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In this way, time continues to pass by.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was progressing rapidly, and finally on December 2007, 12, after the last set of shots of the Golden Gate Bridge decisive battle was finished, Wan Xiaohu shouted "Finish".

Just in Canada, except for the special effects team, the rest of the people dispersed.

0337 [Screenwriter Strike]

After leaving Canada, Wan Xiaohu returned to Hollywood with a lot of copies.He will spend the rest of the time editing the copy into the film, and then arranges for Weta Digital and Dragon Warrior to do the special effects.Wan Xiaohu was in a good mood throughout the end of filming and after the filming was completed.

The reason it's great is because the 2007-2008 Oscars season has officially started on November 11.Throughout December, various awards brought Wan Xiaohu many surprises.

On November 2007, 11, the nominations for the 30th Golden Satellite Awards were announced. "Kung Fu Panda" was shortlisted for Best Animated/Multimedia Film.The Golden Satellite Award is selected by the non-American journalists organization of the Hollywood Foreign Press Society. It was founded in 12 and is known as the "Little Golden Globe Award". It is one of the famous "Oscar weather vanes".

2007年12月04号，第35届安妮奖公布提名。《功夫熊猫》以11个奖项14个提名的成绩排第一。

Nominations include Best Animated Feature, Director of Animated Feature Film (Wan Xiaohu), Animated Short Film ("Kung Fu Panda: The Family of Noodles"), Animated Visual Effects, Character Animation, Animated Character Design, Music (Hns.mmer, John. Powell), Art direction, storyboard, dubbing (Wan Xiaohu, Zhou Runfa, Ian McSean), screenwriter (Wan Xiaohu).

The Annie Award is an animation award and one of the highest honors in the animation field. It has been held since 1972 by ASIFA-Hollywood, a member of the Los Angeles Branch of the International Animation Film Association.

The award was originally designed to reward lifetime achievements in the fields of director, production, production, design, screenwriting, dubbing, sound effects and soundtracking of animation.After the Annie Awards began to evaluate the animation as a whole, and set up the best animation award, and then set up this award in various animation fields.

On December 2007, 12, one of the five Oscar weather vanes, the 06th National Academy of Critics Awards, was announced to the public."Kung Fu Panda" directed by Wan Xiaohu won the best animation.The first hit of the awards season!

On December 2007, 12, it was one of the five Oscar bellwethers and one of the three major film critic awards in the United States.The 10rd New York Film Critics Association Awards, announced to the public. "Kung Fu Panda" won the best animation, another shot.On the same day, the 73rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, one of the five Oscar bellwethers and one of the three major film critic awards in the United States, were announced to the public. "Kung Fu Panda" still won Best Animated Feature.The third shot.

On December 2007, 12, one of the three major film critic awards in the United States, the 11th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, was announced to the public.Not surprisingly, "Kung Fu Panda" once again won the best animation.So far, "Kung Fu Panda" has won all three major film critic awards in the United States (Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles).

December 2007, 12.One of the top five Oscar bellwethers, the nominations for the 13th Golden Globe Awards have been announced. "Kung Fu Panda" was shortlisted for the Best Animated Feature Award, and it was the most popular.The American Film Golden Globe Awards began in 65 and are sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It is one of the most important awards in the American film and television industry and the most important award besides the Oscars.

But unfortunately.This year's Golden Globe Awards may not be able to hold an awards ceremony.

The reason is simple. When Wan Xiaohu was making a film in Canada, more than 1 Hollywood screenwriters were on strike, and the entire Hollywood film industry basically stopped working.Movies have stopped, and the upcoming Golden Globe Awards Ceremony will naturally be yellow.It's hard to say whether the Oscars will go smoothly.

There is no awards ceremony, how to choose awards and continue to choose.

On December 2007, 12, at the 16th Golden Satellite Awards, "Kung Fu Panda" won the Best Animation/Multimedia Film Award as expected...

