After summarizing the film situation of the previous year, the company's meeting entered the work layout of the new year.

"This year's January and February are still focused on small-budget independent films, as well as films purchased from major film festivals. In March, "Weakness" will be released...... "Summit Entertainment Vice President David Brown. Joe Cole introduced.

"Weakness" is an adaptation of the writer Michael Brown. Orr's work "Weakness: The Process of the Competition" was purchased by Shao Shuaijun for film and television rights a long time ago, and it was not until last year that it was adapted into a film script by the screenwriting department. Plum. Directed by Hancock.

The novel is based on the 2009 NFL first-round draft player Michael Brown. Created by Oher's extraordinary experience. He was an orphan, before he became an orphan, he became autistic and silent due to the influence of street gangs and his mother, who was addicted to drugs, and then felt the warmth of family affection in the adoptive family, and was recognized by the school and others through his own efforts, and finally won a scholarship to the University of Mississippi and entered the NFL after graduation.

This is a warm and inspirational story, Shao Shuaijun liked this movie adapted from real people and real events very much in his previous life, but he couldn't remember the box office of the movie, so it was put on the shelf and not started. Now that Summit Entertainment has a lot of money, it needs this kind of positive energy movie to beautify the smell of copper, besides, there is no investment of 30 million yuan in this movie, and the cost is very small, even if it loses, it won't lose much. This is when "Weakness" was launched.

"Red Flame Battlefield 2" will be released in April, which is the sequel to last year's low-budget superhero film "Red Flame Battlefield". Summit Entertainment and Warner Bros.'s DC Comics have also signed a recycling contract, and the copyright will automatically return when it reaches the end of the year, so take advantage of the fact that you can make money now, and hurry up to make it.

Just as others hold the copyright of Marvel Comics and don't pay it back, Summit Entertainment rarely grabs other people's copyrights, wouldn't it be too much of a loss if they don't play rotten. In fact, "Red Flame Battlefield 2" has not yet been released, and the screenwriting department is already working on the script of "Red Flame Battlefield 3".

May is the highlight of Summit Entertainment's team-up with Marvel Comics. Thor, the fourth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio First Setet. It will begin to be released worldwide. "Thor" by Kenneth . Directed by Branagh, Shaw Regiment General Jack. Gyllen Hill starring.

In June, according to "Dance Out of My Life" starring Qian Ning. Tatum's personal story is adapted, and the comedy film "Magic Mike" written by Shao Shuaijun will be released. The film. According to Channing. Tatum was 19 years old as a stripper in Tampa, Florida. He is also the producer of the film. There is quite a good cooperation with Summit Entertainment.

If "Magic Mike" is successful, the next sequel has already been agreed and will be handed over to Channing. Tatum personally directed. is very confident in the movie Channing. Because the cost of "Magic Mike" is only 7 million US dollars, getting 20 million is making money.

In July, Summit Entertainment's other major play, the last installment of the "Twilight" series, "Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part II)", made a shocking debut.

Since 06, the first four films in this series have created a series of brilliant achievements, which is the cornerstone of the rise of Summit Entertainment, and is currently second only to "Harry. The Potter series and The Lord of the Rings series, the third best-selling novel adaptation in the world.

If possible, Summit Entertainment would never want the series to end, but unfortunately the original author Mel. Stephanie has told all the story that needs to be told.

August is another highlight between Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics, and the fifth film of the first trio of the Marvel Cinematic Universe trio, "Captain America", will begin to be released worldwide. "Captain America" starred Joe. Directed by Johnston, Chris Brown. Starring Evans, he talks about the World War II period and Steve who was injected with super soldier serum. Roger, the story of dealing with the Nazi Hydra Legion.

In September, the sequel to "The Expendables", "The Expendables 2", set off again, and it is still a large collection of action superstars.

In October, "The Warren Files" was finalized, and this film was directed by Chinese director James Lee. The horror film directed by Wen is an attempt by Summit Entertainment, and the box office expectations are not high. However, recently producer Tony . De Rosa. Gullender and James. Wen felt that the name "Warren Files" was not enough to show the horror essence of the movie, and was ready to rename the movie "The Conjuring".

The story of the movie "The Conjuring" is based on the novel "True Story: The House of Light" by Andrea Perron, which chronicles the real-life experience of the Perron family living in Rhode Island who encounter supernatural events. Basically, it can be thought of as a prequel to the classic 1979 horror movie "Devil May Cry".

In addition to "The Conjuring", another movie is also scheduled for October, which comes from the secondary production version of "The Night Watchman" directed by Shao Shuaijun himself. Because the film's secondary filming has not yet begun, it has not yet been determined whether to use a new name or continue to use "Night Watchman".

