When he heard the news, Jon Fehrheimer was attending a banquet and drinking wine. He spit out a mouthful of wine in front of everyone and might have choked to death. In an instant, he chose the latter and swallowed the wine with a look on his face. It was all red, and I kept coughing uncomfortably!
VIY Yunik Kuhler? This is absolutely not true!
He quickly walked to a quiet side of the banquet hall and asked Oldenberg on the other side of the phone
Oldenberg also just heard that this is gossip news from the tabloid "Toronto Sun" and a close friend of "Maggie" Nina Dobrev.
"She and Ye Wei are dating, and they started dating very early. She calls him Yunik, saying it's the pseudonym he uses when he goes to school and lives in Toronto." The insider said conclusively, "Nina didn't know how she recognized him. , not long after, she acted in "The Exorcism Video", a movie VIY made to coax her. She was so lucky."
??????????????????????????????? Jon Fellheimer laughed and breathed a sigh of relief. This was obviously fake news. Although the Sun was not as nonsense as the National Enquirer, it was no better. All tabloids like to exaggerate reports. , he probably understood what was going on, because he had been a matchmaker before.
VIY and Nina Dobrev may really be dating. That Dobrev friend broke the news, and the tabloids added fuel to the fire.
There is another possibility Jon thought that VIY and Culler may have known each other for a long time, good friends, because regarding the overseas distribution of TET, Cliff actually declined and left it to Lionsgate, "out of friendship" to leave it to Meng Factory Lionsgate has been busy lobbying Cliff to change its mind these days, but to no avail.
??It is Lions Gate¡¯s long-term plan to build a good relationship with young talents such as VIY and Culler. Now that this matter involves these two people, of course they need to understand it.
I didn¡¯t know how to contact Culler. As soon as the banquet was over and on the car home, Jon Fehrheimer contacted Ye Wei, first through text messages and then through phone calls.
"Good evening, Wei Ge, here's the thing. I just heard that the "Toronto Sun" said that you are Unique Culler. This really shocked me. What a typical tabloid style."
"Jon, they got it right this time, yes, I am."
"You must be joking with me" Jon was confused, but Ye Wei's serious tone didn't sound like a joke, "Are you?"
"I've been wanting to tell you for a long time, but I haven't been able to find a suitable opportunity. If I say it, Lionsgate will hold a critic screening for TET, haha. Jon, I'm not kidding, TET needs my permission to be big. A large-scale screening, am I right? Just know it, don¡¯t reveal it, don¡¯t tell the second person, the less people know about it, the better, the confidentiality clause is still in effect, this is my serious request.¡±
"Could it be that you and Cooler are friends?" Jon has always been very smart, but he just couldn't believe it at this time, and his expression kept changing "You guys are working together to tease me?"
"No, not that interested."
" Jon's mouth was slightly open, not knowing what to say. Who can tell me this is not true the two geniuses are actually the same the strongest one in history.
? ? 17 years old, two movies, one spoof classic and one horror classic, both with a small budget and a global box office of nearly 200 million.
There is another film to be released at the end of the year
He is Lionsgate¡¯s most important collaborator! There is no doubt about it.
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Ye Wei is Kule?
Because this piece of gossip did not enter the mainstream media and was still rumored in Toronto, not many people knew about it. When it spread to the Internet, more people knew about it. But after the shock, few people really believed it. They just took it as a joke. This gossip was so fake that there was not even a photo. It was not as good as the Alexander Dobrev mentioned before.
But is this just tabloid nonsense? Not necessarily!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see the smell of hype at a glance! Of course, it was the hype on Ye Wei's part. He had just made a fool of himself at the MTV Movie Awards, and he wanted to do public relations. He wanted people to associate him with a genius, as if he and Culler were the same type of person.
It¡¯s really bad hype. Let¡¯s just say that all geniuses are actually VIY. Jared Hess is VIY! Jerusha Hess is also VIY!
Fans of "The Exorcism Video" are very disgusted with this rumor. Ye Wei is very powerful, but not as powerful as Culler. He is just very young. "Wedding Day" has a North American box office of $38.56 million and a global box office of $62.48 million. Which one can compare with TET? Less than half of North America!
Let¡¯s not talk about the box office, but talk about the film itself. Although it is of different genres, how can "Wedding Day" compare to the depth of TET?
