The summer of 2007 was extremely hot. Sony had "Spider-Man 3" released; Paramount and DreamWorks had "Shrek 3" and the live-action "Transformers"; Disney had "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End"; Warner Bros. also has Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

The blockbuster films released in May include "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3", the three sequels to the North American box office have exceeded 300 million US dollars!

"Transformers" released in early June also exceeded 300 million US dollars in North America, and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" released a week later in North America also reached 290 million US dollars!

"Spartan 300 Warriors" produced by Xinghai Pictures has a North American box office of 210 million US dollars and a global box office of 456 million US dollars!

"No Country for Old Men" also exceeded $70 million at the North American box office, and will be released overseas one after another in September.

At the end of July, in the banquet hall on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Xinghai Entertainment held a grand celebration banquet.

"Spartan 300" earned more than $200 million at the North American box office, and "No Country for Old Men" was a hit with both word of mouth and box office.

"Really, it's too much, this is bigger than the previous celebration of Sony's "Spider-Man 3"," Simon looked at the crowd in the banquet hall, estimated to be more than 400 people.

"Boss, Nina said that this time our Xinghai Films will hold a glorious event. We have sent invitations to many people in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, and most of them have come!" Laura Collins explained.

Simon nodded, "Spartan 300" from director Zack Snyder to the cast, mostly British gang; and Simon befriended Australia's Nicole Kidman, and Cate Brann Chet and Naomi Watts know each other too, and there are a lot of people from the Australian Showbiz!

"We still have to talk about the box office. "Spartan 300 Warriors" was too successful. We have another "26 Dresses" released in November. There should be hope that the North American box office will exceed 350 million US dollars this year," Simon also felt honored, after all Now it has nearly $290 million at the North American box office, and "26 Dresses" only needs to exceed $60 million!

Warner Bros. and Paramount are cooperating with themselves now. Twentieth Century Fox has cooperated several times. Disney and Sony have never cooperated.

Universal’s Focus Generation has released Xinghai Pictures’ first film, Juno, and as for MGM, it is now controlled by Sony.

"The Sixth Congress has sent high-level officials here. Who did 20th Century Fox send?" Simon asked. After all, he had rejected Rupert Murdoch's personal recruitment before.

"Ms. Emma Watts, VP of Fox Pictures!" Laura Collins responded quickly.

Simon nodded. Originally, he was worried that 20th Century Fox might stumble on the release of his "26 Dresses". It seemed that he was overthinking it. It seemed that they would not be **** off about such a trivial matter.

Back in the day, Harvey Weinstein's Miramax released European films, and directly suppressed other people's films because the director refused to sign a director contract with him.

However, the distribution of independent literary films is not easy to do, after all, most of them are failed products.

Steve Spielberg of DreamWorks and Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks Animation are here. Anyway, all the movies or animations produced by DreamWorks are now distributed by Paramount.

The members of the "Spartan 300" crew were chatting together, Simon walked over with a glass of wine, raised a glass with director Zack Snyder and laughed: "The movie was a success!"

"Thank you, Simon, to be able to adapt this Frank Miller's work, I really want to thank you very well!" Zach Snyder touched the glass with Simon sincerely, and then drank it.

Afterwards, Gerard Butler and Sienna Mi also came over to take pictures with Simon and chat for a while.

"Zach, Warner Bros.'s new movie "Watchmen" should be about to start, right?" Simon asked about Zack Snyder's next movie plan.

Warner Bros. approached Zack Snyder after the filming of "Spartan 300" ended last year, and announced earlier this year that he will be the director of "Watchmen."

Zack Snyder nodded and said, "It should start in September. Warner Bros. has been preparing for it for a long time, and I have been preparing for more than half a year!"

Simon looked at Zack Snyder and said: "The "Watchmen" comics are different from ordinary superheroes. Since the 1990s, different people have hoped to adapt them into movies, but they have all given up;"

"For such a comic, to tell the story clearly, it is estimated to be 5 hours long. The plot compression is the foundation of this movie."

Zack Snyder nodded, audible Simon was reminding himself that Warner Bros. wouldn't allow such a long movie into theaters after all.

"This is indeed a challenge. I have discussed with the original author of the comic many times. This comic shows a different superhero, condensed into a movie. If the plot cannot be told well, the possibility of failure is very high. High," Zack Snyder has now caught the attention of many producers and studios because of the good reputation of "Spartan 300."

Simon reminded Zack Snyder because Simon was really optimistic about Zack Snyder. Movies are a kind of product and need to make a trade-off between business and art.

"Just have confidence, and I'm very optimistic about your ability to direct the film, the strong personal style of "Spartan 300" can say a lot," Simon said, filming Zack Snyder shoulders.

Originally thought that it would be different to take "Spartan 300 Warriors" from Warner Bros. to develop it by itself; Unexpectedly, Warner Bros. had contact with Zack Snyder last year. The adaptation of "Watchmen" is difficult, but Not so big!

Superhero movies, which everyone likes to watch are family-friendly, not the heavy, politically charged type.

At least, Warner Bros. is not bound to Zack Snyder now, Christopher Nolan does have an exclusive contract with Warner Bros.

After all, Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan seem to have contracts with Warner Bros. in the original time and space, and their subsequent films are basically produced by Warner Bros.

"There is talent, but I just like to make movies too in-depth. It's too dangerous to play like a commercial blockbuster!" Simon can only sigh in his heart, and he wants to show his incompetence in a commercial blockbuster with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars. Same thing, so hard!