"Lionsgate launched the "Ghost Record 3" project, and it is rumored that Miracle Young will return to the horror apartment. ”

When the week of November 5-11 became a thing of the past, "Saw 2", which was released in the second week, failed to win the title of weekly box office leader, it received 28.94 million in 3345 theaters, and the total box office in North America soared to 78.2 million, which is expected to exceed 100 million when the painting is drawn; the new film "The Incredibles" costing 92 million did not disappoint Disney, with 3933 theaters sweeping 93 million box office in the first week, and the producer Pixar continued its own boutique myth, with a freshness of 97%/95% on Rotten Tomatoes , the audience's liking is relatively inferior to 67%.

It is worth mentioning that the live-action animated film "Polar Express", which was carefully created by the great director Robert Zemeckis at a cost of 165 million This epoch-making first IMAX-3D feature film in history was released on November 10, and the producer and distributor Warner Bros. arranged for it to open 3,650 theaters in North America, but there were less than 50 3D and IMAX big screens, which means that the vast majority of audiences are watching its 35MM ordinary film and get ordinary visual effects, what motion capture, performance capture, IMAX-3D effects...... are in an embarrassing situation of self-inflicted affection and self-appreciation.

Maybe it's because there are a lot of problems with the film itself, or maybe it's far from that time, and it only got a very poor result on Wednesday and Thursday (Veterans Day), which is a national holiday, with $7,305,600, an average of only $2,002 per theater, which is worse than the 2,115 of "Shark Story" in its sixth week, although the latter ran for seven days. To make Warner even worse, with 56%/54% freshness and 65% likeability, if there is no miracle next week, it can almost be declared that "The Polar Express" is a loss-making work.

The IMAX-3D ...... "Polar Express", which is a big publicity and spares no expense, Robert Zemeckis + Tom Hanks' best partner, and "definitely a big success", is simply a slap in the face, and even the "Firefly" shot with IMAX film in the ** scene has been implicated to a certain extent, and it seems that there is no difference between IMAX, IMAX-3D, and 35MM film films!

"3D and IMAX-3D will be the trend in the future. "I can shoot! I love 3D. ”…… In the first half of the year, when the Hollywood Reporter interviewed Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas, and Wang Yang, the three major directors at the Shoest conference, they all expressed their views and expectations on the new work and the future of industrial technology I don't know if there will be any company investment; George Lucas, a hard-line digital faction who doesn't understand what 3D is, is busy with "Star Wars Prequel 3"; Magic Young, a centrist who has tried IMAX film, also patted his chest and said that he wanted to shoot 3D at the time, and now looking at the result of "Polar Express", media studios are thinking, I'm afraid that the "black hole" is retreating!

"None of them are real people, and you get some special effects, but the visuals are no fun if they lose their realism. —Rex Reid, The New York Observer, "If I were a child, I would have seen a nightmare. —Jeff Pevere, Toronto Star...... "Robert, anyway, I agree with you about 3D, it's trendy. At this time, Wang Yang was talking on the phone with Robert Zemeckis and discussed why the situation of "Polar Express" was embarrassing, Wang Yang admitted that he was not optimistic about the market prospects of live-action cartoons, but 100% unswervingly admired 3D and IMAX-3D; Robert Zemeckis naturally will not give up easily, he will not return to live-action movies for the time being, or animated films, and he will explore and develop motion performance capture technology.

With his status and connections, as long as "Polar Express" is not completely finished, he can still find a large company to invest; Zemeckis also knows that Flame Movies has no intention of investing, of course, he understands very well, 150 million, 200 million is not a big company, let alone a number smashed by an independent company, morally speaking, it is also a big company to "pit", unless this young man is very optimistic about live-action animation, but he is only interested in motion performance capture and IMAX-3D.

"Young, I don't want to do that much until no one invests in me, haha!" Robert Zemeckis was still very optimistic, his hearty laughter was completely unaffected by the opening failure, and he was very assertive, and he asked with interest: "Then why do you make 3D movies?"

