Chapter 653
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The copyright of the Hobbit is extremely complex, the distribution right is MGM, and the production right is a new line under Warner Brothers, which means that the film will be more successful only through cooperation between the two countries.
The Lord of the rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson swept the world, with a total box office of nearly $3 billion. In 2003, the final piece of the series, the Lord of the rings: the return of the king, was even more powerful, winning 11 Oscars, including the best director award and the best film award.
In August 2005, Peter Jackson, who held the box office dividend contract, sued Xinxian company, believing that the other party's accounts were unclear and suspected of concealing the box office, and asked for in-depth audit. Jackson said, "I've never had a lawsuit before. I won't cooperate with the new line until everything is clear." finally, the two sides accepted mediation. In January 2007, Bob Shea revealed in an interview that the new line later paid Jackson $250 million. He vowed never to have anything to do with Jackson in his life.
But only a few months after Bob Sawyer's vow, the new line began to lower its profile. In December 2007, due to the disastrous box office defeat of the high-cost film "Golden Compass", the new line released the news that Peter Jackson and gold medal partners Fran Wales and Philippa boyans had been invited to act as the executive producer and screenwriter of the two hobbits. Shortly after that, due to poor performance, New line pictures, which has been acquired by Time Warner, has been downgraded to be independent. It only produces content and does not participate in distribution. Naturally, Bob Shayer has also been elevated and lost his real power.
The problem now is that the new line has always wanted to exclude Jack sun from the Middle Earth world, which has offended the big director. Another reason is that the big director's asking price is not low, and he has to take at least 20% of the profit, so the two sides have been unable to agree.
The contradiction between MGM and the new line in terms of investment, production, distribution and sharing is constant, which makes the project put on the agenda again and again and shelved again and again due to various problems,
Even Peter Jackson said, "we have been told by the company again and again that the problem may be solved next month. But we still say so next month. Everyone is dejected."
Finally, MGM and the director Gilmore del Toro temporarily approved by the new line announced their withdrawal from the crew. Gilmore can't wait indefinitely. After all, the original shooting date has been delayed by six months.
Screenwriter Philippa boyans said del Toro was a very straightforward person. He made no secret that Jackson and his team should take over the film. After the exit event, some insiders close to Del Toro questioned that the inside story of the matter may be more complicated.
Maybe Peter Jackson didn't want to take over the Hobbit, but more or less, he would go beyond the scope of the screenwriter's responsibility to talk about the director. From the perspective of creation, Gilmore certainly wants to shoot from his own perspective, but Peter's intervention must make him worry: is this film his work or not? Will it take years of hard work to make wedding clothes for others?
Now it has finally ushered in a major turnaround. Mark's family fund will control 10% of the equity of Time Warner. He will be a bridge between the two groups.
Wellington, a seaport city in the southwest of New Zealand's North Island, has a pleasant climate and picturesque scenery. It is Peter Jackson's hometown and the location of Vita studio, the kingdom of special effects created by him. The business scope of the studio is mainly films, video games, props and special effects. Vita has participated in the of avatar and Narnia films. The studio's furniture includes all kinds of world-class shooting and post production equipment that make technology flow filmmakers jealous and heartbeat.
Although Jackson's achievements have been enough to make him one of the most influential first-line directors, he still prefers to live in a small town on the other side of the earth, far away from those difficult film company executives. He deals with only a group of long-term partners, screenwriter and wife Frank Wales, screenwriter and producer Philippa boyans and vita's employees every day.
This small circle is somewhat exclusive, but its internal relationship is very simple. An executive producer of a film company who once worked with the "Jackson group" said: "they don't touch those things, or even talk about them. They love movies very much and always work day and night without relaxation."
One of the two major special effects companies in the world and one of the pride of new Zealanders, today's rare staff gathered on the lawn at the door of the company, seemingly waiting for a big man. The Jackson and his wife were the leaders, and the senior executives of Vita digital were all sent out. The last time all staff went out was the visit of the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
In addition, a large number of journalists are waiting here.
Today's visitors are world-class tycoon and director Mark. Mark arrived at Wellington International Airport in his private plane and arrived at Vita digital headquarters under the escort of the police car.
