warner and other companies' ambitions for Oscars , otherwise, wouldn't it be better to choose the schedule next March? From a historical point of view, at least 34 months have good weather, which is still a bit of an advantage compared with November.
However, in the end, the competition in December was avoided, and it was chosen in November. It can also be seen that the film crew is not so confident in "Life Journey" competing for the Olympics. Without the box office of "Avatar", it is basically just to serve as a foil. However, this is good news for Fox - if "Life Journey" succeeds in the Olympic Games, then next year's "Fantasy Drifting of Pi" may be cold, and the current situation is not good for "Pi" It is the most beneficial, and it happens to be able to observe similar films trying Oscar marketing-from a certain point of view, how much budget "Youth Pi" can get for the Olympics, and whether it will make achievements in the Oscars, it all depends on tomorrow's "Life" What happened to the film review feedback of Journey...