After years of contact and conversation, Wang Yang knows very well that Robert Zemeckis has long been indifferent, or crazy, and he has recognized motion performance capture technology and live-action animation. The former now has successful examples of films such as "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "District 9", and in the future, there will also be films such as "King Kong", "Avatar", and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", whose gorillas and Na'vi can be captured on the screen by real people;

Technology and story are not the main reasons, the audience's dislike of this form of performance is the key, maybe the time has not come. Knowing that Zemeckis can still happily immerse himself in the live-action animation world for many years, Wang Yang didn't persuade much, he thought that if he liked live-action animation, most of the time he would be like this, but he was really not very interested, and the charm of cartoons often did not need live-action performances to increase, just like "Flying House" and other films, as for 3D movies, Wang Yang thought: "It's not these two years, there are too few 3D theaters." ”

"Those cinema operators are slower than snails. Robert Zemeckis was extremely dissatisfied, and he lobbied many theater companies with Warner to update the projection equipment and build more 3D theaters, but no one was willing to cooperate, otherwise there would be 1,000 3D screens?

"There is no way, but later they will. Wang Yang could only comfort him a few words, and said seriously: "Robert, when I make IMAX-3D movies in the future, I hope you can provide me with some technical help." Zemeckis smiled enthusiastically: "Yes, of course, very willingly! Young man, don't be bound by those film critics, shoot what you want to shoot, do what you want." Wang Yang nodded, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, he smiled: "Yes, I will! Zemeckis changed the subject: "How was the cut of Firefly? I watched the trailer and it was very exciting. ”…… With the release of the trailer of "Firefly" aroused great expectations among fans, Rotten Tomatoes recently launched the latest issue of the special "A Comprehensive Review of YOUNG-ANG's Movie Works", it seems that Wang Yang is going to retire or the end of the era, many fans who browse this feature have evoked many memories, not counting the unreleased works, the 24-year-old Magic Yang has directed 8 movies, 11 movie scripts, 13 film producers, of which 9 executive producers and 4 participated in the production planning.

"Monsters are no longer enough to describe MY. User Hannah commented that the two youngest Oscars, a Golden Globe Award and numerous nominations, etc., directed at an average box office of 477.5 million, humorous and sunny, it is not difficult to understand why Magic Young's popularity is so superb. No one knows what will happen to the questionable "Firefly", maybe it will succeed or it may fail, and the special "Which of Wang Yang's directorial works do you like the most" PK expressed the meaning of the fans.

Although this PK is unfair, because the 8 movies are almost 8 genres, and even the "Las Vegas Dut" is so different, but a group of fans still voted for a number of them, and the "favorite" is currently led by "The Hangover", "Juno", and "Youth Musical", and "The Devil Wears Prada" is "Always Needed" at the bottom; the top three "most profound" are "District 9", "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", "Juno", "Ghost Record" is at the bottom, and "The Most Socially Influential" is "Ghost Record", " Juno", "Youth Musical", and "The Devil Wears Prada" are at the bottom again, and fans think that those who can't afford to buy famous brands continue to be unaffordable, those who are on a diet continue to diet, and those who disdain continue to disdain...... "I hate the way you speak on stage, and I hate your movies." I hate the way you tell ghost stories, and I hate your songs and dances. I hate your dusty trench coat and your uncool pants. I hate you to the point of disgust, I hate you to the point of being a fool. I hate you always for a reason, I hate you for always showing up. I hate you for making me laugh, and I hate you for making me cry. I hate you for getting married early and not saying goodbye. But the most hateful thing is that I can't hate you, not at all, not at all. ”

The user's rotten candy seems to have taken inspiration from Firefly & Heath Ledger and rewrote the sonnet "Ten Things I Hate About You" in the comments without much rhyme. If this is not a compliment from an ordinary user account, but a female celebrity who writes on her blog, that guy and Wang Yang will definitely occupy various entertainment pages the next day, of course that won't happen.

Judging from the voting on Rotten Tomatoes, it seems that Fantastic Young is indeed in a state of regression, the high-grossing "The Devil Wears Prada" has not been a big hit relative to individuals, three commercial films in a row that are not very "profound", and although it has boosted tourism in Las Vegas, beer sales, and caused casino slot machines to decline for a while, it has not caused a sensation for a long time, even in terms of promotional performance.

But looking back on the past, it is true that countless people hate the way Magic Young tells ghost stories, the way of pseudo-documentaries, and it is difficult for people who have experienced that "supernatural phenomenon" to forget "Ghost Record", Lionsgate knows this very well, as long as Magic Young returns, "Ghost Record 3" can create miracles.

"What's the matter!?Jan?Jessica?" Joshua walked into the house from the back garden in confusion, this weekend the couple invited him to be a guest, and went to watch a ball game together in the evening, and after a little conversation in the garden, the couple went into the house to get food, and suddenly there were two of their frightened and miserable screams, and there was no sound. NO ONE IS GOING TO COME INTO THE HOUSE AND ROB IT, IS IT? BUT THEY ALL KNOW HOW TO DO IT!" JOSHUA COULDN'T HELP BUT QUICKEN HIS PACE AND SHOUTED, "WHAT'S WRONG?"