After careful modification, mark looks cold and dignified. There is nothing like the decadent and sluggish in today's show. He walks like a tiger. He is in high spirits and shows the style of a world-class tycoon. Kevin, President of Warner Bros. and MGM MacArthur follow around. After shaking hands with Jackson, mark walks into Vita digital company together, He ignored the reporters who were taking crazy photos on one side.
They visited Vita digital's various equipment and large-scale production center. In fact, there was nothing to show off. Mark owned industrial light and magic, the world's largest and best manufacturing company.
Mark bluntly put forward the purpose of this trip: "I have solved all the differences between MGM and Warner, and the Hobbit project has been officially approved. However, some changes have been made to the project, from the original upper and lower films to trilogy, and the average investment will exceed 250 million yuan for a single film. I hope you will be the producer and director."
Although Jackson was still brooding over the lawsuit many years ago, after all, he started and fell in love with the project for a long time. If he could recover it, he wouldn't mind so much. "I always feel that I have a certain sense of responsibility for the 'Middle Earth World'. If I insist on quitting, I will regret it in a few years." this is also the reason. The new line has been trying to restrain him and hope he can give in.
"That's really good news! Let's talk about it in detail," Jackson said
This is really good news for Jackson. The Lord of the rings has made him Vita digital, and directing the Hobbit has become his wish. However, after falling out with the new line, the new line has kept him out. Vita digital has developed well in recent years and won the masterpiece avatar by the great director James Cameron, but his personal directing career has not improved, The profit of the big production "King Kong" did not meet expectations. During this period, he just made a popular "Lovely Bones".
It would be a great pity for him if someone else took over the Hobbit, but mark appeared and restarted the project.
Mark was the most insightful and courageous filmmaker Jackson had ever seen. He spent 750 million to restart the Middle Earth world. He was talking about how to turn the two episodes into a trilogy. Jackson was amazed by his high spirit of pointing out the country.
Even Kevin, President of Warner Bros., was full of admiration when he talked about the boss: no matter how complex the clues are, Mark seems to be able to integrate them in his brain and sort them out into scripts. His brain can automatically generate all the elements, whether they are seen in the monitor or need to be synthesized by the computer later. He was born to make movies. Mark's talent is to locate invisible character images in the imaginary three-dimensional space, set how much area they will occupy, how to move the lens, and how to combine with the environment of the front and back scenes. Whether it is the flying battle scene in iron man or the virtual battle in time for war, these post synthetic images have been repeatedly described in Jackson's mind countless times. "
Jackson happily accepted Mark's invitation, but on one small condition, he wanted the Hobbit to be shot in 48 frames. He said: "The advantage of shooting with 48 frames is that it seems that the speed on the picture is normal, but the fluency and motion clarity of the picture are greatly enhanced. You may think it's OK to watch 24fps films, but in fact, each frame in such films will be blurred, especially in fast-moving lenses. If the film lens moves quickly, the image will shake, stutter or flicker , shooting and showing movies at 48 frames will help to get rid of these problems. It will make movies look more realistic and easier to watch, especially in 3D movies. "
In order to convince mark, they showed a 48 frame "Avatar", which is an amazing high-definition and exquisite picture.
But mark didn't buy it and said, "we all know that the film is a 24 frame art. The film is more about feelings. The audience's mood depends more on feelings. Without these traditional tastes, will the audience pay?"
However, Jackson did not give up. "For more than 90 years, we have been using 24fps to shoot and show films, not because it is the best, but because it is the cheapest. No one will stop moving forward, and technology will continue to experience changes. This 48fps technology will be the trend of future development. Cameron will consider using this technology for Avatar 2."
Mark said: "Taking this film as an example, it's too cinematic, because another important factor to make the moving image look real is motion blur. In the real world, when people are looking at a fast-moving thing or their eyes rotate rapidly, what we see is blurred, and as you said just now, the films shot and shown by 24fps will be blurred The problems of pasting, shaking, stumbling and stroboscopic, so it looks closer to the realistic impression. The 48 frame version of Avatar has a smoother picture, clearer moving objects, or even a little too clear! Viewers have seen 24fps films for so many years, and have been used to the so-called "film sense" of blur, shaking, stumbling and flickering , suddenly switch to the picture with greatly enhanced fluency and action clarity, which is naturally difficult to adapt. I call it "no sense of film."
