Of course, the role of the heroine's mother in "The Hunger Games" also needs to be Chinese, but this time Li Mu didn't have the idea of beating Liu Xiaoli. It's not a thing to always bring your girlfriend's mother with you when making movies, and Liu Xiaoli is not very suitable for this role.

In the setting of the movie, the heroine's family is extremely poor, and the heroine needs to pick up the bread that the male protagonist gives to satisfy her hunger, so the role of the heroine's mother will of course be an extremely poor rural woman.

Xu Fan, Chen Chong, Jiang Shan, Chen Xiaoyi, Tao Huimin, Xu Qing, He Qing, Li Mu went through the domestic group of post-60s aunts from beginning to end, and finally decided to find Tao Huimin to try.

The heroine is very beautiful, and the heroine's mother can't be bad. In Li Mu's impression, Tao Huimin was still very beautiful when she was young, and she felt that she could also perform the temperament of a country woman.

The assistant was told to do it, and then Li Mu began to seriously think about the schedule of "Gravity" - now it was time to make a final decision.

In fact, Li Mu hadn't thought about this problem before, he had not only thought about it before, but even preliminarily formed three sets of plans.

The first is, of course, to be released before "Avatar", so that in the future, when fans mention 3D movies, the first person they think of is him Li Mu.

The second is to arrange the release after "Avatar", with the help of the global storm of 3D movies set off by "Avatar", and follow the path of "Alice in Wonderland", which will help maximize the box office potential of the movie.

The third is that it will be released about a month before the release of "Avatar" in China and about a month after "Avatar" is arranged abroad. In this way, it can not only form the impression that the 3D movie storm started with his own director Li Mu in the impression of the Chinese people, but also squeeze all the box office energy of "Gravity" to the greatest extent in the international market where the box office occupies the absolute majority.

In fact, at the beginning, Li Mu was more inclined to the third plan, but as the time approached, Li Mu now has become more and more inclined to the first plan.

To be honest, Li Mu is not short of money now, but this person, once the problem of food and clothing is solved, he should have a higher spiritual pursuit.

So after careful consideration, Li Mu finally decided to fully catch up with the release of "Avatar", not only in the domestic market, but also in the international market.

Since he wants to be the person who leads the times, then he is fortunate to lead to the end and lead to the extreme!

Well, the global release date of "Avatar" has been set for December 18, 2009, so how long will Li Mu's "Gravity" be released in advance?

Li Mu doesn't want to advance too much, in his plan, it is best that "Avatar" has been released at the same time, "Gravity" has not yet been released, and the two films that lead the era have an intersection of being released at the same time - this is still more commemorative in Li Mu's heart.

Considering that "Avatar" in the previous life had achieved an unprecedented six consecutive box office titles, Li Mu finally decided to set the global release date of "Gravity" five weeks before the official release of "Avatar".

If you are lucky enough to be driven out by "Avatar" released in the sixth week after dominating the North American box office for five weeks, then "Gravity" + "Avatar", two era-leading 3D movies have dominated the North American film market for eleven consecutive weeks!

It's still very touching to think about.

Li Mu, who had a smile on the corner of his mouth, immediately went to check the perpetual calendar.

The first five weeks of December 18, 2009, that is, November 13, 2009?

"On November 13, 2009, the global release date of "Gravity" is set for this day!"

After finally making up his mind, a big stone in Li Mu's heart finally landed, which gave him a rare sense of pleasure, only to see him leaning comfortably on the computer chair, and even humming a small song, and then he suddenly thought on a whim:

"On November 13th, I don't know which movies will be released on this day, let me see who is so unlucky, but he happened to run into me Li Mu, and I happened to run into the epoch-making "Gravity"! Hey hey ......"

"2012 – Roland Emmerich?"

Li Muteng bounced up from the seat in a flash, and said in his heart, how could it be this goods?

He quickly searched for information about "2012 Apocalypse" in his previous life.

"The global box office is $791 million, and the first weekend is $65 million in three days - damn, whoever kills it doesn't have to say! Who can guarantee that his "Gravity" will be able to beat Roland Emmerich's "2012 Armageddon"? This is one of the top ten famous directors in the world, and he has always enjoyed the reputation of "Hollywood disaster movie master"! ”

Li Mugang was still there to give way to "Avatar" after "Gravity" won five consecutive box office titles, and then the other party had a dream of six consecutive box office hegemony, but now he can't help but think, who gave him the courage just now?

Who is Roland Emmerich directing?

He is the director of "Independence Day", "Godzilla", "The Day After Tomorrow", "10,000 Years Before History", and "2012"!

Among them, the global box office of "Independence Day" is as high as 817 million US dollars, and the global box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" is 550 million US dollars, which is also very good.

Li Mu's "Doomsday Collapse" was deliberately chosen to be released before Roland Emmerich's "2012", but now it is going around and around, and his new movie "Gravity" will be released at the same time as "2012"?

