As for the new movie, the discussion of several people went on very quickly.

Little Cuba. Godin, and Jeff. Bridges's name was quickly decided, and these two people are also actors that Levy is quite satisfied with. After all, compared to the original, he also has some ideas of his own.

In the original work, the story is somewhat face-painted and the story is somewhat superficial. The problem of black characters being too prodigal makes people complain about racial discrimination, and the portrayal of white characters is also a little too superficial, and the portrayal is completely a good old man. This kind of image is something that Levy doesn't like very much, and he hopes to better depict the image of two people. A white tycoon, a successful person who once loved adventure, but suffered a disability, the strong self-esteem and self-confidence of an adventurer, the sensitive and fragile heart of a disabled person, the hatred of the sympathetic eyes around him, and the vision and pride of successful people, all these things are not expressed.

These are the things that Levy wants to correct, which is why he chooses Jeff. Bridges. In his mind, this character is like an old lion who doesn't want to wait for death, and he should exude an extremely strong, but also extremely desperate majesty.

After identifying the two male protagonists of the film, Levy also gave his opinion on the use of the female lead.

"Don't use young actors anymore, Liszt's family is just that, Philip's lover, if possible, invite a star to play. Anyway, she only appeared once, and if she filmed it, it would be over in a week at most, and it shouldn't cost much to invite a star. ”

Levy's idea did not receive any opposition, after all, the salary of female stars is already low, and the salary is even lower after only shooting a movie for a week. A movie invites a female star. Maybe it can also boost the box office, and there is no problem with that.

They also know that Levy has some other ideas: Da Liu's Three-Body Problem 2 is being written, and it is said that in the second part, there are more characters and a bigger plot, and when filming in the future, more actors will definitely need to participate. And if you want to shoot the movie well, then you have to use some famous actors at that time. So, if possible. Levi also hopes to establish more connections with other stars, and it is important to promote new actors, but the movie can't blindly think about using new people.

It's no secret that Levi values that blockbuster, and they know they need to work with Levy.

These things were quickly finalized, and after glancing at the list and looking at the preparations, Levy nodded with satisfaction. "Now that these are finalized, then, Clarke, you should be in charge of hiring people for the actor's business, I think. There should be no problem, right? ”

"Of course it's no problem, these people aren't particularly famous actors, and it's definitely no problem for me to ask for it. After all, we're a big company now. ”

Clarke's words. With some pride. Indeed, compared to when the movie was made, Levy had to personally invite someone. Now Clark is able to contact celebrities to perform, which is a big step forward.

Levy also smiled at Clark's confidence, "If that's the case, then it's all up to you...... January is here, and so is awards season. I think this time, I am indispensable for all kinds of accompaniments. ”――

Levy's prediction was almost not wrong at all, and in the following time, he went around attending various award ceremonies, but at the award ceremony, he was almost always a running escort.

Of course, it would be a bit incorrect to say that all the awards were missed. At least in this awards season, Levy still won some more off-the-beaten-path awards, or awards that had little impact. For example, this year's Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film was won by him - this award for science fiction films is something he has never won before, and it is a small breakthrough. However, apart from these special awards, he did not receive much.

In this awards season, the three-body problem basically did not receive any noteworthy nominations.

On Best Picture, it is difficult for a commercial film to be nominated. Although Levy made some structural innovations when he directed, which made the film highly praised in this regard, as a great director, occasionally playing with structural innovations is not enough to make people recognize him enough. Although Levy's films have also been nominated in some outposts, the Three-Body Problem is not favored to be nominated in people's predictions about the Oscars, let alone winning awards.

In terms of best director, although the film has been slightly improved at the technical level, there is no fundamental breakthrough at all, although there is innovation in the structure, but there is nothing too new, such a little progress is too little for Levy, and it is almost impossible to win the award by relying on this.

In Levy's memory, "Crash" triumphed with structural innovation. However, Levy is now very famous, and these innovations no longer have much meaning to him. People are expecting a bigger breakthrough from him, not such a change.

