It's been a very good year for Hollywood. For the mystery company, a blockbuster movie is enough to make the people of the mystery company all excited and proud. For Levy, such a year is also a year of success.

However, such a year is not very good in everyone's eyes, and for some other actors and directors, this year's year can be said to be mixed.

For example, for Theron, the hardest movie she made this year was not the female devil in Levy's memory, but a commercial film. This action movie was supposed to be good at the box office, but now, under the reflection of those blockbusters, the box office figures of this movie seem a little sad, which is not good news for Theron.

The film is about her and Wahlberg, Edward. The action movie co-produced by Norton and others, the story is not very exciting, but it is quite innovative, and after it was released at the end of May, it also got a good box office. After participating in the filming and promotion of that movie, Theron has been busy with the shooting of some commercials and endorsements, and has not participated in the new movie. Originally, an action movie could make her a year very satisfying, but now, people's attention to her is obviously a little lower.

And this is slightly different from Levy's memory, but it is not surprising: unlike in memory, Theron has already won an Oscar for supporting actress, and her choice will naturally be different.

In her memory, she took over the movie of the female devil, played an ugly performance in it, and finally won the Oscar. However, that kind of movie is a movie used to rush to the Olympics, and other than that, it doesn't have much meaning. And Theron now knows that he has no possibility of winning the award, so naturally he will not accept it.

In Oscar history. The only one who can win the Oscar for supporting actress and then the actress is Jessica. Lange and Meryl. Streep and the two, this is extremely difficult, and the time is only a year apart, people will certainly not give her a second award so soon, therefore, she can't afford to play a movie like the female devil - neither box office nor award, and it is really a bit more than worth the loss to play ugly.

Instead of pretending to be ugly here, it's better to wait for a while. Let's accumulate it a little more. Moreover, Li Wei is helping her anyway, why should she act in such an ugly scene?

Her original intention was to gain recognition by performing in some more well-known movies. It's just that obviously she needs to work harder.

And she didn't play the female devil, but the movie was still filmed, and the role finally fell to Kate. Wainrester in the hands, and it has to be said that Kate. Wainrest's acting skills are definitely the top in Hollywood. And when it comes to gaining weight and pretending to be ugly, she is far more open than ordinary people. She played this role, and she was unanimously favored by the media. Many people also think that if she is willing to play ugly and work hard, it will be difficult for other actors to compete with her.

Her starring. For other actors, it can be regarded as a lot of pressure. For example, this year's Naomi starred in 21 grams. Watts, in Levy's opinion, is a little difficult to compete with her.

Naomi Watts has been nominated since last year. also became famous in Hollywood, her acting skills are very good, although she is a little old, she does not look old, and she also has a lot of opportunities. And with the increase in fame, she also began to take on some good movies. The 21-gram film is also a work in which she wants to improve her reputation, but if she meets Wainrest, who has better acting skills, she has no confidence in victory.

starred in such a movie, which didn't get a good box office in the first place, and now has no chance of winning awards, which also makes Watts a little sullen.

However, Watts didn't have to rush to win the award immediately, and this year he had to get a nomination first, and then talk about it when his name often appeared in front of people, and then talk about it after accumulating enough.

met a few of them actresses who have not yet completely mixed up, Winona Ryder can now be said to be extremely chic. Everyone else is busy taking over the show, but this year, she ran to be a producer, invested herself, starred herself, and Tim. Robbins collaborated on a documentary on the abduction of women in South Asia. Such a movie basically has nothing to do with the box office or awards, but she likes it herself, that's another matter.

Anyway, for her, work was not the focus of life. She is also quite a lazy person, even if Hollywood is catching up with the good times, but she still has no idea of coming out to make money: for her, the current income is about the same.

The arrival of the good times is good news for Hollywood as a whole, but not necessarily good news for some people. The salary in the new era will be higher, but the premise is that it has to keep up with the times. If you shoot action movies, literary films, or even documentaries, you will definitely not be able to benefit from this good era, and if you want to catch up with the times, you have to have bigger actions.

And such an action is not done by no one. A few days after Levy's film was painted, Levy received a call from Nolan.

