Cameron is very popular recently. "Titanic" has been released for more than a month. The box office continues to rise and is very strong. It has won the box office championship for the next week in a row. Regardless of ordinary audiences and industry insiders, this is the movie that has been discussed the most recently.
Movie.
Cameron is also optimistic about the news about IMAX, which has indeed given Spielberg and others a shot in the arm. Coupled with what Yu Dong said so firmly just now, they are also relieved.
In fact, there is no need for Deep Space to work with Spielberg and Lucas to develop the IMAX business. Their company can support it alone. It’s just that Yu Dong and Jimmy want to use IMAX to tie the three of them together.
Go, so that the resources of Spielberg and Lucas can be used for their deep space purposes.
Precisely because deep space always offers benefits, it has firmly taken root in Hollywood in just a few years, and they are inextricably linked to major companies.
"YU, do you think "The Martian" has any hope of catching up with IMAX's technological breakthroughs?" Spielberg suddenly said.
"Okay." Yu Dong nodded, "The premise is that you don't make this movie within five years."
When he heard "yes", a smile appeared on Spielber's face. Then when he heard Yu Dong's next words, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "Even if "The Martian" is not filmed this year, it will be filmed next year.
I will take pictures."
Lucas laughed and said: "We can wait until "Deep Space" is filmed before using it."
"'Deep Space' must be more than two hours long. When will IMAX technology be able to produce movies longer than two hours?"
"Don't worry, it's difficult to shoot this movie anyway. I'll wait until my Industrial Light and Magic has polished the technology."
Yu Dong laughed and said: "Let's finish filming "The Martian" first and then talk about it. What are your thoughts on the filming location of this movie?"
"As for the location, I did wonder, have you ever seen the movie Lawrence of Arabia?"
"Of course." Yu Dong nodded.
This is a movie from the 1960s. The scenes are very grand and it even won the Oscar for Best Picture. Yu Dong has seen it once before and was quite impressed.
Spielberg said, "In this movie, there is a location that is very similar to the landscape of Mars. This place is the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan."
Yu Dong recalled that he had no impression of this desert at all, nor did he remember the scenes in the movie.
But Jimmy smiled and said: "Steven, I think the landscape of the Wadi Rum Desert is more like the moon, isn't it?"
Spielberg frowned and thought for a while, then sighed, "It is indeed more like the moon, but, Jimmy, it took me a long time to find such a good place, and you just denied it with one sentence.
I think even if I don’t want to do it a little bit, I can make up for it later.”
"Steven, actually there are many places in China where the landforms are quite like Mars. You can think about it." Jimmy said with a smile.
"Really?" Spielberg said, raising his eyebrows.
"Of course, I'll get some photos for you later."
Spielberg glanced at Yu Dong, smiled and nodded: "No problem, I'm not in a hurry to take pictures now. You can take more photos, and it's best to give me detailed information about the local area."
Yu Dong also glanced at Jimmy. Jimmy had told Yu Dong about the filming location before.
There is indeed such a place in China, but it is too remote, and the transportation is inconvenient and there is no signal. If you really want to go there to shoot a movie, the price is actually quite high.
The best way is to build a road, but Jimmy did the math... At that time, Jimmy told Yu Dong that when he calculated the cost of building the road, Yu Dong was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. Yu Dong didn't expect that he would still pay for it.
I really need to build a road for a movie.
According to what Jimmy said, if only a small section of 90 kilometers is built, the road ahead is not good, but it is still manageable.
If it needs to be completely repaired, it may take another two to three hundred kilometers.
It doesn't cost much to repair 90 kilometers. It only requires an investment of 30 to 40 million. In addition to the several million spent on the infrastructure of the shooting base, it should be more than 40 million. If the road is not repaired even slightly,
This budget can still be reduced.
This cost is certainly nothing compared to the investment in "The Martian."
But even if this little road is built, the subsequent transportation may not be that good, and it will definitely not be comparable to that in Jordan.
But Jimmy is quite concerned about this matter. He told Yu Dong that he hopes to shoot the movie in China. It's not that Jimmy has any Chinese plot, just because Jimmy knows that as long as "The Martian" is filmed in China,
, the Deep Space Company can run sideways in the country.
It would be even better if they could leave a trail locally.
In the past few years, roads have been built every day in China, and we are also thinking about building more roads.
If you want to be rich, build more roads, have fewer children, and plant more trees.
Even the babies in the mountain villages talk about this sentence every day, which shows how much the country attaches importance to it and even puts it before family planning.
If at this time, Deep Space places the filming base of "The Martian" in China, which will not only stimulate the local economy, but also build roads in response to national policies, it will be equivalent to a immunity from death in the future, as long as Deep Space does not make any big mistakes.
, domestic policies can be tilted towards them.
Yu Dong smiled and said to Spielberg: "I have also seen the photos of the place Jimmy mentioned, and it does look very much like Mars. However, the transportation may not be as convenient as that in Jordan."
"That doesn't matter." Spielberg said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if the traffic is a little bit worse. Anyway, most of the scenes of this movie are there. We can make preparations and stay there until the filming is completed."
Let’s go, no matter how bad the traffic is, cars can always pass.”
"Don't worry, the car will definitely be able to pass. I can't let you carry the machine over."
"Haha, if the place is really good, it's not impossible for me to carry the machine and walk there." Spielberg laughed.
Yu Dong and Jimmy looked at each other. Now that Spielberg was speaking so freely, they didn't know what their expressions would be like when they saw the scene later.
Regarding the filming location, they didn't say anything more, and planned to wait until Spielberg saw the local photos.
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After Spielberg and the others left, Yu Dong continued to start his own work. There was still some finishing work on "Terror Cruise", which could be completed in the next two days.
After finishing "Terror Cruise", Yu Dong was ready to take a rest.
Today is already the 23rd, and New Year’s Eve is on the 27th, so there are only four days left.
Chapter completed!