Chapter 585 The three major Hollywood directors and special effects companies (4100+ chapters~)
Lucasfilm!
At this time, Lucasfilm had not yet moved to San Francisco and was still in Hollywood. As the founder of Lucasfilm and current company chairman, George Lucas was looking at the company's plans.
After "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" was released in 1983, Lucasfilm has not launched a follow-up series, but this does not mean that George Lucas has given up on this series, he has just been
Just thinking about how to continue this series.
Before Phantom Entertainment came out, Lucasfilm was enough to become the largest film studio after the Big Seven with its "Star Wars" IP.
"George, we just received a document from Phantom Entertainment. They want to invite the industrial maniac to participate in the filming of "The Last Days" and "Jurassic Park"!"
In today's Hollywood, if the industrial maniacs say that they are the second best special effects company, there is probably no special effects company that dares to say that they are the first!
George Lucas raised his head slightly, looked at his secretary Rey, and asked: "Stop talking about this matter, just refuse it!"
"But the price offered by Phantom Entertainment is very impressive!" Rey looked at George Lucas with some worry.
George Lucas thought for a while and said: "Forget it, after all, I have promised Stephen before!"
The relationship between Spielberg and George Lucas is known throughout Hollywood. The two have always been a pair of good friends that everyone talks about.
In the 1970s, there were three major directors in Hollywood: Coppola, Spielberg, and Lucas.
Moreover, the relationship between the three is very good. Coppola can be regarded as the big brother of the other two. One of Coppola's representative works is the "Godfather" trilogy, and he was the first to become famous among the three.
The seventies virtually redefined what was possible in Hollywood movies.
From being a director to becoming a powerful producer is a state that some Hollywood directors cannot achieve in their lifetime.
The new Hollywood directors of that period were less like directors than the "filmmakers" who tried to control every aspect from screenwriting to post-production.
They understand that film is a holistic work, and they strive to put their personal stamp on everything they do.
At the same time, they also helped each other. Coppola was a producer on "American Graffiti" and was George Lucas' mentor.
Subsequently, Lucas and Spielberg collaborated on several films together, the most famous being "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
However, their development paths are different.
With The Godfather, Coppola had already proven that he could create a mainstream masterpiece, but he wanted to go further and transform Hollywood into a center for arthouse cinema.
Lucas and Spielberg wanted to modernize the existing Hollywood system without disrupting it.
Coppola established his own American Peep Show Company in 1969 to pursue his personal projects.
After years of craving for filming equipment, he bought Universal Studios in 1979 and named it Peep Show Studios, stating that it would be a center for new technology for feature films, based on satellite transmission.
"Electronic Cinema" of high-definition video.
He rebuilt the soundstage and delivered performance instructions via video from his trailer.
The main result is "The Sweetheart," a dazzling, artificial-looking musical drama with outstanding graphic effects.
"Sweetheart" influenced French "visual kei films" in the 1980s, but severe overspending and audience indifference led to a huge failure.
Soon, Coppola was forced to sell his equipment to pay off debts.
Unlike Coppola, Spielberg and Lucas became more and more courageous as they fought, satisfying their own creative desires while also taking care of the needs of the audience.
In one respect, Spielberg proved that he was the successor to the studio director; given the right material, he could create a vivid story that captured an audience.
Cleverly constructed, "Jaws" balances thrillers with skepticism about the establishment.
Corresponding to the money-hungry businessmen on Amity Island, the film offers three versions of male heroism: the grizzled action man Quint, the rationalist scientist Hooper, and the reluctant pragmatist Vigilante Brody.
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Each paragraph is full of high emotional tension. Through clean editing, innovative Panavision composition, and John Williams' ominous score, the audience's anxiety becomes more and more intense as the scene progresses.
Likewise, in the "Indiana Jones" series, Spielberg refurbished the traditions of Raoul Walsh and Jacques Tourneur to fit the blockbuster era.
