The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 652: New version

"The Edge of Tomorrow". After a series of ups and downs, Renly's next work is finally finalized. This is not only the first time that Renly has challenged a sci-fi action movie, but also the first actor to take the lead in a commercial blockbuster.

Interestingly, this is the first time that Lan Li has participated in the production of a work. Although Lan Li strongly doubts how much of his opinions about the script and the director will be adopted, this is indeed a brand new one. Experience.

Undoubtedly, this is a very different and difficult challenge.

The most obvious difference between commercial films and art films is that the future of works of art is predictable to some extent. The quality of performance, the depth of the script, and the skill of the director are good or bad; But the prospects of commercial works are unknown. Even if it is a well-recognized excellent product, the box office performance is still no longer under the control of the crew, and the first criterion for measuring a work is box office data.

Other than that, "Edge of Tomorrow" is the best example. In the last life, Tom Cruise's blessed, well-known "Edge of Tomorrow", the North American box office was only 100 million US dollars; then, what about this life? What's more, not only the actor has changed, but the entire cast lineup seems to have many variables.

The "Edge of Tomorrow" built with Tom as the core, screenwriting, production, photography, soundtrack, lighting, clothing, makeup and other links are all the royal team brought by Tom himself, and everything is the top configuration in the industry; and the cast The same is true. Emily Blunt, Bill-Paxton, Brendon-gleeson, these are all actors who are well-known in the industry; although the director says Grid was not selected by Tom, but during the filming process, Doug was well versed in the cooperative routines of first-line actors, cooperated with Tom tacitly, and made many adjustments to the finished product.

In addition, the crew also smashed their money and collectively went to the London studio for on-site shooting, showing a real world as much as possible, and then using computer special effects to implant sci-fi scenes, detonating the viewing effect. Throughout the filming process, the cost of the crew every day is a staggering number.

Someone once estimated that the daily cost budget for commercial blockbusters to shoot in first-tier cities is between 700,000 and 1 million U.S. dollars. This is also the reason why many crews are keen to go to Philadelphia, Toronto, and Atlanta for shooting. Municipalities in these cities/ The government or state government/government, in order to boost the economy and reduce the taxation of the film crew, this saves a lot of costs for the crew.

The rich crew filmed London in London, and the less expensive crew filmed London in Atlanta.

But now, Lan Li replaced Tom, but it also means that it is very likely that the entire crew will be replaced, from the production and director, to the props and scheduling, as well as the shooting setting and special effects team, just because of Lan Li. A small butterfly, the entire crew is replaced from top to bottom, from the inside out, then, is the "edge of tomorrow" still the "edge of tomorrow" in memory? Will the quality of the finished product be better or worse?

However, these variables are still within the controllable range. Select the right director, have more exchanges with the screenwriter, find the right crew members through the producer, and then strictly abide by the process of Hollywood commercial film production. The quality of the final product is still guaranteed. After all, the Hollywood industry has been formed. After assembly line operation, the magnitude of quality deviation will not be too ridiculous after all.

No matter how bad, as a rebirth, Lan Li still has images of the previous life in his mind. During the shooting process, he will actively participate in the creation.

For Lan Li, the biggest variable is actually the previous life. "Edge of Tomorrow" was released in 2014, but now it has to be released in 2012, and it may be 2013 at the latest. What kind of impact will the change of schedule have?

The success or failure of a work is closely related to timing. In fact, it is the so-called right time and place.

In 1995, "Future Water World" was released. At that time, the apocalyptic catastrophe movie was still an emerging genre, which was not acceptable to mainstream audiences. The shooting style based on computer special effects was too avant-garde. Of course, the computer special effects of that year were not yet mature , The effect presented is not satisfactory.

In the end, the film ushered in the worst loss in the world before the collapse of the 21st century by creating a Guinness record.

Ten years later, when people looked back at this work, they suddenly discovered: In fact, later disaster movies of the same type have more or less continued the frame structure and narrative method of the "future water world", and the quality of the finished product of this work Far from being as bad as imagined. It can be concluded that the release of "Future Water World" will be postponed for another two years, so maybe it is not "Titanic" that made history, but it.

Conversely, in 2009, "Avatar" was released. 3D imaging technology has matured. All the ideas in James Cameron's mind can be realized smoothly and created an unimaginable wonderful viewing experience. Thus, the historical record was born. Up. But if "Avatar" is postponed for two years, people have become accustomed to 3D technology, and even visual fatigue; or if it is released two years in advance and the technology still fails to meet the requirements, can the movie still achieve such incredible box office results? ?

