Sisyphus Pictures' actions have attracted a lot of attention from Hollywood, but things seem to be a little different from what was imagined. The selection of works and the development guidelines are slightly different from the expected trajectory.

However, after careful thinking, things can still find a certain pattern.

The investment budget for "Female Spy" is slightly higher than expected, but overall, it is still a medium-sized investment, and it is a comedy, similar to the horror movie "It's Behind It", they all have a specific fan base, and they are often able to create small and big miracles, even if the box office numbers are mediocre, relying on the support of exclusive fans, it is not too embarrassing, which is the best choice for independent film companies at the beginning of their establishment.

"The Revenant" is a work that breaks the rules and breaks the guesswork, but it shares a similar pattern like "Nightcrawler": the artistic taste that fits the blue rite, and the bonus of friendship.

"Nightcrawler" is Jake Gyllenhaal, "The Revenant" is Leonardo DiCaprio, and Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu also completed the tie through Alfonso Cuarón, all of which add to the stakes to convince Blue Rite. Although the investment cost of the "Revenant" is indeed outrageous, and it is many notches higher than that of the "Night Kinsider", this is not a problem for Lan Li.

It is worth mentioning that "The Revenant" is only officially established in Sisypheus Films, and there are still many issues that need to be discussed, and it is only in the preliminary preparations, and Alejandro is choosing a suitable filming location The cost budget of different filming locations is different, which has an important impact on the overall budget of the crew.

Why do many crews like to go to Atlanta and Pittsburgh or simply go to Canada for filming, the former state government/government has issued tax exemption policies related to film and television crews, and the latter is that the price is slightly lower overall, don't underestimate these small reductions, for the crew is millions of cost savings, and for the state where the filming is located, it can create more jobs and generate income through tourism, which is a win-win strategy.

Later, California also introduced a relevant tax exemption policy, hoping to keep more crews, and the state government/government will draw lots for alternate TV drama projects every year to randomly select projects that can be tax-free. For some episodes, the TV station had already decided to cancel it, but because it was selected for tax exemption, the cost could be greatly reduced, and the TV station decided to renew it and give the drama another chance, which also allowed many dramas to survive.

In short, the location of the shoot is a crucial part of the cost budget. This also means that there are still a lot of variables in "The Revenant", and it is clear that Sisyphus Pictures also needs to be cautious about the investment cost of $100 million, and everything is possible before it is officially filmed.

As a result, things returned to the original prediction of industry insiders: the establishment and existence of Sisyphus Films, in the final analysis, was for Lan Li to freely choose film projects.

Although industry insiders have noticed the frequent actions of Sisyphus Films, because of the relationship between Lan Li, everyone has a preconceived fixed concept, and it is taken for granted that Sisyphus Pictures is equivalent to Brad Pitt's Plan A Pictures and Tom Cruise's Tom Cruise Films, which naturally leads to the deviation of subsequent ideas.

In this way, whether it is "Female Spy" and "It's Behind", or "Revenant" and "Nightcrawler", they have indeed made a lot of waves, and have faintly sparked a lot of discussions, but they have not been able to really trigger the alarm of the film company, and no one has been able to fully connect the series of actions at the Sundance Film Festival before.

Even Andre, Andy and others didn't expect Lanli's grand blueprint and unparalleled execution, how could other people in the industry easily see through it?

But in fact, under the cover of works such as "Female Spy", "The Revenant", and "It's Behind", there are still some actions in Sisyphus Pictures that have not been discovered.

The first is the official establishment of Hall Ventures in Silicon Valley. Across Silicon Valley, there are countless VC funds, and almost every day there are old players quitting the game and new players joining the game. Robin Herzer officially took office and started the preliminary work.

The second is the transformation of the "crack" of the online broadcast platform. Over the past two months, Arthur has traveled frequently between the North American continent and the European continent, quietly forming a team, officially establishing the online broadcasting platform division under Sisyphus Pictures, and starting the reconstruction and transformation of the "Don Quixote" channel.

These actions are happening under the nose of Hollywood, but because they are currently in the preliminary preparation stage, all the actions are happening behind the scenes, there is not much substantial progress for the time being, and even the movement is not very obvious, so it has not been able to attract any attention from any side for the time being.

