China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 236 The Big Six of Hollywood Surprisingly Live in Li Mu's Shadow

January 2012, 1, at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Hollywood.

The 69th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards will be held here.

There were no big surprises in the process.

The movie "The Revenant" won three awards including Best Drama, Best Actor in a Drama and Best Director.

Li Mu and Liu Yifei, who were present at the scene, were very calm. After all, Li Mulian has won a series of awards such as Oscar for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress. Need to get too excited.

But when the news spread back to China, netizens couldn't calm down at all.

Because the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards have always been regarded as an outpost for the Oscars.

"Damn it, "The Revenant" really won the Golden Globe?! I think this year's Oscars will definitely have a role to play!!"

"Awesome!! At first I thought "The Revenant" was an Olympic film, and I guess it wasn't a big hit. It's probably about the same as "Manchester by the Sea". face-saving). Who would have thought that after the film was released? Fuck! The global box office will hit 6.2 million US dollars immediately!! You call this an Austrian cultural film?!"

""The Revenant" is really good-looking, and the key box office is also really awesome. What is the concept of an Olympic film getting 6.2 million US dollars? Let's just say it, the pioneering work of the menacing Marvel series, the famous "Steel "Xia 1", with a global box office of 5.85 million US dollars!"

"So, when I saw the box office, I felt that "The Revenant" might not be aimed at the Oscars at all. Director Li just made a commercial blockbuster, but look at the situation today. Ball award, is the Oscar still far away? It's really going to be an Olympic film!"

"What is awesome? It's because you obviously made a literary film to please the old men of the Oscar judges, but the global box office directly surpassed it, which is a commercial blockbuster that is rushing to the box office!"

……

Hilton Hotel.

Li Mu originally planned to take a short break after attending the awards ceremony and then set off to return to China, but even with his current status, he still can't help himself in many cases.

For example, the president-level figures of the six major Hollywood film companies came to visit in person, would Li Mu want to meet?
So today I met the president of a certain company, and tomorrow the president of another company will also arrive. Do you want to meet at this time?
Definitely see you!
So the plan to go and return quickly that I made before I came could not be realized at all.

The first thing Li Mu met this time was Robert Iger, the president of Disney.

As soon as the two met, Li Mu first praised Disney and its subsidiary Marvel Pictures for the Marvel Cinematic Universe planning, and bluntly said that the next ten years of the film industry will be the ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and all other film companies , All movies will live in the shadow of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The so-called bridal sedan chair is carried by everyone, Li Mu is never stingy in complimenting others, anyway, he won't lose a dime of himself.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Li Mu's flattery, the corner of Robert Iger's mouth could not help but twitch.

"All other film companies and all movies must live in the shadow of the Marvel Universe? NO NO NO, at least for now, it is Disney living in the shadow of Director Li."

Li Mu frowned, a little confused.

That's right, he did make some blockbuster movies, but it wouldn't make the dignified Disney Company feel that he was living in Li Mu's shadow, right?

Where did he get such a big influence?
It is said that foreigners like to talk straight and straight, and they are not very good at flattery. It seems that this is not always the case!
But Robert Iger is suffering in his heart and can’t tell. He is not talking nonsense when he said that Disney lives in Li Mu’s shadow.

Take the most important project "The Avengers" that its Marvel Studios is planning to shoot recently?The production team has lamented more than once that the best ideas have been used by "Pacific Rim".

As I said before, Li Mu's "Manga" is a comic company created for the purpose of occupying the pit in advance. Among them, the "Pacific Rim" series After Li Mu copied the plot of the original world's first volume, he originally thought about writing It was completely handed over to the screenwriting department under him. As a result, the screenwriting department had a big brain hole. They wanted to combine the heroes in Li Mu's previous works with Chinese mythology, and also play with the movie universe.

Li Mu originally thought that there was little hope of success, but that didn't stop him from letting his group of people try.

And since all his subordinates are so worrying, it seems inappropriate for Li Mu to let go and be the shopkeeper, so he simply modified many plots in the original space-time Marvel movie universe After a while, I added it to my own movie universe.

Take "Avengers 1" as an example. Which is the most classic shot of this film?

It must be "Heroes Assemble"!

