"Miya Yang returns to science fiction."

"Miya Yang joined hands with Jos Whedon to announce the plan for the new mysterious science fiction work "Firefly"!"

According to reports from the 61st World Science Fiction Conference, according to reports from many media such as Rotten Tomatoes and Yahoo Entertainment, it turned out that at yesterday's conference event, Wang Yang revealed his new plan "Firefly". When he was interviewed by reporters, he and Jos Whedon laughed and said that they could not disclose too much information yet, because this film is still a prototype, but it will be a very surprising movie.

Speaking of production scale, Shenqiyang said that there is no clear budget yet, but it will be what people call "big production".

As expected by reporters, the official website of "Firefly" was quietly launched that night. There was not much content. The exquisite pages were only official news reports, photos of Wang Yang and Joss Whedon, and concept pictures released at the science fiction conference. What surprised science fiction fans was that there were two public concept pictures.

In addition to the "cliff spaceship" reported by the media, in another picture, there was a wildfire burning wasteland. Many soldiers wearing different uniforms on both sides stood majestic and confronted each other several meters apart. The uniforms on the right were clean and tidy, with a streamlined style of military uniforms in traditional interstellar science fiction; the one on the left was broken and dirty, as if they were cowboys from the west. The officers standing in front of the two camps were negotiating something.

"Firefly" official website belongs to the Fire Entertainment Network, which has integrated account. As soon as the news spreads, the message board continuously adds new messages from movie fans: "It's so exciting!", "This is really good news!", "I read two concept pictures, is the story about the interstellar army? I hate war now.", "I just learned this news from my friend, and we can look forward to it as much as possible!"...

User Hubbard F said calmly: "Jos Weden is very talented in screenwriting, and his series is great; but the fact is that his director and production ability are much worse. In "Buffy, the Vampire Hunter" and "Angel", his episodes are not the best. I don't think he can provide much help to Fantasy Young on the big screen." Curtis H said: "Jos Weden is a newcomer on the screen. Fantasy Young is not, the director is the real soul of the movie."

Augustine-ti, whose avatar is a cat, said: "From the two concept pictures, the scenes of "Firefly" are very large, and there are many different scenes and a bunch of characters, which is a new test for Young."

Since "Firefly" has no information on all aspects except the name and concept map, the online media have just reported it simply. It seems that the success of the proposal did not slow him down. "The Demon Wearing Prada" has just ended and is about to make a new film again.

However, Yahoo Entertainment has suggested that with Fantastic Yang's past speed, this special effects blockbuster is likely to be released during the summer vacation of 2005, which means it will collide with "Star Wars Prequel 3", a head-on collision of science fiction films of the same type! Fantastic Yang vs George Lucas.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Wang Yang was slow to film this time, or avoided "Star Wars Prequel 3" in terms of schedule and put it into the 2005 Christmas schedule or even the 2006 summer schedule. If this happens, Yahoo editor Alison said: "I will be very disappointed, that will not be the magical Yang style."

"What I'm worried about now is that everyone will have high expectations for this movie! Just like "The Matrix 2"," Gabriela's message, whether she really calls this name or a fan of "Singing and Dance", wrote: "There is no doubt that Shen Qiyang faces a huge challenge. As long as he makes a little mistake, he will face huge accusations."

This is also a different treatment of skin color. The mainstream media always have high patience and tolerance for white idols, and they will be praised by others if they have achieved a little success; other ethnic groups are relatively strict, and even try to vilify and destroy them. For example, Michael Jackson, and more recently, Indian director M-Knight Shamaran.

In 1999, the 29-year-old Shamalan was born with "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" and became a "genius director" for a while. She was a hot young star in Hollywood, and the media public was not stingy in praise. However, in the next 2000 "Immortal Calamity" and "Tianzhao" in 2002 all seemed to be average and without surprises. Although the audience's preference was still on the qualified line, he had already been criticized by many media: "It will be so terrible", "a bad poet." "All talent is lost."...

If he was a little worse, the Golden Plum Award would fall on him at any time.

From the age of 18 to the age of 23, he has won the youngest Oscar for Best Director. Wang Yang's reputation in Hollywood in the film industry has become very transcendent. He has become a popular symbol in American culture and used him as one of the popular symbols. The proud American dream... Just like the new No. 1 pick of NBA this year, LeBron James, who has been named "king" before playing an NBA game and is expected to surpass Michael Jordan in the future.

