Of course, Ronan understood what he meant, and said, "Jesse thinks you are the most suitable director for this project." ”

Sofia Coppola said: "I really like the script 'Juno'. So, as soon as Jesse found me, I ended my vacation. ”

Ronan smiled, "I hope you can bring a masterpiece like 'Lost in Translation'." ”

Sofia Coppola also laughed: "I have confidence in myself and in the script of Juno. ”

Female directors directing female themes naturally have an advantage, and Sofia Coppola has also filmed some similar "Death of a Virgin".

Ronan said directly: "The goal of this film is still the awards season and the Oscars. ”

"It's a pity I'm a woman. Sofia Coppola sighed: "It's hard for those stubborn old men to give me the Oscar statuette I want the most." ”

Ronan nodded: "It's really difficult, but there is always hope." He deliberately said: "Don't forget, you are Sofia Coppola." ”

Sofia Coppola laughed at herself: "yes, if I wasn't Sofia Coppola, there would be no hope at all." ”

Ronan couldn't help but think of James Cameron's ex-wife, who was stronger than most men, and it seemed that she won the Oscar for Best Director, the same as "Avatar".

Even in such cases, it is still very, very difficult for female directors to win the best director in which men are absolutely dominant.

To put it bluntly, Kathryn Bigelow is an exception, not universal.

Sofia Coppola has hope, but the chances of winning the best director with a genre like "Juno" are very low.

While "Madagascar" has not yet been screened, Ronan chats with Sofia Coppola about "Juno".

Jessica Filton has already negotiated a directing deal with Sofia Coppola, a directing deal that was officially signed a week ago.

The production budget of this project is only 7 million US dollars, which is also a low investment among the production projects of Shahai Entertainment today.

"Lost in Translation" grossed $72.15 million at the North American box office, and Sofia Coppola only asked for a base salary of $500,000 in negotiations, with the focus on post-production.

Working with a famous director must pay a higher salary, and in the end, Sofia Coppola will enjoy 10% of the film's North American box office profit dividends in addition to the $500,000 base salary.

Ronan and Jessica Filton agreed on the invitation to Sofia Coppola, and both agreed that Sofia Coppola was good for the film's success.

The conversation also turned to Jessica Feldton, with Sofia Coppola saying: "The female producer you found is very good, and successful female producers are even rarer than successful female directors. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "Jesse is built by skill and ability. ”

Sofia Coppola glanced at Ronan and held back some words.

The lights on the ceiling went out, the big screen lit up, the auditorium fell silent, and the premiere of Madagascar began.

This film about African animals, because of the needs of the North American market, of course, has to start in the United States, so the protagonists become animal stars in New York's Central Park.

Lions, zebras, hippos and giraffes used to live very comfortably in Central Park, but later, whether passive or active, they ran out of the park and experienced more colorful.

Of course, DreamWorks Animation Studio has also learned a lot from the success of "Shrek".

For example, the nonsense and funny in the whole process.

The style of DreamWorks Animation Studio has always been the truth, goodness and beauty in comedy.

"Madagascar" is very funny, and like the anti-fairy tale classic of "Shrek", it spoofs a lot of classic elements.

For example, the lion's signature debut action simply dropped the Peugeot LOGO, the soundtrack of the hungry green lion chasing the zebra is the classic music of the Marlboro cowboys, and the ball that the lion plays with is Tom Hanks' partner Wilson, "American. The roses flying in the sky in Beauty are steaks here......

When the evil penguins return to Antarctica, their hometown of longing day and night, and yell, "What the hell is this place", the spoof atmosphere reaches its climax.

This group of penguins tried to follow the laws of nature to return to Antarctica, but they did get to the South Pole but could not stand the harsh environment of Antarctica, and turned around and came to Madagascar with sunscreen.

The whole screening room was filled with joy.

Since "Shrek", almost all of the successful animated feature films of DreamWorks Animation Studios have been built on the premise of making the audience laugh like crazy.

Madagascar is no exception.

This is a movie that makes people laugh and feel comfortable watching it.

As for the profound theme or whether there is irony or something, it doesn't matter in front of the market.

Make people laugh and feel comfortable, and the film is guaranteed to be a commercial success, and it also allows Embassy Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Studios to get the rewards they deserve for every dollar they put into it.

