Director’s Legend

From May 18th to 20th, the third weekend of "Avengers" in North America, it ushered in a big challenge, and the "Super Warship", which was making waves overseas, was released in North America. All Peak Entertainment's competitors have placed expectations that "Super Battleship" can KO "Avengers", so that the Women's Federation will stop being so arrogant.

However, the ending is tragic.

"Super Warship" North America hit the rocks before it set sail, and only got $25.3 million, ranking second.

At the top of the list is the three consecutive championships of "The Avengers", which has a fierce momentum and won US$60.05 million. The total box office in North America is US$476.5 million, which once again set a record for the fastest break of US$450 million. In North America, it still has a dominant position, and overseas, the Women's Federation has achieved three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships, no one can win the Women's Federation championship title.

So far, the global box office totaled 1.285 billion US dollars.

From May 25th to 27th, "Avengers" finally gave up the North American championship title, stopping for three consecutive championships. With 40.2 million US dollars, it is second to 55 million US dollars in "Men in Black 3", ranking second. However, with strong word-of-mouth support, the decline in the box office is not high. The total box office in North America reached 532 million US dollars, and it is about to surpass "Batman: The Dark Knight" to reach the top three in North America.

It earned 34 million U.S. dollars overseas, and the global gross box office was 1.379 billion U.S. dollars, surpassing the 1.328 billion U.S. dollars of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2, becoming the third largest box office in global movie history.

The strong attack of the Women's Federation has made Shao Shuaijun's reputation growing. Now no one doubts that Shao Shuaijun is not as good a commercial director as Cameron. Cameron has tinkered with a few films for 20 or 30 years. Shao Shuaijun has tinkered with more than a dozen movies in less than 10 years. In terms of quality and quantity, the two are evenly matched when it comes to commercial achievements.

"Shao is outstanding and amazing. He is a young man full of magic. I am looking forward to the four major magic series he is starting to build. I also hope to participate in it. With someone who shares his technical hobbies It’s a wonderful thing for directors to work together."

In an interview with reporters, Cameron praised Shao Shuaijun and promoted the four major magic series to the world: "I talked a lot with Shao at the Beijing Film Festival. We are all full of curiosity and desire for the new film technology. I use After many years of immersion and research on 3D technology, we now agree that an extended technology like 5D will be a new movie experience, and the four major magic series will use these new technologies. At present, the two most outstanding young people in Hollywood, Nolan is too addicted to old-fashioned film technology and opposed to 3D and digital. This is also the reason why I don't like Nolan and Shao Shuaijun. The director must try various possibilities and cannot limit himself."

Cameron had just finished talking about the four major fantasy series, and Shao Shuaijun sent an invitation to Cameron, inviting him to direct a film in the Fairy Buddha and Gods and Demons series and act as the producer of the Fairy Buddha and Gods and Demons series.

"James, the temporary title of this story is "The Monkey King: Harassment in the Heavenly Palace". It is based on the story in China's four great masterpieces "Journey to the West". The script is very interesting and simple. s story."

"Let me serve as the producer of this series. Have you considered it clearly? I don't know much about Chinese myths and legends."

"It doesn't matter, the scripts are the best. We need your experience to guide us, to better break through the shackles of Chinese movies and keep pace with the world."

"But I need to direct "Avatar 2" now."

"We can wait for the directing. The four major fantasy series do not need to be launched at the same time. I am currently working on the ancient legend series, with an experimental nature, launching a few small-scale movies. I hope you can come over and serve as my director. The producer of the movie "The Yellow Emperor: The Battle of the Deer", just take the time to come over and give some guidance."

"I think I agreed."

"It's great, then it's settled."

Shao Shuaijun had planned to persuade James Cameron to be the producer of the four major fantasy series. Cameron has not made many movies, but in the commercial field, Cameron is definitely one of the most forward-looking people. The one who strives for perfection. "Terminator", "Alien", "Titanic", and "Avatar" are all movies that have influenced Hollywood for many years. With Cameron at the helm of the four magic series, Shao Shuaijun can draw this blueprint with more confidence.

It has set off a global craze from superheroes, from the hot sales of "Harry Potter", "Twilight", "Lord of the Rings", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and other series of movies. It can be seen that as the special effects become more and more remarkable, the audience of the magic series of movies has become wider and wider, and the younger generation who have become the main force in the box office have become more and more adaptable to this kind of magical movies.

If built well, the four magical series will never lose to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio. Movies adapted from Marvel comics do have the bonus of comic fans, but people who have never seen Marvel comics still watch them with relish. This is the charm of magical colors.

In the past, the only way to watch a movie was to go to the cinema to see it. Therefore, love movies with a good reputation can still get incredible box office. Now that the Internet is developed, watching a romantic movie can be watched on the computer. There is no need to go to the cinema to toss. It is especially difficult for a romantic movie to get a miracle box office.

