If Nanaya were asked to describe his life during this period, he could completely explain it as "the darkest time in my life."
However, this was a hole he had dug himself, so even with tears in his eyes, Nanaya had to complete the work.
You have to know that all kinds of publicity have already been launched. If the release date of the movie is delayed due to unfinished production, the loss will cost tens of millions of dollars to make up for.
Even with his current relationship with Shion being so close that they could sleep in the same bed, he could avoid moving his family to Tokyo Bay.
But don't think that Shion will let him go.
What's more, Nanaya himself couldn't get over this hurdle.
Fortunately, with the accumulation of experience and getting used to working under pressure, Nanaya is indeed much faster than before in all aspects of film work.
It's just that many things were done too rushed this time. In order to make the movie as perfect as possible, Nanaya still had to patiently complete a lot of trivial but necessary mechanical work.
Editing pictures, producing special effects, adding music, and recruiting actors to dub some shots, etc.
Even though Nanaya already has a large work team under him, and even though Nanaya doesn't have to do many things himself.
However, as the most important part of this film, Nanaya had to review each environment one by one.
Whenever any flaws arose, he would demand that they be resolved as quickly as possible rather than just glossing over them.
In order to achieve the effect he wants, Nanaya often needs to produce some shots himself.
When Nanaya finally submitted the finished film to the MPAA, he discovered that he had lost 7 kilograms during this period.
Nanaya didn't know whether he should be thankful for being lucky enough to lose weight for free, or lament his misfortune.
Even Shion was shocked by Nanaya's appearance when she saw him.
"If I hadn't known that Rin and Sakura weren't with you, I would have thought you were doing another New Year's activity, and with three times the amount."
Although Shion was joking, there was still a look of concern in her eyes.
Perhaps because all the work was completed, Nanaya was in a pretty good mood.
She even joked with Shion: "You didn't guess that I kept a chick in North America? You really underestimate the charm of your man, don't you?"
Shion's face darkened, and he immediately replied, "Haha, if that's the case, your tools are already soaked in formalin."
Feeling a chill in his lower body, Nanaya immediately shut his mouth.
However, Nanaya is still very satisfied with his work.
After completing the last bit of work on the production, he began to work on the promotion of the film as the lead actor.
Shion has been very busy lately, and if she hadn't heard that Nanaya was as tired as a dog, she wouldn't have taken the time to visit him.
The two men met briefly. They didn't even sleep together. They just had a meal together and then continued to work on their respective jobs.
While Nanaya was busy promoting FZ, the battle for the 2007 North American box office chart had already begun.
The first to debut in February are "My Wife is a Giant" from DreamWorks and Columbia's comic-adapted movie "Ghost Rider".
The former is a low-cost comedy. Although the box office is not particularly good, DreamWorks should have made a lot of money considering its low investment cost.
It's a pity that these are no longer important to DreamWorks, which has already sold itself to Paramount.
The latter is a comic-book adaptation of the famous Marvel character Ghost Rider.
Sony is trying to use this to continue the glory it has created in the Spider-Man series.
After all, seeing how much money Washimine made from the "Iron Man" project, it's impossible not to be jealous.
Since Washimine was able to revitalize a second-tier character, then I can definitely do it too.
With this idea in mind, Columbia launched a large-scale promotion for "Ghost Rider".
Although Columbia itself knows that although this movie was produced at about the same time as "Iron Man", the amount of investment is completely on a different order of magnitude.
It is a complete pipe dream to want to become a phenomenal work like "Iron Man".
But as long as the movie can successfully gain market reputation, it can naturally be made into a stable money-making series.
For this purpose, Sony specially invited the big star Nicolas Cage to play the leading role.
Although Uncle Cage has started to take on various bad movies due to debt problems, his reputation has obviously not hit rock bottom and he still has a certain market appeal.
Otherwise, why would so many bad film companies invite him to make films? Isn't it because they see profit in this guy?
In fact, if Thor, a character with a mythological background, wasn't too difficult to film, Sony would have preferred that project.
But in the end, Columbia finally chose to use the copyright of "Thor" in exchange for funds to shoot the relatively easier-to-shoot "Ghost Rider".
If you fast forward ten years, I'm sure no one would think this was a good deal.
But for now, both Columbia and parent company Sony think the deal is a good deal.
Although the box office performance of "Ghost Rider" is far inferior to that of "Iron Man", there will be no problem for it to break 100 million in North America in the end.
