The Best Director

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Online, the battle for the p-250 list is going on every day. After more than half a year, the new Oscar-nominated best picture "Firefly" still dominates the first place with 9.3 points. "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption" both It's 9.1 points. Due to the popularity of "Firefly", 216 North American theaters are preparing to let it appear on the big screen again on the new weekend of March 10, collecting tickets for those who missed it and those who have re-watched it. According to past conditions, it is expected to collect another 1 million Box office of US$1 and above.

With ten directing films, nine personal Oscar nominations, five Oscar trophies, and two Best Directors, Wang Yang, who is 26 years and one month old, has reached a height that is unprecedented and difficult to come after. [..|m|]

Paramount and the crew of "Pokémon Director" have reason to be very happy, as Pokémon's popularity and reputation soared to new heights this year! Go to the street and ask any young person, regardless of skin color or ethnic origin, there is no one who doesn't know Qi Qiyang. This movie was released at the right time. As for the biggest problem "Choose the actors for Miracle Young", the crew has already auditioned several good young Chinese newcomers. Scott Rudin couldn't hide his excitement and said frankly that "everything went surprisingly well" and the film is expected to be released at the end of this year. .

But something bad seems to have happened. The American version of "Infernal Affairs" is scheduled to be released at the end of this year...

"The Amazing Director" naturally attracts the attention and expectations of fans. Wang Yang's third science fiction film "I Am Legend" and the American version of "Infernal Affairs" filmed at the same time have attracted more attention and expectations, especially when he "spoke "after! The latter will impact the 79th Oscars next year! Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor...

"Success inevitably went to his head.", "The legend began in 2006 and ended in 2007?" Miao Yang's lofty ambitions could not escape being teased or even ridiculed by the media who always had a negative attitude, and the negative people even more He found a breakthrough: "Idiot!" It will take three years from "District 9" to "Firefly". This time he won two awards. This guy was really giddy with joy! Will the American version of "Infernal Affairs" advance to the Oscars for the second consecutive year? Well, not many people have watched the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs". Anyway, it is a story about police and criminals who work undercover.

But they know the key point. Let alone win the Director Award again, it is impossible to be nominated for the competition again!

There have only been two consecutive awards in history: John Ford won the 13th "Grapes of Wrath" in 1941 and the 14th "Green Hills" in 1941, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz won the 22nd "Three Wives" in 1950. "Erotic History"·The 23rd "Comet Beauty" in 2016, but those were all events of the last century. At that time, there were only a few big studios. What about now? Times have changed. At the age of 26, holding two awards has given up the little hope, because people are the ones who judge the awards, not automatic scoring machines. No matter how good the film is, it is useless if people don’t vote. It’s not impossible that there is no new winner in 55 years. reason.

Of course, there are still theoretical opportunities. Yang fans all think so.

Just because people judge awards, haven't science fiction films ever won Best Picture and Best Director before? Magic Yang specializes in creating legends and miracles! He's already done so many great things, what's the problem with one more?

Let’s talk about the competition for re-election. In the 1980s, only Steven Spielberg (1982’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Alien”) and Robert Altman (1993’s “Big Player” "·2001's "The World"), Ridley Scott (2001's "Gladiator", 2001's "Black Hawk Down"), Clint Eastwood (2004's "Mystic River", 2004) "Million Dollar Baby" four times.

On average, it occurs once every 6.5 years. Fans think there is no problem and almost feel disdainful. The difficulty is too low! Is this an insult to Qi Yang? If you want to play, then play has been shortlisted for three consecutive years. Next year is just the beginning! The American version of "Infernal Affairs" and "I Am Legend" are just right. I believe Young will say after next year's Oscars: "I will continue to come next year!"

However, the critics feel that they can ridicule that consecutive nominations are something that can only be met but cannot be expected. Spielberg is a serial phenomenon-level film, an Ultraman literary film, Scott is a veteran, and an Eastwood literary film, while Wang Yang has never made a gangster crime movie. His literary and artistic films have always been sunny and positive, but he has never been nominated for an Oscar. It is not known how the American version of "Infernal Affairs", which must be serious and dark, will fare. In short, it is impossible for Wang Yang to easily win the nomination again. , not to mention "shooting at the same time", which doubles the difficulty...

There are peaks, downhills and troughs, and they don't believe this guy can maintain his form forever! We can see him looking awkward as soon as the end of the year, when "The Amazing Director" is also released, which is really a wonderful irony. Thinking of these good things, the Yanghei people were overjoyed.

"Damn it!" Scott Rudin had a headache, and David Fincher was also a lot more depressed. Isn't this Wang Yang's move to snipe "The Amazing Director"? I already knew that he would not remain indifferent! The American version of "Infernal Affairs" is scheduled to be released worldwide on December 22.

It is worth mentioning that the feature film "Blood Diamond" (Warner Bros.), produced by Graham King, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is being filmed in South Africa. This is the third collaboration between the three after "Gangs of New York". It is hailed as one of the highlights of the 2006-07 awards season.

