The slow pace of his own film production did not bother Levy. He knows that a big-budget special effects movie needs to be done slowly, and he is not in a hurry to do so. Moreover, in his spare time, in addition to filming movies, he can also pay attention to other things in Hollywood, and life is not boring.

This year's Oscars are similar to last year's, there are no particularly outstanding works, and in the end, it is the more innovative and bold Brokeback Mountain in the subject matter that wins - this film about homosexuality can be regarded as catering to the taste of the Oscars and won the award.

And through this movie, Ang Lee also became the first person to win the Oscar for Best Director, and also won the Best Picture - Oscar for Best Director, if you can't win the Best Film at the same time, it will always make people feel that something is missing, in fact, there are only four or five movies after the 90s, and the Best Director and Best Film are inconsistent. In Levy's original memory, Ang Lee won the best director twice, but did not win the best film, which has to be said to be a big regret, but now, compared to the original situation, it is much better.

Because the narrative structure of multi-line intersection has been used in Three-Body Problem 1, although this year's crash is also very popular, it is also the same as the Tower of Babel that is a year later in Levy's memory, although it has been well received, but it has not won the award. After all, such a movie relies on novelty, and without novelty, the movie will be meaningless.

Oscar has obviously undergone some changes because of Levy, but Levy doesn't think it's bad for such a change. At least, he thinks Ang Lee's movies are good, and he is also happy that Ang Lee won the award.

Compared with the Best Director Award, this year's Best Actor and Actress Award was won by Seymour. Hoffman and Reese. Witherspoon got it. There are some starlight that are not enough. After all, Hoffman is not a top star, and there is a slight difference between him and a top star in terms of audience attraction.

This kind of behavior is insufficient, and even makes the media somewhat ridiculed, and some media even directly commented, "Rather than this, it is better to give the best actor to King Kong and the best actress to the broken back - that at least it is controversial enough......"

Of course. Such an evaluation can only be just talk. Giving Best Actor to Orangutan and Best Actress to a Man is something that the Oscars can't do......

In addition to these awards, in terms of technical awards, Mystery has once again won a bumper harvest. While the X-Men 3 was a box office success, it also showed his scientific and technological means to the fullest, in terms of the best sound editing, the best sound effects, the best visual effects, etc. He all outcame his rivals, Peter. Jackson's King Kong was victorious.

After putting aside the excellent script of The Lord of the Rings, Peter. Although the movie directed by Jackson still has top-notch sound and light effects, it is in terms of character creation and plot control of the movie. They have also shown their shortcomings. Although King Kong is a good commercial movie, both the box office and word of mouth have been completely suppressed by X-Men 3, even in terms of its special effects. Not much stronger than X-Men 3 and, therefore, in the competition. Jackson couldn't beat Nolan in terms of Zhejiang's name.

However, although Nolan has been very successful in these technical awards, he has not been able to win the Oscar for superhero movies as people have said before, not to mention the awards, he has not even been nominated: although he has entered the deep excavation of the villains in the super hard movies, and has begun to put heroes and criminals on the same level to dig deeper, but his excavation is still a bit superficial and superficial - after all, this is a commercial film, too dark, or too deep, is not conducive to the box office of the movie. Since Nolan has considered the box office in this regard, there is no way to take into account the praise.

Commercial films are not innovative in shooting techniques, and although Nolan's narrative structure is good, it is not enough to make people shine, so this movie, like Batman Prequel 2 in Levy's memory, has received rave reviews from the audience, but in the eyes of professionals, it is not too praised.

And this result has made many bad movie fans quite dissatisfied, and they have complained on the Internet, criticizing the old pedants of the academy for not understanding movies at all and not knowing what a good movie is.

Although these things don't have much to do with Levy, the next thing is somewhat implicated with Levy.

Nolan said that he didn't want to continue filming the X-Men's next sequel. He thinks that filming a trilogy is already good, and if he continues to shoot, there will not be too many ideas and new ideas, so he hopes not to continue the series. "Soon, Alexander brought Levy a piece of unpleasant news," he said, adding that he wanted to shoot something else and, if possible, to continue working with us. ”

Although Nolan's words are tactful, the meaning is actually very simple and straightforward: he is now famous, so there is no need to spend time on superhero movies, and he does not plan to continue this series, but is ready to make some other movies.

