Of course, these 24 manuscripts can't just be carried back by Ali (Emmanuel), and although Sid has shifted his focus to Hollywood after the recent year of novel sales, his influence in the fiction industry has increased with the popularity of each novel on the market. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, if the news of the manuscript of the new book is leaked, the person who went to Ali's house to steal will definitely be able to break down the door of his house.

So after hiring a security company to transport the manuscripts to a special vault for lockdown. The news of Sid's new book manuscript was later spread by Ali (Emmanuel). Although I don't know how many there are, the major publishers eagerly dialed Ali (Emmanuel).

This year, with "24 Hours", "Lost", "Desperate Housewives", and "The Da Vinci Code", which has always dominated the list, Random House has thrown off Penguin Publishing with nearly 30% of its sales in second place. This made the major publishers outside Random House red-eyed and nervous.

Originally, I thought that Sid would shift his focus to Hollywood and would not set foot in the world of fiction in the future. But just a year later, a new book came out, whether it was a previous manuscript or a new book. In short, all the publishers made a lot of efforts and launched a fierce PR campaign against Ali (Emmanuel).

Not to mention the painful and happy Ali (Emmanuel), Sid once again devoted his energy to the post-production of "Warm Corpse" after dealing with these trivial matters. After two months, the music sound effects, edited subtitles, etc. have been processed. Even found for Orlando Bloom, a professional voice actor to replace his spoken English.

Compared with the previous films, the post-production time of "Warm Corpse" is almost longer than the filming time. It's all because of the large number of special effects shots that went into making and tweaking. As Fire Lion Pictures and Sid, who have no corresponding experience at all, it took a long time to talk to the special effects artists of Industrial Light & Magic. Artists run in.

After December, "Warm Corpse" finally lasted more than two months and was completed. It can be called a strange thing that is longer than shooting in the later stage. And the cost of the film has skyrocketed to more than $60 million because of Sid's high requirements.

However, because of various tax rebates and early income from advertising placement, the total is more than 20 million US dollars. In the end, the production cost of this film was successfully reduced to more than 40 million US dollars.

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"Then send "Warm Corpse" to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) for rating as soon as possible, and then contact the theater chain to see what schedule is available. "Sid is rarely presiding over the meeting at Fire Lion Pictures today, because the main thing is to discuss the arrangement of his new film, as the director and producer, he still has to personally show his attention.

"Then, I felt that the sequel to 'Ghost Record' could start production. Sid's words startled the executives in the conference room.

"Didn't the original plan say that we would avoid the next peak of similar bad movies and wait until the year after next to release them?" Shirley Sandberg asked curiously.

"Mainly because. Sid pulled out a couple of scripts from his bag, "I've got the sequel ready." ”

"Poof—" Henry spurted out a mouthful of old blood, "but we're already looking for a screenwriter to start writing a sequel." ”

"Uh, really?" said Sid, with a blinded expression.

"Well, it was my mistake, I forgot to tell Sid about it. Shirley (Sandberg) took the initiative to take responsibility and said.

"Yes. Sid thought for a moment and said, "Well, in the future, for important sequels, I'll write a synopsis of the story, and then use it to find a screenwriter to write." Although the excellent film and television resources in the next few decades are in Sid's mind, since you want to run a company, you must use professional methods.

Otherwise, the result of taking over the script by yourself will lead to the atrophy of the company's overall creative ability, which will be a big loss due to a small one. He just needs to lead the key projects and make a move.

"Then we should start filming the sequel to "Ghost Record" now?" Henry asked at this point, changing the subject.

"Well, let's start working now. The production evaluation of the project was also completed as soon as possible. But according to my estimates, it is only a cost of millions, there are not too many special effects, and the actors, like the first part, are looking for high-quality and inexpensive midstream. ”

In addition, there are a total of 2-4 here, three sequels, two of which require cameos from Jeremy and Amy (Adams). So this is also counted. There is also the question of the director. ”

"Historically" "Ghost Record" was able to succeed and become the only DV horror film serialized for a long time.

Or is it because the film appeared late, DV movies have been around for 10 years. After a long period of exploration, directors around the world have become comfortable with this form of horror film.

Therefore, for the director of the sequel to the new "Ghost Shadow", he has to be cautious.

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As we move into December, the films and the studios behind them are entering the most exciting time of the year - the awards season.

With the gradual opening of the global film market with the signing of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Hollywood films have an increasing influence on the world, and the corresponding Academy Awards are becoming more and more important. Based on this, the concept of awards season in North America has become more and more widely known by the media.

Although at this time, the so-called awards season was not as famous as it was ten years later, but for Europe and the United States, especially the North American film industry, the importance of the awards season is self-evident. Although Europeans are still stubbornly high-minded, the Oscars are only for English-language films in the United States, not for real international film awards.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that even if the three major European film festivals are added, it is not as good as an Oscar. At least the whole world will only talk about the anecdote of Little Plum (Leonardo), who has been repeatedly ignored by Oscar.

And compared to the music industry, the Grammys at the end of the year and the VMA Awards in the middle of the year are compared to the opening of the situation in terms of time. In the last four months of each year, the intensive selection of films has formed a special scale effect for the North American awards season.

This also makes the exposure and influence of the awards season difficult to compare with other industries.

Of course, no matter how long it is, there must be really important and secondary influencing factors. When it comes to awards season, the Golden Globes and the three major guild awards (the Actors' Guild, the Screenwriters' Guild, and the Directors Guild) are clearly the most important of them.

Going back to the specifics of this year, there are several popular candidates for the Oscars every year, such as last year's Big Ship, and this year is undoubtedly "Saving Private Ryan" and "Shakespeare in Love".

As early as the filming of "Saving Private Ryan", it has attracted global attention. Spielberg's re-mastery of the World War II theme is regarded by many as another masterpiece after "Schindler's List". After the release of the film, it received unanimous praise from critics, and the global box office also swept 480 million US dollars, which can be described as applauded and acclaimed.

It can be said that from the very beginning, it has always been an Oscar favorite in the hearts of film critics and the media, and even many media have predicted that the Oscar journey of this film will be as stable as last year's "Titanic".

But after the release of "Shakespeare in Love" in early December, because Miramax and Harvey Weinstein cleverly put the release time at the end of the year. After the media's enthusiasm for "Saving Private Ryan" gradually faded, "Shakespeare's Love History" was released again, but it achieved a counterattack.

The reversal of the situation in "Shakespeare in Love" is a very important event for the Oscars, because from this public relations battle, Harvey Weinstein's era at the Oscars was opened.

Since the beginning of December, "Shakespeare's Love History" has been ranked above "Saving Private Ryan" in the annual top ten film selections of "Empire" magazine and "Time magazine", which can be described as a shock as soon as it appeared.

Just when everyone was talking about who won and who lost "Shakespeare in Love" and "Saving Private Ryan", few people noticed that another low-budget film released in November also quietly appeared on the media list.