In addition to the three musketeers directors of Chinese films, Shao Shuaijun, Li Yu, and Wu Yusen are all famous. There are also some other directors who are not certified by Time.com, such as the three leading directors in the mainland, Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige, Hong Kong's top ten directors Wang Jiawei, Guan Jinpeng, Xu Ke, Du Qifeng, Wang Jing, Chen Guo, Liu Zhenwei, Tang Jili, Zhang Aijia, Zhang Wanting and so on.

Of course, Time.com adheres to the style of the big picture, and does not give an official title to these directors who can only play prestige at their own doorstep, and only the Three Musketeers can get the title.

After the noise of Time.com's "Chinese Film Global Box Office Rankings" passed, "Avatar" officially landed in China, and in the past two weeks, "Avatar" has received a global super box office of $1 billion, and the world's focus has shifted from Shao Shuaijun to Cameron.

"IMAX-3D Jade Putuan" did steal a lot of the limelight from "Avatar", but experts expect that breaking the box office of "Titanic" should not be a problem. As for whether it can reach the box office of $2.7 billion in Shao Shuaijun's memory, Shao Shuaijun can only shrug his shoulders and say I don't know.

At this moment, countless praises began to roll in towards Cameron, what is the king of the world, what is the impact on the 1.9 billion box office of "Titanic", what can break the record created by the king of the world is only the king of the world himself, and so on. If November to December is the enthronement ceremony of Shao Shuaijun.

From December to January, Cameron will be the king of the world.

In the hustle and bustle of "Avatar", "Old Boy" successfully completed its mission. From the mainland theater offline painting, the final box office is 321 million US dollars. At the same time, Summit Entertainment's last movie released this year, "The Hangover 2", also withstood the pressure of "Avatar" and shared the big cake of the Christmas file.

Surprisingly, in the third week, "Avatar" only received $58 million, and "The Hangover 2" exploded with huge potential, closing the weekend with $86.48 million, beating "Avatar" to become the top weekend box office champion in North America. It also set a new record for the midnight performance of R-rated comedies and a new record for opening scores.

But compared to the surprisingly high box office. The reputation of "The Hangover 2" can be described as a mess. It has only a 32% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 6.0 rating on IMDB, and a Metacritic website that only gives the film a 49 out of 100.

"The Hangover 2 is like copying the content of the first episode, but with a different setting."

"It's one thing to satisfy people. But it's really not appropriate to fry cold rice like this. Isn't it just a change of location to Thailand? Lazy? Conceited? Maybe it's both! ”

"The Hangover 2 seems to challenge the audience's tolerance for shoddy production. The film is indeed hilarious, but those are skeptical laughter. ”

The Los Angeles Times even said directly: "It's a headache to watch, and I can't get the ticket money back." ”

However, it is not without praise. Hollywood Entertainment Reporter, which has a good relationship with Summit Entertainment, reported: "Although the sequel's Bangkok is not as fun as the previous episode in Las Vegas, it is not far off." ”

The New York Post also said: "Although the three leading actors are suspected of mixing rice, the film is indeed full of laughter." ”

Whether it's scolding or praising it, it's indisputable that "The Hangover 2" beat "Avatar" to the top this week, with $86.48 million in the first week, which also ensures that "The Hangover 3" will continue to start step by step and compete for next year's Christmas file.

After New Year's Day, Shao Shuaijun stayed away from all the hustle and bustle and started shooting in San Francisco in a low-key manner, and both films will be shot in San Francisco. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" takes place in San Francisco, directing both "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Teddy Bear", and he must ensure that the crews of the two films are close to each other, so that he can go back and forth, coordinate and direct the operation of the two crews.

This is not only a struggle for money, but also to further sharpen his skills in managing the crew.

On January 2, Shao Shuaijun first came to the crew of "Teddy Bear" and laid out the shooting plan.

Despite the low-key start-up, it still attracted the pursuit of many reporters, no matter how sharp "Avatar" is, it can't suppress everything, and many reporters just keep an eye on Shao Shuaijun and track his work schedule.

Winster, a beautiful reporter from Hollywood Entertainment Reporter who has been happily interviewing and working with for several years, is one such person.

"Hey, Shao, would you like to give us more interviews?" Winster shook his blonde hair and asked outside the crew's office.

Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Please come in, in about half an hour, I will have a meeting." ”

"Thank you." After Winster came in, he knew that the time was pressing, so he was not polite, and asked directly, "Shao, how did you think of starting two movies at the same time?" ”

"Because I have so many shooting plans, it has taken up too much time for me to spend with my family and enjoy life."

"Why don't you postpone the shooting?"