Levy is not surprised by this: no aspiring director would be willing to devote all his energy to superhero movies. Although this thing is very profitable, after all, the story belongs to someone else, the thought belongs to someone else, and in the final analysis, it is not its own thing.

It's just that this series is very profitable, and Nolan offered to resign, which also made Levy feel a little unexpected. If he leaves, whether the series can continue to make money is also something that Levy is worried about.

But Alexander was surprisingly supportive of Nolan's proposal to discontinue the series.

"I also think it's time to consider a reboot for the series: the movie is doing well, but it's also costing more and more money. The movie actors are too big, and if you want them to perform, you need more and more money. The investment in the third part has already reached hundreds of millions, and if we shoot the fourth part, we will be a little unbearable. ”

Superhero movies have one of the biggest problems compared to other movies. is the protagonist in the movie, which cannot be easily replaced. A superhero movie is largely an idol movie, and idols can't be easily replaced. Therefore, after successfully acting in the first part, when the second part is filmed in the sequel, these actors have to be used again. At this time, these actors can grasp the conditions and negotiate with the film company.

The net worth of the actors will change with the big sales of the movie and the rise of their popularity. In Levy's memory, after the filming of Spider-Man's trilogy was completed, it was simply stopped because he and the protagonist Thobemarguire did not agree on the salary, and Iron Man is also an example, Downey was only paid 500,000 when he filmed the first part, but the next two films directly rose to 50 million for two films - after making money. There are always people who want to share some of it, and few people who can afford to share the money will be merciful.

In the X-Men, more than one star is used, and Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and others are relatively easy to talk to, and their roles are more scattered, and their salaries have not increased much, but even so. But it still made Alexander a little unbearable, and if it continued to rise, he also felt that this movie shooting didn't make much sense.

However, this series has just become so popular, and it is a pity that it is no longer used.

Therefore. Alexander proposed to restart the movie: Levy had already told him about his idea of this, and during the filming of X-Men 1, Levy had already thought about the situation he might face in the future, and specially left his tail behind. And now. It's also time to put them to good use and reshoot the previous parts.

In this way, the name of the series can continue to be used. And it doesn't matter if the actors can be replaced as a whole. This kind of shooting greatly saves money.

A successful movie series is a cash cow, and the key is how to use it.

If the main story of the movie can't be filmed, you can shoot the side story, and if the side story can't be filmed, you can shoot the front story - the serialization of superhero movies originally worked like this.

"That's okay......" Levy also felt that this suggestion was bright, "If that's the case, it's understandable that there are some inconsistencies in style." ”

"Then, you also remember to find me another director quickly, this movie, I am also ready to start shooting as soon as possible. If we are lucky, the X-Men can make hundreds of millions a year like Harry Potter, and we can be regarded as having a lot of income. ”

For this future, Alexander was very longing, and Levy smiled, did not break his illusions, and promised him.

"But what to do with Nolan is a minor question. He wants to shoot something else," Alexander had some minor problems after confirming this matter, "It is said that he now has a script in his hand, called Inception, and now he is contacted by other film companies, what should we do?" ”

The director trained by his own company has become famous, so it is naturally best to stay. It's just that Alexander can't tell whether Nolan's movies can make money or not. Although his superhero movies are very profitable, it is doubtful whether it is still profitable to invest in others. His new project is still a blockbuster with an investment of more than 100 million, and such a movie is still an original movie, which always makes people feel a little uneasy.

However, he had already made such a request to the Mystery Company, and if he refused his words, it would be tantamount to pushing him to another company. The people that his own company had cultivated with great difficulty gave other companies money to make money, and Alexander also felt a little lost.

"Inception......" Levy was a little surprised by this, he originally thought that Nolan would have to come up with this movie a little later, after all, he had built enough fame to shoot what he wanted to chase, this is the way directors should go. Even if this movie is something he wanted to shoot since he was a child, in Levy's opinion, it would be more appropriate to make a few more movies and consolidate his reputation before trying.

But now, it seems that because success came earlier, and because he gained more trust at Mystery, his pace has quickened a lot.

Since he dared to bring up the idea, Levy also wanted to see what he could do.

"Agree with him, I think we can try." To this, Levy agreed, "This is something he has been thinking about for a long time, and I don't think there is any reason why it will not be successful." (To be continued......)