Millennium director

"Time is running out?" Li Xiaoping was stunned, and looked at Wu Yuan in confusion: "How could you say this?"

This kind of words should only be said by a director in his seventies or eighties, right?

A director as young as Wu Yuan is not considered old in the directing industry even after another twenty years, and there is plenty of time to realize his film shooting ideas and plans!

If he is "time is running out", then other directors will be buried immediately?

"Ahem." Wu Yuan shook his head awkwardly, and accidentally said what was in his heart.

For him, time is really running out. It's 2017, and the window period left for him is only two or three years. After two or three years, there will be a wave of epidemics, and then it will be 2022, and his foresight will be completely useless.

Although he has been trained in the field of directing for more than ten years, even if there are no good works to "reference" in the future, he can still take root in this circle with his own strength, but he still has some trepidation!

"In short, it is indeed necessary to consider a new movie." Wu Yuan simply changed the subject and said: "I actually have a movie shooting plan, which is a movie for Oscars, a biopic of "Bruce Lee."

"But this movie can be shot at any time, but it doesn't have to be shot this year."

"After thinking about it, it is more appropriate to shoot a commercial film first. Now is the market bonus period, and we can't miss it!"

Art films and biopics can be shot at any time. Anyway, they are originally for awards, and we don't expect to make much money at the box office.

But commercial films are different. While it is not yet 2019, we should quickly shoot another commercial film. Otherwise, when 2019 comes, the industry's cold winter period will come, and we will not dare to shoot commercial films.

However, it seems that there are not many options left for Wu Yuan to choose.

Among the top ten movies in the mainland box office in 2018, movies like "Monster Hunt 2" and "Detective Chinatown 2" are definitely not suitable for him.

Among the remaining movies, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is produced by Happy Twist, which is a joint-stock company of Light and Shadow Times. Wu Yuan has no need to grab it, and his style is not suitable for making such a comedy.

"Dying to Survive", which has a box office of 3 billion, is a good choice. It is pure, direct and powerful!

I often lament that movies can only be movies, but every time I see such a masterpiece, I feel that movies are not just movies!

But the script of this movie has been written a long time ago, and it was written by Mr. Han's daughter. Let's put it this way, the sensitivity of the subject matter of this movie, that is, Mr. Han's support behind the scenes, can be successfully filmed and released. Even so, I heard that a lot of plots were cut during the review.

Moreover, the capital behind this movie is also very strong. Light and Shadow Times is basically unlikely to enter the market, because the companies that produced "Dying to Survive" are not short of money at all. They are the circles of Ning Hao, Xu Guangtou and others, and they have never been familiar with Wu Yuan.

After all this, only Operation Red Sea, which has a box office of 3.6 billion, remains.

This movie has the texture of a Hollywood blockbuster, with 100 minutes of gunfights and explosions, and the tank chase scene is exciting.

In terms of realism, it is more like an upgraded version of 13 Hours Crisis than a domestic Black Hawk Down, and director Dante Lam is more like a bombshell.

It is not as deliberately sensational and abrupt as Wolf Warrior 2, nor is it as off-line as Mekong River. It is only a team collaboration that is so exciting that it is completed in one go. It is indeed a good movie and deserves the crown of the first place of the year.

However, this is also a movie that Wu Yuan has little chance to intercept. Bona has been specializing in this kind of new main theme blockbuster adapted from current events in recent years.

Operation Red Sea is adapted from the real event of the "Evacuation of Chinese Nationals from Yemen". The script was made more than a year ago, and then Bona has been looking for suitable directors and actors. They are currently shooting, aiming at the 2018 Spring Festival.

Now, the high-grossing movies released in 2018 are completely wiped out for Wu Yuan.

"Do I really have to shoot "The Wandering Earth"?" He thought in distress.

But "The Wandering Earth" is also a movie that Guo Fan has been preparing for several years. He was so short of money that he even sold his house to raise money and begged for money everywhere. It took 5 years from project establishment to production completion!

"Oh, right!" Thinking of this, Wu Yuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xiaoping: "Did director Guo Fan come to the company to raise investment for his new movie?"

"Guo Fan?" Li Xiaoping thought for a while, "The director of "My Deskmate"?"

"Yes, his new movie is a science fiction film, which has been prepared for several years. It seems to have started now, right?"

In 2012, China Film Group purchased the copyright of Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "The Wandering Earth". In 2014, China Film Group decided to start the filming of "The Wandering Earth". In 2015, Guo Fan was confirmed as the director of the film.

A lot of work was done during the preparation period for "The Wandering Earth". As a science fiction film, a lot of preparations need to be done before shooting, including drawing thousands of setting drawings.

According to Wu Yuan, before shooting, the "The Wandering Earth" team produced more than 8,000 storyboards, more than 30 minutes of dynamic previews, detailed production processes and shooting plans, and coordination and notices based on shots.

All these explorations and preparations of industrial processes are to minimize cost waste and improve work efficiency.

In his previous life, as a director of commercial special effects films, Wu Yuan had always paid close attention to this movie. However, in this life, he was busy with many things and had made many science fiction films himself, so he didn't pay much attention to "The Wandering Earth".

"Oh, I remember." Li Xiaoping clapped her hands and said suddenly, "That's right. Director Guo Fan came to the company to solicit investment and also pulled the banner of China Film."

"But I considered that there seemed to be no directors and companies that could make good science fiction films in China except us. I was not very optimistic about this project, so I didn't participate in the investment."

"In the past few years, because of your influence, Director Wu, the circle has made a lot of so-called science fiction movies, with the gimmick of special effects blockbusters, but each one is worse than the other, and most of them have lost a lot of money. Otherwise, fans would not have been looking forward to your science fiction movies so much."

"Guo Fan is just a director who makes youth movies. I really can't Imagine he can make such a sci-fi special effects blockbuster. "

"But I also heard that it seems that this movie has already started shooting in Oriental Movie Metropolis. Wu Jing was invited to play the male lead. It seems that there is a lot of movement, a big scene, and a lot of money has been spent. "

Wu Yuan looked as if it was just as expected, nodded and said firmly: "I am optimistic about the director Guo Fan, and I will contact him as soon as possible to contact the movie "The Wandering Earth". If he is short of money for filming, let Guangying Times participate in the investment and make up for the funding gap! "

"For a sci-fi movie like this, it is normal to run out of money during the filming. We still have a chance to participate in the investment!" (End of this chapter)