In other words, is this Li Mu aiming at an international director's pit, or is director Roland Emmerich going to avenge Li Mu's revenge for being released before "2012"?

Or is this a chance for the two top ten international directors to lose both?

Okay, Li Mu's North American box office five-in-a-row plan is likely to collapse in the middle of the way before the first hegemony, but since he has decided to lead the release of "Avatar" in an all-round way, he can't control so much now.

What about the world's top ten famous directors? What about Hollywood's master of disaster movies?

Fight!

After strengthening his determination, Li Mu plans to gather all the major investors and distributors of "Gravity" within a week, and everyone will hold a meeting together to confirm and communicate the film's global release and distribution promotion plan in advance.

……

It was also during the period when Li Mu was pondering the movie schedule that the controversy on the Huaxia Internet about Director Li Mu's world ranking was becoming more and more intense.

The reason is the post about Li Mu's total box office surpassing James Cameron some time ago, for most ordinary people, being able to name two foreign directors is already very knowledgeable.

So who are the two Hollywood directors that Chinese people are most familiar with?

It has to be Steven Spielberg and James Cameron!

Now Li Mu has surpassed James Cameron, which means that our Chinese director Li Mu is already the second director in the world, right?

So some people began to popularize science, saying that if Li Mu counts as a screenwriter's work, the total box office has indeed surpassed James Cameron, but the problem is that James Cameron is not the second in the world?

If you talk about the total box office alone, director Cameron was only ranked eighth in the world before, so after Li Mu surpassed Cameron, he was at most the eighth director in the world, right?!

As a result, Li Mu's supporters were not depressed, but even more excited.

"Director Li Mu is already eighth in the world? That's awesome, too! ”

"Five years after debut, you will be eighth in the world, give him ten years, and he can return you to a world first!"

"Isn't it enough to be the world's eighth director at the age of 25?"

"The total box office is the eighth in the world, and the ability is the first in the world!"

Finally, some netizens couldn't stand it anymore, and began to carefully analyze that Li Mu was actually not as strong as everyone bragged.

"No, do you really think Li Mu is as powerful as you blow? If Li Mu is really that powerful, "Hurricane Rescue 2" will not be scheduled to be released on June 12, understand? Do you know how the June 12 schedule came about? It's just to find a gap between "Flying House" on May 29 and "Transformers 2" on June 24, understand? ”

"If Li Mu really blows so badly, then why doesn't he release it on the same day as "Flying House Travel" and "Transformers 2"? Why not go for it? In the final analysis, Li Mu has little confidence in himself! ”

"Also, do you know why "Doomsday Collapse" was released in July? Who in the circle doesn't know that it was actually released before Roland Emmerich's "2012"? So why get ahead of it? Isn't it because Director Li Mu himself knows that his movie can't compare to "2012" directed by Roland Emmerich?! ”

"Director Roland Emmerich is a master of world disaster films, Li Mu himself is quite self-aware and knows how to avoid concessions, but his fans really think that Li Mu is invincible in the world."

So this matter has been quite controversial recently, and many people are arguing about whether Li Mu is because he knows that "Doomsday Collapse" is not as good as "2012", so this will be released first.

And when Li Mu was interviewed at the event, the reporter also asked this question specifically, and Li Mu had nothing to hide from it, so he naturally admitted it generously.

"Of course, of course, in order to avoid other movies, "Flying House" cost $170 million to make, "Transformers 2" cost $250 million to make, and "Hurricane Rescue 2" cost $40 million to make, so big the gap is so big, of course I have to avoid these two blockbusters!"

The same goes for "Doomsday Collapse," which cost $80 million, and Roland Emmerich's "2012," which cost $200 million to make, more than twice as much as "Doomsday Fall." And Roland Emmerich still has super classic disaster blockbusters like "Independence Day", "Godzilla", and "The Day After Tomorrow" in hand, so isn't it a normal choice for me to choose to avoid these movies? ”

"I invested so much money in making a movie, and in the end I wanted to make a profit, how could I have to go to other blockbusters in order to compete for a more powerful title? In order to show your strength, will you transport coal from Pingding Mountain in the Central Plains to Xishan Datong to sell it? If you want me to say it's not awesome, it's stupid! Do you think I'm stupid? ”

"Of course I'm not stupid, so I will never have to compete with other big movies in order to show that I am awesome, and I have to compete with other international directors."

After being interviewed by reporters, Li Mu immediately gathered all the producers and distributors of "Gravity" together, and then Li Mu very solemnly proposed to set the global release date of the film on November 13, 2009.

At first, several producers didn't think there was anything, until someone suddenly discovered that "2012 Doomsday" directed by Hollywood disaster film master Roland Emmerich was also officially released worldwide on this day.

So.

What's the situation?

Didn't Director Li Mu just say that it was a fool to deliberately go to other blockbusters and other international directors in order to compete for who is great?

What's the matter, it changed so quickly?

And just a few months ago, in order to avoid "2012" directed by Roland Emmerich, the schedule of "Doomsday Collapse" was set for July 24, 2009, and it turned out that "2012" was not a rival at all after a few months, so that "Gravity" was scheduled to be released on the same day?

