Director’s Legend

In addition to the director of the Chinese film Three Musketeers, Shao Shuaijun, Li Yu, and Wu Yusen are all equally famous. There are also some other directors who are not certified by Mtime.com, such as the three directors Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige from the mainland, the top ten directors in Hong Kong, Wang Jiawei, Guan Jinpeng, Xu Ke, Du Qifeng, Wang Jing, Chen Guo, Liu Zhenwei, Tang Jili, Zhang Aijia, Zhang Wanting and so on.

Of course, Mtime.com adheres to the demeanor of a grand format, and has not given formal naming to these directors who can only play majestic at their own door. Only the Three Musketeers can be named.

After the noise of Mtime’s "Chinese Movie Global Box Office Ranking" passed, "Avatar" officially landed in China. Two weeks ago, "Avatar" had already received a global box office of 1 billion US dollars. The focus of the world has shifted from Shao Shuaijun. Cameron.

"IMAX-3D Jade Group" did steal a lot of the limelight from "Avatar", but experts expect that breaking the box office of "Titanic" should not be a problem. As for whether it can reach the $2.7 billion box office in Shao Shuaijun's memory, Shao Shuaijun can only shrug his shoulders and say something I don't know.

At this moment, countless praises began to roll over to Cameron. What is the king of the world, what impacted the 1.9 billion box office of "Titanic", what can break the record created by the king of the world, only the king of the world himself, etc. . If November to December is Shao Shuaijun's enthronement ceremony.

From December to January, Cameron's re-election as the king of the world celebrated.

In the hustle and bustle of "Avatar", "Old Boy" successfully fulfilled the task, drawing from the mainland theaters, and the final box office was 321 million US dollars. At the same time, Summit Entertainment’s last movie "The Hangover 2" released this year also under the pressure of "Avatar" to share the big cake of Christmas.

Unexpectedly, in the third week, "Avatar" only got 58 million U.S. dollars, "The Hangover 2" broke out with huge potential, and it raked in 86.48 million U.S. dollars in the weekend, which beat "Avatar" to the top of the North American weekend. Box office champion. It also created a new record for the midnight show of an R-rated comedy and a new record for the opening performance.

However, compared with the surprisingly high box office, the word-of-mouth of "The Hangover 2" can be described as a mess, with only 32 freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.0 on IMDB, and only 49 points (out of 100) on the Metacritic website. ).

"The Hangover 2 is like copying the content of the first episode, but with a different background."

"It's one thing to satisfy people, but it's really inappropriate for such fried cold rice. Isn't it just changing the location to Thailand. Lazy? Ego? Maybe both!"

"The Hangover 2 seems to challenge the audience's tolerance for shoddy. The film is really funny, but those are all suspicious laughs."

"Los Angeles Times" even directly said: "It's so painful to watch, and I can't get the ticket back."

But it's not without the voice of praise. The Hollywood Entertainment Report, which has a good relationship with Summit Entertainment, reported: "Although the sequel Bangkok is not as fun as the previous episode in Las Vegas, it is not much worse. "

"The New York Post" also said: "Although the three leading actors are suspected of being mixed, the film is indeed full of laughter."

Whether it’s scolding or like, it’s undisputed this week that "The Hangover 2" overpowered "Avatar" to reach the top. The US$86.48 million in the first week also ensures that "The Hangover 3" will continue to be launched step by step and will continue to compete next year. Christmas stall.

After New Year's Day, Shao Shuaijun stayed away from all the noise and started in San Francisco in a low-key manner. Both movies will be shot in San Francisco. The story of "Rise of the Ball of the Apes" took place in San Francisco. At the same time, he directed the two films "Rise of the Apes" and "Teddy Bear". He must ensure that the crews of the two films are very close, so that he can go back and forth, coordinate and direct the two films. The operation of a crew.

This is not only to fight for money, but also to further sharpen his ability to manage the crew.

On January 2, Shao Shuaijun first came to the crew of "Teddy Bear" to set up a shooting plan.

Despite the low-key startup, it still attracted the chase of many reporters. No matter how prosperous "Avatar" is, it can't suppress everything. Many reporters just stared at Shao Shuaijun and tracked his work schedule.

Winster, the beauty reporter of the "Hollywood Entertainment Report" who has been happily interviewing and cooperating for several years, is such a one.

"Hey, Shao, would you like to accept an interview?" Winster asked outside the crew office, shaking his golden hair.

Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Please come in. I will have a meeting in about half an hour."

"Thank you." After Winster came in, he knew that time was pressing and he was not polite, so he asked directly, "Shao, how come you think of shooting two movies at the same time?"

"Because I have too many shooting plans, it has squeezed too much time for me to spend time with my family and enjoy life."