The two biggest awards and Levy are missing, and the other awards don't mean much. In other awards, although the novel of the Three-Body Problem itself is still popular, after the adaptation of the script, it is considered by many people to be a not very good script because it was too hasty. This time the nomination of the script, Levy also missed.

If there was a major award nomination, Officer Renault, played by Washington, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. This role is basically the protagonist's role in the movie, but because in this science fiction movie, he mainly plays a foil role, so he is also declared as the best supporting actor, and among the supporting actors, he is also one of the best. It's a pity that he just won the Oscar for Best Actor not long ago, although he was able to be nominated, but it is estimated that he is also a runner and is unlikely to win.

Fortunately, although there is no possibility of the main awards, in the technical awards, the three-body problem has won a lot of favor. Best Cinematography, Best Editing. Best sound effects, best sound editing, best visual effects and best prop sets, these projects, the three-body problem is almost a non-stop all of them have been nominated, except for the best costume design, the three-body problem is indeed not a big breakthrough, in other aspects, it has almost all done its best.

Those bizarre alien scenes, ancient scenes. The scene of the destruction of the planet is fully worthy of being nominated for these awards. These awards can be said to be the best gift to the crew of the film, because they are a recognition of the efforts of the crew.

It's hard for a good film to get nominated during awards season, but a film with enough investment and serious enough shooting to compete for technical awards. It's much simpler. The Three-Body Problem has obtained these titles, which is also inseparable from its investment and seriousness. A long enough production cycle, and a serious enough crew, are the basis for the film to win.

It's just that. What makes Levy feel more helpless is that almost all the nominations of the Three-Body Problem collide with the Lord of the Rings. Who wins and who loses in this battle is also unpredictable for Levy. He is confident in his films. But the Lord of the Rings is not an idle person after all.

This year's awards season, The Lord of the Rings is the hottest movie. Compared to him, no other movie can fight against it at all. Not to mention Levy's trisomy. Even other movies are just as powerless in front of it.

In normal times, Levy might have considered using some PR tactics to compete, but this year, he knew none of that would have helped. Public relations means little in the face of good movies, for example, the Weinstein brothers want to push Leng Shan this year, but no matter how hard they try, the quality gap of the movie is there, and no one will choose a worse movie because of their public relations efforts.

Any award, in fact, is a kind of word-of-mouth accumulation process, there is enough word-of-mouth and credibility, the award itself has credibility, no one will ruin the credibility of an award for a little petty profit, so no one will do it. It is still useful to have a movie PR with a similar level, but a movie with too many different levels, no matter how hard you try, there is no way to get affirmation.

The small means behind it, after all, are just small means. These methods are useful when the level is equal, but when the level gap is too large, it is not effective at all.

"If you don't get it right with a movie like The Lord of the Rings on various technical nominations, our movie might really be the result of total annihilation."

For this result, Alexander also lamented a few times behind his back. It's just that he himself knows that this result is basically certain, and no matter how hard he tries, there is no way to change it.

"Maybe not, our movies are also good, and in terms of special effects, I also have a certain amount of confidence. Besides, the box office of 800 million has been won, so why bother with those awards. ”

Levy didn't care too much about that: Best Director and Best Picture weren't nominated, and the rest were sesame, so he didn't care. He is a director himself, and what he pays the most attention to are the two most important awards.

This movie is regarded by Levy as his first film in the true sense, and he himself knows very well that even if he can become famous and accumulate experience with other movies, he still inevitably has some shortcomings when he tries to make movies. It is reasonable that it did not gain much favor, and there is no need to be too annoyed. As long as you continue to work hard, it will definitely be a matter of time before you get it.

"It's better to have an award than nothing." Alexander frowned at this.

There are really some people who can't let go, but he. For him, he is used to seeing Levy win awards, and this time he is a little unaccustomed to seeing Levy not get any important nominations.

For a person who is used to winning awards, it will naturally be a little uncomfortable not to win awards.

After thinking about it for a long time, although Alexander didn't say anything, he still turned his mind around: Perhaps, Levy was right, as Hollywood movies continued to develop like this, it would not be possible not to take the lead in making some changes. (To be continued......)