Director’s Legend

"The Avengers" is planned to be released in May 2012, and it is also the last movie of the first part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe project. It can be said that the previous five movies are all laying the groundwork for this movie.

In "The Incredible Hulk", the Hulk ravaged the North Pole, breaking the ice, and Captain America in the ice was discovered.

In "Iron Man 2", Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Black Widow and the seventh-level agent Coulson all assisted Iron Man in fighting.

In "Thor", Hawkeye is already a government agent. At the end of the movie, an easter egg will be released. Nick Fury will hand over the Rubik's Cube to the doctor for research, and eventually lead to Loki, the opponent of the Women's Federation.

At the end of "Captain America", the captain wakes up from his deep sleep, and Nick Fury comes to pick him up.

In this way, the six superheroes are connected in series, which provides enough groundwork for the collection of the Women's Federation. This movie is the most important one at this stage.

So this time the opening ceremony, in addition to Shao Shuaijun and a group of actors and staff, even many producers came. Among them are Jon Favreau, the director of Steel 1 and Steel 2, Kevin Feige, the general manager of Marvel Comics, Mitchell Bruce, the general manager of Summit Entertainment, and Stan Lee, the creator of Marvel Comics.

The reporters naturally asked questions like crazy, and several producers were not stingy about picking out some content that didn't need to be kept secret about Marvel's film production plan, and revealed it to the reporters.

"We are full of confidence in "Thor" and "Captain America", because the movies are very exciting, and "Avengers" will reach a new height under the influence of the previous movies. I believe it will." Shao Shuaijun When the reporter asked whether the box office of the movie would exceed US$1 billion, he said it with confidence.

"Marvel Cinematic Universe, in terms of the background, we made the settings, so the plots revealed in each film are not random, but organically combined. All the films are connected together, the first ensemble There are still three films that have not yet been released, but our second phase of the film. Basically, we have completed the script. Except for "Iron Man 3" is still being created, we have even created the third phase of "Ant-Man." Kevin Fige answered the reporters' questions with a smile.

And Stan Lee, who is almost 90 years old, is more popular than Shao Shuaijun, the great director. Reporters kept asking questions. Stan Lee is a funny old man. A little bit of news was revealed in the gag: "Some people say that I am the father of comics and Spider-Man. In fact, I am just a painter and screenwriter. I don't think I am a father, because the child is not in my hands. But I told Kevin. In the past, he said that the company is negotiating with Sony, and maybe it is not impossible for Spider-Man to return."

"As the only heroine, I am under a lot of pressure because I have to play a ruthless black widow. However, after I got the script, I am very grateful to the director. The scenes arranged by the director are very challenging and shaping. Wonderful, I look forward to working with the director for the third time." After Scarlett Johansson finished speaking, she even winked at Shao Shuaijun intentionally or unintentionally.

"I have cooperated with Director Shao a lot. I just escaped from "Night Watchman: Reflection" a while ago. I didn't expect to enter Director Shao's management again. I would like to thank Director Shao. We have failed together and succeeded together. , together to make up for the regrets of the year. I look forward to, this time, our crew will hit new honors together." Jack Gyllenhaal said.

The opening ceremony ended in such a lively manner. After Shao Shuaijun had dealt with the reporter interview this time, he also finished all his publicity obligations. He will no longer intervene in various hype and publicity in the future. The investment of more than 200 million US dollars requires him to devote himself wholeheartedly to it.

This is a huge challenge. As long as he can master it this time, there will be nothing that can hinder him in the field of directing commercial blockbusters in the future.

In this way, "The Avengers" entered the shooting, and Shao Shuaijun entered the two-point and one-line life of home and studio.

Special effects companies such as Golden Harvest d2 also entered the crew and participated in the special effects cooperation throughout the process.

Time flies.

During the three-day weekend from March 11th to 13th, three more movies will be released on a large scale in North America, "The Battle of Los Angeles", "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Saving the Martian". The box office did not fall but rose. With 41 million U.S. dollars, it successfully suppressed the 36 million U.S. dollars of "The Battle of Los Angeles" and topped the North American box office weekend champion.

This is Summit Entertainment's first box office weekend title of the year.

Another three-day weekend from March 18th to 20th, this week there are still three large-scale releases of movies, "Never Ending", "Lincoln Lawyer" and "Paul". However, when I encountered the popular movie "The Weakness", "The Weakness" once again achieved two consecutive championships with 21 million US dollars.

Three weeks after its release, "The Weakness" has achieved an outstanding score of 120 million US dollars in North America, and overseas releases are also planned. The results far exceeded everyone's expectations, and even with the film's super reputation, "The Weakness" might have a chance to go to the Oscars.

At that time, the US anti-monopoly organization finally passed the review of the acquisition of Lucasfilm. This acquisition does not involve monopoly! On the day the review was approved, Summit Entertainment held a signing ceremony. At the ceremony, Mitchell Bruce and George Lucas signed the contract and shook hands for a photo.

