On the IMDb network, the battle for the TOP-250 list is going on every day, and after more than half a year, the new Oscar Best Picture "Firefly" still ranks first with a score of 9.3, and "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption" are both 9.1 points. And because "Firefly" is in the limelight, 216 North American theaters are ready to put it on the big screen again on the new weekend of March 10, collecting tickets for some omissions and repeaters, and according to the past, it is expected to collect more than $1 million at the box office.

Ten directed films, nine Oscar individual nominations, five Oscar trophies, two best directors, Wang Yang, who is 26 years and 1 month old, has reached a height that is unprecedented and difficult to have latecomers.

Paramount and the crew of "Fantastic Director" have reason to be very happy, this year's popularity and prestige of Pokémon have soared to a new peak! Go to the street and pull a random young man to ask, what color and ethnicity are good, there is no one who doesn't know Fantastic Young, this movie was launched at the right time. For the biggest problem "Magical Young Actor Candidates", the crew has auditioned for several very good young Chinese newcomers, Scott Rudin couldn't hide his excitement, and bluntly said that "everything went surprisingly well", and the film is expected to be released at the end of this year.

However, it seems that something unsmooth has happened, the American version of "Infernal Affairs" is scheduled for the end of this year...... "The Amazing Director" is naturally concerned and expected by fans, Wang Yang's third sci-fi film "I Am Legend", and the American version of "Infernal Affairs" filmed at the same time have attracted more attention and expectations, especially after he "let go"! The latter will hit the 79th Oscars next year! Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor ......" success inevitably carried away his mind. "The legend began in 2006 and ended in 2007?" Magical Yang's ambition could not escape being ridiculed and even ridiculed by the media who have always been black, and the blacks even found a breakthrough: "Stupid!" It will take three years from "District 9" to "Firefly", and this time he won two awards, this guy is really dizzy with joy! The American version of "Infernal Affairs" won the Oscar for the second year in a row? Well, not many people have seen the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs", anyway, it is a story of police and bandits who go undercover with each other.

But they know the key point, let alone winning the director award for a second time, it is unlikely that they will be shortlisted for a second time!

There have only been two consecutive awards in history, John Ford's 13th "Grapes of Wrath" in 1941 > 14th "Green Hills" in 1942, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 22nd "The History of Three Wives" in 1950 > 23rd "Comet Beauty" in 1951, but those are all things from the old yellow calendar of the last century, when there were only a few big studios, and now? The times have long been different, and holding two awards at the age of 26 has broken that little hope, because it is people who judge the awards, not automatic scoring machines, no matter how good the movie is, people will not vote for nothing, and it is not for nothing that there has been no new re-election in 55 years.

Of course, there are still theoretical opportunities, and Yang fans all think so, precisely because it is people who judge the awards, hasn't science fiction films not won Best Picture and Best Director before? Amazing Young is dedicated to creating legends and miracles! He already has too many great things, so what's the problem with another one?

In the 80s of the 20th century, there were only four times for Steven Spielberg (1982 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" > 1983 "Alien ET"), Robert Altman (1993 "Big Player" > 1994 "Ukiyo-e Men and Women"), Ridley Scott (2001 "Gladiator" > 2002 "Black Hawk Down"), and Clint Eastwood (2004 "Mystic River" > 2005 "Million Dollar Baby").

On average, it appears once every 6.5 years, and Young fans feel that there is no problem, and they are almost a little disdainful, and the difficulty is too low! Is this an insult to the magic Young? If you want to play, you can play and be shortlisted for three consecutive years, and next year is just the beginning! The American version of "Infernal Affairs" and "I Am Legend" are just right, and I believe that the amazing Young will say after next year's Oscars: "I will continue to come next year!"

Spielberg is a serial phenomenal film, Ultraman literary film, Scott's old qualification, Eastwood literary film, and Wang Yang has never made gangster crime movies, his literary films have always been sunny and positive, but they have never entered the Oscars, I don't know how the serious and dark American version of "Infernal Affairs" is filmed, in short, Wang Yang can't easily be nominated, not to mention that it is "shooting at the same time", which is equivalent to doubling the difficulty and tripling...... There are peaks and downhills and valleys, and they don't believe that this guy can always maintain his condition! At the end of the year, they can see a scene of his embarrassing expression, and "The Amazing Director" will also be released at that time, which is really a wonderful irony. Thinking of these good things, the Yanghei were overjoyed.

"Damn!" Scott Rudin's headache and David Fincher's melancholy are a lot more melancholy, isn't this Wang Yang's action of sniping "The Amazing Director"? I have long known that he will not be indifferent! The American version of "Infernal Affairs" is scheduled to be released worldwide on December 22.

