Chapter 1996: 1996 Star Wars

"The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" has triggered countless topics, and this will be another new challenge for Hugo, from the bold and innovative visual effects of "Independence Day", to the retro and meticulousness of "L.A. Confidential", to "The Truman Show". "Challenged comedy for the first time. After "Walking on Death Row", Hugo's choice has repeatedly brought surprises and made history many times.

Now, Hugo actually chose a horror movie. Actually!

Horror movies in the 1990s have almost become synonymous with bloody violence. Bloody, vulgar and scary boring routines have gradually made horror movies lose their original charm. Although there are wonderful horror movies such as "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Seven Deadly Sins", the authentic horror movies are gradually declining.

With a positive reply from Bowei Films, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" will be an authentic retro horror movie. This made everyone exclaimed, is Hugo really going to turn into a screaming prince on the big screen with blood dripping? This makes people really dumbfounded.

Especially considering that this is Hugo's third work as a producer, "LA Confidential" and "As Good as It Gets" have set a super high bar that is difficult to surpass. After the huge success of these two works, Hugo The choice of "Sixth Sense" is not only unexpected, but also makes people more curious, and there are some uncertainties-not sure whether this work is wise choose.

With the dust of "The Sixth Sense of the Spirit" settled, Lucasfilm also announced the big news: "Star Wars Prequel" Obi-Wan Kenobi will be played by British actor Ewan McGregor. Ge (Ewan. McGregor) starred. In an instant, the entire North American market was boiling.

Could it be that... Hugo gave up "Star Wars Prequel" and chose "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality"? Or did the "Star Wars prequel" choose the latter over Hugo and Ivan?

At this time, people realized that in the past month or so, everyone has been discussing how Hugo will star in the "Star Wars Prequel". ", people didn't react immediately, they just lamented that Hugo was about to star in a horror movie. It wasn't until Lucasfilm's news was announced that people suddenly realized that Hugo's new work is "the first supernatural film". Six Senses," not "Star Wars Prequels."

This immediately made Hugo's decision to star in "The Sixth Sense" even more unbelievable. "No reasonable person would make such a choice." This sentence came from a local radio host's comment. You can watch It turns out that he is a crazy "Star Wars" fan and can't understand Hugo's choice at all.

This is the current state of affairs in North America. Not to mention the loyal fans of "Star Wars", many outsiders can't understand Hugo's choice.

A group of crazy movie fans gathered in Washington Square in New York to demonstrate, and wrote in red letters, "Hugo, we are going to kill you", and a black skull was painted next to them. At the same time, these movie fans were wearing black warrior suits, The set of black cloaks and black headgear completely replicated the shape of the black warrior in the movie, and it looked like a group of black warriors came to Washington Square. Everyone has the handle of the lightsaber in their hands, but since there is no lightsaber, only the handle, it looks very stupid to outsiders. However, in order to avoid such a situation, they placed a lot of guns, plastic guns and plastic knives at their feet, and the meaning of the expression could not be more obvious.

This group of movie fans is not small, there are more than a hundred people, and the gathering together is very powerful, attracting students from nearby Columbia University and New York University, and it has become a spectacle of the day.

Their actions are undoubtedly expressing strong dissatisfaction with Hugo. In their view, no one can refuse "Star Wars", even Hugo. But Hugo rejected the masterpiece in their hearts and chose a "vulgar, terribly bad" horror movie. This was even more contempt and insult to them, which led to their radical actions and directly threatened Hugo s life.

What's even more exaggerated is that their actions have been supported and recognized all over North America. The huge loyal fan base of "Star Wars" played together and expressed their dissatisfaction with Hugo in various ways. It spread in a mighty way.

The most famous one is the loyal movie fans in Illinois. After raising funds, an advertisement was published in the "Chicago Tribune" called "Lancaster Wanted". In the advertisement, there is only a big skull with the words of Hugo. Underneath the name, "Death" is written in bloody fonts, provoking Hugo in this way.

Loyal movie fans are always the hardest to please. If Hugo plays Obi-Wan, they will worry that Hugo will destroy the sacred image of Obi-Wan in their hearts, and they will also worry that Hugo is not qualified for this role; if Hugo refuses Obi-Wan, they will think that Hugo doesn't know how to praise, and the refusal is disrespectful to "Star Wars".

