Chapter 244 Shock
After New Year's Day, "Despicable Me 2" was promoted in an orderly manner.

The country has announced the release schedule for imported films in the first half of the year. January will be a one-man show for "Avatar", and there is "Confucius" to face the challenge head-on, but not many people are optimistic about it.

February features blockbusters such as "The Goodbye Letter," "Paris," "The Howling" and Leonardo DiCaprio's "Shutter Island."

"Despicable Me 2" is scheduled to be released in North America in March, and is planned to be introduced in China at the end of April, aiming at the May Day period in 10. Even if the seven-day holiday is cut into three days, it is still a countable holiday in the first half of the year.

As for "Frozen", it will be released in September or even October if nothing unexpected happens.

There are several domestic films, including "Once Upon a Time in China", "A Happy Life in Flower Field" and "Love in the Full Moon" in February, most of which are rehashed Hong Kong films.

In March, there are "Police Uniform Guards" and "Little Big Soldier" starring Cheng Long. At the same time, there are also "The Treasure Box" directed by Hong Kong directors and "Future Police".

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In early January, Gu Wei was in a very busy state, introducing movies, preparing new movies, and connecting the actors on both sides. Although company staff were responsible for most of the work, there were still some details that still needed his control.

At the same time, the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that this year's Oscar Best Picture candidate list will be expanded to 10 films.

There are pros and cons. The probability of being shortlisted increases, but the corresponding probability of winning decreases a lot.

"Boss, choose one out of ten. The difficulty of Inception has increased a lot."

Reid saw the news and reported it immediately.

"Warner will handle the PR, and we will provide funding in proportion."

Gu Wei thought about it and said.

"Okay, boss."

Anyway, this year's Oscar nomination ballots have been sent out, and Gu Wei's ballot was also sent in a few days ago. However, there are a total of 274 nominated films for this year's Oscars, so the competition is fierce.

On the 4th, "Avatar" was officially released in China.

Not surprisingly, it caused a sensation on the day of its release.

It's a real dimensionality reduction attack. After watching the film, the audience can only think of two words: shocking! Very shocking!

Now, movie fans who have never seen 3D production were completely stunned.

After watching it, many people can’t imagine how this movie was made.

The first day's box office was close to 40 million. When this data came out, major film companies in the industry couldn't help but feel suffocated.

The next day, the box office exceeded 40 million.

Nearly 100 million data in two days is no less than an earthquake for the entire film industry.

The promotion of "Confucius" changed direction.

Using the battle against aliens as a gimmick, the publicity and promotion efforts were intensified.

This post is quite talented. I have to say that Chow Yun-fat is very courageous in making this movie, choosing to compete head-on with the explosive "Avatar".

Director Hu Mei called this historical blockbuster, which cost 1.5 million yuan to make, a "big gamble" for investors. The huge cost plus the publicity and promotion expenses mean that the box office pressure on the film will increase exponentially.

Facing reporters, he even shouted: The shots of "Confucius" have extraordinary beauty, which is not inferior to "Avatar". I believe that the content will resonate with domestic audiences, and the box office guarantee will not be less than 200 million.

Just looking at the publicity, it really makes people feel excited.

In addition, the huge scale of 2500 copies once again broke the record in domestic film history. The previous record for the largest number of copies distributed was 1450 for "The Founding of a Republic", which has now almost doubled.

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"Let's go see Avatar too." Liu Yifei came to the company and prepared to call Gu Wei to go to the cinema together.

"Okay, the company has tickets, just go."

After two days of word-of-mouth fermentation, tickets for the "Avatar" 3D movie are now hard to come by, but this is only for ordinary audiences.

Ye Ning from Wanda prepared some tickets for Xingchen Film and Television in advance. In his words, thanks to Gu Wei's reminder, Wanda made a fortune.

The two of them came to the cinema wearing masks and sunglasses, and the ticket hall was packed with people.

The lights in the cinema were dim, giving the two a good break while they ate popcorn and watched the cool special effects.

Liu Yifei next to him exclaimed from time to time, and was a little shocked.

"Senior, can 2012 achieve this effect?"

Besides the cinema, Liu Yifei asked expectantly.

"OK."

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"Avatar" was still a huge success, and Gu Wei took Liu Yifei and Qin Hao to Hollywood.

This year's Ballon d'Or is about to begin.

"Director, when can you get me nominated for a Golden Globe or an Oscar?"

After arriving in Los Angeles, they stayed in a villa in Beverly Hills. After dinner, Qin Hao suddenly said something.

Well, he was really envious. Although he had been to the three major European film festivals and his leading role had been nominated, he had never won an award.

Looking at Liu Yifei, who is much younger than me, I felt a little sour.

"Forehead."

Gu Wei was speechless for a moment, and Liu Yifei next to him also covered her mouth and laughed.

"Director, I'm the little prince of art films, but I haven't even won a Best Actor award yet. I don't deserve the title."

