The Best Director

The autumn breeze is refreshing and the sky is still blue. With the enthusiastic attention of the media and public, "Firefly 2", which has been filming for many months, was completed in mid-September. The film entered the post-production stage. After finishing one stage of work, Jessica returned to the warm and peaceful life of a housewife.

This year's sixth fire movie "The Story of Hachiko" landed on the big screen on September 14. It received Rotten Tomatoes Index, "delicate and tender", "extraordinary tear-jerking", "can be enjoyed by all families", " "Even the most hard-hearted of viewers will shed tears"... Director Luc Jacques was greatly praised. Wang Yang and Huo Huo Films' special attention to the commercial rhythm has received good results. This touching dog drama took in 19.86 million in its first week. Become the North American Weekly Champion.

The production cost of "Hachiko" is only 10 million. It seems that it will not be a problem to recover the cost. In addition, its harvest in overseas markets, especially in Asia, is in line with expectations. "Hachiko" will definitely be a complete success. .

For other independent film producers, this is an achievement worthy of celebration; however, for today's Fire Film, it is like a routine Monday meeting. In fact, the applause it received at that meeting was not very warm. , It’s not that the Flames’ top brass are unhappy, it’s just that they can’t get excited anymore.

The previous results are amazing! Fire Movies continued to play the role of a big winner in the 2007 summer vacation, and all four summer movies were blockbuster hits!

"Iron Man" ultimately received 384 million in North American box office and 70,200 in global box office. There are still more than 100 North American theaters picking up the missing numbers, increasing the last number every day; summer movies tend to come and go like the wind, let alone a Pokémon-directed film. "I Am Legend", which was released for 11 weeks, swept the world and received 343 million in North American box office/778 million in global box office. It is Wang Yang's second best-selling work, between "Firefly" and "District 9", and this result is It was released in a head-on collision with the current 268 million/617 million "Transformers" and the 253 million/860 million "Harpolit and the Order of the Phoenix".

"League of Assassins 2", which is gradually being released overseas, has a North American box office of 145 million and a global box office of 262 million. It is very likely to break through the 300 million mark; the hilarious "Bridesmaids" in North America grossed 194 million at the North American box office after seven weeks of screening. It has just begun to land in overseas markets. 400 million globally is still an optimistic figure, and 350 million is a usual conservative estimate. . anyway. They have added a lot to ff's performance this year.

If you include "The Green Hornet", which was finally set at 205 million/525 million, the media and the public were amazed, God! This year's five flame films with a total production cost of 580 million have now grossed nearly 2.5 billion in global box office, maintaining their peak level!

411 million in 1999, 1.065 billion in 2000, 257 million in 2001, 20 billion, 2.471 billion in 2004, 3.715 billion in 2005, 3.99 in 2006, and temporarily nearly 2.5 billion...

Flame announced in advance that for the fourth consecutive year, the total box office of the film has exceeded 2 billion at the global box office (2004-2007).

Revenue exceeded 1 billion for the sixth consecutive year (2002-2007), without losing a penny every year!

As of "Bridesmaids", the nine-year-old Flame Films has released 42 films and received more than 17.8 billion in global box office! Roughly calculated, the average performance of each film is as high as 424 million. Based on these 42 films, the subsequent sales will be gold mines one after another; not counting its sales in the film and television library, peripheral derivatives... and flames The entire industry revenue of home entertainment on the TV screen, you know, "Prison Break", "The Big Bang Theory", "Desperate Housewives" and other series are all popular around the world.

The development trajectory of the flame is not understandable to normal people. In fact, even madmen cannot understand the key. After a series of developments such as snake swallowing an elephant, crazy money spending, ignorance, rampage, miracles, etc., the rocket took off. It has long been the undoubted leader of independent film producers and the new giant in the film industry!

Look at its astonishingly healthy financial situation, which is not even listed yet; look at its packed film release schedule in the next two years; look at the producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, etc. who are familiar with it and have created it by hand. Just know how bright the stars are. The Flame Movie is not a super comet, it is a scorching star! He is not a toddler, not an ignorant teenager, but a mature and strong man.

And its strong tentacles are extending longer and longer, including online entertainment, video games, global movie distribution systems, cable TV networks, music records...

