The acquisition of Lucasfilm has to go through the review of the US antitrust organization, and the procedures will be very cumbersome. Therefore, after the press conference, Shao Shuaijun did not have a more in-depth conversation with Lucas. If the acquisition failed, the conversation would be a joke.
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As the hostess, Li Xiuxiu invited Lucas to have dinner with her. No business was discussed at the table. Lucas was more interested in Shao Shuaijun's movie "The Nighthawks: Reflection", so Shao Shuaijun discussed his setting plan with Lucas.
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There are not many opportunities to communicate with legendary directors.
"Listening to your explanation, "Nighthawk: Reflection" is a complete subversion of the plot of "Nighthawk". However, it is more reasonable and the concept has been greatly improved. As you can imagine, this is definitely a modification that will impress people!"
"George, do you think this modification will be successful?"
"Why not? I think it's a cool story, even if it's a bit dark. I've seen the IMAX version of "The Nighthawks" and the pictures were very shocking. Your first plot treatment was a little rough, but this time it's subversive.
The changes, coupled with the impact of such a picture, will surprise the audience."
"Thank you." After receiving Lucas's affirmation, Shao Shuaijun felt more confident.
The next day, Shao Shuaijun returned to the crew again and spent three days shooting the last set of shots. Then, "Night Watcher: Reflection" was completed.
"Hi, everyone, this filming was very hard. To be honest, I don't know if this reconstructed plot can be recognized by the audience. But I want to say, thank you for your hard work these two months, regardless of whether it is successful or not,
We mustered up the courage to make up for the regrets of the year. November of this year is the time to test our results. No matter whether we can see each other again in the future, at least we are happier than most crews who can only get together once. Thank you. Let’s all work together
cheers!"
Bang, full of champagne collided, and what was spilled was not wine, but laughter.
After finishing the filming of "Nightwatcher: Reflection", Shao Shuaijun completed the editing of the film and handed it over to Louis Renard to help supervise the post-production. Now that we have Jiahe D2 and will soon have ILM, the film's special effects can be produced and sold by ourselves.
.After finishing this work, the filming of "Avengers" was put on the table.
With the actors assembled and the crew preparing, Shao Shuaijun flew to India.
The cast of "Life of Pi" is holding a casting event in Mumbai, India. This casting event organized by Dream Chase South Asia has attracted tens of thousands of Indians to participate. Countless people come to sign up every day, and there are so many people.
It is unimaginable and impossible to imagine that the three films released by Chasing Dreams South Asia last year broke the Indian box office three times and made several Indian superstars famous.
These Indians are full of expectations for this movie and naturally want to be selected and become big stars.
The casting process will last for six months to select the suitable "Pi" candidate in Li Yu's mind. At the same time, it is also very important to build filming bases in Hong Kong, Taiwan, French India, and Magic City.
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The world's largest fully automatic wave device tank will be built in Hong Kong to simulate the wind and waves of the sea. The magnificent and mysterious floating islands on the sea in the movie will be filmed at Bairong Garden in Kenting, the treasure island. The urban style will be filmed in the Magic City.
.The most important thing is that we will shoot the early scenes of the movie in the local governance of French India.
Shao Shuaijun did not participate in the casting. Li Yu was the director and he had his own ideas. Shao Shuaijun mainly went to French India to choose suitable shooting locations.
French India is the general name for the areas occupied by France in India in the past. It was later returned to India. These places are still called French India. Because it has been ruled by France for a long time, the customs and customs have been Frenchized, and many people still retain the French
I have nationality, live a French life, and being close to the seaside, the scenery and environment are just like France, making it very suitable for traveling and filming.
Local governance is a city, the most famous place in French India, with picturesque scenery.
With several assistants, bodyguards, and photographers from the crew, and accompanied by Indian staff pursuing dreams in South Asia, Shao Shuaijun worked in local management for a long time. In "Life of Pi", the childhood life of "Pi" is fictional
In the Pondicherry Zoo, there is no zoo in the local governance, so we finally decided to transform the local botanical garden into a zoo.
The local government is also very supportive of this film shooting, and specially opened the thousand-year-old Viryanur Temple for the crew to shoot. In short, this trip was very fruitful, and a total of ten people were found in local governance and French India.
Outdoor scenes were shot in eight locations, and a studio was set up in the Muslim area.
When Li Yu came over from Mumbai, he was very satisfied with these scenes: "Director Shao, this place is really beautiful. I feel now that I can just place the camera anywhere and shoot, and the shots will be beautiful."
"As long as you are satisfied, you will be in charge of the shooting and I will handle the logistics for you. If there are any shortcomings, just tell me directly. If I am not here, Sister Wang Wei will cooperate with you. Sister Wang and I are old friends and have worked together on many movies. She does everything
Very capable.”
I discussed the script with Li Eucalyptus for a few days, and it was almost the end of February, and the 83rd Oscar Awards Ceremony was about to be held. However, Shao Shuaijun had no plans to attend this award ceremony, because the entire 2010 Summit Entertainment was noisy.
Noisy, achieved outstanding commercial success, but was completely wiped out at the Oscars.