Isn't this really a gamble?

"Gravity" invests up to 100 million US dollars, which is easy to gamble!

After Li Mu repeatedly assured that this was not for anger, the other producers agreed to Li Mu's schedule plan.

And just when the crew of "Gravity" officially announced that the schedule of the film was set for November 13, 2009, the remarks on the Internet that Li Mu would use his own blockbuster to fight hard with other international directors' blockbusters were fermenting wildly.

And Li Mu's remarks have also been unanimously approved by the majority of netizens.

"Director Li Mu is so right, everyone makes movies to make money, since they know that other directors are very strong, and they know that "Transformers 2" and "2012" are very strong, why do you have to be released together? Just to show that you're awesome? Director Li Mu said it too well, that's a fool! ”

"Hahaha, yes, I admit that Doomsday Collapse is good, but who is director Roland Emmerich? is the world-recognized master of "Hollywood disaster movies" who made "Independence Day", "The Day After Tomorrow", and "Godzilla", and no one in their right mind would want to release a movie on the same day as him. ”

"Director Li Mu's metaphor is very expressive, knowing that the opponent is very strong, he still has to choose to release it on the same day, isn't this just transporting coal from Pingdingshan in the Central Plains to selling it in Xishan Datong? Hahaha......"

"Director Li Mu has a very clear mind, everyone makes movies to make money, not to be angry."

"Fools know that they have to avoid the enemy's edge, but some people think that "Doomsday Collapse" was released before "2012" because of instigation, and director Li Mu has no confidence in his work."

But just when netizens praised Li Mu's remarks, director Li Mu suddenly announced that the schedule of "Gravity" was set for November 13th.

But TM's Roland Emmerich's "2012" was also released on this day!

Only a fool who said that he was going to have a hard time with other big directors?

Said that it would never pull coal from Pingding Mountain in the Central Plains to sell it in Xishan Copper?

What's the situation?

Why do you suddenly have to go head-to-head with the "Hollywood disaster movie master", one of the world's top ten directors?

Got the wrong medicine?

Stimulated by what?

The reactions of netizens are almost exactly the same as those of several other producers of the movie.

Even Liu Yifei's fans have made a fuss, and everyone @Liu Yifei has asked her to take care of her man quickly, and don't get along with money for the sake of face.

Of course, there are also a lot of netizens who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement said:

"What happened to one of the top 10 directors in the world?" What happened to Hollywood's Masters of Disaster Movies? Our Director Li has overturned James Cameron! Who isn't an international director anymore? Our Director Li is also the eighth in the world at the total box office! ”

"Isn't it an international director? Our director Li Mu is an international director! ”

……

After the schedule of "Gravity" was finally confirmed, Li Mu studied signing up for the Academy Awards for this movie.

The release date is set for next year, and it will be possible to participate in the Oscars of the following year, and it will be arranged to participate in next year's Oscars in November.

"Gravity" must participate in the award, otherwise it will be a tyrannical thing.

In the original timeline, "Gravity" was nominated for ten Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.

And among the awards it has won, it also includes such a blockbuster award as "Best Director".

So how awesome is that?

Let's just say that science fiction movies have never won anything at the Academy Awards, except for technical awards.

Sci-fi movies have never won an Oscar for Best Picture, and they have not even been nominated for Best Picture outside of "Avatar" and "Gravity".

"2001: A Space Odyssey", "Dr. Strangelove", "Blade Runner", "Terminator 2", "Star Wars", "ET the Extra-Terrestrial", "Forbidden Planet" and so on, these excellent sci-fi films are all deflated at the Oscars without exception.

"Alien 2" has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, "Star Wars" has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and "Dr. Strangelove" has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.

The above is almost the best record of science fiction films at the Oscars, and they are all nominations.

Then came "Gravity", which won ten nominations at the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.

Among them, the actress Sandra Bullock was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for "Gravity".

Director Alfonso Cuarón won the Academy Award for Best Director for "Gravity".

This is almost the best record of a science fiction movie at the Oscars, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an unprecedented record. Therefore, of course, Li Mu has to apply for the Oscar for this movie.

And Li Mu feels that Gong Li's performance in the movie is better than that of Sandra Bullock, the heroine in the original movie, so since the original version has been nominated for Best Actress, Li Mu feels that Gong Li is also likely to be nominated.

And once Gong Li can be nominated this time, then she will be the first yellow person in history to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress!

In other words, even if Gong Li can't win the award in the end, just one nomination is enough to cause a sensation.

In the original timeline, it was not even until the 2023 Oscars that the first yellow person to be nominated for Best Actress was selected, that is, starring Yang Ziqiong in "Instant Universe".

It's just that if even "Gravity" has to sign up for the awards, then next year's Oscars - good guys, "Inception", "Manchester by the Sea", "Gravity", Li Mu has three works to participate in the Academy Awards in just one session!