Although "Science Fiction World" announced that it will start serializing "Gravity" in the next issue, this issue has only been on the shelves for a few days, so there is still nearly a month until the next issue is on the shelves. Readers can only wait patiently.
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In the anxious waiting of readers, a month has finally passed. On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the first batch of bookstores can already see the new issue of "Science Fiction World".
After the first batch of readers finished reading the first issue of "Gravity", the popularity of this novel on the Internet has weakened a bit, because the novel's excitement did not meet the expectations of many readers, at least in the first serialized issue.
There is nothing particularly surprising in these twelve thousand words.
For a while, two voices appeared on the Internet. Some readers only gave this novel a passing grade. They believed that although the novel was good, because it was written by Yu Dong, the standard should be higher. They could only
Barely a passing grade.
But the reaction of the other group of readers is completely opposite. They don't think the plot of "Gravity" is particularly amazing, but because it is written by Yu Dong, they like it very much because of the literary heritage reflected in every word.
, with this bonus, a novel that originally only had a score of seven or eight can get a score of more than nine.
Of course, in addition to some ordinary readers, the former also contains some unidentified sunspots.
It is not difficult to distinguish ordinary readers from these sunspots. Although ordinary readers are disappointed with the novel, they can also understand it. Although this novel is not as good as Yu Dong's other novels, it is still better than most science fiction novels, and
Everyone's comments basically have their own arguments.
But Heizi's comments are different. Their comments are highly homogeneous and their goals are very clear. They are basically badmouthing Yudong. Moreover, many comments mention an idiom, that is, "the talent of a man is exhausted."
The sunspots have organized a theory that Yu Dong has exhausted his talents, and "Gravity" is proof that he has exhausted his talents. He is no longer able to write amazing science fiction novels, and he has been resting on his laurels from now on.
These black men were actually monitored by the Deep Space Company as soon as they emerged, and they all came from the navy company called Literary Baichuang.
In the past, due to the investigation of tribal pigs "taking you to see the world" to smear "The Martian", Deep Space Company followed the clues and found this company called Literary Baichuang. However, they did not touch this company, but chose to monitor them.
This time, the literary and artistic creation has appeared again, and Deep Space Company has not taken any action, but has quietly reduced the popularity they created.
In fact, during this period, in addition to attacking the Deep Space Company, Literary Baichuang received a lot of business. Sometimes they would eat from both sides. Star A hired them to smear Star B, and Star B in turn hired them to smear Star A.
, and everything they do is under the supervision of Deep Space Corporation.
On the third day after the serialization of "Gravity" began, the English version of the book and the script annotations were obtained. Jimmy personally took the manuscript to James Cameron.
Before Jimmy contacted James Cameron, Cameron already knew about the novel "Gravity".
Although "Gravity" has not been published in English, the novel is quite popular among Deep Space Tribes. In other words, it is precisely because there is no English version that the book has attracted more attention in Europe and the United States than in China.
Many European and American readers on the Deep Space Tribe are calling for the Deep Space Company to release the English version of "Gravity" as soon as possible. They cannot lag too far behind China. The key is that there are a lot of people on the Deep Space Tribe who have read the book.
Chinese readers are everywhere funny.
When James Cameron read the novel with Yu Dong's annotations, his evaluation was completely different from Yang Xiao's. He firmly believed that this was an experimental work.
As a director, and a well-known director at that, of course what he sees is not only the words themselves, but also the pictures shown by the words. And it can be seen that Yu Dong also knows this, so what he did for the novel
The annotations are all related to the filming of the film.
For some descriptions of scenes that were difficult to show in the novel, Yu Dong would make some relatively straightforward annotations. It was these annotations that made James Cameron think that this was an experimental work.
To make this movie well requires not only the director's directing skills, but also advanced shooting technology.
James Cameron is a technology geek himself, so he is naturally very interested in this movie, but his schedule is a little unlucky. He is currently cooperating with the Discovery Channel to launch a documentary "Return to the Bismarck Battleship."
In fact, the filming of this documentary will not start until the first half of next year, but the preparation time required to shoot such a documentary is also very long. James Cameron has already started working on it during this time, and the next one
He spent more than a year preparing for this film.
Under such circumstances, if you still want to shoot "Gravity", you will either have to postpone "Return to the Bismarck" or postpone the filming of "Gravity".
James Cameron told Jimmy about his situation and asked if he could wait until he finished filming "Return to the Bismarck" before filming "Gravity."
"Under normal circumstances, if you want to shoot "Gravity", after completing the preliminary preparations, the actual shooting will have to wait until the second half of the year. Maybe you can postpone it a little further, polish the script, and wait until after July next year.
If we start again, the filming of "Return to the Bismarck" will be over by then."
Jimmy shook his head, "No, James, our plan has been set. We hope that the movie will start shooting in June and be released at the end of the year. It will be produced in IMAX format and enter major IMAX theaters."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I can guess what you are thinking, but this is too rushed, and we cannot miss the time here. If I want to take your movie, "Return"
"Bismarck" will be postponed for at least one year. We are planning to start on the anniversary of the sinking of the Bismarck battleship. If we miss the anniversary of next year, we will postpone it to the anniversary of the year after that."
"It's okay to postpone this kind of documentary for a year, right?" Jimmy said.
James Cameron shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "This is not easy. If you can't wait for me, you will have to find someone else. Of course, I hope you can wait and see."
"We can't wait." Jimmy shook his head, and then laughed again, "Since you can't do it, I won't force it, but can you recommend a suitable director to me?"
"I think Steven and Ridley are both better suited."