Before Christmas on December 12, most of the awards have been announced throughout the awards season, including the three major film critic awards and the five major Oscars.Except for the Golden Globe Award and the North American Film Critics Association Award, which has not yet been determined, everything else has been released. "Kung Fu Panda" has a big kick, sweeping all the awards that can be swept.

"Kung Fu Panda conquered film critics and journalists all over the world, next year's Annie Award, Golden Globe Award and Oscar Award. There is no suspense! The best animation in 2007, ahead of time!" - "Variety Show" magazine.

"After Ang Lee won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director, the Chinese director is about to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film! The journey of the Chinese to the Oscars is a big step forward!" - "Global Times".

While the media was touting "Kung Fu Panda", Wan Xiaohu sighed in the office with Adam Ferguson, Kai Fitch and other executives.The reason is the screenwriter strike that started on November 11 this year. Strictly speaking, Wan Xiaohu is also a screenwriter and has written a lot of scripts. He should support the screenwriters in fighting for their interests.

It's a pity that he is not only a screenwriter, but also the big boss of a production company. It is in his interest to exploit the interests of screenwriters.Even if he doesn't exploit the screenwriters, nothing will change. The screenwriters of Sasha Entertainment and Manwei Comics all ran to participate in the general strike.

The strike was initiated by the Writers Guild of America East (GAE) and the Writers Guild of America West (GA), two trade unions that represent the American entertainment and journalism industry that has contributed to film, radio, television, and new media. screenwriters.

More than 12000 screenwriters have participated in the strike.

Up against is the Alliance of Film and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents 350 filmmakers and television producers, including studios, broadcast networks, television networks and independent producers, and negotiates for [-] disputes in the film and television industry.

Obviously, Wan Xiaohu, who is a member of AMPTP, is also one of the targets of the strike protest.

All the bosses hope that this strike will end as soon as possible, because of the strike of screenwriters, more than 100 films have been suspended, and the direct economic losses are increasing at a rate of millions of dollars every day.

Sasha Entertainment is currently producing "The Incredible Hulk", "Slumdog Millionaire", "Twilight Saga: Twilight", "The Hurt Locker", and Po Animation is producing "Robot Story", "Flying House" Travel Notes and Despicable Me, for which Wan Xiaohu once again provided the script, were both affected and stalled.

On the one hand, the subprime mortgage crisis has had a great impact on the US economy, and the film industry has begun to show signs of decline. On the other hand, screenwriters have gone on strike, hindering normal production.It's been an absolutely tragic year for Hollywood.

"I just went to communicate with Nick Conte. He said that other members of AMPTP are very firm. If the strike continues, then negotiations cannot be resumed. GAE and GA are also very firm and made their attitude clear, saying that this is a A marathon strike. We seem to have to prepare for the long term." Adam Ferguson shook his head.

Nick Conte is the negotiator of AMPTP. From the very beginning, the principle of AMPTP has been "There is no need to talk about strikes, but to talk about work first." Several well-known producers said in the media, "When the guns are pointed at us head. We can’t negotiate — it’s stupid to do that.”

Kai Fitch had a tragic face: "When will this be the end? I just outlined the X-Men's three-step plan, and there is still a lot of work waiting to be arranged. Now that there is such a commotion, there are a lot of Marvel comics. The movie schedule has to be re-enacted!"

"This is something that can't be helped. Everyone should try to arrange the work that can be arranged first. If it can't be arranged, it will be postponed. I estimate that this time the strike will not be long. It should end before the Oscars. I am still looking forward to the Oscar win!" Wan Xiaohu smiled, not so depressed.

The importance of screenwriters is self-evident. It is better to raise wages for screenwriters than to raise wages for stars.Many times, Wan Xiaohu really doesn't think how much a star can help a movie.A classic movie is definitely created by the story, not by the stars.

From this point of view, screenwriters should get more money than stars.

It's a pity that celebrities can attract the audience's attention more than screenwriters, so the only ones who can be exploited are screenwriters.

