Chapter 1969 1971 [Lord of the Rings]

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   "Charles, you are really great." Allie Turner said admiringly.

  If it were her, she would never give up such a great honor. She would win an Academy Award as many times as she could, and she would never miss it.

  Xiang Nan smiled.

   What he said on the stage just now, although there are factors of whim, but in fact, he also thought twice.

  He has won the best screenplay award, and he has already won enough, and he has already ranked first in the history of Hollywood movies. 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 of the screenplay award, then he will not only show the good character of high integrity, humility and humility, but from now on, he will be considered a complete god.

   After all, if you don’t fight, you won’t fail, and if you don’t fail, you will always be regarded as a winner.

  Looks like Chen Peisi, because he left the sketch stage early, now when mentioning the king of sketches, 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.

  …

  The awards ceremony continues.

Tom Hanks won best actor for "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg won best director for it and Robin Williams won best for Good Will Hunting. Best Supporting Actor Award.

   As for the best picture award, it was finally won by "American Beauty".

  As a producer, Xiang Nan was once again on the podium. But this time he delivered his acceptance speech honestly and did not announce his withdrawal from the competition for the best picture award.

   After all, the best screenwriter award is an individual award, but the best film award belongs to the entire crew to receive the award. He is in no position to refuse this award on behalf of everyone.

  Besides, the Oscar for Best Screenplay is no longer of much value to him.

   Besides, his scripts were not sold at first, 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 film's box office, copyright fees, and video sales will all increase a lot.

  According to incomplete statistics, an Oscar for best picture can bring at least 50 million US dollars in revenue. So there is no film company that is not interested in this award.

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   At the party after the awards ceremony, Xiang Nan accepted everyone's congratulations and expressed support to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

   "Actually, your "Good Will Hunting" is really good. I always think you have the ability to win awards." He said with a smile.

   "Thank you for saying that." Matt and Ben were very moved.

  As Xiang Nan, there is absolutely no need to tell them this, but he just said it. This respect, this recognition, made them feel deeply.

  Xiang Nan then finalized two projects, one is the spoof horror film "Scary Movie", and the other is the fantasy blockbuster "Lord of the Rings".

Scream is a spoof of horror films like Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Usual Suspects, The Matrix, Moonlight Panic, and many more .

  Xiang Nan had watched some of them before, and although some scenes were full of excrement and fart, the taste was a bit heavy, but it was indeed a blockbuster movie, so he shot as many as five movies in a row. So this movie is still worth the investment.

"The Lord of the Rings" is one of the most popular magical works in the Western world. It was created by John Tolkien from the 1930s to the 1950s. After it was released, it became popular in the Western world and was hailed as immortal classic.

  This novel has not only been played by hundreds of millions of readers, but also has had a very wide influence on later generations. For example, the fantasy board game "Dungeon and Dragon" was inspired by "Lord of the Rings".

  As for video games such as "World of Warcraft", "The Witcher", "Diablo", and "The Elder Scrolls", they are the disciples and grandchildren of "Lord of the Rings".

   However, although "The Lord of the Rings" has a great influence. But from its birth to the present, only some animations have been published, but it has never been put on the screen.

  On the one hand, it is because John Tolkien constructed a huge and delicate Middle-earth world in the novel. It has its own history, its own language, its own race, its own customs, its own 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 drama is to be recognized, it must present the world of Middle-earth perfectly. If there is a difference from the description in the novel, it may cause objections from book fans.

   And if it wants 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 a chance.

  On the one hand, after Tolkien's death, the copyright of "Lord of the Rings" was managed by the Tolkien Estate Committee, and the person in charge was Tolkien's youngest son, Christopher Tolkien.

  He didn't want his father's "Lord of the Rings" to be adapted at will, so he didn't sell the copyright of "Lord of the Rings" until 1976. At that time, the buyer Saul Zaentz had just produced "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and the film's box office success gave Christopher Tolkien confidence in him.

  After Saul Zaentz got the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings", he first produced an animation to test the waters. But I didn't expect that this cartoon not only had a dismal box office, but also had a poor reputation, which made Saul Zaenz dare not continue.

  Until 1996, Peter Jackson from New Zealand gradually gained the favor of Hollywood because he successively directed blockbuster films such as Stranger Cosmic, Dead Dead, Angel of Sin, and Ghost of Horror.

   And 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 arrange this movie.

   Harvey Weinstein struggled to get the rights to adapt The Lord of the Rings from Saul Zaentz, but there were problems finding funding.

  Because Weinstein wants to make the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy into two movies, each with an investment of 70 million US dollars. That would require 140 million.

   And his Miramax is just a small company, which usually produces low-cost movies and cannot afford the production cost of "Lord of the Rings", so he can only ask the parent company Disney for funds.

   But Disney rejected his request and said that he was not optimistic about the "Lord of the Rings" project, so Weinstein had to find someone else. After wandering around, he found Xiang Nan.

  (end of this chapter)