Nolan said he wanted the X-Men 3 to start filming sooner, preferably as soon as possible......

After answering the phone, Levy immediately asked a few of his partners to discuss, "What do you think? ”

"If Nolan really wants to shoot X-Men 3, then just let him start filming."

Alexander groaned for Nolan's request, but chose to agree.

Actually, not to mention Nolan's request, even if it was any proposal to make a blockbuster, Alexander would now agree to it - such a film makes money, that's the only reason.

After the release of X-Men 2, the box office was not as good as expected. Although it is said that it has reached less than 500 million in revenue worldwide, compared with these movies this year, the gap is suddenly apparent.

There are still many reasons why X-Men 2 did not meet expectations, and one of the most important reasons, that is, when filming, Nolan was still greatly affected by the failure of the previous movie, and the filming of the movie was also a little uncontrollable. is too traditional, fails to jump out of the framework of heroism, and has too many characters and the image is not prominent, which makes this movie not very successful. Levy used to count on this movie to be the dark knight of his own company, but Nolan was still a little unpopular, and it can be said that he miscalculated.

However, even if it is a miscalculation, the movie does not lose money - blockbusters are basically not afraid of losing money, not to mention that the X-Men still have 1 as insurance. It's just that after that movie, whether it is time to prepare for the next one immediately, Levy is also a little worried.

But this time, Nolan seems to be ready. There are a lot of blockbusters this summer, and it is obvious that he should have given him some inspiration, and he took the initiative to shoot a movie, and it seems that he is very well prepared.

"He told me about the idea of the script, which seemed to be preparing to promote Magneto, the villain, and the decent laser eye scenes, which made the movie move from Wolverine's main focus to a group drama. I think it's a lot of fun for him, and it's a good thing that Jack's role has been greatly improved......"

Levy and his friends also talked about Nolan's ideas, and Levy felt that these ideas were really good: Nolan is not the kind of director who is used to shooting orthodox heroic narratives, and his films still need some editing and some suspense to make them look better. In the last movie, he was afraid to shoot it well, but this time, since he has learned his lesson, he can also start filming.

"Nolan is a good director, and although his films don't have much depth, they are really good." In this regard, Clark also quickly agreed, "He is a good director of commercial films, even if the last film failed at the box office, it was good, and now he has accumulated experience himself, and we are not short of money in hand, what is there to worry about?" ”

For Nolan, several people are still confident, and the commercial films he shoots are indeed quite good. And, now is the time for commercial blockbusters to make money, so why not let him try?

This matter is so simple to decide.

"Alex just told me that he wanted to prepare to shoot a blockbuster film a year and make money from it, so Nolan sent me the movie he prepared, which is just the right time. In that case, let's get him ready to do it, and we'll see if he can shoot anything new. ”

Since several people didn't object, then Levy also finalized this matter, and when he finished saying this, Alexander immediately said, "So, are you going to shoot Three-Body Problem 2 immediately this year?" ”

"There's no script yet, and the Matrix has learned from the past, don't be so anxious, it's better to wait."

"Wait? It's not that you don't know, now is the best time at the box office, who knows what will happen in a few years? If there is another economic crisis, maybe we will not be able to make money again. ”

In 98, the film market was affected by the financial turmoil, and Alexander remembered it and said so. But this made Levy look at him, and in the bottom of his heart, he felt a little amused by his words.

"Rest assured, even if there is a financial turmoil, it will not affect us. Moreover, although these movies are good at the box office, don't you think they are still not enough? If we want the box office, shouldn't we go for a bigger box office? ”

"Seven or eight billion is still a small box office? So what do you think is too much? Alexander asked rhetorically.

"Titanic." Immediately, Levy gave an answer.

"Do you want our movie to surpass the Titanic?" Even Alexander was amazed by Levy's ambition, and he couldn't imagine how to make a movie to break that miracle. A box office figure of 2 billion, which is not at all a figure that a normal person should consider.

"It's not impossible...... If we shoot in the right way. "I believe that as long as we can be at the forefront of technology, it is not impossible for us to achieve this ambition." (To be continued......)