"The Lord of the Rings was released for a total of 53 days. At present, the global total box office is 1.48 billion US dollars, and it has completely entered the second place in the total box office in film history. There are still more than a dozen countries and regions that have not yet been released, and the expected total box office of $1.5 billion is ironclad. ”

""Transformers" was released for a total of 41 days, and it is currently $1.1 billion worldwide, which has surpassed the $1.02 billion of "Star Wars Prequel I: Phantom Crisis", which was the second highest box office in film history."

"Harry Potter" was released for a total of 25 days, and with the huge North American market, the box office was forced to reach 960 million US dollars, a little more than the original third place "Fast and Furious 2". It's not far from "Star Wars Prequel I: Phantom Crisis", and transcendence is certain. ”

"The top five positions of "Fast and Furious 2", "The Lion King", and "Resident Apocalypse 1" will definitely not be guaranteed, and they will fall below the sixth place. And "Raiders of the Lost Ark" will be squeezed into fifth place. ”

After this box office statistics report came out, many filmmakers without exception thought of the same place - "3D".

It's 3D that makes these 3 movies have such terrifying money-making abilities.

All of a sudden, 3D technology became the focus of the film industry.

All studios are putting aside the concerns of high costs and adding 3D film plans. However, when they approached Weta Data, Digital Domain, and Tianwang Special Effects, three special effects companies with mature 3D film technology, they were told that the 3D technology team had already been fully filled, and there was no time to make 3D for unplanned films in the next 1 year.

Because Paramount, Universal and other six Hollywood studios have smelled the benefits of 3D technology early. Therefore, we signed a 3D film production contract with Weta Data and the digital field early. The contract lasted for more than a year from the completion of the production of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" to the end of 2010.

Among these new 3D film projects are "Lord of the Rings 2" and "Harry Potter 2". and Alice in Wonderland, Shrek 4.

The third 3D special effects company hopes that the special effects will also take over the task of "Transformers 2" at this time, and at the same time declare that the task is full. No more external films.

At present, the top 3D technology is Weta Data, Digital Domain, and Tianwang Special Effects, so I know that these three companies have completed their tasks. Those companies can only sigh in anticipation.

Just when they were disappointed, on November 15, a well-known film equipment company in New York, North America, announced that it had developed a mature film 3D technology that could be used in 3D production.

As soon as the news came out, many film companies were excited, and immediately sent people to New York to discuss film cooperation.

The company's success was like opening a Pandora's box, and in the following month, several companies in the United States, Japan, the European Union and other regions announced that they had successfully developed mature 3D film technology. After passing the technical verification, these companies with 3D film technology soon became the bread and butter of global film companies, and the threshold was broken countless times, scrambling for 3D technical support.

Huaxia also followed, and the three film and television alliances that got the 3D technology authorization from Yang Shou also quickly developed 3D technology and launched 3D film plans one after another.

In 2009-2010, more than 50 3D film plans appeared, and those film companies were stimulated by the crazy box office of the three films "Transformers", and they all wanted to share the big cake of the 3D film market without exception.

What they didn't know was that they were stimulated by the super high box office. The success of the three films "Transformers", "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" is due to the combination of two factors: "the first 3D technology" and "a large number of fans", which can have such a high box office.

After these three movies are released in turn, the freshness and shock brought by 3D will definitely decline, and the audience's appetite will be nourished. At that time, movies that are not very good will become the object of spurning by fans. And even if it is filmed well, it is difficult to achieve such a high box office as these three movies.

This is the charm of eating the first soup. Following behind the ass is destined to eat only cold vegetable scraps.

It's a pity that these studios have been stimulated by the super high box office of more than a billion dollars, even if they know that they may encounter Waterloo. I can't help but be greedy and spend a lot of money to try.

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Just when the world's film companies were in turmoil for 3D films, Lin Mu flew to Los Angeles with five movie scripts.

