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The 72nd Golden Globe Awards for Best Screenplay, ultimately belonged to "Birdman". This unique work aimed at the theater stage and the film industry. It relies on the aura and talented "One Mirror to the End" long lens , The Mexican director Alessandro González Inarito’s style is vividly displayed. Following last year’s Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican director once again shines in the awards season, and the "Birdman" momentum It is also climbing.

So far, another year's cake has come to an end: "Boyhood" won three trophies for best film, best director, and best supporting actress in a drama category, becoming the biggest winner; then "Birdman" will be the best screenwriter award and music The best actor in the comedy category is in the bag, and the other seven awards belong to seven films. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has once again achieved "impartial joy for everyone."

However, it is still too early to assert the pattern of the second stage. The average strength of the major film companies this year is very, very close. The real key lies in the college public relations. This also means that the second stage is still possible. There are countless possibilities for unexpected development.

At present, the best overall situation is undoubtedly the Sony classic, "Burst Drummer", "Still Alice", "Fox Hunter", "Nightcrawler", "Leviathan" and "Mr. Turner" all still have the ability to win Oscar nominations The possibility

However, too many choices are the trouble of happiness. How to arrange public relations resources is very important; at the same time, Sony also needs to face another thorny problem:

Hacking incident.

Before the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, Harvey Weinstein mentioned one thing when talking with his younger brother, "Sony is too busy now". This is not to imply that Sony Classic has chosen too many projects. Dazzling, but suggesting that Sony Columbia is overwhelmed.

Just a month and a half ago, there was a hacking incident in Hollywood that caused a sensation in the world and made major film companies ridicule.

On November 24th, the hacker organization "Guardians of Peace" published employee emails from Sony Columbia Pictures, involving company executive compensation and Sony’s non-distributed film copies. The direct purpose of this action was to "block film" interviews. "Released", but the subsequent fermentation of the incident was very bad.

"Interview" is a work filmed by James Franco and Seth Rogen in conjunction with the bad boy gang, depicting an assassination against North Korea/Xian/Supreme leaders.

The hacking operation stated that once the film is released, they may release further radical actions, or even an incident similar to the "September 11" incident. Judging from the investigation report of US intelligence officials, the entire incident seems to be related to the North Korean/Xian official. There is a close connection that cannot be torn apart.

In the next six weeks, the whole incident became more and more intense. Sony Columbia Pictures launched a tug-of-war with hackers and refused to compromise easily. In the end, they were prepared to force the show on Christmas Eve, but allowed the major theaters to choose. The right to stand, this forced push has caused an uproar in Hollywood. Supporters and opponents have launched a fierce debate, and the development of the matter has deviated from the original track.

Eventually, things are getting tighter and tighter, and Sony Columbia Pictures temporarily postponed the release of "Interview", but there is still no conclusion on how the follow-up should be.

If it's just about whether a movie should be released, then the incident is far from an uproar. It is more about the management's selection and decision-making on sensitive subjects; but the real deterrence of the hacking incident comes from the collateral effect.

The content of the emails released by hackers detonated countless industry insiders! Any piece of inside information may involve every aspect like pulling a carrot to bring out the mud.

For example, the co-chairman of Sony Columbia Pictures Amy Pascal (amy-pascal) and the industry’s top producer Scott Rudin’s emails have repeatedly discussed Angelina Jolie, and Angelina hopes David Fincher is the director of the project "Cleopatra" under discussion. In the email, Scott stated that Angelina was "a spoiled child with limited talent", but he I don't want her to get involved in the Steve Jobs movie she is planning.

For another example, Amy Pascal informed Scott Rudin via email that she was about to meet with President Barack Oguanhai. She referred to the president as a "species/ethnicity/ist"; but Scott did not think that He thinks that they should talk more about some African-American films, such as "The Emancipated Jiang Ge", "Twelve Years as a Slave," and "The White House Steward" about American slavery and the pre-civil rights era. The president still holds prejudices.

For example, George Clooney sent an email to Amy Pascal, complaining that he had not fallen asleep for thirty hours after reading the negative comments made by the Hollywood media on his self-directed "Allied Treasures"; And this work also changed his positioning of his career as a director.