This is not a separate announcement. Oscar winner Flame Films recently announced the release schedule of a series of future films! It caused the media to rush to report, fans to pay attention, and film producers to be terrified!

"The Magician", which was bought out of Sundance at a high price, is scheduled to be released on September 15. The film already has "The Game" starring Dwayne Johnson (Columbia), Scarlett Johansson's "Black "Dahlia" (Universal) and other films; "Saw 4" will naturally continue its Halloween release on October 27, and has no rivals yet. Other large-scale new films will either be released earlier or later; "Little Miss Sunshine" will be released on November 10 It will begin landing on the screen in a small scale on December 1st; "The Prestige" is scheduled to be released on December 1st, which will include "The Nativity" which New Line has high hopes for.

But what is more eye-catching is not them, but the many blockbuster plans of Flame Films for next year.

"The Green Hornet" is scheduled to be released on March 16, which will include the second week of "300" (Warner), and the next week will have films such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Sniper". If the film is good , it is not a problem for "The Green Hornet" to win the first week championship; the more anticipated "Iron Man" is scheduled for June 1, which will definitely be a busy summer vacation, the next week's "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", the next week's Films such as "Ocean's Thirteen" are its biggest enemies to achieve good results; "Assassin's League 2" is scheduled to be released on July 27 at the end of the summer vacation. That week there will be a comedy animation "The Simpsons" with a budget of 75 million, and next week there will be Popular action movies such as "The Bourne Supremacy" with 110 million and "Rush 3" with 140 million next week are fighting against it. It seems that no one is easy to mess with.

But these seem to be secondary. It is the new science fiction work of Pokémon that attracts the most attention. "I Am Legend" is scheduled to be released worldwide on July 6, 2007!

Although everyone knew that "I Am Legend" would definitely conquer a certain month of tomorrow's summer, May, June, and July were all possible, but when the news was confirmed, the sky in July was still as clear as before, and suddenly it was clouded. A storm is coming. Some people are happy and some are worried. After "Firefly" has been super bombing for four weeks, everyone knows that if you want your new film to win the first week, you must definitely stay away from Wang Yang's big production, not to mention this time. There is "box office bomb" Will Smith!

Amazing Young + Smith + big science fiction production + good movie = nuclear bomb! Companies that were not in the radiation zone couldn't help but cheer and celebrate, but people in the radiation zone were filled with sorrow.

"Die Hard 4" (Fox) with a budget of 110 million will be released on June 27, and the animated film "Ratatouille" (Disney) with a production budget of 150 million will be released on June 27.

Bona) will be released on June 29. This is not the worst. After all, it was last week (6-29 to 7-5). No matter how good "I Am Legend" is, it will not win this week's championship; it is scheduled to be released in July There seems to be no need to worry about the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (budget of 150 million) on the 11th, especially the WB executives who know the style of "I Am Legend" are not panic at all.

Let’s not talk about Harry’s superb popularity. The worst thing is that we don’t try our luck on July 6-12. Now that Magic Young has joined, there is no chance. It will be postponed for two days and returned to Friday to ensure that the firepower is enough to win July. The weekend and weekly champions from 13th to 19th, can "I Am Legend" still make waves in the second week?

Therefore, the film with the biggest dilemma is the sci-fi masterpiece "Transformers" (Paramount \u0026 DreamWorks), which will start shooting in May and is scheduled to be released on July 3 next year. Originally, it only had one blockbuster in the 27th week of 2007. Although the director Michael -Bay completely messed up "Escape from Clone Island", but with the huge popularity of "Transformers" toys and cartoons, as long as he feeds the audience popcorn with special effects, explosions, scenes, and hot vases, Zhou The championship is within reach, and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" cannot get a bargain. On the contrary, it is likely to get a bargain in the 26th week.

Now "I Am Legend" is proudly entering its 27th week, and the situation is changing dramatically! If "Ratatouille" and "Die Hard 4" hadn't been so weak, and "I Am Legend" hadn't suffered a disaster, then "Transformers" would have been a thankless two weeks, and it's very likely that it wouldn't have won a single title in the end. .

So either withdraw it to release on the 6th and compete with "I Am Legend" to the death to compete for the championship in the 27th week; or continue to hit the screen on the 3rd to try your luck, two options! Paramount had to make a decision.

The media and movie fans have always only cared about the winner. No one cares about the runner-up. Not having a championship title will have a great impact on the subsequent box office. This is the last thing Paramount wants to see. Moreover, the production budget of "Transformers" is as high as 150 million. The popularity of these robots is incredible. Since the official launch of this project, the expectations and attention of movie fans around the world have been extraordinary. The head of Paramount \u0026 DreamWorks We knew it would be a success, a huge success! They even talked several times about future plans for "Transformers 2" and "Transformers 3."

Wang Yang is not easy to mess with; Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee and other Transformers are also not easy to mess with! Is his fist harder, or is it the giant steel fist?

