0294 [Applause]
No matter how the domestic media complains about Shao Shuaijun, it can't change the embarrassment of "500 Days with Shamo" failing the Oscars. Fortunately, Shao Shuaijun thought very openly. Since the scolding war with the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards, Shao Shuaijun has also restrained his temperament.
The world will not revolve around a certain person, whether to win the award or not is more like the icing on the cake, to Shao Shuaijun's current level, I hope to win the award, but I hope to be recognized by the audience. A film with a small fresh taste, which unexpectedly won $320 million at the box office, is already a success.
Although the Oscars did not give any nomination to "500 Days with Shamo", they sent an invitation to Shao Shuaijun. I hope that Shao Shuaijun can serve as the guest of honor at the 81st Oscars. Ignoring Shao Shuaijun in terms of artistic achievements, but in terms of popularity, he has to look down on Shao Shuaijun.
Today's Shao Shuaijun, this is a giant crocodile in the entertainment industry, and where he is, ratings are indispensable.
No matter how low-key he is, the representative of the American dream is not a fluttering sentence. Just like Bill. Gates is the most pompous and eye-catching one everywhere. The Oscars are still art first, which does not mean that the organizers do not want to use their brains to increase ratings.
However, Shao Shuaijun simply refused, because they arranged for Shao Shuaijun to present the award to the best director.
Isn't this revealing the scar on Shao Shuaijun's body?
So far, he has won a Saturn Award for Best Director.
Therefore, this year's Oscars end here, and it has nothing to do with Shao Shuaijun......
Drinking, hanging out. Walk away with relatives, and the year has passed in a lively way. Because there is a special plane, Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu are running on both sides, they are still in Luzhou today, and they will go to Bingcheng tomorrow, and they are very happy.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone who had jobs went to work, and Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu also returned to the Dream Chasing Entertainment Group in Beijing.
Everything slowly entered the normal working state from the atmosphere of the New Year.
As soon as I arrived in the capital, there was good news from the United States. Summit Entertainment has reached an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox.
Summit Entertainment at $50 million. Acquired all the rights to 5 films in the old version of the "Planet of the Apes" series (1968-1973) and one film in the new version of "Planet of the Apes" (2001), as well as 14 episodes of the TV version of "Planet of the Apes" (1974) and 13 episodes of "Return to the Planet of the Apes" (1975).
Among them is the original author of the book, Pierre. All rights to Buhler's novel of the same name.
This is great news. Shao Shuaijun immediately gave the order. Let Summit Entertainment's editorial department follow the outline he provided. Write the latest prequel film to Planet of the Apes - Rise of the Planet of the Apes. When the script is written, it is estimated that the production team of "Avatar" has been completed, and it is time to invite this team. Facial expression capture technology is used to shoot movies.
Without facial expression capture technology, this film depicting orangutans would never have been able to surpass the old five-part series.
With this technology, this is the classic film that conquered the world. After all, no matter how good the original version is, the image of the orangutan is too frustrating, it is simply a face makeup, and then a layer of hair, which seriously lacks a sense of substitution.
Within a few days, Shao Shuaijun went to Hollywood with the edited "Heartbeat", the film was edited, and the flaws were dealt with in post-production.
After the film was submitted for review, the graded PG level was quickly determined.
This level in the American film classification is average, and it is recommended to watch it with parents, and some scenes may cause discomfort to children. Tutoring level, some content may not be suitable for children to watch - movies at this level are basically free of sex, drug use, and nudity, and even if they have a short time, in addition, horror and violence scenes do not go beyond moderation.
After the classification, the release schedule is determined.
Although Shao Shuaijun made "500 Days with Sha Mo" a box office hit, he didn't dare to guarantee that "Peng Rang Xin" would also be popular, this movie really doesn't have too many reasons to be popular, Sha Mo is an adult's love worldview, and heartbeat is just a "war" between children, in this impetuous society, it is unknown whether it can attract people.
In the end, Shao Shuaijun did not choose a good schedule, but put the movie in April to test the water in the off-season of spring. After all, there is only a cost of less than 10 million, and there is not much to lose. The schedule is set, and the rest is publicity, there are no big names in the film, so we are all on the battlefield to do publicity.
The whole month of March is the promotion period of the film, which will be screened on a small scale in major cities, or exhibit or participate in various animation festivals and other programs.
In addition to being busy with the promotion of "Heartbeat", Shao Shuaijun has two more movies to worry about, the first is "Slumdog Millionaire", which is returning from filming in India and is in post-production in Hollywood, and the other is naturally the highlight of Dream Chasing Golden Harvest "IMAX-3D Yupu Troupe".
"Slumdog Millionaire" is the highlight of this year's Summit Entertainment, and it may be scheduled to be released in September to hit the Oscars. This kind of film that is destined to win awards has a very long screening cycle, and it can hit the major awards from September, and then hit Oskai in one fell swoop, and finally gain fame and fortune.
