In the past few days, Connie has found that Ronan is in a good mood, and has become more and more close to Jessica Felton who has returned from Latin America, for example, as long as the two are in the Relativity Building, they will inevitably have lunch together at noon, and they will leave in the same car in the afternoon.

Connie quickly determined that Ronan and Jessica Felton had come together.

And Ronan is serious.

Even Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson's phone calls, Ronan didn't answer them, and all of them made her assistant find an excuse to push them off.

Connie is a smart person, and she wisely keeps silent no matter what choice her boss makes.

Ronan is very attentive to Jessica Felton, but his work life cannot revolve around women.

Princess Animation Studios completed its first entry into Relativity Entertainment in early March, an animated short titled "The Snow Queen."

The animated short film, which is less than 20 minutes long, took more than eight months to prepare for and produced from the Nordic interview in July last year, with several changes to the new princess's personality and actions in between, which met Ronan's requirements.

Animated shorts that sing and dance also retain many of the fine traditions of Disney animation.

The eight-month production process of "The Snow Queen" also allowed the team led by Chris Buck to truly understand the concept of the new princess movie.

Practice brings true knowledge, and it is better to say it a hundred times than to actually operate it once.

In the small conference room of Princess Animation Studio, Ronan convened a meeting of several core leaders, and the meeting was mainly about the animation studio's first animated feature film.

"Trained and instructed by Pixar Studios. Chris Buck is no longer the same as when he first left Disney, and he has become much more confident: "Especially the production of the animated short film "Snow Queen", we have benefited a lot, and the first animated feature film under the guidance of the new concept can start preparation. ”

Byrne Howard also said: "I think it's time. ”

Others, including Ridge Moore, had their eyes on Ronan.

Ronan was relatively cautious, but he also felt that Princess Studios could start preparations, thinking that these people were almost swept out of the house by Disney, and said: "There is a situation, let me inform you, I got the exact news, Disney Animation Studio is also interested in adapting "The Snow Queen". ”

All of the people here were abandoned by Disney, and some were swept out of the house directly when Disney cut hand-drawn animation, and when they heard that Disney was also aiming at this project, their demeanor changed.

This source is quite reliable, Ronan heard it from David Ellison.

Chris Barker was not surprised, and said at this time: "Disney does have plans for this. He said simply: "In fact, as early as the thirties of the last century, Walt Disney considered adapting "The Snow Queen", but "The Ice Queen" is not a traditional fairy tale that follows the rules, it is slightly weird in terms of plot, and the adaptation is quite difficult, so Mr. Disney had to give up. In 1990, during the Disney Renaissance, the adaptation plan was put on the agenda again, but several attempts failed, and in the late 90s, Disney simply canceled the plan on paper. ”

Chris Buck also told Ronan about these things before, in fact, there are too many literary works that Disney Animation Studios have adapted intentions, and there are hundreds of them that have been included in the plan and have been canceled, not to mention hundreds, but also dozens.

Everyone here knows enough about Disney, and it's not surprising.

Chris Barker added: "As far as I know, Disney Animation Studios has plans to relaunch The Snow Queen, which will be confirmed as soon as the next year, with a high probability that Megan Morale will be in charge. ”

Ridge Moore continued: "We're already ahead of the curve. ”

Ronan raised his hand to stop the others from speaking, saying, "Regardless of Walt Disney and Disney Animation Studios, we do our best, and this project must move forward steadily." ”

He looked at Chris Buck: "The script was given to you last year, let's talk about the views and plans." ”

Everyone, including Chris Buck, knows very well that this seemingly simple question is actually an assessment, and if it can't be passed, Princess Animation Studios' first animated feature film project will definitely be overwhelmed.

Chris Barker and others discussed several times, and a project plan was developed based on the theme and concept of the animated short.