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The copyright of the Hobbit is extremely complex, the distribution right is MGM, and the production right is a new line under Warner Brothers, which means that the film will be more successful only through cooperation between the two countries.
The Lord of the rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson swept the world, with a total box office of nearly $3 billion. In 2003, the final piece of the series, the Lord of the rings: the return of the king, was even more powerful, winning 11 Oscars, including the best director award and the best film award.
In August 2005, Peter Jackson, who held the box office dividend contract, sued Xinxian company, believing that the other party's accounts were unclear and suspected of concealing the box office, and asked for in-depth audit. Jackson said, "I've never had a lawsuit before. I won't cooperate with the new line until everything is clear." finally, the two sides accepted mediation. In January 2007, Bob Shea revealed in an interview that the new line later paid Jackson $250 million. He vowed never to have anything to do with Jackson in his life.
But only a few months after Bob Sawyer's vow, the new line began to lower its profile. In December 2007, due to the disastrous box office defeat of the high-cost film "Golden Compass", the new line released the news that Peter Jackson and gold medal partners Fran Wales and Philippa boyans had been invited to act as the executive producer and screenwriter of the two hobbits. Shortly after that, due to poor performance, New line pictures, which has been acquired by Time Warner, has been downgraded to be independent. It only produces content and does not participate in distribution. Naturally, Bob Shayer has also been elevated and lost his real power.
The problem now is that the new line has always wanted to exclude Jack sun from the Middle Earth world, which has offended the big director. Another reason is that the big director's asking price is not low, and he has to take at least 20% of the profit, so the two sides have been unable to agree.
The contradiction between MGM and the new line in terms of investment, production, distribution and sharing is constant, which makes the project put on the agenda again and again and shelved again and again due to various problems,
Even Peter Jackson said, "we have been told by the company again and again that the problem may be solved next month. But we still say so next month. Everyone is dejected."
Finally, MGM and the director Gilmore del Toro temporarily approved by the new line announced their withdrawal from the crew. Gilmore can't wait indefinitely. After all, the original shooting date has been delayed by six months.
Screenwriter Philippa boyans said del Toro was a very straightforward person. He made no secret that Jackson and his team should take over the film. After the exit event, some insiders close to Del Toro questioned that the inside story of the matter may be more complicated.
Maybe Peter Jackson didn't want to take over the Hobbit, but more or less, he would go beyond the scope of the screenwriter's responsibility to talk about the director. From the perspective of creation, Gilmore certainly wants to shoot from his own perspective, but Peter's intervention must make him worry: is this film his work or not? Will it take years of hard work to make wedding clothes for others?
Now it has finally ushered in a major turnaround. Mark's family fund will control 10% of the equity of Time Warner. He will be a bridge between the two groups.
Wellington, a seaport city in the southwest of New Zealand's North Island, has a pleasant climate and picturesque scenery. It is Peter Jackson's hometown and the location of Vita studio, the kingdom of special effects created by him. The business scope of the studio is mainly films, video games, props and special effects. Vita has participated in the of avatar and Narnia films. The studio's furniture includes all kinds of world-class shooting and post production equipment that make technology flow filmmakers jealous and heartbeat.
Although Jackson's achievements have been enough to make him one of the most influential first-line directors, he still prefers to live in a small town on the other side of the earth, far away from those difficult film company executives. He deals with only a group of long-term partners, screenwriter and wife Frank Wales, screenwriter and producer Philippa boyans and vita's employees every day.
This small circle is somewhat exclusive, but its internal relationship is very simple. An executive producer of a film company who once worked with the "Jackson group" said: "they don't touch those things, or even talk about them. They love movies very much and always work day and night without relaxation."
One of the two major special effects companies in the world and one of the pride of new Zealanders, today's rare staff gathered on the lawn at the door of the company, seemingly waiting for a big man. The Jackson and his wife were the leaders, and the senior executives of Vita digital were all sent out. The last time all staff went out was the visit of the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
In addition, a large number of journalists are waiting here.
Today's visitors are world-class tycoon and director Mark. Mark arrived at Wellington International Airport in his private plane and arrived at Vita digital headquarters under the escort of the police car.
