966:Planning for the coming year (3rd update)
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Li Donglai has mentioned before that he should pay attention to small and medium-cost films, but he has always lacked action. This time, the matter of "For" touched him again, and everyone in the company was grasping the big system, and he had to take the lead in the end. Let Sean find the company's reserve of scripts, the projected projects for the next two years, and the film library of Summit Entertainment.
The pinnacle is worthy of being a company that has been famous in Hollywood for many years, and there are classic films such as "Two Big Smoking Guns", "Vanilla Sky", and "Dance Out of My Life" in the film library. "Bomb Disposal Unit", which was very popular last year, also belongs to the peak.
Of course, there are also many bad movies that have left them with a debt of more than 500 million, otherwise Summit would not have let the company be acquired with only one "Twilight" series. After the acquisition, some shooting plans will definitely be terminated. Phantom only shoots boutiques.
In Summit Entertainment's list of plans, in addition to "Twilight 4 Dawn (Part II)", "Dance Out of My Life 4" and "Cold Light by Day", which are expected to be released this year, there are many projects worth restarting.
Now the summit has been renamed the Phantom Peak, and the composition of some small shareholders is very complicated, but the Phantom still firmly controls the company's voice. After much discussion, it has been decided to restart the "Red Flame Battlefield" movie in 2o1o and shoot "Red Flame Battlefield 2". There is also the "Ender's Game" movie, which has already entered the filming stage, will continue to be executed, a work that follows the craze of "The Walking Dead", and the peak was originally intended to be a zombie idol version of "Warm Corpse", and Li Donglai did not refuse.
"The youth idol version of zombies, it's a chic idea, isn't it?"
They also unexpectedly found a work worth exploring in the script library, a script called "The Divergent", which caused controversy at the management meeting.
After Li Donglai heard the news, he decisively ordered the project to be filmed. If a script alone causes controversy, it is enough to make people pay attention. In fact, it's a bestseller of the same name.
is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by 23-year-old female writer Veronica Rose. is the first of the trilogy. The story tells that in the future Chicago, people are divided into five major factions: honesty, wisdom, peace, fearlessness, and selflessness. Every child chooses a faction to join at the age of 16 and is put to the test. The heroine Triss is faced with such a choice, but she is different from others, and the "aptitude test" shows that she has three traits at the same time: fearlessness, selflessness, and intelligence, and is a rare "divergent". Trissy, who cares about her family on the one hand and has her own opinions on the other, makes a surprising choice. Meantime. Her special identity has long attracted the attention of people from all factions; Beneath the seemingly peaceful city, dangerous conspiracies are brewing...... Triss's next choice not only determines her survival, but also connects countless lives.
The controversy of this sci-fi action series is that it is impossible to shoot a good non-blockbuster zuò. But today's battlefield of supernatural abilities is firmly occupied by hero films, and it is extremely easy to lose money. A control zhì is not good. The Phantom's signboard was smashed.
The Phantom old faction has gradually developed their own sense of honor, and they are used to the superiority of making money in every Phantom movie, so they think a lot. But now it's not a problem, since Li Dong came to shoot, let's shoot. If it is done well, it will be a classic series of movies again. The first part is titled "Divergent: Alien Awakening".
Of course, Li Donglai will not be blindly confident. The cost is still under control, 8ooo thousand, and it must not exceed the cost of "The Hunger Games".
In fact, "The Hunger Games" is a bit deformed now, don't look at the box office, but the marketing cost invested by the phantom is too high, and it will be a loss on the books in the end.
"Movies for all" all come at a price.
Thankfully, this doesn't affect profits, as The Hunger Games still has nearly two-thirds of its expected profit on the line. The Hunger Games dVd and Blu-ray discs, which will hit the shelves in August, are a big source of revenue.
In addition, Li Donglai found Wen Ziren again, and Wen Ziren was very puzzled. He is preparing "Godzilla", and every day he thinks of interesting ideas with a group of people, and he doesn't understand why Li Dong came to him at this time.
Li Donglai put a script in front of him, "Man, I noticed that you have a movie project on hold. ”
Wen Ziren picked it up and took a look. Suddenly, he said, "You said to summon spirits." It was supposed to be filmed, but now I have better toys. In fact, there is also "Latent", which was originally going to make a sequel to "Latent 2". Of course, now Godzilla is more appealing to me. ”
"Latent" Li Dong has come to watch. The puppet shots have the feeling of director's chainsaw and dead silence, cold enough thriller, twists and turns enough plot, enough reversal at the end, and a few cold humors...... It's a masterpiece that hasn't appeared for a long time, but if you pretend to watch a movie with love around you in broad daylight, the ghost really pokes around you and Tm can't scare you to death! Suffice it to say that the atmosphere is still very important.
