Director’s Legend

After summarizing the film situation of the previous year, the company's meeting entered the new year's work layout.

"In January and February of this year, the main small-cost independent productions and films purchased from major film festivals are still the main ones. "Weakness" will be released in March..." Summit Entertainment Vice President David Choko Introduction.

"Weakness" is adapted from the work "Weakness: The Progress of the Competition" by the writer Michael Orr. It was bought by Shao Shuaijun a long time ago. It was not until last year that it was adapted into a screenplay by the screenwriting department and invited John Lee Han. Director Kirk directed.

The novel is based on the extraordinary experience of Michael Och, the first-round draft pick of the 2009 National Football League (NFL). He was an orphan. Before he started his career in sports, he became autistic and silent under the influence of street gangs and drug addicts. Later, he felt the warmth of family in the adoptive family. Through his own efforts, he was influenced by the school and others. Recognized, finally won a scholarship from the University of Mississippi and entered the NFL story after graduation.

This is a warm and inspirational story. In his previous life, Shao Shuaijun liked this movie based on real life, but he couldn't remember the box office, so he stayed on the shelf and didn't start it. Nowadays, Summit Entertainment is rich in wealth, and it needs this kind of positive energy movie to beautify the smell of copper. Moreover, this movie has no investment of 30 million, and the cost is very small, even if it is lost, it can't be lost. "Weakness" was then able to start.

"Red Flame Battlefield 2" will be released in April. This is the sequel to last year's small-cost superhero movie "Red Flame Battlefield". Summit Entertainment and Warner Bros.'s DC comics have also signed a recycling contract. The copyright will automatically be released after the expiry date. Come back, so if you can make money now, let's talk about it if you make it quickly.

Just as others are holding the copyright of Marvel comics and relying on it and not returning it, Summit Entertainment rarely grasps the copyright of others. Wouldn't it be too bad if you don't play it badly. In fact, "Red Flame Battlefield 2" has not yet been released, and the screenwriter department is already working on the script of "Red Flame Battlefield 3".

May is the highlight of the joint venture between Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics. The fourth movie "Thor" of the first ensemble of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio will begin its global release. "Thor" is directed by Kenneth Branagh and starred by Shaw Brothers General Jack Gyllenhill.

In June, based on the personal story of "Dancing Out of My Life" starring Channing Tatum, the comedy movie "Magic Mike" written by Shao Shuaijun will be released. This film is adapted from Channing Tatum's experience as a stripper in Tampa, Florida when he was 19 years old. He is also the producer of this film and has a good collaboration with Summit Entertainment.

If "Magic Mike" succeeds, the next sequel has been agreed and will be handed over to Channing Tatum to personally guide. I have confidence in the movie Channing, because the cost of "Magic Mike" is only 7 million US dollars, and 20 million is a profit.

In July, Summit Entertainment's other highlight, the last one of the "Twilight" series, "Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 2, made a shocking debut.

Beginning in 2006, the first four films in this series have created a series of brilliant achievements. They are the cornerstone of the rise of Summit Entertainment. It is also the world's third only after the "Harry Potter" series and the "Lord of the Rings" series. A movie based on a hot best-selling novel.

If possible, Summit Entertainment never hopes to end this series, but the original author Mel Stephanie has already told the story.

August is another highlight of Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics. The fifth movie "Captain America" ​​of the first ensemble of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio will begin to be released worldwide. "Captain America" ​​is directed by Joe Johnson and starring Chris Evans. It tells the story of Steve Roger, who was injected with super soldier serum during World War II, against the Nazi Party Hydra.

In September, the sequel to "The Expendables" "The Expendables 2" set off again, still a large collection of action superstars.

October's "Warren Archives" is finalized. This horror film directed by Chinese director James Wynn is an attempt by Summit Entertainment, and the box office expectations are not high. However, recently the producers Tony De Rosa Gullender and James Wynn felt that the name "Warren Archives" was not enough to show the horror essence of the movie, and they planned to change the name of the film to "The Soul".

The story of the movie "The Soul" is derived from Andrea.Perron's novel "True Story: The House of Darkness and the House of Light", which records the real experience of the Perron family living in Rhode Island encountering supernatural events. Basically, it can be considered that this is the prequel to the 1979 classic horror movie "Ghost Crying".

In addition to "Calling the Soul", another movie is also reserved for the October schedule, from the second film version of "The Night Watcher" directed by Shao Shuaijun himself. Because the second production of the film has not yet started, whether to use a new name or continue to use "The Night Watcher" is temporarily undecided.

The second part of the "Hunger Games" series "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire" will be released in November. "The Hunger Games" has set a number of local records, and the sequel is widely optimistic. It is a box office heavyweight bomb in 2011.

