At this time, Lan Li said goodbye to the production of the sequel to "Fast and Thrilling", and Warner Bros. welcomed Lan Li with a grand ceremony.

After Dawn and Luke, the crew first announced Michelle Rodriguez's official return to the sixth part of the series, and then the contract renewal of Jordana Brewster, Gal Gadot, Cheng Kang and other actors was also completed.

At that time, Universal Pictures officially announced that "Fast and Thrilling/Emotional" will shoot the sixth and seventh sequels together, and increase the budget in one go, and the cost of a single film has increased from 125 million to 160 million, officially ranking among the super commercial blockbusters.

At that time, Universal Pictures once again announced that Justin Lin had completed the contract renewal and would continue to be in charge of the sixth part, and now the creation of the script is nearing completion, and the entire crew is ready to go.

Before the awards season was officially announced, the two works of "Killing Reincarnation" and "Fast and/Furious" appeared and grabbed people's attention, thanks to the topic maker of Blue Rite, and thanks to the North American 300 million of "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5", which really attracted a lot of attention and sparked a lot of discussion.

On the surface, both Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures couldn't be more satisfied with the direction of the matter, and the actors didn't have any opinions, and there was a happy scene. But the major media disagreed.

"Killing Reincarnation" and "Speed and Excitement" are two different things, but they are also one thing. Regarding the impact of this incident, and the future prospects of these two works, the media is clearly divided into two camps, one for support and one for opposition.

The so-called supporters are pro-Lanli and Universal Pictures. Led by "America Weekly", they believe that this is a win-win situation.

As the most ferocious rookie actor in the past two years, Lan Li has proven himself in terms of acting skills, "Love is Crazy" is in the limelight, and "I Fight Cancer" is on the way to release, which is exciting;

This is crucial for the future development of Lanli. It's not just an opportunity for commercial blockbusters, it's also an increase in market value.

The so-called market value refers to the influence in the industry. Commercial works are one part, and works of art are another. To put it simply, now Focus Pictures is preparing to make an art film and make an Oscar attack, and they need an actor with outstanding acting skills and a PR selling point to take on the role, and their options may be Daniel Day Lewis, maybe Tom Hanks, maybe Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, there may also be Lanli-Hall.

In the past, Lan Li's artworks were always produced by independent film companies, and the choice of objects was just a big palm. But after the commercial value is further recognized, then the resources of the artwork will also be fully opened.

Jennifer Lawrence, after "Winter's Bones", first took over the supporting role of "X-Men", and then took over the protagonist of "The Hunger Games", which follows this development line.

"Killing Reincarnation" has revealed very limited information so far, and it is only known that it is a sci-fi action movie. But that's enough, almost every top Hollywood actor has starred in sci-fi action movies, which is undoubtedly the most important process for an actor to reach the top, not only to attract a large number of regular fans, but also to a niche otaku fans.

It's a no-brainer for Lan Li, and it's the same for Speed & Excitement.

In the previous five works, "Fast and Thrilling/Love" has never had an actor appear in all of the series. Even putting aside the first three parts of the series with frequent personnel changes, the actors of the fourth and fifth parts have also changed a lot, for example, Michelle Rodriguez, whose performance won a lot of applause in the fourth part, was also absent from the fifth part;

"Fast & Thrilling" is not a series that uses actors to attract audiences, including Fan and Paul, the charm of the characters themselves is mediocre, they are not enough to show the unique temperament of Robert Downey Jr. to "Iron Man" and Johnny Depp to "Pirates of the Caribbean";

Therefore, changing the actors, maintaining the freshness of the cast and cast, and also maintaining the vitality of the content of the script, constantly creating more explosions for the audience to enter the cinema, while retaining the familiar elements of the series of movies led by Fan and Paul, will do more good than harm for the sequel to create good results again.

Gavin Hunter of "Us Weekly" concluded that whether it is "Killing Reincarnation" or "Speed and Excitement/Emotion 6", this is something to look forward to.

Gavin's views are supported by the Chicago Tribune, the Seattle Post, and the New York Post, but they are still in the minority. In the midst of the momentum of the entire media, the media that held diametrically opposed views to them had the upper hand, and they had the absolute upper hand, and the mainstream authoritative media, led by the "Los Angeles Times", "The Hollywood Reporter", "Variety", and "The New Yorker", all sided with the opposition.

