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Faced with the overwhelming publicity scale of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", DreamWorks and Universal Pictures were somewhat caught off guard.

No one thought that the charm brought by the combination of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and the Victoria's Secret Elf Angel is simply unmatched.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is not only an adaptation, the original book itself has a large readership, but what about "Gladiator"?"

"The film "Gladiator", which is also an epic theme, is far less influential than "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"."

Ridley-Scott tried his best to persuade, "It's just a publicity event, and tens of thousands of people participated in the scene. I can't imagine what kind of sensation this film will bring when it is released."

"Based on the predictions of some media, there will be at least 1 billion viewers who chose to watch the broadcast of that big show."

Although the data above, there may be some deviations, such as repeated viewings.

But the real audience definitely exceeds hundreds of millions of people, a number that is enough to make people dumbfounded.

"The release time of "Gladiator" has already been set on May 5."

Donna Langley's attitude is very tough, "Universal Pictures has invested a lot of publicity resources for this, and it is absolutely impossible to temporarily change the release date of the film."

Hearing this, Ridley Scott looked at Stephen Spielberg. DreamWorks is the North American distributor of "Gladiator", and Universal Pictures is only responsible for part of the North American distribution.

Stephen Spielberg frowned, lost in thought, trying to persuade Universal Pictures to agree to postpone the release time of "Gladiator" is a certain difficulty.

However, Steven Spielberg agreed with Ridley Scott's proposal.

The investment in "Gladiator" is as high as more than 100 million US dollars, and it is best to avoid some unnecessary competition.

What's more, it is "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" elaborately produced by Orion Films. The readers and fans of the original book alone can bring a lot of box office revenue to the film.

It's just that Universal, obviously, doesn't want to delay the film's release.

"Donna!"

Stephen Spielberg couldn't help but speak, and said: "Choose to release on the same weekend, the two films will bring very fierce competition, it is not a good choice for "Gladiator"."

"We can definitely postpone the release of "Gladiator" by one to two weeks."

With a buffer period of one to two weeks, the competition brought about by the two epic films will be reduced to an acceptable range.

Donna Langley pondered for a while, but still insisted: "The release time of "Gladiator" will not change."

"This is Universal's decision."

Having said that, she paused slightly, and continued: "Of course you can try to persuade Orion Films to postpone the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"."

Convince Orion Pictures!

Jeffrey Katzenberg said speechlessly, "Are you kidding me!"

At this time, I went to the door and planned to persuade Orion Films to change the release time of the film, lest I be kicked out like an idiot.

"I will personally explain to the executives of Universal Pictures that the release of "Gladiator" will be delayed by one to two weeks." After speaking, before anyone else could speak, Steven Spielberg stood up and left the meeting room.

For a while, the conference room fell into silence.

Donna Langley's complexion changed, she was very dissatisfied with Steven Spielberg's attitude, and said with some sarcasm: "The release time of "Mission: Impossible 2" co-operated by Paramount and Tom Cruise is also set at It's mid-May."

"DreamWorks' choice will allow "Gladiator" to be attacked by two films."

It is not that Universal Pictures does not agree to postpone the release time of "Gladiator", but that it will be delayed by one to two weeks once it is later.

Then "Gladiator" will face Orion Pictures' "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" two weeks before its release, and "Mission: Impossible 2" by Paramount and Tom Cruise in the next few weeks. .

In other words, "Gladiator" will face the attack of two commercial blockbusters.

Just when DreamWorks decided to postpone the release of "Gladiator", in the mansion in Bel Air, Ryan was drinking afternoon tea and chatting with Helen.

"Isn't the 178-minute screen time a bit too long!"

Helen took a sip of coffee, looked at the seascape in the distance and said: "It is said that the screening time of "Gladiator" is also 171 minutes."

Generally speaking, the screening time of most commercial films will be set at about two hours, and rarely exceed 140 minutes.

Even, the showing time of some films is only about 100 minutes.

The shorter the film's screening time, the more times the auditorium can show it, which can increase box office revenue.

"178 minutes isn't a lot of running time for an epic film."