"You know, there's something in your head, it's like it's haunting you, it's going to interfere with you all the time. It has to be filmed so that you don't think about it again. ”

"This is the crew of "Teddy Bear", can you tell us what kind of story "Teddy Bear" is?"

Shao Shuaijun smiled and said: "It is a child who made a wish to bring his teddy bear toy to life, and then grow up with his beloved toy, in the face of the cruel adult world, just budding love, this little boy must deal with the relationship between him and the teddy bear." I hope this movie is actually about a person who faces the painful transformation from youth to adult. ”

"Wow, that sounds cool. I just saw Joseph. Gordon. Levitt and Scarlett. Johnson, are they starring? ”

"Yes, hero and heroine."

"They're all actors you've worked with, what made you choose them this time?"

"First of all, they have worked with me, I know their acting skills and abilities, and I think they can do this movie well. Of course, they are also my friends, and it is a pleasure to work with them. ”

As a small-budget R-rated comedy, the budget is not high. Only $50 million. Shao Shuaijun invited an acquaintance in Hollywood, Joseph who has collaborated on "Inception" and "500 Days with Shamo". Gordon. Levitt and Scarlett. Johnson. Joseph's salary is $8 million, and Scarlett's salary is also $8 million.

These two are now famous and acting, and their worth is not high, so they are very suitable to star in "Teddy Bear".

Winster smiled and nodded: "Shao, you are a person who values feelings, and Chinese are very emotional." So, what kind of story is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", as far as I know, this is a remake of a classic movie from the seventies of the last century? ”

"It's a remake, indeed. A remake of 1968's Planet of the Apes. However, I have revised the script to advance the time to 1973's "Battle for the Planet of the Apes", which can be said to be a prequel story of "The Battle of the Planet of the Apes". You should know, in terms of the seventies. "Battle of the Planet of the Apes" is too far ahead of its time. It inevitably caused a lot of regrets. I hope that this "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" can present such a classic story with a more perfect attitude. ”

The story of "Planet of the Apes" is actually a bit complicated, because the development of several movies has formed a cycle. The general clue to reincarnation is this.

In 1972, two spacecraft began exploring the universe with human astronauts on board.

In 1973 A.D., a mysterious spaceship fell to Earth. It turned out to be a spaceship piloted by an ape couple, claiming to be from 3955 AD. Humans learned that they would be ruled by apes in the future, so they brutally killed the ape couple and covered up the secret that humans would be ruled in the future. But the ape couple's child, Caesar, survived and was raised by a human, and this story is the third in the series, "Escape from the Planet of the Apes".

Caesar grew up, and humans declined a lot due to the plague, but apes grew smarter and became good pets at home. Then 18-year-old Caesar led his "people" to the ruined San Francisco, where he established an ape territory. Then there was the growing development of apes and the declining decline of man, and a nuclear war broke out. This story is the fourth in the series, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

In a decaying world, under Caesar's rule, humans and apes temporarily reached a republic. However, after Caesar's death, humans were gradually treated as playthings and research objects by apes, and even apes even worshipped the atomic bomb as a sacred object. The fifth installment in the series, Battle of the Planet of the Apes, takes place in this era.

Until 3955 A.D., when the human spacecraft returned, due to the speed of light travel, astronauts thought that a few years had passed, but in fact thousands of years had passed. The human astronauts thought they had come to the planet of the apes and were being hunted by apes, and they planned to escape, until they saw the Statue of Liberty in the ruins, and they realized that this was the future Earth. This story is the first in the series, Planet of the Apes.

But the human astronaut's spacecraft broke down and did not escape, at which point the second human spacecraft returned, and the two groups of people worked together to detonate the sacred atomic bomb, destroying everything on Earth. This story is the second installment in the series, Lost Planet of the Apes.

However, the ape spacecraft in low Earth orbit outside the earth crashed into the turbulence of time because of a huge explosion, and unexpectedly came to the earth in 1973 AD, so it was connected to the third part of the series, "Escape from the Planet of the Apes".

And Shao Shuaijun's planned filming of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a prequel to "Battle of the Planet of the Apes", covering the fourth part of "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes", and using a new story to reveal how the orangutans rose......

After chatting about "Teddy Bear" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", half an hour passed quickly, and Shao Shuaijun sent Winster away and went straight to the conference room. All the members of the crew of "Teddy Bear" have sat down, waiting for Shao Shuaijun to come to the mobilization meeting, which is Shao Shuaijun's habit, before the start of a movie, he always likes to say words of encouragement to improve morale.

Making a movie is a war, and if you don't have morale, you can't make a movie sincerely. (To be continued......)

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"Planet of the Apes" is a very classic series, I recommend you to watch it, because the timeline of this series is very confusing, the story clues above are summarized by me, compare them, you can see it.