It is this series of actions that made Spielberg a trustworthy figure in New Hollywood.
Unlike Coppola and Spielberg, who are movie fans, Lucas enjoyed watching TV, reading comic books, and modifying cars as a teenager.
The worlds of cruising and rock 'n' roll are lovingly depicted in "American Graffiti," and featuring an elaborate musical soundtrack and interweaving coming-of-age crises, this is the kind of teen movie studios are really craving.
Star Wars provided 1970s teens with the myth of Knight, a romantic tale of discovery in which its young protagonists found adventure, pure love, and a divine purpose.
Not surprisingly, Star Wars was published as a comic book before its release.
Coppola loved working with the actors, but Lucas tried to avoid talking to them while working, except for the occasional, "Hurry up!"
He looks forward to creating his scenes digitally, filming actors isolated in front of a blank screen, or creating characters entirely on the computer.
This ultimate dream that extends from comic aesthetics to movies was realized for the first time in "Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace". Jar Jar Binkins in this movie is the first mainstream live-action feature film to be completely made up of characters.
Computer generated characters.
Lucas often said that he was an independent filmmaker, and to some extent he was.
The success of "Star Wars" allowed him to command any Hollywood studio.
When filming "The Empire Strikes Back" went over budget and schedule, he had a lot of disagreements with Fox, and he vowed never to compromise again.
Lucas retreated to his own domain, Skywalker Ranch, where he presided over a high-tech wonderland based on a legend that controlled the imaginations of millions around the world and spawned the "Star Wars" novels.
Toys, games, character dolls, video games.
The Skywalker staff kept a "bible" that listed all the events that happened in Star Wars.
And among the three major directors, George Lucas is the most successful in business. Although Spielberg later founded DreamWorks, purely in the commercial field, George Lucas is still stronger than Spielberg.
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Logically speaking, it is impossible for such a successful businessman to give up his own interests for the sake of friendship, but before George Lucas was a businessman, he was still a Jew.
As mentioned before, Jews are a very united group in Hollywood, and it is no longer uncommon for them to help and cooperate with each other.
It is precisely because of this that this group has a strong voice in Hollywood.
If the Jewish community can be compared to the Hollywood circle, then Spielberg and Lucas are like Wang Shuo and Marvell in the earliest days.
No one knows better than Lucas how much Spielberg likes "Jurassic Park". Now that Wu Jianye and Phantom Entertainment have blocked the adaptation rights of "Jurassic Park", it is natural that
This made the entire Hollywood Jewish circle dissatisfied.
If Wu Jianye was a successful director in Hollywood, they wouldn't say anything. After all, Jews are powerful in Hollywood, but that doesn't mean they can dominate the world with one hand.
But Wu Jianye is just a Chinese director, so that's another matter.
Not everyone can challenge the Jewish authority in Hollywood!
Rey nodded and said: "I understand, then I will inform Industrial Light and Magic now and ask them to reject Phantom Entertainment's request!"
Lucas nodded and let Rey go out.
Wu Jianye soon learned of Lucas' decision.
When Linda told Wu Jianye the news, she was quite helpless. The resistance of the Jewish circles in Hollywood to Phantom Entertainment and Wu Jianye has slowly been revealed, not only in the field of Industrial Light and Magic, but also in the field of industrial light and magic.
Actors are also a problem.
Several people contacted by Phantom Entertainment, including Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks and others, also declined.
Wu Jianye thought for a moment and asked, "What does James Cameron do?"
Linda said: "He is filming his "The Abyss" in South Carolina!"
When talking about James Cameron, Linda also complained feebly: "I really don't know why you are so optimistic about this James Cameron. Not to mention the money he burns, he has a bad temper. Several producers sent by the company have followed him.
If he didn't deal with it, if you hadn't said he was a talent, I wouldn't have wanted to sign him!"