It is worth mentioning that the feature film "Blood Diamond" (Warner Bros.), produced by Graham King, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is being filmed in South Africa, which is the trio's second collaboration after "Gangs of New York", and it has been hailed as one of the highlights of the 06-07 awards season.

This is not a separate announcement, the Oscar winner Flame Films recently announced the release schedule of a series of future films!

"The Magician", which was bought out from Sundance at a high price, is scheduled for September 15, and the file already has "Revive the Ball Style" starring Dwayne Johnson (Columbia), Scarlett Johansson's "Black Dahlia" (Universal) and other films; "Saw 4" will naturally continue to be on Halloween on October 27, with no rivals, and other large-scale new films will either be released in advance or later; "Little Sunshine Beauty" will begin to land on the screen on a small scale on November 10, and "Deadly Magic" is scheduled for December 1, which has high hopes for the new line. Nativity.

But it's not them that are more eye-catching, but the many blockbuster plans for the flame movie next year.

"The Green Hornet" is scheduled to be released on March 16, the file has the second week of "Spartan 300 Warriors" (Warner), and the next week there are "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Life and Death Sniper" and other films, if the film is passable, "The Green Hornet" will not have a problem winning the first week; the more anticipated "Iron Man" is scheduled for June 1, when it is sure to be a lively summer vacation, the next week's "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", the next week's "Ocean's Thirteen" and other films are its biggest enemies to achieve good results; "League of Assassins 2" Scheduled for July 27 at the end of the summer vacation, the comedy animation "The Simpsons" with a budget of 75 million that week, "Spy 3" with 110 million next week, and "Rush Hour 3" with 140 million next week are fighting with it, and it seems that no one is a character to mess with.

But these still seem to be secondary, Pokémon's new sci-fi work is the most concerned, "I Am Legend" is scheduled for July 6, 2007, released worldwide!

Although everyone knew that "I Am Legend" would definitely capture a certain month tomorrow summer, May, June, and July, when the news was confirmed, July was still like the original clear sky suddenly overcast, and a storm was coming. Some people are happy and some are worried, after the 4-week super bombardment of "Firefly", everyone knows that if you want your new film to win the first week championship, you must definitely avoid Wang Yang's big production, not to mention that this time there is also a "box office bomb" Will Smith!

Magical Jan + Smith + science fiction big production + good film = nuclear bomb! Companies that are not in the nuclear radiation zone can't help but cheer and celebrate, but the people in the radiation zone are full of sorrow.

The 110 million budget "Die Hard 4" (Fox) will be released on June 27, and the 150 million production budget of the animated film "Ratatouille" (Disney/Bona) will be released on June 29, which is not the most serious, after all, it is last week (6-29 to 7-5), "I Am Legend" will not be able to win this week's championship no matter how good it is, and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (150 million budget), scheduled for July 11, does not seem to have to worry, especially the B executives who know the style of "I Am Legend" are not panicked at all.

Not to mention Harry's superb popularity, it's a big deal not to try his luck on July 6-12, and now that Fantastic Young has joined in, there is no chance to postpone the release on Friday for two days to ensure that the firepower is enough to win the weekend and weekly championship of July 13-19, can "I Am Legend" still make any waves in the second week?

So the most dilemma is the sci-fi masterpiece "Transformers" (Paramount & DreamWorks), which will start filming in May and is scheduled to be released on July 3 next year, originally only had one blockbuster in the 27th week of 07, although director Michael Bay completely messed up "Escape from Clone Island", but with the huge popularity of "Transformers" toys and cartoons, as long as you feed the audience with popcorn such as special effects, explosions, scenes, and hot vases, the weekly champion is handy, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" It can't pick up the cheap, on the contrary, it is likely to pick up the bargain in week 26.

If "Ratatouille" and "Die Hard 4" weren't so weak, and "I Am Legend" didn't suffer Waterloo, then "Transformers" would have become a two-week unflattering one, and it was very likely that they wouldn't win a single championship in the end.

So either withdraw to the 6th release and go all out to fight "I Am Legend" to compete for the championship in Week 27, or continue to try their luck on the screen on the 3rd, two options! Paramount has to make a decision.

Media fans have never only cared about the champion, no one cares who the runner-up is, and the absence of the title has a great impact on the subsequent box office, which is the last thing Paramount wants to see. And "Transformers" has a production budget of up to 150 million, these robots are incredibly popular, since the project began to officially debut, the global fan expectations and attention are beyond the ordinary, Paramount & DreamWorks leaders know it will be a success, a huge success! They even talked a few times about the future plans of "Transformers 2" and "Transformers 3".

Wang Yang is not easy to mess with, and Transformers such as Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee are not easy to mess with! Is it his hard fist, or is it the hard fist of giant steel?

