Hollywood New Century

Disneyland Resort in Anaheim is currently the largest integrated resort playground in the world.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Simon and Anne Hathaway arrived at Disney in casual attire.

Under the leadership of Anne Hathaway, who debuted as a Disney princess, I experienced several Disney play projects.

The Disneyland Adventure Zone in Anaheim is a section that Disney spent a lot of money to expand a few years ago, and it is also a very attractive area for tourists.

"Huh!" Simon got out of the car as the roller coaster whizzed by and Anne Hathaway screamed.

Shaking her head, she was a little dizzy. The excited Anne Hathaway was holding Simon's arm and asked with a smile, "Is it very exciting?"

"It's okay," Simon's heart was still pounding, "it still doesn't seem suitable for this kind of gameplay."

"It's almost noon, let's go to the restaurant over New Orleans Square to have something to eat," Anne Hathaway said, and walked in that direction with Simon.

"This year's economic crisis seems to have a lot of impact on this kind of theme park amusement park, and there are far fewer tourists than in previous years," Simon said, wiping his mouth after eating the last steak.

"It should be," Anne Hathaway also nodded and said again: "But there is no more attractive themed play facilities here, just like the pirate ship facilities of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" a few years ago. !"

"Well, maybe!" Simon saw the attractive things in the park or the things represented by early Disney animations, as well as various Pixar cartoon characters.

Disney's ideas are indeed not much novel in content. Robert Iger is thinking about acquiring Marvel this year, and he is also aiming to enrich the content.

Simon played at Disney for a day. I have to say that the Disney store sells a lot of Disney-related products, toys, figures, character models, puzzles, games, etc. The downstream development is very good.

Channels and brands are Disney's biggest guarantees in the consumer goods market, and Xinghai Entertainment has a long way to go in the future.

At night, Simon rolled over from Anne Hathaway and hugged the girl to feel the warmth after exercise.

"You were nominated for the Best Actress Award for "Sister's Wedding"?" Simon asked suddenly.

The whole person leaned against Simon's Anne Hathaway and nodded: "The opponent is also very strong, Angelina Jolie's "The Change of the Child", Melissa Leo's "Frozen River", Meryl Streep's "Child Abuse Doubt" and

Kate Winslet's "The Reader," I also lack confidence. "

"Well, anyway, the awards will be awarded at the end of the month, and the result will be known at that time," Simon didn't want to hit Anne Hathaway, after all, the other performances were indeed better than Anne Hathaway.

"Hey, Viola Davis and Emily Blunt in 'Child Abuse Doubt' are both nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Emily will be more confident," Anne Hathaway joked. .

"Heh, both of them have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a movie, and they're split. Emily's hopes are slim," Simon said, patting the girl's back.

"However, this year's economic environment is so bad, the Oscars at the end of the month should not have the luxury of previous years, and there will not be so many red carpet stars participating," Simon changed the subject.

Anne Hathaway quickly raised her head and responded: "Yes, this year, I am afraid that brands will reduce their sponsorship, especially clothing brands. I heard that because the sales are not very good, many small stars' clothing sponsorships have been cut. "

"It's not bad. This year, many film companies have cut film production funds, so that producers will be more cautious when planning films, which is also very helpful for the quality of the film." Simon doesn't matter anyway, after all, Xinghai Entertainment is currently Is very proud.

From its release last year to the present, "Slumdog Millionaire" has never had a large number of theaters. Fortunately, the box office has continued to flow, and it has won the Golden Globe Award. Now it has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture. Wave advertised.

Nearly three months after its release, the North American box office of "Slumdog Millionaire" is about to exceed 100 million US dollars. This low-cost film with an investment of only 15 million US dollars has indeed made Venus Pictures a hit.

The double bonus of box office and word-of-mouth also makes certain film labels such as Xinghai Qixing and Jiguang Pictures more confident.

Especially the explosion of "Iron Man" made Xinghai Pictures excited. After all, this is only the first character developed by Marvel Pictures, and he has more than 5,000 characters!

Lighting Entertainment Studio, now Xinghai Animation Company, is producing the first self-made 3D animated feature film "Despicable Me".

The Xinghai Animation Department has its own special building, just north of the Xinghai Entertainment headquarters building complex.

Simon has been busy with live-action movies before, but he can't ignore the cake of animation movies. In the downstream market of consumer goods, animation toys are the real main force.

Looking at the various animated character models placed in the hall, Simon smiled because he found the Minions.

Now that the movie has not been released, no one knows how popular the Minions will be in the future, except for Simon of course.

"Is this the one the boss put in the office before?" Laura Collins, who accompanied Simon, patted the enlarged version of the Minions with her hands curiously.

"Well, that's the one, doesn't it look cute, I believe it will easily attract the attention of children," Simon smiled, as if seeing the scene of the Minions occupying various toy cities in the future.

Simon then met with director duo Pierre Coffin and Chris Renard, as well as director Chris Melardandley, among others.

"According to the current progress, we can finish it in the middle of the year, and it will be released in the summer of next year, which is a good schedule," explained Chris Melardandley, because he previously ran the animation department of 20th Century Fox and the famous Blue Sky Work The room is the subordinate studio. Therefore, it seems very confident.

"Don't worry, I have great confidence in you. Now it is said that the animation industry is dominated by Pixar, DreamWorks Animation and Blue Sky Studios, but Sony Animation, Paramount Animation, etc. are all catching up. Of course we can't fall behind," Simon patted Chris Mellor Dandley on the shoulder and entered the conference room with several people.

The release of animated films will have a series of promotional activities, and then a series of animated character model toys will be authorized with the influence of animation.

Chris Mellor Dandley's experience is something that Xinghai Entertainment needs very much, and Xinghai Entertainment also has great support for the animation department, in order to also gain some achievements in animation feature films.

Xinghai Pictures not only only develops live-action movies, but also gets involved in 3D animated feature films, which will also cause a sensation!