The filming rights of the X-Men movie have been in Levy's hands for some time. This article was first published by Marvel who sold the rights to the film to Fox, who in turn sold the production rights to Levy - after the film was made, the distribution rights remained with Fox - and last year, the movie Blade was released and was quite successful. Its success has also proved that the movie is excellent or not, not because of whether the comic theme is popular, but more because of the production level of the movie. Since there is no problem in the market, Levy naturally wants to shoot the movie. If you don't prepare early, you will be troubled when the copyright expires.

Therefore, the current production period is just right: Mystery has the production power, and because of the popularity of superheroes, people are more interested in the theme of superpowers. In addition, the mystery company has its own special effects department, and when Levy is now famous, there are also investment companies willing to invest in the mystery company to let the mystery company shoot movies, plus Levy has now accumulated some contacts - money, people, things, copyrights, time, and markets are all ready, and the production of this movie should also be put on the agenda. In recent years, the development and growth of the mystery company is enough to make this kind of movie.

And to make this movie, it takes a lot of money and investment, and it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. In terms of actors, there are many actors who have their own ideas: most of the actors in the original work are of a convincing level, Levy is still very satisfied with them, and let them play it, and in terms of film director, Levy found Christopher. Nolan, in addition to the reasons he talked about with Nolan, there are also some reasons that Levy has considered.

He's going to shoot the X-Men - the line between good and evil in the X-Men is arguably the most ambiguous of all the heroic films. The dispute between Professor X and Magneto, the friendship of ideas, are all intertwined. This is not just a simple story of beating the bad guys to stop the destruction of the earth, different superpowers have their own stories, and they have a deep bond together, in addition to the friendship and love story in the basic story, there are a lot of sociological concepts involved at a deeper level, and there are many things that can be dug deeper. If this electronic music is handed over to other directors to shoot, it is estimated that it will be just a simple story of the confrontation between good and evil, but if it is handed over to Nolan, maybe this movie will be very different.

Nolan is a creative director: the biggest advantage of such a director is that he can weave a good story with his own team. Levy remembers the Batman prequels. His story is very well told, and that trilogy is also a very successful trilogy. Since a story like Batman can be woven into a good movie by him, it is not impossible for the X-Men, who have more complex character relationships, to do better.

Reinventing the theme and form of superhero movies is what he is good at.

"If you really want me to direct...... Then I have a few requests, and I hope you will be able to grant me. Nolan simply spoke after seeing that Levy was really serious about him rather than being polite.

At the moment, he was still hesitating: he wasn't sure what Levy was thinking. But now he has some understanding: superhero movies are originally movies with big investment and high returns. As long as this kind of movie can be shot at a level above the level, it can make money, compared to ordinary commercial films, they have an audience accumulated by comics. It has a strong propaganda foundation in itself, and it is naturally not worried about sales. It's not so much that Levy gave himself 70 million to make a movie, but that Levy invested 70 million to shoot X-Men and make himself a director.

Such a comic book adaptation of the movie. It's a lot simpler, but there's a lot less room for me to play. I have to discuss these aspects with Levy. Thinking of this, Nolan also put forward his own conditions for Levy.

"You say, I'll listen." Levy nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"I want to pick the screenwriter myself, I want to pick the actors myself, and if possible, the photographer should also find someone myself, and the soundtrack, and I hope to be able to refer to my opinion." Nolan spoke, "You are also a director, and you must understand that cinematographers, soundtracks, actors, screenwriters, these things are an important part of the movie, and these people must be people who understand my opinions, so that I can make a good movie." ”

These requirements are somewhat excessive, a rookie director requires himself to have his own team, and Nolan himself is a little uneasy in his heart. However, no matter how uneasy he was, he persisted in doing so: as a director, how could he shoot a film without the right screenwriter to conceive the work with, without the right actors to show what he wanted, without a photographer who knew his own lens language, without his favorite soundtrack style.

And he was already very careful: at least he didn't immediately ask for editing rights: he knew very well that that power couldn't be his, and he mentioned it in vain.

