Hollywood legendary director

"Four mentions and three middle schools, "The Ninth District" has come to the end."

"Edward Norton won the actor, the road to fame as an alternative actor."

"Lyman Luster finally won the Goldman, Danny Ball and David Fincher returned with regret."

After the end of the 81st Oscar, this also represents the feast of North American film masterpieces counted in 2008, which has come to an end.

Starting from the next day, all kinds of news on the screen have gradually fermented the influence of Lehman and "District Nine" on fans everywhere.

This is reflected in the fact that even many viewers who don’t pay much attention to the director can watch Lehman Rast being mentioned again and again on the homepages of major news media, Yahoo and other community sites, and then remember his achievements. , His works, and even understand his personal life.

Judging from public opinion, apart from a few diehard fans who fought for the other directors who were unsuccessful, most movie fans still quite agree that this year’s Oscars have awarded several awards. There is no way. Lehman’s movie themes are changeable and the output is high. , The level is stable, there is no big bad film that has no results, or word of mouth. This is quite a fan.

What's more, "The Ninth District" is still so unusual, a science fiction movie depicting alien races can shoot depth, which is also rare.

Fans who like Lehman’s works are so happy, they actually witnessed this moment of entering film history.

As early as a few years ago, there were constant complaints that Oscar owed Lyman a director, the embarrassment of running one after another, and it was not acceptable to movie fans.

Until now, the sudden summit is shocking, but more of a joy of being witnessed.

"Hollywood Observer" specially opened a column to discuss this-

"In the past few years, Kubrick passed away, Francis Coppola half-retired, Martin Scorsese finally got the director of "Infernal Walker", and Woody Allen has been immersed in his own world. , Stubborn and conservative.

Spielberg said he was a director, and now he can’t make one film a year, but his concurrent productions are more and more, more like a producer. Lucas has also become a businessman, for "Star Wars "The ip is running around, involving clothing, electrical appliances, real estate and other fields, but the movie is forgotten.

Ridley Scott is looking for transformation, but it seems that he has not found his way. Zemigis is fascinated by the live-action animation. He does not see the possibility of trying other ways. The tyrant Cameron may still be snorkeling. One, silent for several years...

Whether you admit it or not, like it or not, these excellent directors from the 1950s to the 1970s have become less and less motivated. The occasional brilliance has brought a new group of directors to dominate the screen.

Lehman Last, Peter Jackson, Michael Bay, David Yates, Christopher Nolan...and they will also become part of the growth memory of young audiences...

More and more fresh blood is being injected, and more and more unfamiliar faces will be on this stage. Keep looking forward."

Hollywood should enter a new chapter, which is what the Observer wants to tell. After all, Hollywood can’t stay the same forever, just like those popular movie stars in the past will soon have more sought after stars. Stand high.

In the Firefly Building, Lehman, who was in the limelight, didn't feel that his life had changed too much.

After Oscar night, sleep, breakfast, and work, as always.

It only took a while to put the Golden Man in the exhibition room on the second floor of the main building of the manor, and next to it was the Palme d'Or in Cannes.

The rest, what to do or do.

Liam was a little bit happy when he learned that "District Nine" got the best picture.

He has already begun to calculate how to use Oscar's influence to reap a wave of copyright dividends. It is very realistic and the most important thing that should be put into action.

A few days later, Lionsgate notified Firefly to settle the cooperation affairs, because "Museum 2", which was screened for 6 weeks, was about to enter the next stage of painting.

In the conference room of Lionsgate.

Big boss Gusta and CEO Jon Fellermare did not show up, and another executive was responsible for receiving Lehman.

The revenue from this settlement is the first overseas revenue of "Museum 2", as well as all the market benefits of the previously released "I Am a Hero" and "Lonely Castle" in the second half of 2008. The bulk of the revenue is concentrated in Europe and Britain. Germany, France, Austria and Asia, Japan and South Korea.

In the case of "Museum 2", North America has already harvested 177 million, and overseas has a box office of 245 million. Except for theater and other miscellaneous expenditures and Lionsgate’s distribution rake, Firefly has received 110.25 million US dollars for the overseas item alone.

In addition, the overseas agency operation of "I am a hero" and "Gubao Horror" projects, which make a little profit are the broadcasting rights and DVDs. The rest are fractional, and the audience does not buy it. The quarterly sales of DVDs exceed 450,000 sets. , The lease is turned 140,000 times, and the two parts add up to a total of 6.405 million US dollars (deduct the channel and Lionsgate profit).

In other words, this trip, Lehman only took away a part of the long-term accumulation of so many cooperative projects, 116.65 million, and the bonus that was distributed to the main creator, the production dividend and the Blue Butterfly distribution team was left behind, and there was still US$108.75 million. , The company's capital chain is once again stable.

In the future, the revenue of "Museum 2" is about 187 million yuan (excluding the 210 million project cost), which is nowhere.

In this way, after Lehman left the Lions Gate executives looking at the God of Wealth, not long after, Zha Dao ran to see him.

A few days ago, this guy was preparing for "I am a Legend". Because it was a one-man show, it also wanted to create a sense of apocalyptic emptiness. He spent every day in the digital field communicating with them on the imagery. The heavily hired Will Smith also entered in advance. Role experience, shaping link.

In addition, it is very troublesome to communicate with the New York government to block the Central Viaduct, multiple blocks of Fifth Street, and Washington Square and other places for shooting permits, so the film has not officially launched yet.

But at this time, the "Watchmen" was set for early March, and the director had to help with the platform promotion, run announcements or roadshows around the country...In short, he had to temporarily leave the crew and spare two weeks.

Of course, Lehman will not stop this. After all, the filming cycle of "I Am A Legend" is still very abundant. If the director is not there, the preparations should be continued. Lehman just asked curiously: "You have seen the film. ?"

"I've seen it, the length of the feature film is controlled at 162 minutes." Zadao felt a headache when he thought of this. "I have reduced it as much as possible, but I still deleted half an hour of footage."

Lehman didn't say any more, this film doesn't have to worry about who is short-sighted, only that the cooperation is not very good.