Chapter 946 Minions
Today's Relativity Entertainment can be said to be the largest partner of the Hollywood Chinese director group. Other Ronan cannot guarantee it, but just like James Wong, Ang Lee and Wan Ziren, as long as they are talented and valuable, he will definitely guarantee that Relativity Entertainment provides a fair and just cooperation platform.
Ang Lee is undoubtedly a very smart Chinese director. He has always been actively involved in Hollywood, rather than making a close and distant turn.
The most commendable point is that Ang Lee has done a very good job in the integration of cultural concepts in the movie.
Whether it is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" or "Brokeback Mountain", they all show their skills.
Because of Ronan, Ang Lee did not take over the adaptation of Zhang Ailing again, and his previous energy was entirely focused on the production of "Brokeback Mountain".
Ronan hopes that Ang Lee and Relativity Entertainment's next collaboration will be "The Fantasy Drift of the Young Pi".
Since this film review helped Ang Lee win the second Oscar for Best Director, Ronan has a rough impression that the film is also an adapted work.
He had greeted the Indian branch of the Embassy Film Industry and asked the other party to find and buy the relevant copyrights.
As long as the time is right, Ronan will talk to Ang Lee about cooperation on this project.
For Ang Lee, after winning the coveted Oscar for Best Director, new challenges and breakthroughs are also needed. Perhaps this film once made Ang Lee almost crazy on the path of technicalism.
Unfortunately, Ang Lee did not succeed in two more purely technical films.
As a representative of the Hollywood Chinese director, Ang Lee is ready to calm down to broaden his horizons and accumulate strength for future filming and production.
Another Chinese director in Hollywood who is now rising in fame is Wan Ziren. After finishing the production of "American Horror Story", this horror film master immediately entered the preparations for "Luxing".
The "Saw" series has won most of the attention of Wan Ziren.
Usually, directors who become famous will also be burdened by this, but this problem does not exist at all for Wan Ziren. With Ronan's support, Wan Ziren decided to push his horror director's path further.
"Luxing" is still a typical low-cost horror project. Since most of the scenes of the film are concentrated in closed houses and streets, the production budget of only $3 million is sent to Shahai Entertainment with the script submitted by Wan Ziren.
Even without considering Ronan's power support, Wan Ziren will immediately get the green light of Shahai Entertainment with the success of the "Saw" series.
Wan Ziren's action was very fast. While the project received the green light, she also determined the extremely important core character of the horror movie universe plan: the actor candidates for the Warrens and his wife.
Patrick Wilson, who has starred in "Hard Fruit Candy", and Vera Farmega, who has not made a name for himself, both signed long-term contracts with Sand Sea Entertainment.
These two very distinctive actors will become Wan Ziren's long-term cooperation partners in the future.
Wan Ziren also submitted a comprehensive plan to Ronan. After "The Hidden", his next film will be "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle".
None of these horror movie projects cost much.
Compared with ordinary commercial movies, horror movies tend to have lower investment, lower risks, and higher audience tolerance.
Nowadays, most of the film projects invested by small companies are actually mainly horror films.
Although Relativity Entertainment has invested more and more in large-scale commercial productions and operated more and more projects, it has never given up on horror films with small investments.
Of course, the more you make a big fortune.
As time goes by late July, a new film from Relativity Entertainment has been released. Embassy Film released the second animated feature film "Miniu" by Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio.
Last year, "Despicable Me" was a big box office, and won a global box office of $656.78 million with a production budget of $60 million, causing a sensation in the market.
Many people even believe that the strength of Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio is completely comparable to that of Blue Sky Studio.
While "Despicable Me" was a hit at the box office, it also brought a very strange phenomenon. The most popular one in the film is not the male protagonist Drew, nor the three little girls adopted by Drew, but a group of minors who exist as absolute supporting roles.
The big profits of animated movies come from the surrounding areas, and among the peripheral products of "Despicable Me", the best selling products are all related to Minions.
Originally, the earliest work in this series was also the short film "Minius". Compared with the previous settings, Ronan and Chris Renard discussed a series of key settings such as the origin of Minions early on.
Therefore, the independent film "Minius" with an investment of only $65 million was naturally released.
Embassy Films held a dreamy premiere for "Minions" at the Nokia Theater.
Looking at the premiere, it can be said to be yellow.
Cute things dressed up as minions are everywhere, and even the premiere carpets that are spread to the theater are all the yellow ones.
