With the belated arrival of August, the No. 1 box office movie in film history has finally changed its name. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn this August, the box office performance of Three-Body Problem 2 finally surpassed Titanic and became the first in film history.

This news, brought to Hollywood, is no longer shock, but only admiration. For this movie, too many people in Hollywood have paid too much attention, and it is not clear whether they should be happy or jealous to see it have such a result.

But one thing is well known: there is no doubt that such films are profitable. Therefore, after the Three-Body Problem 2, the craze for 3D movies has become even crazier. This craze has not only infected other companies, but even the mystery company, which is the initiator of this wave, has also been affected.

After 3D movies became popular, people are also investing in 3D movies. At this time, as the first company to shoot 3D films, Mystery Company's films are naturally also being watched by many people, wanting to know if they will shoot a new 3D film work.

Although 3D film technology has become widely known by now, everyone knows that it was Mystery Inc. that first used this technology. If anyone can use this technology best, it is a mystery company. Relying on this technology, they have made a lot of money, so will they continue to make new movies and continue to make money?

People are also talking at this time, is it possible that the next Resident Evil, or the next X-Men, will try to make a 3D version? After all, 3D movies are more profitable, and these two series are also very profitable movie series produced by Mystery Company. If they are willing to put their own skills into the production of these films, then they must be able to make good movies, right?

And not even just the audience. Even in the Mystery Company, there is such an idea now, and Alexander has discussed with Levy to try to make a 3D version of the X-Men series.

The Resident Evil series, although it can be regarded as making money, is not a movie with much investment after all, the audience is not wide, and it is difficult to make new ideas due to the game, these aspects have been decided. The film was changed to 3D, the investment was not small, but the return was not large, so Alexander did not think it was very feasible. But the X-Men are different, relying on Nolan's efforts, the X-Men series is now the hottest, and people are all looking forward to seeing the new work of this movie. Although the filming of a new film in this series has already begun, it is not impossible to complete the post-production transformation into a 3D movie with the current technology. If you turn a movie into a 3D movie, you must be able to make a lot of money, right?

In fact, if it were Alexander himself, he would love to make a 3D version of the Inception that Nolan was filming. After all, Nolan is also a big director with appeal now, and his movies can also make money if they are changed to 3D.

It's a pity that Nolan is on this idea. It is firmly opposed. For movies, he has his own understanding and persistence. In this regard, he was not willing to compromise.

Alexander also knows that excessive persecution of a big director will not do much good to his film company. Therefore, he did not ask for this movie. It's just that if the X-Men can change it, he has always wanted to try.

Therefore, during this time, Alexander also discussed with Levy that he wanted to convert the X-Men into a 3D version and then release it.

"To be honest, I don't think it's such a good idea."

Levi disagreed with Alexander's idea, "3D technology is not mature yet, and you know how infeasible it is to transform a 2D film into a 3D version through post-processing. It's not easy to make the X-Men brand, we can't destroy it so easily, right? ”

Levy's answer made Alexander hesitate a little again. Indeed, it is not easy for X-Men to be able to make it this far. Although its total box office is not as good as the Spider-Man series, he does have a lot of influence in the superhero series of movies, and now many people are quite familiar with Wolverine played by Hugh Jackman. Works that can have such an influence are achieved by accumulation, although this series of movies is not particularly connotative, but the production has been good, if you want to make quick money, you will ruin the reputation of the entire series, it is really not worth it.

In this regard, Batman is proof of this. Since the reputation was ruined in the 90s, he has not gotten up until now. If one of the links in a series of movies is broken, it is necessary to throw away the entire series and start over.

The Spider-Man series was given up because the actor's salary could not be negotiated, and countless people have sighed about this matter. If the X-Men were to be scrapped for various reasons, it would be a bit sad.

"So, the X-Men movie, let's make a 2D version, don't have to make this money, but smash your own signboard."

