Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

966: Planning for the coming year

In today's era of rapid development of online video, sufficient film library means a steady stream of money pouring into your pockets.

Li Donglai had previously mentioned that he should pay attention to small and medium-sized films, but he was always lacking in action. This time, the incident of "For" touched him again. Everyone in the company was focusing on big productions, and he would eventually take the lead in this matter. Sean asked the company to find the company's reserved script library, the expected projects in the next two years, and the film library of Tingfeng Entertainment.

Tingfeng is worthy of being a company that has been famous in Hollywood for many years. There are also classic films such as "Two Big Smoke Bulges", "Vanilla Sky", and "Dance My Life". The popular "Bomb Disposal Force" in the film library also has classic films such as "Two Big Smoke Bulges", "Vanilla Sky", and "Dance My Life". Last year, "The Bomb Disposal Force", also belongs to Tingfeng.

Of course, there are also many bad movies that have caused them to have debts of more than 500 million yuan. Otherwise, the company would not be acquired by just one "Twilight" series. After being acquired, some shooting plans will definitely be terminated. The Phantom only shoots high-quality products.

In the Pinfeng Entertainment’s plan list, in addition to the expected release of "Twilight 4 Dawn (Part 2), "Dance from My Life 4" and "Day Time and Cold Light" this year, there are many projects worth restarting.

Now the Peak has been renamed Phantom Peak. Some small shareholders have complex components, but Phantom still firmly controls the company's rights. After many discussions, it has decided to restart the 2010 "Red Flame Battlefield" movie and shoot "Red Flame Battlefield 2". There is also the "End's Game" movie that has long entered the shooting stage, which will continue to be executed. A work that follows the trend of "The Walking Dead". Phantom originally wanted to make it into the zombie idol version of "Warm Corpse", but Li Donglai did not refuse.

"The zombie's youth idol version is a very unique idea, isn't it?"

They also accidentally discovered a work worth exploring in the script library, a script called "The Divergent", which caused controversy at a management meeting.

After hearing the news, Li Donglai decisively ordered the project to be filmed. It caused controversy based on just one script, which was enough to make people pay attention to it. In fact, this is a bestseller of the same name.

It is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Veronica Rose, a 23-year-old female writer. It is the first of the trilogy. The story tells that in Chicago in the future, people are divided into five major factions, namely: honesty, wisdom, peace, fearlessness, and selflessness. Every child has to choose a faction to join and stand the test at the age of 16. The heroine Tris is facing such a choice, but she is different from others. The "ability tendency test" shows that she has the three qualities of fearlessness, selflessness and wisdom, and is a rare "divergent". On the one hand, she cares about her family, and on the other hand, Tris, who has her own opinions, makes surprising choices. At the same time, her special identity has long attracted the attention of various factions; under the peaceful city, dangerous conspiracies are brewing... Tris's next choice not only determines her survival, but also relates to countless lives.

The controversy of this kind of science fiction action series is that it is impossible to make a good shot without a large production. However, today's supernatural battlefields are firmly occupied by hero films, which is extremely easy to lose money. If one is not well controlled, the Phantom's signature will be smashed.

The old Phantoms have gradually developed their own sense of honor. They are used to the superiority of every Phantom movie that makes money, so they think a lot. But now it is not a problem. Since Li Dong said that filming, then let's shoot it. If done well, it will be a classic series of movies. The first one is named "Difference: Awakening of the Alien".

Of course, Li Donglai would not be blindly confident. The cost is still controlled within a controllable range, with 80 million definitely not exceeding the cost of "The Hunger Games".

In fact, "The Hunger Games" is a bit distorted now. Although the box office is very popular, the marketing cost of Phantom is too high, and it may not end up losing money on the books.

"National Movies" come at a price.

Fortunately, these will not affect profits, because "The Hunger Games" still has nearly two-thirds of the expected profits. Among them, "The Hunger Games" DVD and Blu-ray, which will be available in August, are a big source of wealth.

In addition, Li Donglai found Wan Ziren again, and Wan Ziren was very confused. He was preparing for "Godzilla". Every day he was thinking about interesting ideas with a group of people, but he didn't understand what Li Donglai was looking for him at this time.

Li Donglai put a script in front of him, "Man, I noticed that you have a movie plan on shelved."

Wan Ziren picked it up and looked at it. Suddenly, "You said you were summoning the soul. You were going to shoot it, but now I have better toys. In fact, "Luxing" is also put on hold, and I was going to shoot the sequel to "Luxing 2". Of course, "Godzilla" is more attractive to me now."

