Chapter 421: The long-awaited finalization!
"Did you hear that?"
"What?"
"Daniel Wu's new film has been made!"
"One of my buddies, a staff member of Universal Pictures, heard him say that a few days ago Universal organized a large internal movie viewing party, which was to watch Daniel Wu's new movie!"
According to him, after watching the movie, the executives of Universal were very amazed and said that this is a movie that is not inferior to "Avatar"!"
"Everyone is yelling that they've never seen such a cool sci-fi movie!"
"Really?"
James was a little unconvinced, and replied to his friend on social software suspiciously: "Daniel is indeed very good at making movies, but he is not good at science fiction films, right?" ”
"Can he make a good sci-fi film?"
"Hey, buddy, you're out of fashion." His Internet friend replied: "Don't you know, Daniel has made science fiction films in China, and it has also been released in North America, called "Gravity", a cool movie!" ”
"It was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!"
James frowned, he seemed to have some impression that when the Oscars announced the shortlist a few days ago, he did see a movie called "Gravity" shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film award.
However, as an American, he has never paid much attention to the award for best foreign language film.
What are you kidding?
Most Americans never cared about anything outside of the United States, and they didn't even know how many countries in the world there were!
So he didn't notice that the name of the director of the film was Daniel Wu.
As for the release of "Gravity" in North America?
Although Wu Yuan and Hollywood Six have a very good cooperation, it does not mean that his Chinese films can be courteous in North America.
Although it was not as miserable as "The Wandering Earth", it was only symbolically released in thirty or forty movie theaters, but "Gravity" had less than 800 theaters when it was released at its peak in North America, and it was only two or three hundred at the beginning.
This scale, compared with the North American blockbusters that are released simultaneously in at least 2,000 theaters, or even more are 3,000 or 4,000 theaters together, the influence and exposure are much lower.
In addition, Hollywood deliberately did not promote this movie much.
So much so that although "Gravity" has achieved a box office of more than $50 million in North America, its popularity is really average.
Just like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Heroes", there are not many North Americans who have actually seen these two movies.
That is, after the release, North America didn't care about this movie, and the Oscar also gave a nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.
"Seriously, I'm already looking forward to this new film from Daniel Wu." James's online friends are still chattering on social media.
"You know, I love sci-fi movies, I've also seen Daniel Wu's "Gravity", it's super good, it's a real hard sci-fi movie!"
"This time his new movie "Interstellar" is not only a hard science fiction movie, but also an IMAX 3D version, just like "Avatar"!"
"Even if Daniel Wu is not as good as Cameron, it will not be much worse, they are all directors of the billion-dollar box office club!"
"Oh yes, and Nolan, his new film is also about to be released, and it is also a science fiction movie, and it is still starring Leonardo."
"Oh my God, this year is a big year for science fiction!"
There was no time to pay attention to his friend's chatter, James skillfully opened the Google search, and curiously searched for the news of Wu Yuan's new movie.
After this search, he found that the North American Internet has been filled with a lot of reports about "Interstellar".
From the earliest launch conference, to the Reuters photos taken later, the follow-up report of the finale, the latest has been post-produced, and the news that the film viewing meeting was held internally is being widely spread on the Internet.
Various insiders claiming to be from Paramount or Universal are breaking the news about the movie.
It is said that Anne Hathaway contributed a very wonderful performance in the movie.
It is also said that although the actor is not well-known, his acting skills are really super good, and he is the next Depp.
What's more, it was even revealed that this movie predicted the true appearance of black holes, and would reveal to the audience what the famous black hole horizon looks like!
It's clear that Universal and Paramount's propaganda departments are already working hard.
It's February 16, 2010, North American time, and according to Universal's plan, "Interstellar" should be scheduled for August.
As a Hollywood blockbuster, it is normal to start warming up the promotion half a year in advance.
First do some publicity in the way of so-called insider revelations, which is just right.
Of course, James didn't think about it so much, and after he read all the relevant reports of "Interstellar", he inevitably looked forward to this movie in his heart.
Wu Yuan's reputation in Hollywood is still very good.
Although not as high as Cameron's reputation, he has not made a bad movie in Hollywood, and the public has a very good impression of him, and basically looks forward to his new movie.
The word-of-mouth accumulated in the past few years has allowed many fans to blindly believe in him and not worry that he will bring a super bad movie.
The same goes for James.
Although he was curious about Wu Yuan's science fiction films, he didn't think he would make bad movies.
Especially when he found out the online resources of "Gravity" and watched it, he thought that Wu Yuan would definitely bring a good movie.
"Oh my God, I just went to see Gravity, and this movie is really cool!"
James excitedly shared with his friends: "I never knew that Daniel Wu was so good at making sci-fi movies! ”
"I almost missed out on such a good movie!"
"This film deserves the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film!"
His good friend, who is also a sci-fi movie fanatic, immediately replied: "Yes, I think so too!" ”
It's not just them.
With the news of "Interstellar" spread in North America, many fans and netizens are paying attention to the news of this movie, and then followed the Internet to find Wu Yuan's Chinese sci-fi film "Gravity".
Facts have proved that this movie, as a science fiction film that can conquer the Oscars and win the Oscar for Best Picture, is indeed very golden.
After ten North American netizens watched it, eight of them praised the film, and even their expectations for "Interstellar" were even higher!
Wu Yuan can make such a good-looking sci-fi film in a place in China where there is no technology and no market, so how good it should be for him to come to the dock to shoot a sci-fi film!
I don't dare to think about it!
"The world does have a hand in publicity." Wu Yuan, who saw these comments on the Internet, said funny.
"Senior brother, now many people on the Internet say that you are the best foreign language film award at this Oscar." Beside him, Liu Yifei, who came to the United States from China to spend the Spring Festival with him, said with a smile.
In half a month, this year's Academy Awards will be held.
Originally, Wu Yuan was not the object of much attention at this Academy Awards, after all, he was not shortlisted for the main award of the film.
But the hype of Universal and Paramount not only made "Interstellar" popular, but also made "Gravity" popular again in North America.
All of a sudden, this Oscar shortlisted movie has attracted much attention.
"Best Foreign Language Film?" Wu Yuan shook his head and said calmly: "I have already won this award, so it's okay if I don't win it this time." (End of chapter)