"Tger. We can't be too optimistic. The last strike seems to have happened in 1988. The strike lasted 21 weeks and 6 days (153 days). It almost paralyzed all entertainment production." Adam Ferguson still can't let go, next year will be The best time for the development of Sasha Entertainment, many well-produced films, not only hit the box office but also hit the awards.

It can even be said that next year will be a watershed for Sasha Entertainment. If the movie fails, the company's future will be in jeopardy. If it succeeds, it will be just around the corner to become a major studio.

Wan Xiaohu patted Adam on the shoulder: "Adam, take a closer look, you should be thankful that we have not yet developed a TV drama business, and the impact on movie scripts is relatively small."

American TV series have one episode a week, and they write scripts while broadcasting. Without screenwriters, it is conceivable that almost all TV series will suffer a fatal blow.

"In that case, we should really be thankful. We originally planned to develop the TV drama business next year, but now it seems that we should cut it."

"Why do you want to cut it?" Wan Xiaohu waved his hand, "We should also try TV dramas and cooperate with some powerful production teams. In my opinion, the entertainment industry in the future, especially the film and television industry, will be inseparable from the Internet. We There must be sufficient content to occupy the commanding heights of the Internet, and movies alone are too thin."

"A bright future for Internet entertainment?" Adam asked.

"Of course it is bright. This is definitely an industry with a bright future, and it will also affect the way of life of human beings. The Internet has brought the distance between people closer and simplified things that used to be complicated. Ten years Have you ever thought about it before, can we order an ice cream from the Internet? Who wants to wait in front of the TV when we can watch movies and TV at any time? Computers and mobile phones are the terminals of the future! We must adapt In this direction, use sufficient online content to attract these potential consumer groups!"

"OK, I'll call a management meeting to discuss what the Internet and TV are producing."

"Very well Adam, keep it up and you'll see us beat Universal one day!"

0338【28 Generals of Yuntai】

The Hollywood screenwriter strike that broke out this year is irreversible.

What Sasha Entertainment and Abao Animation have to do is to minimize losses.And Wan Xiaohu, who was a little depressed, took the completed "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and started preparing for post-production in Hollywood.

On Christmas Day, December 12th, Wan Xiaohu gave himself two days off.

Jeon Ji-hyun has already returned to Korea with her child after she became a full moon. She will bring up the little tiger who has not yet been named in South Korea, and take care of Wan Xiaohu's business in Korea. An entertainment investment company mainly invests in things that Wan Xiaohu values The works of several Korean directors, as well as investing in Korean dramas and the like.

Su Ya is not very interested in Christmas, and Golden Harvest Entertainment has just finished financing recently, so she needs to take care of a lot of things.

Therefore, Wan Xiaohu can stay in Hollywood and spend a complete Christmas with Jessica Alba, and by the way, use his sweet words and gentle offensives to completely break Jessica's psychological defense and let her accept the reality of the coexistence of three women.Difficult as it is, it's worth the effort.

However, this process is quite tortuous.

Jessica Alba hopes that Wan Xiaohu can spend Christmas with her parents, but Wan Xiaohu's boss is reluctant to make such a request.Jessica's parents are still alive, and there is also a younger brother Joshua Alba who is a loser.As for Joshua, Wan Xiaohu would give him some money and introduce him to two starlets, and he would be able to spend it casually.

Her parents are difficult to deal with, especially her devout Catholic father Mark Alba, who is a retired Air Force officer, has a very severe and hot temper, is also a devout Catholic, and pays attention to strict family values.

"If you want to ask for my forgiveness, then show your sincerity in front of my parents. My father moved to the United States from Mexico. He has suffered a lot since he was a child and has seen many strange things. People like us Situations are not uncommon in Mexico. If you can’t get my dad to tolerate you, I think, either we can only separate, or he will shoot you to death.” Jessica was bluffing and alarmist as she packed her luggage.

Wan Xiaohu's calf trembled a little.If not necessary.He would never have any contact with the retired military officer.