China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 219 November

"Avatar" has been confirmed to be released in January next year. This movie is also a 1Dimax movie. The mystery of Pandora is attracting movie fans around the world.

According to media reports, in 2009, due to the influence of "2012", the number of 3D movie theaters increased dramatically.

At the beginning of this year, there were 3 theaters in the United States with [-]D theaters, and so far, this number has doubled.

而12月18日，詹姆斯-卡梅隆执导的《阿凡达》上映时，全美3D影厅将增加至2400至2500个。

In the international market, the number of 3D cinemas will more than triple this year, from 1000 at the end of last year to 3200.

The United Kingdom and China are the countries with the most 3D cinemas after the United States, with 400 each.

In 2010, there will be 16 3D movies to meet the audience, starting with "Alice in Wonderland" produced by Disney and directed by Tim Burton.

The growth of 3D cinemas is inseparable from the help of "2012", which has even set off a "doomsday trend" in North America.

Doomsday-themed movies are very popular during this time, and 20th Century Fox recently bought a doomsday-themed script tentatively titled "Nocturne."

"The End of the World" starring Viggo Mortensen and "The Book of Eli" starring Denzel Washington also set their stories in the post-apocalyptic world.

It is conceivable how influential Li Mu's "2012" will be. It is hard to say whether this "apocalyptic wind" will continue to blow until 2012, but the next two years will definitely be the time when doomsday movies will become popular.

Recently, Chow Yun-fat has gone to the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly". Jiang Wen, Ge You, and Chow Yun-fat have joined hands to soar the attention of the film, making this film an unprecedented top-notch lineup for Chinese-language films.

Discussions about the movie continue to be hot, but netizens are afraid that Jiang Wen will make the next "The Sun Also Rises", which makes Jiang Wen very angry.

"Why don't you think these people understand?" Jiang Wen called to complain.

"It's not like your last movie left too deep an impression on the audience. As for the incident that's being circulated on the Internet, he really doesn't care?" Li Mu smiled.

Chow Yun-fat recently stated: "When I act in movies now, the salary doesn't matter. The most important thing is that it's fun."

"You don't know yet? He is now the most expensive actor here." Jiang Wen sneered at this inconsequence, which was what netizens believed on the Internet.

But in business, as long as the filming is reliable, Jiang Wen doesn't have any objections.

"Are you free recently? I have a movie with a male protagonist that actually suits you!" Li Mu thought for a while and found that Jiang Wen is quite suitable for the male protagonist of "The Martian". His male hormones are over the top. Maybe there will be surprises when it is released abroad. happiness.

"Director Li, I suspect you did this on purpose. I have this movie in hand, how can I find the time?" Jiang Wen was very depressed.

He really wanted to try Li Mu's movie, but "Let the Bullets Fly" has not been completed, let alone the post-production stage.

"Wait for me for five months?" Jiang Wen asked shamelessly.

"Go away, five more months, come on, I'll hire someone else." Li Mu refused without hesitation.

The movie is a one-man show, and since Jiang Wen won't play the role, it seems that the botanist will have to choose someone with a similar temperament, preferably someone with some international fame.

The other characters don't have many roles, and a little bit of them is given to Hollywood. After all, it's a co-production.

The huge base for "The Martian" hasn't been built so quickly, but the project has quietly started. There seems to be a feeling in the industry that Li Mu is already preparing for a new movie, but for the time being, there is no too specific information.

The script of "Love Is Not Blind" written by Bao Jingjing has been completed and was specially brought to Li Mu for review.

After reading the script, now it's Li Mu's turn to have a headache.

In his previous life, director Teng Huatao was the top director who made "Shanghai Fortress", but Li Mu gave up without hesitation.

"33 Days Out of Love" is a pretty good script. If it were filmed by other directors of the same genre, it wouldn't be much worse.

"What do you think about asking teachers from your college to take pictures?"

Li Mu suddenly remembered a person, who is currently a professor in the Department of Literature at Nortel and the director of the later "BJ Meets Seattle".

"Director Li, are you talking about Teacher Xue?" Bao Jingjing's eyes suddenly lit up. As a screenwriter from the Nortel Literature Department, it would be the best thing for her to meet her teacher.

"Yes, her "Ocean Paradise" has also been completed, so there must be time."

