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Chapter 490 "Ready Player One"?
Colorful sky.

The staff is currently working on the post-production work for three films.

Li Mu's "La La Land" is a small job, while "Monster Hunt" and "The Secret of the Dragon" are big jobs.

Lu Yang was also here at this time.

"Huh? Where is Lao Wu?"

Li Mu looked around and saw no one.

"We take turns watching, today it's me."

Lu Yang yawned.

"Director Li, would you like to come over and have a look?"

Lu Yang called Li Mu over, and the special effects person next to him made room for him.

The ultimate goal of a movie is to allow the audience to be better immersed in the story, to be able to judge and make choices based on the characters, and so that the audience will not notice the existence of photography, editing and special effects."

Li Mu didn't say anything more when he saw this. In fact, many directors use this technique, but the 'branding' thing has both advantages and disadvantages.

Lu Yang subconsciously inquired, if the budget is enough, then you can write with enthusiasm, and only if you have some money to spend, you dare to write.

"I still want to use the first Jinyiwei Shen Lian as the protagonist to tell his life and emotional story."

"Yes." Li Mu nodded slightly, "Not bad. In fact, your first film has fully presented the current status and situation of the character Shen Lian. It can be described more deeply."

"My Early Girlfriend" directed by Kwak Jae-yong and "Korean Movie of the Year" "Myeongryang Sea Battle" directed by Kim Han-min were released at the same time.

"Enough! Absolutely enough."

Li Mu said lightly, suddenly remembered something, and explained it again.

December is a month lacking in European and American blockbusters, but there are two Korean directors whose works are full of opportunities.

Lu Yang nodded:

Lu Yang couldn't help but feel excited when he saw that Li Mu was also optimistic about it.

At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

"That's the plan, but I haven't thought about the specific story yet."

"good."

"Understood, Director Li."

Several movies have added a lot of color to the Lunar New Year festival, giving the audience more choices.

Nolan shook his head and roughly pushed out the script.

"Hey, Director Li, to tell you the truth, I really have some ideas now."

"Are you planning to choose a historical node and develop a brand new prequel story based on it?"

"Of course, this is probably a science fiction film, which suits you very well."

Lu Yang immediately told Li Mu his thoughts.

Li Mu asked.

Warner Bros. is tapping Nolan to direct a long-planned movie.

Li Mu didn't know whether Lu Yang was aware of this, but he still had to mention it when necessary.

Li Mu took a general look and found that it was almost as expected. It didn't deviate from the topic, so it was fine.

Nolan looked at the script handed to him by the president of Warner.

Li Mu nodded, then asked with a smile, "By the way, after filming "The Secret of the Dragon", do you have any ideas for the second one?"

The story of "Ready Player One" takes place in 2044. At that time, the population on earth exploded, energy was exhausted, and the real world was ugly and dilapidated.

James Wiley was persuading.

In addition, director Zhang Yibai's new romance film "Back to 17 Years Old" focuses on the youth card, while director Gu Changwei's "Little Love: Getting Better" focuses on "there is true love in a slut, and true love can be seen in obscenity" ".

"In the first film, I think you will use some so-called 'techniques' so that the film can have its own 'brand'. This approach is advisable in the early stage, but it should be reduced as much as possible in the later stage.

"According to you, it is definitely enough. Unless there are some particularly large scenes to be done, if it is not enough, we can increase it as appropriate."

"The script hasn't even been released yet, and people are starting to ask me about the budget."

"But Director Li, what is the budget this time?"

Li Mu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't worry, you are indispensable. The last one cost more than 30 million, but that was a few years ago. It is definitely not enough now. The budget is within 100 million. If you want to do it, do it well. Is it enough?" "

"Ready Player One?"

Lu Yang immediately smiled. With such a sufficient budget, being a director is the most comfortable.

It’s okay to use it to express your own unique style in the early stage, but you can’t use it like this for a long time, otherwise you will fall into a dead end.

Like a prison, it will imprison the director's development.

"Although science fiction is science fiction, it's not what I thought."

A computer genius named James Halliday created a global free super online game called "OASIS", where people can escape reality and enter a realistic virtual world to become anyone and do anything.

This is far from the hard science fiction Nolan imagined.

"Unfortunately"

James Wiley wanted to continue persuading him, but Nolan spoke in advance.

"I think you can find Li. His style should be more suitable for this movie than mine."

Nolan gave advice.

"He seems to have said before that he doesn't really want to make science fiction films in the past few years."

James Wiley smiled bitterly and said that Li Mu was naturally the one they were considering. However, after Li Mu finished filming "Gravity", too many science fiction films came to his door, so he simply said that he would not take any more projects in the near future. sci-fi movie.

"Maybe you can give it a try, after all, it's been several years."

