Although the premiere of "The Island" was also held in New York, it was not in the Upper West Side that Nanaya was more familiar with, but on Park Avenue in Manhattan.
Nanaya had no idea whether the premiere of "Escape from the Island" was held here in the previous life, but for a flop movie, it didn't matter where it was released.
Yes, although it hasn't been released yet, Nanaya has already determined that this is a flop.
No one knows where Warner's publicity and promotion has been thrown. Anyway, Nanaya has not seen the promotion of this movie in the right place yet.
Although this is a science fiction film, it is also a Michael Bay film.
But Warner's current promotion has no trace of the bombing movie at all, but rather it is more like promoting a low-budget science fiction thriller.
Nanaya estimated that DreamWorks also noticed this situation, which is why they held such a grand advance premiere in New York.
Perhaps they want to take advantage of this opportunity to greatly increase the popularity of "Escape from the Island" and promote its reputation at the same time.
I guess this was also a consideration when they invited these popular filmmakers to attend the premiere.
It can be seen that DreamWorks is now a bit desperate and is trying every possible means.
They even ignored the guests they invited, who were direct competitors of their own films.
But we can't blame them. Now "Escape from the Island" is the last straw for them, and they can only try every means to make the movie a success.
As for the grudge with Washimine, we can only wait until we have the chance to talk about it in the future.
However, Nanaya was not very optimistic about this matter.
After all, Michael Bay's movies have never had a good reputation. Are you sure it won't increase the negative effects by holding advance screenings to let the word of mouth ferment?
However, since he was invited, Nanaya certainly would not miss this opportunity. He would just promote "Fate" while watching the movie.
As expected, when Nanaya and his friends arrived at the scene, the fans who were waiting for the guests in the cinema cheered enthusiastically.
As for the object of their cheering, it was, of course, Miss Lily Wetting.
"Hey, hello, everyone!"
Lily was also very happy. She waved vigorously at the fans who were screaming at her and responded to them.
Seeing that Lily noticed them, many fans took out their prepared autograph boards and white objects and asked her to sign.
"Hey, Director Nanaya, can I get your autograph?"
Lily asked excitedly. She had just become famous and was most enthusiastic about this kind of thing.
Nanaya hesitated: "This is not a good idea, after all, it's their premiere."
"It's okay, Lily."
Scarlett Johansson walked over with an old man, her face full of excitement.
"Sister Scarlett~"
"Lily, go ahead if you want to. The owner here won't mind."
Scarlett glanced at the old man beside her as she spoke, and he nodded to confirm her words.
"Thank you, Sister Scarlett~"
Lily immediately ran over to interact with the fans.
Nanaya did not follow. There were security personnel standing around the red carpet to maintain order, so he was not afraid that anything would happen to Lily.
Instead, he walked over to the old man next to Scarlett and greeted him.
"Hello, Mr. Spielberg. I'm Nanaya Kiryu."
Although the other party is on a downward spiral as a director, Nanaya feels that there is no harm in having a good relationship with him.
After all, Spielberg is still a giant in Hollywood and has unlimited resources.
The most obvious point is Spielberg's godchildren. Although each of them is a mentally ill idiot, they can always get opportunities far beyond others.
From this point of view, Spielberg's "The Godfather" did a very good job.
"Hello, Director Kiryu. Welcome to the premiere."
Spielberg shook hands with Nanaya, his face full of smiles.
It seems that the other party's evaluation of him as a good guy is not groundless.
But a good person does not mean a harmless little white rabbit. No one who can get to this position in the world of fame and fortune in Hollywood is a naive person.
Sure enough, Spielberg then asked, "Director Kiryu, do you have any plans to enter Hollywood? Are you interested in cooperating with DreamWorks?"
Shion, who was standing behind Nanaya, twitched her lips and her smile immediately became stiff.
[How dare you poach people in front of me, you old man! ]
Nanaya quickly gave Shion a look that reminded him to stay calm, then he smiled and politely declined Spielberg.
"I'm currently working on the post-production of the second half of Fate, and I haven't thought about things that far ahead."
In fact, Nanaya had already completed most of the content for the second half of "Fate", and he was just making excuses.
Not to mention that [Erque Studio] and Washimine are still in the honeymoon period. Even if Nanaya really wants to switch jobs from Washimine, he will not choose DreamWorks, a sinking ship.
However, Spielberg could accept Nanaya's excuse. He was a film director himself and of course knew how complicated film post-production was.
"Really? That's a pity." Spielberg smiled. "We'll talk about it later when we have a chance. Anyway, congratulations on your movie's box office success."
Spielberg's last sentence had a strong taste of sourness. It was obvious that the old man was still a little unhappy about the box office loss of "War of the Worlds".
It is impossible for the old man to say that he doesn't feel jealous. He is a good man, but not a saint.
