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The inflection point is far away, seriously I have been a little numb to this number, there is no suspense this week, the cumulative number of overseas diagnoses exceeded one million, the average mortality rate exceeded 5%, before everyone lamented that Germany is really strong, the mortality rate in the first two weeks was less than 0.3%, and now the number of confirmed cases has soared, medical resources are also facing the risk of being penetrated, the mortality rate has soared to 1.5%, this virus is really cunning and powerful, specializing in all kinds of disobedience.
The United States confirmed more than 300,000, Trump finally began to call on the people to wear masks, this matter I really can't think of riding sister, wearing a mask to reduce the infection rate is a scientific thesis, the United States from the government to the individual is stunned is not convinced, even if it is because of the lack of masks afraid of causing chaos in the rush to buy, but this is equivalent to grass mustard human life! We weren't enough two months ago, but the government didn't say it was useless to wear a mask.
The anti-intellectualism and arrogance of the lighthouse nation this time really opened my eyes, thinking about the fully mobilized United States after the Pearl Harbor incident decades ago, the United States broke out of terrible production capacity, a country for the world, how to fall into such a dilemma now, let people sigh!
The situation is very unoptimistic, in addition to the visible numbers, like India, where the detection capacity is seriously insufficient and crowded, I don't know how many infections there are, and some industry experts estimate that the actual number of infected people may have reached the level of tens of millions, but it is limited to the detection bottleneck that has not exploded.
There are also a large number of Asian, African and Latin American countries because they have no voice in the international community, even if it is very serious, they will not appear on the news page, I have heard that some countries have appeared on the streets of the corpses, and now I only hope that the vaccine can come out as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know how many innocent lives will die.
In addition to the sporadic import of cases in China, it has been basically stabilized, but the whole world is one and the same, even if we can clear zero here, we can't always close the door of the country, too dilemma.
Okay, we are ordinary people, can only wait for the warm-up, the following continue to talk about the various events that occurred in the Chinese and foreign film circles last week.
1. Warner Media has appointed Jason Kilar as its new CEO
Everyone is more familiar with Warner Bros., Warner Media is its parent company, originally called Time Warner, which has Warner Bros., HBO, CNN, Time Magazine and a bunch of other strong media, in 2014, Twenty-first Century Fox had offered $80 billion to acquire Time Warner, but was ruthlessly rejected. Later, AT&T successfully acquired it for $81 billion and changed its name to WarnerMedia.
Last year, WarnerMedia announced that it will launch the streaming platform HBO Max in 2020, which will not only have its own works such as "Game of Thrones", "Friends", "Justice League", but also add a large number of original series.
And now the newly appointed Jason Kilar is the founder of the streaming media platform Hulu, his take office, the outside world speculates that it is likely to be related to the paralysis of traditional theaters caused by the epidemic, this change of coach means that the weight of the streaming media business in Warner has increased, and it is also hoped that the DC universe will be reliable and break the spell of one explosion.
2. The first trailer for the sequel to "Busan Trip" "Peninsula" was released
"Busan Line 2: Peninsula" has been produced, a few days ago the first version of the trailer, this time is obviously sufficient budget, do the blockbuster sense, the director is still Yan Shanghao, but the main actor in "Busan Line" are dead, can only re-build the lineup, the director dreamed that the first part will be so hot, it is really a little bit of back road, the intestines are remorseful.....
"Peninsula" tells the story of Jung, a former South Korean soldier who was ordered to return to China four years after the disaster, and accidentally met survivors, and the film is scheduled to be released on August 12.
However, the number of zombie group attacks in "Zombie World War" has been quite sufficient, I don't know what new tricks YanDao can play, and the success of "Busan Trip" is mainly due to the attraction of the story and emotional line.
3. The director of "Thunder Shazam" is isolated at home to shoot horror movies
Don't look at director David F. Sandberg's "Thunder Shazam" is a popcorn movie, but his old business is to make horror films, "Annabelle 2", "After the Lights Off" and so on are from his handwriting, belonging to the old driver of horror films. Recently affected by the epidemic, Sandberg quarantined at home, and made a horror short film with his wife, which is really decent.
The short film is called "Shadow Descending", there are no too many lines, purely uses the camera and lighting to reflect the horror and spooky atmosphere, throwing the sheets there is quite like "Invisible Man".
4, Quentin almost made a Marvel movie
Recently, Quentin said in a North American radio show: he has been a comic book collector since he was a child, and he likes Marvel's "Luke Cage" the most, and after the filming of "Falling Dogs", he considered adapting it into a movie, and even the male protagonist thought about it, that is, Morpheus in "The Matrix".
