From May 18th to 20th, it was the third weekend of "The Avengers" in North America, ushering in a big challenge, and "Super Battleship", which made waves overseas, was released in North America. All the competitors of Summit Entertainment have pinned their hopes that "Super Battleship" can KO "The Avengers", so that the Women's Federation will not be so arrogant again.

However, the ending is tragic.

"Super Battleship" hit the bottom of the reef before it set sail in North America, and only got $25.3 million, ranking second.

At the top of the list is the three-time champion "The Avengers", which won $60.05 million with ferocious momentum, and the total box office in North America was $476.5 million, once again refreshing the record for the fastest time to break $450 million. In North America, it still has a dominant position, and overseas, the Women's Federation has also achieved three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships, and no one can win the championship title of the Women's Federation.

So far, the total global box office is 1.285 billion US dollars.

From May 25th to 27th, "The Avengers" finally gave up the North American championship title and stopped the third consecutive championship. With $40.2 million, second only to "Men in Black 3" with $55 million, it ranks second. However, with the support of strong word-of-mouth, the downward trend of the box office is not high, with a total box office of $532 million in North America, and it looks like it is about to surpass "Batman: The Dark Knight" to top the top three in North America.

Received $34 million overseas, with a total global box office of $1.379 billion, surpassing "Harry. Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)" has $1.328 billion, becoming the third highest box office in global film history.

The strong attack of the Women's Federation has made Shao Shuaijun's fame more and more famous. Now no one doubts that Shao Shuaijun is not a commercial director as good as Cameron. Cameron has been tinkering with it for twenty or thirty years before he has made a few movies, and Shao Shuaijun has been tinkering with more than a dozen movies in less than ten years.

"Shao is brilliant, amazing, he is a young man full of magic. I'm looking forward to the four magic franchises he's working on. I'd love to be a part of it, too. It's wonderful to work with a director who shares your technical interests. ”

In an interview with reporters, Cameron praised Shao Shuaijun and promoted the four magic series to the world: "I talked a lot with Shao at the Beijing Film Festival. We are all curious and eager for new technologies in film. I spent many years immersion. After researching 3D technology, we now agree that an extension of 5D technology will be the new cinematic experience. The four major fantasy series will use these new technologies. At present, two of the most outstanding young people in Hollywood, Nolan is too obsessed with old-fashioned film technology and opposes 3D and digital, which is why I don't like Nolan and Shao Shuaijun, and the director must try all kinds of possibilities and can't limit himself. ”

Before Cameron finished talking about the four major magic series, Shao Shuaijun sent Cameron an invitation, inviting him to direct a movie in the Immortal Buddha Gods and Demons series and serve as the executive producer of the Immortal Buddha Gods and Demons series.

"James, the tentative name of this story is "Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven", based on the story in China's four famous novels "Journey to the West", the script is very interesting, and it is also very simple and straightforward, it is the story of Sun Wukong's rebellion against heaven and exchange for freedom for his compatriots."

"Let me be the executive producer of this series, have you thought about it clearly, I don't know much about Chinese myths and legends."

"It doesn't matter, the scripts are the best, we need your experience to guide us, better break through the shackles of Chinese films, and keep pace with the world."

"But I need to direct Avatar 2 now."

"We can wait for the things to be directed, the four major fantasy series don't need to be launched at the same time, and I am currently working on the Ancient Legends series, with an experimental nature, to release several small-scale films. I hope you can come over and serve as the producer of the movie "The Yellow Emperor: The Battle of the Deer" directed by me, and take the time to come and guide. ”

"I think I said yes."

"Great, that's it."

persuaded James. Cameron's role as the producer of the four major magic series was planned by Shao Shuaijun a long time ago, Cameron has not made many movies, but in the commercial field, Cameron is definitely the one with the most foresight and the most refined. "Terminator", "Alien", "Titanic", "Avatar", are all movies that have influenced Hollywood for many years, and with Cameron at the helm of the four major magic series, Shao Shuaijun can draw this blueprint with more confidence.

From the global craze of superheroes, from Harry. Potter, Twilight, The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and other series of blockbuster hits. It can be seen that with the increasing excellence of special effects, the audience of magic series movies is getting wider and wider, and the younger generation, which has become the main force at the box office, is also becoming more and more adaptable to this type of magic type of movies.

If it is built well, the four major fantasy series will definitely not lose to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio. The movie adapted from Marvel Comics does have the bonus of comic book fans, but people who have not read Marvel Comics can still watch it with relish, which is the charm of magic colors.

In the past, the only way to watch a movie was to go to the cinema, so those romance films with a good reputation could still achieve incredible box office. Now that the Internet is developed, watching a romance movie can be watched on the computer, there is no need to go to the cinema to toss, and it is particularly difficult for a romance film to get a miracle box office.

