Chapter 1105： Gravity

The next morning, Ronan met the person recommended by Jos Weden in his office. He was not unfamiliar. The director Alfonso Cuarón from Mexico had previously served as "Harry Potter and Azkaban". The director of "The Prisoner".

Once, he was also one of the three famous Mexicans in Hollywood director circles.

It is Alfonso Cuarón who has a hard science fiction project that requires huge investment.

Ronan was flipping through the script, as Jos Weyden said, the script is very thin, and the story is simple and outrageous. It makes people feel that the script is not very different.

For new directors and screenwriters, this is the type that movie companies have thrown into the script library and don't want to be bothered for ten years.

That is to say, Alfonso-Caron has a lot of fame.

With dozens of pages of script, Ronan quickly turned to the last page. The story of the script was very simple. An astronaut encountered an accident on the space station and tried to return to Earth from space.

Ronan closed the script and asked: "I heard Jos Widen say that you recommended this project to Warner Bros.?"

"Yes, but they rejected it." Alfonso Cuarón said simply: "Jonas and I, my son, completed this script in 2006 when the filming and production of "Harry Potter and Ah Soon after "Prisoner of Zkaban," I found Warner Bros. to promote this project."

He was rather helpless: "Warner Bros. is not very optimistic. He has a lot of opinions on hard science fiction types and simple scripts, and finally did not reach an agreement with me."

Ronan saw this film and was quite impressed. It seems that this project had been tossed many times at Warner Bros. before finally setting up the project to shoot.

"It's like a space version of "Remains of a Deserted Island"," Ronan said.

Alfonso-Caron said: "Almost, the theme of this project is actually human resistance to the impossible. Space movies have been in Hollywood for decades, and space travel has been somewhat eclipsed, partly because of movies. Let us take it easy."

He thought a little, and then said: "In order to make the audience as immersive as possible, during the script creation, I inquired about and communicated with many astronauts."

Relativity Entertainment has just promoted the "Martian Rescue" project some time ago. Ronan knows very well that if these hard science fiction films want to be made well, they cannot rely solely on imagination, they must conform to scientific reality, and at least they must look like that.

Ronan asked directly: "About how much budget is needed."

There is no deception in this respect, Alfonso Cuarón told the truth: “The film requires full green-screen shooting and CG production. I want to use 3D and IMAX technology, and it costs about 150 million US dollars.”

Ronan can roughly guess why Warner Bros. is reluctant to take over the Alfonso-Curon project. It is a big investment in hard science fiction or original movies. According to Hollywood standards, the risk is too great.

Alfonso Cuarón glanced at Ronan: "Mr. Anderson, my project..."

To be honest, he and his son were hit by Warner Bros. If not recommended by his friend Jos Weden to try Relativity Entertainment, he would be ready to shoot other movies.

"Relativity Entertainment invested in a hard science fiction project some time ago." Ronan filmed the script next to it: "I am more interested in this kind of realistic science fiction movies."

It was not rejection. Alfonso-Caron felt a little more relaxed. Ronan's hard science fiction project, he also heard people talk about it, it seemed to be about Mars exploration.

This is also an important reason why he is willing to try Relativity Entertainment, after all, there is a precedent for investment in Relativity Entertainment recently.

Today's Hollywood, willing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars on the original hard science fiction projects, not to mention unique, but also very few.

Ronan said: "I have read the script, I have a suggestion."

Alfonso Cuarón looked at Ronan. After all, Ronan’s fame lies here, and the so-called suggestions are difficult for people to ignore.

Ronan didn't go in circles, and said directly: "I suggest changing the male lead to a female."

"Change to a female?" Alfonso-Caron frowned slightly.

Ronan simply explained: "Men and women represent very different meanings on the big screen. Men are inherently synonymous with toughness and strength in the film, while women represent weakness and are protected objects. If this project is The first protagonist is a male, and the shock of self-help will never be as powerful as a female."

Alfonso Cuarón seriously thought about Ronan's words. Such a film similar to a one-man show, where the protagonist is male, would be more attractive. After all, in the concept of traditional Hollywood companies, male films are far more popular than female films.

He took this into consideration when he was creating the script. The project did not have any creativity in the plot. It is not too much to say that there is no plot. The film mainly relies on two points to generate attraction, one is excellent special effects, and the other is the performance of the actors.

"I need to think about it seriously." Alfonso Cuarón did not immediately make a decision.

