In late February, Li Yi had to temporarily leave the preparations for "Su Yuan" to Zhuo Yixiong because the new Academy Awards ceremony was about to be held.
In fact, this year's Academy Awards ceremony has attracted quite a lot of attention from domestic netizens.
Because both "The Truman Show" and "WALL-E" were nominated this year.
"The Truman Show" can be said to be a movie that has attracted much attention this year, not only in China, but also in North America.
"The Truman Show" received multiple Oscar nominations, including nominations for several relatively heavyweight awards.
They are Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, etc.
It seems that "The Truman Show" is a big hit at this year's Oscars, but in fact, only Li Yi knows.
This year "The Truman Show" does have a high probability of winning awards, but those heavyweight awards are almost impossible.
Especially for Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Editing, there is basically no hope at all, because according to James Dean, these awards require points!
This is Li Yi's first nomination, so it will be difficult to win any of these awards.
The most promising awards are Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor!
In fact, there is one thing that James Dean did not say, and that is that Li Yi is a Chinese director. Although the United States shouts about racial equality every day, in fact, discrimination is everywhere.
On the contrary, "Wall-E" is very likely to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film this year.
One is because "WALL-E" is indeed very good and is loved by Hollywood film critics, and the other is because awards such as Best Animated Feature Film are actually not that important in the entire Oscars!
Another point at the same time is that Dean Pictures put a lot of effort into public relations when it came to winning the Best Animated Feature Film award for "WALL-E."
You must know that "Wall-E" has not been released yet at this moment. Although the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film is really nothing compared to the awards for live-action movies, if you can get it, it will still be good for the box office.
There will be some irritation.
And the point is, Oscar doesn’t like sequels either, let alone animated movie sequels?
Although Li Yi and the others knew that the probability of winning the prize was very low, the domestic media caroused as always.
Without him, this year's Academy Awards is indeed the one with the most nominations for Chinese films.
"The Truman Show" and "WALL-E" combined have received more than twelve nominations!
Therefore, Penguin Video spent a lot of money early to win the Chinese network broadcast rights for this year's Academy Awards ceremony.
In fact, "The Truman Show" received eight Oscar nominations, attracting huge attention not only in China, but also in Asia.
On February 22, the Academy Awards ceremony will be held at the Chinese Grand Theater in Los Angeles!
Before the Oscars ceremony began, more than 10 million netizens had already watched this year's Academy Awards ceremony in Penguin Video's live broadcast room.
Many netizens in the live broadcast room were discussing the possibility of winning the Academy Awards this year.
“Does a dog director have a chance to win the Oscar for Best Director?”
"It's difficult. Although "The Truman Show" is a film of sufficient weight, it is the first time to be nominated, so it's too difficult!"
“You can’t go away empty-handed with eight nominations, right?”
"According to analysis, the most promising award should be Best Original Screenplay. The genius of "The Truman Show" is not just a boast!"
"Can Zhou Xing win the Oscar?"
"Actor? If Zhou Xing were white or black, it would still be possible, but a Chinese Oscar-winning actor, haha, at least for the first time, it's definitely impossible!"
"The probability is lower than that of a dog director winning Best Director!"
"Please tell me, why was "The Truman Show" not nominated for Best Foreign Language Film?"
"Upstairs, "The Truman Show" is a co-production, and the dialogue is in English in North America!"
"Are you trying to sell yourself like a sheep? Are the main characters all Chinese?"
"What about "Wall-E"? Is there any hope? Let the wise guys analyze it!"
"This hope is bigger! In the competition for animated feature films this year, "Wall-E" really has no rivals!"
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Outside the Chinese Grand Theater in Los Angeles, the long red carpet was laid out for nearly 100 meters.
At this moment, media reporters and movie fans from all over the country gathered there early to wait for the red carpet shows of celebrities.
Last time, Li Yi only brought a few people from Xingman Animation, but this time, a large group of people came.
After all, last time it was just Best Animated Short Film, but this time it’s Best Animated Feature Film, and “The Truman Show”, a movie that received eight nominations.
Chen Wen was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Zhou Xing was nominated for Best Actor.
As a result, Chen Wen was indeed a regular at award ceremonies, but he behaved gracefully, while Zhou Xing, on the other hand, was extremely nervous.
In fact, this time, according to the predictions from Dean Pictures, Chen Wen has the greatest chance of winning the award. As for Zhou Xing, the nomination is actually enough for him to be called an international superstar.
However, the possibility of winning a prize is almost non-existent!
If the Best Director is still likely to be a surprise, then with the title of Best Actor and Best Actress, the actors who have been nominated are almost out of their minds. You, a person who has not spent money on public relations, want to win the award? You want to eat shit?
Woolen cloth.
Because among the Oscar awards, the most valuable or the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the Best Actor and Actor.
Li Yi didn't care too much, because he knew that the possibility of him winning the award was very slim. Unless there was some big accident, otherwise, he wouldn't even think about it for Best Director.
As for the Best Original Screenplay, since the Oscars have given so many nominations, it is impossible for Li Yi to return empty-handed, so it is somewhat possible.
"tureman!"
"tureman!"
However, Li Yi still underestimated the influence of "The Truman Show".
When Zhou Xing walked on the red carpet, many fans actually appeared next to him.
Shouting "Truman"'s English name "Truman!"
In fact, compared to some domestic "blanket stars", Zhou Xing and Chen Wen are undoubtedly true international stars.
For example, when Li Yi and the others were waiting for the show, they saw a certain domestic actress appearing as a reporter.
It can be said that there are really many tricks to get on the red carpet of the Oscars.
This is not only true for domestic celebrities, there are also many foreign ones.
Even Li Yi and others had been contacted by someone before, and someone was willing to pay a large price to buy the position of their "female companion"!
And the price given is not low.
The same ones are available both at home and abroad, and many of them are even well-known celebrities.
In fact, it doesn't matter if they just simply walk on the red carpet. The key is that when these people walk on the red carpet, there must be a whole team to serve them.
At that time, all kinds of outrageous press releases will appear randomly!
It was obviously just a red carpet appearance, but in the end, he was praised in all kinds of ways.
Misplaced group photos, director's approval, superstar support, etc., etc., they played it very smoothly!