Levi persuaded Alexander a few words, and also made Alexander give up this idea, but he was still a little unwilling to do so, "We finally made a 3D movie, but we didn't take advantage of this trend, just let others make money, no matter how you look at it, it's a bit of a loss......"

"In your opinion, if you don't make money, you will always lose money?" Levy laughed and continued, "This wave of 3D movies, they don't use it well. They don't know how to shoot a good 3D movie, how can they take advantage of this wave? 3D movies are also movies, not a simple gimmick, if you want to make money from gimmicks, you will never go far. ”

"So, you have a long-term plan to make money by shooting a 3D version of the movie?" Alexander understood right away.

"Yes, I have been preparing for a new 3D movie theme for a long time, and we can make a new theme by ourselves for such a movie."

As Levi spoke, he also took out the script he had prepared, and what he had prepared was, of course, the Life Pi.

The rights to this novel are now in Levy's hands, and Levy has long thought that if this novel wants to be made into a movie, then it is better to shoot it in 3D. In the old days, 3D movies didn't exist, and it was impossible to make this movie, but now that such a movie has begun to make waves in Hollywood, Levy naturally wants to make it.

"Are you going to shoot this movie yourself?" Alexander also heard him mention the idea of this film a few times. For Levy's judgment, he was naturally convinced, but he was still ready to ask for some details first.

"Of course not, I don't think I'll be able to make this movie well...... Actually, I was going to want director Ang Lee to shoot this movie. ”

The movie of Youth Pi, in fact, there is nothing wrong with Levy shooting it himself, he still remembers many things in the movie, even if he lets him do it himself, he can make it very well. It's just that now Levy has just finished the two-year filming period of Three-Body Problem 2, and he doesn't want to immediately devote himself to the shooting of a new movie, since this is the case, then it is naturally best to shoot this movie for Ang Lee.

Alexander hesitated for a moment about this name, he thought for a moment before he spoke, "Ang Lee doesn't seem to be very suitable for making commercial films, right?" The Hulk movie seems to be a complete failure. ”

The Hulk Alexander said is a 03 movie, and Levy naturally knows about this, "The theme of the Hulk is not suitable for adapting a movie, not to mention that Ang Lee is not good at filming, whoever is replaced is the same." ”

The Hulk in 03 was indeed a work of Ang Lee when he tried the waters of commercial films, and as Alexander said, the box office of that movie can be said to be quite a failure. After that movie, people also said that Ang Lee was not suitable for commercial films, and the things he shot were too literary, and many people agreed with this statement.

However, in Levy's memory, there was still a movie with the theme of the Hulk in 08 - that one changed the director, also changed the actors, and the starring role became a star like Edward Norton, and it took five years, but the income of the movie was still only 30 million higher than the version of the Hulk in 03 - this is not Ang Lee's problem at all, but this theme itself is limited. As a film with an anti-Vietnam War and a confrontation with the army at the core of its connotation, it is too difficult to succeed in the context of different eras. In fact, even in the future Avengers, when the Hulk appeared, it was as a strong thug, not a core character of the story - the story of this character is not easy to perform.

The movie was smashed, and it wasn't all Ang Lee's fault.

"And, don't forget, the biggest problem with the money making our movies is not because of how good the story is, but because of the 3D technology - how many directors do you think can make good use of 3D technology in the world?"

Levy has an explanation that makes Alexander understand something: indeed, in the face of technology, the style of the film is indeed not so important.

This fact also amazed Alexander. In the past, the scenes, stars, and stories of commercial films were the most important content cores that supported the development of films, but now, the main money-making things of movies are more and more in special effects, special effects, and shooting and production methods. Such an era is really a good era for filmmakers, after all, in such an era, whether a movie makes money or not depends on the quality of the film.

Thinking of this, Alexander also nodded, but after nodding, he also thought of a new question.

"If you don't make this movie, what are you going to do next?"

"Me? I have a lot to do. (To be continued.) )