Many times, producers are a kind of hindrance and restriction on the director's creation, but sometimes, this kind of hindrance and restriction may not be a good thing.

A considerable proportion of directors, once they leave the reins that hold him, often run wildly on the road of artistic creation.

This may not be a bad thing for film art itself, but for film companies, it often means that extremely terrifying tragedies will occur.

A good movie ultimately requires a certain amount of investment to be made. If there is no commercial interest, the film company will naturally not have the interest in investing.

Compared with Hollywood colleagues, the films of Relativity Entertainment have a strong commercial atmosphere, and Ronan never hides them.

He is a producer and a film businessman.

In the next two weekends, the North American film market will lead the release of "Dynasty" and "Escape from the Clones Island". People who have some knowledge of Hollywood will generally be familiar with these two movies.

After that, Relativity Entertainment will be released again, and Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio's first animated feature film "Despicable Me" will be released soon.

The promotion and distribution of this film are being carried out in an orderly manner. Thanks to the good response of the short film "Miniu", the derived "Despicable Me" has attracted considerable attention.

Especially with several consecutive previews in April, "Despicable Me" has been unanimously recognized from the media to fans.

Next is the Memorial Day holiday. George Lucas has already publicly announced the completion of the "Star Wars" series, "Revenge of the Sith", which occupies this excellent schedule.

This can be said to be the most popular film in the summer of 2005, because everyone knows that Anakin Skywalker will fall into the darkness, and the super popular character Das Vader is about to return.

It is difficult for Ronan to appreciate the space opera-type science fiction films like "Star Wars", especially the incompetence of accepting soft lightsaber fighting. However, from a commercial perspective, he is extremely clear that this is the largest IP in the film industry in the United States and even the world.

Not to mention the box office, Lucasfilm's peripheral revenue alone has exceeded US$20 billion since the release of "Star Wars: New Hope".

This series has made George Lucas the recognized number one richest man in Hollywood.

Ronan has been creating the character of a enthusiastic alumni of the USC Film Academy and has also accepted the invitation of George Lucas to attend the premiere of "The Revenge of the Sith".

Perhaps, experiencing the atmosphere and charm of "Star Wars" up close will make Ronan more confident in his future plans.

Whether admitting it or not, Ronan is on a very special development path: taking the Walt Disney path will leave Walt Disney with no way out in the future.

This mid-week, Twentieth Century Fox held a grand premiere for The Dynasty of Heaven.

After all, the film project with a total investment of US$200 million in production and publicity has definitely reached the forefront of the industry.

When Ronan arrived on the weekend, he took time to go to the theater in Beverly Hills to watch the video.

Also accompanying Jessica Felton, who had just returned to Los Angeles from New Mexico.

"Why do you suddenly think about inviting me to watch a movie?"

In the box on the second floor of the cinema, Jessica Felton looked at Ronan curiously: "What do you think?"

Ronan took a bottle of mineral water, stuffed it into Jessica Felton's hand, and said, "Don't worry, I don't want to chase you. A man invites a woman to watch a movie may not be a date, but may also be a reason for his work."

Jessica Felton unscrewed the mineral water, took a sip, and emphasized: "I make a living by skill."

Ronan turns back to the topic: "This is a Ridley Scott war epic. There are many rumors about this film between Ridley Scott and Twentieth Century Fox."

"I've heard of it." Jessica Felton is no longer the past otakus editor, and there are many sources of information: "The power game between producers and directors..."

Speaking of this, she shook her head slightly: "It's not a game. I heard that Ridley Scott didn't make much argument. After 20th Century Fox emphasized it a few times, she took the initiative to agree to shorten the length of the movie."

Ronan whispered: "There is no way for Ridley Scott to disagree, after all, he does not have the final editing rights."

Jessica Felton thought: "The preview of "Dynasty" is good, but the response after the premiere is not good. Is it related to this aspect?"

"It's very likely." Ronan had some guesses: "It is estimated that the public version was the producer who edited the Ridley Scott's directorial editing version, and deleted nearly 60 minutes of content."

Jessica Felton is a producer and is used to this role and position, so he naturally considers the problem from the producer's perspective: "The length of the edited version of director Ridley Scott is too exaggerated. Even if he has to express something for a longer period of time, it must be moderate."