Only "Iron Man 2" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" were nominated for best visual effects, and they are still competitors. However, these two movies have little chance of winning, because this year Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" was released.
Shao Shuaijun didn't like this director who had despised China, but he knew with his toes that "Hugo" was destined to win the award.
Shao Shuaijun had no interest in sitting in the theater for half a night just to applaud others.
Socially, Shao Shuaijun has always been a bit of a bullshit. He is unwilling to engage in messy things. For example, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited him to be an Oscar judge, but Shao Shuaijun refused. When he was asked to be an award presenter, he also refused. The reason is simple: he has never won an Oscar.
Personal award, sorry to go up!
Others struggled to get into it, but Shao Shuaijun was invited several times, but he refused to do it. Just like he never went to the Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, or Venice Film Festival, he felt that he was quite far away from art.
It would be nice to make a movie and have some fun. Talking about art is too hypocritical.
When the Oscars ended, sure enough, "Hugo" won the Best Visual Effects Award.
In March, Shao Shuaijun left India and flew back to the United States, which also meant that "Avengers" officially entered the filming state. Of course, in the gathering of members of the Women's Federation (that is, the Avengers), Louis Leinard and Gao Zhisheng, as
The assistant director of the crew first started setting up the studio, and Shao Shuaijun went to Jiahe D2 Studio in Florida, where "Night Watcher: Reflection" is undergoing post-production.
He planned to spend two or three days solving the problems encountered during production.
At this time, a piece of news spread outside making a lot of noise.
"Breaking news! Summit Entertainment General Manager Mitchell Bruce appeared in Glendale, California, and met with DreamWorks Animation President Lewis Coleman. Summit Entertainment's fourth acquisition this year has surfaced, acquiring DreamWorks Animation
The company has fully entered the animated film industry!" - "The Sun".
The Sun, known as the most pervasive newspaper, disclosed the shocking news and accompanied it with a somewhat blurry photo, in which one can still see an image of Mitchell and Coleman shaking hands together in the parking lot.
"Shao, I'm sorry, my whereabouts are being followed." Mitchell called Shao Shuaijun immediately.
Shao Shuaijun frowned: "This is not your fault, Mitchell. Now that this matter is known to the media, will it have an impact on our acquisition of DreamWorks?"
"There will definitely be an impact. Walt Disney has also been seeking cooperation with DreamWorks before. I'm worried that Disney will compete with us and participate in the acquisition."
"Cut the knot quickly, spend more money, don't be afraid of spending money, and earn as much as you spend later. We must not give up on animated movies. If we really can't achieve the acquisition, then make second-hand preparations now to acquire Armand Animation Company
Bar!"
"Well, I will seize the time to negotiate with DreamWorks. Shao, if possible, how about I invite you to have dinner with Katzenberg? You are the most discerning director and boss on the planet. You can ask him
Outline a bright blueprint for the future, with your back on the Chinese market, this is much more effective than my words!"
"Haha, let's forget it, I don't know how to negotiate."
"There is no need to negotiate. You just need to outline the prospects to Katzenberg. We are professional businessmen. What we say is too unconvincing. It will be different if you say it. You are the most visionary director in Hollywood! Just tell him to join Summit."
The entertainment prospects are great.”
"Then... I'll give it a try, but don't have high expectations. Maybe I won't be able to talk to him for more than a few words." Shao Shuaijun was a little hesitant. What he hates most is dealing with people in a business way.
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DreamWorks was originally just a studio, founded in 1994 by director Steven Spielberg, animation geek Jeffrey Katzenberg and music godfather David Geffen.
In the 1900s, Hollywood was monopolized by big production companies. In order to pursue free creation, these three people embraced their dreams and founded DreamWorks.
With their talents and their respective appeals, DreamWorks has been built into a dream kingdom. At its peak, even the six major Hollywood companies had to shy away. However, it is difficult for independent film companies to reach the heights of the six major entertainment groups.
Support, in terms of financial resources and available entertainment resources, cannot match its opponents.
In addition, Jeffrey Katzenberg only liked to make animations, and David Geffen was tired of the risks of investing in movies. Finally, in 2004, DreamWorks split into DreamWorks Films and DreamWorks Animation.
Pillberg is in charge of the film company, Katzenberg is in charge of the animation company, and David Geffen announced that he will no longer be involved in DreamWorks affairs.
In the same year, Katzenberg took DreamWorks Animation public.
DreamWorks Pictures was first sold to Paramount by Spielberg. In 2009, it left Paramount with "Transformers 2" and fell into the arms of Walt Disney.
The free film kingdom that was established with dreams finally collapsed due to various reasons.
DreamWorks Animation, despite its ups and downs, is still the first of the three major animation companies in Hollywood. Even if Disney annexed Pixar, DreamWorks has still not lost its reputation. Last year's "How to Train Your Dragon" produced a global box office of US$495 million. "Big Bad" grossed 320 million U.S. dollars worldwide, and "Shrek 4" even achieved a global box office of 750 million U.S. dollars.
It can be called the big *OSS in the animation industry.
Let Shao Shuaijun convince this big *OSS in the animation industry. Shao Shuaijun thinks this is really a difficult job. He is more accustomed to throwing money at it and not talking nonsense. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)