When he walked into the dining room and saw that there was no one, he grabbed a wooden chair a little nervously, smoked another pan, and set it up in front of him as if he were facing a great enemy, and walked slowly to the living room: "HELLO? OH MY GOD, DANNY?!

"......" Wang Yang and Jessica, who were hiding in the corner of the corridor, covered their mouths with each other and held back their laughter, the cameras have been set up, just to see if this trick trick will work! After taking funny videos of each other's teasing objects many times, in order to avoid the escalation of the conflict, the two decided to start with other people as husband and wife, and even if these videos are not uploaded to the Internet, it is very interesting to keep them for their own viewing.

Joshua, who was moving cautiously, suddenly noticed something, a few steps in front of the corridor was covered with a layer of transparent tape, obviously trying to bump into him! Joshua immediately understood what was going on, put down his defensive tools, shook his head and pouted and walked up quickly to tear off the tape, stepped heavily on the floor a few steps, and shouted: "Oh-oh - I fell, I fell!" Sure enough, the couple's laughter sounded in the living room, and Joshua laughed too, so he wanted to trick me? When I was a fool! He strode forward disdainfully: "I tell you, you guys are so boring! ”

"3,2,1......" Wang Yang and Jessica, who were leaning against the wall, glanced at each other and gestured silently. Joshua scolded with a smile, and was about to turn the corner, when suddenly the whole person was blocked by a force in his abdomen, and ......there was a thick layer of adhesive tape! Oh!!" Before he could finish speaking, he was stuck with a thin layer of film on his face, and then he tore his hands and shouted fiercely: "Shit!"

"Hahaha——" Wang Yang and Jessica high-fived happily, then jumped out and laughed wildly, twisted around and waved to dance in celebration, "High-speed camera! Joshua, it will take a detailed picture of your facial changes!", "It must be very handsome!haha!" Looking at these two hateful guys who were about to roll on the ground with laughter, Joshua rushed up in a frenzy: "I fought with you! I'm not afraid of you, ahhhhh

The high-speed camera uploaded the image to the computer, and the moment Joshua's face hit the adhesive tape on the screen, it was like a flattened pig's head.

"Saw 2" was released in the third week of November 12-18 in 3120 theaters collected 15.68 million, and the total box office in North America rose to 93.88 million, which can be called another commercial miracle in film history; won the championship with 58.02 million US dollars, the newly released "After Sunset" and "Ghost Baby Bride" did not perform well, and "BJ Single Diary 2" met expectations.

AFTER JOSHUA, IRENE , ROWLAND AND OTHERS HAVE BECOME THE LATEST VICTIMS, AND THEY WANT TO BEAT PEOPLE UP BY THE WHOLE TRICK THAT THE COUPLE THOUGHT OF AND COLLECTED FROM THE INTERNET, WANG YANG AND JESSICA WERE PLOTTING TO ATTACK MARK ALBA, BUT CONSIDERING THAT THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE SERIOUS, THEY NEVER TRIED.

But what he didn't expect was that Lionsgate once again warmly invited him to reboot "Ghost Record 3" and use the big screen to scare people.

"Jan, will you just help this time?" Listening to Michael Parsenneck's pleading tone on the other side of the phone, Wang Yang couldn't refuse again without hesitation, this is not the first time that the call has been made, Michael Parsenneck, Jon Fittimmel, and Tom Odenberg all have kind invitations, although he said "no, no" at first, they didn't want to give up, and begged and begged him over and over again for days to start thinking about it.

Wang Yang knew that Lionsgate would definitely make "Ghost Shadow 3", and as an ally, everything was good, and he had no intention of obstructing them. However, directing is absolutely impossible, he wants to devote himself to the work of "Firefly", and he has no interest in shooting a sequel for the time being, the executive producer does not want to do it, the work is already busy enough, he does not want to take care of one or the other, and as for the screenwriter and planner proposed by Lionsgate, it is really a bit gracious.

It's not Jon Fittimmel's understanding and reasoning, for example, "Ghost Movie 3" is not released on Halloween, but chooses the second peak season of thriller horror films in April, if Wang Yang nods and agrees, all aspects of the work will be carried out at a high speed, this kind of small-budget horror film is not difficult to produce, it can be arranged to be released in April 2005, as long as the publicity work is done well, but "Magic Young's return to "Ghost Record 3" is more exciting than any publicity means.

