China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 165 Oscar

"Intru 3D, this is the technology we need to shoot the next movie."

"This requires increased costs." Katzenberg is no stranger to this. Now it has gradually become popular, and the number of 3D theaters in beautiful countries is also slowly increasing.

"3D animation doesn't add much cost."

The two discussed a sequel to "Kung Fu Panda," and Katzenberg technically didn't have an objection.

As a member of Hollywood, although Li Mu's "2012" and Cameron's "Avatar" have not yet been released.

But he sees this technical trend very clearly.

The second part uses 3D production. For "Kung Fu Panda", there is no harm at all. The production cost has increased by tens of millions of dollars, which is completely acceptable.

After the two chatted for a while, they didn't continue because the Oscars ceremony had officially begun.

Actor, comedian and talk show host Jon Stewart served as the emcee of the 2008 awards show, and he began with a self-parody.

The Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film is placed as the second award this year. It is probably intended to use this award to ignite the atmosphere first.

The first was the Costume Design Award presented by Jennifer Garner to Alexandra Byrne, the designer of "Elizabeth 2: The Golden Age."

Then came George Clooney to introduce a montage of Academy Awards historical review, a must-have program for all years. If it weren't for the Best Animated Feature Film coming soon, Li Mu would have wanted to doze off.

Many people in China are also watching this year's Oscars. After all, "Kung Fu Panda" was nominated and the awards are also high, so you don't have to wait too long.

"Qianxi, did Li Mu tell you that he could win the award?" Shu Chang accompanied Liu Yifei, watching the Oscar broadcast and yawned.

"Why are you like other netizens on the Internet? You think Oscar is Amu's home."

"I'm just one of the netizens."

At this time of the Oscar, two award presenters came on stage, Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway.

The two award presenters can be regarded as the first Oscar awards.

Many people in the venue watched four animated feature films, one of which showed a round panda and the Dragon Warrior practicing martial arts.

A round of applause came, and everyone was looking forward to it.

Steve Carell opened the envelope first, looked at the award-winning movie, and handed it to Anne Hathaway.

"'Kung Fu Panda'!" The two voices echoed throughout the Dolby Theater.

The applause sounded like thunder, and Li Mu and Katzenberg stood up. They were a little happy, but not too excited.

This award is actually not surprising, after all, the 400-foot yacht cost a lot of money.

Moreover, the competition this time is not strong, so it is understandable to win.

Li Mu and Katzenberg's acceptance speeches were nothing new and quite satisfactory.

However, when Anne Hathaway handed over the statuette, she smiled and said congratulations to Li Mu, and even asked to exchange contact information after the show.

Now Anne Hathaway has not yet reached the point where she is hated by everyone. She is still loved by everyone. Last year's "The Devil Wears Prada" made her the darling of Hollywood again. Many fans call her " Supreme Poppy”.

This year will be a turning point for her. Her boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of fraud, and the two broke up, completely starting the road to image collapse.

She went from being the sweet and sweet American confidant admired by the stars to being the target of vicious comments from the Internet mob overnight, and was even voted the most hated actress.

After winning the award, Li Mu was even more absent-minded. There was no need to pay attention to the last two awards, leaving only the male and female protagonists who were slightly interesting.

After watching Li Mu win the award, Chinese netizens commented one by one.

"It's calm!"

"Basic operation!"

"It was expected!"

"Dull!"

The comments were lined up neatly, and they seemed to be used to it.

The media was quick to put up the title that Kung Fu Panda won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Some of the award-winning directors in the industry were confused. How could Li Mu enter the Oscars as soon as he said he wanted to and also win an award along the way?

We entered the Oscars but couldn't even get nominated. Is it because we don't have enough public relations money?
This year's Oscar emcee's banter included too many movie clips, including not only this year's nominees, but also films that won awards as early as 1929. The entire program looked as uncomfortable as hiccups.

So much so that Katzenberg complained to Li Mu several times.

Best Actress was awarded to Marion Cotillard - "La Vie en Rose".

The best actor award went to Javier Bardem - "No Country for Old Men".

The last two awards left are Best Director and Best Picture.

Best Picture This year, small and medium-cost independent productions are more popular than box office blockbusters. The total box office revenue of the five films nominated for the Best Picture Award in the United States was only US$5 million.

However, these two awards were undoubtedly awarded to the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men", exactly as everyone predicted before the award ceremony.

Although there were cheers and applause at the scene, Li Mu felt that this award ceremony was a failure.

The premature lack of suspense made this award ceremony no longer exciting.

Sure enough, when Li Mu returned to Crystal Pictures, David told him that this year's Oscars ceremony had an average of only 3200 million viewers during its broadcast period, a 21% decrease compared to the previous year.

Since the 46th awards ceremony began to count the number of viewers, the number of viewers of this award ceremony was at the bottom.It is estimated that it was also affected by the follow-up effects of the writers' strike, but this time the writers' strike also brought benefits to Li Mu.