Li Lianjie was paid 1 yuan to star in this movie, so his connections should not be too wide.

But what impressed Li Mu the most was the screenwriting work, "Don't Talk to Strangers", which is regarded by countless people as a childhood shadow.

"Teacher Xue has class tomorrow." Bao Jingjing said quickly.

"Then let's go there!" Li Mu thought for a while. He would have to ask him to film "BJ Meets Seattle" later, so he might as well go over and have a chat.

Now Xue Xiaolu is still a newcomer in the director world. "Ocean Paradise" is still her debut film. It is a literary film. It must be said that she is also a literary young woman, but compared to Yu Feihong, the disease is not as deep.

The next day, Li Mu directly entered the Nortel Literature Department, which attracted a lot of attention.

"Why didn't Director Li go to the Directing Department?" Many people were a little confused. The Directing Department and the Literature Department were separated into different buildings.

"I'm afraid there's a script!"

"new movie?"

"Guess so."

While Li Mu was still in Xue Xiaolu's office, news spread outside, and there were all kinds of news.

Tian Zhuangzhuang had just returned from a walk around when he heard all kinds of comments.

"Isn't it about science fiction films? Is there anyone in the literature department who can write a script for science fiction films?" Tian Zhuangzhuang was also a little confused along with everyone else. Science fiction films are already weak in China, and there are very few people who can write such scripts.

Otherwise, why are domestic science fiction films basically bad? It is not only a problem of film industrialization, but screenwriters also contribute.

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"Director Li has watched it, so it's naturally not bad." After Xue Xiaolu said this, she still felt very happy. She was a screenwriter in her literature department and was still a student, so she should be proud of it.

"Jingjing, we will soon be a crew."

"Thank you, teacher!" Bao Jingjing said excitedly.

"Why do you thank me? Thank you Director Li!"

"Ah, thank you, Director Li!" Bao Jingjing quickly turned around and thanked her.

"You're welcome. It's because you wrote the script well, otherwise I wouldn't have voted for it, and your teacher wouldn't have directed it."

"." From Nortel, various rumored versions of Li Mu's new movie have been released online.

There was a lot of speculation from all sides, and all the actors were excited. There is no smoke without fire, and the opportunity has come.

Mengying Media was immediately filled with all kinds of resumes.

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard the rumors outside, but he was half right. He was indeed preparing to start a new movie.

As for "33 Days of Love", filming will not start until next year, and Xue Xiaolu's "Ocean Paradise" is still in post-production.

The box office data of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has come out. The box office on the first day was US$7270 million, which was indeed a hit, but it still failed to break the box office record of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" which opened with US$7700 million.

This year's first-day box office ranked third in North America, with "Transformers 2" ranking first!
However, the box office performance on Saturday and Sunday has already revealed the shortcomings of fan movies.

Saturday, the second day of the premiere, had 4228 million, a decrease of 41.8%.

On Sunday, the third day of the premiere, there were 2784 million, a decrease of 34.2%.

On working days, there was a sharp drop. On Monday, the number was 1050 million, a decrease of 62.3%.

It's short and weak, and it doesn't even count as Three Days Real Man. It's just a fan movie.

However, this box office data is still the envy of many companies in Hollywood. It exceeded [-] million US dollars in two days, and more than [-] million US dollars will be earned one after another.

This movie is loved by people in North America and Europe, and it has made a lot of money at the global box office.

Professional organizations predict that the global box office will not be less than 6.5 million US dollars.

You must know that the first part of "The Twilight Saga" only had a global box office of more than 4 million US dollars. You can imagine how optimistic the Hollywood circle is about this work.

IP movies with built-in fans have been developed by many Hollywood companies through the development of movies such as "Spider-Man", "Iron Man", "Harry Potter", and "Twilight". Because of the huge fan base, movies have low risks and high returns.

According to normal circumstances, if a film company is very large and has top-notch IP, combined with an excellent production team, basically after the film is released in theaters, its performance will not be too bad.

But there are also embarrassing times when a big IP with top investment and a top team fails at the box office. Of course, there are things that are even more embarrassing than this, such as losing sight of the money-making IP in your hands. , and then resells it to other people, which is equivalent to giving money to others in vain, and the company that often does this is Warner.

