Chapter 352: Red and Purple
On December 13, the list of nominees for the 63rd Golden Globe Awards was announced.
Best Picture in a Drama Category:
A History of Violence
Brokeback Mountain
"Good Night, Good Luck"
"The End of the Race"
The Immortal Gardener
Best Picture in a Musical/Comedy:
"Little Sunshine Beauty"
Tribute to Mrs. Henderson
Pride and Prejudice
The Squid and the Whale
"Walking with Song"
Best Director:
George Clooney, Good Night, Good Luck
Peter Jackson, King Kong
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Fernando Merrils, The Immortal Gardener
Steven Spielberg, "Munich Massacre"
Ye Wei, "Little Sunshine Beauty"
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The list of nominees for this year's Golden Globe Awards was released, which was both unexpected and actually predicted.
LMS came out of the crisis with seven nominations for Best Picture and Best Director in the Musical/Comedy category, leading the list with Brokeback Mountain, which also received seven nominations, followed by Good Night, Good Luck with four nominations.
Ye Wei became the youngest nominee in the history of the Best Director Award, not only the Golden Globe, but all professional awards.
Date of birth: 19 February 1988
Date of nomination: 13 December 2005
Age: 17 years and 297 days
Year: 2005
There is no doubt that the record is broken, and as far as the Golden Globes are concerned, the youngest was the French director Claude Lerouche, which dates back to 1966, when he was nominated for his famous masterpiece "A Man and a Woman" that combines director, screenwriter, producer, cinematography and editing, when he was 29 years old.
Now his 39-year-old record has been broken, and he has reached an incredible number in one fell swoop, and he has also become the second place.
And the original second George Lucas, who was also 29 years old but had more than a hundred days more, was nominated for his famous work "American Style Painting", and he became the third.
These two directors, one is a household name as the father of Star Wars, and the other is an important figure in the new school of cinema, both were once hailed as geniuses, and now genius has a new definition.
But if you look at all the awards, 17 years old is still far from it, Rick Skrude was only 9 years old when he won the Best New Actor award in 1980 for his stunning debut in "The End of the World", and in 1999, when Haley Joe Osmon was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "The Sixth Sense", he was only 11 years old.
Now both of their records are in jeopardy, because Abigill Bryslin has broken Osmond's record by being nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 9.
"Youngest" is the word that must be used when the global media reports on this list, along with words such as genius, prodigy, and VIY.
"WOW!" and "Amazing!" are the words that fans have to use when commenting, and the comment boards in Yahoo News and other places are full of people's exclamations:
"Before I saw LMS, I thought it was something to, but now I think VIY deserves it," Pbaifox said. Well done genius!" Jounds said with emotion: "Does this mean that we will spend our lives watching Ye Wei's movies? I'm 26 years old, and I don't think he'll die earlier than me." ”
Musa2000 put a long list of exclamation points and "I love this dude", and NessTrevorc followed up, "Do you see how handsome his nomination photo is? Linguisti teased: "Frankly, I hate Ye Wei, he makes me look like a 50-year-old loser who still lives with my mother, I'm 20 years old! ”
Of course, not everyone is blessed with this, especially in some conservative and right-leaning media websites, either they are brushed aside, or they are questioned and ridiculed, and even described as another amateur watch of the Golden Globe Awards, how can David Cronenberg, Alan Woody and others not be nominated, and a 17-year-old child has?
And on the Chinese network, the media and fans are jubilant, which is really a huge joy!
Despite the controversy, this year is fantastic, with two of the best foreign language films being Chinese, "Kung Fu" and "Wu Ji".
"Kung Fu" has been praised by audiences all over the world, and "Wu Ji" has not yet been released, and it has received good reviews in Western critics. The Golden Globe judges have praised the Chinese martial arts craze that has emerged in recent years, with nominations ranging from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (which won the event), "Hero" to "Wu Ji".
There are many Chinese elements, and Ang Lee and Ye Wei are the biggest Chinese elements!
