Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Tang Ying almost laughed out loud.

She had never thought about avoiding the schedule in the first place, but now seeing these comments, she felt that if that was the case, she had to set a new record.

Even if the schedule of the other party's film looks very long and it may take a long time to shoot, it doesn't matter. There is no need to be afraid. Anyway, they can afford to delay it. Every day of delay will lose more money. Then when the rebate is given in the end, won't the rebate be even greater?

Since the other party might delay the release date, they adjusted the shooting schedule! Create!

We have to create the schedules together no matter what!
At this moment, while Xia Yuan was still flying in the sky, on the other side, Kazel's crew had already begun preparations.

First, they held a grand press conference and invited almost all of America's most well-known media to the scene.

A series of grand press conferences were held.

Then, looking at the prepared venue and the actors who arrived one after another, Cazale was also full of ambition this time.

The work he was going to shoot now was actually something he had conceived a long time ago. However, due to the hasty planning, too many uncertain factors in various aspects, and the overly grand concept, it was extremely difficult to achieve it, and it was delayed for twenty years.

It wasn't until ten years later that 20th Century Fox Pictures found him and provided him with a large sum of financial support, which gave him the opportunity to bring this script and this idea to life.

It was 1994, and Cazale, who was already a successful Hollywood director, wrote an 80-page script discussion for "The Sykes Project," a process that took him only two weeks.

In August 1996, Cazale announced that he would begin filming The Sykes Project after completing Iceberg, a masterpiece that peaked upon its release.

It is estimated that synthetic or computer-generated actors will be used.

The project will cost $1 million and will feature at least six main characters who will appear to be real but do not exist in the real world.

Kazee formed a partnership with special effects company Digital Domain and planned to begin production in the summer of 1997 for a 1999 release.

However, problems arise at this point.

After a period of practice and discussion, Cazal felt that the technology at the time was not sufficient to express the stories and scenes he wanted to express.

Therefore, he decided to focus on making documentaries and improving technology over the next decade or so.

Kazel once flew to Japan Kyoto to communicate face to face with engineers from Sony's high-definition camera department.

Sony agreed to separate the lens and bulky central processing unit on professional-grade high-definition cameras and connect them with cables.

As a result, the weight of the 3D camera has been reduced from the traditional 204 kg to 23 kg, and it has dual-lens imaging, making it much easier for photographers.

Even better, Sony agreed to build a new production line for the new machine.

However, as preparations began to take place, 20th Century Fox was shaken. They still remembered the painful experience of Cazale's previous film, Iceberg, which was overbudget and delayed.

Cazale rewrote the script for The Sykes Project, merged several characters, and agreed to reduce his salary if the film was not successful, but none of these efforts completely allayed 21st Century Fox's concerns.

Cazell installed a traffic light outside the co-producer's office and set it to yellow to represent the film's uncertain future.

In mid-2006, th Century Fox told Cazale that they had "definitely given up on the film."

Katzil began looking for other companies, however, when Disney was about to take over, 20th Century Fox exercised its right of first refusal.

In October 2006, 10th Century Fox finally agreed to produce The Sykes Project after Fine Media agreed to back the film; the former shared the financial risk with the latter, accounting for more than half of the official budget. After 2.37th Century Fox accepted The Sykes Project, Cazale and Landau turned the traffic light green. The official production cost of The Sykes Project was $2.8 million. Other estimates put the film's production cost at $3.1 to $1.5 million, with an additional $ million spent on marketing.

But the whole process is still full of uncertainty.

It was only until today, when he had already retired, that he received the news from 20th Century Fox and had the opportunity to revive the plan for this film.

At this time, Kazel was already very old.

However, for him, being able to take out his dream again is still a very happy thing.

What he was holding in his hand at the moment was the script that he had been saving for a long time.
This story is exactly "The Sykes Plan".

The story takes place in 2154. In order to obtain resources from another planet, "Oz", humans started the "Sykes" plan. They mixed the DNA of humans and the Abyssics (the natives of the Oz planet) to cultivate a Sykes body that is nearly 3 meters tall. He can be controlled by human will and thinking to facilitate his survival and activities on Oz and to collect one kilogram of minerals worth 2 million US dollars and transport them back to the Blue Planet.

The story begins with Jack, a former Marine who is injured and uses a wheelchair.

Jack accepted the recruitment and followed the fleet through countless light years to the beautiful Green Planet for experiments. After becoming the "Sykes Project", Jack, who could walk freely, was given the task of infiltrating the Na'vi tribe.

But a beautiful female Abyssian, Neytiri, unexpectedly saved Jack's life, and everything changed. Under Neytiri's guidance, Jack learned to integrate into the Abyssian community, and experienced countless trials and adventures. As he was gradually accepted by the Abyssian community, he also found himself through this journey.

But soon, Jack will be forced to face the ultimate test of his life. He will lead the Abyssics to declare war on humans. A war that will determine the fate of the Green Planet is about to break out.

This is actually a story of invasion and counter-invasion, except that humans have changed from being the invaded in film and television works to being the evil dragon that invades other alien planets.

This kind of subject matter is still very new in science fiction films where humans are often invaded by aliens. At least no one has filmed a similar subject matter before. And the most important thing is that not only has no one filmed it before, but no one has dared to invest so much in a movie.

To many people in the industry, Cazale's idea seems like a fantasy.

The investment of more than 2 billion US dollars is too large. In other words, if this movie wants to make a profit, it must achieve at least 6 billion US dollars in box office to make a profit. After all, there are so many film and television companies in the world, not all of them are like Heye, not afraid of losing money, and investing huge license maintenance fees every year to have the distribution rights. (End of this chapter)