With the complete decline of traditional hand-drawn animation, computer animation can be said to have ushered in the best era.

With the rapid development of computer technology in recent years, computer animation has become a standout in the field of animation, and "Madagascar" is another ambitious work of DreamWorks Animation Studios.

In the early publicity, DreamWorks Animation Studio also repeatedly advertised that "Madagascar" used many new brain-moving animation production techniques, and made major breakthroughs.

For example, Alex the Lion's hair.

Compared with the relatively rough graphics of "Shrek", "Madagascar", which has a production budget of only $75 million, has indeed made great progress in terms of technology and graphics.

However, Alex's hair is still very obvious compared to Sullivan, the fur monster of Pixar Studios a few years ago.

But there's no denying the progress of DreamWorks Animation Studios, which is catching up with Pixar Studios after leading DreamWorks Animation Studios out of trouble.

No one wants to be the second in the millennium, everyone has to sit in the position of the industry leader.

Therefore, DreamWorks Animation Studio changed its previous thrifty producer style and began to invest more than $150 million in a single animated feature film project, just like Pixar's hangers.

It's also a reflection of the ambitions of Jarev Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation Studios.

It's hard to say what will be the next three big-budget animated features, but Madagascar was at least commercially successful.

"A movie that makes people laugh. ”

"Savvy family fun. ”

The media assessment of "Madagascar" has also skewed towards the positive.

The Hollywood Reporter review is perhaps the most representative.

"Madagascar doesn't do much, it just makes you laugh, and this kind of minimalism brings pure family fun!"

And in the eyes of film critics, films like "Madagascar" are typical of uninteresting, clumsy representatives.

The audience doesn't care about this, and they don't care about any continuous thinking or anything like that, and most viewers are immersed in endless jokes when watching this movie.

The most popular thing about the film is not the protagonists, but the evil penguins.

As in the "Ice Age" series, the supporting characters steal the limelight from the protagonists.

A lot of viewers were fans of the penguin circle.

After watching the film, Ronan can also guess that DreamWorks Animation Studio will definitely develop independent animated films for the Penguins in the future.

Hollywood will make the most of every resource of a successful movie.

Not to mention a very popular movie like "Madagascar", "Blade Runner", which suffered serious losses that year and almost ended Ridley Scott's directorial career, has also attracted the attention of Warner Bros. after more than 20 years of offline operation and word-of-mouth fermentation.

Warner Bros. is said to be discussing whether to shoot a sequel to Blade Runner.

Over time, "Blade Runner" has transformed from a loss-making movie to a classic movie, bringing a steady stream of revenue in the offline market, which seems to have made Warner Bros. forget that the cost of time is also a cost.

After the release of "Madagascar", the audience responded well, and the publicity and distribution capabilities of Embassy Pictures were guaranteed, and the expected box office results were also achieved.

Three days after the opening of North America, "Madagascar" earned $57.22 million at the box office in 4,288 theaters.

This result is enough to ensure that the film sits at the top of the North American box office charts.

Due to the film's good audience reputation, Cinema Score predicts that "Madagascar" will grossed more than $200 million at the North American box office.

There is no doubt that this animated feature film has been a success.

"Madagascar" also strengthened the already bursting self-confidence of DreamWorks Animation Studios.

While there were also less successful animated feature films like My Little Pony and Sinbad Seven Seas in the previous two years, DreamWorks Animation Studios has achieved a dazzling three-game winning streak since the release of Shrek 2 and the addition of Shark Gang and Madagascar.

Jareve Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation Studios do have the capital of self-confidence.

As the weekend passed and the working day came, Spielberg gave Ronan a clear answer, and the team jointly formed by DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation Studios also came to the Relativity Building as agreed to discuss the termination of the contract with Embassy Pictures.

At the same time, Spielberg's agent is also talking with Shahai Entertainment about director cooperation.

Spielberg's directorial collaboration is a future plan and will not be implemented in the short term.

Negotiations between DreamWorks and Embassy Pictures went relatively well, after all, Ronan and Spielberg had already agreed on the main terms.

The two sides also agreed that after the release of "Shrek 3" next year, the two sides will terminate the distribution contract, but all the films released by Embassy Pictures for DreamWorks Animation Studio will not be returned to DreamWorks until the original contract expires in 2008.