Chapter 548 Tobey Maguire panicked
The next day.
At 9:00 a.m.
Wald Pictures President Kevin Feige suddenly received Zucker's order and held an emergency press conference today.
"After our company's solemn decision, we will postpone the project of the "Spider-Man 2" movie!"
As soon as the news came out, the entire entertainment industry was in a major earthquake.
Man, this is the movie "Spider-Man"!
You should know that when "Spider-Man 1" was released, its box office in the first three days exceeded US$100 million, setting an astonishing historical record.
North America's box office was nearly $400 million;
The global box office was nearly $900 million;
The DVD and video tape sales and rental markets in the offline market have also set a series of records.
Nearly a year since the movie was released, Wald Pictures has relied on its parent company Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group to crazily capture cities and villages in terms of copyright revenue such as peripheral authorization, TV platform broadcasting, etc.
In less than a year, Wald Pictures has brought at least $450 million in profits.
Undoubtedly, "Spider-Man" is a big IP and half circle, a copyright that countless film companies covet.
But, what about now?
"They didn't even make a project "Spider-Man 2" immediately?!"
"Oh my god, what is the film in my ears doing?"
"That's right, when the "Spider-Man 1" DVD was being sold wildly a few days ago, Wald Pictures announced that it would start filming "Spider-Man 2". Now it's just like not to shoot it, so why don't you shoot it? What the hell!"
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk ~ It's a good thing that Wald Pictures is not a listed company, otherwise its stock price would have fallen by just this delay."
Many media reporters at the scene were shocked.
At the same time, they very much did not understand Wald Pictures's mysterious operation.
What are you thinking about if you don’t make money?
All Hollywood colleagues are aware that as long as "Spider-Man 2" is not too bad, they will definitely make a lot of money. Therefore, they are very unclear why Wald Pictures delayed the shooting of "Spider-Man 2".
"I don't understand very much."
Andre, editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Entertainment News, who has always been in contact with Wald Pictures, also questioned: "A few days ago, I also received news that Wald Pictures has settled a contract for everyone except the male lead Toby Maguire. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Spider-Man 2" is about to start filming."
"But it's delayed now, and it's not regular yet..."
"It's not because of Toby Maguire~"
Andre frowned, and the more he thought about it, the closer he felt that he was getting to the truth.
For a moment, endless doubts in everyone's hearts rushed to Kevin Feige.
Kevin Feige said loudly: "Don't be too surprised. I can tell you the reason why the movie was postponed to launch the project and started filming. There have been 37 trial drafts in the script of "Spider-Man 2", but we are not very satisfied. In order not to disappoint the majority of movie fans, we must work hard to present the best to everyone, so we can only postpone the filming at the moment."
A reasonable answer.
But, if you ask the media reporters at the scene, will they believe it?
"Go to cheat, I don't believe a word anyway."
Micairo, a reporter from the New York Post in Los Angeles, shook his head disdainfully.
The reporters at the scene asked one by one, and Kevin Feige also answered one by one, but... it was definitely a bit of a thing and nothing practical.
Soon after.
The media reporters who left the press conference published articles as soon as possible.
Who made Spider-Man amazing influence?!
The Boston Entertainment News published an article saying: "Due to script issues, today, the production company Wald Pictures announced that it would postpone the shooting of "Spider-Man 2".
"West Coast Youth Daily" published an article saying: "The delay in filming of "Spider-Man 2" has undoubtedly disappointed the majority of movie fans. After all, this means that if you want to have a look, you still need to wait for a while."
......
The California Entertainment News, Los Angeles Entertainment News, Times Entertainment Edition and other media newspapers followed suit and published articles.
American-related movie websites and forums have also attracted crazy discussions from a large number of movie fans.
However, these are pretty well-known reports.
——Conspiracy Theory!
In order to attract attention, most media have chosen a "conspiracy theory" and reported from the perspective of "The Emperor of Truth" that the filming of "Spider-Man 2" was postponed.
After all, Americans who "breathe sweet air" like conspiracy theory.
CJ Pioneer Entertainment News published an article saying: "Spider-Man 2 is out of film? Is it because Juke Wald has no money and is going bankrupt? None of them! We might as well speculate whether Mr. Juke Wald wants to sell his Wald Pictures. After all, all American citizens know that film and television projects are just a very small existence under Juke Wald's name."
Selling Wald Pictures?
In theory, many people would not believe such crazy remarks.
But... there are really many low-education people in the United States, and a large number of people believe that Zucker is about to sell the company.
When Zucker found out, he couldn't help but laugh and cry.
The American people are indeed "cute" enough. Many of them have almost no ability to distinguish right from wrong. Basically, they believe whatever others say.
They are very easy to cheat.
Well, or they are easily guided by public opinion!
Of course, some media boldly wrote down the question of "Is it because of the male protagonist Toby Maguire" during the reporting process.
"Is Toby Maguire's openly proposing a sky-high pay the main reason for the forced suspension of Spider-Man 2?"
"Is the signing of the actor contract trilogy just a piece of waste paper and has no legal binding force at all?"
One article with a conspiracy theory is constantly attacking Toby Maguire himself under the guidance of those who are interested.
Greed, arrogant, and evil...
Negative names were given to Toby Maguire.
Don’t doubt, those who are interested are talking about Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group!
Zhuke is angry, of course he wants to mess with you!
Without the "Spider-Man" series, Zucker can develop other movies, the "Harry Potter" series, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, the "Fast and Furious" series...what is worse?
In a word, if you lose the "Spider-Man" series of movies, Wald Pictures is still the giant in the industry;
However, Toby Maguire, who lost the aura of "Peter Parker", is nothing!
Really think that Wald Pictures is a soft persimmon, you can control it?!
With the news overwhelming, Toby Maguire panicked, and his agent Juan Wiggins was also frightened.
Of course, they were extremely scared after losing the honor of "Spider-Man" and annoyed Zucker.
Chapter completed!