These things are the basic insistence of a director. Nolan knows that Levy is also a good director, and the crew he chooses should not be too bad, but no matter how good a person is, it is not as good as a caring person, and it is always awkward for the director to have his favorite personnel.

The conditions he proposed, Levi groaned for a moment, and then immediately opened his mouth, "I can agree to some of these conditions, but some have to be refused: for example, the crew, let's find it, I'm more familiar with it here, you haven't filmed in the United States, and you can't find people." There is no problem with the rest, the soundtrack, the screenwriter, you can do it, the actors, I have some references, I hope you can listen to it. Moreover, in terms of the script, we are adapting the original script, and we need to pay attention to respecting the original book, and I have some ideas of my own: I want the film to be made into a series, so I think we need to lay out better - these aspects, we can discuss these aspects in detail. ”

Levy knows that every director has his own habits, and some directors can't use unfamiliar actors, so they have to use acquaintances to make good enough movies. Nolan always has a good idea when shooting movies, and he doesn't have enough autonomy in the script, which is to make his film shooting shrink. At the same time, Nolan is a director who started shooting short films, and his portrayal of the actors in the film and the direction of acting skills are not particularly good, so he also likes to use his favorite actors - these aspects, Levy can meet his requirements, he can just let it go.

Levy is also a director himself, so he also knows very well what to do to make the best performance of the director.

"There's no problem with the script, my brother can adapt it." Nolan replied immediately, and when he finished answering, he realized that his statement seemed to be a bit suspicious of using power for personal gain, "My brother is a good screenwriter, very good. He's very talented and can help me......"

"You don't need to explain this," Levi certainly knew that his brother was a good screenwriter, which was one of the reasons why he was looking for Nuo, "You can look at it yourself, I believe in your vision." So on the actor, do you agree to my request? ”

"I'm open to negotiation, but maybe I'd prefer to use a British actor. I'm British, I'm more familiar with the UK, and I know the actors can perform well. ”

Nolan expressed his opinion, Levy nodded, the director always likes to use local actors, this is not unusual, anyway, there are many good British actors, Levy originally wanted to recommend a few British actors, Nolan thought so he could accept.

Moreover, he can even say that he is still a little happy - British actors are generally paid less than Americans, and if there are more Britons, you can save a lot of money, and if all this money is spent on special effects, then the movie will be much better.

"So we can be so sure...... Oh no, I have one more small request – action scenes, I need to arrange for a dedicated martial arts instruction. Levy suddenly remembered something, and added.

In memory, Nolan's films seem to have always been difficult to get rid of a big problem: the action scenes of his films can be described as too bad to be described - Levy still remembers those uncomfortable action scenes in Batman and Inception. Nolan himself doesn't care about these things, he is a director who relies on structure to win, and he doesn't pay attention to the picture, but the rough action scenes don't fit Levy's aesthetics, and he still wants to shoot better action scenes for the box office.

It just so happens that now Yuan Baye is also in Hollywood: The Matrix is about to be released, and this movie is also a sign that Yuan Baye has officially entered Hollywood. It couldn't have been better to invite him to be the action director for the X-Men.

Nolan thought it was a strange proposition, he didn't value the action scenes, and he didn't have any ideas about it. However, since Levy agreed to his other requests, he didn't want to say anything more, so he nodded and agreed.

He was still happy with the negotiations with Levy: although the idea of forming his own team was unsuccessful, he also won enough autonomy, and such authority was enough.

"Well, then, the matter is settled - Mr. Nolan, I hope we have a good time working together, and I will wait for you to show this movie in front of me." Levy held out his hand to Nolan, "I believe it's time for Mystery to make some big movies. ”

"Mr. Levy, I still have a question for you." Hearing Levy's words, Nolan's eyebrows twitched, but he still didn't suppress his curiosity and asked, "You invested in me to make a movie like this, do you have any ideas to consider for your own movie shooting?" I always feel that you are not a person who will make big-investment hero films just for money. ”

If it's someone else, making movies for money, Nolan can understand. However, he always felt that Levy's idea was not so simple.

"If I say no, will you believe it?" "Of course, I have my own considerations, and for me, one of the most important reasons to be a film producer is, of course, to accumulate experience and plan for my future films." (To be continued......) u