After careful modification, mark looks cold and dignified. There is nothing like the decadent and sluggish in today's show. He walks like a tiger. He is in high spirits and shows the style of a world-class tycoon. Kevin, President of Warner Bros. and MGM MacArthur follow around. After shaking hands with Jackson, mark walks into Vita digital company together, He ignored the reporters who were taking crazy photos on one side.
They visited Vita digital's various equipment and large-scale production center. In fact, there was nothing to show off. Mark owned industrial light and magic, the world's largest and best manufacturing company.
Mark bluntly put forward the purpose of this trip: "I have solved all the differences between MGM and Warner, and the Hobbit project has been officially approved. However, some changes have been made to the project, from the original upper and lower films to trilogy, and the average investment will exceed 250 million yuan for a single film. I hope you will be the producer and director."
Although Jackson was still brooding over the lawsuit many years ago, after all, he started and fell in love with the project for a long time. If he could recover it, he wouldn't mind so much. "I always feel that I have a certain sense of responsibility for the 'Middle Earth World'. If I insist on quitting, I will regret it in a few years." this is also the reason. The new line has been trying to restrain him and hope he can give in.
"That's really good news! Let's talk about it in detail," Jackson said
This is really good news for Jackson. The Lord of the rings has made him Vita digital, and directing the Hobbit has become his wish. However, after falling out with the new line, the new line has kept him out. Vita digital has developed well in recent years and won the masterpiece avatar by the great director James Cameron, but his personal directing career has not improved, The profit of the big production "King Kong" did not meet expectations. During this period, he just made a popular "Lovely Bones".
It would be a great pity for him if someone else took over the Hobbit, but mark appeared and restarted the project.
Mark was the most insightful and courageous filmmaker Jackson had ever seen. He spent 750 million to restart the Middle Earth world. He was talking about how to turn the two episodes into a trilogy. Jackson was amazed by his high spirit of pointing out the country.
Even Kevin, President of Warner Bros., was full of admiration when he talked about the boss: no matter how complex the clues are, Mark seems to be able to integrate them in his brain and sort them out into scripts. His brain can automatically generate all the elements, whether they are seen in the monitor or need to be synthesized by the computer later. He was born to make movies. Mark's talent is to locate invisible character images in the imaginary three-dimensional space, set how much area they will occupy, how to move the lens, and how to combine with the environment of the front and back scenes. Whether it is the flying battle scene in iron man or the virtual battle in time for war, these post synthetic images have been repeatedly described in Jackson's mind countless times. "
Jackson happily accepted Mark's invitation, but on one small condition, he wanted the Hobbit to be shot in 48 frames. He said: "The advantage of shooting with 48 frames is that it seems that the speed on the picture is normal, but the fluency and motion clarity of the picture are greatly enhanced. You may think it's OK to watch 24fps films, but in fact, each frame in such films will be blurred, especially in fast-moving lenses. If the film lens moves quickly, the image will shake, stutter or flicker , shooting and showing movies at 48 frames will help to get rid of these problems. It will make movies look more realistic and easier to watch, especially in 3D movies. "
In order to convince mark, they showed a 48 frame "Avatar", which is an amazing high-definition and exquisite picture.
But mark didn't buy it and said, "we all know that the film is a 24 frame art. The film is more about feelings. The audience's mood depends more on feelings. Without these traditional tastes, will the audience pay?"
However, Jackson did not give up. "For more than 90 years, we have been using 24fps to shoot and show films, not because it is the best, but because it is the cheapest. No one will stop moving forward, and technology will continue to experience changes. This 48fps technology will be the trend of future development. Cameron will consider using this technology for Avatar 2."
Mark said: "Taking this film as an example, it's too cinematic, because another important factor to make the moving image look real is motion blur. In the real world, when people are looking at a fast-moving thing or their eyes rotate rapidly, what we see is blurred, and as you said just now, the films shot and shown by 24fps will be blurred The problems of pasting, shaking, stumbling and stroboscopic, so it looks closer to the realistic impression. The 48 frame version of Avatar has a smoother picture, clearer moving objects, or even a little too clear! Viewers have seen 24fps films for so many years, and have been used to the so-called "film sense" of blur, shaking, stumbling and flickering , suddenly switch to the picture with greatly enhanced fluency and action clarity, which is naturally difficult to adapt. I call it "no sense of film."