Nolan smiled. A normal director would not shoot a large number of movies of the same type. Li Mu would change the subject matter after shooting several movies in a row. At this moment, Li Mu suddenly received a call from Jiang Wen.

"Lao Li, the premiere won't be held tomorrow, and the time hasn't been set yet."

Jiang Wen's voice seemed a little tired.

"what's the situation?"

Li Mu was stunned, "Didn't you pass the trial?"

It seems that the only problem is that it fails to pass the review. After all, if the premiere is suddenly rescheduled or canceled, it will cost at least tens of millions.

You must know that the premiere is just an IMAX giant screen, which has kept the construction team busy for two weeks.

The standard IMAX screen built for the premiere of "One Step Away" alone cost one million.

This standard IMAX screen is 26 meters wide and 14.5 meters high, weighing 750 kilograms. It took 20 workers to build it at once and cannot be used again.

"Oh, it's a bad year. It's true that I didn't pass the trial."

Jiang Wen sighed, "Grandma, she said that some of the plots and lines in the film are vulgar, ridiculing classics and ancient and modern historical celebrities, and are sexually suggestive, etc., and they need to be modified."

"Shouldn't you have finished modifying these things long ago?"

"Yes, the revision has been completed a long time ago, but his grandma didn't give it to me, so he kept calling back and re-editing it."

Jiang Wen said very depressedly, "I don't know how long it will take to change it. I hope it won't affect the public release."

"Fortunately, your premiere is 10 days away from the public release, otherwise"

Li Mu shook his head, "But you have to be prepared. Even if the content review is completed, there is still a technical review, and the time is a bit tight."

Only when the content review and technical review standards are met, can a public screening license be obtained, which is also commonly known as the Dragon Label.

"Nothing can be changed about the release date, otherwise people will laugh to death."

Jiang Wen was very stubborn, "I will let you know when there is news about the premiere later."

After speaking, I hung up.

"The premiere is cancelled?"

Liu Yifei asked doubtfully.

"Well, it's cancelled. I guess a notice will be sent out later."

Li Mu nodded. He didn't know there was such a thing.

Sure enough, just a few hours later, the producer of "One Step Away" sent out a notice.

"It was originally scheduled to be on December 12th to meet you all for the premiere of "One Step Away".

Now I deeply apologize and regret to inform you that due to new circumstances at the end of the film review process, I had to take time to make final adjustments, and therefore the premiere was postponed.
I will only work hard until the last minute to repay my dear fans and friends. "

"I don't know if it's too late."

Li Mu muttered, then looked at the time, "You go take a shower first!"

"I don't want to wash it."

Liu Yifei tweaked, "Cold!!"

"Haha, who took a shower for half an hour yesterday?"

Li Mu said angrily.

"Isn't it like this in winter? I don't want to wash before I start, and I don't want to stop after I start."

Liu Yifei muttered, but still prepared to take a bath obediently.

"Hey, don't say it, what you say makes sense."

Li Mu thought about it carefully and realized that this was true, especially in Guangfu.

In the past, taking a shower in the winter was like taking half your life, but it was so comfortable when I took a shower.

Li Mu took advantage of Liu Yifei's bathing time to take a look at the email sent by David.

Mainly it's about "The Hunger Games".

Three weeks after its global release, "The Hunger Games 3" has continued to maintain its strong momentum in the first two weeks. With revenue of US$2.57 million in North America, it has dominated the North American box office chart for three consecutive weeks.

It is extremely rare for a movie to top the North American box office for three consecutive weeks.

And what is surprising is that although the film has not yet been released, the three-week box office has ranked fourth in the "2014 North American Film History". The final battle of the film is expected to reach a new high.

The film has grossed US$3.03 million in overseas markets, with a global box office of US$5.6 million, dominating the global box office rankings.

Li Mu replied to David casually, then turned around and thought about it, smiled, and wrote one more line in the email.

I wonder if David will be ecstatic after seeing it.

However, Li Mu did not receive David's call, but received a call from Warner first.

Since Richard was transferred from his post, he has been contacted by James Wiley.

When he saw this call, Li Mu didn't think much about it. After all, he often cooperates with Warner. For example, after basically cooperating with Warner for distribution, he usually won't change easily.

But what Li Mu didn't expect was that Warner actually wanted to ask him to make a science fiction film.

""Ready Player One"?" Li Mu repeated, "Is it a novel by Ernest Cline?"

Li Mu reacted immediately.

"Of course! Christopher didn't tell you?"

"I haven't received a call from him yet."

Li Mu smiled lightly.

"Oh, I thought he was angry with you. Christopher strongly recommended you to direct. Of course, I know that you have directed several science fiction films in the past few years, but please believe us, we will definitely give you a satisfactory reward."

(End of this chapter)