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"So, now the actors have been selected, and what's left is some preparatory work such as special effects design and preparation, as well as the construction of the studio and props production?"

After returning home, Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan were intimate for a while, and the first thing they talked about was the preparation of "Ready Player One".

Liu Yifei was very happy that her husband could have taken a break for half a year, but because he forgot about the tribute film, he had to take a break and start working immediately.

She didn't think this matter would be difficult for Wu Yuan.

After all, when director Zhang Yimou was in his sixties, he could still shoot, prepare, and write a movie at the same time. There was no reason why Wu Yuan couldn't do two movies in a row.

She was very interested in acting in two movies in a row.

People are just mean.

When working, they feel tired, but when they really rest for a long time, they want to work again.

Liu Yifei had rested for a whole year before. She hadn't joined the crew since the filming of "Love Letter" and waited until the filming of "X-Men" to join the crew again.

In addition, she only played a supporting role in "X-Men: Days of Future Past". Although there were a few highlights, the overall role was not much. She was involved in only about one-third of the plot, so she only filmed for a month.

At present, her condition is still very good, and she can continue to play the leading role in two more films. She even has a sense of pride of "let me do it"!

"I'm looking forward to it." She smiled and blinked, throwing a provocative look at Wu Yuan.

"Hmph." After humming a few times, Wu Yuan said helplessly: "It's not that simple."

"The preparation of this movie is really complicated."

"The copyright of the original novel of "Ready Player One" has been sold long ago, and the producer Dan Farah who owns the film copyright brought the project to Warner Bros., and Warner Bros. acquired the film copyright in 2010."

"Just negotiating with Warner to buy the film adaptation rights took me a lot of energy."

"It was because I still had some face, and I had cooperated with Warner before, and there was no conflict, that Warner finally agreed to share the copyright."

"With Warner holding the global copyright, they resold the Asian adaptation rights of "Ready Player One" to me, allowing Guangying Times to make a Chinese version of the film, but it can only be released in Asia."

"And they themselves also plan to start the film adaptation of "Ready Player One" in 2015, and their Hollywood version can be released worldwide."

It is still very common for the copyright of a work to be distributed to several regions.

Light and Shadow Times has also sold Korean and Japanese adaptation rights for its own movies. This kind of copyright is generally sold for authorization in a single country or region, and sometimes it will sell full copyright, allowing your adapted version to be released in any region.

Which of the movies and TV series such as "Meteor Garden" and "Your Name" does not have versions in four or five countries and regions?

The future "Three Body" also sold the mainland movie adaptation rights and TV series adaptation rights at the same time, and then sold the TV series copyright outside the mainland to Netflix.

However, this situation usually happens after the original movie or TV series is released and broadcast, and then the copyright of other countries is sold, which is generally called a remake.

It is relatively rare for the film and television adaptation rights of novels to be sold separately, especially when Warner Bros., the first buyer, has not yet filmed it, and it has been "distributed" again, which is even rarer.

It can only be said that Wu Yuan is really face-saving enough to get this limited Asian copyright, which is already a very good result.

Anyway, from the beginning, he never thought about releasing it globally, and he also planned to change the original work.

In fact, Spielberg's version of Ready Player One is also a magical modification of the original novel. The only similarities between the movie story and the original novel are "Oasis" and IOI Company. As for the main story of Dragon Quest, it is also an adaptation.

The Netflix version of "The Three-Body Problem" directly turned Wang Miao into the "Oxford Five". The magic modification was extreme, and it did not prevent him from being named "The Three-Body Problem".

Similarly, Wu Yuan's Chinese version of "Ready Player One" is also a drastic adaptation. Even if Warner will release another "Ready Player One" in the future, the plot will not be exactly the same.

"After obtaining the film and television copyright of the novel, this is just the first step. After that, I am still negotiating and contacting to purchase a large number of copyrights of other classic Asian science fiction movies and anime characters."

"This is also a very troublesome thing. It has not been completely settled yet."

Spielberg's version of "Ready Player One" was re-created based on the novel.

Its biggest creative point is that it uses a lot of lines, characters, scenes, etc. from movies such as "Back to the Future", "The Shining", "Batman" and classic games such as "Street Fighter", "Ostrich Rider" and "Riding the Storm".

This approach not only pays tribute to the classics, but also attracts fans of these movies and games, and establishes the foundation for the movie box office.

It can be said that the success of "Ready Player One" is due to this kind of "tribute", which Wu Yuan must learn.

However, his "Ready Player One" is mainly aimed at the Asian market, so the characters he wants to "pay tribute" to are mainly classic Asian movie characters.

Mainly from Hong Kong and Japan.

There is no way. From the last century to the present, in the Asian cultural circle, most of the films, animations, and games that have been able to break out of the circle or even invade the culture are from Hong Kong and Japan.

The characters in anime and movies such as "Dragon Ball", "Wind and Cloud", "Gundam", "Dragon Fighter", "Naruto", and "Cardcaptor" are well-known throughout Asia, and the effect of adding "Oasis" to pay tribute is absolutely maximized.

However, the copyrights of the characters in these anime are indeed difficult to deal with. Even if Wu Yuan has a lot of face, he still has to negotiate bit by bit.

"In addition, the digital characters, CG cars, and CG drones in flight produced by special effects, the visual effects preview, virtual production, and all the special effects shots in the real world of the film are prepared in advance."

"The three technologies required to shoot this movie are motion capture, real-life shooting, and computer animation."

"There are also close-up shots and real-life interactive shots, exploring how to combine these special effects technologies with traditional shooting techniques."

"In short, there are a lot of preparations. The early preparations are very cumbersome and complicated. I was too optimistic before and thought it could be done before the New Year."

"But now it seems that it is very uncertain to be able to prepare for the start of shooting in March after the New Year."

"It is estimated that it may take until May or June next year to complete all the early preparations and officially start shooting."

"This leaves me with more time to make "Riding the Wind."

"What should I do?" Liu Yifei finally became a little worried after hearing this. She had no idea that the preparations for the movie "Ready Player One" would be so complicated and difficult. A lot of incomprehensible words came out of Wu Yuan's mouth, making her a little dizzy.

"What else can we do?" Wu Yuan, on the other hand, said that it was difficult, but his expression was quite relaxed, and he said jokingly: "Now that things have come to this, let's celebrate the New Year first."

"In the blink of an eye, there is only one and a half months left, and 2013 will be over. Let's leave all the troubles for 2014!" (End of this chapter)