"Last year's trip to the Nordics gave us a lot of gains. Byrne Howard was the first to say: "Members of our production team traveled to Quebec to visit the famous snow hotel to see how light can create a different kind of beauty on ice and snow in order to design the castle of the Ice Queen. ”

He thought for a moment and added, "We wanted to build a world that felt intimate, with a charming and lively background, that was not limited by time, and that could be easily recognized even after a few generations." Norway offers a cultural context that we had never explored before, and we thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to blend its dramatic surroundings, architecture, and dress aesthetics?' ”

Ronan nodded slowly and reminded, "Don't forget, this is a Hollywood movie. ”

Hollywood has never endorsed the idea that the national is the world, and Chris Barker has a clear understanding of this, saying: "The Nordic setting is just the basis of our creation, we don't have to build a real world, we just have to build a believable world", so the setting of our story is not exactly a copy of Norway - we just want to twist it a little bit and modify it to make it our own environment - it will feel familiar to the audience, and at the same time it will put our characters in the most reasonable context." ”

"The project had a production budget of $150 million, which meant that the film had to be popular and international," Ronan said. ”

Subsequently, the two sides further began to discuss the role of the script.

is somewhat different from previous movies, in that "Frozen", strictly speaking, the heroine is Anna, and the most popular Aisha is the supporting actress.

In the second part, because Elsa was too popular and directly became the absolute heroine, Anna obviously stepped aside.

The script completed by the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment according to Ronan's requirements, Anna and Aisha are typical two-heroine settings, and for the sake of commercial benefits, Aisha will be more or less prominent.

Ronan directly asked that when making it, he would give proper consideration to designing two sets of dresses for Anna and Aishado, which must be beautiful enough to capture the hearts of the girls.

In the past two "Frozen", in order to sell clothes, Disney is absolutely crazy in terms of Elsa's clothing design!

Especially the second part, it is simply Elsa's dress-up show.

It also turns out that Disney has been extremely rewarded.

A movie, just selling a character's clothes, has a billion dollars in revenue, which can be called a super strange in the film industry.

Where is Aisha the Ice Queen, she is clearly a clothes seller.

As well as music, Ronan has also repeatedly emphasized that this is another major focus of the success of "Frozen".

"There's only one theme in this film, love and family!" Chris Barker said of Elsa: "The Snow Queen was just a symbolic character in the original story, but in this film she needs to speak for herself so that today's audience can relate to it." ”

The people at Princess Animation Studios stopped talking, but Chris Buck alone said: "She represents a lot of girls who grew up with us, and we can see her as a heroine of the day - strong and brave, but also flawed. She's not perfect, but that's what we love. She has grown along the way to become the person she wants to be: full of energy, but also with her own unique sense of humor. ”

"As for the plot of the film. Chris Buck groaned for a moment and said, "It's fun, it's heart-wrenching, and it can have a lot of unexpected twists. ”

Ronan nodded approvingly and said, "I hope this movie is both time-sensitive and timeless." ”

Chris Buck knew that Ronan had high hopes for Princess Animation Studios and answered, "Ronan, we're not going to disappoint you and Relativity Entertainment. ”

Ronan smiled, "I believe that. He quickly made a decision: "This project, I named "Frozen", was officially established today at Princess Animation Studios. ”

The executives at Princess Animation Studios, including Chris Buck, breathed a sigh of relief.

Since joining Relativity Entertainment, they have all felt the pressure of competition, the original Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio has continued to succeed, and the Pixar Studio that joined at the same time still maintains its glory, only Princess Animation Studio is silent, and needs to prove its presence and importance with performance.

This is a commercial group company, and it is useless to say anything without outstanding performance.

Princess Animation Studios can only prove itself with animated feature films.

The meeting, which lasted for most of the afternoon, basically resolved a series of issues related to the establishment of "Frozen", according to the relevant plan, the production budget of "Frozen" is as high as 150 million US dollars, and it is expected to be released in the winter of 2009.

Subsequently, Ronan went to the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment and asked the screenwriting department to register the copyright as soon as possible after completing the scripts of two new animation projects.

One of these two scripts is a typical princess type, but the story is set in the ocean and the archipelago.

The other is about animal utopia.

As for the "Six Heroes", which was planned to be handed over to Princess Animation Studio, it is a work of Marvel Comics, and the copyright is completely in the hands of Marvel Entertainment, so there is no need to worry.

Until preparations for Frozen are on track, Princess Animation Studios will not be embarking on a second animated feature film project for the time being.

"Six Heroes" will not be on the agenda until next year at the earliest.

Animated films and dramas will be the focus of Relativity Entertainment's revenue in the future, and most live-action movies can't compare to the income that can be brought by the periphery, and Relativity Entertainment has also released a number of animated feature films this year.