Shao Shuaijun and Li Yu are also old acquaintances. They met each other as early as the 2004 Golden Horse Awards. After that, they were both filming movies in Hollywood, and they often met. Although they didn't have a close relationship, they were still half friends. Li Yu's
The younger son also appeared in Shao Shuaijun's "Teddy Bear", playing the role of the Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh.
"I went to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" last night. It was a very exciting movie." Li Yu said while drinking tea, "Now that Yusen Wu has returned to the mainland to make movies, you and I are the only ones left to support Hollywood. Chinese directors are all
It’s about to become extinct, so it’s not easy.”
"Yes, domestic directors have never been able to go abroad. This is a problem."
"It's not just directors who can't go out, the film industry can't go out. If everyone could be like you, embracing both East and West, that would be amazing. Recently, my son has become obsessed with your song, and he says 'Me' every day
You kept yelling China-Style, you are indeed like what the media said, you have a magic aura and can become popular in anything you do." Li Yu even imitated China-Style twice.
"It's good to be popular, but if you don't win an award, you are now the best director at the Oscars. Sitting in front of you, I feel a head shorter." Shao Shuaijun shook his head.
He has been making movies for many years, and the total box office is estimated to be more than 2 billion US dollars, but he has won very few awards. Except for the Saturn Award for Best Director, he has not won anything.
"If you don't make art films, it will be difficult to win awards. "Avatar" ranked first in the box office in the world, and it also took 1.05 billion yuan in the mainland, which pushed your "Oldboy" down. As a result, only Oscars were awarded.
You can win some technical awards. You should also try more art films. You always make commercial films. Aren't you tired?"
"If you see me making movies one after another, you will know how happy I am in commercial films. By the way, we have been chatting for a long time, and I haven't asked you what you want from me?"
"I can't have dinner with you when I have nothing to do? Do rich people look down on us ordinary people?" Li Yu said sourly. Compared with Shao Shuaijun, he is also a Chinese director in the Three Musketeers, so he can only get some director's fees, and he doesn't even get a share of the profits.
He didn't win much. When he was with Shao Shuaijun, he was a complete poor man.
"Okay, haven't I invited you to drink tea? If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, you must be in trouble."
Li Yu cleared his throat: "That's it. I'm planning to invite you to participate in this year's Golden Horse Awards. I also know that you and the Golden Horse Awards have always had some misunderstandings. This time I serve as a judge for the Golden Horse Awards with the hope of bringing together filmmakers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places.
The purpose is to unite and invigorate the Chinese film industry. You are the leader of mainland directors. You should take the lead. Under your influence in recent years, many mainland filmmakers have refused to participate in the Golden Horse Awards. If the trouble continues
We Chinese are once again in disarray."
Shao Shuaijun smiled awkwardly: "I really didn't have any influence. I have forgotten about "The Night Watcher". In the past few years, Hollywood movies have been made one after another, and I rarely pay attention to Chinese film awards. However, what you said
It does make sense, and it is time for the three places to cooperate well."
Li Yu is a director who sincerely cares about Chinese-language films, and Shao Shuaijun also hopes that Chinese-language films will rise. The two parties have the same desire, and a lot of decisions were made while chatting.
Shao Shuaijun will attend the Golden Horse Awards this time, and Dream Chaser will also encourage its directors and actors to attend the Golden Horse Awards. And at the beginning of next year, they will strive to hold an exchange meeting for directors from across the Taiwan Strait and the three places to jointly promote the development of Chinese films.
With Li Gu pushing it in Baodao, Shao Shuaijun pushing it in mainland China, and directors like Chen Jiashang pushing it in Hong Kong, this meeting will inevitably make some immediate changes.
After talking about Chinese movies, Shao Shuaijun suddenly said: "By the way, I bought a book before, "The Life of Pi". This book is very popular, but many people say it cannot be adapted into a movie. I think it has a lot of potential.
.You happen to have nothing to do recently, why don't I invite you to direct as the first step to promote communication between directors?"
""The Life of Pi"?"
"Yes, I have wanted to adapt this book for a long time, but there are some contents that I feel I can't grasp yet. My research on literary films is not very deep. It would undoubtedly be a pity if it was just a commercial film. You are
Among Chinese directors, who are the most particular about making literary and artistic films, are you interested? I plan to make this book the highlight of Dream Entertainment, and let Dream Golden Harvest, Summit Entertainment and Dream South Asia jointly invest in it, as an exchange in the world's film industry.
"Shao Shuaijun outlined the blueprint.
China, India, and the United States are definitely the three holy places for future world movies.
Needless to say, the United States is now the center of world cinema. China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has no reason not to develop into a film center. India is an unknown, but film is India's pillar industry, and India has always wanted to surpass China in population.
, is definitely a country with potential stocks.
As a company that aspires to become an entertainment giant, DreamChasing Entertainment must lay out its own industrial scale. The advantage of DreamChasing Entertainment is that it spans three countries and can effectively integrate the markets in three places. "The Life of Pi"
, can be regarded as an integrated attempt, Chinese director, American production, Indian shooting, a perfect way of cooperation.