"Even if Wang Yang is what's wrong, we won't necessarily lose. "Producer Don Murphy, director Michael Bedu are confident, and boss and executive producer Spielberg are also inclined to fight again, and last year's "War of the Worlds" lost too much. There's still a lot of time to think about, but Paramount is almost certain that he wants to fight! If he doesn't withdraw, he will lose in Week 27, and if he comes back, he won't have to, and if "Transformers" knocks out !! Miracle Young, it will be ...... Starting from "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", all 7 films directed by him can win the first week box office!

Taking a step back, box office battles are attractive enough to cause a lot of news if they lose, and it's better to die in obscurity. What's more, "I Am Legend", a "boring" project with one or two actors and no popcorn, if it weren't for Marvelous Young and Smith, it would be a dead one, and Paramount really couldn't find a reason to back down.

Because "Transformers" was set first, it was considered to have seized the schedule, and according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, "I Am Legend", which rushed up, was quite provocative, but when asked by the media, Flame Films spokesperson Foona Hasson emphasized very calmly: "The summer schedule is always so tight, and next year from May to August, there will be a new film with a budget of over 100 million yuan almost every week, and the flame is just maintaining its own rhythm and not picking opponents." ”

In fact, the generals inside the flame movie don't know that Wang Yang really chose, he just chose to play with "Transformers"!

If the post-production goes well, "I Am Legend" will already be able to be painted in June, and two weeks after being separated from "Iron Man", the 24th week of "Fantastic Four 2" (77.45 million in the first week, 130 million cost), the 25th week of "Fake God 2" (45.53 million in the first week, 175 million cost), the 26th week of "Transformers" (84.9 million), "Ratatouille" (80.51 million in the first week), and "Die Hard 4" (51.66 million) are all powerless opponents. I Am Legend" 103 million in the first week (December 14-20 in the 50th week), but he chose the 27th week, and "Transformers" originally won the weekly championship with 102 million.

186 million in 10 days, 156.5 million box office in the first 7 days! "Transformers" is very powerful, if it puts the premiere day on Friday and concentrates its firepower on the opening week, the box office in the first 7 days may be able to exceed 160 million, of course, provided that there is no "I Am a Legend" as an opponent.

Who will win the first week's championship? Wang Yang doesn't know, he just wants not to know, Robert Zemeckis is very right, when the passion gradually loses, you must find more fun and excitement for yourself, and only then can you have more enthusiasm for work! A strong opponent is a good fun, ** type commercial film VS the most typical summer popcorn, lonely VS lively, dog VS bumblebee, no woman VS Megan Fox, he is directing a real good show.

"Hahahaha!" There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, and under the slightly puzzled eyes of Mark Slent, Chris Ball, Simon Willis and others, Wang Yang, who was sitting in the chairman's seat, shrugged his shoulders with a smile, "snapped", closed the screening watch in his hand, and said with a smile: "Do we need to be afraid of anyone now? Please! I think it's good for the flames to keep their own rhythm, there will always be opponents, just July 6, 2007!"

So the North American opening date of "I Am Legend" was set, and no one knew that Pokémon was just for fun, but it caused headaches for several leaders of Paramount to this day.

Obviously, the two movies have not yet started shooting, and it is unknown whether they can be produced and released as scheduled, and for this very likely box office war, veteran fans and fans have been discussing it in IMDb and other forum communities.

No one cares about Michael Bay, Paramount asked him to direct, which means that "Transformers" must be a pure popcorn commercial blockbuster, not to mention any depth of connotation, the plot and details are mentally retarded at any time, and it makes no difference to find Stephen Sommers, Brian Singh, Joe Carnahan and others to direct, or even better or worse than him. In any case, fans sometimes love the "silly fun" of dripping and adrenaline-pumping, especially this Transformers!

That's the key, Amazing Jan VS Transformers! Debbie C left a message: "Y will win! I'll be the first to see the movie "IAL" instead of a bunch of explosions. Joey-L said: "Sorry Amazing Young, I'll watch "Transformers" first and then "I Am Legend", I've been looking forward to the live-action movie version for too long." Aaron F also said: "The Autobots grew up with me, I'm a big fan, so I'll go see it first, I'm Legend wait for the next week." ”

Jason G said, "I think Transformers is going to have a silly story, nice CGI effects and action sequences, and the first time it's great, the second time it's boring, but you still have to watch it the first time." Huff-T said, "Of course it's amazing Young, it's a pleasure to watch his movies!" Alicia said, "Wang Yang = great movies, Michael Bay = so noisy that you can't sleep well in the screening room." Brandon S also supported Wang Yang: "Who's coming?Oh, Optimus Prime, let's go watch "I Am Legend" together?...... Regardless of whether "Transformers" is released on the 3rd or 6th, there will be a fierce battle in the 27th week of 2007.

(To be continued)