Best Movie Star

"How can Warner Bros. do this?"

In the living room of a mansion in Malibu, Jada Smith walked back and forth angrily, "How can they cancel "Green Lantern" into the Justice League universe!"

Her short legs kept fidgeting, "This is not in line with the comics! It will be spurned by all comic fans!"

Will Smith was sitting on the sofa, with no expression on his dark face. He couldn't bear to watch "Green Lantern".

From the beginning of May to the end of May, the number of theaters for this film dropped sharply from more than 4,100 to less than 500. The North American box office totaled 68.67 million US dollars, and the global box office totaled 114.51 million US dollars, not to mention the cost recovery. , it is estimated that Warner Bros. will earn back the distribution costs of making copies and shipping and securing copies around the world.

As for the huge production costs and marketing costs, we can only hope that the peripheral income can be recovered as much as possible.

The main creators involved in this film are very miserable. Director Martin Campbell just announced his retirement not long ago, and he, the actor, has been criticized by countless fans and the media.

Will Smith's eyes fell on a newspaper on the coffee table in front of him. Even after so long, the media was still mocking him with extremely sarcastic words.

If he wasn't a black man, the media would probably be more than mocking him.

"Facts once again prove that this is no longer the era of Will Smith. After "Knock on the Door" reached the peak of his career, he fell rapidly, and the fiasco of "Green Lantern" illustrates this point - Will Smith is out!"

The consequences of this failure are severe, and while many of the effects have yet to manifest, Will Smith is well aware of it.

"Will!" Jada Smith shouted again. "Aren't we going to do something?"

"What?" Will Smith asked rhetorically.

Jada Smith said eagerly, "Negotiating with Warner Bros., the Justice League universe can't be without Green Lantern! It can't be without you!"

Will Smith couldn't help shaking his head, "How to negotiate? No one from the management of Warner Bros. is willing to see me and the agent, and no one answers our calls. Even I took the initiative to come to the door and was rejected by various reasons and delays!"

He sighed, "Now Warner Bros. on Justice League is all about persuading Matthew Horner to play Superman, we..."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Will Smith said, "We're... a thing of the past."

"No! Never!" Jada Smith exclaimed suddenly, thinking that those out-of-date stars were ignored, and that they were shy about spending money, "We're not out of date! We're black! Will, we're black! As long as We are noisy, we are noisy, we will have a chance!"

Her short legs seemed to be on a motor, and she walked fast in the living room, saying, "Skin color is our greatest weapon! Warner Bros. and DC Comics excluded Green Lantern from the Justice League universe because they discriminated against black people. !"

As if finding a life-saving straw, "Yes! That's it! They are racist!"

How many years has she not used this trick? It seems like after the Spike-Lee flag fell.

"It's useless." Will-Smith shook his head slowly, "The character Warner Bros. used to replace Green Lantern is Cyborg, an authentic black superhero character."

Jada-Smith was speechless for a moment. Although she often simplifies thinking like most black people, she is still a little insightful. Warner Bros. obviously expected them to use racial discrimination as an excuse to make trouble.

The door to the living room was pushed open from the outside, and a black man with glasses walked in.

When Jada Smith saw her and Will Smith's agent come in, he quickly took a few steps over there and asked eagerly, "William, how is it? Have you seen anyone?"

"No." The agent named William shook his head, took the glass handed by Will-Smith, drank half of it in one breath, and said with a serious face, "The executives of Warner Bros. and DC Comics refused to see me, I called Calls in can only go to their assistant or secretary level."

This situation is very obvious. Will Smith has been blacklisted by Warner Bros. Warner Bros. does not want to cooperate with Will Smith in any way.

William sat on the sofa and said to Will Smith again, "I just heard what you said, and according to what I have learned, the matter of the black superhero Cyborg replacing Green Lantern is related to Matthew Horner."

"What?" Jada Smith just sat on the sofa and stood up, "Matthew Horner again!"

Will-Smith was calm and asked, "What's going on?"

William explained simply, "Didn't Warner Bros want to ask Matthew Horner to play Superman? Matthew Horner declined, and then he made a proposal for DC Comics to sort out the chaotic timeline and setting of the Justice League in the comics. Determined, determine a main movie universe, unify the world view, and then make the new movie universe echo the adapted Justice League universe movie, in which Cyborg replaces Green Lantern is his proposal."