For a mid-budget superhero movie, this is definitely enough to warrant a sequel.
After hearing the news, Nanaya silently made a cross on his chest and wished Sony and Uncle Cage good luck.
In March, a movie that could finally be called a phenomenal one was released: 300, the movie that pushed Zack Snyder to the throne of godhood.
This movie is very familiar to Nanaya. Although most of it was shot with a green screen, the oil painting-style shots can be described as works of art.
Nanaya still appreciates this movie itself, but it is a bit difficult for Nanaya to evaluate Zack Snyder, the biggest beneficiary of this movie.
As a director, Nanaya also pays great attention to the pictures, but in his opinion, the most important ability of a director is the ability to tell stories, that is, to grasp the rhythm of the shots.
This is definitely Zack Snyder's weakness.
No matter how Zack Snyder's fans praise the excellence of the director's cuts of "Watchmen" and "Batman v Superman", in Nanaya's eyes, it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the director that it takes so long to tell the story completely.
While the director's cuts of The Lord of the Rings trilogy are unquestionably masterpieces, their theatrical releases have also been acclaimed.
The director's cut serves as the icing on the cake, but it is not necessary to rely on the director's cut to prove the excellence of the film.
Zack Snyder is undoubtedly a genius in terms of picture quality and excellent action scene guidance, but if he can't make up for his shortcomings in storytelling, then he will suffer a great loss one day.
In Nanaya's opinion, if Zack Snyder is assigned a producer who is more powerful than him, he might be able to restrict the other party and allow him to maximize his strengths.
However, Nanaya Kiryu has no intention of reminding Warner about this matter. After all, the ones who will suffer the loss will be Warner and DC, not him, Nanaya Kiryu and Marvel.
The superhero movie market is limited. As long as DC is alive and well, how can Marvel seize more market share?
Although as a superhero fan, Nanaya still likes DC comics and characters, but his head follows his butt.
Just think about how Warner Bros. was cheated so badly in the end that they were even afraid of the movie universe, which was obviously very profitable, and even said that they would never make another superhero movie like "Justice League". You can imagine how badly Zack Snyder cheated them.
Of course, the huge sales of "300" not only made Zack Snyder famous, but also gave a shot in the arm to the epic film market which had been in a slump.
After all, after "The Lord of the Rings", every epic movie has lost money.
The epic film dynasty led by "The Lord of the Rings" that everyone expected did not come, but instead it was the last carnival of this type of film.
The success of "300" has once again allowed industry insiders to see the market for this type of film.
Unfortunately, Nanaya knew that this was the final elegy of the epic film, and that rather than being an epic film, this film was more like a superhero film, which is what Zack Snyder is good at.
This movie is also adapted from a comic book anyway.
So, there's nothing wrong with it.
Just when the outside world was praising director Zack Snyder to the skies and considering him a genius among the new generation of directors, Washimine and Nanaya received a group of very special guests.
They are composed of movie fans, media, film critics and theater representatives, and they came specifically to attend the preview of "Fate Zero".
Watching the movie playing on the screen, Nanaya, who was sitting in the front row of the theater, felt very calm.
He has become accustomed to this kind of thing now, and is far less nervous than he was when the preview of "Overlooking the Scenery" was held.
A few minutes ago, he was receiving representatives from theater chains, and these people even took the initiative to humble themselves and shake hands with him.
They looked at him as if he were looking at green US dollars.
Several movies in a row have been big sellers in North America. As the cinema chain closest to the film market, they obviously have some confidence in the Nanaya brand.
Not to mention the movie fans, who have always viewed their favorite filmmakers from a deified perspective, and they are also Nanaya's most die-hard fans.
As for the media and film critics, their attitude towards Nanaya can only be considered average, not only because in their eyes Nanaya is a commercial director with a strong smell of money.
More importantly, Washimine and Nanaya never put much effort into public relations with the media and film critics. They basically just go through the motions and do things on a superficial level.
Except for a few media and film critics with whom he has a good relationship, Washimine rarely spends extra money to please others.
Perhaps this is particularly eye-catching for film critics who are accustomed to being treated like superiors.
Nanaya just laughed at these people's thoughts.
In Nanaya's eyes, these people's opinions are far less useful than those of movie fans and theater representatives. Their reactions are the most authentic feedback from the market.
As for film critics and the like, just don't stir up trouble.