This news has become the headline of portals such as Sina.com, because of the time difference, Asia is the night of the 13th, and the good news makes fans and fans collectively fry the pot and witness the history of Wei Ge Chuangzào!
In many forums, post bars and other places, there were celebration posts such as "Sprinkle flowers and build a building for Brother Wei's nomination for the Golden Globe Award!", and then in a short period of time, they were all covered very high by the excited Weimi. There are also various secret posts, popular science posts, message collection posts, and prediction posts......
On the English network, the enthusiasm of supporters gathered in several social outlets such as blogs and YouTube, people love teenage heroes, and the success of VIY is exciting!
But the Golden Globes are not the ultimate award for the film industry, the Oscars are. Ye Wei and LMS have undoubtedly taken a big step towards the Oscars, nominating for the Golden Globe is a huge advertisement, and now the six thousand peers who have Oscar votes in their hands, even if they live in the Stone Age, it is impossible not to know who Ye Wei is.
There will be people who haven't seen LMS before, and now out of curiosity, look at the preview DVD, shoot it well, and choose it! There will be people who continue not to watch it, but "the Golden Globe judges said yes, that should be good", and they will be selected! This is the advantage of heavy dà.
The Golden Globes Gala Dinner will be held on January 16 next year, while the Oscars will announce the nominees on January 31 and then on March 5.
The youngest Oscar nominee for Best Director was John Singleton, 24 years and 44 days, in 1991
There were 6 under the age of 30, and the second: Orson Welles, 26 years and 279 days, 1941
Third place: Kenneth Branaeugh, 29 years and 66 days, 1989
Fourth: Claude Lerouche, 29 years and 113 days, 1966
5th place: M. Knight Shyamalan, 29 years and 193 days, 1999
Sixth place: George Lucas, 29 years and 281 days, 1973
If Ye Wei can be nominated for an Oscar by then, Shyamalan's Asian record will not be guaranteed, Singleton's minority record will not be guaranteed, and everyone will not be guaranteed, 17 years and 346 days.
There is still a period of time from now, the dust has not settled, no weather vane is 100% accurate, and the battle for the Oscars has not officially begun.
But VIY is already red and purple!
With his two blockbuster nominations as a director and producer, his new project has received even more attention, which will it be?
"Fantasy Elf Incident Book"?"My Grand Gay Wedding"?"Lovely Bones"?......
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For Lionsgate, today is not very happy, "Crash" only has two nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay, and failed to enter the competition for Best Picture in the Drama category. This is really not the goal of Jon Philheimer and others, although it has been expected for a long time.
"Crash" was released early, in May, and it is almost forgotten now, there is no topic and attention, and the evaluation is not so good, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is only 75%.
Whatever the reason, commercial or film, the Golden Globe judges didn't choose it for a reason.
But the PR operations of the Oscars and Golden Globes are not the same, and the 6,000 judges are all industry insiders, and they are more considerate of the film. Lionsgate firmly believes that if we continue to do a good job in the distribution of DVDs, so that more judges can really watch this movie, be truly impressed, and become the largest number of contenders, "Crash", which is completely Oscar-like, will definitely have a table.
Ye Wei's harvest made Liongate happy, now it is a community of interests, and it has finally arrived!
On this day, Lionsgate announced a definite new situation to the outside world while the iron was hot, Ye Wei joined the production team of the new version of "Carrie the Witch"!
"He's going to keep an eye on the project, and the important things are going to be done under his watch. Jon Philheimer himself happily told The Hollywood Reporter, "The old version of Carrie the Witch is a classic, and we are confident that its new version will shine a new light in VIY's hands." ”
Stephen King told Variety: "It's been 30 years since the first version of Carrie, and the new generation of young people have not had the opportunity to watch this story in theaters, so it's time to make a new version." I was struck by VIY's "Exorcism Video", his talent is exactly what the new edition needs, and I look forward to working with him on this occasion." ”
The two talked as if Ye Wei had agreed to direct, but this was indeed not much definite news about his new project.