People’s expectations for magical Yang have accumulated to this point, and they have long reached a critical point and will explode at any time.

"I hope everyone looks at Firefly with a normal attitude! It may be an ordinary and exciting entertainment movie. Don't put too much pressure on Shenyang. I don't want to see "The Matrix 2". "After user Jill-e left a message on the official website, he was immediately criticized by latecomers. Frey-l said: "You treat Shenyang with a normal attitude, maybe he is very unhappy!" Courtney-c said: "Don't worry! Young won't let us down!" Jenny said: "I want to see him say 'I want to win the 2006 Oscar!'"

Blis-j said: "I was in the event hall of the Science Fiction Conference and the undisclosed ending of "The Ninth District" was broadcast on the spot. It was really uncomfortable! But Huan Qiyang is about to get married. He said that he had undergone a huge change and was full of optimism. So at least we don't have to worry that "Firefly" will suppress the miserable miserable!" Kelly followed: "I think it's definitely not that simple, otherwise why should I nominate the Oscar?"...

On August 30, the 2003 Hugo Awards ceremony was held. Under the host of science fiction novelist Speer Robinson, the awards were awarded one by one. The Best Novel Award was won by Robert J. Sawyer's "Primitive Humans", and the Best Short-Story Image Product Award was awarded to "Buffy the Vampire Hunter: Conversation with the Dead", and Jos Whedon lost to his own people; and the Best Long-Story Image trophy was taken away by "The Ninth District" without much suspense.

After the Golden Globes nomination, the Oscar nomination, the 29th Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, it added another heavyweight award, which can be said to have completed the Grand Slam and won all the praises that a science fiction film can get.

Science fiction fans were also more looking forward to "Firefly". Why not? Rotten Tomato's *** "What do you think of Yang's new work "Firefly"?" shows that 75% of people chose the highest level "over expectation limit", 17% of people were "very looking forward to it", and only 5% of non-fans who joined the fun voted for the lowest level "not caring", while the remaining 3% of fans were "treated with an ordinary mentality".

"Mark, this must be a big production."

In Santa Monica, Sunshine Beach, in the office of the chairman of the Flame Film Company, the computer screen on the table showed lines of play texts. Wang Yang gently turned the chair and looked at Mark Slunt, who was sitting opposite him, and thoughtfully said: "I thought of the final production cost budget... it should be 150 million to 200 million! It would be enough to make 50 million in advance."

There was only one approximation, and he didn't know what the final budget would be, because the shooting plan had not been decided now, the script, crew, cast... everything was blank.

It is hard to say whether the shooting will be made using some new technologies. Robert Zemegis's "Polar Express" started filming in March this year. The first imax-3d feature film was produced using "action performance capture" technology. However, there are very few real 3D screens and imax big screens, with only a few more than 70 stores around the world. The 3D camera technology is not mature. Wang Yang does not think that the moment is the time to pursue 3D.

However, in several preliminary discussions between him and Varé Fist of "Firefly", Varé proposed to try to use a 65mm IMAX film camera to shoot some scenes, which is naturally the climax part of the movie. This is the highest quality image capture system now. In this way, many super-large action scenes can be shot, because traditional film is only 35mm; and because of its high quality, the image quality of the imax film will also be particularly textured.

In post-processing, the picture lens of 65mm film can be printed onto 70mm film; the remaining lenses shot with 35mm "deformed" widescreen cameras allow technicians to change the aspect ratio of the screen and log in to the 70mm IMAX large screen in this way. On the contrary, ordinary theaters compress 65mm to 35mm, but the unimaginable huge scenes will also bring new visual shock.

However, the result of this is a sharp increase in production costs. The shooting cost of 65mm imax film is four times that of 35mm ordinary film; at the same time, a large cost will be added to the later conversion and copying.

Now Sony and other companies are developing digital cameras. Once released, many producers will definitely choose low-definition digital shooting in order to save costs. Now, except for Robert Zemegis, no one will use the imax film of documentary films to make movies. However, Wang Yang wants to have better picture quality and better show climax scenes, and imax film is also a highlight of publicity that attracts audiences, so he has agreed to Vale Fest's suggestion.