Ronan nodded and said, "No problem." He knew that this project was "Gravity", so he quickly made a decision: "Director Caron, Relativity Entertainment can invest in your project. The specific aspects of Shahai Entertainment will be You talk."

Alfonso-Caron said with a smile: "Thank you, I also hope to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment."

This result can be said to be very satisfactory.

Ronan left the script and asked Connie to find someone to take Alfonso-Caron and Shahai Entertainment below to conduct preliminary consultations with the person responsible for the production of the film project.

"The Martian" directed by Ridley Scott has already started filming. This project is in close cooperation with NASA, and adding another "Gravity" will not have any difficulty.

After all, "Gravity" is not a science fiction movie like "Transformers" or "Star Wars". It is necessary to reduce the inconsistencies in the actual situation. NASA is undoubtedly the most authoritative institution. With their support, from preparation to shooting to post-production, it will definitely reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Ronan carefully recalled the movie again. He couldn't remember the specific box office situation, but the movie was undoubtedly a success because he still had an impression of two related things.

One is that Alfonso Cuarón won the Oscar for Best Director Golden Man by virtue of "Gravity", and then there is the saying of the three best directors in Mexico. On the other hand, Sandra Bullock, who played the leading role "Gravity" has topped the list of Hollywood actresses' income. According to the news circulated on the Internet, Sandra Bullock has earned more than $70 million in income from the basic remuneration and post-production share for this movie alone. .

If Alfonso Cuarón follows the advice and changes the actor to the heroine, there will be an actor candidate.

Ronan remembered that when Jessica Felton found Sandra Bullock to star in "Sweet Police Flower", she directly asked Shahai Entertainment to sign her three film contracts with Lasandra Bullock as the heroine. There is basically no difficulty.

The biggest selling point of the film is the special effects and the heroine's self-help. Sandra Bullock holds this role and there is no big problem.

Of course, the more critical is the special effects.

It is not an exaggeration to say that space can be described as the ultimate dream of all mankind, and even for the movie dream machine, it is no easy task to create real space on the screen.

Alfonso-Caron quickly reached a cooperation agreement with Shahai Entertainment, and also made certain adjustments to the script. The biggest adjustment was to replace the heroine with the heroine.

With the formal signing of the contract between the two parties, Ronan also Alfonso-Caron had more exchanges on this project, especially in special effects.

When the space environment of "Gravity" is presented on the IMAX screen, it is no less than an interstellar journey for viewers sitting in the dark and wearing 3D glasses. The entire film only has most of the scenes inside the space station. Shooting in the built set, and the realistic feeling of outer space actually needs to be realized by CG, and all the space shots are synthesized by CG.

In addition, under the communication of Relativity Entertainment, NASA also provided Alfonso-Caron with a lot of first-hand information.

It will take time for this project to enter the field preparations, and Alfonso-Caron has a lot of preliminary work to do.

For example, I went to interview astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, read and watched various actual materials and videos about space, studied thousands of photos taken in space, and learned about space.

Since it is a hard science fiction type of realism, a lot of attention must be paid to the details. Just like Alfonso Cuarón himself said, in the future, it is necessary to ensure that the pictures in each shot are based on reality.

"Gravity" is undoubtedly a very complex project. The need to integrate virtual and real images in a creative way has further increased its complexity.

This project wants to be released, and it will not be until 2010 at the earliest.

Hard science fiction projects are relatively time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The superhero movie is going to be much better. Before the arrival of August, Jos Weiden's "Avengers" has ended all shots and will soon be transferred to post-production.

However, the actors who star in the reunion will not have too long a holiday because a series of Marvel projects are waiting for them.

Marinated, Agent Hill, and the village head of Novice Village, will then appear in the drama "Agents of SHIELD".

Jon Feiru has already begun preparations for "Iron Man 3", and Robert Downey Jr. will be involved in the filming of this movie after a short vacation.

The rest of "Thor 2" and "Captain America 2" also started script creation and early planning.

The latter will be a very important part. The reputation of the S.H.I.E.L.D. division of Hydra has been spread all over the world through "Captain America 2".

In the "Avengers 4" that year, Captain America said "Long live the Hydra", and I don't know how many people directly **** in the theater.

There is also "Galaxy Funny Team", Marvel Entertainment is also forming, will use some of the "Fast and Furious" actors.

For example, the international superstar Jaina, who was blocked by the South Korean media, has already confirmed her role as the green-skinned girl Kamora.

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