The second installment in the Hunger Games series, The Hunger Games 2: The Hunger Games, will be released in November, and the Hunger Games has set a number of local records, and the sequel is widely expected to be a box office heavyweight in 2011.

As a replacement for the "Twilight" series, the first part of "The Hunger Games" got off to a very good start, and it can be expected that the box office of this series will surpass the Twilight series very likely.

December is still to be determined, because Marvel Comics Film Studios, and Summit Entertainment's screenwriting department, are working on the film script of the Punisher, and it is difficult to say whether the Punisher can join the Marvel Cinematic Universe trio. If it is confirmed and the production goes well, the superhero movie tentatively titled "Punisher: Sinking" will be released in December.

Throughout 2011, Summit Entertainment was full again, and many movie release plans were scheduled for 2012, and even many sequels were too late to be produced. For example, in the third part of the "Sherlock Holmes" series, the screenwriting department is working on creation, but I don't know when we will meet. Downey's schedule is scheduled after 2013, and there are two big productions "The Avengers" and "Iron Man 3" in cooperation with Summit Entertainment alone, and it is too late to shoot Daifuku 3.

For example, "Teddy Bear 2" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2" have created scripts, but they can't be scheduled for release, so they have been shelved for a long time.

Other companies are worried about what movies to make money, but Summit Entertainment is worried about making too many movies, and they are happy.

"Basically, we have a rough schedule, and we can already fill 2015." David. Joe Cole sighed, "A large part of these film projects come from sequels, as long as they are made carefully, they are all films that are guaranteed to make money, and with these films, our demand for new works is greatly reduced." I think this is a bad situation, the scale of Summit Entertainment has reached a bottleneck, we urgently need to expand to accommodate more production capacity, and a company that can't innovate is not a good company. ”

Shao Shuaijun took over: "So that's what I said, we have to take a step." With the support of these excellent movies, we can take a bigger step. ”

"For the time being, it seems that the acquisition of Lionsgate and the establishment of an animation department are necessary expansions, we can't let Summit Entertainment become a sequel company, we need fresh enough film blood to supplement the company's vitality." With our current distribution and production scale, the demand for special effects is bound to increase dramatically, and the acquisition of digital and Lucasfilm will be a logical issue. ”

Mitchell. Bruce nodded: "Lionsgate is already in the negotiations, as for the establishment of an animation studio, my opinion is that we might as well acquire a company that goes public." Walter. Disney has recruited Pixar to dominate the animation industry. Twentieth Century Fox has Blue Sky Animation, Universal Pictures has Illumination Entertainment, Columbia has Sony Animation, and even Paramount is working with DreamWorks. With our own strength, it is difficult for us to fight in a short time, and the best way to do it is to buy. ”

"We shouldn't be bad, with the strength of Marvel Comics, it's not difficult for us to set up our own animation studio." One executive proposed.

"Marvel Comics, like DC Comics, has a strategy of filming from comics to live-action films, maybe 2D comics are strong, 3D comics are weak. Therefore, Warner Bros. has not been able to develop an animation department over the years, and what we need is not 'there', but to be able to fight. I proposed that DreamWorks could be acquired, and if it didn't work, it would be acquired by Armand Animation in the UK. Another executive proposed.

There are three major studios in the animated film industry, the oldest being Disney Animation, followed by Pixar Animation. And the DreamWorks established by the great director Spielberg, although it was the latest one, became the overlord of animated films, but after Disney acquired Pixar, DreamWorks was powerless to compete.

In addition to these three studios, there are also well-known studios such as Blue Sky Animation, Illumination Entertainment, Sony Animation, Nickelodeon Cartoons, and Armand Animation.

At present, he is still single and unmarried, and belongs to independent companies, only DreamWorks, Nickelodeon Cartoon and Armand Animation are left. Nickelodeon Cartoons mainly operates TV channels, which can be ignored, and the only good targets that can be acquired are DreamWorks and Armand.

"Contact DreamWorks first, we are not short of money, and if we want to choose, we will choose the best." Shao Shuaijun immediately made a decision, "And you must shoot quickly, I heard that the contract between DreamWorks and Paramount has expired, and DreamWorks is ready to sign a production and sales contract with Disney, and Disney has a lot of plans for DreamWorks." If this is swallowed again, animated movies really can't suppress Disney. ”

DreamWorks Animation Studios is a pure animation production company, not responsible for market distribution, first with Paramount cooperation expired, then with Disney to publish, and now DreamWorks is looking for a new distributor, which is likely to be taken further by Disney and acquired as a whole.

Now that Summit Entertainment can't afford too much money, the executives are gradually getting richer, and they soon successfully passed the plan to acquire DreamWorks.

Lionsgate's horror films, DreamWorks cartoons, and Summit Entertainment are piecing together the map of the movie kingdom piece by piece! (To be continued......)