Li Dong has watched "Landed" by Li Dong. The puppet shots are very terrifying and silence. They are suddenly thrilling enough, the plot is full of twists and turns, the end is reversal, and there are several cold humors... They are considered a masterpiece that has not appeared for a long time, but if you pretend to watch movies in broad daylight, the ghosts are really sticking around you and you can't scare you to death! I just want to say that the atmosphere is still very important.

Some people highly praised the classic camera movement, the location and time of the ghosts appearing, and think that they are so accurate and awesome. Wan Ziren also has the ability to take over the title of contemporary horror master. The pace in the first half is a little slow, but the latter is too exciting, and there is also the awesome ending. It is the best horror movie produced in Hollywood in the past two years!

However, some people also commented on illogical pure fear films. There were more laughter than screams in the theater, and they were quite happy to watch. The boy was so beautiful, but unfortunately he had to sleep scenes after the plot began. The most embarrassing thing was that the other two children in their family were lost by the screenwriter.

In Li Dong's view, Wen Ziren is already a contemporary horror master.

When he mentioned this, Li Donglai was a little excited and said, "Don't put it aside, you can continue shooting. Horror movies are cheap and the shooting time period is also very short. Maybe when you were preparing for "Godzilla", the movie was already made. Moreover, the schedule for "Godzilla" is the 2014 summer schedule, and you have enough time to prepare."

Wan Ziren was stunned by his enthusiasm, "You like horror movies so much."

"Of course... not. But your horror movies are an exception and are very innovative." Li Donglai said seriously: "I just think it's a pity to put it aside, and it will also disappoint many of your horror movie fans. What do you think?"

Wen Ziren carefully pondered the possibility of this matter. Li Donglai had no airs and he would not be restrained. Everyone had little age difference, and they all had black hair and yellow skin, so their friends felt more.

"But, wouldn't that be too busy? Do I still have time to do Godzilla?"

Li Donglai said: "It doesn't matter, you just need to touch your mouth, and leave the rest to others. Do you know how much I have for shooting this year? I will direct three movies "Frozen", "Iron Man 3", "Graining", and two movies to be released "Twilight Finale", "Avengers", and two movies to be starred in "Hangover 3" and "Die Renjie". They are all big productions, and I can arrange them. Brother, you have to have confidence in yourself. You can't be familiar with the shooting of horror movies, and the shooting cycle is not that long. If you have any requirements, we will satisfy you."

Wen Ziren was infected by his enthusiasm, "Since you said that, I will go back and think about it carefully. But I didn't expect that you are also my horror fan, haha."

“…”

After getting Wan Ziren, Li Donglai started to think about "Hangover 3". The movie was almost ready, and he just waited for Li Donglai to have time to start filming. Todd Phillips no longer directed, and the new director Seth McFarlane was even more spoof than Li Donglai. Just reading the script made him tired for a long time.

However, this series has also been in a difficult situation. No one knows what the future will be like. Maybe when you are seriously ill, you do need a heavy-taste medicine to cure it. He still chose to trust Seth McFarlane. "Iron Man 3" will be closed in May. He has enough time to participate in the filming before the Olympics. It happened to be summer, which is consistent with the time in the script.

At some point, Phantom already had his own preferences, such as R-level comedy.

This must be influenced by him, otherwise why are the comedy plans submitted below all R-level comedy?

"The Last Las Vegas", "The End of the World", "Fake Family". In addition to "The Last Las Vegas", it tells some anecdotes that happened when four friends over 60 years old held a bachelor's party for friends who returned to singles in Las Vegas. The project book defines it as the elderly version of "Hangover", which shows that "Hangover" is a Hollywood comedy that has a great influence.

Seeing the proposed cast is enough to be shocked.

Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas won the Best Actor for "The Angry Bulls" and "Wall Street", while Morgan Freeman and Kevin Klein also won the Best Supporting Actor for "Million Dollar Baby" and "A Fish named Wanda" respectively, which is a star-studded star.

Such a script is obviously not something that the Phantom’s Creative Department can provide. With this combination alone, no matter which company they find, they will agree. Looking closely, it is indeed sent by the famous screenwriter and producer Dan Fogman.

Even the director has a candidate, and they want to invite Jack Nicholson to be the director. This reminds Li Donglai of a rumor. In 2010, it was reported that Dan Fogman would tailor a script for Jack Nicholson, which is likely to be the "The Last Vegas". The reason why the Phantom was found was probably that they had "The Hangover".

Li Donglai could not disagree with such an eye-catching lineup.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next