Magic films and sci-fi films are different. This type of film has a huge bonus in visual effects. There is a huge difference between going to the cinema and not going to the cinema. In the future, only magic and sci-fi movies will create miracles at the box office. Looking at the new century, which movie has won a good box office, which one is not a blockbuster visual effects?

In the 21st century, the only movies that can squeeze into the top ten box office in North America are "Avatar", "Avengers", "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Shrek 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Treasure of the Dead". Except for a cartoon, it is a blockbuster visual effects.

Even the movies that squeeze into the top 100 are basically monopolized by the visual effects blockbusters.

This is the status quo of film development. Only by following the trend can we make the tide at sea.

It’s hard to say that Chinese films cannot be made out because of the sloppy visual effects.

Foreigners don't understand the stories told by the Chinese, and they don't even have to watch the scenes. Of course, they don't like Chinese movies or Chinese movies.

To rush out of the four major fantasy series, we must first work **** the hardware. In this regard, James Cameron is the absolute authority.

Time flies, the first phase of the script collection has ended. Shao Shuaijun and the screenwriter team of Jiahe Entertainment selected hundreds of excellent scripts, as well as hundreds of excellent outlines and ideas. After systematic induction and reshaping, the general plot framework of the four major fantasy series has finally been tinkered out.

All that is left is to refine the script and prepare for the project.

On June 2, 2012, a grand meeting was held at the Beijing Jiahe Entertainment Base.

The host of the meeting was Yi Jianmei. In addition to several executives from Jiahe Entertainment and Summit Entertainment, many directors and screenwriters attended the meeting. Mainland directors include Shao Shuaijun, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Gao Zhisheng, Wu Ershan, Li Fangfang, Ning Hao, Wang Yixue, Jiang Zhigang, Yang Ying, etc. Hong Kong directors include Zhou Xingxing, Xu Ke, Chen Jiashang, Cheng Xiaodong, Ye Weixing, Liu Zhenwei, etc. The island director currently only has Li Yu, and the foreign Chinese directors include Huang Yiyu and Wen Ziren.

Basically, the main force of Chinese directors is here.

This meeting is to discuss the film production of the four major fantasy series. The ability to invite so many directors depends on the reputation of Shao Shuaijun and Jiahe Entertainment.

"Magic movies are the main force of commercial movies in the future. I originally planned the four major magic series based on the idea of ​​changing Chinese movies from a commercial point of view. Of course, the four major magic series are not only about ancient legends, gods, gods, fairy, The Biographies of Hundred Scholars and Assassins can also start a series of Emperor Benji, a series of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, or even a new magic series without legend."

Shao Shuaijun looked at the notes in his hand and said relaxedly: "We have received a lot of scripts so far, they are very good. The plot framework of this series has been preliminarily sorted out. Everyone has received this plot framework description. The story of the plot, after the script is reviewed, and there is a commercial future, can be used for filming. Being able to sit here shows that we are interested in the four major magic series. I also sincerely invite everyone to join this project."

Yi Jianmei took the conversation: "The four magical series have been recognized by Jiahe Entertainment and Summit Entertainment as having good business prospects and will be included in the company's future decision-making. In fact, as early as when D2 and ILM were acquired, Director Shao With this idea, magic movies will be the mainstream movies in the future. We have the world’s top special effects company, the world’s top screenwriting team, and the world’s top distribution company. This will be a major event in the rise of Chinese movies. I I also look forward to your joining."

The secretary of the conference and the new female director Yang Ying then read the report: "At present, the four major magic series have confirmed the establishment of six movies."

"There are two ancient legends series, Shao directed "The Yellow Emperor: The Battle of the Deer", Gao Zhisheng directed "Cangjie: Lord of Civilization"; three parts of the Gods, Demons and Buddha series, James Cameron directed "The Monkey King: Great Naotian Palace, "Eight Immortals: Great Powers" directed by Wu Ershan, "The Legend of the White Snake: Legend of the Green Snake" directed by Director Chen Jiashang; One of the "Hundred Schools of Zhuzi" series, directed by "Mozi: Jian Ai Fei Gong" "; The Assassin Biographies series one, director Li Fangfang directed "Jing Ke: Fish Intestine Stings Qin"."

"In addition, there are two more TV dramas to be established, one is "Yan Luo Tianzi" directed by Wang Yixue, and the other is "Jade Emperor" directed by Jiang Zhigang."

"These six movies and two TV series are the first phase of the production plan of the four major magical series, a Sino-US joint venture, all built with the specifications of special effects blockbusters, and Summit Entertainment is responsible for global promotion. The script library of Jiahe Entertainment has countless good Script, if any director wants to participate in the plan, he can choose the script, or prepare his own script, let us work together to create the most dreamy epic movie plan!"

Shao Shuaijun said with a smile. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)