In 2009, James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" received $2.7 billion at the global box office, "Avatar 2" was originally planned to be released in December 2014, but the release date of the film was repeatedly postponed, and finally set for 2018.

But there are a lot of reports on this, in the report, James Cameron reviewed the filming process of "Avatar 1", saying that he had been preparing for the film for a long time at that time, and the next few films will also be epic feats, which will consume him a full eight years.

Kashen said that "Avatar 2" will not be released in 2012, there is no specific release time, and they are not only making "Avatar 2", but four sequels, "Avatar 2/3/4/5", which is a huge project, as difficult as building the Three Gorges Dam.

After 2009's "Avatar 1", there were originally two sequels, but in a few years of preparation, the sequels grew to 4, and the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, and the time dragged on for more and more until now. In the near future, "Avatar" will launch a derivative Disneyland theme area, and it will also cooperate with Ubisoft to play games, which is really busy.

However, in order to maintain his popularity, this guy jumped out from time to time to brag: "The sequel won't hurt Avatar, because there was no Avatar before Avatar." Cameron said: "There is a gap of 7 years between Terminator 1 and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and there is also a gap of 7 years between Alien 1 and Alien 2, and it is clear that the time span between Avatar 1 and Avatar 2 will be as long as 10 years. ”

On the issue of the time span of the first two films of "Avatar", James Cameron took "Terminator" and "Alien", two classic series of movies, as examples, obviously wanting to show a problem - even if there are many years apart, this will not affect the quality of the sequel, so you don't have to worry about anything, anyway, this guy is pushing left and right, and he can't get it out of ten years.

The king of the world has a double crown, and he is even more arrogant and temperamental: "If you want to see it, you can wait, and if you don't want to see it, you can't wait." ”

The same attitude is also true towards the film company Twentieth Century Fox: "I don't want to wait, I'll find someone to take over!"

This is the rhythm of dying of popularity, this Cameron can make money, but he can also be popular, it is okay to be a friend, but it is not happy to be a partner.

Mark just saw this, and resolutely refused to go on the horse to promote this technology, James Cameron and Peter Jackson, two guys who flew on a plane and honked their horns, pushed 48FPS technology at the same time, this technology is popular all over the world, that is just around the corner, only Mark knows how pitty this is, without the nod support of the giant company, everything is fake, and the giant company is still promoting what new technology in the case of shrinking box office revenue, which is not very interesting.

Mark said so, Jackson had to agree, he could see that Mark was not interested in promoting this technology, Jackson they had no way to be hot, fortunately Mark was not a stingy person, he was very much in favor of those super-large scenes, shot with expensive IMXA technology, MM company has mastered a set of mature IMXA technology, which is used in "Iron Man", "Spider-Man", "Transformers", "The Dark Knight", etc., the effect is very amazing, not inferior to high frame rate technology.

For fear that Mark would regret it, Jackson once again emphasized: "As you said, when "Avatar 2", which was made with 48FPS technology, was released, it was when "The Hobbit" used 48FPS technology. ”

Mark said: "No problem, you can write this clause into the contract! If "Avatar 2" is released, we have filmed half of it, and we can completely tear down and remake it." ”

Jackson probed: "Why do you think James will definitely skip the ticket?"

Mark said: "Wood has a way? This guy's black history is a big basket, if there is no punctuality, he will fool others to rush forward, be a whetstone, and sit behind his back, if his "Avatar 2" can be delivered on time, I will cut off the balls and give you wine." ”

Jackson said: "The aborigines of the primeval forests of the South Island have this custom, and I don't like it. ”

Mark said, "You don't believe me!"

"My original plan was to shoot with RED's high-definition digital cameras, which would use specialized film and maintenance equipment and post-production special effects processing, and now I'm going to re-engineer and change the drama from two to three, which is a lot of work," Jackson said. ”

Mark said: "I believe you will do it well, this is not difficult for you, at the beginning, such a simple condition, you can make an excellent Lord of the Rings trilogy, now that someone has the equipment, you won't shoot it?"

In the original version, following the end of the "Lord of the Rings" series, the prequel "The Hobbit" series of movies has become a high-profile blockbuster in the industry. According to a financial figure from the producers of "The Hobbit" when it was filmed in New Zealand, the production of the series has cost a staggering $745 million, which is an astronomical figure.