Some people admire the classic camera movement inside, the location and time of the ghost's appearance, and think that they are all so accurate. Wen Ziren also has the strength to take over the title of contemporary horror master. The pace of the first half is a little slow, but the back is too exciting, and there is that awesome ending. It's the best horror movie Hollywood has produced in the past two years!
However, some people also commented on the illogical pure horror film, there was more laughter than screaming in the theater, and it was quite fun to watch. The boy is so beautiful, but it's a pity that he only has a sleeping scene after the plot starts. The most embarrassing thing is that the other two children of their family were lost by the screenwriter.
From Li Dong's point of view, Wen Ziren is already a contemporary horror master.
When he mentioned this, Li Donglai suddenly couldn't help but be excited, and said, "Don't put it on hold, you can continue to shoot." Horror films are inexpensive and have a short shooting timeline. Maybe by the time you're working on Godzilla, the movie has already been made. And the schedule we prepared for "Godzilla" is the summer of 2o14, so you have plenty of time to prepare. ”
Wen Ziren was stunned by his enthusiasm, "You like horror movies so much." ”
"Of course...... No. But your horror film is an exception, and it's very innovative. Li Donglai said seriously: "I just think it's a pity to put it on hold, and it will also disappoint many of your horror movie fans, what do you think?" ”
Wen Ziren pondered the possibility of this. Li Donglai has no shelves, and he will not be restrained. There is not much difference in age, and they are all blackheads and yellow skin, and they feel more friends.
"But, wouldn't that be too busy, do I still have time to do Godzilla?"
Li Donglai said: "It's okay, you just need to move your mouth, and leave the rest to others." Do you know how much I plan to shoot this year? I have three films to direct this year, "Frozen", "Iron Man 3", and "Gravity", and there are two more movies to be released "Twilight Finale" and "The Avengers", and two movies to star in "The Hangover 3" and "Di Renjie". It's all big and big, and I can arrange it too. Dude, you have to have faith in yourself. You are familiar with the filming of horror films, and the shooting cycle is not so long. Any request, we have you covered. ”
Wen Ziren was infected by his enthusiasm, "Since you say so, then I'll go back and think about it carefully." But I didn't expect that you are also my horror fan, haha. ”
“……”
After getting Wen Ziren, Li Donglai pondered "The Hangover 3" again, and the movie was almost ready, just waiting for Li Donglai to start filming when he had time. Todd Phillips is no longer directing, and the new director Seth McFarlane is simply more spoof than Lee Dong-lai. Just reading the script made him tired of it for a long time.
However, this series has also reached an embarrassing situation, and no one knows what the future holds, and maybe a serious illness does require a heavy medicine to cure it. He still chooses to trust Seth McFarlane, "Iron Man 3" will be closed in May, and he has enough time to participate in filming before the Olympics. It happened to be summer, which coincided with the time in the script.
At some point, the Phantom has developed its own preferences, such as R-rated comedies.
This must be influenced by him, otherwise why are the few comedy plans submitted below all R-rated comedies.
"The Last Las Vegas", "The End of the World", "Fake Family". In addition to "The Last Las Vegas", it is still true, telling the story of four friends over sixty years old in Las Vegas when they opened a bachelor party duì for their friends who are single again, some anecdotes were born, and the project book defines it as the elderly version of "The Hangover", which shows that "The Hangover" has a great influence on Hollywood comedies.
Seeing the cast of Tiyì is enough to shock people.
Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas won Best Actor for "Raging Bull" and "Wall Street", while Morgan Freeman and Kevin Klein also won the Oscars for Best Supporting Actor for "Million Dollar Baby" and "A Fish Named Wanda", respectively.
Such a script is obviously not something that the Phantom's creative department can provide. With this combination alone, no matter which company they find, they will agree. Looking closely back, sure enough, it was from the famous screenwriter-producer Dan Fogman.
Even the director has a candidate, and they want to invite Jack Nicholson to be the director. This can't help but remind Li Donglai of a rumor, in 2o1o, it was reported that Dan Fogman will tailor a script for Jack Nicholson, which is likely to be this "The Last Vegas". The reason why I found the Phantom is probably because they have "The Hangover".
With such an eye-catching lineup, it is impossible for Li Donglai to disagree.
But he didn't think Jack Nicholson would direct such a comedy, and after the old guy finally won the Oscar for Best Director for "The Departed," few works came out. So he also specially added, "If you can really hire Jack Nicholson as a director, then ...... It's easy to say anything. ”