In particular, Cornell McGregor of "Entertainment Weekly" was the leading figure, lashing out with all his firepower.

Cornell believes that the series can succeed in this year's summer file for multiple reasons, the first is the great contribution of director Justin, the second is that the previous four works have accumulated enough mass base, the third is the chemistry between Lan Li and Fan, and the fourth is the correct publicity method and the attention won by the summer file opening game.

Hobbs, played by Lan Li, has received so much love and support, which is undoubtedly an unexpected surprise. But now, the series of movies has taken the initiative to give up Lan Li, which is undoubtedly equivalent to giving up half of the success of the fifth part of the series, just like the second part of the series gave up Fan, which is the same reason.

Joining Dawn and Luke, recalling Michelle, these moves can be seen in the crew's efforts. But making a movie is not a math problem, this is not a "one plus one equals two" formula, and replacing Lan Li with two people, Dawn and Luke, will not work. The series of movies has never been a master of creating characters and telling stories, and finally a Hobbes was produced, which sublimated the film, and now it has returned to the original point, which makes it difficult for people to be optimistic about the prospects of the sixth part of the series.

The failure of the second part of the series that year is now repeating the mistakes of the past. This is undoubtedly stupid and arrogant.

In Cornell's view, Universal Pictures has always repeated itself, the rout of the third part of "Jurassic Park", and the disappointment of the second and third parts of "Fast and Thrilling/Emotional", and now it is staged again. They will never take the lesson. "Hollywood's film company that doesn't make sequels is a good name. ”

As can be seen in the final conclusion, Cornell's words are sharp and really overwhelming. However, compared with Lan Li, the evaluation of Universal Pictures can only be said to be sprinkled.

Giving up the role of Hobbs is the same as Orlando Bloom giving up the role of Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings". Although this is only a supporting role, this is a character that has won countless supports and loves, and this is a character that can gain a wide mass base, if it is a top superstar like Johnny Depp, then it doesn't matter if you give up, the problem is that Lan Li is not.

Lan Li is just a rookie actor who needs more support, more cognition, and more background, he should learn from Jennifer Lawrence, firmly grasp the role of "X-Men", and at the same time star in "The Hunger Games", after continuous accumulation and continuous polishing, perhaps, the supporting role can also be promoted to the protagonist - history proves that the demon girl played by Jennifer later became the absolute protagonist of "X-Men: Apocalypse".

If it is said that it is beyond our power to give up Hobbes, then it is foolish to take over the "killing cycle".

What is "Killing Reincarnation"? This is not an irony, but a real question. Because in the United States, no one has heard of this original book at all.

When people think of Japanese culture, manga, Akira Kurosawa, Haruki Murakami, these are the keywords that people associate with it, not science fiction. The mass base of Japanese science fiction in the United States is not even comparable to that of South Korea. Before Warner Bros. announced the project, reporters didn't even know if "Killing Reincarnation" had ever been published in the United States, and the copy was now simply not available in bookstores — sales were so low that publishers refused to reprint it.

Indeed, sci-fi action movies are a vital part of the American film market, but at the same time, they are also the most likely genre to fail. Just look at "Blade Runner", when the movie was scolded bloody, and the careers of Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford were affected to varying degrees, and it was not until many years later that they came to their senses.

After entering the new century, in addition to "Inception", science fiction movies have declined in an all-round way, and there are many science fiction movies with a box office of more than 100 million, but the cost is expensive, publicity is expensive, and there are only a handful of works that finally achieve profitability, and the box office results of works such as "World War", "I Am a Legend", and "Men in Black 3" are difficult to be satisfactory. The only one that succeeded was "Transformers".

Now, "Killing Reincarnation" is such a work full of countless risks, without the blessing of big-name directors, without the blessing of excellent scripts, without the blessing of excellent casts, and even without the blessing of high investment, from any point of view, this work has a bleak prospect, and the risk of failure is so great that it even makes people wonder why Warner Bros. decided to set up the project!

Before that, there was no news about "Killing Reincarnation" at all, and there was not much progress now, except for Lan Li, the other lineups were still not confirmed. This is the best proof of this. It seems that Lan Li gave up a project that must win and chose a project that must lose.

"It was the stupidest decision of Ranley-Hall's career. One of them, after all, the future is still long. ”