After attending the Emmys, it's almost October.

This time the Emmy Awards were awarded, and once again there was no fate for Levy. Although Levy has had good luck at the Oscars, he has always been unlucky at the Emmy Awards. Although there are nominations every year, they are basically accompanied by runners every year. Compared to his own film works, which are constantly pursuing something different, his own TV works are constantly repeating the most successful path, without too much creativity - Levy is also very clear about this, and he is not surprised that he did not win an award this time.

Therefore, it is normal for him to go home empty-handed at the Emmys, such things are not once or twice, he has long been used to them. After the award, he also returned to his company and continued to prepare his script. However, as he said, there was no rush in this matter, and he had some other things to deal with than that.

For example, he has to take care of the newly launched TV series.

Every year in September, it is the season for new dramas to be broadcast. And this year, Levy's company's newly produced TV series also started broadcasting at this time. This TV series with kung fu as its main selling point chose to be broadcast on WB TV - compared to the four major TV networks, WB TV, which only started running in 95, is undoubtedly a very small TV station, and the ratings have always been relatively poor, but this also ensures that this TV series, even if the ratings are low, do not have to worry about being cut in half.

Because this time the mystery company chose a small TV station, so, at the beginning of the TV series broadcast on the TV station, there was also a rumor that Levy wanted to do something like "Ball Lightning" again, and it was likely that this time it was to prepare for a certain kung fu movie, and the TV series would only be broadcast for one season. Such a statement is somewhat unfavorable to the TV series. Therefore, Levy also had to come forward in person and assured WB TV that this time, how long the TV series will be filmed, it is definitely not up to him to make his own decisions, and everything is up to the TV station to decide.

In order to win people's trust, he even directed the first episode of this TV series himself.

directing a TV series as a top director has also made this TV series receive a lot of attention. After the broadcast, it immediately gathered a certain amount of popularity.

There is nothing unusual about this TV series itself. It tells the story of an ordinary boy in the United States who, by chance, discovered that his Chinese classmate's family not only opened a Chinese restaurant, but also a martial arts family. After discovering it, he learned martial arts to strengthen his body on the one hand, and on the other hand, he began to maintain justice and become a righteous teenager. And what he didn't know was that the Chinese martial arts family was not so simple. Unknowingly, he is also involved in the struggle of the gang......

This kind of story is actually very simple and very old-fashioned. I don't know how many superhero TV series there are. It's all this routine, a small boss in one episode, and then the big boss shows his face from time to time, attracting people to look down.

But. This TV series is somewhat new.

First of all, the movie actor Jensen. Akers is indeed very handsome. For a youth drama, the handsome male protagonist is already half of the success. The story of any youth idol drama is played to young people, and older people pay more attention to the inside of the characters, and idol scripts also pay more attention to the outside, and people are handsome, this is the foundation.

Secondly, Chinese kung fu has always been a mysterious thing, and in this TV series, the half-truths and half-truths are revealed, which has also attracted the interest of many people.

Compared to supernatural superpowers, kung fu seems closer to reality - although even a person who practices kung fu would not believe that anyone can become a humanoid Gundam by practicing martial arts, but this thing always looks more real than other superpowers. Compared with the power of Superman, it still needs to work hard to make a living on the earth, but people with a little effort are hidden in the people, which is more credible.

What's more, although kung fu is fake, in this TV series, the level of martial arts instructors that Levy found is real. Although it is only a small TV series, Levy is not stingy when it comes to martial arts directing. The joining of these people also makes the martial arts action design of this movie quite beautiful. Compared with the playing style of other TV series, this TV series is much better.

Levi knows that as movies gradually begin to rely on special effects, people who originally relied on stunts and martial arts to eat will naturally have less income. Humans who have aliens to watch will no longer like to watch action movies, which will prompt these people to gradually reduce their role. It was at this time that Levi began to guide them in the direction of the TV series while they couldn't find a job. If it goes well, it's a good way forward.

Even if it's a TV series, it's important to have a good enough action director. The level of fighting in the mainland version of Water Margin, even Levy, who is a film director, will feel amazing when he looks at it.

And such a thing will not appear in American dramas in the future. For example, the part where the Red Viper plays with a gun in Game of Thrones is the action guided by Jett Lee's fellow disciple. That action, in a brutal movie, is also extremely prominent and has won a lot of praise.

And now, Levy wants to introduce these action scenes into the TV series earlier. It's all experiments anyway, and it doesn't matter if there's more.

