Chapter 544: The Age of Light That Finally Got Noticed
Matt Damon's tweet was released, which completely confirmed that "The Martian" had started filming.
As one of the top science fiction directors in Hollywood, when Nolan is busy working on "The Dark Knight Rises", the finale of the Batman trilogy, and Cameron is also busy working on his remastered 3D "Titanic", Wu Yuan is the only director in Hollywood and even the world that can make science fiction fans look forward to it.
And Wu Yuan did not live up to their expectations, the new movie that has been rumored for a long time has finally landed, and it is indeed a science fiction film!
In the past few years, Hollywood's original sci-fi films have basically disappeared, and the emergence of Marvel has completely changed the taste of "science fiction", which should have been aimed at the sea of stars, and has become a superhero battle with dazzling lights and flying away.
Is this sci-fi?
If you have to say it, it is indeed science fiction, at least Marvel and DC have always advertised their superhero movies as science fiction movies.
But is this kind of science fiction movie the same thing as the modern science fiction movie opened up by "Space Odyssey 2001"?
I'm afraid no sci-fi fan would think it's the same thing.
What they need is a real science fiction movie, a story like "Gravity" and "Interstellar" that takes place in the vast and deep space, and it is the human desire to explore the unknown and mysterious space.
This is something that superhero movies can't bring.
It's a pity that with the operation of superheroes and big IPs in recent years, the six major Hollywood Dock basically don't bother to make new original sci-fi movies.
Original sci-fi films with high production costs, high return pressure, thankless, and too high risks can only attract capital or raise their own money to make this kind of film by directors like Wu Yuan and Nolan who have become famous and stand at the top of the pyramid.
Among the hundreds of movies that come to the dock project every year, the real original sci-fi blockbusters may be counted on one hand.
In this case, the launch of "The Martian" has a taste of the earth being thirsty for several years, and finally waiting for the rain to fall.
Wu Yuan does not have any shares in Twitter, and it is impossible for the Yutai Group, which controls Hollywood and the mouthpiece of North American media, to let Wu Yuan, a Chinese person, enter his circle.
But even so, the news of the launch of "The Martian" still swept Twitter, Facebook, INS and other platforms, becoming a hot search topic on multiple platforms and being discussed.
Wu Yuan's influence in Hollywood is already extraordinary.
However, such a surge of momentum actually did not bring much benefit to Wu Yuan, but made some people see a lot of hidden dangers and crises.
Haolaiwu, which has always been firmly controlled by the white Youtai Group, seems to be a bit of an eyesore to mix in such a "big guy" with such a Chinese face.
Wu Yuan is not a simple director, he is also the owner of Hollywood Film Company.
Although he never interfered in the distribution of things, every film in the company was handed over to the six major distributors of Hollywood, so that they also got a piece of the cake.
But the films of the Light Age are basically invested by themselves, and in terms of production, they do not let other companies share much profit.
What's even more sensitive is that Light Times is still a wholly-owned company of Wu Yuan alone.
Just when "The Martian" dominated the headlines of many entertainment newspapers in North America, the seemingly calm Hollywood was surging.
The filming site of "The Martian".
John came to Wu Yuan with a frown, interrupting his shooting.
He called Wu Yuan several times in a row before and didn't answer it, so he came directly to the set to find Wu Yuan.
It's really a bit of a big deal.
"Daniel, recently, many Wall Street investment banks have come to ask me whether the company has the intention of raising funds to go public."
"There are also people who want to buy shares in our company on behalf of their bosses behind the scenes, and they are all selling at a high price."
"On the side of the six major Hollywood companies, Fox and Warner have also put forward their intention to cooperate, this time in the form of cooperation based on the acquisition of equity."
"You've been in the limelight lately!"
Wu Yuan, who was looking at the monitor intently, frowned, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted "click", and then pulled John to the compartment next to the set.
"What's the situation?"
"You're too showy."
“why?!”
Wu Yuan frowned and said: "The Martian didn't even hold a press conference, it was all reported by those media. ”
John shook his head: "But on the Internet, "The Martian" has become the hottest topic in the film industry in the past week, and everyone is talking about this movie. ”
"Audiences, sci-fi enthusiasts, film critics, and even executives of some so-called film companies are talking about the film."
"What's even more troublesome is that they are talking, and the topic has all shifted to the light age."
"The films produced by Light Age over the years, the comparison of cost and box office, and the cooperation with several companies."
"After the data was exposed, many people had a different view of the company."
No matter how good the operation of the light era is, it can't be hidden from others.
Although there are not many movies produced by Light Times, there are only about ten over the years, but every movie has made money, and it has doubled the money.
From the early "Hangover" series to the current "Twilight" series, plus movies such as "Fake Marriage", "Weakness" and "Never-ending" in between, as well as the "Ace Agent" series in collaboration with New Line, and the "Night at the Museum" series in collaboration with Fox.
Each of these films was a big hit, and the only one that didn't sell was a remake of Todd Phillips, which was invested by Light Times, but the investment in this film was very small and almost negligible.
The success of these movies, if it is divided into only one a year, is unlikely to attract much attention, at least outsiders, ordinary audience fans will not care much.
Just like most domestic netizens and fans don't care about which movies Huayi and other companies produce every year, and which movies make Huayi money.
However, when the box office data of these movies are listed separately and released in front of the public eye, some people even deliberately promote hype behind the scenes.
The "Light Age", which was not much concerned by the general public, immediately entered their sight, and even became a widely heated topic.
It's a small company, but it's really profitable, and the success rate of film production is too high!
Wu Yuan, who was still cautiously muffled to make a fortune and tried his best to squat behind the scenes to make a little money, was once again brought to the stage by netizens in North America.
Because Light Times is his 100% owned company!
Wow, that's not good.
A Chinese man opened a film company in the United States and made a lot of American movies to make American money.
This is not very pleasant news to watch.
Wu Yuan knew it.
Thousands of thoughts crossed his mind.
"Damn! The Jews must have done it! (End of chapter)