Magic films and science fiction films are different, this kind of movie, visual effects have a huge bonus, there is a huge difference between going to the cinema and not going to the cinema, and only magic and sci-fi movies will create miracle box office in the future. Looking at the new century, what movie has achieved a good box office, which one is not a VFX blockbuster?

In the 21st century, the only movies that can squeeze into the top ten box office in North America are "Avatar", "The Avengers", "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Shrek 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Treasure of the Dead".

Even the movies that squeezed into the top 100 were basically monopolized by VFX blockbusters.

This is the status quo of film development, and only by following the trend can the tide be made at sea.

Chinese films can't rush out, it's hard to say that it's not because the visual effects are too sloppy.

Foreigners don't understand the stories told by Chinese, and then they don't even have to watch the scenes, and of course they don't like Chinese movies, Chinese movies.

If the four major fantasy series want to rush out, we must first work the hardware. Cameron is the absolute authority.

Time flies, the first phase of the script collection has ended, Shao Shuaijun and the screenwriting team of Golden Harvest Entertainment have selected hundreds of excellent scripts, as well as thousands of excellent outlines and ideas. After systematic induction and reshaping, the general plot framework of the four major fantasy series was finally drummed out.

All that's left is to refine the script and then prepare for the project.

On June 2, 2012, a grand meeting was held in the Beijing Jiahe Entertainment Base.

The host of the meeting was Yi Jianmei, and in addition to several executives from Golden Harvest Entertainment and Summit Entertainment, there were many directors and screenwriters. Mainland directors include Shao Shuaijun, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Gao Zhisheng, Wu Ershan, Li Fangfang, Ning Hao, Wang Yixue, Jiang Zhigang, Yang Ying, etc., Hong Kong directors include Zhou Xingxing, Xu Ke, Chen Jiashang, Cheng Xiaodong, Ye Weixing, Liu Zhenwei, etc., Baodao directors currently only have Li Yu, and foreign Chinese directors include Huang Yiyu and Wen Ziren.

Basically, the main force of Chinese directors is here.

This meeting is to discuss the film production of the four major magic series, and to be able to invite so many directors is all supported by the fame of Shao Shuaijun and Golden Harvest Entertainment.

"Magic movies are the main force of commercial films in the future, and my original plan for the four major magic series was also based on the idea of starting to change Chinese films commercially. Of course, the four major magic series can not only be ancient legends, gods, Buddhas, immortals and demons, the hundred schools of thought, and the legends of assassins, but also can open a separate emperor book series, a series of strange stories, and even a new magic series without a legend basis. ”

Shao Shuaijun looked at the notes in his hand and said lightly: "At present, we have received a lot of scripts, which are very good, and the plot framework of this series has been preliminarily sorted out." Everyone has got this plot framework explanation, as long as it is a story that is in line with this big plot, after the script is reviewed, it can be used for filming. To be able to sit here shows that we are interested in the four major fantasy series. I also sincerely invite you to join this project. ”

Yi Jianmei took over the conversation: "The four magic series have been recognized by Golden Harvest Entertainment and Summit Entertainment as plans with good business prospects, and will be included in the company's future decisions. In fact, as early as when D2 and ILM were acquired, Director Shao had this idea, magic movies will be the mainstream movies in the future, we have the world's top special effects company, a world-class screenwriting team, and the world's top distribution company, this will be a big event for the rise of Chinese films, and I am also looking forward to your joining. ”

Yang Ying, the secretary of the meeting and a newcomer female director, then read the report: "At present, the four major magic series have confirmed the establishment of six films. ”

"They are two ancient legends series, Director Shao directed "Yellow Emperor: The Battle of the Deer", and director Gao Zhisheng directed "Cangjie: The Master of Civilization"; Gods, Demons, Immortals and Buddhas Series 3, James. Cameron directed "Monkey King: Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", Wu Ershan directed "Eight Immortals: Magical Power", and Chen Jiashang directed "The Legend of the White Snake: The Legend of the Green Snake"; One of the 100 Schools of Zhuzi series, directed by Xu Ke "Mozi: Love and Non-Attack"; A series of assassin biography, directed by Li Fangfang "Jing Ke: Fish Intestine Thorn Qin". ”

"In addition, there are two TV series ready to be approved, one is directed by Wang Yixue "Yama Tianzi", and the other is directed by Jiang Zhigang "Jade Emperor".

"These six films and two TV series are the first phase of the production plan of the four magic series, a Sino-US joint venture, all built with the specifications of special effects blockbusters, and the global promotion is carried out by Summit Entertainment. Golden Harvest Entertainment's script library, there are countless good scripts, if any director wants to participate in the plan, you can choose the script, or bring your own script, let's create the most fantastic epic movie plan together! ”

Shao Shuaijun said with a smile. (To be continued......)