China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 159 Schedule, I Played the International Director
Of course, the role of the heroine's mother in "The Hunger Games" must be Chinese, but this time Li Mu didn't have Liu Xiaoli's idea.It's not a problem to always bring your girlfriend's mother with you when you make a movie, and Liu Xiaoli is not very suitable for this role.

In the setting of the movie, the heroine’s family is extremely poor financially, and the heroine needs to pick up the bread given by the hero to satisfy her hunger. Therefore, the role of the heroine’s mother will of course be an image of an extremely poor rural woman. Liu Xiaoli’s personal image and temperament are more or less Part of the city is angry.

Xu Fan, Chen Chong, Jiang Shan, Chen Xiaoyi, Tao Huimin, Xu Qing, He Qing, Li Mu went through this group of post-60s aunts in China from beginning to end, and finally decided to ask Tao Huimin to try.

The heroine is very beautiful, and of course the heroine's mother can't be bad.In Li Mu's impression, Tao Huimin was very beautiful when she was young, and she felt that she could also perform the temperament of a country woman.

The matter was told to the assistant to do it, and then Li Mu began to think seriously about the schedule of "Gravity"-now it is time to make the final decision.

In fact, it's not that Li Mu didn't think about this problem before. Not only did he think about it before, but he even initially formed three sets of plans.

The first, of course, is to catch up with the release of "Avatar", so that in the future, when fans mention 3D movies, the first person they will think of is Li Mu.

The second is to arrange it to be released after "Avatar". With the help of the global storm of 3D movies set off by "Avatar", following the path of "Alice in Wonderland" will help maximize the film's box office potential.

The third is to release "Avatar" about a month before the release in China, and about a month after "Avatar" is arranged abroad.This can not only form the impression that the 3D movie storm started from his own director Li Mu in the impression of Chinese people, but also squeeze all the box office energy of "Gravity" to the maximum extent in the international market where the box office occupies an absolute bulk.

In fact, at the beginning, Li Mu was more inclined to the third plan, but as time approached, now Li Mu has become more and more inclined to the first plan.

To be honest, Li Mu is not short of money now, but for this person, once the problem of food and clothing is solved, he should have a higher spiritual pursuit.

Therefore, after careful weighing, Li Mu finally decided to fully release "Avatar" before "Avatar", not only in the domestic market, but also in the international market.

Since he wants to be the person who leads the times, he is lucky to lead to the end, to the extreme!
Well, the global release date of "Avatar" has been set on December 2009, 12, so how long will Li Mu's "Gravity" be released in advance?
Li Mu doesn't want to advance too much in advance. In his plan, it is best that "Avatar" has already been released and "Gravity" has not yet been released. The two films that lead the times will be released at the same time. Intersection - this is quite memorable in Li Mu's heart.

Considering that "Avatar" in his previous life achieved an unprecedented six consecutive box office championships, Li Mu finally decided to set the global release date of "Gravity" five weeks before the official release of "Avatar".

If you are lucky enough to be kicked off by "Avatar" released in the sixth week after dominating the box office in North America for five weeks, then "Gravity" + "Avatar" will be formed, two 3D movies that lead the times continue to dominate the list The magnificent spectacle of the North American film market for eleven weeks!

Thinking about it is still very touching.

With a smile on his lips, Li Mu immediately went to check the perpetual calendar.

2009年12月18日的前五周，也就是——2009年的11月13日？
"November 2009, 11, the global release date of "Gravity" is set on this day!"

After finally making up his mind, a big stone in Li Mu's heart finally fell to the ground, which gave him a rare sense of joy. He was leaning comfortably on the computer chair, and even hummed a little song, and then he suddenly On a whim, I thought:
"November 11th, I don't know which movies will be released on this day, let me see who is so unlucky, I just happened to meet Li Mu, and I happened to meet the epoch-making "Gravity"! Hehe... "

"'2012' - Roland Emmerich?"

Li Mucheng jumped up from the seat at once, thinking how could it be this guy?

He quickly searched for information about the "2012 Doomsday" in his previous life.

"The global box office is 7.91 million U.S. dollars, and the first weekend is 6500 million U.S. dollars in three days-damn, whoever will win is not sure! Who can guarantee that his "Gravity" will definitely beat the director Roland Emmerich "2012 Doomsday"? This is truly one of the world's top ten famous directors, and has always enjoyed the reputation of 'Hollywood Disaster Film Master'!"

Li Mugang was still doing "Gravity" at the box office five times in a row and gave way to "Avatar", and then the other party had a dream of winning the box office for six consecutive times. As a result, he can't help thinking now, who gave him the courage just now ?

Who is the director Roland Emmerich?

He is the director of "Independence Day", "Godzilla", "The Day After Tomorrow", "1 BCE", "2012"!

Among them, "Independence Day" has a global box office of 8.17 million US dollars, and "The Day After Tomorrow" has a global box office of 5.5 million US dollars, which are also very good.

Li Mu's "The End of the World" deliberately chose to be released before "2012" directed by Roland Emmerich, but now it's going around, and his new movie "Gravity" will be at the same time as "2012" Released?

