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Because the movie plot is adapted from a game, the game is a first-person perspective and has multiple endings.

Therefore, in the adaptation, Gilbert Jr. should try his best to plan the route.

As for the ending, Gilbert personally likes the solar ending, where he rushes into the Arasaka Tower and into space alone, holding a gun.

However, judging from the tragic background of the cyberpunk world, the solar ending is undoubtedly not in line with the ending it should have. But if it is changed to a demon ending, critics may give it a favorable review, but the audience will be furious.

So little Gilbert chose hope and ended with a star, which means new hope.

The advantage of making your own movie is that you don’t have to follow the restrictions of the game and can shoot the plot as you like.

However, for the entire series, it is still too early to consider the ending now. If the first part fails, it will probably be difficult to have a sequel.

Of course, little Gilbert can also rely on his own prestige to force his way in, and it won’t be a big problem.

But sometimes maintaining a persona comes at a price, and Gilbert Jr.'s never-failing persona makes him conservative. Once the myth is broken, many unexpected things will follow.

After filming in the Nevada desert for about a month and a half, Gilbert Jr. moved the crew to Canada.

Here in Canada, the cyberpunk amusement park that was originally built is now in its third phase of construction and has become a carnival destination for cyberpunk fans around the world.

In order to cooperate with the publicity and promotion, Disney has spared no effort to promote this cyberpunk theme park, and some media have even used exaggerated headlines.

"What? He actually built a city just to make a movie?"

"Crazy little Gilbert, the most expensive movie in history, building a city specifically for it."

Similar titles constantly hit the audience's eyes, making movie fans believe them to be true. But in fact, the construction of this cyberpunk city is not only for filming movies, or filming movies is more like an advertisement for this cyberpunk city.

Thanks to the success of Edgewalker, this cyberpunk urban amusement park attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.

The annual revenue from ticket sales plus the sales of peripheral products reaches US$3.5 million, which is a very high level.

Disney has planned to add a related cyberpunk city theme park in future Disney parks to increase the selling points of Disney parks.

The most important thing is that Disney has discovered that young cyberpunk fans are not stingy with their spending.

Compared to children asking their parents to buy them one or two dolls, parents still have to hesitate and consider the issue of their wallets. These young people who have jobs are not restricted by their parents and only care about their own happiness.

Cyberpunk products are undoubtedly linked to popular fashion culture among young people such as special, cool and unique, so they are sought after by young people.

Every year, sales of cyberpunk-style clothing alone, such as baseball caps, T-shirts, tops and pants, exceed 50 million US dollars.

Don't think this is an exaggerated number, just like men can't understand why women can go shopping for hours and walk so much without getting tired.

The pursuit of fashion, beauty and uniqueness will make these young people who have little self-control empty their wallets.

That's why Robert Iger emphasized the importance of "Cyberpunk 2077: Prologue" at the high-level meeting and stressed that all the group's resources are at the disposal of Gilbert Jr.

Because of the broad profit prospects, the movie is a huge advertisement, so Disney is certainly tempted.

It is important to know that the influence of the series is limited, but it still promotes cyberpunk culture and brings huge profits. From a global perspective, the popularity of the movie is undoubtedly much greater than that of the series.

A critic once said that a Hollywood movie is actually a two-hour commercial, and this is absolutely true.

Hollywood always packages its movies in an exquisite and interesting way, just like the clothes worn by models in a shop window. Sometimes these movies sell products, and sometimes they sell concepts. But there is one thing in common among all Hollywood movies, and that is dreams.

Film is the art of dream-making, and dreams are fantasies.

How to create dreams has become a lifelong research topic for filmmakers, and Gilbert Jr. is undoubtedly a top dream maker.

While filming in Canada, Gilbert Jr. sent Anne Burton with a crew to the Chinese mountain city to shoot.

Although the mountain city is still far from reaching the feeling of a psychedelic cyber city, the urban landscape is quite large, with criss-crossing paths and winding paths, giving it a bit of the feeling of Night City.

Maybe the game's production team went to the mountain city to learn from it? But at least some of the designs in Gilbert Jr.'s movie scenes were based on the mountain city.

For special effects supervisor Ricky James, how to present the cyberpunk urban landscape is the focus of his job.

Little Gilbert communicated with Ricky James several times and drew a lot of sketches to tell Ricky James the feeling he wanted.

Ricky James worked with the special effects team to conduct research and the set design team to first use 3D modeling to render a general model of the city.

Then I made several sets of aerial views of the cyberpunk city during the day and at night, and the results were quite good.

After watching it, young Gilbert praised the special effects team's work.

“It’s what I wanted, and more.”

Ricky James said: "As a big city that everyone aspires to be, I think Night City is like a charming and beautiful woman.

It’s a huge city that makes people fall into it and can’t get out of it.”

"Your understanding is correct."

Gilbert Jr. agrees: "Night City is huge and full of opportunities, but it's also a cannibalistic place. Everyone wants to make a name for themselves and become a legend in this city.

But, how can it be so easy to be a legend? "

The Polish production team of CD Projekt Red was limited by the game engine and actual development capabilities and failed to create a complete Night City.

So much so that people who play the game will feel that Night City is a bit small-minded and not at all like a desirable metropolis.

How can a city this small carry dreams?

Why did New York become a dream city? Why did Los Angeles become a dream-chasing city? Why do Shanghai people look down on outsiders? It's because the city is big enough and rich enough.

Let's take a look at the box office situation. Entering the first weekend of December, the North American box office of "Gravity" reached 3 million US dollars. In order to win the Oscar, it is currently only being screened in about 335 theaters.

The global box office has reached 8 million US dollars. As an original space science fiction thriller, the box office performance of the film is enough to make Disney smile.

Although "Gravity" achieved such good results, it did not win the box office championship this year, and even its North American box office of 3 million US dollars could only rank fifth.

排在前四的分别是《黑暗骑士崛起》的5亿2439万美元、《饥饿游戏》4亿828万美元、米高梅联美公司发行的《007：大破天幕杀机》的3亿4085万美元。

Fourth is "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug", produced by Cantaloupe Studios and released by Disney, with a North American box office of 2 million US dollars.

Little Gilbert's fans don't have to worry, because Little Gilbert still holds the North American box office champion. (End of this chapter)