How can Ye Wei compare to Kule?
He is thinking about publicity, but Ku is indifferent to fame and fortune. The other is a star.Like, one is an independent filmmaker. No comparison!
The news gradually spread on the Internet, and excited VIY fans began to say far-fetchedly that "Yunique" is "Wei" in Chinese. The cliff movie must be related to the cliff park where VIY slipped and fell. Nina Dobrev Isn¡¯t it the NI he mentioned many times in his blog and columns? No more running!
Ye Wei has no response to this, so that he can achieve his goal.
But seeing that VIY fans were talking from beginning to end, Culler fans couldn't help but mutter, "It can't be true, right?" until Culler updated his fourth blog post:
"I just hope this desert is big enough to accommodate you and me."
This is the response! Not all movie fans can know the origin of this statement at a glance. Fortunately, there are enough people who can, and someone soon commented and explained clearly. It turns out that this is a line from "Desert Enchantress", and "Desert Enchantress" is a road movie. , "Little Miss Sunshine" is also a road movie.
Actually, it¡¯s very clear even without explaining this. The desert is the film industry, you and me? Ye Wei is Ye Wei, and Kule is Kule! Not anyone else!
"That's what I said!", "The tabloid is indeed making it up!" Cooler's fans laughed when they saw it. They really wanted to say to those VIY fans whose analysis seemed to be 100% true, did you see it?
At the same time, VIY fans who were excited before are now disappointed, disappointed that the news is false and may be suspected of hype
"Hahaha!", "Low-level hype!" The most excited ones are the Weihei people, and this has become their new attack point. Many related messages appeared on Ye Wei's blog: "You said you are Unique Culler, It's better to say that you smoke marijuana, that will get more attention!", "Puppet genius, you are so disgusting", "Join Scientology and cleanse your head, idiot!"
In front of the computer screen, looking at these messages that the administrator has not deleted, Kelsey Zhou was very angry. As a die-hard fan of VIY, she was very depressed and very angry!
She also watched "The Exorcism Video", which is a good movie. She heard that Kuller was VIY, not to mention how excited she was What's so rare about it! LMS will definitely achieve higher achievements than TET, for sure! When VIY goes to attend the Oscars, who knows where Cooler will be hiding.
Although she shouldn't argue with the haters, she still wrote a counter message: "All the accusations against VIY because of this matter are unfair. He didn't say anything. It was the tabloids who said it, and it was Kuhler's unreasonable response. Disgusting."
It¡¯s not just her who¡¯s fighting back. Kadi wrote: "VIY is only 17 years old. When he is like Kuhler 'under 25', I hope someone will still compare Kuhler to his greatness." Khedira said: "Yunique sucks" It¡¯s clear, but keep going! I firmly believe that once LMS is released, the whole world will know that you are the most incredible prodigy!¡±¡
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June-17-23, 2005¡ª¡ª
Movie - ranking - release weeks - number of theaters - average - box office this week - total box office - production cost (millions)
"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" - No. 10 - Week 3 - 3,015 homes - $2,359 - $7,112,385 - $41,951,937 - $19
Although TET began to cool down this week and was once again ranked behind "Madagascar" and "Star Wars Episode III", but
North American box office suddenly hit the 120 million club! It is inevitable to reach 130 million. Beyond "Blair Witch"? Become the highest-grossing mockumentary in history? There is still a shortfall of 12.05 million, and there is a high probability of exceeding it!
How profitable is TET? Looking at the North American box office alone, its box office return rate has reached 285 times, ranking among the best in film history and definitely more profitable than "Madagascar".
Lionsgate, an independent company, is simply a gold miner. It has proven its strong gold-mining ability more than once. You must know that another film "Crash" in the same period also performed very well, having collected $47.16 million at the box office.
However, what has recently surprised Hollywood and Wall Street is that Lionsgate has lost the overseas distribution rights of TET! For a crazy horror film without cultural differences, if you refer to cases such as "The Blair Witch Project", TET's overseas box office will be 70 million to 100 million, and there will be a lot of distribution profits.