Therefore, it is not surprising that "The Story of Hachiko" received a cold reception, but Chairman Flame has repeatedly warned himself and other senior executives to "love your job and love your projector." Don't forget that it is a movie that relies on It was so successful that it achieved this achievement crazily.

There is such an illustrious film and entertainment company on the earth, of course because of the emergence of Wang Yang. Flame Films is the magical company of Yang. It can be done without anyone, but it can't be done without him.

Who doesn’t know this guy today? In North America, you really can't find many people. From 80-year-old grandmothers to eight-year-old children, they all know that this person is far ahead of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jerry Yang, Yao Ming... and others. Iconic figure of Asian Chinese. To put it bluntly, whoever calls an Asian man jokingly nowadays always yells "Hey, Wang Yang." Some media have long joked that if Yang Yang runs for president, he has a good chance of winning. , the second president to walk from Hollywood to the White House.

Magic Young is a phenomenon-level figure that transcends race, color, culture and region. He is an American cultural phenomenon and a global cultural phenomenon that has lasted for more than nine years. He is an epoch-making figure destined to be recorded in history and the most legendary figure in the 21st century. Director, the person who has the best chance of becoming the greatest director of the 21st century.

All 12 directed films were hits! Check out his latest information:

1998 "Paranormal Activity" ＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 163 million/overseas box office 160 million/global box office 323 million＿＿Production cost 10,000

1999 "High School Musical" ＿＿＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 201 million/overseas box office 210 million/global box office 411 million＿＿Production cost 8 million

2000 "The Pursuit of Happiness"＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 203 million/overseas box office 182 million/global box office 385 million＿＿Production cost 32 million

2000 "Juno"＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 212 million/overseas box office 163 million/global box office 375 million＿＿Production cost 15 million

2002 "District 9"＿＿＿＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 330 million/overseas box office 435 million/global box office 765 million＿＿Production cost 100 million

2002 "The Hangover"＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 320 million/overseas box office 297 million/global box office 617 million＿＿Production cost 25 million

2003 "t-21-team"＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 191 million/overseas box office 176 million/global box office 367 million＿＿Production cost 28 million

2003 "The Devil Wears Prada"＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 235 million/overseas box office 323 million/global box office 558 million＿＿Production cost 55 million

2005 "Firefly"＿＿＿＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 653 million/overseas box office 1.167 billion/global box office 1.820 billion＿＿Production cost 200 million

2005 "500 Days of Summer"＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 236 million/overseas box office 161 million/global box office 397 million＿＿Production cost 15 million

2006 "The Dead"＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 206 million/overseas box office 264 million/global box office 470 million＿＿Production cost 70 million

2007 "I Am Legend"＿＿＿＿＿.＿Rotten Tomatoes Index North American box office 343 million/overseas box office 435 million/global box office 778 million＿＿Production cost 180 million

There are also two Oscars for Best Director and countless other awards... Whenever movie fans browse the list of Wang Yang's works. Everyone will sigh, what a magnificent sight, this guy is so crazy! Only 27 years old. At an age when others were just beginning to pick up the director's microphone, his 12 films collected a global box office of 7.266 billion, an average of 605 million per film, an astonishing figure! What's next?

The whole world is paying close attention to his new project. There have been a lot of rumors in the media recently. An insider revealed that he is preparing a 3D science fiction film; there is also news that he has met with screenwriters Mark Plutosevic and Ben Ripley for brainstorming; and Some media said that he is likely to collaborate with Natalie Portman again soon, because at this year's Venice Film Festival, a reporter took a photo of him taking his daughter and Natalie chatting in a cafe in Water City; others said...

at this time. Magic Yang finally gave an official statement! Sure enough, Iron Man never rests!

"Wang Yang announced multiple future new work plans" - Yahoo Entertainment, AOL, K, Sina, NetEase...

When she saw a friend reposting this news on K, Evelin couldn't help but let out a wow, and quickly opened it to watch and prepare to comment and repost. marvelous! Multiple plans? Claire's eyes lit up and she exclaimed, now she has something to look forward to! "Haha, I like it!" Alice suddenly raised her fists excitedly when she saw the 3D science fiction film. She had a vague feeling that this would be something that would surpass "Firefly"! "What a surprise!", "Wow. Very interesting plan!", "Guess how much box office they will have?"...

