"I can't understand why Firefly didn't win Best Cast, it has great characters, great performances, we have so many classic screen characters!" Roshan-C said very unconvinced, "Oh my God, it's a sad result, there won't be a better cast than Firefly, they deserve the award!" Lukas-Z is also dissatisfied, "Marr and Whirlwind are the sexiest men in the history of science fiction, I love them!" Sarah-J said......; The 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards announced on the 29th was quite controversial, precisely because the annual award for Best Cast in the Film category was not awarded to the most popular "Firefly", according to Yahoo Entertainment's poll, only 16% of the voting people were satisfied with "Good Night, Good Luck", 55% of the people have not seen the film, and another survey showed that 67% of the vast majority of the public think that "Firefly" should be awarded.

However, these are already facts that cannot be changed, and fans can only be disappointed and sigh. There was also an incident at the awards ceremony, Heath Ledger, the prodigal son of the family who had been repeatedly criticized by the media in the past and is now miraculously lifted, got into trouble again, and when he and Jake Gyllenhaal took the stage to introduce "Brooded Arm Mountain", he suddenly smirked, although the atmosphere at the Sylangoris Exhibition Center was good, but the next day the "Los Angeles Times" accused him of disrespect: "What does the laughing Ledger want to say when introducing a movie with such a sensitive subject matter and such a serious story?" Does this guy know what kind of movie he's acted in?......

"I'm sorry, there was no malice. Heath Ledger has never had a good relationship with the media, he is a famous thorn, even after reining in, he still often looks like a hanger, but this time he honestly admitted his mistake, Ledger issued a statement: "At that time, I didn't think of anything funny, let alone disrespect 'Brokeback Mountain', in my heart it was a real movie, otherwise I wouldn't have taken this offer." Obviously, I didn't have the bearing and talent of Magic Young, I just did something wrong unintentionally. ”

Is this still the same Australian thorn? The media and the public were quite surprised, especially Ledger's fans and fans, the engagement and birth of a daughter really made him change! When did he admit his mistakes before? And also hinted that he made mistakes because he was not suitable for the stage awards ceremony? The arrogant Ledger actually lowered his head.

"Heath set the mood in the wrong way at the wrong time, but I knew he really didn't mean it, and I knew he gave so much for Brokeback that we were able to see his genius. Wang Yang expressed his support for Ledger to the Los Angeles Times, and he knew very well that Heath was really uncomfortable to the point of gaffe, that guy sometimes looked like a fool even in ordinary media interviews, and his performance on the SAG stage was normal.

Heath Ledger took the initiative to apologize, and Marvel Young offered to help, so the incident did not make any waves.

January 29 also marked the closing day of this year's Sundance Film Festival, with "Rite of Passage" winning the Grand Jury Prize in the Theatre category, "The Million Killing Game" winning the World Jury Prize in the Theatre category, and "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Magician" taking away no awards for their record-breaking prices. However, Wang Yang and the flame film crew knew that this trip to Sundance was a great harvest! "Old Friends Are Rich", "Alpha Dog", "Sleep Science", "Midnight Listener" and other films have all found distributors, and FOX Searchlight, Warner Indie, Miramax and other studios have also returned home satisfied, and the world will know who is the big winner in the next year.

Wang Yang's family went to San Diego to continue their wedding anniversary honeyweek, and the beautiful beaches, golf courses, national forest parks and other places have already left the footprints of the two and the stroller during this vacation.

Of course, there is a zoo full of exotic animals, but no matter how large it is, there are no ancient animals, except for a beautiful movie poster posted in the bathroom, restaurant, etc., "Ice-Age: Dan-of-the-Dinosaurs", a wide-eyed squirrel looks innocently at the visitors.

"Ice Age 3" will be released worldwide in April, and no one doubts whether it will do well, at least Flame & Blue Sky is convinced, and the best proof is that the production of "Ice Age 4" is on the agenda.

This sequel will continue to be created by the original team "IA Team", due to the normal change of blood in creation, only Michael Borg (IA3), Mike Reis (IA1, IA3) remain on the screenwriting team, Steve Martino (IA3 art design), Mike Temill (IA1 screenwriter, IA3 co-director) served as co-director, Martino also had experience in directing short films about Little Squirrels, and Wang Yang seemed to have full confidence in the two and agreed to Blue Sky's plan without too much consideration, so the production preparations for "IA4" were as bright as ever.

