After the completion of "Years, Months and Days", Zhang Ran did not frantically publicize "Future Apocalypse" as fans expected. The New Year is approaching, and he hopes to stay at home and spend the New Year with his family.

February 10 was Chinese New Year's Eve, and on this night, Zhang Ran's family gathered around to watch the Spring Festival Gala. There were no surprises in the 2013 Spring Festival Gala, Zhang Ran's mother and father couldn't help complaining, saying that the Spring Festival Gala was getting more and more ugly. Zhang Ran also felt that the whole party was boring, there was no novelty, and there was a lack of eye-catching things.

However, as a director, Zhang Ran also understands the difficulties, twenty years ago, the spiritual life was extremely scarce, and everyone thought that the Spring Festival Gala was good-looking; In fact, the same is true for movies, don't the current audiences also lament that movies are getting more and more ugly?

Early the next morning, Zhang Ran was woken up by a phone ringing, and when he opened his eyes, it was only half past five. Zhang Ran picked up the mobile phone and looked at it, it was Zhao Fei's phone, and then connected: "Lao Zhao, why did you call me so early?"

Zhao Fei was a little speechless when he saw Zhang Ran's reaction: "You really don't care about the Oscars at all!" He raised his voice and said: "The British Academy Awards ceremony has just ended, and "Future Apocalypse" won eight awards, including the most important awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, which can be said to be a big victory!"

Zhang Ran was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "It seems that the British really like movies with classical temperament and epic temperament! "Future Apocalypse" won a big victory in Britain and Austria, and the situation of the entire Oscar has changed again!"

Indeed, as Zhang Ran said, after the British Academy Film Awards were released, the originally bright Oscar situation changed again!

With more than 500 members of the British Film Academy, the Oscar judges are quite a large group, and the British jury has always been relatively uniform. If their ticket smashes on a certain movie, it is entirely possible to change the direction of the Oscars.

In 1999, "Saving Private Ryan" won the Producers Guild, the Golden Globe Award, and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award. The key is that "Saving Private Ryan" lost the BAFTA Award for Best Picture, and the British ticket was all smashed on "Shakespeare in Love".

Originally, many people thought that "Escape from Tehran" won the Oscar for Best Picture was a sure thing, but now that "Future Apocalypse" has won eight awards at the British Academy Film Awards, the British ticket has undoubtedly fallen on Zhang Ran, and "Future Apocalypse" is entirely likely to achieve a big reversal.

The prediction of the final result of the Oscars is the standard configuration of the American media, and before the British Academy Awards, the predictions of the major media are relatively uniform, but after the British Academy Awards, the predictions of the major media are relatively different. The Washington Post's critics predicted "Escape from Tehran" as the best film, in line with "Vanity Fair," while the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and other media outlets predicted that "Apocalypse of the Future" would be the best picture.

Affected by the results of the BAFTA Awards, betting sites, including William Hill, have adjusted their betting odds, and the odds of "Future Apocalypse" have soared in all categories.

In the Best Picture category, "Escape from Tehran" remains the biggest favorite. Since "Escape from Tehran" won three bellwethers, and because "Escape from Tehran" was not nominated for Best Director as a big hit, many judges felt guilty about Ben Affleck and voted for him when they voted for Best Picture, so "Escape from Tehran" had the biggest chance of winning, and the betting site opened at odds of only 1.33.

As the biggest competitor of "Escape from Tehran", "Future Apocalypse" is far superior to its opponents in terms of viewing and artistry; but because the film is considered an anti-American film by conservatives, conservatives will certainly not vote for "Future Apocalypse"; another disadvantage is that the Oscars have always had a preconception about science fiction films, and in the 85-year history of the Oscars, only 8 science fiction films have been nominated for the highest Oscar award, and none of them have won awards; therefore, the bookmaker gave "Future Apocalypse" The odds offered are 4.50.

In the Best Director category, Zhang Ran is the top seed with 1.10, followed by "Life of Pi" director Ang Lee at 8.00 and "Lincoln" director Spielber at 11.00 at 3rd.

There is almost no suspense in the two awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway can be said to have swept all the way, and the four major weather vanes are all in the bag, it can be said that they have won these two awards, and the competition for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor is particularly fierce, these two awards can be said to be a contest between Summit Entertainment and Harvey, Best Actress is Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Chastain VS Jennifer Lawrence of Summit Entertainment, and Best Supporting Actor is Robert De Niro VS Christopher Waltz。

In terms of odds, the top seed for Best Actress is Jennifer Lawrence at 1.50, Scarlett Johansson at 2.87 and Jessica Chastain at 8.00, while Robert De Niro is in the lead at 1.33 and Christopher Waltz at 4.00.

Of course, leading the betting site's odds doesn't mean the movie will win the prize, and the uncertainty will remain until the final result is revealed.