Wu Jianye smiled, James Cameron's temper was famous in later generations, otherwise he wouldn't be called a tyrant on the set, but his ability is undoubted.
"Terminator 1 and 2", "True Lies", "Titanic", "Avatar" and other movies are all movies that can shock the global box office market.
"Call him and ask him to come back!" Wu Jianye said.
"What are you doing?" Linda didn't understand what Wu Jianye meant.
"Since we can't find a suitable special effects company, then we will set up a special effects company ourselves." Wu Jianye said. In fact, Wu Jianye planned to establish a special effects company even without the current incident.
When he was in Xiangjiang, Wu Jianye flew back to China and encouraged Yanjing Film Academy to start establishing special effects elective courses. Nowadays, Hollywood is the best in special effects in movies in the world.
Wu Jianye could not wait for domestic talents to develop, and there were ready-made candidates in Hollywood, so Wu Jianye naturally could not let them go.
In fact, Athena Animation has already involved some special effects production, but it focuses more on the production of CGI animation rather than the development of pure film special effects.
James Cameron is one of the most famous special effects maniacs in Hollywood. Later, the digital field he founded became a special effects company comparable to Industrial Light and Magic.
James Cameron's contribution to the development of film special effects even exceeds that of Industrial Light and Magic.
"You want James Cameron to set up a special effects company?" Linda understood what Wu Jianye meant.
"Not bad!" Wu Jianye nodded.
"Special effects companies are a money-burning company, and the rate of return is far worse than that of movies. And even if you want to set up a special effects company, as for talents, most of the special effects talents in Hollywood are now concentrated in Industrial Light and Magic. If you want to have capable
Not many people use it!" Linda expressed her opinion!
Wu Jianye said calmly: "I'm not afraid of burning money, and I'm not afraid of no one. Since Industrial Light & Magic has talents, let's poach them!"
For a special effects company, what is most important is money and people. Wu Jianye is rich, and he doesn’t care about spending money on special effects. As for talents, he doesn’t care about spending money anymore, so he can naturally recruit them.
The talent you need!
Linda asked: "Is this special effects company established in the name of Phantom Entertainment, or in your own name?"
Wu Jianye glanced at Linda and understood what Linda was worried about. The extent of money burning by a special effects company was unimaginable to most people. In the development of Hollywood in the next few decades, apart from Industrial Light and Magic, there will be no new ones.
Special effects companies, but most of them are not strong enough to see returns.
Now the development of Phantom Entertainment can be said to be smooth. Now it has acquired theaters and publishing houses respectively. It can be said that it is developing in the direction of a large media group. If a special effects company that burns money is established at this time, then for Phantom Entertainment
Speaking is a huge burden.
Linda is not only the general manager of Phantom Entertainment, but also a director of Phantom Entertainment. This is related to her vital interests, so she is naturally very concerned about it!
However, this is one of Wu Jianye's methods to check and balance Linda. As Phantom Entertainment joins the Johnson family and Linda's mother as Phantom's shareholders, although Wu Jianye is still the absolute controlling shareholder of Phantom, accounting for more than 80% of the shares.
, but he still has to use various means to check and balance Linda's rights.
This is not to say that Wu Jianye does not trust Linda, but it is what a business leader must do.
So Wu Jianye’s decision was naturally: “Let’s invest as Phantom Entertainment!”
Linda pouted and wanted to say something, but finally gave up. She knew Wu Jianye's success better than anyone else. You must know that Linda was in charge of Shanhai Investment for a period of time at the very beginning, so for Wu Jianye
She knows very well how powerful his abilities are.
He also understood that he had no way to change Wu Jianye's mind, so he had no choice but to obey!
"alright, I got it!"
After explaining Linda again, Wu Jianye walked out of Phantom Entertainment. He received a phone invitation yesterday and he had to go, so he didn't stay at Phantom Entertainment for long today.
But I didn't expect that when I came out, I saw Lauren Donnell waiting at the door of Phantom Entertainment!