Because I hope that the headquarters of special effects is in Los Angeles, when Lin Mu came this time, there were already subordinates who drove Savana to pick him up. Secretary Li Shuiyue had already arrived here two days in advance to prepare for Lin Mu's business trip.

"Donnie, is he here?" Sitting in the car, Lin Mu asked after a few minutes of sleep.

Li Shuiyue replied with a smile: "When Mr. Donnie received the call, he was very excited, and he couldn't wait to come over at dawn. ”

"Haha, huh? He's been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. ”

Although Robert Downey Jr. has had wonderful performances in movies such as "Biochemical Apocalypse" and "Transformers", and because of these movies, he has faded away from the previous image of a decadent drunkard and addict, and his stars have soared, but it has not been a smooth ride in the past few years, and several Hollywood movies have protagonists and supporting roles, but they are not very brilliant.

If the stars of the entertainment industry do not advance, they will retreat, and keeping their achievements is equivalent to regression, so Robert Downey Jr. can now be said to be sad. And just yesterday, he finally waited for a big opportunity, an opportunity that Lin Mu had promised a few years ago.

When he heard the news, he was so excited that he almost jumped to the ceiling, and he was so happy that he hugged his wife several times and screamed for several minutes.

When Savana, who picked up the woods, drove to the gate of the Hollywood King Special Effects Company, Wang Shang saw Robert Downey Jr. coming over excitedly against the cold wind. After seeing Wang Shang get out of the car, he shook hands warmly.

"I know you're in a hurry, huh. This is for you. Lin Mu took the four scripts from Li Shuiyue and handed them to Robert Downey Jr. At the same time, he said, "I've already contacted Disney Studios. I'll discuss the movie with each other tomorrow, and you'll be with you then. ”

"Thank you." Robert Downey Jr. felt the sincerity and trust in Lin Mu's eyes, and then thought about what he had experienced in the past few years, and his nose couldn't help but sour.

Robert Downey Jr. has not met any film company bosses and producers in Hollywood in recent years, and Hollywood's harshness is more cruel than the outside world imagines. And Lin Mu is the only one who is sincerely good to him, giving him many opportunities, and he is also a Chinese. The huge contrast made him even more grateful to Lin Mu.

"Haha, no thanks. I believe you have the ability, so you deserve these things. Lin Mu put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile.

On the day Lin Mu came to Hollywood, he only had a basic understanding of the operation of the special effects company, and then he didn't care about it, and he was invited to Robert Downey Jr. to have dinner at his house that night.

"Welcome Mr. Lin." When Lin Mu's car arrived, Robert Downey Jr. and his family were already waiting at the gate of the outer courtyard of the cottage. Susan Levine was holding a little girl of about two years old, her eyes were very cute, and Levine taught her to say, "Uncle......"

The little girl already has basic communication skills. The mouth pouted and said: "Ang~Pick~......"

Lin Mu was suddenly overjoyed, hugged her, teased, and before he could do anything, the child cried with a blushing face.

Lin Mu: "......" hurriedly transferred the child to her mother's arms.

After chatting for half an hour. Lin Mu saw Robert Downey's eldest son, Indio, who was born to Downey and his ex-wife, who is now 13 years old. He looks a little taller than the average child, and he's a handsome little guy.

As soon as you enter the door. After listening to my father's introduction to Lin Mu, he was pleasantly surprised and asked, "Uncle." I love the background music in Transformers, who created them? ”

"He likes to play with instruments and has a little band." Robert Downey Jr. explained.

Lin Mu said helplessly: "The creator is secret, so I can't tell you." ”

"Oh." Indio was clearly disappointed.

Lin Mu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It seems that you will be an excellent musician in the future." ”

Dinner was not Western food, but Chinese food that surprised Lin Mu, which was very hearty. 5 dishes and one soup, it can be seen that their family has also put a lot of effort into it.