The deadline for voting for the Oscars is 5 p.m. on February 19, with a few days to go. Oscar public relations has also entered the sprint stage, and the battle between major studios and producers for votes has begun to heat up. In particular, the four most popular nominees – "Escape from Tehran", "Apocalypse of the Future", "Hunt Ben **" and "Behind the Clouds" – have all been bombarded with advertisements, not only in Los Angeles and New York, but also in newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times.

In addition to canvassing for votes, all kinds of overt and covert means are also being used to attract more votes before the voting deadline.

On February 15, four days before the deadline for Oscar voting, the British newspaper The Guardian suddenly published an article. In this article, French actress Léa Seydoux revealed that she had been sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein last year, and said that Harvey has been harassing actresses for a long time: "We met in the lobby of his hotel at the time, and his assistant, a young woman, was present. He flirted with me all night, staring at me like I was a piece of meat. He invited me to his room for a drink and we went upstairs together because of his power, I had a hard time refusing. Soon, his assistant left, leaving only the two of us. He began to spiral out of control. We were talking on the couch and he suddenly pounced on me and tried to kiss me, and I had to defend myself. He was big and fat, so I had to resist hard. I left his room, completely disgusted. But I'm not afraid of him, I always knew what kind of person he was??"

The Guardian's article caused an uproar immediately after it was published, and was reposted by many online media, and was sent to the top of the hot search list by Fly, and then the news was also forwarded by heavyweight media such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and Harvey's sexual harassment quickly became a hot topic of public discussion.

In fact, it is not the first time that Harvey has been accused of character harassment, and someone has even called the police before, but in the end, the matter is over. Léa Seydoux, who came out to accuse Xavi this time, is not an ordinary person, and it can be said that it is the French version of Jingtian.

Léa Seydoux comes from a family of filmmakers, her grandfather was the chairman of EMI Films, her two uncles, one was the chairman of Gaumont Films, the other was also a famous producer, and her parents were also company owners. It can be said that the whole family is a French movie boss, and she is very rich, and she is a little princess in the French film industry. Therefore, Léa Seydoux could not slander Harvey for money or other reasons, the only possibility is that she was really harassed.

Harvey's response was swift, and his lawyer said in a statement sent to the dpa: "The Guardian report is full of false claims and slander against Harvey Weinstein, which is false and fabricated, and the Weinstein company is preparing to sue the Guardian!"

Speaking to the media, Harvey said: "It's completely fabricated, I haven't harassed anyone. I've worked with a lot of great actresses, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, etc., many of them are beautiful and stunning, but I have never harassed them, and I have a good relationship with them. Seriously, if you want a woman, as long as I say it, there will be countless women in my arms, is it necessary for me to harass the little princess of Momoyo Company?"

The reporter asked, "Then why did Léa Seydoux accuse you of sexual harassment?"

Harvey shrugged his shoulders and said with an innocent expression: "She is Prada's spokesperson, and who Prada's boss is, you should know." Recently, this gentleman's film is hitting the Oscars, and we are his biggest competitors, so it's not surprising that this happened!"

Harvey's words directly pointed the finger at Zhang Ran, thinking that Zhang Ran was manipulating everything.

In fact, Harvey guessed correctly, the harassment of Léa Seydoux was indeed stabbed out at the behest of Summit Entertainment, and the reason why Summit Entertainment chose to break the news in the UK is because every year in order to rush the Olympics, Harvey will advertise in major media. For various media, Harvey is their important financier, and they are unwilling to offend Harvey easily. In the UK, the resistance is not so great.

Summit Entertainment has no intention of completely defeating Harvey, if this matter is really completely broken, Summit Entertainment will inevitably be rejected by the entire Hollywood circle. Because once this matter comes out, many people and companies will be involved, and the image of the entire Hollywood will be greatly damaged. It's like Zhang Yu broke the unspoken rules in China, but Zhang Ji and others came out and scolded, saying that she was pouring on the showbiz!

Although Summit Entertainment is already a member of Hollywood's top club, its foundation is not solid, and it has no media and television stations in its hands, and there are many places where it is controlled by others. In this case, Summit Entertainment will definitely not be able to completely break the matter.

Neither Zhang Ran nor Summit Entertainment responded to Harvey's remarks, but Léa Seydoux strongly said that what he said was the truth and he was not afraid of a lawsuit with Harvey. Harvey said he was going to sue Léa Seydoux, but in fact there was no further action, and he didn't want to make a big deal out of it. So, a storm passed like this.

However, Léa Seydoux's revelations still had a certain impact on the Oscar judges, and many judges, especially female judges, will think when voting, do I really want to vote for Harvey's movie?

The time soon came on February 24th, and the much-anticipated 85th Academy Awards ceremony began!