Chapter 78

In England, life was very peaceful.

Although the situation in the United States seemed strange, Catherine was as calm as a mountain.

In fact, Catherine was thinking about "Harry Potter."

But after some thought, she decided to just write it down.

If she was going to produce an animated film, she would need to recruit more staff.

However, Catherine's own resources had not been fully mobilized.

Wasting resources was something she could not tolerate.

Catherine knew that the most popular genre of the time should be science fiction.

But what should she film?

Star Wars?

Great, very good.

But Catherine suddenly realized with a sense of awkwardness that she had only seen the three prequels, and not the main series.

Would the American people buy it with only the prequels and no main series?

Catherine was not quite sure.

Probably not?

Catherine shook her head.

She was thinking about other things.

Since Gagarin's space flight, the whole world had become fascinated with space.

Space themes were absolutely error-free.

Compared to the "Crysis" that Catherine had previously considered, space themes were clearly more popular. Even compared to post-apocalyptic themes, they were better.

After all, Lucas's "Star Wars" had grossed over $300 million... that was ten years later!

Relatively speaking, the dollar had not depreciated much at that time, and its purchasing power was only slightly lower than it is now.

If her film was to reach that level, the box office revenue would need to exceed $200 million.

However, according to the production team's judgment, the highest North American box office revenue would be around $120 to $150 million.

Although her film was well-received, people's enthusiasm and willingness to pay always had limits.

But with this money, Catherine could produce on a grand scale.

Although it was funny for Catherine to imagine Bruce Lee wreaking havoc in a destroyed New York, she had become a capitalist and naturally chose the project that would make money...

So, what should she film?

What was something she liked and could also make money?

Catherine had a headache.

Then, she continued to think in her mind, recalling the games she had played.

"World of Warcraft? Not bad, but what does it have to do with space?"

"Deep Space Amnesia? The box office doesn't seem too good?"

"Uh... Halo?"

Catherine suddenly thought of this game.

Halo, Halo.

This game, published by Microsoft, was absolutely a classic in the gaming world.

The story takes place in the year 2552, on a mysterious ring-shaped structure called Halo. The story revolves around the war between humans and the Covenant, a theocratic alliance of technologically advanced alien races.

After humans perfected their space travel technology, they began to colonize many planets and develop new territories.

However, their technology was so laughable in the face of the aliens that their resistance seemed insignificant.

Two days before the start of the game's story, the Covenant sent its main fleet to attack the last human colony, Reach. The human space fleet was almost completely annihilated, leaving only the Pillar of Autumn. The Pillar of Autumn made a random slipspace jump in an attempt to lure the Covenant forces away from Earth. On board was the last Spartan, a super-soldier trained under the "Spartan II" program and biologically enhanced—Spartan 117 John, the main character—Master Chief.

Master Chief was a classic character.

In terms of character development, he was more substantial than the characters in "Crysis."

Halo also had five novels, and its world-building was more complete than "Crysis."

If she were to film this... maybe it would be great?

Right, there was also an AI in the film, named Cortana.

Thinking of this, Catherine suddenly smiled.

She thought of a special effect that would make 1960s Americans feel deeply outdated.

To test the waters, Catherine did not plan to immediately start filming "Halo."

She decided to write a novel first.

Catherine could not remember the original content of the "Halo" novels, but she was very familiar with the main story. By combining parts of the original novel and the main story, Catherine wrote a rough outline for a trilogy.

With this, things would be much easier.

"Phew~"

Catherine wanted to stretch, but the ring on her hand restricted the movement of her arm, so she could only smile bitterly.

At this moment, Catherine's mind was full of "space," as if that world had become everything to her.

Just then, Elsa walked over.

"Miss, your phone."

Catherine stood up from her chair and carefully walked out.

However, after receiving the call, Catherine became excited.

It was from the production team.

The reason was that someone had responded to Catherine's request and joined her Angel Beat TV station.

This person's name was—Gene Roddenberry.

The father of Star Trek.

An absolutely heavyweight figure!

Between 1949 and 1956, he served as a police officer in Los Angeles. Before "The Original Series," he wrote scripts for many popular TV series in the 1950s, such as "Have Gun, Will Travel." He also tried to create other science fiction TV series, but most of them were not successful.

Then, no one knew that his Star Trek would become a classic.

In fact, when it first aired, Star Trek was not very popular. But just as the TV station was about to cancel it, the fans stood up and managed to save the show, leading to another season.

At that point, Star Trek began to receive passionate support, and more and more people fell in love with it. Paramount TV also rebroadcast it multiple times.

However, Catherine was confident that it would be popular from the first broadcast.

The answer lay in—Halo.

Yes, Catherine wanted to turn Star Trek into a prequel to Halo!

Starting from the explorers before humans perfected their space travel technology, she would tell a story.

Not only that, Catherine had a big plan.

Wasn't there "Alien" later?

Catherine could turn "Alien" into a story between Star Trek and Halo. Given that Star Trek had a strong storyline and was popular enough to spawn several TV series, each with several seasons (the quarterly broadcasting format was also formalized around this time).

So, the stories after Star Trek could not only be prequels but also sequels and spin-offs.

Look how interesting that would be!

Catherine felt excited just thinking about it.

Now, with the father of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, on board, Catherine was even more confident.

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