As a substitute for the "Twilight" series, the first part of "The Hunger Games" made a very good start. It can be expected that the box office of this series will surpass the Twilight series.

December is still to be determined, because Marvel Comics and Film Studios and Summit Entertainment's screenwriting department are creating scripts for the Punisher. It is difficult to say whether the Punisher can join the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio. If it is confirmed and the production goes smoothly, the superhero movie tentatively named "The Punisher: Sinking" will be released in December.

Throughout 2011, the peak entertainment schedule was full again. There are many movie release plans, which are scheduled to go to 2012, and even many sequels are too late to be produced. For example, for the third part of the "Detective Sherlock Holmes" series, the screenwriter department is working on creation, but I don’t know when we meet, because the lead actor Robert Downey Jr. is scheduled to be after 2013, and it is only a collaboration with Summit Entertainment. There are two major productions, "Avengers" and "Iron Man 3", and there is no time to shoot Dafu 3.

For example, "Teddy Bear 2" and "Rise of the Apes 2" both created scripts, but they couldn't arrange the release schedule, so they were put on hold.

Other companies are worrying about what movies make money. Summit Entertainment is worrying about too many movies that make money, so happy.

"Basically, we have made a rough schedule, which can be used for 2015." David Joe Cole sighed, "A large part of these movie plans come from sequels. As long as they are made carefully, They are all movies that are guaranteed to make money. With these movies, our demand for new works has been greatly reduced. I think this is an unfavorable situation. The scale of Summit Entertainment has reached a bottleneck. We urgently need to expand to accommodate more production capabilities. A company that cannot innovate is not a good company."

Shao Shuaijun took the conversation: "So that's what I said, we have to take steps. With the support of these excellent films, we can definitely take the steps forward."

Li Xiu Xiufu sang Fu Sui: "For the time being, it seems that the acquisition of Lionsgate Films and the establishment of an animation department are necessary for expansion. We cannot make Summit Entertainment a sequel company. We need enough fresh film blood to supplement the company's vitality. With our current distribution And the scale of production, the demand for special effects will inevitably increase greatly. The acquisition of the digital field and Lucasfilm will also be a logical issue."

Mitchell Bruce nodded: "Lionsgate is already negotiating quickly. As for the establishment of an animation studio, my opinion is that we might as well acquire a listed company. Walt Disney has already recruited Pixar for the animation industry. The industry dominates the industry. Twentieth Century Fox has Blue Sky Animation, Universal Films has Lighting Entertainment, Columbia has Sony Animation, and even Paramount is also cooperating with DreamWorks. With our own strength, it is difficult to fight in a short time, the best The way is to buy."

"We should not be bad. With the strength of Marvel comics, it is not difficult for us to establish our own animation studio." An executive suggested.

"Marvel Comics is the same as DC Comics. The strategy is from comics to live-action filming. Perhaps 2D comics are strong, but 3D comics are weak. So Warner Bros. has not been able to develop an animation department in recent years. What we need is not' Yes, but it’s a battle that comes. I propose that DreamWorks can be acquired. If the acquisition does not come, then the acquisition of the British Armand Animation Company.” Another executive proposed.

There are three major studios in the animation film industry, the oldest is Disney Animation, followed by Pixar Animation. While DreamWorks, founded by the great director Spielberg, was the newest one, it came from behind and became the overlord of animated films. However, after Disney acquired Pixar, DreamWorks was unable to compete.

In addition to the three major studios, there are also well-known studios such as Blue Sky Animation, Lighting Entertainment, Sony Animation, Nick Cartoon, and Armand Animation.

Currently single and unmarried, the only independent companies are DreamWorks, Nick Cartoon and Amand Animation. Nick Cartoon is mainly operating a TV channel, and it can be ignored. Good targets for acquisition are DreamWorks and Armand.

"First contact DreamWorks. We don’t need money. If we want to choose, we choose the best." Shao Shuaijun immediately decided, "And we must shoot quickly. I heard that DreamWorks and Paramount’s contract expires. DreamWorks is ready to cooperate with Disney. Signing the production and sales contract, Disney's plot for DreamWorks is not small. If this is swallowed again, the animated film really can't restrain Disney."

DreamWorks Animation Studios is a pure animation production company and is not responsible for market distribution. First, the cooperation with Paramount expired, and then the cooperation with Disney to publish. Now DreamWorks is looking for a new distributor, and it is likely that Disney will go further. Acquisition.

Now that Peak Entertainment has too much money to hold, the executives have gradually become wealthy and soon passed the acquisition of DreamWorks plan.

The horror films of Lionsgate, the cartoons of DreamWorks, and Summit Entertainment are piecing together the territory of the movie kingdom piece by piece! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)