One animated series and one animated film.

Unlike the simple introduction of "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Zootopia" not only announced the main creators, but also announced the invited voice actors.

Although only four were announced, they are all super first-line actors in Hollywood.

There are Julia Butz, Edward Capdic, Austin Post, and Jeffrey Williams.

Except for these four, the rest are all intended to be invited, and the list of proposed invitations will not be announced for the time being, but Li Zhifan will talk about it, and tell these people through today's scene that he will go back to find them, and hope that they will not hide and disappear.

The humor of this way is extremely in line with the American humor, so many foreigners below laugh non-stop.

But for Chinese people, it sounds a little embarrassing, because there will never be a director in China who invites actors like this.

"Regarding "Zootopia", I want to do it well, because this is the first real animated film after the integration of Oriental Entertainment, unlike the previous "Dream Travel", it is just an experiment for me to enter the Hollywood animation industry, and I don't need to guarantee anything to the shareholders of the Oriental Group, my identity is more of a free creator. ”

"This time is different, I am now a shareholder of Oriental Entertainment Group, so I am also responsible for my partners at the same time, but I am afraid that they will be worried, so I have a live-action movie in my plan!"

As he spoke, Li Zhifan turned around and directed everyone to look at the big screen.

A dark blue appeared on the big screen, and in the center, a terrifying face suddenly appeared.

At first glance, this face is not thought of as a human face at all, because it looks like the face of a leopard, and it also has these pointed ears, and what is even more terrifying is that this face is blue!

But as the contours of the face gradually became clearer, everyone saw the black hair, and the hairstyle was that kind of dreadlock, which was even more confusing, and the face from the original all-blue gradually changed to a blue leopard pattern.

"What the hell is this?"

"It's scared to death!"

"Oh my God! Is this a cartoon?"

"Isn't that a live-action movie? Is it a monster movie?"

“……”

Many people below muttered strange and questionable.

Among them, there are many Americans who are used to watching sci-fi blockbusters, and even they can't guess what type of movie this picture can be associated with.

Unlike the previous "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Zootopia", this movie has no posters, only this picture of Jufeng made by the computer.

Li Zhifan explained after everyone was surprised enough: "The name of this movie is "Avatar", I won't disclose the plot, just show you the image of the heroine." ”

"What heroine?"

"This, this, this horrible ugly monster, is it the heroine?"

"Oh my God! Crazy, right? Do you want the box office?"

"yes! It's the first time I've seen such an ugly heroine!"

"Avatar, what does that mean?"

"I don't know, it shouldn't be the name of this heroine!"

"Damn, it can't be a bestiality, right? I guess this heroine is likely to be bred by a man and a leopard, and then met the male protagonist...... Damn, isn't this a two-generation bestiality?"

"I can guarantee that this movie will definitely not be seen in the United States, and there will be no market!"

"Yes, Li Zhifan doesn't know enough about American movies, whether it is a hero movie or other science fiction fantasy movies, the mutation is the male protagonist, and the heroine is the beautiful human being, otherwise it is difficult for the audience to buy tickets. ”

"Not only the United States, but also China, Nuwa, Bai Niangniang, these are all monsters, but the characters are all beautiful women, which shows that human beings all over the world have the same thoughts. ”

“……”

Everyone's discussion did not make Li Zhifan show any embarrassment or dissatisfaction, but continued with a smile: "In addition, let me tell you that the actor will be played by me!"

"Ahh

"It's great!"

"What's good? He must be worried that the image of this heroine will ruin the movie, so he goes into battle himself, at least he can win a lot of fans at the box office in the Chinese film market!"

"That's right!"

"I see!"

But in the United States, Li Zhifan can be regarded as a decisive star! Now when it comes to Chinese celebrities, 99 percent of the people will immediately say Li Zhifan. ”

"This is where he is smart, and his own entry into battle is also the box office guarantee of this movie, but I am not very optimistic about the movie itself. ”

"I think it's better to persuade him to make up himself as a leopard, and the heroine chooses a big beauty, and I am the first to recommend Grace Moretz!"