The copyright of the Hobbit is extremely complex, the distribution right is MGM, and the production right is a new line under Warner Brothers, which means that the film will be more successful only through cooperation between the two countries.The Lord of the rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson swept the world, with a total box office of nearly $3 billion. In 2003, the final piece of the series, the Lord of the rings: the return of the king, was even more powerful, winning 11 Oscars, including the best director award and the best film award.In August 2005, Peter Jackson, who held the box office dividend contract, sued Xinxian company, believing that the other party's accounts were unclear and suspected of concealing the box office, and asked for in-depth audit. Jackson said, "I've never had a lawsuit before. I won't cooperate with the new line until everything is clear." finally, the two sides accepted mediation. In January 2007, Bob Shea revealed in an interview that the new line later paid Jackson $250 million. He vowed never to have anything to do with Jackson in his life.But only a few months after Bob Sawyer's vow, the new line began to lower its profile. In December 2007, due to the disastrous box office defeat of the high-cost film "Golden Compass", the new line released the news that Peter Jackson and gold medal partners Fran Wales and Philippa boyans had been invited to act as the executive producer and screenwriter of the two hobbits. Shortly after that, due to poor performance, New line pictures, which has been acquired by Time Warner, has been downgraded to be independent. It only produces content and does not participate in distribution. Naturally, Bob Shayer has also been elevated and lost his real power.The problem now is that the new line has always wanted to exclude Jack sun from the Middle Earth world, which has offended the big director. Another reason is that the big director's asking price is not low, and he has to take at least 20% of the profit, so the two sides have been unable to agree.The contradiction between MGM and the new line in terms of investment, production, distribution and sharing is constant, which makes the project put on the agenda again and again and shelved again and again due to various problems,Even Peter Jackson said, "we have been told by the company again and again that the problem may be solved next month. But we still say so next month. Everyone is dejected."Finally, MGM and the director Gilmore del Toro temporarily approved by the new line announced their withdrawal from the crew. Gilmore can't wait indefinitely. After all, the original shooting date has been delayed by six months.Screenwriter Philippa boyans said del Toro was a very straightforward person. He made no secret that Jackson and his team should take over the film. After the exit event, some insiders close to Del Toro questioned that the inside story of the matter may be more complicated.Maybe Peter Jackson didn't want to take over the Hobbit, but more or less, he would go beyond the scope of the screenwriter's responsibility to talk about the director. From the perspective of creation, Gilmore certainly wants to shoot from his own perspective, but Peter's intervention must make him worry: is this film his work or not? Will it take years of hard work to make wedding clothes for others?Now it has finally ushered in a major turnaround. Mark's family fund will control 10% of the equity of Time Warner. He will be a bridge between the two groups.Wellington, a seaport city in the southwest of New Zealand's North Island, has a pleasant climate and picturesque scenery. It is Peter Jackson's hometown and the location of Vita studio, the kingdom of special effects created by him. The business scope of the studio is mainly films, video games, props and special effects. Vita has participated in the of avatar and Narnia films. The studio's furniture includes all kinds of world-class shooting and post production equipment that make technology flow filmmakers jealous and heartbeat.Although Jackson's achievements have been enough to make him one of the most influential first-line directors, he still prefers to live in a small town on the other side of the earth, far away from those difficult film company executives. He deals with only a group of long-term partners, screenwriter and wife Frank Wales, screenwriter and producer Philippa boyans and vita's employees every day.This small circle is somewhat exclusive, but its internal relationship is very simple. An executive producer of a film company who once worked with the "Jackson group" said: "they don't touch those things, or even talk about them. They love movies very much and always work day and night without relaxation."One of the two major special effects companies in the world and one of the pride of new Zealanders, today's rare staff gathered on the lawn at the door of the company, seemingly waiting for a big man. The Jackson and his wife were the leaders, and the senior executives of Vita digital were all sent out. The last time all staff went out was the visit of the Prime Minister of New Zealand.In addition, a large number of journalists are waiting here.Today's visitors are world-class tycoon and director Mark. Mark arrived at Wellington International Airport in his private plane and arrived at Vita digital headquarters under the escort of the police car.After