The turmoil at the Golden Horse Awards did not affect Li He's work status, nor did it affect the award-winning journey of "The Dark Knight".The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held in mid-December, and the list of nominees was recently announced, and The Dark Knight was selected for four awards, including Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Feature Film, and Best Film Music.The Golden Globe Awards have always been regarded as the vane of the Oscars, and seeing this list of nominees, domestic entertainment media and netizens instantly boiled.After "The Matrix", the chances of "The Dark Knight" being selected for the Oscar are already very good.As everyone knows, this is the result of a series of public relations initiated by Warner Pictures in cooperation with Penguin Pictures, as well as Light Pictures in cooperation with DreamWorks Studios.Compared with the more than 6,000 judges of the Oscars, the Golden Globe Awards are easy to handle with only more than 100 judges, not to mention that this year's chairman of the jury is an international chapter from China.DreamWorks Studios also spent real money, and the public relations expenses alone were no less than three million US dollars, and Deng Chao also became the first Chinese actor to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe Awards, and his status increased greatly for a while.However, there is still a period of time before attending the award ceremony, and Li He still does his current work first.After sponsoring a manned spacecraft mission by the Space Agency, Li He paid off handsomely.The first is to establish a good relationship with the space agency, and the second is to have 60 minutes of images of the Earth.The images sent over cannot be used for the first time, and some more complex image processing work is required.Because the power of each ampere of a manned spacecraft is extremely precious, the astronauts did not process the light source when shooting.In addition, the only natural light in space is the sun's rays, so the camera doesn't use light very well.As soon as the shooting results are obtained, ILM processes the light source.It's easy to understand in a video game, install a RTX3060 graphics card and turn on ray tracing.It's more difficult to actually understand, and that's just a rough analogy.Finally, after image processing and screening, ILM handed Li He a 20-minute video.After reading it, Li He said that it was very good, very beautiful, and began to add this image to the feature film.In addition, other special effects parts began to be completed one after another, and "Gravity" gradually took on the appearance of a movie.At this time, "The Wandering Earth", which had been filmed for four years, finally ushered in three rounds of test screenings.Because of the existence of Li He, "The Wandering Earth" is no longer a milestone work of Chinese science fiction films, but it is precisely because of Li He's role model that this version of "The Wandering Earth" is more well-made and larger.The actors who filmed this scene suffered a lot, such as Uncle Da, a gold medal supporting actor on Hong Kong Island, who turned out to be the queen supporting role of Xing Ye.He insisted on not using a stand-in in this scene, went into battle in person, and wore more than 30 pounds of equipment to film every day, and his dedication made everyone awe-inspired.Uncle Da's salary turned out to be only 200,000 yuan, out of nostalgia for the golden age of comedy on Hong Kong Island, Li He personally wrapped a big red envelope for Uncle Da, which can be regarded as a sign of respect.Finally came to test the results, before the test screening, Li He specially chatted with Da Liu about his idea of adapting the movie of his magnificent "Three-Body Problem" trilogy."
You know what?
At the beginning, I had a lot of effort to get the film adaptation rights of "The Three-Body Problem". ”Li He said with a smile."
Thank you Director Li for being so loving, so you can afford this one."
Da Liu said.Li He waved his hand and said, "Alas!
I really like the work "Three-Body Problem", especially the law of the dark forest, which is simply too attractive, I am dissatisfied with you saying that when I applied for the directing department, I also had the idea of adapting "The Three-Body Problem" into a movie. ”Da Liu was flattered, if other directors said so, Da Liu would definitely disdain it, how could there be a director in Huaxia who could make a good science fiction film.But Li He is not necessarily, maybe he can really put his proud work on the big screen.Li He is known for his original works, and his style is varied, even if it is a science fiction film, there are works with very different styles such as "The Martian" and "The Matrix".Now, the only doubt is, how will Li He adapt "The Three-Body Problem"?"
The world view of "Three-Body Problem" is quite huge, and my current idea is to take the movie as the main line, supplemented by dramas, to create a three-body universe."
Li He said his general plan."
Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe?"
Da Liu asked."
Almost!
Or like the Lord of the Rings series, the main problem now is the special effects production. ”Li He said."
Isn't there still Industrial Light & Magic?
I watched the special effects they made for "The Wandering Earth", and the effect was fantastic. ”Da Liu praised.Industrial Light & Magic is already the best special effects studio in China, but it can only be regarded as first-class in Hollywood.Thanks to the vigorous development of industrial light and magic, the domestic special effects industry is now booming, and university-related majors are also very popular.Li He shook his head and said: "Industrial Light and Magic can only be first-class in the world, and the special effects production of "Three-Body Problem" is very difficult even in the digital field, unless the two work together to learn from each other's strengths." ”"Then find them to cooperate?""
It's not that simple, after all, Industrial Light & Magic has poached a lot of people from them in recent years, and now I'm afraid that we have a lot of opinions, and if we want to cooperate, unless there are enough interests.""
Then it's a headache......
Da Liu said.Li He smiled: "It's still too early to say this, the production of "Three-Body Problem" must be a long process, and it will not be possible to start production until 2022 at the earliest. ”In fact, 2022 may not be filmed, and now DreamWorks has begun preliminary planning, and according to the most optimistic estimates, it may take two to three years to make preliminary preparations.This is undoubtedly a long world for Li He, you must know that he is now preparing for the film very quickly, compared with the four-year preparation of "The Wandering Earth", it is quite fast.Li He was also nicknamed the fast gunner by netizens, Li He just wanted to vomit after he knew it, he was not a fast gunner, and he was very long-lasting.Some netizens also compared Li He to the Spielberg of China, both of whom are directors who have made great achievements in business and art, but Li He may be worse, after all, the old Jewish man has an Oscar statuette.Coincidentally, Spielberg's nickname was also a fast gunner in the early years...... first round of test screenings of "The Wandering Earth" achieved very good results, and the participating media reporters and theater representatives all highly affirmed the film.Warner Pictures also participated, and after watching it, it was decided on the spot to be in charge of the overseas distribution of "The Wandering Earth".Warner Pictures was originally only interested in Lee Hyuk's films, but later found out that the works of other directors were also good, and there were some episodes.For example, Chen Meizhou's "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" series was introduced to Warner's streaming platform and got off to a very good start.After participating in the preview screening of "The Wandering Earth", Li He was invited by the National Teacher to participate in the opening ceremony of the National Teacher's "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".