Sisyphus Pictures is preparing and laying out step by step, and the most rare thing is that although the grandeur of the blueprint has far exceeded expectations, Andre is still not too impatient, striding to try to catch up with the progress, but after calming down, he gradually adjusts the development plan, and carries out the implementation in a relaxed manner, which is really far from the mainstream impression of Hollywood as a "layman" and "people are stupid and have a lot of money".

In fact, after Andre and Arthur's first round of funding, and through the second round of funding from Lanli and a group of friends, including Rooney Mara, Jessica Chastain, Ryan Gosling, Paul Walker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rami Malek, Robert Redford, Alfonso Cuarón, Chris Evans, and the Coen brothers, etc., Hall Ventures now has more than half a billion dollars on its books.

In other words, if Robin Helzer agrees, if Andre Hamilton is willing, Sisyphus Pictures has the ability to throw off their arms and go full throttle, let alone a "revenant", they can fully invest in full development.

But they didn't.

Because they clearly knew how huge Lan Li's plan was, there was no need to rush it now. Rather than fighting for a moment of scenery, it is better to lay a solid foundation in the early stage of the ground, just like the foundation of a high-rise building, only by laying the foundation well, the future development can be fully promoted at a high speed and efficiency.

Therefore, in addition to the "Nightcrawler" that is being filmed, only one work of "Female Spy" has been put into production. "It's Behind It" and "The Revenant" are just projects for the time being, and they are not in a hurry to enter the production process immediately. In addition to this, Sisyphus Pictures has quietly identified several other projects.

In terms of movies, there are "Spotlight", "Orange", "Patterson", "Border Killer", "Carol", "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl", "Cool", "After the Lights Out", and so on.

From the quantitative level, there are really a lot, but in fact, the investment cost is not high, the cost budget is higher than 10 million, there are only three projects, "Border Killer", "Focus" and "Carol", the budget structure of the three works is relatively similar, the first is on-site shooting, and the second is the cast, which raises the cost. The cost budget for other projects is less than five million, and the cheapest "orange" is only four hundred thousand.

In terms of TV series, it includes two projects: "Stranger Things" and "Run of the Night of Sin".

Although there were only two projects, the preparation was extremely cumbersome, because Sisyphus Pictures had to start from scratch without their own studio, without their own shooting team, without their own casting channels, everything had to be built from scratch. Of course, once the situation is opened, the follow-up filming of the TV series will continue all the way with ease, and things will not be so cumbersome.

Among them, the cost budget of "Stranger Things" is about 20 million, and the cost budget of "Crime Nightrun" is controlled between 25 million and 30 million. The difference is in the production team, "Run for Crime" has an incredibly strong lineup of writers, including two top big names, Steven Zerian and Richard-Press, the former created "Schindler's List", and the latter was involved in the writing of "The Wire".

But now TV dramas are still in the stage of talking on paper, and the budget cost is only an estimate, which can change at any time.

It is worth mentioning that "Sin Night Run" is a project that Arthur Hale personally came out of the horse and snatched from HBO's hands, even if it is a sign of blue ceremony, they don't know how Arthur did it, but vaguely heard that Steven Spielberg played an important role in it.

Eight film projects, two television projects, all of which are now in the project approval stage, but ten projects are progressing in an orderly manner. There may still be a lot of work to be done slowly before the official start of production, and even before the official selection of the cast lineup, and there are still many variables, but Sisyphus Pictures still shows a thriving and busy scene.

Not only in March after the Oscar ended, in fact, from January to June, throughout the first half of 2014, Sisyphus Pictures did a lot of action.

However, because of the preconceived and fixed mode of thinking, Hollywood industry insiders have cast close attention, but have never really been vigilant, in addition, before June, Sisyphus Pictures only three works "Nightcrawler", "Female Spy" and "It's Behind" put into production, the rumored project has been delayed, Alessandro is still tirelessly looking for a suitable location to shoot, which is more reassuring to industry insiders.

As a result, although it attracted much attention and was under the nose of the whole of Hollywood, Sisyphus Film was able to start the preliminary preparations at its own pace.

However, none of these things seem to have anything to do with Lan Li.