"Youth School" and "Billy Lynn", Ang Lee was uneasy to only do 3D special effects or high-frame shooting, but combined 3D and high-frame, and spent 130 million US dollars to create "Gemini Killer".
invested in the producer of "Gemini Killer" in addition to Hollywood's veteran film company Paramount and Sky Dance, as well as domestic Fosun Pictures, and Fosun is also the producer of "Billy Lynn". Fosun is very optimistic about the commercial value of high-frame movies led by "Gemini Killer" in China, and their idea has also been recognized by China Film Distribution Company. Fosun's confidence in high-frame movies comes from the China box office of "Billy Lynn's Midfield War". You know that the North American box office of "Billy Lynn" 3 years ago was only 1.738 million US dollars, but China contributed 95% of the total box office!
When "Billy Lynn's Midfield War" was released in China, only two screens supported 120-frame screening. This year, in order for "Gemini Killer" to be more screened, China has made a lot of risks and invested a lot of money in a US projector. , And cooperated with Ang Lee’s digital technology studio to develop a 120-frame projection system-CINITY cinema projection system installed nationwide. This system is worth a lot of money, one set is millions, and China Xia has even released 100 sets!
For the producer, the difficulty to overcome is how to make the theater show high-frame movies, and for Li Ang, how to perfectly combine 3D and high-frame.
special effects movies are not surprising, Ang Lee only needs to use CG motion capture technology to capture Will Smith's face like "Avatar", "Alita" and other movies, and then he can use special effects to make a person. But Li Annan is difficult to make the virtual special effects people look like real people at 120 frames. "Avatar" and "Alita" are not real people, even if they are not perfect, the audience will not be uncomfortable.
For this, Ang Lee found the world-renowned special effects company Weta Studio. Weta divides the virtual skeleton of Xiaoke into three layers based on the images of Emperor Shi when he was young. The layers are superimposed, designed and polished, so that the audience can see Xiaoke's hair, bloodshot eyes, and even skin. Texture.
The audience's views on "Gemini Killer" are both positive and negative. They think that Will Smith is good at acting. He will not play the role of two people of different ages at all. The special effects are also very good. I don’t think that Xiaoke is a virtual character. There are also several scenes in the film that are very enjoyable, especially the motorcycle chase scenes, which are very dynamic and cool!
thinks that the bad thing is that some people think that the movie is too clear and smooth, it seems that they are not watching a movie, or are used to the "fuzziness" of ordinary movies with 24 frames. Others think that the script is not good, the movie starts to enter the theme only halfway through the air, and the originality is old and not new, and the story of going back and killing yourself and being badly filmed...
But for the production company, it looks unusual The audience has to be much more long-term, not only to make money at the moment, but also to cultivate the market, and even to burn money to try new things to accumulate experience. So Ang Lee has the idea of trying this way, and there will be long-term cooperation with production companies.
Ang Lee’s future plan is to keep making high-frame movies as long as someone still invests in him. Fosun has cooperated with Ang Lee twice in a row. Does it mean that it will continue to cooperate in the future? This may not be known until later. However, there will be more and more attention to high-frame movies around the world, maybe Ang Lee will have a third high-frame movie.
"Gemini Killers" is a dramatic action film produced by Paramount and Sky Dance, directed by Ang Lee, starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and others. The film is officially scheduled to be released in North America on October 11, 2019; it will be released in Mainland China on October 18, 2019. The film tells the story of government agent Henry who is about to retire, but finds himself being chased by a young killer who is a clone 25 years younger than his current self.