"Lucasfilm was acquired by Summit Entertainment for US$3.9 billion as a whole. From then on, the special effects kingdom is no longer aloof and has been embraced by big companies."

"The jigsaw puzzle of Chasing Dream Entertainment Group has added another huge piece, Oriental Golden Harvest D2, Western Industrial Light \u0026 Magic, the overlord of the special effects industry was born."

When the Lucasfilm deal was confirmed, the entire Hollywood and all the companies sighed. They could only tighten their belts when others could eat well. The impact of the subprime mortgage crisis has not faded. Only Summit Entertainment and Disney are capable of spending such a large amount of money. Disney has not made a big move since acquiring Pixar for $7.4 billion in 2006, but a new company has opened its mouth.

It is indeed the mouth of a lion.

d2 and Lucasfilm are companies with huge influence in the industry.

In about the same period of time, the acquisition of MGM has also progressed. MGM has reported to the US government and accepted Summit Entertainment's $1.8 billion acquisition plan. The $1.8 billion will acquire more than half of MGM's shares. In order for the government to allow it, Summit Entertainment and Sony have also formulated a revitalization plan for MGM, and will jointly invest 5 billion US dollars to support MGM.

Just wait for the above review to pass, and the funds will be in place.

In order to make up for the loss on MGM, Sony has just raised 2 billion US dollars this time by throwing money at the pot. They want to work with Summit Entertainment to turn things around and fight a turnaround.

When Shao Shuaijun came home, Li Xiuxiu told him about this, saying: "Sony thought that Summit Entertainment really planned to revitalize MGM, and bet all the company's working capital on MGM. We told Sony that you have already paid for MGM. MGM’s library has found at least ten films that can be remade, and Sony is now confident.”

"Haha, the more confident they are, the more pain they will feel when Carl Icahn attacks. Son, don't you think so?" Shao Shuaijun teased Xiao Shao and said casually.

Li Xiuxiu looked at the cheerful look of the two men, and also smiled: "Our profit this time will be very rich, but it's a pity that MGM's last chance to rise is a blow to completely silence it. Yi Kan has already said that once MGM cashes out successfully, he will divest, and all of MGM’s library resources will flow into our hands.”

"Well, I have been envious of the copyrights of the 007 series and the "Hobbit" series for a long time. It is best to make a quick decision before "007: Skyfall" and "The Hobbit" are launched. , get the copyright.”

MGM's classic is the 007 series, which has released 24 films and is selling well. And "The Hobbit" is the prequel series that the great director Peter Jackson tried after the "Lord of the Rings" series. Although the filming has not yet started, the copyright has been sold to MGM.

Now that the film has not been approved, as long as a copyright transaction is made, these two series that are bound to sell well can be snatched. If the project is approved, the investment and share are planned, and then the transaction will be much more troublesome. The original acquisition of Marvel Comics was because "Iron Man 2" and other films had already been approved and the distribution rights were sold to Paramount, so Summit Entertainment had to sell the proceeds of "Iron Man 2", "Thor" and "Captain America" Take it out and share it with Paramount in exchange for copyright.

"If things go well, Icahn will carry out a hostile takeover of Sony in May of this year, forcing them to abandon MGM and shrink their business. At that time, it will be the time when we went to MGM. And we don't need to be villains at all, If Sony can't hold on anymore, we can abort the plan and get rid of MGM's chaotic shareholding, even if the copyright is robbed by fire, it can be said to be compensation for the failure of Sony's plan..."

Everything started from Shao Shuaijun's signing of Lionsgate Films, and things have been moving forward step by step along the inevitable path. Carl Icahn is the predator on Wall Street, and Summit Entertainment is the newly promoted king of Hollywood. The combination of the two powerhouses is not negotiable.

Sony was doomed to stumble.

Time goes on.

From March 25th to 27th, "The Weakness" delivered a perfect fourth-week box office with 15.06 million US dollars, and the box office champion is also impressive. So far, in the four weeks since its release, the total box office in North America has reached 150 million US dollars, overseas has also received 50 million US dollars, and the global total box office has reached 200 million US dollars.

With the good reputation of "The Weakness" and the very small decline in the box office, there is still a long release period to go in North America, and the global breakthrough of 300 million US dollars is already in sight. This made many film companies go crazy with envy. Summit Entertainment had a few blockbuster movies, and now it just made a low-budget literary film, and the box office exploded again.

Produced by Summit Entertainment, it simply represents the guarantee of the box office.

It will be April soon, and the box office of Summit Entertainment will explode. It is foreseeable that this year will be another crazy year for Summit Entertainment.

"Earth can no longer stop Summit Entertainment!" - "The Sun" boldly predicted Summit Entertainment's box office this year in a newspaper issue.

$4 billion. (to be continued..)