"200 million, the company's finances can bear." Mark Slunt nodded after hearing this. After all, 200 million was not all invested in one breath, and there was a lot of room for capital turnover, but he frowned and asked: "Will we invest independently?"

The last production fee of 28 million in "mit-21-team" was finally invested in full. It was just that in the issuance of some overseas countries, I chose to cooperate with large companies, which was considered to share some of the benefits to gain a good relationship in marketing and publicity.

"I just looked at the financial situation, and there is no need to win over investment for the time being." Wang Yang sat upright, picked up the mouse and lit it, looking at the screen and smiled: "I believe there is no problem with "Firefly" to recover the cost, and I am confident that it will make a lot of money. Will it not become "Wind Whisperer"? No."

"Boss, the risks are almost all in your account, you can do it." Mark Slunt spread his hands without any objection. Now he really has no need, and there is no reason to persuade him. This young boss has proved his incredible money-making ability many times. Just handing him over the money can double it! Any big company dares to swallow these 200 million yuan; even some small independent companies will join forces to invest, let alone Flame Movies.

However, every investment always has risks, so you have to be cautious. Mark sat on his chest with his hands and smiled and said, "From my CEO perspective, the investment of 200 million is very large, and it is also good to invest 3-4 independent production companies together."

"It just so happens that I have money. Maybe I register a few Flame Movies 2, Flame Movies 3, Flame Movies 4, and then invest together, make money and lose money together." Wang Yang laughed and pressed the keyboard a few times, and Mark Slunt shrugged: "Good idea."

Recently, the company has entered the fourth quarter. With the end of the summer vacation period, funds have been recovered and replenished. The main projects "Rare Speed" directed by Lin Yibin has ended filming in May, and is about to be completed post-production. It is scheduled to be released in May 2004. "Dance from My Life" directed by Anne Fletcher will be released in October, "Saw" will be released in November, and "The Devil Wearing Prada" will be released in December.

The company will soon start several new movies with major investments, "Mr. Hughes 2" and "Hangover 2" will all be put on the agenda.

Christopher Nolan just rejected Warner Bros. The director microphone of "Batman" was held. Some time ago, Warner Bros. decided to recreate the "Batman" series, which immediately set off a massive director selection campaign. At the beginning, there was only Wang Yang, and Warner Bros. spokesman Scott Rowe claimed: "We are enthusiastically inviting Fantasy Young to take charge of Batman, and this is endlessly close to completion!"

This really made the movie fans excited. They have been looking forward to the fantastic Yang filming superheroes for a long time! But before the news was hot, Wang Yang's spokesperson clarified the rumor. Warner Brothers did invite Wang Yang to direct, but his work schedule was over and he did not consider taking over "Batman".

It turned out to be just Warner Bros. ! When the movie fans were disappointed, Warner continued to select directors for "Batman". Ding Campbell, Darren Aronovsky, Christopher Nolan and others were all shortlisted, and Nolan was planning for "Mr. Hughes 2".

Wang Yang did not express any comment on this matter. He had watched the "Batman" series directed by Nolan in his mind. "The Dark Knight" is a classic. If the directing rights of "Batman" did not fall into Christopher Nolan, the screenwriter of "The Dark Knight" would definitely not be Jonathan Nolan. First of all, what would happen to "The Moment of War"? He didn't know that Ding Campbell might make it into a cool film in 007 style, and Darren Aronovsky might also make it into a darker style than the Nolan brothers.

Others are not necessarily bad movies when they come to film; but it is certain that Batman will lose a classic series. This is a pity, but on the other hand, Christopher Nolan has the opportunity to create classics when he goes to film Mr. Hughes 2.

Because from the movie "Mr. Hughes" itself and from the chat and discussion with Nolan, Wang Yang could see that the first "Hughes: Secret Life" was brewing and trying, just like "War Moment"; the second "Hughes: Power, Money and Crazy" was likely to usher in a big explosion. So in a reasonable way, he hoped that Nolan would shoot "Batman" and even more wanted to see Nolan film "Mr. Hughes 2".

Nolan finally did not ask the flame to postpone Mr. Hughes 2 or hand over the microphone to others. He declined the invitation to direct the blockbuster movie Warner Bros. and did not participate in the competition for "Batman". The reason was to complete the carefully prepared Mr. Hughes 2 first. So this sequel was put on the production schedule. If it was completed as scheduled, it would be released in the 2004 Christmas season and hit the Oscar again.

