The awards ceremony of the Hochi Film Awards was held at the Tokyo Prince Hotel as usual.
Just like the banquet that Nanaya attended a few years ago, the layout and decoration here have basically not changed.
If there is any change, it is probably that there are a lot of new faces.
"Are there so many new people in the past two years?"
Nanaya asked curiously while standing in the corner.
Nanaya, who is no longer a newcomer, no longer takes the Hochi Film Award as seriously as he did when he filmed "Kara no Kyoukai".
In other words, the fact that a director of his level can attend the award ceremony is a blessing in itself for the organizers.
So even though it was obvious that Nanaya was wearing just an ordinary suit, no one jumped out to accuse Nanaya of not being serious.
"How should I put it? This is your draft~"
Shiki, who was standing next to Nanaya, answered in a nonchalant tone.
"Ha?"
Nanaya didn't understand what this guy was saying.
Shiki Matsuno smiled foolishly and said, "Because they knew you were coming, many actors who originally didn't want to attend came dressed up to their heart's content."
Perhaps because Nanaya's expression was still confused, Shiki just laughed.
"You know, the organizers of the ceremony have been promoting your presence, and even considered it a major selling point of the ceremony."
The Hochi Film Awards is not a particularly authoritative film award, otherwise it would not be promoted as the opening battle of Japan's awards season.
Because apart from this point, the Hochi Film Awards really has no special features.
After knowing that the great director Nanaya would be attending this event, the organizers were very excited and announced it widely.
The result was very obvious. Attracted by Nanaya, many actors who were originally not interested in the "Hōchi Film Awards" came to participate in the party in order to have a chance to meet Nanaya.
Shiki Matsuno looked at the actors coming and going with disdain and deliberately staying in Nanaya's sight, and snorted with disdain.
"These people probably think that if even a small idol like Trier can be made famous with your help, then I can do the same."
"That's just wishful thinking."
Nanaya doesn't think these second- and third-rate actors are comparable to his own team.
If they were first-rate actors, they might be able to play roles in movies, but forget about these minor characters whose names Nanaya couldn't even remember.
Are you as dedicated as Uncle Matsushige?
Do you have the chivalry qualities of Lily?
Are you as good at twisting your waist as Rin? Pfft, are you as cute as Rin?
What, no?
If not, shut up.
"I was wondering why so many people came to say hello to me just now."
Nanaya said unhappily: "Tsk, I shouldn't have come earlier. There's no need to come in the first place."
If it weren't for the fact that the Hochi Film Award was the first film award won by a film he shot, Nanaya would not have attended its award ceremony.
For a director of his level, the influence of the Hochi Film Award is far from what Nanaya needs.
After all, a global commercial IP movie like Fate, even if it is far from the academic Oscars, should have no problem winning a Saturn Award or something.
Shiki said sourly: "As expected of a big director with a global box office of 700 million US dollars, his words are really extraordinary."
"Correction: Fate's current global box office is $750 million."
Nanaya said proudly that of course Fate's achievements were worthy of his pride.
After more than four months of screening, "Fate Stay Night" has now been successfully taken off the shelves in North America.
In the end, Fate's North American box office reached 364.82 million US dollars, and the global box office reached 754.05 million US dollars.
Although the film has not yet ended its global screening, with North America, the largest box office, already offline, the overseas box office performance is estimated to be no more than 30 million US dollars.
Fate's North American performance was second only to "Star Wars Episode 3", which earned 380 million yuan at the box office, making it the runner-up in the annual box office.
Even though the global box office has not ended yet, unless an unexpected movie suddenly appears, Fate will still be the runner-up in the global box office this year.
Such results certainly greatly encouraged Washimine, and they immediately issued an announcement after the film was taken off the screen in North America.
Tell the global audience that the release date of the second half of UBW has been advanced from June 16, 2006 to May 6, ready to lead the summer season.
This advancement of the file was requested by Nanaya.
Currently, the summer season in North America starts from mid-May. Nanaya plans to try to move the North American summer season up by half a month and let North American audiences form the habit of watching fate movies in early May.
Just like what Marvel did in its previous life, it single-handedly changed the viewing habits of audiences around the world.
It is difficult to do this, but Nanaya believes in the ability of his film.
Because the response this movie caused far exceeded any movie shot before Nanaya.
You have to know that although "Goblin Slayer" has a strong box office, its R-rated movie attributes make it far less influential than Fate.
It can even be said that the existence of fate has affected the Hollywood film industry, and various ancient hero movies and movies in which ancient heroes appear in modern times have begun to be launched.