But after all, the team has undergone a major change, the two veterans Chris Witch and Carlos Shaldanha have left the team, and this is Martino's screen debut, so the production time of "IA4" needs more patience, and Flame & Blue Sky initially set its release date for the summer of 2009.

As early as last fall, Wang Yang, Mark Slenter, Chris Witch and other leaders had discussions on this topic, and it was inevitable to start a new animation, but the question was what kind of story? Chris Witch is still interested in robots, especially after he had a conversation with children's book writer and illustrator William Joyce a few years ago, and they originally discussed putting Joyce's "Santa Claus Calling" Adapted into a CGI cartoon, it turned out to brainstorm an idea about robots.

This is a fantasy robot world, robots are equal to humans, work, live, and chase, this is another hierarchical society, the hierarchy of robots depends on the materials they are made, and the protagonist Rodney, who is made of copper, is the most humble, Rodney is not inferior, he thinks he has the brain of an inventor...... In fact, this story is not new, the ordinary life of an ordinary boy or even a waste boy has changed, incarnated as a hero to defeat the villain, and at the same time harvested love and friendship, etc., old-fashioned traditional stories. However, as the so-called new bottle of old wine, many times it is just that new and bright bottle, such as "Kung Fu Panda". For better or worse, "Robot World" is a malleable bottle filled with all sorts of whimsy and whimsy, and Wetch and Joyce have ambitions to make it the "new Toy Story."

William Joyce, 48, is one of the conceptualists and art designers for Toy Story and Bugs, and last year he and Reel Effects founded Aimesorth Entertainment to produce cartoons, video games and books, and announced that he would produce three animated films, "Guardians of Childhood," "The-Mischevians," and "Bob the Dinosaur and His Adventures and Family" But so far, they have not achieved and there is no action to achieve.

Joyce's most nervous thing is "Robot" (Robot Adventure), first of all, Flame & Blue Sky's finances have nothing to do with him, but if "Robot" is successful, he can make a name for himself and become more familiar with the production affairs, because he is the film's producer and art director, under the premise that "Robot" is put into production.

"Interesting, we want to be interesting!" At that time, the script had already been drafted, Wang Yang thought that the theme of the youth inspirational story was no problem, and the bottle of the all-robot world was also very beautiful, but the assembly line assembly script was too lacking in surprises and touches, so old-fashioned that it couldn't make people excited, and some jokes were even boring, why start with a mess? "Cute, we want to be cute!" On the other hand, he was very dissatisfied with the initial character design, which was neither cute nor cool, what did he want? Chris, William, do you really think the kids will like it?"

If it's other themes, it's good to say, youth inspirational is like a youth campus song and dance film, humanoid robots are more important to the sense of substitution of human aesthetics, those robots are like the leading actors, who would like youth movies starring people with mediocre appearance?

Wang Yang knew that the original Fox & Blue Sky 2005 version of "Robot Adventure" only had a global box office of 260 million (128 million in North America), relative to the production cost of 75 million, plus the income of DVD and VHS, it was considered a so-so recovery of costs;Rotten Tomatoes' three indicators of 64%/69%/60% were barely qualified, which led to Fox & Blue Sky not daring to launch a sequel, and the problems of script and character design stifled that novel world.

Of course, he doesn't want the Flame & Blue Sky version to reap this fruit, and it is their style to be a blockbuster, so they must solve two major problems!

In terms of revising the script, he gave some opinions and ideas; as for how to call a humanoid robot cute or cool? Wang Yang didn't know, he was not an art designer, not an art director, and he was busy with the work of "500 Days with Shamo" at that time and didn't have much time to discuss, but it is certain that the character style of Pixar's "Cars" released in the summer of 06 is cute, anyway, if he can't see a satisfactory script and character, he will not agree to make "Robot Adventures".

Because Wang Yang is not an art designer and art director, even if he is a magical Yang, William Joyce still feels very unconvinced, ugly, dull, old-fashioned? Chris Weiqi is a centrist, he thinks that the problem is not so serious, but it is right to keep improving, but film creation is sometimes a very subjective thing, and there is no standard for whether the character is beautiful or not, how can the iron parts robot be considered cute, beautiful, and ......cool? At present, the project is still in the deadlock stage.