And those profits belong to DreamWorks. Terry Price, the director of the distribution department, happily told the media: "DreamWorks has obtained the overseas film rights of "The Exorcism Video"We believe that it will be a sensation in North America and will also create impressive performance in overseas markets. "
Although this is only a drop in the bucket of DreamWorks' financial difficulties, it is still water. This is a rare good news for DreamWorks recently. Even on the day when the good news was announced, its stock price rebounded slightly, returning to above 28 yuan. .
Lionsgate's Tom Oldenberg said: "We are very sorry." What he didn't say was that he regretted not paying attention to overseas distribution rights and only focusing on North American DVDs But Oldenberg also announced good news. : ¡°The sequel to ¡®The Exorcism Tape¡¯ will be produced and distributed by Lionsgate and Cliffhanger as we aim to build another successful horror franchise.¡±
What¡¯s the problem? The outside world doesn't understand why Cliff made this choice? It¡¯s puzzling!
VIY! ? What a coincidencea lot of films were handed over to DreamWorks for overseas distribution in a year.
Only a very few people know the reason. This is a generous, proactive and emergency act by "Kule", and he does not bear the least grudge against the cold treatment TET received before. This made some people grateful, and some people sighed that it is impossible for people like "Kule" to fail to succeed.
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"Entertainment Weekly": How did it happen? As an amateur student actor, how did you join this movie?
Nina Dobrev: Everything was very lucky. First I met Unique Culler. He said that I was suitable for the role, and then he joined. I am grateful for everything.
"Entertainment Weekly": Are you dating? Talk about Prince Charming?
Nina Dobrev: I have a boyfriend, he is my prince charming, I love him.
"Entertainment Weekly": You are a gymnast. Are you going to continue to focus on sports, or are you going to develop an acting career that is off to a great start?
Nina Dobrev: I¡¯m retiring. Now it seems that I am pretty good as an actor, so I will continue to develop and work hard.
"Entertainment Weekly": What movie do you like more?
Nina Dobrev: As a viewer, I don¡¯t watch many horror movies. I prefer to watch romance movies and comedies, like "The Notebook." As an actor, I think whether you want to act and whether you are suitable for acting are the aspects that should be paid more attention to.
"Entertainment Weekly": Talk about your growth?
Nina Dobrev: All new immigrants have a difficult time at the beginning, but I was too young at that time and can no longer remember clearly. Throughout my childhood, I only remember some specific scenes and thoughts. I'm sure I grew up happy, there would be problems, but life would always get better.
"Entertainment Weekly": The outside world is very curious about Yunik Culler. In your opinion, what do you think of him?
Nina Dobrev: Full marks, smart, mature, humorous whatever you like is fine. He taught me a lot, no matter what it is. I didn't know how to act before. If I were asked to act in a movie, I would have no idea what to do. He taught me how to be an actor. And in life, he taught me to be a happier and better person.
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June-24-30, 2005¡ª¡ª
Movie - ranking - release weeks - number of theaters - average - box office this week - total box office - production cost (millions)
"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" - No. 14 - Week 4 - 1,825 homes - $1,576 - $2,876,200 - $44,828,137 - $19
June has passed, whose month does this belong to? Batman? Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Those animals on the African savanna?
No, the most eye-catching, shocking and miraculous thing in the North American film market this month is the "Exorcism Frenzy"!
Although both exorcism films have begun to decline, TET has successfully reached 130 million and is heading towards 140 million! TEOER is destined to end in a disastrous defeat
The leading actors of TET continue to receive a lot of attention, especially Nina Dobrev, who is very optimistic about the outside world. It can be said that she has all the conditions to become a first-line female star. She is young, beautiful, has good acting skills, has room for growth, and is lucky. It was such a success in its first appearance on the screen.
¡°And an unsolved mystery remains an unsolved mystery, Yunik Culler, no one still knows who he is, and there is still not a single photo.
Is it necessary to be like Terrence Malick, whose only set photo was exposed twenty years after becoming famous in "Days of Heaven"?
Twenty years! ? The media and the public don¡¯t haveBecause of my patience, I did not stop looking for him. Some people said they saw him at the end of the sea, some said they met him on the African savannah, some said he was performing exorcisms in the Vatican, and some said he moved to France to live in seclusion. ¡
He recently appeared on a magazine cover. The cover given to him by People magazine showed a black figure with a huge question mark on it. The title read:
No one knows who he is, but everyone knows he is a film genius.