Chapter 1115: Crazy Primitives
For both projects, Ronan gave the green light and got the copyright as quickly as possible.
Red Carolin has already worked together, and it's not hard to talk about.
The author of "Argo" is not well-known, has no work adapted into a movie in the past, and in the face of Relativity Entertainment's $2 million copyright bid, he surrendered in just two days.
Compared with the former, Ronan attaches more importance to the latter, and after winning the adaptation copyright of "Argo", he specially convened the screenwriter in charge of the adaptation to make some suggestions.
Because if this film wants to succeed, it must be shortcut, especially the theme and content adhere to the so-called "American-style political correctness" position.
Needless to say, the intricate relationship between the United States and Iran is clear to anyone who has been familiar with the international situation.
As a Hollywood film company, and the film market is mainly in the West, it is conceivable that it occupies a position when adapting scripts.
The film will depict the events from a seemingly neutral standpoint, and will make Iranians Hollywood's brain-dead fans.
The scene of escaping from the airport in the former film fully exposed the "true face" of the Iranian soldiers......
Ronan knows very well that if the film wants to make a profit, it must go to the awards season and the Oscars, and political correctness is an option that cannot be ignored.
Therefore, the structure of the Hollywood standard political thriller genre is very suitable for the adaptation of this project.
The tense and exciting last-minute rescue mode, the American theme of good and evil in morality, and the subtraction of the trade-offs of events, make the story as simple and direct as possible.
Coupled with the necessary background foreshadowing and the implantation of real news materials, the theme of the film becomes thicker, and various elements such as the CIA and the Hollywood film industry, as well as the political issues that occupy the moral high ground, can add some topicality and watchability to the film.
As for how the Iranians will feel, it is beyond the scope of the adaptation.
From another point of view, this is the typical American pretentious personal heroism film.
Don't be kidding, let alone Hollywood, look at the movies adapted from real events around the world, which one is not a small part of it is still reliable, and the vast majority of it is all made up?
This project is included in Shahai Entertainment's future plans, and preparations will not begin until next year at the earliest.
This year, Relativity Entertainment has no awards for awards, and the main theme of next year's awards season is "Life of Pi", which Ang Lee is filming.
After a brief absence from the awards season, Relativity Entertainment will soon be back in the game.
On the Oscars, Relativity Entertainment has achieved four consecutive Best Picture titles, and it may not be impossible to win five consecutive titles, but the probability is low, and the price paid may also increase infinitely.
As of now, the top three positions in the North American box office list are all occupied by Relativity Entertainment's films, namely "Avatar", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Iron Man 2".
Later, Relativity Entertainment also had Shahai Entertainment's animated feature film "Crazy Primitives" and live-action movies "The Hunger Games", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Captain America" released.
Among the top 10 in the North American box office list this year, Relativity Entertainment can also get at least six or seven positions.
Relativity Entertainment's strength in movies has entered an eruption period after years of operation and copyright accumulation.
On the first Monday of November, Embassy Pictures released its third animated feature film of the year, "Crazy Primitives" produced by Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio.
As an animated feature film released in the same year as Avatar, and without particularly intense or shaky shots, many of the clips in Crazy Primitives were made in 3D format.
The rest was also converted into 3D format in post-production.
All in all, this is an animated film with some stunning 3D graphics.
Because of the use of 3D technology, "Crazy Primitives" also set a record for the investment of a single film by Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio, with a production cost of up to $90 million.
In terms of character design, Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio accurately grasped the trend of society, put female characters in a more important position, and broke the dominance of the family patriarchy.
Especially in the image design of the character, it is even more unique.
The characters in the film are very interesting, different from the exaggerated shapes of ordinary cartoons, and they are not completely realistic.
The prehistoric cave people were molded to be so strong that they looked like a wall.
Moreover, the female styling — for example, the heroine Ep, with her strong thighs and thick calves — is very different from the deliberate refinement of the legs of female characters in many cartoons.
The animal characters in the film have the huge successful experience of the Minions there, and the Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio mainly highlights one point on the animal characters - cute!
Those bizarre animal characters should be different from real animals, but not exaggerated to the point of being too imaginative.
The role of cute people can become a hot spot for peripheral sales.