She frowned slightly: "The investment scale of this film determines that the director cannot act willfully."

The lights in the cinema went out and the screen on the big screen lit up. Ronan said, "Let's watch the video first, let's talk about other things after watching it."

Once upon a time, "Dynasty" was a typical film with a very different release version and a director's edited version. The two were simply not like the same film.

If you watch the released version, you will find it strange. Although the quality of the film directed by Ridley Scott is uneven, it is not so bad, right?

I downloaded the director's edited version from the Internet, and after watching it, I suddenly realized that this was the video Ridley Scott wanted to shoot.

The screenings are now very similar to the release version that Ronan once saw. The length of more than two hours is just right for the first-line production at the end of the year, but it makes people feel a little unsatisfied.

The main reason is that many plots are inexplicable.

Eva Green's character has almost no meaning of existence, but it is the heroine. The whole function of existence seems to be to connect the contradictory relationships between several characters, and to talk about love with Orlando Bloom, and even talk so concealedly that he never even showed his body.

Eva Green has never been a good movie star.

Orlando Bloom lost the opportunity to make a blacksmith in "Pirates of the Caribbean" because of Ronan, but in "Dynasty of Heaven", he finally became a blacksmith.

If the acting skills reach a certain level, judging the quality of the disease will be a very subjective behavior, but if the acting skills are too different, it can still be seen at a glance.

In this video, Orlando Bloom is a typical example.

Edward Norton wore a mask from beginning to end, but any rivalry with Orlando Bloom makes people feel that this masked man is the protagonist!

The difference in acting skills is really too big, so big that it can be distinguished by an outsider at a glance.

More importantly, in this version of the screening, the character of Orlando Bloom is very tall and abrupt. He was obviously a blacksmith at the beginning, but how could he become a talented and powerful leader once he inherited the title? And I feel that there is nothing to play with Orlando. He is always silent and just have a cool face from beginning to end.

If Ronan remembers it correctly, this is the last time Orlando Bloom appeared in Hollywood first-line productions.

Orlando Bloom, who had a fantastic start to his film career because of "Lord of the Rings", had no good luck afterwards.

Without the little blacksmith in "Pirates of the Caribbean", the blacksmith in "Dynasty of the Heavens" will only drag down the work...

Orlando Bloom's future is already very clear.

When Ronan saw it at the end, he could see Ridley Scott's ambitions in such a film. Perhaps he really wanted to make "Dynasty of Heaven" into an epic, and an epic in the traditional sense.

Someone once said on the Internet that watching two versions of "Dynasty" together may be more valuable and will give people more inspiration: it can witness how a movie with good quality was originally murdered.

At that time, many people said that if Ridley Scott's version was released in theaters, "Dynasty of Heaven" might have a completely different fate.

At the beginning, Ronan thought it made sense.

However, Ronan's current views and ideas are completely different from those at that time.

Even if "Dynasty" is finally released in theaters with this director's cut, its box office fate may not be much better, because the pace is too slow and the plot is too long.

The premiere of "Dynasty of Heaven" is very bad, and the box office fate is completely predictable.

But it is impossible to throw all the blame on the 20th Century Fox. In Ronan's eyes, Ridley Scott also needs to be responsible for it.

His shooting decided that it would take a long time to express the story of the film clearly.

As for the later edits of Twentieth Century Fox, it can be described in one sentence: leave the most expensive and grand shots, and don’t have any other ones.

And there is really something wrong with the casting of the male lead in the film.

Orlando Bloom is one of the weakest links in the whole film. A protagonist cannot support a movie is like a model cannot support a piece of clothing.

Maybe Orlando Bloom is very hardworking, and I have to count it as he doesn't have much talent in acting.

Orlando Bloom is more suitable for making vases, and Legolas acted very well.

After watching the video, Ronan and Jessica Felton quietly left the stage.

"How do you feel?" Ronan asked directly: "Is it the same as the rumor?"

Jessica Felton nodded slightly: "It's really bad, worse than I expected."

Ronan echoed: "It's not like a Ridley Scott movie."
Chapter completed!