It's a pity that Li Mu didn't catch up with the time, and Warner, a big bastard, often gave up top IP to others.

The "Iron Man" series is one of the IPs released by Warner. After "Iron Man" was sold by Warner, one of them was transferred to Warner after several twists and turns, which is equivalent to giving Warner a second chance. As long as you admit your mistake, this The money is yours.

However, it was quite embarrassing that Warner executives were not optimistic about Iron Man at the time. They said that the character had no logic at all. Iron Man's armor was too heavy to fly, and they had no intention of making "Iron Man" into a movie. Intend.

So "Iron Man" was sold and resold again, and later returned to the hands of Marvel, and was successfully produced by Marvel. The first film earned nearly $6 million in box office revenue, directly allowing Marvel to make a comeback from the brink of bankruptcy.

Li Mu has already made up his mind. If there is an opportunity later, he must share the worries for Warner.

The base of "The Martian" was still under construction, and Li Mu took Guo Fan there.

"Director Li, this is great." Guo Fan was instantly attracted by the technological atmosphere of this base.

Although the huge spacecraft and the Mars base living module are not yet completely completed, they have already begun to take shape.

Outside the huge studio, solar charging panels are all around. Several Mars exploration rovers are already in the testing stage and are still circling around.

In the studio, Mars space suits and wearable touch screen devices are also ready, as well as a large green screen to complete some shots that cannot be framed.

Most of the Mars location scenes in "The Martian" will be shot in real locations, especially the scenes where the protagonist drives a Mars exploration rover, which is very difficult to shoot in a studio.

But building real scenes as much as possible does not mean that shooting in the studio has no advantages. In short, each has its own advantages, and some things can only be shot in the studio.

Guo Fan touched the designed Mars space suit: "Director Li, is this space suit real?"

Li Mu smiled and looked at the base designer aside.

The designer replied with a smile: "Really, but it can't be worn on Mars."

"Forehead"

Guo Fan scratched his head, feeling that he had asked a very stupid question.

Li Mu is also very satisfied. This is the infrastructure for Mengying's future science fiction films. This base will continue to add new equipment following the subsequent science fiction films, and step by step it will become a real aviation base on land.

Even if we don't make science fiction movies later and turn it into a tourist attraction, it will still be worth it.

The design of the base has not yet been completed. When it is completely completed, it will be time to start shooting "The Martian". The shooting is expected to take 2-3 months, and the preliminary preparation work will take longer than this shooting time.

The same is true for post-production work. Shooting time is often the shortest.

When leaving, Guo Fan was still thinking about it a little bit.

Li Mu hasn't released any information about the new movie yet. Generally speaking, big directors rarely make public casting decisions unless they really can't find anyone.

Usually, you make an appointment privately to audition, and then the job is finalized.

So now the actors are very nervous, fearing that Mengying has already notified people about the audition, and all parties are inquiring.

"Tiantian, don't worry, as long as Director Li has a suitable one, Uncle Lu will definitely help you get it. But at the moment, Director Li has not asked for a casting invitation."

Lu Zheng has also spent a lot of time inquiring about information recently.

"Thank you, Uncle Lu." Jingtian had great expectations.

"Director Zhang is also opening a movie there. You should try it too." Lu Zheng didn't intend to put all his eggs in one basket.

After hearing this, Jingtian nodded slightly, but she still hoped to act in Li Mu's movie.

The industry is really buzzing with rumors about Li Mu's new movie, Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao" has not yet cast a role, and now "Three Guns" has not yet been released, Zhang Yimou is quietly preparing a new movie, and it is two movies. .

The filming of "The Hawthorn Tree" will begin early next year, and "The Thirteen Beauties" will be filmed at the end of next year.

After Li Mu saw the news, he smiled in his heart and said, after all, he is still Lao Mouzi, famous enough and full of energy.

You must know that this year, it was reported that Feng Xiaogang, Li Yang, Yin Lichuan, etc. were engaged in a director war for "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", and the film and television adaptation rights have changed hands several times. Feng Xiaogang and Huayi have publicly expressed their love for this story. At that time, Feng Xiaogang became a popular candidate for director.

But Zhang Yi made a move and directly obtained the film and television adaptation rights of "Hawthorn Tree Love".

　Fortunately, there are not many people. This bone setting is quite refreshing, painful and joyful at the same time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)