"Matthew Horner, the scumbag!" Jada Smith cursed.

Will-Smith glanced at Jada-Smith angrily, ignored her, and asked, "Anything else?"

"Although Matthew Horner rejected the role of Superman, at the sincere invitation of Warner Bros., according to..." William coughed in a low voice, glanced at Will Smith, and continued, "According to "Green Lantern" Lessons from failure, some constructive comments."

Seeing that Will Smith didn't say anything, he added, "Matthew Horner suggested that Warner Bros. appropriately reduce investment, then learn from Marvel in terms of movies, use one movie after another to accumulate appeal, and properly control the impact on the film. direct intervention."

Will Smith did not speak, but he had a deep experience during the filming of "Green Lantern", the continuous success of old rival Marvel, and seeing "Avengers" coming out, whether it is DC Comics or Warners Brothers, there is something urgent.

So, one after another DC Comics and Warner Bros. voiced their opinions in the production of the film...

I didn't think so before. Now that "Green Lantern" has failed, and looking back, these so-called executives rashly intervened in the production of "Green Lantern" may be one of the reasons for the failure.

Will-Smith immediately remembered a lot of things that were overlooked and ignored during filming and post-production.

In addition to director Martin Campbell and producer Charles Rowan, there are too many people's voices, if it's just voices, it doesn't matter, but these people have the right to shoot and produce the crew.

DC co-producer Goff Johns has control, and Warner executives Jeff Robinoff, Greg Silverman and Lynn Harris are also said to have a lot of influence on the film. , especially when editing in post.

This led to a lot of outings and loud noises, and the result was a nondescript failure of Green Lantern.

Therefore, this film starring him will fail.

Everyone will find other reasons for failure other than themselves, even strong and sober like Will Smith.

The luck is so bad!

Will Smith shook his head. In the end, he didn't have enough right to speak. Matthew Horner has worked with Warner Bros. on many projects, and he has never heard of Warner Bros. strongly interfering in his starring films.

William said again at this time, "Will, our cooperation with Warner Bros. has completely broken down."

Will Smith nodded lightly. From the day "Green Lantern" was released at the box office in the first weekend, he had such mental preparation.

"Also." William's words did not stop, "Sony Columbia Pictures has decided to postpone the "Men in Black 3" project."

"What?" Jada Smith's voice boomed again. "They can't do that!"

Will Smith's expression finally changed, and he asked, "Didn't we start early planning?" He then woke up, "Is it affected by the failure of "Green Lantern"?"

William did not shy away from this point, and said directly, "Yes. Sony Columbia thinks that your appeal is seriously insufficient. Now that Tom-Lee-Jones is old, you..." He shook his head, "Sony Columbia Pictures thinks that you have rashly invested in it. Hundreds of millions of dollars, too much risk.”

Will Smith fought back his anger and asked, "How long are they going to delay?"

William glanced at him and said slowly, "Indefinitely."

Will Smith clenched his fists, perhaps too hard, and even his arms were shaking slightly. "Green Lantern" failed, "Men in Black 3" was postponed indefinitely, what can he do to maintain his status as an A-list star?

Jada Smith tried to open up her loud voice again, but was caught by Will Smith, who looked at William and asked, "What should I do now?"

"Lower your posture~www.wuxiaspot.com~ William gave a sincere suggestion, "It is impossible to use you in the first-tier productions for the time being. Our eyes are aimed at the second-tier productions. As long as a few successful films are successful, we can come back at any time. "

"No!" Jada Smith finally couldn't hold back, broke free from Will Smith's hand, and shouted, "How can Will act in those small projects that only pay a few million dollars."

William looked at Jada Smith, who was smart and didn't refute. Will Smith is good at everything, but he took a stupid wife who didn't have a brain.

"Shut up, Jada!" Will Smith reprimanded. Compared with Jada Smith, he has a clearer understanding of the current situation. "We don't have a better choice now!"

From the first line to the second line, who would think? But Hollywood is not able to stay in the front line by saying that it is in the front line.

If you take a step back, you can continue to play the male lead. Maybe one day you can get back to the front line. If you don’t retreat, even Sony Columbia will postpone the sequel movie with a high probability of success indefinitely. Who would dare to use him as the male lead?

Will Smith is also a little bit sad. The superstar position is getting further and further away from him, and he will probably never touch the threshold.