Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

The manga exhibition has been properly contacted, so the next step is to find a suitable director.

It's not that Su Yun doesn't want to play in person, but unfortunately, her "schedule" really doesn't allow her to allocate more time for this part, so she can only use the usual method of letting go (tou) power (lan) to direct the director Give the job to the person you like.

Through the channels of those prop makers, Su Yun got in touch with John Carpenter, the director who had filmed "The Thing".

Coincidentally, Carpenter's "The Thing" and Zhao's "Blade Runner", which almost vomited blood, were exactly the same brothers and sisters who were released on the same day, and then both of them suffered a big hit at the box office.

The only difference is that "Blade Runner" was able to make a bloody way to get the second place in the first week because of its so-called big production at the beginning, and then drove high and low all the way, and the box office reputation was a mess; In the beginning, it was because of the excessive pursuit of novelty, blood, depression and horror, coupled with the fact that the rating was R-rated and accompanied by adults, so that the budget of 1500 million US dollars was only exchanged for a box office of 1960 million in the end, so it is also a box office at this time. Word of mouth is a mess.

The sci-fi film "ET Alien", which was released at the same time in that year, looked at the family carnival theme of aliens visiting from a more optimistic perspective, which perfectly met the tastes and needs of the audience who were anxious during the economic recession. , with a box office of $6.19 million.

It will take some time before people can feel their charm—it’s a pity that Su Yun is of course a pity, but films that don’t meet the needs of the market and the environment of the times will hit the street when they are released, and they will not gradually become popular until people’s appreciation level improves. I have seen too many things like turning over and rectifying my name. In the end, I can only sigh with regret, and then I don’t think it’s strange.

After all, one was not a work that she participated in back then, and the other was a work that she did not intervene in order to preserve the artistic level.

What's more, even if she stepped in to help with marketing at that time, due to the limitations of various factors, it would be difficult to change the ending: they are a bit too "ungrounded", and the high level of art will inevitably lead to Commercially limited.

If you want to make money, it is best to use the most conservative and safest one, which is a family carnival theme like "ET Alien". catch all...

Faced with Su Yun and Ovitz's visit, Carpenter was really a little surprised: the failure of "The Thing" a few years ago had a huge blow to his career.

After "The Thing", not only directly lost the opportunity to direct the sci-fi film "Fire", Universal Pictures, which had signed several film contracts with him, even decided to spend money to cancel the contract with him.

Even though Carpenter is still making movies, his previous confidence has been almost wiped out by successive failures in the past few years.

"I didn't expect people to see me that way at all. They thought I was a violent man who made this kind of movie. This movie was just too ahead of time. I knew it would be a little bit ahead of time, but I didn't expect it to be this far... "Maybe I didn't think enough about public taste then..."

The most unacceptable thing for him is that this movie, which he spent a lot of effort on, has been called rubbish and typical idiot movie by newspapers and magazines, and it has been criticized as "trying to cash in on the enthusiasm of science fiction audiences". It is the most dissatisfied movie in his career, bar none.

"Take advantage of the enthusiasm of sci-fi audiences to make a fortune? This is not a bad thing. It is the expectation of many fans to watch the former text or comics become images on the screen." Su Yun herself is a person who knows how to cut other people's leeks. And I am also a leek from time to time. I am not only familiar with this situation of cashing out fans' expectations, but also accept it well.

But the premise is that the person in charge of adapting and filming must really do it with heart.

I heard that Su Yun actually wanted to find herself, a "cold-blooded violent maniac", to shoot a sci-fi children's movie with the theme of family fun. Carpenter, who was beaten to pieces by such themes, listened carefully to Su Yun's introduction. , his face was both surprise and fear.

The surprise, of course, is that if I can seize this opportunity, then I will be able to turn from Jedi to avenge my shame; the fear, undoubtedly, is that if I also rush this time, it will really be too much for the mainstream and non-mainstream circles He is a "loser".

"I think from the beginning to the end that you are a very good director, and the "The Thing" you shot is also a very good movie." Su Yun shook her head. An unbearable disaster, but once it has stood the test of time, people will find out-oh, I have missed or seen such a powerful movie."