Ryan glanced at Helen who was admiring the sea view, and said, "Even, many viewers feel that the time is too short."

This is something fans of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will recognize.

Helen turned around, lowered her head, added some milk to the coffee, stirred it a few times, and suddenly asked, "Windtalker project, are you going to give it up to Touchstone and Michael Ovitz?"

"Not ready, Orion Films has sold the project to Touchstone Films and Michael Ovitz." Ryan corrected her words.

"Michael Eisner is working with Michael Ovitz again?" Helen was a little surprised.

The relationship between the two in Disney before can be said to be very complicated, and it is definitely not very close.

Ryan thought for a while, and said: "It seems that because of the conflict between Michael Eisner and Robert Iger, in the end Michael Eisner chose to cooperate with Michael Ovitz again, and agreed to operate in an integrated package. "Windtalker."

The conflict between Michael Eisner and Robert Iger has been raging inside Disney, and the two can be said to be incompatible.

In contrast, the conflict between Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz is only a trivial matter.

What's more, Michael Ovitz left Disney a long time ago, and their conflicts no longer exist, and the "Godzilla" packaged by Michael Ovitz and Sony Pictures in one package was a success.

Regardless of the evaluation, the film has at least achieved commercial success and brought a lot of profits to Sony Pictures.

Michael Ovitz's ability is absolutely beyond doubt.

The most critical point is that Robert Iger has just become the chairman of Disney, which faintly threatens Michael Eisner's status.

The competition between the two in the previous life ended with the failure of Michael Eisner, and Robert Iger became the new helm of Disney.

Helen was not very interested in the internal struggles in Disney, but talked about another thing, "There is one thing you have to be careful about. Another film "Pearl Harbor" produced by Touchstone is likely to be released in May next year. Released this month."

"Memorial Day?" Ryan quickly thought of the specific release time of "Pearl Harbor", which is nothing more than Memorial Day in May.

For a film about the attack on Pearl Harbor, choosing to release it on Memorial Day in May is definitely an excellent release date, and next year will be the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The next "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" will also be released in May.

"That's right." Helen counted briefly, "The release schedule of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" met the "Gladiator" jointly produced by DreamWorks and Paramount, and the "Gladiator" jointly produced by Paramount and Tom Cruise. Mission: Impossible 2."

"The release schedule of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" next year may encounter the war blockbuster "Pearl Harbor" produced by Touchstone and Disney."

"Ryan, you will face extremely fierce competition."

May is the beginning of the summer season, and there will be large-scale commercial films released almost every year, unless, like "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", other film companies have to avoid it and choose other schedules for release.

Otherwise, it is impossible to avoid facing competition.

"Whether it's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" or "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" released next year, neither film will change its release schedule." Ryan took a sip of coffee, his tone full of confidence Said: "Even if we want to change the schedule ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ it won't be Orion Films."

Just like facing the "Gladiator" produced by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures, Orion Pictures will not be afraid of competition and choose to change the release schedule of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".

Even if the release schedule is changed, it should be "Gladiator" produced by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures.

Unbeknownst to Ryan, Steven Spielberg has decided to delay the release of Gladiator.

"To tell you a piece of news, Paramount and Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible 2" will be released from May 24th to 26th." Ryan said a bit of news.

Regardless of the fact that it was only delayed for two days, it still shows that Paramount and Tom Cruise want to avoid the competition they bring.

Another point is that Friday, May 26th is considered the best weekend in the summer vacation. The three-day holiday ends on the weekends of 26th, 27th, and 28th. Monday happens to be the Memorial Day, with a one-day holiday.

Helen looked over with questioning eyes, and Ryan explained: "Tom Cruise has seen the trial screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", was shocked by the scenes in the film, and decided to make "Mission: Impossible 2" The release time was pushed to June, but Paramount didn't agree."

"It seems that I also took the time to watch the trial screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Helen was obviously a little surprised.

A movie that can shock Tom Cruise and definitely delay the release of "Mission: Impossible 2" is enough to say that "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is extraordinary.

"Sorry, the last trial screening is over, you can only wait until the premiere of the film." Ryan spread his hands.

Tom Cruise saw the final preview of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

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