"Grace Moretz, she's too young, isn't she?"

"Don't underestimate her, "Escape from Two Cities" starring her will be released in January next year, and I can guarantee that next year's Hollywood Best Actress will definitely be her!"

“……”

Stage.

Li Zhifan has not yet finalized the candidate for the heroine, and even the candidate for the whole movie, he has not yet started to plan, but he just said hello to some well-known Hollywood actors in advance, and made an appointment to sit down and chat, if they are willing to play a supporting role, and the salary is reasonable, they will definitely be able to get a suitable role.

The heroine of the original "Avatar" is played by a black man.

But in Li Zhifan's case, it will not necessarily be black, but it will have to go through a lot of screening, no matter what race you are, what political correctness you have, as long as it conforms to the image, you can hold it.

The heroine's shape is basically the same, but the face shape may change with the face shape of the heroine herself.

This is also inevitable, because Li Zhifan did not look for the heroine according to the original face shape, so there is naturally an 80% chance that it will not collide with the original face shape.

Although "Avatar" in another world was filmed for more than two years, Li Zhifan is confident that it will be filmed in eight months when the original version is available, and it may even be shorter.

And "Avatar" is actually the most important film technology is computer synthesis.

And James Cameron is also known as a movie technology maniac, good at using various computer technologies, Americans make movies, they don't even bother to shoot street scenes, and all virtual scenes are green screen + CGI post-compositing.

Of course, people are too lazy to shoot because the post-production technology is powerful and the computer software is advanced, which is different from domestic filmmaking.

This time, Oriental Entertainment has acquired the best film post-production technical team in the United States, and now it is 2022, and the production of "Avatar" can be said to be easy to capture, at least much easier than two years ago, and compared with the shooting time of another world in 2005, it will be easier and simpler.

"Avatar" is a film that I will put a lot of effort into making and shooting in the next year, I don't want to say anything to elevate myself, I just want to use my final results to communicate with all audiences, and build a dream world for all audiences with movies. ”

Li Zhifan said that he even thought about the filming location, which is in China, and as for where in China, he did not disclose it, because the work is secret.

……

That day.

The news that Li Zhifan was going to shoot a movie called "Avatar" spread on the Internet around the world.

A reporter took a photo of the concept map of the heroine of "Avatar" at the scene, and after it was uploaded to the Internet, it also caused panic and complaints from the public.

But Li Zhifan didn't tell everyone what type of movie it is, what story it is, and there is not even a theme, and everyone's complaints can only say a few words about the image design of the heroine.

Some netizens who strongly support Li Zhifan said that what if this is a ghost movie?

What if it's "ghost love", "demon love"?

Some people even suspect that Li Zhifan's "Avatar" may be based on the story of Nuwa, and this image is likely to be Nuwa, but this suspicion is more complaining than the concept of the movie itself, especially Chinese netizens, who directly gave this person human flesh.

There are also some netizens who suspect that this "Avatar" is likely to be part of "The Three-Body Problem".

Maybe it's an adapted story, such as the enemy of the Three-Body Man, or the prequel of the Three-Body Man.

Their reason is that Li Zhifan has written such a good work as "The Three-Body Problem", there is no reason not to adapt and shoot film and television dramas?

Now the first work of Oriental Entertainment is very likely to be carried out on "The Three-Body Problem".

As for what "Avatar" represents, whether it is a person's name or a race's name, they don't know, and Three-Body Fans extremely hope that Li Zhifan will dig deep into the story of "Three-Body Problem", after all, there are still many bugs that have not been perfected.

However.

This part of the doubt only lasted for one afternoon, and in the evening Li Zhifan gave the answer on Kuaibo: "Avatar" and "Three-Body Problem" have nothing to do with each other, they are two stories.

Now the three-body fans are the most disappointed, but there are still expectations that should be there.

The other side.

Oriental Group's stock price rose sharply in a day.