The media world was shocked, the audience and movie fans were shocked, and the entire Hollywood was also shocked! With many new plans coming out of Miraculous Young. Film producers and agencies have to make some changes, while actors are actively preparing for the next round of casting activities.

It just makes countless women envious and jealous of Natalie Portman! According to Wang Yang, he will adapt and direct the script "Understudy" that Flame Films purchased many years ago. The story of the play takes place in the New York theater world, where a Broadway actress discovers the dark side of her psychology through the role.

"This film is still far away. So I have enough time to think about it." Natalie Portman, the scheduled heroine, told the media. Indeed, Wang Yang also said that it will probably be released in 2010. . As for now, Natalie said she is going all out to star in "The Other Boleyn Girl," a historical drama adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name that just started filming in early September, starring Portman and Scarlett Johansson.

Since 2010 is far away, what is currently gathering on "The Understudy" is more of the expectations of fans and fans, and the film critics are also looking forward to it. It sounds like this will be Wang Yang's first foray into a dark literary film. But looking at "The Dead" and "District 9", it's obvious that he won't be the comedy king.

Natalie watched "The Understudy" and listened to his general thoughts. It was quite interesting. He even said with certainty, "Act this movie well. You will 99% win the Oscar for Best Actress." She asked " Why not 100%?" He said, "The 1% is for modesty." He also said that he was planning to invite Keira Knightley to star with her, but Natalie was not optimistic that he would be invited, even though he is very handsome.

"Hahaha!" On the set of "The Other Boleyn Girl", the crew was busy working on the set. There were bursts of chuckles in the actors' lounge area on the sidelines. Natalie and Scarlett were both dressed in British court clothes. Very beautiful and sexy, the two of them talked about Wang Yang. Natalie laughed endlessly: "Who knew? Let me tell you that on the day of the audition for "Juno", he looked really stupid. His head was badly beaten in a fight, and he had no manners. He looked like an idiot... an interesting idiot."

Because they have the same ethnic culture and similar growth background, the two have a good friendship. Scarlett naturally knows that Natalie loves Wang Yang. Who doesn't like it? She continued teasingly and asked: "What do you think would happen if you turned down Juno?" Natalie thought for a while, quickly turned over the script in her hand, smiled and shrugged: "Natalie Portman is still Natalie Portman, but there must be a lot less fun."

"But I think he will be looking for you in his next movie soon!" Scarlett joked immediately. Natalie shook her head and smiled: "'District 9'? Am I playing the shrimp man?" Scarlett suddenly sighed. : "I haven't even worked with Yang Yang." Although she was invited to join "Iron Man 2", it was not directed by Wang Yang!

"There will be a chance." Natalie replied for Wang Yang, he would definitely say so anyway. No matter what, she must play "Understudy", and she will win 99% of the Oscars! And she hoped that Handsome Charlie Film Company could participate in the production and learn more from all aspects, and Wang Yang also agreed. And now... After turning over a page of the script, Natalie smiled and said: "Read the script! Let's play against each other." Scarlett nodded.

Since there are multiple projects, of course it is not just "The Understudy", one of them is the sci-fi film that fans are more looking forward to, "Al-Steel"!

Wang Yang seems to think that fighting "Transformers" this summer is not exciting enough, or to let the world see a robot movie that "makes Hollywood ashamed". In addition to supervising the production of the animated film "Robot Adventures" scheduled to be released in 2010, he also has to personally take part in it. Bring Richard Matheson's "Steel" to the big screen! However, the release date of this one is further away, until the summer of 2011.

"Very much looking forward to it, very much looking forward to it." Matheson, who had just made up for the regrets of "I Am Legend", was overjoyed and once again made a public appearance in the media to support Wang Yang. In fact, he sold the adaptation rights of "Iron Armor" to DreamWorks very early. The film was planned in 2003, but it never came to fruition until DreamWorks was acquired by Paramount. The reason was that the story carrier and several screenwriters adapted The scripts that came out were quite cliche and very risky.