Qin Hao didn't care about other people and continued speaking with a smug look on his face.

"The company does have a suitable script, but we just don't have time to shoot it."

Gu Wei said thoughtfully.

"Oh, there's me too, come one by one."

Hearing this, Liu Yifei said anxiously. The next day, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei would go to the scene with Nolan, Leonardo and others.

Since the Golden Globe Awards not only award film awards, but also TV series awards, many superstars from the American entertainment industry gather in the star-studded Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Although the Golden Globe Awards rank behind the Oscars in the film industry and the Emmy Awards in television in terms of importance, the Golden Globe Awards is the only one that brings together all TV and movie stars to hold an awards ceremony.

The Golden Globe Awards ceremony is hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and most of the Golden Globe judges are not professional filmmakers. Therefore, the Golden Globe Awards do not have technical awards.

For this year's Golden Globe Awards, the organizers have put together an all-star host lineup.

Famous director Steven Spielberg, former Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman and "Avatar" star Sam Worthington have agreed to be guests and host the evening's ceremony.

The award presenters were also a group of big-name guests including Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Aniston and Halle Berry.

Domestic media are also broadcasting this year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony live.

“Has the crew of Inception not walked the red carpet yet?”

"There are so many celebrities this year, I can't recognize them all."

"Don't act like you know a lot of people. There are only a few I can name, and the others look face-blind."

"... "

"Gu, you said we can win a few big awards." Leonardo, dressed in a suit, said with a little excitement in his tone.

"That depends on you and Crystal." Gu Wei looked at the two of them and said with a smile.

"I feel so much pressure. Look at all those female stars in front of me. They are all worth more than me and more famous than me."

Gu Wei looked at the actresses in front, Jennifer Garner, Cruz, Nicole Kidman and others, and it seemed to be true.

"Keep going, after you finish filming 2012, your fame will definitely not be less than theirs."

Hearing this, Liu Yifei's eyes lit up.

With awards for film and television together, naturally more stars come.

When it was the turn of the "Inception" crew, Leonardo was in a group with Liu Yifei, while Gu Wei, as the producer, was with Nolan.

After walking the red carpet, a group of people came to the venue.

Inside the magnificent International Banquet Hall, hundreds of nominees and invitees were divided according to their crews and seated at round tables. Unlike other award ceremonies where people were seated in rows in an orderly and regular pattern, it was really difficult to see at a glance which actor was sitting at which position at which table without looking.

Reid also came, but he did not walk the red carpet with Gu Wei. Instead, he was already in the movie area of ​​the Golden Globe Awards venue, holding a glass of wine and chatting with other filmmakers.

To be honest, he is quite dedicated. It would be nice if he was really working, but unfortunately he is just picking up girls.

"Boss, Crystal, you are here."

When Reid saw them, he walked over quickly and spoke, attracting the attention of others nearby.

"Ryder, who was that person you were talking to just now?"

When Reid came over, a female star next to him raised her glass to Gu Wei in a gesture.

"Drew Barrymore, the heroine of Grey Gardens."

After listening to this, Reid looked in the direction Gu Wei pointed and said.

The crew of "Inception" was between the crews of "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker".

The position is also very interesting, Cameron and his ex-wife, the two of them are competing on the same stage.

James, congratulations, Avatar has grossed $16 billion worldwide. ”

"Haha, thank you for your congratulations."

When Gu Wei saw Cameron, he congratulated him and the two started chatting.

Gu Wei then started chatting with Nicole Kidman and introduced her to Liu Yifei, both of whom will be the heroines of his next movie.

After Gu Wei finished the introduction, Kidman wanted to take Liu Yifei with her and introduce her to some female friends.

"Go ahead, just say hello."

After getting Gu Wei's signal, Liu Yifei left with a sweet smile.

The Golden Globe Awards have always been presented in the form of a traditional banquet, which makes it seem more friendly and lively. Since the food is here, it proves that the ceremony is about to begin.

Sure enough, not long after, today's award ceremony hosts Spielberg, Nicole Kidman and Sam Worthington walked to the podium and announced: "Welcome all guests and media friends, today's award dinner officially begins."

When the award ceremony began, Liu Yifei returned to the crew and took her seat.

"how do you feel?"

Gu Wei asked curiously.

"They are all top Hollywood stars, but they are all discussing you and your next new movie."

Although the Golden Globe Awards ceremony has never had higher ratings than the Oscars, it still has a large number of loyal viewers.

The first award presented at the film festival was the Best Supporting Actress, which was won by Monique from "Precious".

Nicole Kidman was the award presenter.

Then the awards for Best Animation and Best Original Score were presented one by one.

In China, the time is around seven in the morning.

However, there are still a large number of netizens waiting at the live broadcast site.

"Hasn't Liu Yifei arrived yet?"

"It should be soon, I called out to the crew next door to Inception."

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(End of this chapter)