In other words, is Li Mu aiming at an international director trap, or is director Roland Emmerich going to avenge Li Mu for rushing to release "2012" this time?

Or is this an opportunity for the two top ten international directors to lose both?
Well, Li Mu's five-time North American box office top plan is likely to collapse in the middle of the failure, but since he has decided to lead the release of "Avatar" in an all-round way, he can't control so much now.

What about the world's top ten famous directors?And what about the masters of Hollywood disaster movies?
Fight!

After making up his mind, Li Mu plans to gather all the main investors and distributors of "Gravity" within a week, and hold a meeting together to confirm and communicate the film's global release and distribution promotion plan in advance .

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It was also during the period when Li Mu was thinking about the film schedule, the debate on the world ranking of director Li Mu on the Huaxia Internet was becoming more and more intense.

The reason is the post about Li Mu's total box office surpassing James Cameron some time ago. For most ordinary people, being able to name two foreign directors is already considered very knowledgeable.

So who are the two Hollywood directors most familiar to Chinese people?
It must be Steven Spielberg and James Cameron!

Now Li Mu has surpassed James Cameron, which means that our Chinese director Li Mu is already the second director in the world, right?
So some people began to popularize science, saying that if Li Mu counts as the screenwriter's work, the total box office has indeed surpassed James Cameron, but the problem is that James Cameron is not the second in the world?
In terms of total box office alone, director Cameron was only ranked eighth in the world before, so after Li Mu surpassed Cameron, he would be the eighth director in the world at most, okay? !
As a result, instead of being depressed, Li Mu's supporters became even more excited.

"Director Li Mu is already the eighth in the world? That's awesome!"

"After five years of debut, you are number eight in the world. Give him ten years, and he can give you back number one in the world!"

"A 25-year-old eighth director in the world, isn't that enough?"

"The total box office is the eighth in the world, and the ability is the first in the world!"

Finally, some netizens couldn't stand it anymore, and began to carefully analyze that Li Mu was actually not as powerful as everyone's bragging.

“不是，你们真觉得李沐有你们吹的那么厉害吗？李沐要是真那么厉害的话，《飓风营救2》也就不会安排在6月12日上映了懂吗？知道6月12日这个档期是怎么来的吗？就是在5月29日《飞屋环游记》和6月24日《变形金刚2》之间寻了个空隙，懂？”

"If Li Mu really boasted so much, why didn't he openly release "Up" and "Transformers 2" on the same day? Why didn't he fight? In the end, Li Mu didn't have enough confidence in himself! "

"Also, do you know why "The Doomsday Collapse" was released in July? Who in the industry doesn't know that it was actually released before Roland Emmerich's "7"? Then why did you rush to release it in July? What about before? Isn’t it because Director Li Mu himself knows that his film is no match for Roland Emmerich’s "2012"?!"

"Director Roland Emmerich is a master of disaster films in the world. Li Mu himself is quite self-aware and knows how to avoid it. On the contrary, his fans really think that Li Mu is already invincible."

So this matter has been quite controversial recently. Many people are arguing whether Li Mu will release it first because he knows that "The End of the World" is not as good as "2012".

When Li Mu was interviewed at the event, the reporter also specifically asked this question. Li Mu had nothing to hide about this, so he admitted it openly.

"Of course, of course, to avoid other movies, "Up" cost $1.7 million to make, "Transformers 2" cost $2.5 million to make, and "Taken 2" cost $4000 million to make, the gap is so big that I don't know. Avoid these two blockbusters of course!"

"Similarly, there is also "Collapse of Doom", which costs 8000 million U.S. dollars, and the production cost of "2012" directed by Roland Emmerich is as high as 2 million U.S. dollars, which is more than twice that of "Collapse of Doom". And Roland Aimeric Murridge still has super classic disaster blockbusters such as "Independence Day", "Godzilla" and "The Day After Tomorrow", so isn't it a normal choice for me to choose to avoid these movies?"

"I invested so much money in making a movie, and I want to make a profit in the end. How could I go head-to-head with other blockbuster movies just to fight for the title of who is better? You will transport coal to Pingding Mountain in the Central Plains just to show how good you are." Go to Xishan Datong to sell it? If you want me to say that this is not great, this is a fool's behavior! Do you think I am a fool?"

"Of course I'm not a fool, so I will never go head to head with other big blockbusters in order to show that I'm awesome, and compete head-on with other international big directors."

After accepting the reporter's interview, Li Mu immediately gathered all the producers and distributors of "Gravity" together, and then Li Mu very solemnly proposed to set the global release date of the film on November 2009, 11. day.

At the beginning, several producers didn't think there was anything wrong, until someone suddenly discovered that "2012 The End of the World" directed by Hollywood disaster film master Roland Emmerich also officially opened its global release on this day.

so.

what's the situation?
Didn't Director Li Mu just say in an interview that he was a fool to deliberately go head-to-head with other blockbusters and other international directors in order to compete for who is the best?

What's the matter, it changed so quickly?
And just a few months ago, in order to avoid "2012" directed by Roland Emmerich, the schedule of "Collapse" was set to July 2009, 7. As a result, "24" was completely released after a few months. Not a rival anymore, so much so that "Gravity" is scheduled to be released on the same day?
Is this really not a prank?