On the streets of New York, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Hawkeye—several heroes form a circle, and the camera is aimed at the heroes for a circle. Unexpectedly, it will become the main theme of global movies in the next ten years.

But now, before "The Avengers" is officially filmed, this shot already exists, in the comic work "Pacific Rim", which is currently being serialized.

Because it is a comic series, here Li Mu not only "borrowed" the plot of "Heroes Gathering", he even "borrowed" the composition and camera work of "Heroes Gathering"! !
The most important thing is that "Pacific Rim" is still being serialized continuously. How many ideas from the original space-time Marvel movie universe are borrowed here?
Is it only borrowed from "Avengers 1"?
So is it nonsense for Robert Iger to say that Disney lives in the shadow of Li Mu? !

Li Mu also didn't expect that his own movie universe project, which he started with the mentality of being a three-shot, would bring so much trouble to Marvel and Disney.

Even Marvel and Disney already have the feeling of living under the shadow of Li Mu.

Of course, Robert Iger’s visit to see Li Mu today is definitely not to complain, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe will never die because of this. The "Avengers" series is definitely not the "Avengers" in the original world. The League of Legends series certainly won't disappear.

In fact, Robert Iger came to see Li Mu for cooperation.

It's not for cooperating to make a Marvel superhero movie. The "Avengers" project encountered some troubles, but they can solve it. The real purpose of his coming to see Li Mu this time is to cooperate with Li Mu to make an animated movie .

When it comes to animated movies, we have to mention those classic works that have been occupied by "Random Manga" in advance over the years:
"Frozen"!
Coco!
"Zootopia"!
"Despicable Me"!
Inside Out!
"Happy Voice"!
"The Secret Life of Pets"!
"your name"!
……

How many of these works should have belonged to Disney?

So is the only strategic project of the Disney company in this time and space, the Marvel Universe, living under the shadow of Li Mu?

How come Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are not living in the shadow of Li Mu?
Li Mu and Robert Iger talked for a long time. Of course, the two of them would not immediately reach a certain cooperation, but the initial cooperation intention was established.

In the future, the two companies will conduct more in-depth cooperation in the production of films and animated films.

Disney needs Li Mu, and Li Mu also needs Disney.The simplest reason is that relying on Li Mu and his Huashang Media alone, it is impossible for the "Frozen" series to generate more than 5 billion US dollars in crazy peripheral revenue in just 100 years like in the previous life.

In terms of the development of movie peripherals, Disney is well-deserved number one in the world!

Therefore, there is no problem in cooperating with Disney, and this is almost the only way for Li Mu to maximize his benefits.

Robert Iger, the president of Disney, was sent away, and the president of Paramount came again.

"The Hunger Games 1" has a global box office of more than 9 million U.S. dollars, which is a big stimulus for these Hollywood companies.

The film industry is a very risky industry. You don't know which company spends huge sums of money to create a key project that is inexplicably not liked by the audience.It is not uncommon for a film to send away a large film company in the industry. In this case, the "Oriental Magic Director Li Mu" who seems to have never missed a shot has inevitably become a favorite in the eyes of major Hollywood companies. cake.

The reason why the president of Paramount came to see Li Mu was because he had taken a fancy to Li Mu's novel "Interstellar". Paramount was very optimistic about the market potential of this IP, and they also wanted to participate in the "Interstellar" project. It seems to be a very good choice to get a share of the pie and establish a closer cooperative relationship with Li Mu.

"Interstellar" may be the most influential live-action film in the world that Li Mu can copy in the future, and it is also a rare film that can be sold in domestic and foreign markets.

原时空的《星际穿越》国内票房7.55亿元，位列国内市场全年票房排行第4位。全球票房7.01亿美元，位列2014年全球票房第9位。

And the film's ratings are top notch.

For such an important project, Li Mu must be more cautious. How could he agree to cooperate with Paramount so easily?
However, he did not let the president of Paramount come in vain, and finally proposed an alternative plan to cooperate with Paramount.

That's the Now You See Me project.

"Now Now You See Me" is definitely not a classic film, especially the reversal at the end, it really doesn't deserve its stunning and dazzling first half, but as a commercial blockbuster, this film is definitely qualified .