The same movie, placed under different era backgrounds, cultural atmospheres, and characteristics of the times, will have different repercussions.

This is just the first hurdle that "Edge of Tomorrow" needs to face. In addition to this, the schedule of "Edge of Tomorrow" is also extremely important.

It's like the face-to-face confrontation between "Speed ​​and Excitement/Love 5" and "Thor", as well as the face-to-face confrontation between "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2 and "Captain America". A correct schedule can often make a movie burst out with more box office potential, or even double or triple the expected results; a wrong schedule may ruin the box office prospects of a movie.

In addition to the summer holidays, Independence Day, Black Pride Month, Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, etc., the impact of these schedules is very obvious.

In 2014, "Edge of Tomorrow" was scheduled to be released in the second week of June. In the previous three weeks, films such as "X-Men: Reversing the Future", "Maleficent", and "Godzilla" had been bombarded in turn; when they premiered in the same week , Encountered a powerful volley from the sudden emergence of "The Fault in the Stars"; and then faced the snipers of "Dragon and Tiger Boys 2", "How to Train Your Dragon 2" and "Transformers 4".

This is not a crisis-ridden schedule, but it is a trap with frequent dark horses.

So, what about 2012? What fate will the "Edge of Tomorrow" face again. Objectively speaking, the aesthetic fatigue caused by the "Landscape of Lost Wars" in 2013 was avoided, and the "Edge of Tomorrow" advanced from 2014 to 2012. This is a positive factor; but the problem lies in the summer vacation in 2012. The file is as strong as a cloud.

Assuming that "Edge of Tomorrow" is placed from the second week of June 2014 to the second week of June 2012, then it will face "Avengers", "Men in Black 3", "Snow White and the Hunter" , "Madagascar 3", "Prometheus", "Legend of Brave", "Teddy Bear", "Magic Mike", "Amazing Spider-Man" and other works collectively encircled and suppressed and flanked back and forth.

According to the historical trajectory, among these works, a total of five have exceeded 200 million, and all the works have exceeded 100 million at the box office.

"Edge of Tomorrow" wants to break through the siege, whether the difficulty has increased or decreased; whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is really hard to say, and it is hard to predict. Compared with the quality of the work itself, the timing, schedule, and changes in opponents are immeasurable and beyond control.

Simply put, everything is brand new, "Edge of Tomorrow" is a completely new work!

This situation has long been expected by Lanly. The trajectory of history must be different from that of the previous life. This is also the goal that Lanly has been trying its best to achieve. Sooner or later, the "future" that Lanly knows will be there. It's totally different; it's just that Lanly didn't expect that this day will come so quickly. It is now a "Edge of Tomorrow", who can predict it, and what is the next step?

During the rapid ascent of Lanli’s career, “Buried alive” and “Love Crazy” successively made great contributions. “Speed ​​and Excitement/Love 5” made an amazing breakthrough. Everything went smoothly, but now it has to Facing severe challenges, the emergence of the "edge of tomorrow" is a blessing or a curse, and it is really hard to predict.

However, what Lan Li felt was not fear and fear~lightnovelpub.net~ but excitement, uncontrollable excitement.

The future has always been unknown to him. He not only needs to break the shackles of his previous life, but also need to break the shackles of fate. Starting from scratch and walking step by step to the present, this is a phased victory for Lan Li. . As for the success or failure of "Edge of Tomorrow", the future is not determined by panic-stricken speculation, but by down-to-earth efforts.

The surging emotions in my chest can't be calmed down, as if I have once again tasted what it was like to win the "Pacific War" performance opportunity. Life is like a box of chocolates, and I never know what the next one will be like. Lan Li raised his hand and gestured to the waiter, took a glass of champagne, the cold touch passed through his fingertips, and then he calmed down a little.

Between Jeff's recommendation, Lan Li wandered through most of the party. This is different from the Golden Globe Awards at the beginning of the year. It was a social occasion. Everyone just nodded, just doing something in front of the camera. Today, there is Jeff’s threading the needle. Lan Li not only met the actors, but also met. Producers, screenwriters, photographers, magazine editors, etc.

In an instant, Lan Li became the protagonist of the afternoon pool party, making his debut as "fresh meat", and it seemed that everyone wanted to come over and take a bite.

After going around for nearly an hour, the champagne in Lan Li's hand seems to have not diminished, but the "friends" he met are already in the triple digits.

Lan Li has been trying to find Paul Walker, but there are really too many people inside and outside the party, upstairs and downstairs. Every corner is full of crowds, and never noticed. After finally finding a gap, Lan Li left the turbulent crowd and found a quiet corner where he could breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.

No, this corner is already occupied.