But then he and his friends quarreled over who was the protagonist, and they did not compromise with each other, and finally the two ended up scolding the street, and we should thank him for this chicken wife friend, otherwise there might not be "Pulp Fiction".
5. The State Film Administration requires that the supply of film networks be enriched
Two days ago, when I went to Hangzhou to investigate, I said: "Now the prevention and control can not be paralyzed, or do not carry out too many gathering activities, everyone wants to watch movies, just watch the Internet." ”
The next day, the China Film Administration announced that it would enrich the supply of film networks and actively organize excellent film sources to meet the needs of residents watching movies at home.
At present, the epidemic has not completely ended, and everyone is also patient, since most of them have been called, there should be many new films on the streaming platform in the future.
6. Many films such as "Black Widow" and "Mulan" have been rescheduled
In a tide of withdrawals, or have to count Disney hard, the day before yesterday announced the schedule of a number of new films, all big productions:
"Mulan" is scheduled for July 24, 2020
Black Widow is set for November 6, 2020
"Shangqi" is set for May 7, 2021
Doctor Strange 2 is set for November 5, 2021
Eternals is set for February 12, 2021
Thor 4 is set for February 18, 2022
Captain Marvel 2 is set for July 8, 2022
"Mulan" bore the brunt of it, it seems that the top management believes that the theater line will return to normal after the month, but look at the current epidemic progress.... Late July is the summer slot, but this year there is no concept of summer vacation...
In addition to this year's two films, Angelina Jolie starred in "Eternals" more than half of the filming, but due to the impact of the epidemic, it had to be suspended, and was originally scheduled to be released at the end of this year, which is currently postponed for 3 months. "Shangqi", "Doctor Strange 2", "Thor 4", "Captain Marvel 2" was originally scheduled to start filming from March to April this year, and now it has been postponed, Disney announced the finalization plan so early, is it to let fans have a hope?
However, there is another possibility, first announced, to stabilize investors, there are great difficulties, Lionsgate kind of hundreds of people company can lay off people to live, but Disney plate is too big, nearly a month offline almost no income, really enough.
7. Nortel's seven majors are directly admitted using college entrance examination results
This year is not only affected by all walks of life, students are also difficult, yesterday the Beijing Film Academy released this year's art student recruitment requirements, of which seven majors such as drama, film and television literature canceled the on-site examination, directly using cultural class results admission, performance and other eleven majors used to submit videos and other off-site methods of primary selection.
This policy is very sudden for this year's art test takers, and the paper decision is a one-time decision, which probably means that the score line of the art class should reach a new high. Every year in the interview season, there are always media will run to Nortel to squat and shoot handsome men and women, maybe even meet a rising star, this year can not go.
8. Many Japanese films have been withdrawn
Affected by the epidemic, four new films issued by Toho Corporation have all been withdrawn:
Detective Conan: Crimson Projectile was originally scheduled for April 17.
Crayon Shin-chan: Guild Wars! Graffiti Kingdom and About Four Warriors", originally scheduled for April 20.
"Trick the World JP: Princess" was originally scheduled for May 1.
"Line" is directed by director Keihisa Setse and starring Shoko Sugata and Naina Komatsu, and was originally scheduled to be released on April 24.
The Japanese Olympics have been postponed to next year, and there is no need to hide it, and it is better to withdraw now than to release no one.
9. South Korea issued policies to protect the film industry
South Korea made a big mistake in the early days, but now the remedy is good, and the government has recently introduced corresponding measures to protect the film industry:
1. The National Film Development Fund, which originally needed to pay 3% of the total box office of the theater, is exempt.
Second, select 20 films that are withdrawn from the file in February and March, and subsidize the distribution company.
Third, select 20 films that have been stopped after the outbreak of the epidemic and subsidize the production company.
4. Provide vocational training for 400 temporary workers in the film industry who have lost their jobs due to the epidemic.
We have also introduced some similar industry policies, but they can only be emergencies.
10. "Backstreet Boys" reunites in the air
"Backstreet Boys" used to be a popular group all over the world, I was in high school when I listened to them very hard, recently held in foreign media anti-epidemic public welfare TV concert, backstreet old men in the quarantine in the five places reunited, singing the classic song "I Want It That Way",
The years are not spared, everyone is really old, but the throat maintenance is OK. I can even sing along with the probably qi, the power of memory!
That's it for today.
Bye.