If a movie wants to be released simultaneously around the world, it must rely on Hollywood's strong distribution capabilities.

However, once Hollywood intervenes, they will take the lion's share of the profits!

Lu Xiaoran wanted to let Spielberg be the producer, just because he took a fancy to his fame...

Also, Spielberg is different from the average producer, he rarely has an opinion on a project, and basically the director is in charge.

He was intrigued by Lu's proposal – mainly because the rise of the Chinese market made Hollywood aware that a gold mine was being born!

"Tell me about the specific project!"

"It's a sci-fi survival genre," he continued, glancing at Spielberg, who didn't show disdain, "The story is simple, on the space station, several astronauts are taking a spacewalk, doing routine checks on their satellites. Dr. Tang Lingxiao, who has just gone to space, with the assistance of experienced astronaut Chen Zhi'an, methodically inspects every component.

At this moment, the China National Space Administration came with the terrifying news that the satellite not far ahead was destroyed by a missile, and the debris scattered in the Earth's orbit at a speed faster than that of a bullet, and accidentally hit other satellites, causing a chain reaction to create new debris.

The group was severely injured by fragments, some of their companions were unfortunately killed, and she and Chen Zhi'an lost control and fell into the depths of the universe. The two survivors had to trust each other and do their best to make their way to their homeland..."

Spielberg frowned: "How are you going to shoot?"

"It's impossible to shoot live, we are ready for full special effects, full CG production!"

"We've made a 3D animation preview, and then used the preview data on the motion-control robotic arm, photographed the faces and synthesized them into the animation, and then refined the modeling and textures on the animation preview into a realistic 3D image. ”

"The space environment requires three main light sources in the lighting design process: distant hard sunlight, soft light reflected from the Earth, and occasionally reflected light from the Moon. ”

"It's not like real outer space, it's not like it's inside a space station, where people are faced with pitch black, and they can only see part of the sun, part of the earth, and occasionally the moon. If that's the case, the 100-minute film wouldn't be as appealing, so what we need to do is change the lighting, and now to the point of light analysis, we need to know exactly whether the light is hard or soft, what the reflectivity is, what the color is..."

“... How much are you prepared to invest?"

"The cost of pre- and mid-term preparation, prop construction and special effects is basically around $150 million!"

"What do I need to do?"

“... You act as a producer, otherwise, it would be very difficult for this film to be distributed worldwide!"

"Is there a clip?"

"Yes!"

Lu Xiaoran called the on-site staff, brought a notebook, and played a three-minute animation preview...

It's the part where the debris hits.

Spielberg finished reading it and applauded: "This is just a preliminary expectation?"

“... It's a clip that's already set, and we'll perfect it when we shoot it and then synthesize the face..."

"Very nice special effects... May I ask, who did this effect?"

"It's my own company. ”

“... Awesome!"

"Thank you. ”

"Okay, I can be a producer, but I have one condition!"

You say. ”

"I'll invest $20 million..."

“... Thank you!"

......

Spielberg's investment, on behalf of his optimism about "Gravity"...

In fact, Lu Xiaoran is not very satisfied with Universal's distribution fees, for example, "Latent", the box office is about 35 million US dollars, and Universal intercepts 15% of the North American box office - 9 million US dollars!

What people intercepted was not the account-sharing box office, but the North American box office results!

In addition, there are expenses such as publicity and public relations that are paid in advance, almost $6 million, and the rest is for Orange Images: $20 million...

Of course, the production cost of "Latent" is relatively low, $3 million, and the overseas results, the price given by Universal is more reasonable: $25 million buyout.

But Boss Lu still feels unhappy - the total overseas score of "Latent" exceeds 90 million US dollars!

People are always not satisfied.

However, it is basically impossible for Orange to establish overseas channels in a short period of time, and it can only rely on the world...

Not necessarily in the North American market, "The Conjuring" was handed over to Huashi, and they won 1,200 movie theaters!

The best efforts have been done!

Working with Spielberg is just an attempt to see if we can get rid of the global - overseas distribution!

Isn't Lionsgate also a distribution channel that is opening little by little!

This requires time and money, and coincidentally, the most important thing that Boss Lu lacks is time and money!

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Let's talk about the situation back home.

After "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" won the Cannes Film Festival, "The Dark Side" won the best director, and "Destined" won the best screenplay...

It's really a big win for Chinese films!

It's just one Palme d'Or away!

The mainland media reported wildly, and a bunch of messy filmmakers jumped out to express their opinions.

Fuji Xun's "66th Cannes Special Report" took the opportunity to launch a film festival survey:

1: What do you think of "Destined" winning the best screenplay?

Jia Zhangke's skills are well deserved

Affirmed for focusing on reality

It's a pity to have won the screenwriting award

It's hard to say if you don't understand

The most answered was the fourth option, which accounted for 56 percent...

2: What do you think Lu Xiaoran won the best director?

At most, it is the first option, and Lu Xiaoran's skills are well deserved!

This kind of investigation is simply bullying, Lu Xiaoran's status in the minds of the people, not to mention Jia Zhangke, is that the so-called four major directors can't compare!

On May 16th, on the day that Lu Xiaoran and his group returned with honor, the official website of Orange Imaging announced: The "Gravity" project is about to start, with an investment of more than 150 million US dollars, director Lu Xiaoran, producer: Spielberg!

There is also a small print introduction: "Gravity" tells about space disasters, is a science fiction survival genre, leading everyone to appreciate the vast cosmic firmament...

Nothing else matters, keyword: $150 million, executive producer: Spielberg...

Let's be fair, is Spielberg the best director in North America?

Simply compared to the box office, maybe not as good as Cameron...

From the perspective of film history, Spielberg must be a director who has left a name in film history!

Not to mention anything else, to be able to launch "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List" in the same year, great or not great, living directors who can do this, please raise your hand!

They single-handedly built the entire Hollywood narrative - and the commercial films that have been sold since then have followed the narrative of the Spear model!

In addition, people have devoted their lives to making commercial films, so don't evaluate them by literary standards.

A bunch of reporters who were squatting outside the airport apparently noticed the news as well...

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