As for "IMAX-3D Jade Pu Tuan", which will be released in Asia first, the premiere in Hong Kong will be arranged before May Day, so that it is convenient for mainland audiences to come to Hong Kong to watch the movie during the holiday. This is a Fengyue movie that exists to experiment with IMAX-3D technology, and if the response is good, it will also be scheduled to be released around the world.
As the producer of the two films, Shao Shuaijun has the unshirkable responsibility to help arrange all matters of the film.
After complicated planning, the stalls were finally decided, and the publicity began in a step-by-step manner. This year is arguably the year with the largest number of films released in the history of Summit Entertainment, and the work is particularly busy.
In April, "Heartbeat" was released; In May, "IMAX-3D Yupu Tuan" may land in North America; In June, "Dance Out of My Life 3" was released; July. "Twilight: Lunar Eclipse" was released; In September, "Slumdog Millionaire" was released; In November, "Sherlock Holmes" was released; In December, "The Hangover 2" was released.
Although there is only one "Lunar Eclipse" that is clearly a box office bomb, several other movies are also money-absorbing machines, plus the box office income of some co-productions, it is very likely that the total box office this year will exceed 2 billion. This will be Summit Entertainment's second consecutive performance of breaking through the limits of independent film companies and becoming one of Hollywood's top studios.
In March, the small-scale screening of "Heartbeat" ended.
After the screening. Responses have been mixed. Netizens who were lucky enough to watch it praised it on the Internet. The reaction of the media people was extreme.
On Rotten Tomatoes, there are 72 film reviews, 45 pass, and the freshness is 62%. People who don't like the media say it's a boring movie. Those who like it praise it as a re-cleansing of the soul. Confrontation between the twos. The freshness is pitiful.
"Heartbeat is a niche, special film that puts you in a warm, funny way. and full of humanistic care, until the end to give you a beautiful story that does not seem so unreliable. —Kerry of the Los Angeles Times. The Regis gave a rating of 6/10 for a tomato.
"A family movie with great motives, it has lessons about the details of first love and life, which is far better than a movie that puts some talented characters at the center of the film." - Michael of Variety. O'Sullivan gave a rating of 3/4 for a tomato.
"'Heartbeat' is not an unbearable incompleteness, but it is still just a child's perspective, filtering cynicism about this world." —Stephen of The New York Times. Holden gave it a 2.5/5 rating, a rotten leaf.
"A surprising articulation and a beautiful story about young romance." - John of "Big Hollywood" Hanlen gave it a perfect rating of 5.0/5.
"I think some people may have responded to this nostalgic celebration of innocence and chastity, but I find it unbearable." - Mike McGranaghan of "Aisle-Seat", who only gave a 1/4 rating, rotten cabbage.
"The film feels static, how's that? The diorama of life in the 60s, not a living story. Shao doesn't seem to know much about the United States. —Sean of the Salt Lake City Tribune. Mins gave a rating of 2.5/4, which is also rotten leaves.
"This is the best movie Shao Shuaijun has ever made." —James of ReelViews. Boratini gave a rating of 3.5/4 for the brightly colored tomatoes.
In contrast to the mixed praise and disapproval of media critics, the audience showed a fanatical love for the film. IMDB even gave a super score of 9.4 points.
"Great movie. Adolescent love story for adult enjoyment. —Gregory-Dark gave a 9.
"It's such a well-done, sensitive, sweet, uplifting film. Very smart, quiet narration. Absolutely beautiful ending, really unleashed all my feminine emotions and twitter. I'm going to share it on Twitter. - Cynthia S gave a 10 points.
"'Heartbeat' is a cute movie where everybody misses that little girl who was very independent, or the guy who lived across the street with blue eyes." - Napierslogs also gave a score of 10.
"That's good, fawn." - SAO gave a score of 9.
When she scurried around him, he always dismissed it. When he realized that his eyes could no longer leave her, she was as graceful, confident, and beautiful as a goddess. It's so pretty! —Johnson. Bonnie gave 10 points.
"Some people are shallow, and some people are outwardly ruined. One day you will meet a person who is as colorful as a rainbow, and when you meet this person, you will feel that everyone else is just floating clouds. Love this line. - Wordcofo also gave a 10 points.
The media is opposed, the audience is praising it, no matter how it is evaluated, the popularity has been hit, and "Heartbeat" did not bother to hold a premiere. On Friday, April 3, it will land directly in 3,226 theaters in North America.
Three days later, the box office of the first weekend was released, and in this off-season when only one movie "Fast and Furious 4" was released, "Heartbeat" did not have the majesty of Shao Shuaijun's previous films, not only failed to keep up with the $70.95 million of "Fast and Furious 4", but even the $32 million of the bad film "Monsters vs. Aliens" in the second week of release.
It only earned $10.35 million at the box office, ranking third at the weekend box office.
Applause is not popular. (To be continued......)