Now, Hugo has turned down "Star Wars" in favor of "Psychic Sixth Sense", which becomes an insult! They seem to think that if Hugo had chosen a commercial film, the insult would have been lessened, and Hugo would have been an unforgivable sin in choosing a horror film whose market was languishing.

In fact, this is true for fanatical lovers of comics, novels, and dramas. When these themes are realized in movies, fans feel conflicted and entangled. On the one hand, they think that the production company chooses The actors are not competent; on the other hand, the rejection of the actors will make them very angry.

Now that America's most far-reaching movie series is rebooting with a prequel, even George Lucas himself is under tremendous pressure, worried that loyal fans will not accept the prequel, or expect it to be set to too high a standard. At the same time, he must also consider that fourteen years have passed, and the former fanatic fans have grown up, but at the same time the structure of the film market has also changed. He also needs to consider how to balance tastes with young new audiences. problem.

Not to mention Hugo.

The craziness of movie fans became more and more exaggerated, and gradually began to derail. This also made people deeply feel the powerful influence of the "Star Wars" series on American culture, almost affecting two to three generations. In the end, George took the initiative to stand up and said in an interview, "It is a great honor to be able to cooperate with Hugo, but Hugo and I agree that we need to focus more on Star Wars' story itself, presenting the Anakin-Skywalker story, takes the audience back into this wonderful world. Missed this collaboration, we are all looking forward to the next one."

On the other hand, Hugo also said in an interview, "Missing the role of Obi-Wan is also a huge regret for me. I am not an avid Star Wars fan, but I am a loyal supporter of George Lucas I hope I can have this honor to seek cooperation in the future.”

While both were blurring focus, failing to give a clear answer, and dodging the precise reasons why Hugo didn't make the "Star Wars prequel," they managed to soothe fans and put the simmering debate to rest for now. up the curtain.

Loyal movie fans said, "This is Hugo's loss, and he will regret it by then."

Due to the hot discussion caused by the "Star Wars prequel", the "Sixth Sense of the Spirit" stood on the cusp of the storm for a while. Originally, people were full of curiosity and expectations for this work-after all, Hugo's undefeated record It makes people full of confidence, especially Hugo's unique vision of the script is trustworthy, which makes people full of interest in the story of "sixth sense".

But now, when compared with the topic of "Star Wars Prequel", "Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is at a disadvantage in an all-round way, and it is almost criticized to the point where it is completely criticized, and the shackles of horror films have been magnified to the extreme.

This led to a narrative in the media that, after the huge success of "LA Confidential" and "As Good as It Gets," Hugo was a bit overconfident and blinded into thinking that he, too, was capable of challenging horror movies—like " Like the visual effects of "Independence Day" and the rock belief of glory to death, he has the ability to turn decay into magic. But this self-confidence is fermenting into arrogance, and it is very likely that Hugo will encounter the first real Waterloo.

Different from works such as "Before Sunrise" or "Death Row Walking", the theme of "Sixth Sense" itself has very big constraints, and it is the most unfamiliar field for Hugo. In addition, the horror movies of the 1990s The development trajectory makes people unable to give more confidence to this movie.

In a short period of time, the anticipation of "The Sixth Sense of the Spirit" has plummeted, making people doubt the prospects of this movie. This kind of questioning has really been a long time ago. Hugo has not been questioned by the media and audience for a long time, but under the background of the arrival of the blockbuster era-just like the "Male and Female Thieves" after the change of dynasty, the entire Hollywood will face a big challenge. After reshuffle, many top superstars have directly declined, and it is only logical that Hugo has been questioned.

Discussions about the "sixth sense of spirituality" have been surging for a while, and the unpredictable situation is dizzying, but in fact, the film will not start shooting immediately at all. Even if the entire crew is ready, there is still no An accurate start-up schedule. Because "The Truman Show" is about to be released, Hugo needs to focus on the promotion of this work first, and the movie will not start until the promotion is over.

It is indeed a very interesting phenomenon that a work that has only been approved as a project and has no launch plan at all has become a hot topic in the summer file. Of course, as the release date of "The Truman Show" approaches, the topic of Hugo has gradually shifted from "The Sixth Sense" to "The Truman Show". No matter what the horror movie will be, at least for now Let's see how this comedy movie will be first.