At that time, Flame Films was involved in the acquisition of Paramount. I bought this project at a high price, and after "Iron Man" and "I Am Legend", it was obvious that I would do it again. Paramount will definitely not be willing, especially since Wang Yang said he would rewrite the script himself. Who knows whether it will be another Oscar nominee for Best Picture?

"Iron Fist" takes the future world of robot boxing competition as its theme and tells an inspirational story full of action, dreams and father-son affection. DreamWorks originally produced it and released it in 2011. Although it has good box office results, it only has a Rotten Tomatoes index, making it a mediocre film.

Wang Yang really feels that this subject matter is very good and has the potential to win the Oscar for Best Picture. As for the DreamWorks version of Iron Fist. He believes that the problem with its script is not that it is cliche, but that it does not establish and explain the world view well, and more importantly, that it does not use suitable lines to outline dreams and family relationships.

He didn't know how the team filmed it. Under the wrong rendering, it connected the changes in the relationship and mentality between Charlie and his son with victory and money, not understanding and closeness, and no real dreams. Pointless.

Wang Yang already had ideas for adaptation. First of all, in that world, real-person boxing was not banned by the government, but the more exciting and thrilling robot boxing squeezed real-person boxing to the point where no one watched it and was on the verge of elimination. The protagonist Charlie used to be an excellent championship-level boxer. Since the emergence of robots brought the decline of real-person boxing, he seemed to have lost his dream and turned into a decadent man who drank wine all day long. He even fell out and divorced his wife and hated robots.

Many years later, after the accidental death of his ex-wife, Charlie reunited with his youngest son Max, who had been separated for many years (custody was still sold), but they were already full of gaps. Max yells, hates and despises his father; Charlie is impatient, a little guilty and accommodating towards his son.

Max likes robots very much and forces Charlie to participate in a boxing match with him. And the sparring robot "Adam" who was trained later must agree. Because that's what Charlie "owed him." In order to complete the task of taking good care of the child, Charlie reluctantly agreed. However, in the process of realizing his dream with his son, Charlie not only established a father-son relationship with Max, but also discovered the charm of robot boxing. He also found himself and understood the true meaning of fighting spirit and dreams.

Even if your health is not good, even if the real-life boxing match is in decline, no one is watching, there are no flashing lights... the most important thing is that the fighting spirit cannot be wiped out! This is real steel. What is even more steel than steel is the fighting spirit.

In the end, the father and son successfully resolved the custody issue, and there was no longer a estranged family relationship. They took "Adam" to win the championship showdown that attracted worldwide attention. Max's dream came true, and he and Adam became "civilian champions" (ples). -n)". Max continues to pursue his dream in the robot boxing match, while Charlie returns to the real boxing ring, fighting for himself even if there is no audience.

"It is rumored that Will Smith and his son will star in "Iron Fist"" - Yahoo Entertainment. In fact, this is the news released by Wang Yang and Will Smith, and that son is Jaden Smith. After listening to Wang Yang's idea before, Will Smith agreed without even thinking about it. How could Jaden not be happy?

With this news, the expectations of movie fans have greatly increased. Although 2011 is a long time ago, they can't wait to see "Iron Fist" kick the butt of "Transformers". The film has been praised by critics, sold well at the box office, and won many awards. A joyous scene with multiple Oscar nominations and awards. Perhaps as far as the Academy Awards are concerned, what next year's "I Am Legend" will do is more worth looking forward to.

There is also a disaster movie called "2012" among the many plans. This story is derived from the Mayan prophecy of "the end of the world in 2012". Wang Yang revealed that he will be one of the planners of "2012", and a screenwriter, director and other teams are to be formed. ; Flame Films revealed that "2012" will be released globally at the end of 2009.

"Magic Yang's new work is announced, the 3D science fiction film "Infinite World" is locked in the summer of 2009" - Yahoo Entertainment, AOL, K, Sina, NetEase...

Long before the filming of "Fireflies", Wang Yang expressed his strong interest in 3D movies. Over the years, when talking about future plans on different occasions and in different interviews, he made it clear many times that he would make a 3D movie when the time comes. , now, he finally wants to take action! Wang Yang revealed: ""Infinite World" will use the most advanced and best 3D technology and motion expression capture technology to shoot and produce. We have been preparing for it for many years."