Handsome characters, close to real heroes, and better fighting action, which also made this TV series an instant success.

The only pity is that the few actors that Levy hopes to train have not received much praise in the TV series. Among these people, only Zhang Guorong relied on his charm to show a very eye-catching demeanor in the TV series, and was even considered one of the most outstanding supporting roles. And the rest of the people are much worse behaved. For example, Gao Yuanyuan, who played the heroine in the TV series, was directly ridiculed as not moving her face at all.

In fact, this is not surprising: in this TV series, she was able to be selected as the heroine purely because Levy needed a Chinese heroine, and she was relatively handsome and could act as a student. But in fact, she is not particularly good at acting skills and language. is able to act now, and it is just by desperately memorizing lines and appearances that basically meet the requirements.

This actor is a little younger after all. Although she has also acted in some martial arts dramas and the like in China, those things themselves are not very good at training people. The environment of this TV series in the United States is more demanding, and she herself has not made great progress, so it is inevitable that she will be sprayed.

However, Levy doesn't care much about this: how many heroines of youth idol dramas are outstanding in acting? The most basic requirement for this kind of TV series is to be beautiful and young enough, not to have excellent acting skills, young actresses who really have acting skills will naturally be used by film directors. Who's going to shoot these things?

When I started filming super heroes, I found a TV series actor, and there was only Jessica. Alba? Natalie has better acting skills. Portman's choice was never a TV series but a movie.

In the same way, most of the people who are willing to come to the United States to work hard are not actors who have already achieved fame in China. It's normal for them to have slightly worse acting skills. It's just that whether they will be able to improve in the future and whether they will be able to make a difference. It depends on their own efforts.

"Actually, as far as you are concerned, I think it would be better to develop in the United States. A beautiful girl like you will inevitably have idol baggage when acting in China. It's hard to perform, and it's hard to improve your acting skills. When you get here, it's not necessarily a good thing to get rid of your baggage. ”

Levi also told Gao Yuanyuan this in private - her acting skills are not good. Largely because she is really beautiful, so she always hopes to be able to hold her own beauty shelf and be overly reserved. This is a big obstacle for an actor. But. Now in the United States, it is difficult for her to survive if she is reserved, so she has to break with the past practices.

"I'll try." She also expressed her attitude towards Levy's instructions.

It is enough to have this attitude, and as for how much ability you can have in the future, it is all up to you - and Levy did not say anything more about this.

In fact, after this TV series has stabilized, Levy has also encountered some new things.

The end of the year came in a hurry, and at the end of this year, the on-time release of The Lord of the Rings 3 also made people sigh again.

Compared with other movies, the box office figures of this movie are truly miraculous. exceeded 124 million on the first weekend of its release, which was 30 million more than the blockbuster movies in the summer, directly showing people who is the king of the box office this year.

If it is another movie that has exceeded seven or eight billion in this year, it is proud, then it is not difficult for this movie to break through the billion mark in one fell swoop.

And this result has also set off a new round of people's topics: Should The Lord of the Rings win an Oscar?

And this question, many people have also asked Levy.

Levy actually only made one commercial film this year, and it stands to reason that the Oscars have little to do with him. However, Levy's reputation has always been there, and although his commercial films are said to be blockbusters, the novelty of the film's structure and the connotation of the film is not weak, and now some people think that it can compete for awards. So, people came back to ask and see what Levy thought about it.

"My opinion? Naturally, I think The Lord of the Rings deserves all the honor. ”

To this, Levy also answered categorically.

Instead of touting his film, he chose to be unwavering in his support for The Lord of the Rings.

He knows that The Lord of the Rings 3 is carrying not only this movie, but the huge popularity of the entire trilogy, which makes it almost unstoppable, and it doesn't make much sense to oppose it himself, not to mention, his movie only occupies the light of a structure, and there are not many breakthroughs. If you want to say which movie is better, that is, if you talk from the heart, he also has to say The Lord of the Rings.

Moreover, when he said this, he did not have some small calculations of his own: the Lord of the Rings trilogy has relied on the accumulation of popularity to get to this point today. If it succeeds, then such an accumulation may not be impressive. 's own movie is also going to make a sequel, anyway, I can't win this time, and it is also good for myself to accumulate fame and popularity for the next time. Perhaps, your own movies can also accumulate popularity in this way?

He has enough confidence in his next film -- this confidence is not a lip service. (To be continued......)