Hollywood New Century

At 7.15 pm, at the Standard Theatre in London, Universal Pictures' Marvel blockbuster "The Avengers" held a grand world premiere.

As the first stop of the screening in the UK, the publicity scene of Universal Pictures is not too big. Most of the main creators of "The Avengers" attended the red carpet premiere.

Director Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Cobie Smulders and more at the red carpet premiere.

Simon, who was in London, of course also attended the premiere, and the entrance of the Standard Theatre was surrounded by countless fans.

Simon also smiled and accepted the flashlights of the reporters with the main creators. In the end, Simon was also interviewed by the reporters after taking pictures of the two girls, Scarlett Johansson and Cobie Smulders, respectively.

It is inevitable to ask why Edward Norton did not play the Hulk; the next plan of the Marvel universe, the heroes who will appear, etc.

Simon also gave a short answer one by one. Marvel Studios has a long-term plan for fans to wait for the release of the new movie.

At present, there are many goddesses in the Marvel series. Not to mention "Little Pepper" Kate Beckinsale, "Black Widow" Scarlett Johansson, and Thor's girlfriend Anne Hathaway are already familiar to everyone. , and the new Hill Agent Cobie Smulders is equally beautiful. Kate Beckinsale and Anne Hathaway had very few scenes in "Avengers" and no scenes in the other, so they didn't attend this time.

Backstage, Simon chatted with director Joss Whedon and Kristen Birch, head of Universal International Pictures.

"Next, some crew members will temporarily return to the United States to rest. After that, some actors will tour other early release regions in Europe. We will handle the North American premiere 10 days later, and then the global release," Christine Birch is responsible for Mainly in Europe, the United Kingdom is the first country to be released, and it will be released in the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and other places one after another.

Simon nodded and said: "Since 2008, we have produced several Marvel series, and the process is already familiar. According to the plan, there will be no major problems."

As for the "Thor 2" to be released at the end of the year, of course, I have confidence.

"By the way, for the "Les Miserables" project we had contact with before, the producer Cameron McIntosh found the British Walker Taito Film Company to produce, and Tom Hooper, as the director, came to lobby us Universal Pictures to seek Supported," Christine Birch said.

"Tom Hooper, this year's Oscar winner for best director, the director of "The King's Speech"," Simon understands when he thinks about it. It is produced by British Walker Taito Films, but how can there be such a large investment?

Cameron Mackintosh is a gold-medal musical producer. As one of the representative works of the great French writers, "The World of Sadness" was originally a French version of the musical, which was adapted into an English version by him and then became popular in Europe and the United States.

Simon shook his head and refused: "The audience for the musical adaptation is too small and the cost is not low. I have seen the previous plan and the budget is not small. Now Universal Pictures has a lot of projects, there is no need to waste money on this kind of money that is not worth the loss. project."

As for Oscar's preference for musicals, does Simon care? In just a few years, Xinghai Entertainment has won three Oscars for Best Picture.

Kristen Birch nodded, rejecting the project outright.

"By the way, the French film "The Great Artist" that won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival seems a bit interesting. Venus Pictures wants to get the distribution rights in the United States. You can discuss with Venus Pictures," Simon seemed to think. what got up.

"The Great Artist!" Kristen Birch certainly knew,

"This is a black and white silent film produced in France. It is very artistic! It has indeed won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and it has not yet been released."

As for silent films, it is difficult to find distributors, and distributors will not invest in films that are not optimistic. In the late 1920s, silent films that entered a low point, "The Great Artist" really played six.

"It's okay to let Daystar Pictures win the North American distribution rights of the movie, and it's okay to go to various film festivals to promote it," Simon continued to suggest that he knew that the box office of "The Great Artist" was very good.

Unlike Universal Pictures, which is rich and powerful, it is impossible for Venus Pictures to promote literary and artistic films as commercial films.

"The Avengers" is Universal's first film with a budget of more than 200 million US dollars. It was converted to 3D in the later stage and increased the huge publicity expenses. The box office market has attracted much attention.

Simon left when The Avengers was showing at the Criterion and went back to thinking about how to have some fun in London.

In the following days, "The Avengers" was fully released in the UK, and the box office rose steadily. Simon didn't care much about this unexpected thing.

In the villa room in Hyde Park, Simon was lying on the bed, and the beautiful Kate Beckinsale was riding on him, dripping with sweat.

"Why did you go back to London? Didn't you say "Underworld 4" was filmed in Canada?" Simon asked looking at the girl.

"It's closed, I'm back in London to shoot the action film Total Recall, and I'll be in the group next month," Kate Beckinsale laughed.

"The director is my ex-husband, Len Wiseman. Do you know the other heroine?"

"Total Recall, I know, the remake of Sony Columbia Pictures is the sci-fi blockbuster of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone in the 1990s," Simon was still somewhat impressed.

"Are you the female number one?"

Kate Beckinsale nodded and said happily: "Almost, the other heroine is Eva Green, and she has a lot of roles;"

"It was Jessica Biel, but she's not on schedule for Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises."

Kate Beckinsale seems to have a second spring because of the role of "Little Pepper" in the "Iron Man" series.

If it weren't for the fact that Sony Mubao Pictures and Lakeview Pictures persuaded him to join "Underworld 4" and filmed the first and second films. Kate Beckinsale has no interest in making a sequel at all.

"You're wearing that black tight leather jacket again, not bad," Simon said with a smile, holding the girl's waist, sitting up and kissing Kate Beckinsale.

"You like that black leather coat?"

"It's okay, you're in good shape!"

"Do you want to try it later?" Kate Beckinsale said in a seductive tone.

Then, there was another blushing sound in the room.