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Ang Lee shows first ‘Gemini Man’ footage
    2019-04-08  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

ANG LEE on Thursday introduced the first footage from “Gemini Man,” which includes a jaw-dropping fully CG young Will Smith, during Paramount’s slate presentation at CinemaCon.

Lee’s sci-fi action thriller film for Skydance features Smith as an elite assassin who is pursued by younger clone of himself and also stars Clive Owen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Benedict Wong.

“If you are a director, you are lucky to work with Will Smith, and with new technology. I got two,” Lee said of their first collaboration, adding that Smith is a “surprisingly good actor. ... His performance is exquisite. We had to peel the layers of his experience, to the innocence of his [younger self] in the performance. It’s something I have never experienced before.”

Speaking in a prerecorded video message, Smith said the film is “an exploration of what one’s younger self can teach you. I’m 50, and [at 23] I wouldn’t have been ready to take on this role. ... It’s relatable characters with some great action.”

“Gemini Man” is being made incorporating a cutting-edge high frame rate of 120fps (frames per second), with 4K, 3-D, high dynamic range (HDR) and immersive sound. The pic is set for an Oct. 11 release.

The director of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Life of Pi” made “Gemini Man” using what he learned from his 2016 experimental film “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” The movie’s Oscar-winning cinematographer Dion Beebe (“Memoirs of a Geisha”) shot the movie using new models of the lightweight ARRI Alexa M camera, modified by ARRI to photograph 120fps at 3.2K resolution, on a 3-D rig.

Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital created the performance-captured CG young Smith.

Lee and his team built a postproduction base in New York to accommodate the advanced formats. Lee’s longtime editor, Oscar-nominated Tim Squyres, is cutting the film on an Avid.

“Gemini Man” will be released in 2-D and 3-D at today’s standard 24fps.

There are select existing theater installations — including those equipped with certain laser projectors from Christie and Cinionic (Barco), Dolby Vision systems or Samsung Onyx LED auditoriums — that could display another version of “Gemini Man,” such as one in 2-D at 120fps or 3-D at 60fps.

A deal signed Wednesday by China’s Huaxia Film Distribution, projector maker Christie and cinema tech firm GDC will install RealD 3-D projection systems and Ultimate screens at 100 auditoriums in China this August, ready to display “Gemini Man” in full format.

(SD-Agencies)

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