"So what happens to Wang Yang? We may not lose." Producer Don Murphy and director Michael Bay are full of confidence. Boss and producer Spielberg also tend to fight again. Last year's "War of the Worlds" 》It’s so depressing to lose. There is still a lot of time to think about, but Paramount has almost decided to rush! If you don't withdraw, you will lose in Week 27; but if you come back to fight, it's not necessarily the case. If "Transformers" loses Magic Yang! ! ! That's simply...

Starting from "The Pursuit of Happiness", all 7 movies he directed can win the first week box office championship! Being punched in the face on a busy summer day? A film with a magical ending is naturally even more magical!

Taking a step back, a box office battle is attractive enough, and losing can generate a lot of news coverage, which is better than dying in obscurity. What's more, "I Am Legend" is a "boring" project with one or two actors and no popcorn. If it weren't for Young and Smith, it would have been a dead end. Paramount really couldn't find a reason to back down.

Since "Transformers" was scheduled first, it was regarded as seizing the schedule. According to the rules of the world, "I Am Legend" was quite provocative. However, when asked by the media, Flame Films spokesperson Fiona Hasson was very calm. He emphasized: "The summer schedule is always so tight. From May to August next year, there will be a new movie with a budget of over 100 million almost every week. The Flames are just maintaining their own rhythm and not picking their opponents."

In fact, none of the generals within Flame Movies knew that Wang Yang really made the choice. He just chose to play with "Transformers"!

If the post-production goes well, "I Am Legend" will be ready for production in June, and two weeks after "Iron Man", "Fantastic Four 2" will be released in the 24th week (77.45 million in first week, 130 million cost) , "The Impersonator 2" in the 25th week (45.53 million in the first week, cost 175 million), "Transformers" (84.9 million) in the 26th week for three days, "Ratatouille" (80.51 million in the first week), " "Die Hard 4" (51.66 million) are all powerless opponents. The Christmas version of "I Am Legend" on Christmas Eve has 103 million in its first week (week 50, December 14-20), but he chose the 27th week , originally "Transformers" retained the weekly championship with 102 million.

186 million in 10 days, and the box office in the first 7 days was 156.5 million! "Transformers" is very powerful. If it puts its premiere day on Friday and concentrates its firepower on the opening week, the box office may exceed 160 million in the first seven days. Of course, this assumes that there is no "I Am Legend" as a rival.

Who will win the first week? Wang Yang doesn’t know, he just wants not to know. Robert Zemeckis is very right when he says that when passion gradually loses, you must find more fun and excitement for yourself, so that you can have greater enthusiasm for work! Strong rivals are great fun, pornographic commercial films vs. the most typical summer popcorn, loneliness vs. excitement, dogs vs. bumblebees, no women vs. Megan Fox, he is directing a real show.

"Hahahaha!" There was a burst of laughter in the conference room. Under the slightly puzzled eyes of Mark Slant, Chris Ball, Simon Willis and others, sitting in the "Chairman" Wang Yang, who was in the position, smiled and shrugged, closed the movie list in his hand with a "pop", and said with a smile: "Who do we still have to be afraid of now? Come on! I think the flames can just keep their own rhythm, always There will be opponents, and it will be July 6, 2007!"

So the North American opening day of "I Am Legend" was decided. No one knew that Pokémon was just for fun, but it caused headaches for several Paramount bosses to this day.

Obviously the filming of the two movies has not yet started, and it is unknown whether they can be produced and released as scheduled. For this highly likely box office battle, senior movie fans are already imd

The forum community is abuzz with discussion.

No one cares about Michael Bay. Paramount asked him to direct, which means that "Transformers" must be a pure popcorn commercial blockbuster. Let alone the depth of content, the plot and details are always weak. Find Stephen Sommer. Si, Bryan Singer, Joe Carnahan and others are no different when they direct, they are even better or worse than him. In any case, movie fans sometimes just like "silly fun" with hearty and adrenaline rush, especially this is Transformers!

This is the key, Magic Yang vs. Transformers! Debbie-c left a message and said: "My must win! I will go to see the movie "ial" first instead of a bunch of explosions." Joey-l said: "Sorry, I will watch "Transformers" first "Watch "I Am Legend" again, I have been looking forward to the live-action movie version for too long." Aaron-f also said: "I grew up with the Autobots, and I am a big fan, so I will watch it first, "I Am Legend" "Legend" wait for next week."

Jason-g said: "I think "Transformers" will have a silly story, good special effects and action scenes. It will be great the first time and boring the second time, but you still have to watch the first time. .” Harv-t said: “Of course it’s Michael Yang, watching his movies is a pleasure!” Alicia said: “Wang Yang = great movie, Michael Bay = so noisy that you can’t sleep in the screening room Have a good sleep." Brandon-s also supported Wang Yang: "Who is coming? Oh, Optimus Prime, want to watch "I Am Legend" together?"...

Regardless of whether "Transformers" is released on the 3rd or 6th, there will definitely be a fierce head-to-head war in the 27th week of 2007. (To be continued)