Wang Yang, Wei Qi and others all hope to continue to play to the advantages of Blue Sky, you must know that when it comes to animal fur mapping and other technologies, even Pixar is no longer comparable to Blue Sky, and Blue Sky's ace Brazilian director Carlos Sardanha (IA1, IA2, IA3) will be the next stop after completing "IA3"? No matter where he is, he will be the director of the new animation, because this is the project he initiated.

The winners of the selection for best cinematography are Brokeback Mountain, Rodrigo Prieto, Firefly, Valley Pfister, Good Night, Good Luck by Robert Ayerswaite, Memoirs of a Geisha, Dion Bibby, and New World, Emmanuel Rubezky. ”

The winners for Best Original Score are "Brokeback Mountain" by Gustavo Sandolara, "Firefly" by Jenn Kezmelik and Hans Zimmer, "The Immortal Gardener" by Alberto Iglesias, "Memoirs of a Geisha" by John Williams and "Pride and Prejudice" by Dario Marianari. ”

The sky is very clear in the early morning, and on January 31st, the list of nominees for the 78th Oscars is being announced! The intergalactic cowboys who got up early in the morning and turned on the TV were not disappointed, watching "Firefly" win one nomination after another, and happy "YES!", "COOL!", "GREAT!" rang out again and again!

The Samuel Goldwin Theater in Beverly Hills, Sid Garnes, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and actress Mira Sovino jointly announced the nomination to more than 800 journalists from all over the world, the 38-year-old Sovino is the 69th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, she received a bachelor's degree in Chinese literature from Harvard University in 1989, and is fluent in Chinese, apparently the college made this selection arrangement because "Brokeback Mountain" and "Firefly" are all from Chinese directors.

Rather than dismissing "Firefly" inhumanely, the Academy is in the lead position in the list of nominations, followed by "Brokeback Mountain", "Good Night, Good Luck", "Capote", "Walk with the Song", "Munich", ...... "Best Supporting Actor" are George Clooney, "Cinrena", Paul Giamati, "Man with Iron Fist", Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain", William Hurt, "A History of Violence", and Heath Ledger, "Firefly". At the announcement ceremony, which was broadcast live on ABC, Garnis and Sovino stood in front of the glass podium with smiles on their faces, and as the two voices spoke, five checkered screens behind them showed photos of the nominees one by one.

"YES-" Seeing the blue gloves smiling weirdly on the screen in the lower right corner, the intergalactic cowboys in front of the TV immediately cheered, another one! Soon after the best actor/actress, came the best director! Although the fans knew that the magic of Young was going to be shortlisted, there was still a hint of nervousness in their expectations, and the two began to read at intervals: "George Clooney, "Good Night, Good Luck", Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain", Bennett Miller, "Capote", Steven Spielberg, "Munich", ......"

Clooney, who pursed his lips and smiled confidently, appeared in the upper right corner, Ang Lee wearing a peaked cap in the lower left corner, Bennett-Miller in the upper left corner, and Spielberg with a calm face in the lower right corner, at this time Sovino smiled and said: "Wang Yang, "Firefly". In the middle position, a grinning Wang Yang appeared.

"Young, Young!!Come out and see, what are you doing!?We're leading the list of nominees!Wow—oh!" In the elegant hotel suite living room, Jessica jumped and jumped excitedly, shouting and rushed to the bedroom......: "Oh my God! Have you forgotten something?" Jessica, who braked suddenly, endured her excitement and turned her eyes in confusion: "What?" Wang Yang gritted his teeth and showed a fierce look: "I'm angry." Jessica smiled and patted her forehead: "Oh, it's the wedding anniversary!" of course I remember...... So what?"

"What do you say? Wang Yang stretched out his right hand to stroke her face, and suddenly turned around extremely quickly, and really magically conjured a bright red rose, and he handed it to her with a smile: "Give it to you." ”

"Wow!" Jessica's eyes widened in surprise, she quickly took the flowers and sniffed the flowers, didn't look at his long-sleeved shirt, looked at him with loving eyes, and asked with a toothy smile: "When did you learn it?" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm a magician", he quickly flicked it in her ear, and suddenly another one appeared, Jessica took it with a smile, she held a red rose in one hand, and took a deep breath together, "Is there anything else?"

Wang Yang laughed and said, "You guessed right", his left hand suddenly raised and poked into her ponytail, and then conjured a fragrant lily, Jessica couldn't help but sigh: "Wow-"

(To be continued)