This animated feature film is full of highlights, and the opening of an American football predator competition is enough to arouse the audience's interest and press them firmly on the theater.
In addition, the values of the film are naturally likable, although very old-fashioned, but it is the most likable genre in the world.
Family! Family!
No one can deny the importance of home, which is the foundation of human society and feelings, and the familiar family relationship is humorously exaggerated in the context of primitive times.
The reaction of primitive people to new things is also a very brilliant part of the film.
This is a movie suitable for the whole family to watch together, children can see their rebellious and thirsty for new things, parents will resonate with the primitive people in the film who do not know how to communicate with their children but love them deeply, and the elderly can enjoy the warmth of family from the film.
In the real world, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the problems are strange, but the vast majority of people always love their families.
Of course, as a work of Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio, which has erected its own style, the biggest feature of "Crazy Primitives" in terms of expression is still funny.
The animation studios under Relativity Entertainment have very different styles.
Pixar to the left, and the sea of sand animation to the right.
This "Crazy Primitives" adheres to the consistent animation style of Shahai Animation Studio, the characters are not beautiful or even a little ugly, but they are as cute as ever, and the whole film is full of nonsensical funny, so that people can unload the heavy work and life after watching it, and only one body is relaxed.
As for depth and the like, you don't have to think about it, if you want the so-called depth, it's better to watch European literary films.
The in-depth animated film "Robot Wall-E", from its release in June to its decline in North America, the global box office and commercial revenue created the lowest point since Pixar Studios entered the new century.
Yes, the movie is very classic, and even there are several masterpieces in animated feature films.
But for the studios, the results were far from ideal.
More than 200 million US dollars of funds are smashed, and the income is not as good as Shahai Entertainment's investment of 60,000 or 70,000 US dollars, as an investor, of course, I will not be satisfied.
On the other hand, there is no room and need to make a sequel to this god-like work.
This is a failure for the business model of today's Hollywood.
With the help of the 3D pop wave driven by "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland" in the market, Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio has also made a name for itself through the "Minions" series and "Kung Fu Panda", plus this is also the first real-3D animated feature film this year, "Crazy Primitives" received an enthusiastic response after its release, and the audience's reputation is also excellent.
In the first weekend of the opening of the film in North America, "Crazy Primitives" won $62.21 million in 4,230 theaters, making a good start for Relativity Entertainment in the holiday season.
Although DreamWorks Animation Studios' Madagascar 2 was faced the following weekend after its release, the North American box office still easily exceeded 100 million US dollars, reaching $112.68 million after ten days of release.
DreamWorks has generally developed relatively smoothly in the past two years, and has also ushered in a box office hit in the field of animated films, with the good foundation laid by the first part, "Madagascar 2" opened to a big hit, with $63.1 million in the opening weekend.
With a good audience reputation and Relativity Entertainment's strong publicity and distribution capabilities, "Crazy Primitives" finally grossed more than $200 million in North America.
Due to the relatively low project investment of Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio, even if the publicity and distribution costs are included, the total cost of "Crazy Primitives" is only 150 million US dollars, which is enough to achieve high profitability with the global box office.
Moreover, many of the characters in the film are also conducive to the sales of peripheral products.
In this world, the peripheral products of animated feature films are becoming more and more cute and beautiful.
The former is even more important than the latter.
With Thanksgiving approaching and more commercial films starting to be released, theaters will become crowded again, and some films that have been running for too long and gradually lack audience interest have to be taken down in order to make enough space for new films.
After half a year of screenings of "Avatar", the audience gradually decreased, and few people bought tickets to enter the theater.
In fact, since two months ago, the regular 2D version of "Avatar" has been ignored, and it has been taken off the production line in theaters across the United States, and all the theaters that are now showing are 3D and IMAX3D theaters.
But in this era of fast food, it is obviously impossible for "Avatar" to achieve the North American theater screening of "Titanic" for nearly a year.
Cinema companies don't allow it either, they also want profits.
"Avatar" rolled off the North American theaters and ended the screening with a record $788.56 million.
In terms of the international market, similar to "Titanic" ten years ago, the overseas box office is nearly three times that of North America, and the current global box office has reached $2,756.68 million.
The film's overseas journey is far from over, as some overseas markets are just joining the ranks of screenings, and the global box office is sure to surpass $2.8 billion in the end.