Of course, the media reported that Carrie and VIY were both in the spotlight, and either of them would be a major horror project. The public's attention is really attracted, and in the eyes of horror movie fans, Yunik Kuhler fans, and people who love thrillers, horror, and cults, this is better news than VIY being nominated for the Golden Globe!
Fans excitedly discussed: "Kuhler, direct it!", "I want to see a horror movie from VIY!", "Will Nina Dobov play Carrie?", ......
The old version of Carrie is so classic, the two indicators of Rotten Tomatoes are 92% and 76% respectively, and the production, directing, writing, and acting of the new version will not be easy.
There has been no new version of the screen for many years, and one of the main reasons is that the old version is difficult to surpass. Genius brings confidence, but the wishes of horror movie fans may not come true, because there are too many projects to hand Director Ye Wei's microphone!
Previously, the six major studios all sent invitations to Ye Wei, and Disney invited supporting actors to star in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", is it really just that?
On this day, just as the VIY craze set off a huge wave again, Disney finally showed its hole cards! Lionsgate was unfortunately robbed of the limelight.
Disney has unveiled an amazing new project: Snow White and the Seven Warrior Monks.
"We've been planning this project for three years. Disney's official spokesperson, Heidi Trota, told the press, "It's going to be a magical action live-action movie that combines Eastern and Western styles." ”
According to her, the first draft of the script has already been written, and the story uses only the framework of a fairy tale, which takes place in China at the end of the 19th century.
A wealthy British girl who grew up in Hong Kong was persecuted by her stepmother and had to flee to the mainland, where she met seven Shaolin monks during her wanderings, and she learned that she was destined to fight against evil spirits, so she bravely accepted the mission, and with the help of the monks, she learned a strong kung fu and defeated the evil forces.
This project really shocked the media, there are many movies based on "Snow White", but the only influential thing that has been released to theaters is Disney's 1937 animated film, although it has been re-screened and re-screened over the years, how can it be almost 70 years.
Grimm's fairy tales can be filmed by anyone, but not everyone can shoot at the big production. Now Disney is finally going to make a live-action version of Snow White, but it is going to be a women-fighting version that combines East and West?
It's incredible! This is Snow White, this is Disney. Think about what will happen to Snow White in those Disney theme parks when the movie is really made?
But isn't that the selling point? At least unexpectedly.
"The Chinese market, the Asian market, is becoming more and more important. "The Chinese element will help us open up this emerging market." ”
She also revealed that this is a high-budget project, which means at least 100 million US dollars, and has been in talks with Yuan Heping's team, which is known as the world's No. 1 martial arts leader, for the past two years.
"It wasn't until recently that we found Ye Wei to be the perfect director. Trotta also announced that the company is inviting Ye Wei to direct the project, which she is full of praise: "He has a talent for blending Eastern and Western cultures, he is fluent in English and Mandarin and can communicate directly with filmmakers in both places, he knows how to make films that young audiences and family audiences like, but he can also shoot stories with depth." Perhaps there is no better fit in the world than him. ”
"Snow White and the Seven Warrior Monks" is, of course, much more eye-catching than "Carrie the Witch".
Oh my God, Snow White does kung fu? Fans really exploded: "This is a little weird. "Will you play a warrior monk if you shoot VIY?", "The question is who plays Snow White?......
In the eyes of the media, this is actually promising, or Disney will never take 100 million to record as a confused account, the image of "Snow White" is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it also means that it is too old-fashioned, and filming a live-action version in the style of a fairy tale may not necessarily have the appeal of kung fu style.
Snow White, Kung Fu Elements, Oriental Story Setting, China Filming and Shooting, High Budget, Big Disney ......
This project Huo Di caught up with or even surpassed the "Fantasy Elf Event Book" and became the most advantageous leader in this battle for Ye Wei.
The only disadvantage is the grudge between Disney and DreamWorks, but what about Guan Yewei? Friendship? Now that DreamWorks has been sold, anything can happen!
The six major studios have all thrown out their own olive branches, and everyone wants to get Ye Wei.