It's not a joint venture between Flame and Lionsgate, and it's not a profit-sharing plan for Lionsgate's distribution, nor does it take any time to delay anything, it's lighter than the workload of the producer of "Sweetheart" and the main planner of "Raging Speed", which is probably about the same as "Brokeback Mountain".

In fact, Wang Yang never wanted "Ghost Shadow" to become a mess, he handed over the sequel shooting copyright to Lionsgate in the hope that this series would have a good home, but they didn't cherish it, and he also felt a little moved about the resurrection of "Ghost Shadow", if he agreed to this plan, he would never allow "Ghost Shadow 3" to fail commercially, that is, the audience must like it;

"Kung Fu Panda", "Brokeback Mountain", "League of Assassins", these are projects that Wang Yang has participated in planning and other work, and now "Brokeback Mountain" has been completed in post-production, only waiting for the scheduled release;

This partnership could remove the friction that Lionsgate and Flame have had many times in recent years and help Lions Gate grow further. WHETHER IT IS THE "BIG PLAN" OF YOUTUBE ONLINE THEATERS, CABLE TV NETWORKS, OR THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS OF INDEPENDENT FILM COMPANIES, INCLUDING SOME NEW MEDIUM AND LOW-COST FILMS OF FM COMPANIES PUT INTO PRODUCTION, THE FLAME NEEDS STRONG ALLIES, IF THE INDEPENDENT FILM COMPANY FALLS AND ENDS UP WITH ONLY THE FLAME, IT IS DEFINITELY NOT WORTH CHEERING AND CELEBRATING, SO MARK SLUNT ALSO PERSUADED WANG YANG MANY TIMES, IF YOU CAN HELP THIS TIME, DON'T HOLD A GRUDGE AGAINST THE THINGS OF THE YEAR.

"Hmm......" Wang Yang pondered, how could he hold a grudge against the past, especially in the face of Michael Parsenneck's bitter invitation, when Lionsgate interviewed him, it was Parsenech who was the most supportive of the release of "Ghost Record", and gave him a lot of encouragement and praise at the beginning; Later, Lionsgate launched "Ghost Record 2", Michael Parsenek also strongly persuaded Jon Philtimel to continue to ask him to produce, Jon didn't listen, and Parsenechk also called to apologize.

"Jan, you know I haven't had any results lately, and I'm having a hard time. Michael Parsennecke let out a long sigh, but he didn't sympathize, if it weren't for "Fahrenheit 911", he would have been transferred, with the release of new films this year, Lionsgate's investment in the 20th Century Fox production "The Day After Tomorrow" is not his credit; the production cost of "Sparrow Becomes Princess", a joint venture with Paramount, is 22 million, and there is only 37.66 million global box office; "The Punisher" has a production cost of 33 million, and the global box office is 5470; 02's "Alien Dimension 2: Super Cube" was not released, and its performance in the DVD market was mediocre, and in the same year, the cost of "Anti-Narcotics Special Police" was only 12.63 million at the global box office...... Looking at these "report cards", Michael Pasenek felt a lot of headaches, "Ghost 3" messed up again? Parsenek said: "Don't hide it from you, the board of directors is dissatisfied with me, and if they are disappointed again, I will immediately pack up my things and leave, so as not to be carried out by the security guards, hehe." There is no need for these self-deprecating laughter, Wang Yang knows that what Pasenness said is not a lie, this world Lionsgate has never had "Chainsaw", he frowned and said: "You can come to the flame movie?"

"No, no, thank you. Michael Parsennek refused and thanked again and again before sighing: "Young, I don't want to leave Lionsgate in despair." ”

"Okay!" After thinking about it for several days, it suddenly came to fruition, and Wang Yang's voice made Michael Parsennecke ecstatic, and he stood up from his office chair: "You agreed? Wow! You agreed!?" Wang Yang smiled lightly, Pasenek didn't let him leave the Lionsgate in despair, how could he sit idly by now? Yu company and individuals need to agree! Wang Yang's tone was serious: "Yes, I agreed, screenwriter and planner." Michael. He smiled and said, "You won't leave the Lion's Gate in despair, the Ghost Record is back." ”

Michael Parsennecke spun around excitedly, the phone line swaying, and he pressed his forehead and laughed incessantly, "Thank God, thank God! Oh my God! That's great! Thank God......"

"Lionsgate & Flame promoted the production of "Ghost Record 3", and Wonder Boy returned to the horror apartment after 6 years. —Yahoo Entertainment

(To be continued)