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The special thing about the movie "Lucy" is that it is a movie that is solely carried by female stars at the box office.

Compared to the star-studded "Inception" and the special attributes of Marvel movies, the effect would be better if Scarlett could prove herself with the original science fiction movie "Lucy".

The original version was written and directed by French director Luc Besson, who is now busy working as a producer and screenwriter.

It doesn't seem like a good idea to just ask him to direct the project out of the blue.

However, there is still one director in the studio who is idle. Christopher Nolan has been idle since the success of "District 9".

Little Gilbert also learned that he currently has no new ideas and is currently slacking off.

Since he had stolen "Inception" from someone else, he had to at least compensate him, so Gilbert Jr. called Christopher Nolan.

The next day, Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas came to Muskmelon Manor for afternoon tea.

Gilbert Jr. handed him the script of Lucy and said, "Scarlett will be the heroine. I feel relieved to hand this script to you."

Christopher Nolan did not agree immediately, but read the script carefully.

After a long while, he said, "I can direct it, but you have to agree to a few conditions."

"you say……"

“The script is good, but I think there is room for improvement.”

When Christopher Nolan said this, Scarlett glared at the side. In her opinion, the script written by Gilbert Jr. was the best.

This damn Nolan, young Gilbert gave him a chance, but he actually said the script was not good... Damn!
Gilbert signaled Scarlett to calm down, then said to Nolan: "No problem, adapt the script according to your ideas. But I have to point out that this is a commercial film."

"Of course," Nolan nodded, "So my second requirement is that you need an investment of at least $1 million."

This was certainly not a problem for the wealthy Disney, and Gilbert Jr. agreed immediately.

"no problem……"

"Okay, I'll take this script." Christopher Nolan extended his hand to Scarlett: "Ms. Johnson, it's a pleasure to work with you."

Scarlett was about to turn her face away when little Gilbert glared at her. She then reluctantly shook hands with Christopher Nolan.

"Please forgive me," Little Gilbert apologized helplessly as he watched Scarlett walk away in her little leather shoes, "I spoiled Scarlett.

But don't worry, she is a dedicated actress. If she doesn't obey, you can tell me. "

Christopher Nolan is full of confidence: "Don't worry, I think our cooperation will go very smoothly."

In this way, Christopher Nolan took over the film "Lucy". However, he said that it would take some time to revise the script.

Gilbert was relieved that Christopher Nolan was very skilled and with him watching over him, he would not make a bad movie.

While Gilbert Jr. was preparing for "Inception", Melon Studios' ace series, the sixth "Harry Potter" movie, was released.

What is strange is that although Warner claimed that it would withdraw from all projects related to Melon Studios, it refused to let go of the copyright of "Harry Potter" at all.

Therefore, the establishment of the sixth "Harry Potter" film went through a lot of wrangling, but finally, due to the interests of all parties, they quickly compromised and facilitated the establishment of the project.

To this day, the Harry Potter series can be called the best-selling film series in the world, without a doubt.

It's not just the box office revenue, more importantly the surrounding industries are so profitable.

It seems that although Warner's management is stupid, they still know what is the most profitable, so they hold on to the copyright of "Harry Potter" tightly.

Disney despises this.

Didn't they say they were going to break away from Cantaloupe Studios? Why did they still hold on to the copyright? If Warner Bros. were willing to let go, Disney would have the exclusive rights to Harry Potter.

Unfortunately, although the dream was well made, Warner obviously had no intention of fulfilling Disney's wish.

Generally speaking, series of movies rarely get better and better. Especially when it comes to the sixth film, it usually faces huge quality problems. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is no exception. The film only earned $7783 million in the first week. What's worse is the audience evaluation here, only 82% of them are positive.

Even among die-hard fans of the series, many expressed disappointment with the film.

However, for Disney and Warner, although the box office performance was not outstanding, the overall performance of the film was still in line with expectations.

Just like "Star Wars", "Harry Potter" has also become a cultural symbol for a generation of young people.

So no matter how bad a movie is, there will always be loyal fans supporting it.

What's more, the quality of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" can only be said to be average, but it is not as bad as "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones".

And the most important thing about this film is the peripherals. Compared with the North American box office in the first week, the sales of 5600 million US dollars created by the peripherals are the key.

From this we can see why Warner is unwilling to let go. The peripheral products are so profitable that they can't find a reason to let go.

The problem facing the Harry Potter series now is how to end the series.

According to a high-level meeting between the two companies, it was decided to release the seventh part of "Harry Potter" in two parts to make more money.

Of course, Gilbert Jr. supports this resolution. After all, he is standing from the perspective of a capitalist rather than a filmmaker.

For the Gryffindor Big Three, how to transform after the end of the Harry Potter series is a problem. Among them, Emma Watson entangled with little Gilbert.

"what is this?"

Looking at the huge rotating ring structure on the Fox studio, Emma Watson was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

Gilbert Jr. patiently explained: "This is a structure used to shoot weightlessness scenes."

“Is there any space scene in the film?”

"No," Gilbert Jr. explained. "It's a hotel corridor and part of a hotel room set. The actors will fight in it during the filming. We are currently experimenting with it."

Brandon Crawford, the stunt supervisor responsible for building the facility, said: "Because we are shooting inside, there are inevitably some hard objects.

The long side has a height difference of 10 meters, which is very dangerous. If the actors are not familiar with the shooting, it will cause safety problems.

Little Gilbert, you have to give me actors to train, otherwise I can't guarantee that I can catch up with the shooting."

Little Gilbert nodded and said, "Don't worry, Brandon. The actor will be handed over to you soon."

"That's good," Brandon Crawford continued, "We use computers to precisely control the rotation speed of the entire device.

When rotating to the short side, the speed increases.

When it comes to the long side, the tempo slows down to give the actors plenty of time to switch sides.”

As he spoke, Brandon Crawford asked a stuntman to demonstrate it to little Gilbert, and the effect was quite good.

Gilbert Jr. was also very satisfied. He praised: "You have done a great job. It's great."

Brandon Crawford was also a little excited: "This is our responsibility, Gilbert Jr. It's great to be able to shoot a movie in this way."

Emma Watson, standing by, had stars in her eyes as she looked at little Gilbert in admiration.

"If there is a role suitable for me, I will also participate!"

"Uh!"

Little Gilbert was stunned for a long while before he uttered a word.

"No..." (End of this chapter)