"Not Steven. He has been very busy recently and has several movies on hand. Ridley is a good choice."
Cameron laughed and said, "He probably can't do it either, because he is currently busy filming "Black Hawk Down", which is expected to be filmed until June or July, and it is impossible to get involved here immediately after filming is completed."
Jimmy nodded. In this case, Ridley would definitely die.
In fact, Ridley is really a good choice. When it comes to Ridley, movies like "Alien" and "Blade Runner" will definitely come to the minds of movie fans. He is very good at shooting science fiction movies.
Moreover, Ridley is not a stickler for rules. He is good at using some technical tools and can always keep pace with the times and constantly innovate film art. From this point of view, he is more suitable for the filming of "Gravity".
Neither of these two candidates worked, and Cameron had no one left. "I can't think of anyone else who is suitable for this movie."
Jimmy pondered for a while, then suddenly asked, "Do you know anything about Alfonso Cuaron?"
Cameron held his chin and thought for a while, then said, "He is a very talented person. Whether it is "Hysterical Love" or "Little Princess", his talent can be proved, and he is also a very courageous person."
director, but judging from his resume, if you invite him to shoot "Gravity", you need to take a bit of a risk. After all, he has never made such a movie before, why would you think of him?"
Jimmy smiled and said, "YU has a very high opinion of this director and mentioned that he can be your candidate. In fact, I have the same opinion as you. Cuaron does not have similar shooting experience, so he turned to "Gravity"
It's a little risky to leave it to him."
Hearing that it was recommended by Yu Dong, James Cameron raised his eyebrows, "I have been in contact with Cuarón several times. He is a very versatile director."
"Almighty?"
James Cameron nodded, "Yes, he is omnipotent. He can do every process of making a movie from beginning to end, and he is all professional, screenwriting, photography, editing, dubbing... He even
You can act on your own, which most directors cannot do. A director like him can express his ideas to the crew very accurately during filming."
"It seems you think highly of him."
James Cameron laughed and said, "He is definitely a good director. I'm just not sure whether he is suitable for "Gravity". If it were other movies, I would suggest you try him, but this movie is
What you use to help IMAX open up the market cannot be easily tried and made."
"Do you have his contact information?"
"Then I have to look for him. I haven't contacted him for a long time."
As he spoke, James Cameron stood up and went to find Alfonso Cuaron’s contact information for Jimmy.
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Jimmy got Alfonso Cuaron's contact information from James Cameron, but failed to contact him. In the end, Jimmy was so anxious that he sent a private message to Alfonso Cuaron on the Deep Space Tribe website.
At this time, Alfonso Cuaron is in Mexico City. The filming of his fifth feature film has been completed and is preparing to be released in Mexico in June. He has been busy promoting the film recently.
The phone number at James Cameron's place belonged to Alfonso Cuaron's residence in New York, so no matter how hard Jimmy called, he couldn't get through.
The most deceiving thing is that Alfonso Cuaron’s agent is also a very unknown agent in Mexico, and he does not have frequent contact with Alfonso Cuaron. Otherwise, Jimmy can contact him through his agent as soon as possible.
Alfonso Cuaron.
On the third day after Jimmy sent the private message, Alfonso Cuaron logged into his Deep Space Tribe account, and then saw Jimmy's private message.
Jimmy did not use his privileges to put his private messages at the top or to make them conspicuous. However, Alfonso Cuaron has relatively few fans and no one usually sends him private messages, so he can see Jimmy's private messages at a glance.
Alfonso Cuaron didn't believe it when he saw Jimmy's private message. He read Jimmy's message several times and found nothing special.
However, the authenticity of this message is easy to verify, because Jimmy also left a contact number in the private message, so he can just call him directly.
Without hesitation, Alfonso Cuaron called directly according to the number left in the private message.
The phone rang four times and was answered.
A woman's voice sounded, "Hello, who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Jimmy James."
"Excuse me, what's your name? Do you have an appointment?"
"My name is Alfonso Cuaron. I wonder if I have an appointment."
Soon, the person on the other side smiled and said, "Your information has been found here, and I will help you connect to Line 1 now."
The call was quickly transferred, and then Alfonso Cuaron heard Jimmy's voice, "It's Mr. Cuaron, I've been waiting for your call for a long time."
Alfonso had heard Jimmy's voice before and could probably recognize it, which greatly increased the credibility on the other end of the phone.
"Hello, Mr. James, I have been in Mexico for a while recently, so I didn't receive your call. I only found out that you were looking for me when I logged into the Deep Space Tribe and saw your message today. Do you have anything to do with me?"
Jimmy smiled and said, "Mr. Caron, do you have time soon?"
"Mr. James, what can you do?"
"We would like to invite you to direct our company's new movie "Gravity". If you have time, I wonder if you can come to our company recently to talk about this matter."
Alfonso Cuaron raised his eyebrows, "Is it the new novel "Gravity" that YU recently published?"
As an "old science fiction fan", Alfonso Cuaron usually pays attention to news in the science fiction world, and naturally he also knew about "Gravity". He had the same reaction as most European and American readers, which was a pity.
But what Alfonso didn't expect was that before he even read the novel, the novel was about to be adapted into a movie, and he was even being asked to direct it.
Alfonso thought about his resume many times in his mind, but he really couldn't think of a reason why Deep Space Company came to him to film "Gravity".
There are so many directors who are good at making science fiction movies, Spielberg, James Cameron, Romero, Ridley... Alfonso has no confidence that he can compare with any of these directors, at least from science fiction.
Chapter completed!