The plan was very tempting, but Li Yu did not refuse or agree immediately. He wanted to go back and think about it carefully. He agreed to give an answer when he met at the Golden Horse Awards.
After drinking tea, Shao Shuaijun invited Li Yu to his home. Li Yu was in a hurry to promote exchanges between directors from the three places and did not have time. So they parted ways. Shao Shuaijun paid the bill and went directly home to accompany his wife and look forward to their children.
On August 9, the three-day weekend release of "War for the Planet of the Apes" has ended, and the box office around the world has been summarized by Summit Entertainment.
This weekend's North American box office list, as predicted by the media, no one can stop the pace of "War for the Planet of the Apes". Except for the new film "The Second-rate Detective", there is no new movie. Therefore,
On the first weekend of August, "War for the Planet of the Apes" swept the box office charts with $86.75 million.
This result greatly exceeded the US$50 million predicted by experts. As a remake of a movie, the result is truly incredible.
In China, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is also unstoppable. Movies originally scheduled for August have been moved forward or postponed due to the schedule of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Therefore, "Planet of the Apes" will be released three days later on Friday, Saturday, and July.
"The Rise" took in RMB 140.2 million, with an astonishing momentum.
All over the world, it has delivered strong results with strong opening results. Especially in Japan, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" topped the list with 1.1 billion yen in three days, which made the Japanese media exclaim. Because this is Shao Shuaijun's movie,
The 25th box-office weekly number one in Japan.
"33 Days of Love" twice, "Source Code" twice, "Painted Skin" 4 times, "Inception" 4 times, "500 Days of Summer" twice, "Heartbeat" once, "Old Man" once
"Boy" 3 times, "Teddy Bear" 4 times.
"Shao Shuaijun has surpassed Cheng Long and become the most successful Chinese-language filmmaker at the box office in Japan." - "Asahi Shimbun".
After winning strong championships in many places, the global results of "War for the Planet of the Apes" were also totaled, with a total box office of US$210 million, a perfect answer.
"Shao Shuaijun is the most successful commercial director in Hollywood. His success lies in the fact that he always succeeds!" - "Variety Show".
"Shao Shuaijun is an unavoidable director in the history of film. You know, we have become accustomed to ignoring his age. Often mentioning that he is only twenty-four years old this year will make many directors depressed and uncomfortable! At his age, Cameron
Before he embraced his ex-wife (the first movie "Terminator" was invested by his ex-wife), Spielberg was interested in movies, but he didn't have any tricks, and he couldn't even pass the school. Shao's future is
Brilliant, there is definitely a chance to surpass the achievements of Cameron and Spielberg in the commercial field!" - "Faces".
Amid the commotion, another weekend passed from August 13th to 15th. This week, "The Hunger Games" made a full box office with a global box office of US$650 million. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)"
It has also accumulated a box office of 640 million U.S. dollars and is still being screened around the world. With this momentum, it seems that it will not be a problem for the global box office to exceed 700 million.
This week, there are two new movies released in Hollywood on a large scale, Sony's "Girls for Life" and Universal's "Scottish", plus last week's "The Bitch" which performed well, together they will round up "Apes".
"The Rise of the Ball". After three days of smoke-free war, the results came out.
"Despicable Me" produced by Universal, although it has been in theaters for 6 weeks, has still achieved good results of US$6.76 million, ranking fifth. It has accumulated US$220 million in North America. The producer has released news that "Despicable Me"
Me 2》started production.
"Scottish", also produced by Universal, was not so lucky. It ranked fourth with US$8.79 million, which was seriously inconsistent with Universal's expectations. It can be said that Universal's record this year is the best except for "Despicable Me".
Outside, the entire army was wiped out, and the position of the Sixth Army was in jeopardy.
Sony's "Pop" and "Girls" are pretty good, ranking third and second with US$11 million and US$18 million respectively.
The top spot is still "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". It kept up its efforts in three days this weekend and achieved a super result of 75.6 million US dollars. The decline in ticket sales was less than 13, which once again shocked everyone. The total North American box office accumulated to 200 million.
At the same time, in mainland China, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" once again won the weekly championship with 125.6 million yuan, with a total box office of 265.8 million yuan.
In Japan, the trend of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is even higher, achieving consecutive hits with 1.6 billion yen, which is also Shao Shuaijun's 26th championship title in Japan. The global box office is gratifying, and the total box office has reached 405 million US dollars.
high.
“With Hollywood starved of creative talent, ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ has raised the collective IQ of this summer’s movies and the shift in collective thinking.” - The Wall Street Journal.
"The performance of Planet of the Apes is good, but the performance of human characters is disappointing. In addition, this movie abandons the social politics of the original theme and replaces it with a warning about animal experimentation and human sin." - "National Public Radio" (
U.S).
""War for the Planet of the Apes", as the name suggests, is about apes who rise up and search for their dignity after being manipulated by humans. This is a B-level movie that exceeds its expected goals." - "New York Post".
Time.com scored 8.5, IMDB scored 8.7, Rotten Tomatoes website 86 freshness, Time.com movie review 89 vividness, Yahoo film critics A- rating, audience A rating. Word-of-mouth and box office are all red, just like "Inception" back then. Everyone is paying attention to how far "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" will go. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)