Giant of the times

Li Zetian smiled and said: ""StarCraft: Uprising" is Blizzard's first step in adapting games into movies. It is very important and must be successful, so... the production budget of this movie must be sufficient. I think we can come up with 3 100 million US dollars to create a magnificent epic masterpiece!!!"

Although Blizzard is rich, US$300 million is not a small amount. Mike Mohan did not expect that Li Zetian was so determined. Immediately, Mike Mohan gritted his teeth and thought that Blizzard is a company that pursues perfection. If you don't do anything, you must do your best! $300 million is $300 million!

At this time, Li Zetian continued: "In two days, Blizzard will register Blizzard Pictures. From now on, this company will be responsible for the production and distribution of film and television adaptations of Blizzard games! The heroes in "Warcraft" and "World of Warcraft" Quite a few, Orgrim Doomhammer, Anduin Lothar, Garona, Gul'dan, Khadgar, Durotan, Lion, Medivh and other game characters reminded me of Marvel. Marvel Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Captain America in comics can be made into movies, so why can’t Blizzard make movie characters from games?”

Mike Mohan nodded heavily, "Okay, Mr. Li, I understand!"

"Um."

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A week later, Blizzard Studios was formed.

Subsequently, Blizzard held a press conference to announce that Blizzard Pictures would plan to film "StarCraft: Uprising," Blizzard's first-ever game adaptation movie, and invest US$300 million in an effort to create a perfect film.

As soon as the news came out, the media was shocked and players went crazy!

On Blizzard’s official website, countless netizens commented.

"I'm so damn excited. I didn't expect that "StarCraft" would be made into a movie, with an investment of US$300 million, making it the largest production in the history of the movie! Awesome! The movie is released, support it decisively!! !”

"The story background of "StarCraft" is more complicated than that of "Star Wars". It will be very shocking to make it into a movie!"

"As a fan of the "StarCraft" game, I am looking forward to the release of the movie!"

"Excuse me, Blizzard, when will they film "Warcraft"? I prefer playing "Warcraft"."

""Diablo" can also be made into a movie, it will be absolutely popular!"

"Blizzard Company 666..."

In schools and Internet cafes, countless players are talking about "StarCraft". At this time, the number of people playing "StarCraft" has increased exponentially.

As one of the most famous game manufacturers in the world, Blizzard wants to make a movie, which will undoubtedly cause shock and imitation in the industry.

At this moment, many game manufacturers are holding meetings to discuss whether their games can be adapted.

Mike Mohan is so busy that he is a little dizzy. Since the news that Blizzard was going to film "StarCraft" came out, Hollywood film companies have extended their olive branches, hoping to seek cooperation. There are too many players and fans of "StarCraft". The movie became popular before it was broadcast. Hollywood movie companies were not afraid of losing money at all and rushed to invest in it.

Hollywood stars used their connections to contact Blizzard one by one, hoping to get a role.

"Ah, just releasing a piece of news has such a huge repercussions! Mr. Li's idea is so right, and Blizzard has made huge profits from this!" Mike Mohan said with a wry smile.

At this moment, he was in pain and happiness. Sales of nearly all of Blizzard's games increased, and entertainment media headlines were devoted to Blizzard and StarCraft. It's just that this is Blizzard's first time getting involved in film and television, so I don't understand many things. As CEO, Mike Mohan is naturally very tired.

Fortunately, Li Zetian made arrangements for Blizzard Pictures to cooperate with three Hollywood companies: Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Time Warner to jointly invest in the filming of "StarCraft", and the distribution and promotion were also handed over to these three companies.

At noon that day, Michael from Disney Company suddenly called Li Zetian.

"Mr. Li, can Blizzard Pictures accept investment from Disney?" Michael said, "If not, then I also hope that Disney can cooperate with Blizzard Pictures and sign 6 movies!!!"

Li Zetian was surprised and said: "Michael, you are so optimistic about Blizzard Pictures?"

"Of course!!" Michael said with a smile, "Mr. Li, how can Blizzard be compared with ordinary game companies? Isn't there a saying in the game industry, 'Every product produced by Blizzard must be a high-quality product'! This sentence This shows Blizzard's status in the game industry. The "Warcraft", "StarCraft" and "Diablo" series produced by Blizzard are all extremely popular games. These games were adapted into movies and became popular before they were broadcast! Disney The company doesn’t have to worry about box office issues at all!”

At this time, Li Zetian couldn't help but think that Disney owns many super IPs such as Marvel, "Star Wars", "Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", "Transformers", "Fast and Furious", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and so on. If Got Blizzard again... Damn it, is this going to dominate the top ten box office in Hollywood for many years?

However, it’s quite exciting to think about it.

So Li Zetian told Michael that he agreed to sign a six-movie collaboration between Disney and Blizzard Pictures. For Blizzard Pictures, it would share risks and get support from Disney, which would be conducive to the rapid development of Blizzard Pictures.

After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian looked at the computer screen, and what appeared on it was a beautiful space game screen.

Recently, because Li Zetian was dealing with the matter of "StarCraft", he couldn't help but suddenly thought of "EVE Online", which was launched by CPP (Icelandic game developer) in May this year.

"EVE Online" can be said to be a world-renowned Star Wars online game. It has won many world game awards including GDC. It has been awarded the title of "World's Best Game" many times on the most famous game website "MMORPG" in Europe and the United States. Its exquisite and unique The production quality has also led to it being included in prestigious exhibitions such as New York's Museum of Modern Art.

This game is set in the grand space, highly integrated with hard science fiction elements, and presents players with an extremely free virtual universe sandbox world. Various activities can be carried out in the game's sandbox universe, including mining, industrial manufacturing, scientific research, financial trade, exploration and archeology, etc.

Li Zetian studied "EVE Online" and suddenly thought that since Blizzard can launch the "World of Warcraft" online game based on the real-time strategy game "Warcraft", it can also launch the "StarCraft Online" online game based on "StarCraft". Perhaps when it is released together with the movie "StarCraft: Uprising", it will be a great success!

Blizzard actually has a project to develop "StarCraft 2", but "StarCraft 2" was not popular in the previous life, and Li Zetian cannot guarantee that it will be popular in this life... It seems that real-time strategy games have no popular game masterpieces in the future. For example, DOTA and LOL are very popular.

Li Zetian does not intend to stop Blizzard from developing "StarCraft 2", but he can give "StarCraft Online" a try. Maybe this online game can be successful. In the end, he will not rely solely on "StarCraft 2" to maintain his feelings...