"Why not postpone the shooting?"

"You know, there are things in your mind, it seems to be haunting you, will always interfere with you. It must be photographed, so that you will not think about it again."

"This is the crew of "Teddy Bear", can you tell us what kind of story is "Teddy Bear"?"

Shao Shuaijun smiled and said: “It’s a child who makes a wish to make his teddy bear come alive, and then grow up with his beloved toy. Facing the cruel adult world and the budding love, this little boy must Handle the relationship between him and the teddy bear. I hope this movie is actually about a person facing the painful transformation from youth to adult."

"Wow, that sounds cool. I saw Joseph Gordon Levitt and Scarlett Johansson just now, are they the main actors?"

"Yes, the hero and heroine."

"They are all actors who have collaborated with you. What made you choose them this time?"

"First of all, they have worked with me. I know their acting skills and abilities. I think they can perform well in this movie. Of course, they are my friends too. Wouldn't it be fun to work with friends."

As a small-cost R-rated comedy, the budget is not high, only 50 million US dollars. Shao Shuaijun invited his acquaintances in Hollywood, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Scarlett Johansson who had worked with "Inception" and "500 Days with Summer". Joseph's salary is 8 million US dollars, Scarlett's salary is 8 million US dollars.

These two are now famous and acting, and they are not too expensive, so they are suitable to star in "Teddy Bear".

Winster smiled and nodded: "Shao, you are a person who is very emotional, and Chinese people are very emotional. So, what kind of story is "The Rise of the Apes"? As far as I know, this is the last century. A remake of a classic film from the 70s?"

"It is indeed a remake. The remake is from "Planet of the Apes" in 1968, but I have modified the script to advance the time to before "Battle of the Apes" in 1973. It can be said to be a forward pass of "Battle of the Apes" The story. You should know that in the 1970s, "Battle of the Apes" was too advanced and inevitably caused a lot of regrets. I hope this "Rise of the Apes" can present such a classic story in a more perfect manner. ."

The story of "Planet of the Apes" is actually a bit complicated, because the development of several movies has formed a cycle. The general clue to reincarnation is this.

In 1972, two spacecraft carrying human astronauts began to explore the universe.

In 1973, a mysterious spacecraft landed on the earth. It turned out to be a spacecraft driven by an orangutan couple, claiming to be from 3955 AD. From this, human beings learned that the future will be ruled by orangutans, and they brutally killed the orangutan couple, covering up the secret that mankind will be ruled in the future. But "Caesar", the child of the orangutan couple, survived and was raised by a human. This story is the third part of the series "Escape from the Apes".

Caesar grew up and humans declined a lot due to the plague, but apes became smarter and smarter and became good pets at home. Then the 18-year-old Caesar led his "people" to San Francisco, which had been in ruins, and established ape-like territory here. Then there was the increasing development of apes and the increasing decline of mankind, and a nuclear war broke out. This story is the fourth part of the series "Conquering the Apes".

In a declining world, under Caesar's rule, humans and apes temporarily reached a republic. But after Caesar's death, humans were gradually regarded as playthings and research objects by the apes, and even the apes regarded the atomic bomb as a holy object. The fifth "Battle of the Apes" in the series took place in this era.

Until 3955 AD, when the human spacecraft returned to the voyage, due to the speed of light traveling, astronauts thought that several years have passed, in fact, thousands of years have passed. Human astronauts thought they had come to the planet of the apes and were chased by apes. They planned to escape until they saw the Statue of Liberty in the ruins, and they knew that this was the future earth. This story is the first "Planet of the Apes" in the series.

But the human astronaut’s spacecraft broke down and did not finally escape. At this time, the second human spacecraft also returned. The two groups of people detonated the holy relic atomic bomb and destroyed everything on the earth. This story is the second part of the series, "Fall of the Apes".

However, the Orangutan spacecraft in low-Earth orbit outside of the earth crashed into the turbulence of time due to a huge explosion, and unexpectedly came to the earth in 1973 AD, thus connecting to the third part of the series "Escape from the Apes."

And Shao Shuaijun’s plan to start shooting "Rise of the Apes" is the prequel to "Battle of the Apes", covering the fourth part of "Conquering the Apes", and uses a new story to reveal how the apes rise...

After talking about "Teddy Bear" and also about "Rise of the Apes", half an hour passed quickly. Shao Shuaijun sent Winster away and went straight to the meeting room. All members of the "Teddy Bear" crew have already sat down, waiting for Shao Shuaijun to start the mobilization meeting. This is Shao Shuaijun's habit. Before a movie starts, he always likes to say encouraging words to improve morale.

To make a movie is to fight a war. If there is no morale, there is no sincerity to make a movie. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)