What is especially rare is that the box office performance of this movie is not bad, whether it is domestic or international.

The North American box office of "You Now You See Me 1" is even better, and the domestic box office of "You Now You See Me 2" is even better. The domestic box office of Now You See Me 2 is second only to "Detective Chinatown" and "Cold War 2", which is already very good.

By the way, the domestic box office of Thief 2 has surpassed its box office in the North American market, and China is the largest market for Thief 2.

Of course, Li Mu will not let go of this kind of film that has the opportunity to kill domestic and foreign movies.

It is precisely because the box office of "Now Now You See Me 2" in the original time and space in the domestic market even surpassed its box office in the North American market, so Li Mu finally decided to replace most of the roles in this film with Chinese people.

Of course, it’s not that there’s no need for a Hollywood actor, such as the roles of two old men, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine. Li Mu still tends to continue looking for them, but the Four Horsemen and the Interpol character Li Mu will definitely replace it with a Chinese actor.

Of course, the president of Paramount has some doubts.

He originally came here for "Interstellar", but he only agreed to cooperate with "Now You See Me" for the time being. The relationship between Ramon and Li Mu's Hua Shang, but Li Mu even wants to replace most of the actors with Chinese actors? !

Most of the actors use Chinese words, so is it still necessary for the North American market?

The most outstanding characters in the film are undoubtedly the Four Horsemen, so the so-called Four Horsemen must have at least two Hollywood actors in order to maximize their box office in North America. How can they all use Chinese?
How can the Chinese have any influence in Hollywood?

"I wonder if Mr. Li already has a suitable candidate in mind?"

The president of Paramount wanted to hear Li Mu's candidate before thinking about how to persuade him.

Li Mu nodded and said, "There are a few preliminary candidates. Among them, the only female knight among the four knights, I plan to use... Li Lianhua or Liu Yifei to play the role."

"Li Lianhua or Liu Yifei?" Paramount's president nodded slightly, "Both candidates are good, especially Ms. Liu. It's definitely no problem for her to play the leading role."

Since "The Hunger Games 1" hit a box office of more than 9 million US dollars worldwide, now in the eyes of Hollywood companies, Liu Yifei is a real sweet potato.

Of course it's no problem for her to play the heroine!Not only is there no problem, but it is also a wish!

In fact, Li Lianhua is also good. From "Assassin" to "Super Body", Li Lianhua is the most internationally influential Chinese actress besides Gong Li and Liu Yifei.

It's not bad, it's not bad, but compared with Liu Yifei, who has starred in a series of hit films such as "Taken" series, "Inception", "Doomsday Collapse", "The Hunger Games", she still seems a bit unattractive .

"As for the candidates for the leading actors, I haven't made up my mind yet, but I already have a preliminary candidate for the role of Interpol in it."

"I also know this person?" Paramount President asked.

Li Mu nodded: "Cheng Long has played many classic police officers, I want to invite him to try this time."

“Jackie Chan is great.”

"Good!"

When he heard that Li Mu planned to use mostly Chinese actors, the boss of Paramount felt that something was wrong, but when he heard that Li Mu's candidates included Liu Yifei and Cheng Long, he immediately felt that there was no problem.

After that, even Hollywood veteran Harvey Weinstein came to visit Li Mu, accompanied by his cousin Jennifer Lawrence.

Among Li Mu's many novels, there is "Happy Line Behind the Dark Clouds". Harvey Weinstein wants to buy the copyright of this work. It also includes the little pepper in Iron Man, but this person's vision must be nothing to say.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gained the overwhelming influence in Hollywood.

It is worth mentioning that the two biggest Oscar hits this year-"The Revenant" and "The Artist", of which "The Artist" is the film operated by Harvey Weinstein-so in a way, In fact, the two should be at odds with each other.

But Harvey still came to look for Li Mu, and his posture was still very low.

The so-called reaching out and not hitting people with smiling faces, Li Mu was naturally polite to each other throughout the whole process.

But just sell the adaptation rights of "Behind the Dark Clouds" to this Hollywood old gun in front of him?

how can that be!

At most, when I make this film myself one day, I can accept a certain percentage of investment from the other party.

　The condition is not good, and the update will be postponed until tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)