careful modification, mark looks cold and dignified. There is nothing like the decadent and sluggish in today's show. He walks like a tiger. He is in high spirits and shows the style of a world-class tycoon. Kevin, President of Warner Bros. and MGM MacArthur follow around. After shaking hands with Jackson, mark walks into Vita digital company together, He ignored the reporters who were taking crazy photos on one side.They visited Vita digital's various equipment and large-scale production center. In fact, there was nothing to show off. Mark owned industrial light and magic, the world's largest and best manufacturing company.Mark bluntly put forward the purpose of this trip: "I have solved all the differences between MGM and Warner, and the Hobbit project has been officially approved. However, some changes have been made to the project, from the original upper and lower films to trilogy, and the average investment will exceed 250 million yuan for a single film. I hope you will be the producer and director."Although Jackson was still brooding over the lawsuit many years ago, after all, he started and fell in love with the project for a long time. If he could recover it, he wouldn't mind so much. "I always feel that I have a certain sense of responsibility for the 'Middle Earth World'. If I insist on quitting, I will regret it in a few years." this is also the reason. The new line has been trying to restrain him and hope he can give in."That's really good news! Let's talk about it in detail," Jackson saidThis is really good news for Jackson. The Lord of the rings has made him Vita digital, and directing the Hobbit has become his wish. However, after falling out with the new line, the new line has kept him out. Vita digital has developed well in recent years and won the masterpiece avatar by the great director James Cameron, but his personal directing career has not improved, The profit of the big production "King Kong" did not meet expectations. During this period, he just made a popular "Lovely Bones".It would be a great pity for him if someone else took over the Hobbit, but mark appeared and restarted the project.Mark was the most insightful and courageous filmmaker Jackson had ever seen. He spent 750 million to restart the Middle Earth world. He was talking about how to turn the two episodes into a trilogy. Jackson was amazed by his high spirit of pointing out the country.Even Kevin, President of Warner Bros., was full of admiration when he talked about the boss: no matter how complex the clues are, Mark seems to be able to integrate them in his brain and sort them out into scripts. His brain can automatically generate all the elements, whether they are seen in the monitor or need to be synthesized by the computer later. He was born to make movies. Mark's talent is to locate invisible character images in the imaginary three-dimensional space, set how much area they will occupy, how to move the lens, and how to combine with the environment of the front and back scenes. Whether it is the flying battle scene in iron man or the virtual battle in time for war, these post synthetic images have been repeatedly described in Jackson's mind countless times. "Jackson happily accepted Mark's invitation, but on one small condition, he wanted the Hobbit to be shot in 48 frames. He said: "The advantage of shooting with 48 frames is that it seems that the speed on the picture is normal, but the fluency and motion clarity of the picture are greatly enhanced. You may think it's OK to watch 24fps films, but in fact, each frame in such films will be blurred, especially in fast-moving lenses. If the film lens moves quickly, the image will shake, stutter or flicker , shooting and showing movies at 48 frames will help to get rid of these problems. It will make movies look more realistic and easier to watch, especially in 3D movies. "In order to convince mark, they showed a 48 frame "Avatar", which is an amazing high-definition and exquisite picture.But mark didn't buy it and said, "we all know that the film is a 24 frame art. The film is more about feelings. The audience's mood depends more on feelings. Without these traditional tastes, will the audience pay?"However, Jackson did not give up. "For more than 90 years, we have been using 24fps to shoot and show films, not because it is the best, but because it is the cheapest. No one will stop moving forward, and technology will continue to experience changes. This 48fps technology will be the trend of future development. Cameron will consider using this technology for Avatar 2."Mark said: "Taking this film as an example, it's too cinematic, because another important factor to make the moving image look real is motion blur. In the real world, when people are looking at a fast-moving thing or their eyes rotate rapidly, what we see is blurred, and as you said just now, the films shot and shown by 24fps will be blurred The problems of pasting, shaking, stumbling and stroboscopic, so it looks closer to the realistic impression. The 48 frame version of Avatar has a smoother picture, clearer moving objects, or even a little too clear! Viewers have seen 24fps films for so many years, and have been used to the so-called "film sense" of blur, shaking, stumbling and flickering , suddenly switch to the picture with greatly enhanced fluency and action clarity, which is naturally difficult to adapt. I call it "no sense of film."
