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"Charles, you are really great." Ellie Turner said with admiration.
If it were her, she would never give up such a great honor. She would win as many Oscars as she could and never miss one.
Xiang Nan smiled.
The words he just said on stage were certainly made on a whim, but they were actually made after careful consideration.
He has won enough Best Screenplay Awards and has already ranked first in Hollywood film history. Moreover, it is estimated that no one will surpass him in the future, so taking it again will not increase his popularity and legend.
On the contrary, if he announces his withdrawal from the selection for the Screenplay Award, then he will not only show his good character of being upright, humble and humble, but from now on, he will be considered a god.
After all, if you don’t fight, you won’t lose, and if you don’t fail, you will always be considered a winner.
It seems that Chen Peisi quit the sketch stage early. Now when the king of sketches is mentioned, many people think of him first.
But in fact, the quality of Chen Peisi's later works, such as "The Great Transformation", "Cosmic Gymnastics Trials", "The Prince and the Postman", etc., has declined.
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The award ceremony continues.
Tom Hanks won the Best Actor Award for "Saving Private Ryan", Steven Spielberg won the Best Director Award for this film, and Robin Williams won the Best Actor Award for "Good Will Hunting." Best Supporting Actor Award.
As for the Best Picture Award, it ultimately went to "American Beauty."
Xiang Nan was able to get on the podium again as a producer. However, this time he gave an honest acceptance speech and did not announce his withdrawal from the competition for the Best Picture Award.
After all, the Best Screenplay Award is an individual award, but the Best Picture Award is awarded to the entire crew. He is not qualified to reject this award on behalf of everyone.
Moreover, the Oscar for Best Screenplay no longer has much value to him.
Moreover, his script was not for sale in the first place. Unlike other screenwriters, after winning the Best Screenplay Award, the price of the script at least doubled.
On the contrary, the Oscar for Best Picture is still very valuable. With this award, the movie's box office, copyright fees, and video sales will increase a lot.
According to incomplete statistics, an Oscar for Best Picture can bring in at least 50 million US dollars. Therefore, there is no film company that is not interested in this award.
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At the party after the award ceremony, Xiang Nan accepted everyone's congratulations and expressed support for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
"Actually, your "Good Will Hunting" is really good. I have always felt that you have the ability to win awards." He said with a smile.
"Thank you for saying that." Matt and Ben were both touched.
As Xiang Nan, there was no need to tell them this, but he just said it. This respect and recognition made them both deeply moved.
Xiang Nan then finalized two projects, one is a spoof horror film "Scary" and the other is a fantasy blockbuster "Lord of the Rings".
"Scream" is a spoof of "Scream", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "The Usual Suspects", "The Matrix", "Moonlight" and many other horror films. .
Xiang Nan has seen some of it before. Although some scenes were full of shit and farts, and the taste was a bit strong, it was indeed a blockbuster movie, so he filmed five of them in a row. So this movie is still worth investing in.
"The Lord of the Rings" is one of the most popular fantasy works in the Western world. It was created by John Tolkien from the 1930s to the 1950s. After its release, it became popular in the Western world and is hailed as an immortal masterpiece. classic.
This game is not only popular with hundreds of millions of readers, but also has a very wide impact on future generations. For example, the fantasy board game "Dungeons and Dragons" was inspired by "The Lord of the Rings".
As for video games such as "World of Warcraft", "The Witcher", "Diablo", and "The Elder Scrolls", they are even more disciples of "Lord of the Rings".
However, "Lord of the Rings" has a great influence. But from its birth to now, only some animations have been published, but it has never been put on the screen.
On the one hand, it is because John Tolkien is in it and has built a large and detailed world of Middle-earth. It has its own history, its own language, its own race, its own customs, its own comprehensive religion, its own gods...
These details have long been firmly imprinted in the minds of book fans. Therefore, if the "Lord of the Rings" film and television dramas want to be recognized, they must perfectly present the world of Middle-earth. Any difference from the description may lead to objections from book fans.
And if you want to fully present the world of Middle-earth, its investment will be an astronomical figure, which no film company can afford. But now the development of computer special effects has given these film companies opportunities.
On the one hand, after Tolkien's death, the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" was managed by the Tolkien Estate, and the person in charge was Tolkien's youngest son, Christopher Tolkien.
He did not want his father's "Lord of the Rings" to be adapted at will, so he did not sell the copyright to "The Lord of the Rings" until 1976. At that time, the buyer, Saul Zaenz, had just produced "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," a movie that had both box office and word-of-mouth success, and that was the reason Christopher Tolkien had confidence in him.
After Saul Zaenz obtained the rights to "The Lord of the Rings", he first produced an animated film to test the waters. But he didn't expect that this cartoon not only failed at the box office, but also had a bad reputation, which made Saul Zaenz afraid to continue.
It wasn't until 1996 that Peter Jackson from New Zealand gradually gained recognition in Hollywood by directing blockbuster films such as "Space Oddity", "The Undead", "Angel of Sin", and "Ghost of the Dead". favor.
The movie he most wanted to make was "The Lord of the Rings", so Harvey Weinstein, who was very fond of him, began to help him develop this movie.
Harvey Weinstein struggled to get the rights to adapt "Lord of the Rings" from Saul Zaenz, but there was a problem when he was looking for funding.
Because Weinstein wants to make the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy into two movies, each with an investment of $70 million. That would require 140 million.
And his Miramax is just a small company that usually produces low-cost movies. It can't afford the production cost of "Lord of the Rings" at all, so he can only ask for funds from the parent company Disney.
But Disney rejected his request and said it was not optimistic about the "Lord of the Rings" project, so Weinstein had to find someone else. After wandering around, I found Xiang Nan.
