Heading into January, all of the Oscar competitors showed their true faces, and the 2006 commercial films lacked strong works except for a few top-tier productions, and the awards season was no exception.

Relativity Entertainment is not difficult to analyze what are the biggest competitors of "The Departed".

"Babel", "Letter from Iwo Jima" and "Flags of the Fathers" can be regarded as the more powerful competitors of "The Departed" at the Oscars.

Films like "Little Sunshine Beauty" and "The Queen", it is not difficult for discerning people to see that these two films are basically not competitive in terms of best director and best picture.

Compared to the awards seasons of previous years, this year's competition is really much weaker.

Best Director competes with Martin Scorsese, except for Clint Eastwood, who just won Best Director last year, no one else has any advantage at all.

In terms of films, "The Departed" went from word-of-mouth to box office to fame, throwing off competitors three streets.

Therefore, the strategy of dignified public relations and award-winning formulated by Embassy Pictures is perfect for "The Departed".

Since the beginning of 2007, "The Departed" has almost been pushed sideways in the outpost awards.

At the Golden Globe Awards in mid-January, "The Departed" won four awards, namely Best Director, Best Actor, Best Drama Film, and Best Film Screenplay.

In the face of a group of competitors who are obviously weaker than others, "The Departed" is simply crushed.

At the subsequent Screen Actors Guild Awards, Tom Cruise easily won Best Actor in a Motion Picture for "The Departed", and Jessica Chastain also unexpectedly won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

The latter was a complete surprise, because although Embassy Pictures applied for Jessica Chastain for Best Supporting Actress, it did not do any publicity and PR specifically for her.

It can only be said that Jessica Chastain has taken advantage of the weakness of her competitors and the advantages of "Departed".

The Directors Guild Awards were then announced, and Martin Scorsese was elected Best Film Director without any suspense.

The results of the Producers' League Awards were also announced, with Relativity Entertainment also being the big winner, with "The Departed" winning Best Picture and Pixar Studio's "The Incredibles" taking the top spot for Best Animated Film.

At the Screenwriters Guild Awards, which are much less influential than the three major union awards, "The Departed" successfully won the best adapted screenplay.

As we all know, various Film Critics Association Awards, Independent Film Awards and Golden Globe Awards are more about increasing exposure.

The four major union awards can be said to be the real Oscar vane, and there is an overlap between the judges and the Oscar judges of more than 90%, and the final results of the past awards have overlapped by more than 95%.

As soon as the results of these four major union awards came out, the suspense of the Oscars was less than half, and the possibility of an upset was even smaller.

In the past 20 years, the films that have promoted the four major union awards have also pushed the Oscars without exception.

With the arrival of the corresponding awards of the four major union awards, "The Departed" has become the veritable number one favorite at this year's Oscars, and even most of the media believes that this gangster film may have a bumper harvest of multiple awards at the Oscars.

To be honest, there are three reasons for this.

First of all, Martin Scorsese's years of accumulated qualifications and prestige have returned to the gangster theme he is best at in time, secondly, Relativity Entertainment has invested heavily in publicity and public relations, and finally, the competitors are really weaker.

This awards season, if "The Departed" doesn't become the number one favorite, then who is more qualified?

"Babel"?""Letters from Iwo Jima?""The Banner of the Fathers?"Or is it a comedy like "Little Sunshine Beauty"?

The situation is very clear, and these competitors are really weak.

After the four major union awards, Embassy Pictures began its release plan for the new year while maintaining its Oscar research efforts.

The film released by Relativity Entertainment in 2007 was led by Brother Bao.

Embassy Pictures held its premiere in Los Angeles for "Fight to the Death" ahead of late January.

For this film, as early as the first half of last year, Uwe Bauer completed all the filming and production, and because of the schedule, it was scheduled until January this year.

As in the past, the premiere of Brother Bao's film was not large, and most of the participants, except for the main creators of the crew, were friends Brother Bao had made in recent years.

In addition, it is Brother Bao's fans.

Since Brother Bao became famous in the boxing ring, a large number of iron fans began to appear, and later Brother Bao opened Netflix to share, and even became an Internet celebrity director.

It doesn't matter if the film is good or not, Brother Bao's fans just want to have fun.

In this regard, Brother Bao's movies have always been very selling points.

Ronan also attended the premiere, last time he didn't go to the premiere of "Vampire Lane", and this time since he was in Los Angeles, he didn't turn down Uwe Bauer's invitation.

Watching Uwe Bauer walk the red carpet and enjoy the treatment of fans on both sides like popular stars, Ronan can only say that Brother Bao can be popular for at least another three years.