Robert Zemeckis immediately expressed his support. All the filmmakers who have produced, are currently producing, and plan to produce 3D films feel excited and under great pressure. Magical Yang is here! Will the water of the 3D movie lake still be calm?

Wang Yang and FF have maintained SSS-level confidentiality on "Infinite World" and will gradually reveal part of the mystery in the future promotion stage. What is now known to the media public is that "te-rlds" has nothing to do with the 2001 British TV movie series "te-rlds" trilogy. It has nothing to do with the novel of the same name by the "father of modern science fiction" Herbert George Wells, and then...it is just definitely related to science fiction things like time and space.

But there is some news! According to reports, Wang Yang did meet with Mark Plutosevic and Ben Ripley earlier, and together they improved the first draft of his script; the actual preparations for the film have been underway for more than half a year. Casting is about to begin and filming is expected to begin in the first quarter of next year.

Mark Plutosevic is the screenwriter of "Invasion" and one of the screenwriters of "I Am Legend"; while Ben Ripley is unknown and has only two video movies "Alien 3" and "Alien 4" "The screenwriter, in fact, he has a science fiction script "Source Code" that was bought by Flame Films this year. It is based on the theory of parallel universes and tells the story of a dead soldier who was sent into the world by the country's special department using a "brainwave source code" machine. A story about a parallel world investigating a train bombing and trying to prevent a horrific disaster from happening.

"Invasion of Brain Cells" and "Source Code" bring many important textures to "Infinite World". In addition, Wang Yang also drew inspiration from the Japanese comics "Killing City" and "Dream Detective". He thought this would be a gripping and addictive science fiction thriller action movie.

The main story is that a team of people enter the world in other people's minds to perform tasks in the form of creating a parallel world. Since the minds of the victims combine novels, movies, fantasy and other information, the random parallel world is very magnificent. But it's also full of danger. This core provides enough room for 3D effects, gorgeous special effects, and amazing scenes. "Parallel Universe" also provides many opportunities to explore the mysteries of human nature and the universe.

Wang Yang has been interested in this topic for a long time. Whether it was before or after being hit by a BB car, as well as the consciousness and memory of the human brain, it has always attracted him.

Of course, "Infinite World" will not be too complicated. Its entertainment must be put first. Wang Yang is very clear that the film must be understood by the audience with a little effort of their brains. But thumbs up for "cool, unique, sophisticated, incredible..." All these balance issues are what he has to solve, and he has to be the best and the best. Because the opponent of "Infinite World" is "Avatar", not "Avanti".

anyway. Even if there is only one title, fans are super looking forward to and excited about the new Pokémon movie plan! Jenny-K said to her friends: "I have a hunch that "Infinite World" will make the whole world go crazy! More than "Firefly"!" Theodore-F agreed: "My movie expectations list is number one! I really want to take a time machine to 2009 and watch it first!" Fina-e wrote excitedly: "The next movie storm! I must watch it, Magic Yang,!!!"...

What the media public doesn't know is that in fact, in addition to "Infinite World", "2012", "The Understudy", and "Iron Fist", Wang Yang also has a lot of new projects planned.

Including "Baywatch", a dream for many years; a historical drama about the blood and tears of Chinese workers in the United States. As today's national idol of the Chinese-American community, he has the responsibility to speak for the Chinese-Americans, push the United States to apologize for the former "Chinese Exclusion Act", and rectify the contributions of the Chinese-Americans. , in fact, the reason for making such movies is very simple, he is a Chinese; and he has thought about kung fu action movies, secret agents, light comedies, World War II war movies, many science fiction ideas for a long time... There are almost all types, and he will use them appropriately. Time turns them one by one into wonderful images on the big screen, and of course the ideas continue to grow, one after another.

At 27 years old, Wang Yang sometimes feels that he is so old because he seems to have done so many things; and sometimes he feels that he is too young and has a lot of time to continue to achieve his goals in life. All of this is crazy!

However, Wang Yang knows one thing best. He has been a director all his life. He will film until he gets old, 80 or 90 years old, and he will film until he dies!

Maybe one day, he will no longer be magical, no longer full of energy, so old that his speech is no longer so sharp, his brain cannot move, and there are not many hair left... But his heart will always beat for movies. (To be continued)