"Plop," Simon woke up early in the morning and jumped into the swimming pool in Jessica Alba's yard, rolling up waves.

"Huh," Simon leaned against the pool to rest for a while after swimming back and forth, and then saw the glamorous Jessica Alba come down to the pool in a swimsuit.

"No wonder it's someone who is often on the list of **** actresses," Simon muttered inwardly as he smiled and watched the girl swim in the water.

Beauty is good, but still can't waste too much time. After chatting with the girls in the pool, Simon had breakfast and was ready to go to work.

The summer season has always been an important node in the fierce battle of major film companies. A low-cost action film "Hurricane Rescue" first released by Xinghai Pictures came out on top.

In the middle of the year, "The Hangover 1" was also fully released in North America, and the biggest competitor in the same period was the classic "Star Trek 11" restarted by Paramount.

Nina Jacobson, head of Xinghai Pictures, is sitting in her office, checking the current movie release schedule.

"The "Star Trek" series is one of the few famous series from Paramount, and that J.J. Abrams has been in the TV circle before, and it seems that it was discovered by Tom Cruise. The opportunity to direct the first movie or the blockbuster "Spy: Impossible 3"," Nina Jacobson smiled helplessly,

"Star Trek 11 is an old-fashioned series with huge influence. I didn't think Paramount would have the courage to give it to J.J. Abrams."

After all, J.J. Abrams' "Lost" in TV circles really made him famous, but "Spy: Impossible 3" has a bad reputation.

It even caused Summer Redstone to lose sight of it and cancelled his multi-year partnership with Tom Cruise.

"Paramount previously had the popular series "Transformers" produced by DreamWorks Pictures, and also had the distribution rights of DreamWorks Animation, and last year, it released the classic series "Indiana Jones 4" that was restarted by Lucasfilm , Although Paramount released these films very well, but the partners are not simple, the "Star Trek" series is Paramount's own golden egg, this restart seems to be something that can't be underestimated!" Nina Jacobs The assistant beside Sen explained.

Nina Jacobson nodded and said subconsciously: "Twentieth Century Fox's "Night at the Museum 2" and Sony's "Angels and Demons", which will be released next week, are both sequel movies, and the box office is not expected to be low. ."

"We have "Twilight" adapted from a novel that has attracted much attention in June, and "Thor" by Marvel Studios in July. These two films are our masterpieces this summer, and everyone must do their best. !"

As a movie with huge fans, it is still unknown whether "Twilight" can be turned into a box office, but judging from the current publicity effect and the feedback received, this "Twilight" is undoubtedly very impressive. Looking forward to a movie.

In May, Simon focused not only on his own films, but also on the Nets' playoff trip.

The Nets' opponents in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Cavaliers, were also eliminated by a total score of 4:2.

Next, the Nets will face the Magic in the Eastern Conference finals, and if they can win, they will enter the Finals.

"I'm excited to think about it. The Lakers are the champions of the Western Conference. Even if they enter the finals, they probably won't win the Lakers," Simon muttered while sitting on the sofa.

Moreover, the current strength gap between the East and the West is too large, the strength of the Eastern Champion is estimated to be the strength of the third or fourth in the West.

"Boss, the opening result of "The Hangover" is out, and it's $45 million in North America!" Laura Collins, who came in, reported the good results with excitement.

"Well, not bad!" Simon nodded calmly.

"By the way, what is the total box office of "Star Trek 11" now, it seems that this movie is only released a week before our "The Hangover"?" Simon asked.

Laura Collins shrugged and said, "Star Trek 11 has been released for ten days now, and the total North American box office has reached 148 million US dollars. After all, the previous opening score was 75 million US dollars!"

"Hey, this is turning over!" Simon said, stunned, but what he thought was that Tom Cruise's eyes are really poisonous. J.J. Abrams is a TV circle. The director was discovered to be the director of a blockbuster movie.

"By the way, has J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Films signed a cooperation agreement with Paramount?" This guy is indeed a rare talent, whether it is TV or film.

"With that, it's an exclusive cooperation agreement for several years. Unless the Paramount film of Bad Robot Pictures doesn't like or supports it, other companies will have a chance," Laura Collins said with a helpless smile.

"Brad Pitt's Plan B Films, now J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Films, it appears Paramount has replaced Tom Cruise after ending its partnership with Tom Cruise. The search for the product has not stopped," Simon smiled, but fortunately he didn't care much.

After all, many directors and producers have long-term partners, but it's not necessarily that the company isn't.

"Paramount's current economic situation should not be very good, neither Relativity Media nor Legendary Entertainment have cooperated with it," Simon said, holding his head.

"The investment in "Star Trek 11" is not small. Which film and television company is Paramount cooperating with?"

"Telescope Entertainment!"

"That's it," Simon certainly knew about this entertainment company. It was somewhat similar to Roadshow Pictures, an American company owned by Australia's Roadshow Entertainment, but the plate was not as big as Roadshow Pictures.

Telescope Entertainment is a film company invested by the German media group Kirsch Group and the Italian media equipment manufacturer Mediaset.

Importantly, this Telescope Entertainment will acquire MGM Entertainment, which is about to go bankrupt, in the future.

After Laura Collins was out, Simon quickly checked MGM's movie plans for this year and next.

"Pink Panther 2" is a small-budget comedy, which will make some money; "Subway Horror", a thriller starring Denzel Washington, is a medium-sized production that will hit the street at the box office; "Famous" is another musical, these In recent years, the successful musical is "Chicago" in 2003.

Simon shook his head, MGM is really rotten, if there is no 007 series, it should have closed its doors long ago.

It is too difficult to always pursue the big star system and the successful musicals of early MGM, and innovative companies that do not understand.

Tom Cruise, as a partner of Lianmei Pictures, a subsidiary of MGM, has also produced two films in recent years, the political thriller "Lion in the Mouth" and "Action Target Hitler" adapted from real events. , one hit the street, and the other was mediocre.

Next year, Telescope Entertainment's merger with MGM, which is about to go bankrupt, is doomed!