Hollywood is like a high-speed train, with changes of all sizes every year, and it seems to never stop, as it was in 2006.

At the beginning of the year, Paramount completed the acquisition of DreamWorks. DreamWorks, which emerged as a comet in 1994, officially came to an end. DreamWorks was divided into three parts, the music department was sold to Universal Music, the film department was sold to Paramount, and the animation department was independent - but the distribution rights for the next seven years were handed over to Paramount.

Then Xinyi Film was in trouble. After the "Lord of the Rings" series won a complete victory, it was successively sent to the court's dock three times in just two years due to incidents such as the animation copyright of the series, the distribution of profits of Peter Jackson, and the arrears of box office dividends of the original author of the work. The latest news is that Warner Bros. intends to take back the independence rights of Xinyi Film and merge them into the company.

In a blink of an eye, the eight major Hollywood film companies returned to the six majors again.

Then Disney, which had alternating power, performed a big move, completed the acquisition of Pixar in one go, ending the ten-year cooperative relationship between the two parties, and Pixar officially became a department under Disney. This move not only alleviated the dilemma of Disney's lack of competitiveness in original animation, but also the accompanying intellectual property rights will become a brand new development target of Disneyland. Disney suddenly transformed and restored its competitiveness. In particular, the entry of Steve-jobs can help Disney integrate new and old media resources and promote TV series, movies, games and other content to computers, game consoles and even mobile platforms.

Of course, at the same time, Miramax's change of ownership and changes also had a huge impact on Disney. The departure of the Weinstein brothers caused a big sensation among the independent labels of major film companies, and the personnel changes were very obvious. In the end, the two brothers founded Weinstein Pictures and came to a temporary end.

During the midsummer summer season, the strong rise of "Rampant Road" led Chaos Film to appear in front of everyone again, changing the entire film market with the attitude of an R-level cult movie. After delivering a perfect answer in independent films and artistic works for three consecutive years, Chaos Film showed its game ability in the commercial field for the first time, and the distribution department that was on the right track was icing on the cake.

The appearance of the seventh player once again caused subtle changes in the Hollywood landscape.

Surprisingly, after the fall, Chaos Film once again took the lead in making efforts. The shooting plans of the two works "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk" show their ambitions and planning blueprints. This is also another wave of comic adaptation movies since "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" achieved excellent results one after another.

In October, Chaos Film announced the shooting plans for five independent works in a low-key manner, including the Coen brothers' "Old Nowhere to Belong", the "Juno" and "Frozen River" found on the blacklist, and two other European films, the "Hunger" of British director Steve McQueen and the "Wave" of German director Dennis-gansel.

These five works will be put into filming within next year. Among them, "Inspur" is a strategic cooperation project with the Berlin Film Festival. Chaos Film selected a work from the waitlist of the Berlin Film Festival Foundation. Funded by Chaos Film. The quality of the finished product will be screened at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival. The only difference is whether it is a competition unit or a screening stage. This is just the first step in cooperation between the two parties. If everything goes well, Chaos Film will start more cooperation in the future and be responsible for the North American distribution of more German films.

In addition, Chaos Film also appeared at the New York Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Rome Film Festival, and began to show appeal in the distribution market, and obtained the North American distribution rights of three works: "Dead Girl", "Salvador" and "History Boy".

Chaos Film, which started out as an independent film, has the potential of a large film company, took advantage of the opportunity when Miramax was not in the group and Weinstein Pictures was just established and expanded. Although it still cannot compete with independent film giants like Focus Pictures, in terms of reputation and reputation, Chaos Films is more popular than Focus Pictures.

At the same time, there are frequent moves among the six major Hollywood film companies. Paramount announced the restart of the "Raptors of the Lost Ark" series, and Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford are both sure to return soon; 20th Century Fox also showed big moves, and the "Avatar" project, which has been brewing for more than many years, will be officially filmed in April next year. James Cameron believes that the movie has finally reached the actual operation stage; Disney is relatively cautious, but they also announced Pixar's plans for the next three years, "Rat King", "Robot Wallet" and "Flying House Mobilization" three works are on the list and will appear as one of them every year.

Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures seem to be a little quiet. The former will definitely be more cautious in the future due to the disastrous defeat in this summer, while the latter is waiting for the "007" restart next month to make corresponding strategies after the market feedback is released.

Universal Pictures was forgotten quietly, but this is only temporary. As October is about to end, the "Invincible Hulk" launch press conference instantly brought Universal Pictures back into the public's vision. Only then did people recover. Previously, the news about "Iron Man" occupied everyone's vision, but Universal Pictures had secretly gone to Chen Cang and reached a cooperation with Chaos Pictures quietly to finalize Lance's next work. This big move is indeed eye-catching.

The press conference was limited to 200 reporters, which really made the major newspapers and media squeeze their heads, but the rich harvest of the press conference made the reporters feel worthwhile.

Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, William Hurt's iron triangle is eye-catching. The joining of newcomers such as JK Simmons, Andrew Garfield has sparked a lot of discussion. In addition, Lance also confirmed that Leonardo DiCaprio will play a cameo in a small role, bringing surprises.

The most important thing is that Lance gave a positive response for the first time. It is not a coincidence that the successive investment in filming of the two works "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk" will be a coincidence. The two works will have Easter eggs to interact. People were just speculating before, after all, Lance can be seen behind both works - both screenwriters and producers. Although the two works are different directors, there must be many common points. Now, it has finally been certified by Lance. However, Lance also emphasized that both works are independent, the story has no involvement, and the Easter eggs have no impact on the plot.

Such a bold approach is unique in 2006, because these are two independent works that are not a sequel or the same character, but they will be linked together. No one knows whether this is a good or a bad thing, and no one can predict whether this will have a positive or negative impact on the box office.

After the press conference, the Hollywood industry could clearly feel the restlessness of the undercurrent. Chaos Film frequently took action only when it could be seen. Although it didn't cost much to make independent movies and publish art movies, behind these actions was a signal of the acceleration of Chaos Film's development. Correspondingly, the six major Hollywood film companies also began to become busy. Although they could not see their response for the time being, they could feel that the film industry had more or less ripples due to Chaos Film's actions. In a short period of time, no one knew what the consequences of this undercurrent would cause. They could only wait for time to give an answer, but this was indeed exciting.

Throughout 2006, major events seemed to be brewing quietly - of course, the "Raging Road" has become a major event that has caused a sensation around the world.

After "Iron Man" was put into filming, "Invincible Hulk" also officially started filming in the first week of November. According to Chaos Pictures' official plan, the shooting cycle of this film will be three to four months, which also means... Will Lance be absent from the awards season again this year?

If so, how overshadowed this year's awards season would be.

When it comes to the turbulent 2006, the awards ceremony season is bound to be the focus that cannot be missed. It seems that after experiencing last year's downturn, this year's awards ceremony season cannot find its direction - obviously, all the film critics, all the media reporters, and all the authoritatives have begun to become cautious. They do not want the tragedy of "Brokeback Mountain" again, nor do they want the humiliation of "good night, good luck" again. Of course, it is best not to appear as a spike like "fruit hard candy". As for the political correctness of "crashing car"... it seems inevitable, but people hope that they will be more cautious in their words and deeds, do not assert too early, quietly look at other people's eyes, and wait for the trend of public opinion to gradually reveal before making remarks.

This situation is indeed rare. From this perspective, it can be seen that the huge influence brought by the Oscar awards results last year has ushered in the development of the entire film industry in all aspects.

After experiencing the New York Film Festival and Independent Spirit Awards, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and the New York Film Critics Association Awards, the awards season still seems lukewarm. The whole November is about to end, but the "No. 1 seed" still has not emerged. At this time in previous years, the position of the No. 1 seed may have undergone two rounds of replacement. Regardless of whether it can sprint to the end, there must be a work that will lead everyone's attention and unveil the curtain of the awards season. But this year, the entire awards season begins extremely warm, and the atmosphere of the awards season is unprecedentedly sluggish, which even makes people feel an illusion: Isn't this year's Oscars ceremony held?

In this silence, the "Raging Road" that was destroyed in the summer season seems to be the only topic of conversation for people after dinner, but now Lance has once again devoted himself to the shooting of "Invincible Hulk". The absent from the awards season seems to be no longer suspense. This is really a bit worse and depressing.
Chapter completed!