In fact, Spielberg did not point at his nose and scold him, but chatted with him in a friendly manner, which surprised Nanaya.
Anyway, if the positions were switched, Nanaya wouldn't be able to do it on his own.
What's more, according to the historical box office data of the previous life, the first week box office of "War of the Worlds" should have been more than 60 million US dollars, but now it is only half of that.
The direct cause of this was the impact of his seven-person movie.
So even if Spielberg really came to scold him, Nanaya would probably just laugh it off.
But this did not happen in the end.
"You guys chat, I have other people to entertain."
After a brief conversation, Spielberg asked Scarlett to accompany Nanaya and others, while he himself went to receive other guests.
After Spielberg left, Shion immediately poked Nanaya's arm and asked a question.
"If it wasn't for the second half of Fate, you would have already promised him."
Nanaya shrugged his shoulders: "How is that possible? I have no interest in cooperating with others."
"Hehe~Is that so." Shion's mood immediately became very good.
Because Scarlett Johansson is still around, Nanaya doesn't dare to say that "Escape from the Island" will be a major failure, and then DreamWorks will go bankrupt.
However, Nanaya's words were not completely false. After all, neither DreamWorks nor the Big Six would have such good conditions as Washimine.
In addition to Spielberg, Nanaya and his team also met several Warner executives.
Like Spielberg, they also extended an invitation to Nanaya, but their attitude was far worse than that of old Sco.
During the whole process, they looked down upon each other and never even looked at Nanaya and the others.
Naturally, Nanaya rejected them.
Although Nanaya didn't say anything final in order not to offend anyone, judging from the expressions on the faces of these guys as they left, Nanaya's failure to accept their charity was itself an offense.
"They're so annoying."
Even Scarlett was annoyed with these guys. "They think they are so great all day long. If it weren't for Warner, who would care about them?"
"Well, aren't all the six great men like this?"
Scarlett snorted, "But Warner is the most arrogant one."
Nanaya shook his head after hearing this.
He originally thought that Warner's promotional errors for "Escape from the Island" were partly due to conspiracy theories.
But now it seems that the top management of Warner Bros. is not in their right mind, it should be a tradition.
Although his abilities are limited, he has a mysterious confidence.
As a result, all kinds of stupid decisions were made. At the beginning, DC clearly had countless good cards in its hand, and a fierce competition could have started between DC and Marvel.
But the reality is that before Marvel even put in any effort, DC collapsed first.
Many fans have argued that "The Batman" and "Justice League" are still profitable and cannot be considered failures.
However, as a movie featuring the world's most powerful comic IP character, the final result did not even reach $1 billion worldwide, which in itself is a failure.
In the end, not only did the entire DCEU become fragmented, but the connections between the movies were even canceled, and the team became a turtle in hiding.
They are clearly still using the original actors to gain popularity, but they are distancing themselves from the DCEU, saying it has nothing to do with the movie universe.
This practice of taking off pants to fart is simply slapping oneself in the face.
I can only say that what Warner fans said, "The enemy is at the top", is absolutely right.
However, Warner can indeed be said to be in high spirits now, and the "Harry Potter" series has allowed them to make a lot of money all over the world.
There is also the successful reboot of "Batman" last month and the "Lord of the Rings" series from his own company's new line.
These successful series of works would be a lifetime IP for any small company, and would be enough for a large company to squander for several years.
Warner, which owns all these IPs, undoubtedly secured its place among the top six in Hollywood during this period.
So even though last year's "Catwoman" performed terrible, these guys still have a good sense of self-esteem as if they are the best in the world.
But everything has its limits. When the "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings" series came to an end and DC's comic-adapted movies failed to meet expectations, Warner began to go downhill.
"Scarlett," Nanaya consoled her with a smile, "There's a saying in the China: 'You watch him build a mansion, you watch him entertain guests, and you watch his mansion collapse. These guys won't be able to be so proud for long."
Having said this, Nanaya stopped and frowned as he began to think.
[I am watching Warner's joke, Warner is watching DreamWorks' joke, and there must be people waiting to watch me.]
Thinking back to his performance on the way here, Nanaya felt that he had been a little too proud of himself recently.
[Sure enough, you still need to be more restrained. It's far from the time to automatically win. ]
So when Nanaya walked into the screening room, the smile that had been on his face for the entire day finally disappeared.
"What happened to him? He's normal all of a sudden?"
Rin asked curiously, she thought Nanaya would continue to have seizures.
"Maybe he was looked down upon by Warner, so he wanted to fight back." Shion said uncertainly, "After all, boys have strong self-esteem."
"That seems to make some sense."
Rin nodded as if she understood, and then she immediately grabbed Shion's arm.
"Hey, don't try to take the seat next to him while I'm distracted!"