Director’s Legend

In addition to the directors of the Three Musketeers of Chinese films, Shao Shuaijun, Li An, and Wu Yusen are all equally famous. There are also some other directors who are not certified by Mtime.com, such as Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige, the three leading directors in the mainland, Wang Jiawei, Guan Jinpeng, Xu Ke, Du Qifeng, Wang Jing, Chen Guo, Liu Zhenwei, Hong Kong's top ten directors. Tang Jili, Zhang Aijia, Zhang Wanting and so on.

Of course, Mtime.com upholds the demeanor of the big picture, and does not give official titles to these directors who can only act prestige at their own gates. Only the Three Musketeers can get titles.

After Mtime.com's "Global Box Office Rankings of Chinese Movies" was over, "Avatar" officially landed in China. In the past two weeks, "Avatar" has already harvested a super box office of 1 billion US dollars worldwide. The focus of the world has shifted from Shao Shuaijun. Cameron.

"imax-3d Yupu Tuan" did steal a lot of the limelight from "Avatar", but experts predict that it should not be a problem to break the box office of "Titanic". As for whether it can reach the box office of $2.7 billion in Shao Shuaijun's memory, Shao Shuaijun can only shrug his shoulders and say that I don't know.

At this moment, countless praises began to roll towards Cameron, what is the king of the world, what hits the box office of "Titanic" with 1.9 billion, what can break the record created by the king of the world, only the king of the world himself, etc. . If we say that from November to December is the enthronement ceremony of Shao Shuaijun.

From December to January, it is the grand ceremony for Cameron to win the king of the world again.

Amid the hustle and bustle of Avatar, "Oldboy" has successfully accomplished its mission. From the mainland theaters, the final box office was 321 million U.S. dollars. At the same time, Summit Entertainment's last film released this year, "The Hangover 2", also bears the pressure of "Avatar" and shares the big Christmas cake.

Surprisingly, in the third week, "Avatar" only took in 58 million US dollars, while "The Hangover 2" exploded with huge potential, raking in 86.48 million US dollars in the closing weekend, surpassing "Avatar" to top the North American weekend box office champion. It also created a new record for an R-rated comedy midnight show, and a new record for the opening score.

But compared with the astonishingly high box office. The reputation of "The Hangover 2" can be described as a mess. The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is only 32%, and the ic website only gave the film a score of 49 (out of 100).

"'The Hangover 2' is like copying the content of the first episode, but with a different setting."

"Meeting people is one thing. But it's not appropriate to do it like this. Just change the location to Thailand. Laziness? Ego? Maybe both!"

"'The Hangover 2' seems to be challenging the audience's tolerance for shoddy stuff. It's funny, but those are skeptical laughs."

The "Los Angeles Times" even said directly: "My head hurts watching it, and I can't get back the ticket money."

But it's not without voices of praise. The Hollywood Entertainment Reporter, which has a good relationship with Summit Entertainment, reported: "Although the sequel's Bangkok is not as fun as the previous episode's Las Vegas, it is not far behind."

"New York Post" also said: "Although the three leading actors are suspected of being a mess, the film is indeed full of laughter."

Whether it is scolding or praise, it is indisputable that "The Hangover 2" surpassed "Avatar" to reach the top this week. The first week's 86.48 million US dollars also ensures that "The Hangover 3" will continue to be launched step by step, and it will compete next year Christmas files.

After New Year's Day, Shao Shuaijun stayed away from all the hustle and bustle, and started the film in San Francisco in a low-key manner. Both films will be shot in San Francisco. The story of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" happened in San Francisco. He directed two films, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Teddy Bear". The operation of a theater group.

This is not only a struggle for money, but also to further sharpen his ability to manage the crew.

On January 2, Shao Shuaijun first came to the crew of "Teddy Bear" to arrange the shooting plan.

Despite the low-key launch, it still attracted the pursuit of many reporters. No matter how powerful "Avatar" was, it couldn't suppress everything. Many reporters focused on Shao Shuaijun and tracked his work schedule.

Winston, a beautiful reporter from Hollywood Entertainment Reporter, who has had a pleasant interview and cooperation for several years, is such a person.

"Hey, Shao, do you want to be interviewed?" Winster asked outside the crew's office, tossing his blond hair.

Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Come in, I have a meeting in about half an hour."

"Thank you." After Winston came in, knowing that the time was tight, he was not polite, and asked directly, "Shao, why did you think of starting two movies at the same time?"

"Because I have too many shooting plans, which have taken up too much time for me to spend with my family and enjoy life."

"Why not delay the shooting?"

"You know, something is in your head, it's like it's haunting you, it will always disturb you. It has to be photographed so that you don't think about it anymore."