Robert Downey Jr. said proudly: "This is what Levine specially asked a Chinese chef to study, and he studied for half a year, and now it's not bad." Since the first time I met you. After eating those two bowls of porridge for breakfast, I fell in love with it. After that, I used to go to the Chinese dining room and found that the Chinese food was very good, and now, my family has fallen in love with Chinese food. ”

Lin Mu doesn't like Western food very much, so he saw Robert Downey Jr.'s family preparing Chinese food. I'm very happy. Of course, seeing that they like Chinese food, Lin Mu is even happier.

Although the dishes are not as delicious as those made by the chef, nor as delicious as those made by his mother and Liu Xi, because Lin Mu is not a picky eater, he praised Levine while eating, which made Levine very happy, and his self-confidence rose, claiming to make more in the future.

"Mr. Lin, I've read the script, it's very good. Thank you. ”

Lin Mu waved his hand: "I think apart from you, no one should be able to play this role well." You figure out the role today, and then show your level at Disney Studios tomorrow, and I'll make you the leading role. If you can play it seriously, it will inevitably become the most important role in your acting career. Don't let your family and friends down. ”

Needless to say, Robert Downey Jr. and Levine raised their glasses. Toast to the woods.

After the meal, Robert Downey Jr. took the first script and asked Lin Mu for some questions.

Lin Mu answered in detail, and if Donnie made a good suggestion, Lin Mu would also add it to the script.

In the end, Lin Mu proposed, "Mr. Donnie, if you can show these scripts to your father, please ask him for guidance." It must be even better. ”

Robert Downey Jr.'s father is named Robert, and he is recognized as a top script doctor in Hollywood.

The so-called script doctor is the person who diagnoses and revises the script.

The reason why the profession of script doctor was born is that the cost of Hollywood movies is too high, often tens of millions of dollars. So that the producers have to be cautious. The script doctor was born in this context, and the revision process often continued until the last minute before the film started, or even after the filming started.

However, it is not so easy to become a script doctor, at least you have to walk through the Oscar red carpet, but this also makes the asking price of the script doctor very high.

And Robert Downey Jr.'s father is such a top script doctor, recognized by the Hollywood industry.

Donnie didn't think much of it, and replied directly, "If Mr. Lin agrees to do this, my father will be happy to do so." ”

"Mr. Lin, will you direct this movie yourself?" In the end, Donnie asked what he had always wanted to ask, and he worked with Lin Mu a lot, and felt that it was a very pleasant thing to be an actor under Lin Mu, so he also hoped that Lin Mu could direct this movie.

Lin Mu shook his head: "No, this movie is not for me, I will find a director who is suitable for directing it, and I have the candidate in mind." ”

"Who?"

"Jon Favreau......"

"Jon Favreau??" Donnie looked at Lin Mu, then at Levine, shook his head, and said he didn't know, "Is he the director?" ”

"Yes, but not very well-known. I asked people to collect information some time ago, and after reading it, I felt good, and tomorrow I will go to his house before going to Disney Studios, and you will also go and see it. ”

"Good!"

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lin Mu left, and Robert Downey Jr. immediately moved out of his computer and searched for Jon Favreau's information on the Internet after Lin Mu left.

The results of the search surprised Donnie, not too good, but too ...... Bad.

The evaluation on the Internet is: "A third-tier actor, a supporting role forever." There is a certain talent for directing. ”

Then read about his personal experience. starred in several low-budget comedy movies such as "Dream Chasing Pure Heart", "Bad Things", "Love and Sex", etc., and the response was average. Then he felt that the actor had no talent and couldn't be famous, so he restlessly looked for a directing opportunity, and finally directed the horror comedy "Made" a year later, but unfortunately the market response was flat.

And his first turning point in his life appeared in 2002, when he directed "Christmas Elf" released in 2003, which was gratifying at the box office, successfully entered the 200 million director club, and became a hot commercial film director. However, the later director's career was a bit dull, and he was always a little troubled, and he didn't achieve amazing results again. (To be continued.) )