Coincidentally, New Market Films, the distributor of monster, also distributed the passion of the christ.
Charlize Theron had already won three Best Actress awards this year for monster: the Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, the Berlin International Film Festival for Best Actress, and the academy award for best actress.
monster was the debut film of female director Patty Jenkins, who wrote and directed it herself. However, Charles' impression of her was that she would be the future director of Warner Bros.' wonder woman.
"Congratulations, Charlize!" This was a transformation from a Hollywood 'vase'.
"Thank you. The director and other crew members deserve credit, and Evelyn also helped a lot," Charlize said, in high spirits. After so many years, she had finally proven herself.
Congratulations to the newly crowned oscar best actress winner. For those who didn't win, comfort was also due. Perhaps because they were both artists under Evelyn, Naomi Watts, who received a nomination but lost to Charlize Theron, also came to celebrate.
"I saw the movie character poster you shot for King Kong; it's truly beautiful," Charles hugged Naomi and praised her.
Naomi Watts was already 36 this year, yet her condition was still so good. Most European and American actresses age quickly; Kate Beckinsale and Naomi Watts were exceptions.
"King Kong won't start filming until the second half of the year at the earliest. I'm currently shooting the ring Two and another film, so I'm quite busy this year," Naomi had participated in many projects in recent years, but not many of her works were memorable.
the ring series certainly counted, and then there was her breakout film, Mulholland Drive. Even 21 Grams, which earned her an oscar best actress winner nomination, was a niche film.
Charles took a sip of red wine. DreamWorks, the DreamWorks Group, was also undergoing a split. DreamWorks Animation was being spun off from the DreamWorks Group to go public on NASDAQ.
Jeffrey Katzenberg served as Chairman and ceo. The main reason was that DreamWorks' live-action film, television, and music divisions had suffered severe losses in the past two years, and DreamWorks Animation had been propping up the group.
The company had expanded too broadly, and its live-action films followed a high-concept approach of big productions, big stars, big promotions, and big markets. Costs were on average 20% to 30% higher than the budgets of The Big Six.
Vivendi Group was selling Universal Pictures to General Electric;
DreamWorks was spinning off DreamWorks Animation into an independent public company;
Disney Chairman Michael Eisner and Steve Jobs, the boss of Pixar, the most profitable 3D animation company with a distribution agreement under Disney, were now at loggerheads.
MGM suffered huge losses from Windtalkers in 2002, leading to increasing debt. Die Another Day's poor reputation further exacerbated the situation;
Sony Entertainment's problems were not major, but its parent company, Sony Electronics, was suffering severe losses. Sony Entertainment's Spider-Man was a huge success;
As for 20th Century Fox, it had nothing to worry about with the x-men series;
Paramount was at the back of the pack again. Its cautious approach to film development and budget cuts did not expand its market share.
The last free-to-air television network, NBC, was also merging with a Hollywood film group. After General Electric acquired Universal, it would form NBCUniversal Entertainment Group.
Viacom Group owned Viacom Cable, CBS free-to-air television network, and Paramount;
Disney owned ABC free-to-air television network and ESPN channel;
News Corporation owned 20th Century Fox and Fox Television Network;
Fox Television had already become a formidable competitor to America's three traditional major television networks.
Time Warner owned Warner Bros. and TBS Cable (including CNN, TNT), not to mention the leading pay television channel HBO. Furthermore, (Warner) Television was also preparing to merge with UPN (Paramount) Television to become the fifth-largest television network, CW Network.
As for Sony, how could a foreign enterprise be allowed to own an American television license?
Charles seemed to realize that it was too difficult to shake them at this time; he could only start with the internet and online streaming.
"Charles, what's wrong?" Scarlett Johansson shook Charles Capet, who was zoning out in the corner.
"Oh, nothing," Charles had been thinking too much just now. He shook his head and quickly pushed those somewhat distant thoughts aside.
First, get Capet Pictures up and running, then acquire Netflix. This would at least solve the distribution for home entertainment, as Netflix's online DVD rental service had partnerships with many television stations.
As for online streaming, the current internet infrastructure simply couldn't support the popularization of high-definition movies. Everything required time to develop.
The current DVD market was at the peak of film copyright revenue. Sony and Toshiba were separately developing the next generation of high-definition DVDs, and the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD was about to begin.
Who would have thought that in the future, Sony, after spending vast sums to win this high-definition DVD format war, would be directly slapped into the water by streaming media.
"By the way, have you already turned down match point?"
Scarlett Johansson nodded, "They need to film in London, UK, and the timing overlaps with wedding crashers, making it difficult to schedule. Actually, I've always wanted to transition and take on commercial films to boost my influence!"
In the middle of the night, Scarlett took Charles back to her place in the Brentwood community.
Charles had been there before, but only to drop Scarlett off. Now, upon entering, he saw that the house was indeed not very luxurious, only about a thousand square feet.
It had a one-bedroom, two-living room, two-bathroom layout and was decorated quite cozily. She really needed to take on commercial films; otherwise, Scarlett Johansson's acting fees wouldn't increase.
On the sofa in the living room, Charles looked at Scarlett Johansson, who had changed into a lace slip dress; she was truly a sexy siren.
"Charles, do you remember our first time?"
Scarlett Johansson sat on Charles and asked with a smile.
Embracing the siren in his arms, Charles recalled his first intimate encounter with Scarlett and reminisced, "That was at the premiere of the ring. My mother left early and asked me to take you home afterward!"
"Too bad you took me to your home instead," Scarlett said.
"Haha, wasn't the ring a bit too scary for you to handle?" Charles replied, while feeling the magnificent peaks, recounting the situation at the premiere theater that night.
Scarlett Johansson, sitting on Charles, rubbed against him and said somewhat seductively, "At that time, your hand was already inside my bra. Who could handle that?"
Charles said nothing, lowered his head, and kissed the Lady's lips. Wasn't this the way women liked to express themselves the most!
"Charles, carry me into the room!"
Charles picked up the Lady and, carrying the gift he had prepared, entered the bedroom.