These films range in cost from B-movies costing a few million dollars to big productions costing hundreds of millions.
Countless filmmakers began to devote themselves to the genre of ancient heroic epics.
However, Nanaya is confident that only a few of these people will be successful, and even the projects that can break even are few and far between.
The reason is simple. Nanaya holds a trump card that no other filmmaker has - Lily Wettin.
There are countless Artoria species, but there is only one actor named Lily Wettin!
If others want to succeed, they should first see if they have this cash cow.
Of course, the most important thing to change habits is to consistently release new movies.
[After the Chinese New Year, we can start preparing for new projects in the Fate series of movies. ]
Nanaya decided to do something big, and he looked at his old classmate.
"Hey, Shiki. Are you interested in collaborating on a fate movie?"
"Are you willing to let go?"
Shiki Matsuno looked at Nanaya suspiciously.
Generally speaking, no one will let go of this kind of top IP easily. After all, a profitable project must be held tightly in one's own hands.
"Hmm... I'm going to give it a try." Nanaya said thoughtfully.
As the Fate IP grows, he certainly can't finish making all the movies by himself.
For a movie universe series, a steady output of movies is almost a must.
Since Nanaya doesn't know how to create multiple shadow clones, it's almost certain that he'll need other directors to help him make movies.
Therefore, Nanaya hopes that through this collaboration with Siji, he can familiarize himself with the project process in which he is the producer and others are the directors.
Choosing Shiki Matsuno, an acquaintance, should make communication easier. Even if there are some conflicts in the cooperation, they can be resolved through communication.
But Shiki didn't think so. He looked at Nanaya suspiciously.
"Are you trying to be George Lucas and thinking I'm Irvin Kershner?"
George Lucas originally invited his teacher Irvin Kershner to direct the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, but in the end George Lucas drove his teacher away.
Unfortunately, however, "The Empire Strikes Back" is generally recognized by Star Wars fans as the best film in the series.
The implication of Shiki Matsuno's words is very clear. If you want to treat me as a tool, then forget it, so as not to hurt the relationship between us.
"George Lucas fired his teacher because Irvin Kershner wanted to seize control of Star Wars."
Nanaya smiled and said, "I won't do that, because the dominance of fate has been in my hands from the beginning."
"A typical Hollywood filming method." Shiki curled his lips.
He knew what Nanaya meant. If he participated in the project, he would only be a director, and the highest power of the crew would definitely be held in Nanaya's hands.
This was a bit uncomfortable for Shiki, who was used to shooting movies freely.
But it would be a lie to say that Shiki Matsuno didn't have any thoughts about being able to participate in the filming of a big IP movie.
"Let me think about it."
Shiki struggled for a long time but couldn't make a decision.
"It's okay. I'm not in a hurry. I can wait."
It was not until a few months later that Nanaya realized that what he said today was a huge flag.
Of course, Nanaya is not aware of this problem at all now. What is more important to him now is to deal with the people who come over to greet him.
Unlike those small fry just now, Nanaya cannot deal with the people who come this time easily.
"Oni-chan~ Long time no see, did you miss me~"
A girl with long silver hair greeted Nanaya cheerfully.
"Illya...you've really changed a lot."
If Illya hadn't appeared with Irisviel and her husband, Nanaya really wouldn't have dared to recognize the current Illya.
Because compared to the original little loli, the current Illya is simply a replica of her mother Irisviel.
This is true both in height and appearance.
If there is any difference between mother and daughter, it would probably be Illya's figure.
Compared to Irisviel, the altitude of Mount Illya is still a little lower.
However, the gap is not that big. Considering that Illya can grow to this size in just one year, it should only be a matter of time before she reaches the same size as her mother.
"Hey, Oni-chan, listen to what Illya says..."
Illya excitedly pulled Nanaya's hand and shouted.
"Illya, you need to be more ladylike."
Mrs. Ellie reminded with a smile.
"Tsk, damn bug."
Kiritsugu was still unhappy with Nanaya as always. No, he was even more unhappy.
Apparently, he was very upset and angry about the plot in the fate movie where Nanaya cursed himself to die early.
"Um, Kiritsugu-san…"
Seeing Kiritsugu's expression, Nanaya felt a little uneasy.
"What's up?"
Kiritsugu raised his eyebrows, he thought Nanaya was coming to surrender to him.
Nanaya asked tentatively: "Um...are you interested in playing a role in Fate? The salary and other things can be negotiated."
Kiritsugu silently lit a cigarette and took a slow puff.
Then, Kiritsugu responded to Nanaya's question in a very gentle tone.
"Roll!"