The investment in "Gravity" is as high as 1 million U.S. dollars, which is not easy to bet on!
It was after Li Mu repeatedly assured that this was definitely not out of anger, that the other producers agreed to Li Mu's schedule plan.

And just when the crew of "Gravity" officially announced that the film's schedule was set for November 2009, 11, there were rumors on the Internet that Li Mu's fool would use his own blockbuster to compete with other blockbusters from other international directors. Speech is fermenting frantically.

Moreover, Li Mu's remarks have also been unanimously approved by the majority of netizens.

"Director Li Mu is right. Everyone makes movies to make money. Since you know that other directors are very strong, you know that "Transformers 2" and "2012" are very strong, so why rush to release them together? Just to show that you are awesome? What Director Li Mu said is too good, that's a fool!"

"Hahaha, yes, I admit that "The Doomsday Collapse" is very good-looking, but who is the director Roland Emmerich? He is globally recognized for making "Independence Day", "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Godzilla" No one in their right mind would want to see a movie released on the same day as the master of Hollywood disaster movies."

"Director Li Mu's metaphor is very vivid. He knows that the opponent is very strong, but he insists on choosing to release it on the same day. Isn't this just transporting coal from Pingding Mountain in the Central Plains to Datong in Xishan to sell? Hahaha..."

"Director Li Mu is very clear-headed. Everyone makes movies to make money, not to get angry."

"Idiots know to avoid the enemy's sharp edge, but some people think that "The Doomsday Collapse" was released before "2012" is cowardly, because director Li Mu has no confidence in his own work."

But just when netizens praised Li Mu's remarks, director Li Mu suddenly announced that the schedule of "Gravity" will be set on November 11th.

But TM's Roland Emmerich's "2012" is also released on this day!

Is it a fool who agreed to go head-to-head with other big directors?
It was agreed that we would never sell coal from Pingding Mountain in the Central Plains to Datong in Xishan?
what's the situation?
Why is it suddenly necessary to go head-to-head with one of the world's top ten directors, the "master of Hollywood disaster films"?

Taking the wrong medicine?

What stimulated you?
The reactions of netizens are almost exactly the same as those of several other film producers.

Even Liu Yifei's fans got into trouble, everyone @刘义非 asked her to take good care of her man, and don't make trouble with money for the sake of face.

Of course, there are also a lot of netizens who watch the excitement and don't think it's a big deal, said:
"What happened to one of the top ten directors in the world? What happened to the 'Hollywood Disaster Film Master'? Our Director Li overthrew James Cameron! Who is not an international director? Our Director Li returned the total box office It's the eighth place in the world!"

"Isn't it an international director? Director Li Mu is playing an international director!"

……

After the schedule of "Gravity" was finally confirmed, Li Mu began to study again to sign up for the Oscars for this film.

The release date is set to be able to participate in the next year's Oscars next year, and it is scheduled to participate in next year's Oscars in November.

"Gravity" must participate in the award, otherwise it would be a waste of money.

In the original timeline, "Gravity" was nominated for ten Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing at the Academy Awards, and finally got four out of ten nominations. , considered one of the big winners of the Academy Awards.

And among the awards it has won, it also includes the blockbuster award of "Best Director".

So how awesome is this?

Let's put it this way, science fiction movies have never received anything except for technical awards at the Academy Awards.

A sci-fi movie has never won a best picture Oscar, not even a best picture nomination outside of "Avatar" and "Gravity."

"2001: A Space Odyssey", "Dr. Strangelove", "Blade Runner", "Terminator 2", "Star Wars", "ET Aliens", "Forbidden Planet" and so on, these excellent science fiction films are in Oscar was devastated without exception.

"Alien 2" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, "Star Wars" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and "Dr. Strangelove" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.

The above is almost the best record of science fiction films in the Oscars, and they are all nominated.

Then came "Gravity", which was nominated for ten Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.

Among them, Sandra Bullock was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for "Gravity."

Director Alfonso Cuarón won an Oscar for Best Director for Gravity.

This is almost the best record for a sci-fi film in the Oscars, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an unprecedented record.Therefore, of course Li Mu has to apply for an Oscar for this movie.

Moreover, Li Mu thinks that Gong Li's performance in the movie is better than the heroine Sandra Bullock in the original movie, so since the original movie has been nominated for Best Actress, Li Mu feels that Gong Li is also likely to be nominated for Best Actress. to the nomination.

And once Gong Li gets nominated this time, she will be the first person of yellow race in history to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress!
That is to say, even if Gong Li can't win the award in the end, just one nomination is enough to cause a sensation.

In the original timeline, it would not even be until 2023 that the Oscars selected the first person of yellow race to be nominated for Best Actress, that is, Yang Ziqiong, who starred in "The Transient Universe".

It's just that if even "Gravity" has to sign up for the awards, then next year's Oscars—good guy, "Inception", "Manchester by the Sea", and "Gravity", Li Mu will have three Oscars in just one session. Nominations for Academy Awards!
　Thanks to "At Home 11" and "Bored Middle-aged Man" for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)