The production cost of The Hobbit franchise was originally estimated at $560 million (estimated before the finale "The Hobbit 3: The Battle of the Five Armies" was completed), but the actual cost of pre-production and digital special effects production is much higher than estimated, and it is unclear whether this figure takes into account the cost of film distribution and marketing.

Overall, though, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey isn't the most expensive film franchise ever made. According to the well-known box office website Mojo and Guinness World Records, the most expensive to make is "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", but it also made him one of the top five films in film history.

Mojo estimates that the first two films of the "The Hobbit" series earned nearly $2 billion at the box office, while the "Lord of the Rings" series has only grossed less than $3 billion since 2001.

However, Mark believes that if you don't use the 48FPS technology of the chicken, the cost will not be so scary, and this high-definition technology is the selling point of the film's key promotion, but the audience does not buy it, but thinks it is "distortion." It can achieve a good result of breaking through one billion, it is all due to the previous beer, counting the surge in currency, his results are not as good as the old trilogy more than ten years ago.

In view of this, Mark will not bird any high-definition technology and insist on taking the road of a film, which makes the technology madman Peter very unhappy.

But Mark is even more unhappy, you take Lao Tzu's 700 million US dollars to make an experimental movie, when Lao Tzu is wronged, you want to shoot Cameron first, and you want to fool Lao Tzu into jumping into the pit, this is impossible, making movies is not afraid of burning money, but there is no such way to burn money.

The agreement between him and Peter seems to be a compromise, but in fact it blocks this road, Cameron, it is impossible to shoot "Avatar 2" in 2012, or even five or six years, at that time, "The Hobbit" was already filmed and released.

Several Hollywood giants have their own preferences for the application of new technologies, MM, Warner, and Disney prefer IMXA and 3D, while Universal has a good relationship with Jackson and Twentieth Century Fox and Cameron, and prefers 48FPS high-definition technology, but this also needs the support of cinema companies, and IMXA technology is fully supported and promoted by MM because of Mark's favor, and it is the first to qualify.

And Jackson's Weta Digital is in love with 48FPS high-definition technology, and he used this technology partially when filming "King Kong", so they tried their best to recommend it to Mark, hoping to use this technology in "The Hobbit", believing that with the big sales of the movie, this technology will become popular and become the standard for blockbusters.

Who knows that Mark is not cold at all, and insists on not using this technology, Mark's refusal can be said to be a major setback in the promotion of 48FPS technology.

Jackson couldn't understand why IMXA technology was more expensive than 48FPS technology, and it was difficult to promote, and it had to be shared by IMXA, but Mark just liked and vigorously promoted this technology.

But Mark is very resolute, this is not something he can control, only wait for Cameron to shoot "Avatar 2".

Mark's departure quickly settled the dispute between Warner and MGM, and then went to New Zealand to persuade Jackson to join the fat man, and the "Hobbit" project officially entered the fast lane.

The Hobbit was full of twists and turns, and as early as 1969, United Arts bought the film adaptation rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies from the Tolkien Heritage Foundation, which was managed by Tolkien's descendants. A few years later, United Arts transferred the rights to the adaptation of the Lord of the Rings franchise to Saul Zaynz to make a film, resulting in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, which inspired the teenage Peter Jackson to pay attention to Tolkien's work.

In the years that followed, Lianyi and Saul Zaynz were embroiled in a tangled copyright lawsuit, which eventually led to court mediation, with Zaynz owning the rights to the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and United Arts holding the rights to the film adaptation of The Hobbit.

In 1994, Peter Jackson filmed "Angel of Sin" for Harvey Weinstein's Miramax Company, which was very popular, so Jackson took the opportunity to propose a film adaptation of Tolkien's work, and the plan was to make one "Hobbit" first, and if the response was good, he would continue to make two "The Lord of the Rings".

At that time, Saul Zaynz was anxious about the box office failure of "The English Patient", so Weinstein offered financial assistance in exchange for the adaptation rights in the hands of the other party, seeing that the deal was about to be concluded, Weinstein suddenly found that there was also a joint art thing, and the most realistic Harvey Weinstein resolutely jumped out of this entangled "love triangle", skipping the prequel "The Hobbit" and going straight to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

What happened later is known to the whole world, Weinstein was too expensive, and he did not shoot the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but let the new line take advantage of it, which also became an eternal pain in the hearts of the Weinstein brothers.