There are no taboos in the content of these emails, covering all aspects and corners of the Hollywood film industry. There are no exceptions for actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr., Johnny Depp, etc. Naturally, the hottest Lan Li at the moment has not been able to get rid of the topic. Amy called him a "difficult guy" in the email, and Scott responded "He is just a noble noble."

Every email is like an untimely bomb. If you are not careful, it may detonate the focus. It's like standing under a spotlight and tearing apart the gorgeous clothes of Vanity Fair, exposing the lining lining covered with lice underneath.

Although the above controversy is chaotic enough, it is the "remuneration issue" that really set off the whole Hollywood discussion frenzy.

At the beginning of 2014, the two works of "Rogue One" and "Jurassic World" successively broke new highs in remuneration, and adjusted and changed the entire salary structure of Hollywood. In the past year, Hollywood actors have or More or less profit, Renly, as a key figure breaking the pattern, has undoubtedly become the first person in Hollywood.

In terms of actresses, Jennifer Lawrence is the focus of the moment. Although she does not have the ability to change the entire salary structure, she will also become two players with her excellent performances in "X-Men" and "The Hunger Games". A member of tens of millions of clubs; more importantly, she is about to have her own absolute heroine status

In the second half of the filming of "X-Men: Apocalypse", Jennifer will replace James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as the core heroines.

However, among the many emails exposed by the hacker incident, they mentioned the pay of last year’s awards season’s hot work "American Scam":

Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams are paid 7% of the final profit, while Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and director David O-Russell The income is 9% of the final profit.

Someone will inevitably say that the difference in income between the protagonist and the supporting role is objective, but the real situation is far from this:

If you just talk about the number of roles, Jeremy Renner has fewer roles than Jennifer and Amy, and he is far from the top of Hollywood, and can only be regarded as a member of Hollywood's first-line camp. There is a slight gap in the positions of the two actors, Jennifer and Amy.

If you want to talk about box office appeal, Jennifer’s Hollywood dominance, and the other four actors cannot be regarded as "box office type", there is no so-called box office appeal at all. The real focus should be Jennifer.

What's more, the "American Scam" declared from the beginning of the project that this is a star movie, with all the five major actors and actresses being the protagonists, on an equal footing with the director. In the Oscar competition, Jennifer, Bradley, and Jeremy signed up for supporting roles, and Amy and Christian signed up for the lead roles, but there is no obvious difference in the roles. In other words, this is indeed a "every role The multi-line intertwined film of "All the protagonists" is evenly divided.

But now?

According to the final data, Jennifer and Amy's salary income should be about 9 million US dollars, while the income of Christian, Bradley, Jeremy and David is 12 million US dollars, which is less than the number. Nearly three million dollars, which is equivalent to 30% of the actress's salary.

The same as the main actors, the status, weight and role of the situation are almost the same, but the gap in salary is so obvious, it can even be said to be a huge gap. This is undoubtedly a powerful impact.

In particular, Jennifer Lawrence's current momentum is somewhat unstoppable, but still suffers such treatment. The so-called side by side with Lan Li looks more like a bubble that bursts with a single poke, so intuitive and so vividly showing the Hollywood industry. The internal level difference undoubtedly detonated the focus of discussion.

"Sex/non-discrimination" and "equal pay for men and women~www.novelhall.com~ These immediately became the core focus of Hollywood. After Lanly broke the pay structure for all actors, the Actors Guild now hopes to use Jennifer Lawrence’s help Power to break the ceiling of actresses' pay, this will be another war

Vigorously and vigorously, this wave of momentum swept through Hollywood, and even Harvey Weinstein was behind it. If Jennifer Lawrence can really promote this event, then her personal remuneration can be created. At the same time, the personal reputation will also increase to a new height. Just like Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and others, they truly have their own influence among the actors.

Things are so out of control that even the hackers didn't expect it. How did the situation develop to such a point?

This is the dilemma that Sony Columbia Pictures is facing: internal and external troubles. Even other major Hollywood studios have accused Sony Columbia of security issues, and even with them, they must behave with their tails in their hands. It is an untouchable hot potato.

Therefore, the best situation is Sony Columbia Pictures, but the most complicated situation is also Sony Columbia Pictures.




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