When hundreds of minnows walked through the yellow carpet together, the atmosphere on the scene reached its peak.
The huge influence brought by the previous work and the huge publicity and distribution made by the Embassy Film Company spending $100 million in publicity funds have won enough attention for "Minius".
"If this film continues to be successful, Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio will truly establish its own brand."
On the steps in front of the theater, Chris Renard, the head of the animation studio, told Ronan: "The many animation feature films behind us can continue to win attention."
Ronan nodded slightly and said, "Hasn't your goals always been very clear?"
Chris Raynard said with a smile: "Hollywood's first-class animation studio!"
In fact, with Pixar Animation Studio joining Relativity Entertainment and Shahai Entertainment established a new Princess Animation Studio, Chris Renard has already felt the pressure of internal competition.
Many times, when there is pressure, the motivation will become more sufficient.
Luo Nan asked: "How is the progress of "Kung Fu Panda"?"
"There is no problem to be released next year." Chris Renard whispered: "The Despicable Me 2 can also be completed as planned. As long as the Embassy Film Festival is suitable, there is no problem to release two movies next year. By 2008, there will be films such as "Crazy Primitive Man" and "How to Tame Your Dragon."
Ronan said: "There is no problem with the schedule, and the promotion and distribution capabilities of Embassy Films have increased by twice compared to a few years ago."
As an extremely important publisher of the commercial industry chain, Embassy Pictures has been expanding in recent years with the expansion of Relativity Entertainment, and its marketing capabilities are no less than any of the issuing brands of the six major companies.
Not to mention anything else, it is not a problem for Embassy Pictures to release more than 20 films online and offline channels at the same time within a single year.
And the tentacles have spread all over the world.
Chris Renard said at this time: "The only thing that's a pity is that I originally invited the 20th Century Fox today, but none of them came."
Ronan understands Chris Renard's mind, to some extent, is very similar to Jerefer Carsonberg to Walt Disney. He said: "It doesn't matter, information circulation is so fast now that people at Twentieth Century Fox can always see the news about this video."
"That's right." Chris Renard felt somewhat relieved: "Maybe they are paying attention."
Ronan gently patted his arm and said, "Look forward and don't care too much about what's happening behind."
Chris Renard nodded seriously: "I understand."
Ronan didn't say anything more and turned around and entered the theater. It was not easy for anyone to feel like he was swept out of the house. Jerever Carsonberg had not completely gotten rid of it for so many years.
As for whether Twentieth Century Fox would regret it, Ronan didn't care much.
Once upon a time, all the resources of Twentieth Century Fox in animation production were invested in Blue Sky Studio, but the resources received by Blue Sky Studio are never proportional to the achievements it has produced. Except for the "Ice Age" series, other works have basically been released one after another, and finally the unbearable Twentieth Century Fox wanted to be stripped and sold.
Unfortunately, it is not easy to find a home in such an animation studio.
On the other hand, the group of people who were swept out by 20th Century Fox are becoming more and more successful in business.
Lighting Entertainment, once became a well-known animation brand in Hollywood and even in the global market.
The premiere kicked off soon. It is not difficult to understand why the Minions, who were originally just supporting roles, were able to "promote and raise their salary".
The film starts with the origin of the Minions. The Minions were originally a single-cell organism, but later gradually evolved into a badass assistant who provided services to super badass.
The super bad guys they have served include: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Napoleon, Vampire, Snowman, etc.
The minions always loyally provide various services to their masters, working diligently without complaints - until they fail to "kill" every master.
After losing one master after another in pain, the people of the Minions were trapped in the ice cave became more and more anxious, so the Minions Stewart, Kevin and Bob decided to step up and go to the Flower World to find the master who can serve again.
The plot can be described as lackluster. Everything in the film is actually to make the minors act cute.
"Minius" satisfy all the audience's expectations and fantasies about this mysterious creature with a French bread-like appearance, and effectively and interestingly answers the ultimate question of what Minions are, where they come from, and where they are going.
Facing the minkeys who always bubbling happily during the adventure journey, the children's audiences are impressed, and the parents who accompany them to watch movies do not feel bored.
The cuteness of the minions is enough to make the audience ignore their clumsiness. Their various pranks are interspersed in various plots of the movie. The existence of these pranks also makes up for the regret of insufficient narrative and insufficient hard materials for the film.
Chapter completed!