"Yang, to be honest, it's a pity that I missed "Batman". I also want to try such a big production; but if I messed up "Mr. Hughes 2", I would be even more regretful." Nolan told Wang Yang on the phone, with a sense of firmness in his faint voice. Wang Yang had an idea and said, "Flame welcomes your big production plan; and if there are any superheroes to be brought to the screen, we will fight for you." Nolan only said, "I know."

"Is there a script called "Brokeback Mountain" looking for investment?" In the office, Wang Yang pointed to a document on the desktop. While picking up the document, Mark Slunt said in confusion: "Brokeback Mountain"? It seems that I have heard of it..." He looked at the document a few times and immediately frowned and said with a frown: "Brokeback Mountain is the theme of cowboys in the western world!" Wang Yang nodded, and Mark became even more confused: "Yes, it is looking for investment, it's been a long time. What's wrong? Wait! Are you interested?"

On October 13, 1997, Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Prox's short story "Brokeback Mountain" first appeared in the New Yorker weekly, and then it was adapted into a film script by famous writers Larry McMurtry and Diana Osana. Then it almost kept looking for investment to be put on the screen, but no one was willing to invest in such a low-cost film.

This is like a hornet's nest or a hot potato. Investors are afraid of losing money. After all, the market for homosexual movies is very small. What's more fatal is that many theaters will not be released at all, and the audience can't even watch them. Secondly, they are afraid of public opinion. This is a good script, but the more successful "Brokeback Mountain" will cause greater social reactions, and conservatives, religious teams and other people will also make noise.

But Flame Movie is never afraid of these two things. Its investment philosophy and implementation are all its investment philosophy and actions to implement independent films. That is why FM has been successful in independent films, which has made many film companies envious.

"Yes, I'm interested." Wang Yang nodded with a smile. This movie is very suitable for Ang Lee to direct. Only he can shoot the gentle and delicate emotions so well, like a cup of warm boiled water. Since "Brokeback Mountain" is still seeking investment, Wang Yang does not want any butterfly effect, which makes the director's microphone of "Brokeback Mountain" give to others, missing the classics, and also causing losses to the Chinese director group.

Unlike Nolan's "Mr. Hughes 2" that is likely to break out, Ang Lee is in a bad situation now, so he wants to be an investor in "Brokeback Mountain" to make sure Ang Lee takes over the microphone. Thinking of this, Wang Yang said: "I'm very interested. Let James Shams contact me, and I'll take over!" James Shams is the producer who is now working hard for "Brokeback Mountain" and keeps trying hard.

"What? How are you interested in homosexual movies?" Mark Slunt was immediately curious and looked like he couldn't figure it out. He spread his hands and smiled, "You're getting married soon!" Wang Yang shook his head with his lips pursed and said seriously, "I'm not, but I respect other people's sexual intercourse. I think heterosexuality, homosexuality... there is no difference in love. But to be honest, I can't stand bisexuality and I'm too greedy." He smiled as he said.

Mark Slunt realized that his words were wrong and shrugged: "I have a lot of gay friends. I mean you are going to get married and go on your honeymoon and film "Firefly". Do you have time?"

"I'm just investing, maybe I'm a producer?" Wang Yang raised his eyebrows with interest. In addition to designating an invitation to Ang Lee to direct, he also hopes that the cast will be the future original cast, Heath Ledger, Jack Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway... I want to participate in these work, have the right to audition for these invitations, and the right to speak is the producer. He smiled and said, "I'm going to invite Ang Lee to direct this movie."

"And Lee? Wow." Mark Slunt was stunned, more surprised than hearing that he was going to take over "Brokeback Mountain" just now. After the disastrous defeat of "The Hulk", Ang Lee is now the most annoying child, and no one will give him candy.

Not including the magical Yang who is also Chinese, and... Mark thought seriously that "The Hulk Hulk" can only show that Ang Lee is not suitable for commercial blockbusters, "Pushing Hand", "Reason and Emotion", and "Ice Storm" all prove that the Chinese director is clever, delicate and profound in handling themes such as emotions and conflicts of ideas. Mark Slang said in a headline: "Okay, I will tell James Shams."

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