"This is the crew of "Teddy Bear". Can you tell me what kind of story "Teddy Bear" is?"

Shao Shuaijun smiled and said: "It is a child who makes a wish to make his teddy bear toy come alive, and then grow up with his beloved toy. Facing the cruel adult world and the budding love, this little boy must Deal with the relationship between him and the teddy bear. I hope this movie actually talks about the process of a person facing the painful transformation from youth to adult."

"Wow, that sounds cool. I just saw Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson, are they starring?"

"Yes, hero and heroine."

"They are all actors who have worked with you before. What made you choose them this time?"

"First of all, they have worked with me. I know their acting skills and abilities. I think they can perform this movie well. Of course, they are also my friends. Wouldn't it be very happy to work with friends?"

As a small budget R-rated comedy, the budget is not high. Only $50 million. Shao Shuaijun invited his acquaintances in Hollywood, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson who had collaborated in "Inception" and "500 Days of Summer". Joseph's salary is $8 million, and Scarlett's salary is also $8 million.

These two are now well-known and have acting skills, and their net worth is not too high, so they are very suitable to star in "Teddy Bear".

Winster nodded with a smile: "Shao, you are a person who attaches great importance to emotions, and Chinese people are very emotional. Then, what kind of story is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"? As far as I know, it is the story of the last century. A remake of a classic movie from the seventies?"

"It is indeed a remake. The remake is from "Planet of the Apes" in 1968. However, I have modified the script to advance the time to "The Battle of the Planet of the Apes" in 1973. It can be said to be a prequel of "The Battle of the Planet of the Apes" You should know that in the 1970s, "The Battle of the Planet of the Apes" was too advanced. It inevitably caused a lot of regrets. I hope this "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" can present such a classic story with a more perfect attitude .”

The story of "Planet of the Apes" is actually a bit complicated, because the development of several movies forms a reincarnation. The general reincarnation clue is like this.

In 1972, two spaceships carrying human astronauts began to explore the universe.

In 1973 AD a mysterious spacecraft fell into the earth. It turned out to be a spaceship driven by a couple of apes, claiming to be from 3955 AD. From this, human beings learned that the future will be ruled by the apes, so they brutally killed the ape couple, covering up the secret that human beings will be ruled in the future. But the ape couple's child "Caesar" survived and was raised by a human. This story is the third part of the series "Escape from the Planet of the Apes".

Caesar grew up gradually, and human beings also declined a lot due to the plague, but the apes became smarter and became good pets at home. Then the 18-year-old Caesar led his "people" to the ruins of San Francisco, where he established a territory for apes. Then there is a nuclear war between the increasing development of apes and the increasing decline of human beings. This story is the fourth in the series, Conquering the Planet of the Apes.

In the decaying world, under Caesar's rule, humans and apes temporarily reached a republic. But after Caesar's death, human beings were gradually regarded as playthings and research objects by apes, and even the apes worshiped the atomic bomb as a sacred object. The fifth part of the series, "Battle for the Planet of the Apes," took place in this era.

Until 3955 A.D., when the human spacecraft returned, due to the speed of light travel, the astronauts thought it was a few years, but thousands of years had actually passed. Human astronauts thought they had come to the planet of the apes and were hunted down by the apes. They planned to escape. They didn't know that this was the future earth until they saw the Statue of Liberty in the ruins. This story is the first in the series, Planet of the Apes.

But the spaceship of the human astronauts broke down, and they did not escape in the end. At this time, the second human spaceship also returned, and the two groups worked together to detonate the sacred atomic bomb, destroying everything on the earth. This story is the second in the series "Lost in the Planet of the Apes".

However, the ape spaceship in low-earth orbit outside the earth crashed into the turbulence of time due to a huge explosion, and unexpectedly came to the earth in 1973 AD, thus joining the third part of the series "Escape from the Planet of the Apes".

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes that Shao Shuaijun plans to start filming is the prequel of "The Battle for the Planet of the Apes", covering the fourth part of "Conquering the Planet of the Apes", using a new story to reveal how the orangutans rise...

After chatting about "Teddy Bear" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", half an hour passed quickly. Shao Shuaijun sent Winster away and went straight to the conference room. All the members of the "Teddy Bear" crew have already sat down, waiting for Shao Shuaijun to come to the mobilization meeting. This is Shao Shuaijun's habit. Before the filming of a movie, he always likes to say some words of encouragement to improve morale.

Making a movie is like fighting a war, and if there is no morale, the sincerity of a movie cannot be made. (to be continued..)

ps:  Thanks to Tim: Qiling and Duluhu for their monthly tickets.

"Planet of the Apes" is a very classic series. I recommend everyone to watch it. Since the timeline of this series is very confusing, the above story clues are summed up by me. If you compare them, you can understand them.