This made all the shareholders happy, and when Fang Xiao held a meeting, the shareholders unanimously approved the investment in "Avatar", and said that Li Zhifan was auctioning this piece out, and they were willing to invest.

Why?

Because the money they make in the stock market is already several times more than the money they have taken out to invest, if they can continue the topic, mystery and anticipation, then they can take advantage of this time difference to make more money.

However, what is touching is that "Avatar" has been complained about and disliked, but the amount of heated discussion is the highest, while "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Zootopia" are surprisingly low.

Of course, this is compared with "Avatar" and Li Zhifan's previous news.

It seems that these two were not made by Li Zhifan.

Especially "SpongeBob SquarePants", the degree of heated discussion is not even a fraction of "Avatar", only a few reports of Lin Xing in China wrote that Li Zhifan will make two animations, an animated movie called "Zootopia", and a cartoon series called "SpongeBob SquarePants".

Compared with the two movies "Avatar" and "Zootopia", the only people who pay attention to "SpongeBob SquarePants" may be those TV stations around the world.

At present, TV stations in many countries have already broadcast "Peppa Pig", and at this time, Li Zhifan is about to launch "SpongeBob SquarePants", which will soon be compared by people in the TV industry, because many foreign TV stations do not know that "Peppa Pig" is also produced by Li Zhifan, and only think that it is produced by a studio called Peppa in the United States, so they think that Li Zhifan's "SpongeBob SquarePants" may have a chance to shake the current impact of "Peppa Pig" and its status in the animated series genre.

Especially those who didn't get the broadcast copyright of "Peppa Pig" before, it's more like getting "SpongeBob SquarePants" and getting back a city.

However, CCTV knows the production team of "Peppa Pig", but they kept it a secret for Li Zhifan.

Now that I learned that Li Zhifan was going to release "SpongeBob SquarePants", I sent an invitation to Li Zhifan as soon as possible, hoping that "SpongeBob SquarePants" could be broadcast in China as soon as it was produced.

Li Zhifan naturally agreed, after all, she is the central mother, the TV station with the most discourse power and influence in China, the mouthpiece of the country, can you not give this broadcasting right?

However, Li Zhifan also proposed an agreement on the distribution of copyrights, that is, "SpongeBob SquarePants" will not only be broadcast exclusively to CCTV, but will be distributed by Oriental Entertainment, and the price of a single episode will not be too high, ensuring that more TV stations can buy this cartoon in order to promote and broadcast this cartoon series nationwide.

After all, cartoons are not like those live-action super idol dramas and popular IP dramas, which have become popular before filming has started, so the price is destined to be too high, and the scope of the masses will not be too large.

Take the current news popularity of "SpongeBob SquarePants" in China, it is clear.

I believe that if it weren't for Li Zhifan's production, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be this bit of popularity.

……

Los Angeles.

DreamWorks.

Li Zhifan has returned to his previous life of two points and one line.

With the cooperation of "Dream Travel" before, Li Zhifan and the animation team of Fantasy Works have been relatively compatible, and there is no problem in producing "Zootopia" and "SpongeBob SquarePants" at the same time.

In addition, Li Zhifan has now mastered painting skills and animation production skills, and he is no longer a pure novice before.

After all, cartoons are not like those live-action super idol dramas and popular IP dramas, which have become popular before filming has started, so the price is destined to be too high, and the scope of the masses will not be too large.

Take the current news popularity of "SpongeBob SquarePants" in China, it is clear.

I believe that if it weren't for Li Zhifan's production, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be this bit of popularity.

……

Los Angeles.

DreamWorks.

Li Zhifan has returned to his previous life of two points and one line.

With the cooperation of "Dream Travel" before, Li Zhifan and the animation team of Fantasy Works have been relatively compatible, and there is no problem in producing "Zootopia" and "SpongeBob SquarePants" at the same time.

In addition, Li Zhifan has now mastered painting skills and animation production skills, and he is no longer a pure novice before.