Maybe it was Su Yun's persuasion and approval that encouraged Carpenter who was self-doubting, or maybe it was just that the poor man who was in a state of poverty was desperately in need of a job to settle down. After some consideration, he finally signed the contract. Signed the contract and became the director of this "kids" science fiction film "Galaxy Visitor".

Now that the director has been obtained, the corresponding actors can also be arranged one after another.

According to the cast list of the original movie, Su Yun began to look up the information: This kind of method of collecting wool in advance can certainly win future big stars who have not yet become famous with a small amount of money, but it is because these people are now They are still in the stage of little transparency, and it is much more troublesome to find the current big stars.

But these leading actors are really the soul, especially Alan Rickman, one of the two male protagonists. As a typical Two-dimensional person, Su Yun was so impressed by his role as Professor Snape .

At this time, Alan Rickman had just begun to come to Hollywood from far away England, and the other male lead, Tim Allen, was just a young actor performing comedy in Detroit's Comedy Fort. good time.

It was not easy to find them, but once they were contacted and an invitation was sent out, the reply of agreeing to join the group was very fast.

On the contrary, the one who was easy to find but harder to invite was the big star actor who played the leading lady: Sigourney Weaver.

With the overnight rise of the "Alien" series, Sigourney, who swept the entire 80s and 2s and became the representative of the first generation of leading actresses in Hollywood blockbusters, was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for "Alien [-]" last year. when.

Moreover, the reason why Sigourney is difficult to invite is not only her popularity and high salary, but more importantly, she is a person who has her own personality but also pays great attention to her family. She can take care of both work and family carefully and steadily.

Except for the "Alien" series, she has maintained an average annual production of more than two films over the years, and occasionally has a busy schedule of guest appearances in TV series.

If you want to get the schedule out of Signy, then you can only start from these two aspects.

After drawing the design drawings and asking the two sisters of the Zhao family to help process them into costume models overnight, Su Yun held a thick script and knocked on the door of Signy's house.

As a fan of sci-fi movies, it is impossible for Su Yun not to have a strong liking for and a certain understanding of Sigourney, who is known as the queen of aliens. Raiders.

Unlike those beautiful actresses who complain about "the audience just want to see me in uniform and don't remember my role at all" in and out of the play, Sigourney was born with a 1.8-meter-two head, which was very long when she was young. For a long time, it was considered a factor that hindered career development, so that it could only play marginal roles such as prostitutes or elderly women.

Until the explosion of "Alien", she was closely bonded with labels such as "Alien Queen", "Space Hero", and "The Most Powerful Female Warrior", which changed her way of acting and became a milestone actress. The representative figure of the heroine movie.

However, such label positioning seems to be an obstacle for a good actor who wants to break through himself-not to mention, Sigourney, who is fed up with special role positioning, also wants to live up to her innate Beautiful, try the "vase" feeling.

Ever since, the beautiful and sassy combat costume that Su Yun brought with her accompanied her undoubtedly made Sigourney's eyes shine.

And Su Yun's reason for inviting her to join this "children's" sci-fi movie is even more difficult for her to refuse.

There is no other reason: the "Alien" series played by Sigourney is not suitable for children to watch, but "Galaxy Visitor" is quite suitable for adults and children to watch together, in order to watch her acting with her daughter in the future. How could she refuse this tempting invitation?

The most frightening thing is that Su Yun also schemingly showed her child star background: relying on her age in her early twenties and her face, which seems to be more immature than Westerners, she looked up eagerly, The pitiful and cute gesture at that moment seemed to give Sigourney the illusion of seeing her baby daughter grow into a cute little girl...

"However, did you really choose mine just for these reasons?" Signi suddenly asked after receiving this beautiful and stylish battle costume.

"It's not just these reasons." Su Yun looked at her and said very seriously, "I'm still planning a movie about female heroes, but I don't like the current style of 'to show the fighting power of female heroes, we must make their gender and I was dissatisfied with the notion of "beautiful appearance blurring", so I wanted to create a beautiful and powerful new image for those female heroes who have both strong strength and beautiful appearance-"

Why is it always overkill to conflict with good-looking and beautiful when demonstrating the strength and independence of women?

Obviously female audiences pay more attention to visual effects, the more beautiful and powerful sisters and sisters in the play, the better!The more pictures you take, the more beautiful you will be!