金融时报:老当益壮？《夺宝奇兵》回来啦！

老当益壮？《夺宝奇兵》回来啦！

在这个续集、翻拍、重启的年代里，作为超级IP，迪士尼CEO终于宣布确认重启《夺宝奇兵》系列！主演导演也悉数回归！

测试中可能遇到的词汇和知识：

Indiana Jones夺宝奇兵（电影名）

swashbuckling虚张声势的['swɔʃbʌklɪŋ]

archaeologist考古学家[,ɑːkɪ'ɒlədʒɪst]

pipeline传递途径['paɪplaɪn]

volatility挥发性；波动[,vɒlə'tɪlətɪ]

Broadway百老汇['brɔːdweɪ]

animated film动画片

Disney to revive Indiana Jones series（376 words）

By Matthew Garrahan in New York

Walt Disney is reviving the Indiana Jones series with plans to release a fifth movie in 2019 featuring Harrison Ford as the swashbuckling archaeologist.

Rights to the series were included in Disney's 2012 purchase of Lucasfilm. The four previous Indiana Jones films have generated close to $2bn at global box offices. Steven Spielberg, who directed the other movies, would return for the fifth instalment, Disney said.

Mr Ford would also return to star in the movie although he would be 77 when the new film was released, raising questions about the mobility of the lead character.

Disney paid $4bn for Lucasfilm, primarily for the rights to Star Wars. The Force Awakens, its first Star Wars film — and the seventh in the series — has generated more than $2bn at the global box office since it was released in December.

The Lucasfilm deal was part of a move by Disney to focus on brands and established intellectual property to reduce the risk attached to costly film productions.

Disney acquired Pixar in 2005 and Marvel Studios in 2010, deals which have helped fill a pipeline of films that are producing more stable returns.

“We used to have huge volatility in our movie studio,” Bob Iger, chief executive, told the Financial Times last week. “It could make $200m one year and $800m the next. Now, there will be some fluctuation, like a big Star Wars movie in a given year, but [the returns] are going to be much more steady. And they will deliver to our bottom line.”

The company has a spin-off Star Wars movie, Rogue One, due for release in December and an eighth Star Wars film in the works for 2018.

However, the company has not abandoned original ideas: Zootopia, its latest animated film, has broken box office records around the world. The group's animation studio has been revived under the leadership of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, the co-founders of Pixar.

Frozen broke box office records and won the Oscar for best animated film in 2014. A sequel is in the works. Frozen is also being developed into a Broadway show, with Disney hoping to repeat the success of its Lion King musical, which has grossed more than $6bn worldwide over the past 18 years.

请根据你所读到的文章内容，完成以下自测题目：

1.What time the fifth movie is expected to be released?

A.2019

B.2016

C.2018

D.2012

答案(1)

2.Who had the rights to the Jones series before Disney?

A.Warner Bros

B.Pixar

C.Marvel Studios

D.Lucasfilm

答案(2)

3.What factors were Disney cared about in the deal with Lucasfilm?

A.film producers

B.post-production level

C.brands and established intellectual property

D.cinemas resources

答案(3)

4.What kind of movie can be Disney's original idea?

A.thriller

B.animated film

C.action movie

D.swordsmen film

答案(4)

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(1)答案：A.2019

解释：迪士尼计划在2019年推出该系列的第5部影片。

(2)答案：D.Lucasfilm

解释：与《夺宝奇兵》系列有关的权利涵盖在2012年迪士尼收购卢卡斯影业(Lucasfilm)的交易中。

(3)答案：C.brands and established intellectual property

解释：迪士尼收购卢卡斯影业，是为了把精力放在品牌和成熟知识产权上，以降低耗资巨大的影片制作附带的风险。

(4)答案：B.animated film

解释：但迪士尼却并未放弃初衷：其最新出品的动画片《疯狂动物城》(Zootopia)已在世界各地打破票房纪录。