Among the dividends for "Kung Fu Panda 2", it is no surprise that there is an additional dividend agreement for Li Mu personally.

The script for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" was also released. Li Mu took a look at it and found that the newly added werewolf was just to make the movie more bloody.

But it doesn’t matter. The plot of the original work is the same. It can be said that "Twilight" respects the original work very much and does not make any blind changes.

It is indeed different to have Stephenie Meyer as the original author to check it.

Unlike later adaptations, Dou Di has to turn his fighting spirit into a horse, which is outrageous.

Li Mu also asked David to take a good rest for a few days. There are a lot of things in North America, such as "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", "The Hangover", "Kung Fu Panda 2", which is about to start new projects, and "2012", which is already in the late stages. He had to stare.

Fortunately, in the later stage of "District [-]", in China, Li Mu would keep an eye on him, otherwise David would probably have to lose weight again.

"Kung Fu Panda" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, which has a clear stimulating effect on the international box office, and the box office in some countries has fluctuated.

But the biggest benefit is the DVD and Blu-ray versions of "Kung Fu Panda" that will soon be available for rent and sale. This and peripherals are where the bulk of the money will be made.

If you put an Oscar-winning best animated feature label on the DVD cover, the increase in total sales will not be low.

When Li Mu came back to China, the gossip he heard the most was that Xu Sanduo wanted to fall in love, but it turned out that they did.

Xu Sanduo's love affair in "Soldier Assault" is quite surprising.

I heard that she was a female college student majoring in broadcasting. Li Mu was silent after hearing this. This idiot was about to fall into a trap.

It was also on this day that Teacher Chen announced that he was withdrawing from the industry. There was no point in quitting. The big guys in the industry were watching, so he might as well be a man.

"Have you chosen a place?" Li Mu looked at Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, who also bought a copy of "China National Geography".

"Ah Mu, do you think this place is suitable?" Liu Yifei turned to one page of the book and handed it to Li Mu.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang are full of confidence. This is the closest thing to the script they have looked for in countless monthly magazines.

Li Mu looked at this picturesque picture and turned page after page.

There are small towns here with unique Naxi heaven-sacrifice rituals, Gemu Goddess Mountain, Lover's Beach, Zhebo Sakya Temple and the "Pearl of the Plateau" Lugu Lake.

The town of Itomori in the original film is also a town that preserves the customs and customs of ancient shrines. It is located next to a lake formed by the fall of a meteorite thousands of years ago.

I have to say that this place almost perfectly meets the requirements of the script for the location of the heroine.

Looking at this photo, Li Mu could imagine the effect of the special effect of meteorites falling from the sky landing here.

"What a great choice, this is it." Li Mu didn't hesitate. This place can save the crew a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, it would take a lot of filming to meet the requirements in the script.

"Then why don't you reward me?" Liu Yifei didn't expect that she would find such a suitable place after flipping through it. It was really fate.

"As a reward for being a heroine, Shu Chang will become your childhood sweetheart." Li Mu said with a smile.

"Is this a reward?" Liu Yifei muttered. This was obviously a sure thing.

Shu Chang felt a little speechless. He mentioned the location of the scene for no reason, and was fed a lot of dog food.

These two people no longer treat themselves as human beings, but as dogs.

As for the other actors, Li Mu already knew that only the people around him would be able to act in this movie, and these supporting roles would not have much impact.

The most important ones are Li Mu and Liu Yifei.

Li Mu is full of confidence in his acting skills. He has coached so many actors, including Oscar winners and best actors, under his hands.

It's just a small role, but it's not easy to catch.

Returning to Mengying Media, Li Mu directly gave the list of roles to Lu Yu and asked him to contact him.

Lu Yu looked at the list. Most of them were from her own family, but there was one name that seemed a bit unfamiliar to her.

Wu Yanshu, Lu Yu went back to the computer to check, and the information showed that she was born in 1938.

Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he checked it first, otherwise it would be bad if he said the wrong thing and called him the wrong name.

Wu Yanshu, the grandmother Li Mu found for the role of Liu Yifei.

"Amu, are you looking for us to act?" Zhu Yawen called in the dormitory group of Li Mu and others.

"I received it too." Luo Jin also snorted.

"Yes, why don't you want to? Zhu Chuanwu is so angry that he doesn't recognize him anymore?" Li Mu joked.

"Damn, what did you say? Our agency contract is here, remember to treat me to dinner!"

"Okay! It's up to me if you can't bear it."

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After a while, Li Mu also received a text message on his phone, a text message of thanks.

Li Mu smiled. Anyway, it's not a big deal to give him a hand occasionally. His status has become higher and higher in recent years. Except for Liu Yifei and a few others, the rest of the people don't speak as casually as before.

(End of this chapter)