MTL - Movie Master-Chapter 997 dark tide
Hollywood is like a high-speed train, every year there will be large and small changes, never seem to stop, 2006 is no different.
At the beginning of the year, Paramount first completed the acquisition of DreamWorks. DreamWorks, which was born as a comet in 1994, officially came to an end. DreamWorks was divided into three parts, the music department was sold to Universal Music, and the film department was sold to Paramount, the animation department went out independently - but the distribution rights for the next seven years were handed over to Paramount.
Then New Line Pictures got into trouble. After the "Lord of the Rings" series won a big victory, it was short-lived because of the animation copyright of the series, Peter Jackson's income distribution, and the box office dividend arrears of the original author's estate trusteeship agency. In just two years, he was sent to the dock of the court three times, and he was in trouble. According to the latest news, Warner Bros. intends to take back the independent rights of New Line Cinema and merge it under the parent company.
In a blink of an eye, the eight major Hollywood film companies returned to the big six again.
Immediately after completing the transition of power, Disney showed great generosity and completed the acquisition of Pixar in one go, ending the ten-year cooperative relationship between the two parties, and Pixar officially became a department of Disney. This move not only alleviated the lack of competitiveness of Disney's original animation, but also the accompanying intellectual property rights will be able to become a new development object for Disneyland. Disney suddenly changed and regained its competitiveness, especially Steve Jobs ( Steve-Jobs) can help Disney integrate new and old media resources, and promote TV series, movies, games and other content to computers, game consoles and even mobile platforms.
Of course, at the same time, the change of owners and changes of Miramax has a huge impact on Disney. The departure of the Weinstein brothers caused quite a stir among the independent labels of major film companies, and the personnel changes were very obvious. In the end, the two brothers founded Weinstein Films and temporarily closed the curtain.
During the midsummer summer, the strong rise of "Road of Fury" led Chaos Films to reappear in front of everyone, changing the entire film market with the attitude of an R-rated cult movie. After three consecutive years of perfect answers in terms of independent films and art works, Chaos Films has demonstrated its gaming capabilities in the commercial field for the first time, and the distribution department that is on the right track is the icing on the cake.
The emergence of the seventh player once again brought subtle changes to the Hollywood landscape.
Unexpectedly, after entering the autumn, Chaos Pictures took the lead again, and the shooting plans of the two works of "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk" showed their ambition and planning blueprint. This is another upsurge of comic book adaptations since "Spiderman" and "X-Men" have achieved excellent results.
In October, Chaos Films quietly announced the shooting plan of five independent works, including the Coen Brothers' "No Country for Old Men", "Juno" and "Frozen River" from the blacklist, and two more European films, British director Steve-McQueen's "Hunger" and German director Dennis-Gansel's "Waves".
These five works will be filmed successively within the next year. Among them, "The Wave" is a strategic cooperation project with the Berlin Film Festival. Chaos Films has selected a work from the waiting list of the Berlin Film Festival Foundation. Sponsored by Chaos Films, regardless of the quality of the finished product, it will be screened at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival. The only difference is whether it is a competition unit or a screening session. This is just the first step of the cooperation between the two parties. If all goes well, Chaos Pictures will carry out more cooperation in the future and be responsible for the North American distribution of more German films.
In addition, Chaos Films also appeared in the New York Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Rome Film Festival, and began to show its appeal in the distribution market. It won "Dead Girl", "Salvador" and North American distribution rights for the three works of "History Boys".
Chaos Films, which started out as an independent film company, had the potential of a large film company, and took advantage of the opportunity of Miramax without a leader and the newly established Weinstein Films to expand aggressively. Although it is still unable to compete with the giants of the independent film industry like Focus Pictures, Chaos Pictures is more popular than Focus Pictures in terms of word of mouth and prestige.
At the same time, among the six major Hollywood film companies, there are also frequent actions. Paramount announced the restart of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series. Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford have confirmed their upcoming return; Showing a big move, the "Avatar" project, which has been brewing for more than many years, will be officially shot in April next year. James Cameron believes that the film has finally reached the stage of actual operation; Disney is relatively cautious, but they also announced Pixar's next In the three-year plan, "Ratatouille", "Wall-E" and "Up" are on the list, and they will debut one each year.
Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures seem to be a little quiet. The former is bound to be more cautious in its next plan due to the disastrous failure of this year's summer vacation, while the latter is waiting for the debut of the "007" reboot next month to see market feedback. Formulate corresponding strategies.
Universal Pictures has been quietly forgotten by people, but this is only temporary. At the end of October, the launch press conference of "Invincible Hulk" instantly brought Universal Pictures back to everyone. Within the field of vision, people were relieved. The news related to "Iron Man" had occupied everyone's field of vision before, but Universal Pictures had already made a secret, reached a cooperation with Chaos Pictures without saying a word, and finalized the blueprint. His next work, this big one, is indeed eye-catching.
The press conference was limited to 200 reporters, which really made the major newspapers and media squeeze their heads, but the rich harvest of the press conference deeply made the reporters feel that it was worth the money.
The Iron Triangle of Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and William Hurt is eye-catching. The joining of newcomers such as JK Simmons and Andrew Garfield has sparked a lot of discussion. In addition, Lance has also confirmed that Lai Leonardo DiCaprio will make a surprise cameo in a small role.
The most important thing is that Lance responded positively for the first time. It is not a coincidence that the two works of "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk" have been filmed one after another. There will be Easter eggs in the two works to form an interaction. Previously, people were just guessing. After all, Lance can be seen behind the two works—both screenwriters and producers. Although the directors of the two works are different, there must still be a lot in common , and now, finally got Lance's personal certification. However, Lance also emphasized that the two works are independent, the story has nothing to do with it, and the easter eggs have no effect on the plot.
Such a bold approach, in 2006, can be called unconventional, because these are two independent works that cannot be compared. They are not sequels, and they are not the same characters, but they will have linkages with each other. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? , No one knows whether this will have a positive or negative impact on the box office, and no one can predict it.
After the press conference, the Hollywood industry could clearly feel the turmoil of the dark tide. Chaos Pictures made frequent moves just for the parts that could be seen. Not much, but hidden behind these actions is the signal of the accelerated development of Chaos Films; correspondingly, the six major Hollywood film companies have also become busy. Although their responses cannot be seen temporarily, they can be felt , the film industry has more or less caused ripples due to the actions of Chaos Films. In a short period of time, no one knows what the consequences of this undercurrent will be. We can only wait for time to give the answer, but this is indeed exciting.
Throughout 2006, it seemed that a big event was quietly brewing—of course, "Fury Road" was already a big event that caused a sensation all over the world.
After "Iron Man" started shooting, "The Incredible Hulk" also officially started shooting in the first week of November. According to the official plan of Chaos Films, the filming cycle of this movie will be three to four months. Also means...is Lance going to miss awards season yet again this year?
If so, how eclipsed this year's awards season should be.
Speaking of the ups and downs in 2006, the awards season is bound to be the focus that cannot be missed~www.novelbuddy.com~ It seems that after the slump last year, this year’s awards season has lost its way—obviously, all film critics, all media reporters We, all the pundits, are starting to be cautious. They don't want the tragedy of "Brokeback Mountain" to happen again, nor the humiliation of "Good night and good luck" and, of course, "Fruit Candy" Such spikes are best not to appear, as for the political correctness of "crash"...it seems inevitable, but people hope that they will be more cautious in their words and deeds, not to make premature assertions, quietly look at other people's eyes, and wait for public opinion After the trend is gradually revealed, make a speech.
Such a situation is indeed rare, and it can also be seen from this aspect that the huge influence brought by the results of last year's Oscar awards has welcomed the development of the entire film industry in all aspects.
After experiencing the New York Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and the New York Film Critics Association Awards, the awards season still seems tepid. The entire November is coming to an end, but the "top seed" is still Didn't make it out. At this time in previous years, the position of the top seed may have undergone two rounds of replacements. Regardless of whether it can sprint to the end, at this time there must be a work that leads everyone's attention and unveils the grand finale of the awards season. screen. But this year, the start of the entire awards season was extremely lukewarm, and the atmosphere of the awards season was unprecedentedly sluggish. It even gave people an illusion: Is this year's Oscars ceremony not going to be held?
In this silence, the destructive "Fury Road" in the summer vacation seems to be the only thing people talk about after dinner, but now Lance is once again involved in the filming of "Invincible Hulk", absent from the Academy PR during the awards season It seems that there is no suspense anymore, this is really worse and makes people depressed.