Three years after three years, maybe you will grow older.

Entering the theater, Uwe Bauer immediately came next to Ronan, who smiled and said, "The fans are very welcoming, they love you very much. ”

Uwe Bauer touched his increasingly bald forehead and said, "I didn't expect it to be so popular." ”

Ronan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Uwe, this is what you deserve. ”

Uwe Bauer laughed, his face shaking.

Ronan instead asked, "How's 'Lincoln the Vampire' going?"

"It will be done next month. Uwe Bauer hurriedly said: "Ronan, I will be able to complete all the production of this film in the first half of the year." ”

Ronan understood what Uwe Bauer meant, and said: "In the second half of the year, or the first half of next year, Embassy Pictures will definitely be able to push "Vampire Lincoln" into theaters." ”

Compared with other previous films, Uwe Ball is more serious about "Lincoln the Vampire", and this is the first time he has stepped out of the category of a game adaptation.

Although he still used a part of the video game style to shoot "Lincoln the Vampire".

In the face of the conscientious and responsible Uwe Bauer, it is difficult for anyone to be disgusted.

Ronan has always trusted Brother Bao's ability, in addition to his level as a director, Brother Bao is definitely synonymous with reliability in other aspects.

Suddenly, Uwe Balla pulled a balding middle-aged man and introduced, "Ronan, this is Frank Pearce, one of the founders of Blizzard Entertainment, currently serving as the CEO of Blizzard Entertainment. ”

Then, he introduced, "Frank, this is Ronan, my boss. ”

Frank Pierce hurriedly shook Ronan's hand: "Mr. Anderson, it's my honor to know you. ”

Ronan replied politely, "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm a big fan of your company's World of Warcraft. ”

Frank Pierce had a look of surprise on his face: "It's an honor for the whole of Blizzard Entertainment. ”

Of course, what Ronan said was polite, when Uwe Ball gave him a Blizzard test number, but he just played a little and threw it to Nikia, the butler, who has been playing World of Warcraft for the past two years, and is said to be the president of a top guild or something.

Since there was never a delay in normal work, Ronan did not interfere.

Ronan said: "Your company's "World of Warcraft", the plot is epic, haven't you considered adapting the movie?"

"I've thought about it. Frank Pierce told the truth: "But the company has always felt that the time was not yet ripe. ”

Ronan glanced at Uwe Ball curiously, Uwe Ball was able to invite Frank Pearce, didn't the years of infatuation have come to fruition?

He decided to push: "Frank, Uwe has always loved Blizzard's games, and he is one of the best game adaptation directors in Hollywood and the world, and I personally suggest that your company should consider having Uwe adapt the movie version of World of Warcraft." ”

Frank Pierce didn't know how to answer, Uwe Ball had been running Blizzard for several years, although he didn't impress Blizzard Entertainment to hand over the game adaptation rights to him, but many senior executives of Blizzard Entertainment were familiar with Uwe Bauer and even became friends.

Uwe Bauer looked at Ronan and only felt like he was following the right person.

After years of infatuation, he pursued hard but could not get it, but Ronan never gave up his support for himself.

Is it not enough to give?

Ronan added, "Your company should really think about it, looking at the film industry around the world, you will be hard-pressed to find a better director of game adaptations than Uwe." ”

This is really telling the truth, and it is also recognized by Hollywood, except for Paul Anderson, looking at the global film industry, the film genre of game adaptation, there is no second director whose commercial achievements are comparable to that of Uwe Ball.

Frank Pierce said with a smile: "It's not something I can do absolutely, let's wait for the company to make a decision." ”

Hearing this, Uwe Bauer's face inevitably showed a look of disappointment.

Frank Pierce hurried to another place, afraid to talk about getting Uwe Bauer to adapt World of Warcraft.

Ronan patted Uwe Bauer on the shoulder and said, "There are some things that may not end well. ”

"Hey......" Uwe Bauer could only let out a long sigh.

Ronan didn't want to hit Uwe Ball, so he didn't say anything more.

Because in some ways, the relationship between Uwe Bauer and Blizzard is very similar to an alternative version of licking the dog and the goddess, no matter how diligent the licking is, the goddess will not even look at it, and it may be licked until there is nothing left.

It's hard for outsiders to say anything about this kind of thing, and it's too wrong to say it.

Ronan has learned a lot from Heath Ledger, and some things are better to say less, and others may not appreciate it, but it may have a worse effect.

Brother Bao is a talent he values, and he can do what he wants, and the goddess of Blizzard may also fall into the dust one day.