The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 384 High Intensity Roadshow

In a certain university dormitory, a boy wearing glasses was lying on the bed and looking at the messages pushed by his mobile phone, he sighed: "I didn't expect that the thick eyebrows and big eyes of DreamWorks would also start to blossom?"

Under the opposite bed, Liu Hang was sitting on a chair, leaning on the table with his elbows, watching the animation played on the computer, absently responding to his roommate's words: "What two blossoms? "Ninth District"?"

"That's right." The man in glasses flicked the screen of his phone: "How many movies have Huamei Co-productions made? Is one of them not bad? The audience has complained for so long, and there are still people who don't believe in evil?"

As a loyal fan of DreamWorks, Liu Hang retorted subconsciously: "You are the cause of the cause. Other co-production movies are bad because they are not good. Wouldn't it be better if they were not co-produced? And the director is Tian Xinye. "Signal" , "The Walking Dead" and "Mirage" are all directed by him, and the screenwriter is also the screenwriter of DreamWorks, will it die because of the co-production?"

"Then who knows? There are a lot of foreign names, and the producers are also foreigners. Only Zhang Yi and Wan Qian are from our country, and the other actors are all foreigners. They were filmed in South Africa. This kind of movie is very good. It’s hard to make people feel optimistic, and it’s about playing aliens, so I feel that this kind of subject matter is a bit clichéd.” The man with glasses is still not optimistic about it.

Liu Hang pressed the pause button, turned back and retorted: "Isn't "Edge of Tomorrow" also playing aliens? The idea is good, and even the clichéd plot can be shot with new ideas. I read DreamWorks official Weibo that this is an alternative film. Maybe a movie about aliens, like "Edge of Tomorrow," combines some kind of novel science fiction concept."

The roommate pouted: "You are a fan mentality, blindly optimistic."

Just as Liu Hang wanted to speak, he fell silent again, pressed the space bar, and continued to watch the animation. Although he kept refuting, he still had doubts in his heart.

Co-productions are usually not well-made mainly because of the integration of the two parties. If it is purely produced by the Huaguo team, it may not be a bad film, and if it is purely produced by a Hollywood team, it may not be a bad film.

And once you have me in you and you in me, it will eventually become a movie with nondescript styles and neither side is pleasing.

Last year's "The Great Wall" was such a result. The leading actor from Hollywood publicly stated in the show that he understood the film after learning that the director Zhang Yimou was forced to sacrifice under tremendous pressure from Hollywood producers and revised his original concept. The film is doomed to fail.

However, although the film has Universal's participation, and even the actors are mostly foreigners, the director and screenwriter are all from DreamWorks, so it shouldn't be a failure like "The Great Wall", right?

Although DreamWorks has a great reputation in China, and many film and television works have been exported overseas, but its rise is too rapid, coupled with the strong cultural status established by Hollywood for a long time, in the eyes of ordinary movie fans and audiences, Hollywood like DreamWorks and Universal The giants are still incomparable in terms of size and strength.

Therefore, when the two cooperate to make a movie, even DreamWorks fans like Liu Hang will worry that the powerful Hollywood company will interfere or even dominate the production of the movie project.

There are only two Chinese actors in the entire movie, which only adds to this concern.

"DreamWorks... "Skyhawk Warrior"? Eh? Liu Hang? Your favorite cartoon seems to be on the air soon. I remember you talking about it. Isn't it called "Skyhawk Warrior"? The news revealed the trailer. "

"What? Is there a trailer?" After hearing what his roommate said, Liu Hang closed the video interface in surprise, switched to the search engine and started searching for "Skyhawk Warrior".

When DreamWorks announced two new sci-fi animated series last year, he added them to his follow-up calendar.

The last animation series produced by DreamWorks was the year before last. Although an animated film such as "Your Name" was released last year, for animation fans like Liu Hang, the series is still more enjoyable to follow.

Although he was a little disappointed that DreamWorks did not produce the sequels of "Battleship", "Evolution" and "Star God", he still believes that the level of animation works of DreamWorks will not be bad, even if "Skyhawk Warrior" and "Special Mobile Team "These two names are a bit too ordinary.

When Liu Hang opened the trailer, his roommate also got out of bed and came behind him to stare at the computer screen with him.

"Tch, I think there is something new, isn't this just mecha animation?" The roommate held his glasses and looked disappointed: "During the winter vacation, my little nephew watched "Summoner" every day, and I also watched "Summoner" when I was young. Mecha Warriors, I still remember Flame Warriors, Goshawk Warriors, and White Tiger Warriors. Aren’t these all for children? And it’s not in 3D. My nephew’s “Summon Warrior” is all in 3D.

And this mecha is too ugly, it looks like a monster, with such long hands and long legs..."

The man with glasses is not an anime fan, but half of the reasons are because of Liu Hang's constant nagging, usually because of Dreamworks' reputation, so he wants to see what's so novel about this sci-fi animation that his anime fan roommate has been thinking about all the time. place, but he was disappointed after watching the trailer.

Liu Hang was somewhat disappointed in his heart, but he still tried his best to win respect for his favorite DreamWorks: "They are all inferior 3D animations, not as good as 3D animations, and this trailer feels that the style of painting is very delicate, the movements are smooth, and the production The level is not comparable to that of inferior [-]D animation."

Although it can be seen with the naked eye that the animation is well-made—if Dreamworks hadn’t made a special trailer for a few minutes to fool fans, he believes in Dreamworks’ character and Mo’s production level.

But still a little lost.

Maybe the expectations he has accumulated in the past year are a bit too high?

After all, the birth of "Battleship" and "Evolution" is really amazing.

The trailer of "Skyhawk Warrior" is really not amazing at first glance. It looks like a campus background. In modern society, monsters and mechs are fighting. This kind of science fiction theme is not very good in terms of setting. Novelty, even as my roommate said, there are not many domestic mech animations.

Liu Hang came to the Anime House forum with mixed feelings, and found that the discussion about the trailer of "Skyhawk Warrior" had already swamped the screen.

After the two animated films "Your Name" and "The Return of the Great Sage", DreamWorks' status in the domestic animation circle has been qualitatively improved.

The news of the upcoming release of a sci-fi animated series and a trailer of more than two minutes aroused the attention and discussion of the entire circle.

At the same time that DreamWorks' sci-fi animated series has aroused a lot of enthusiasm in the animation circle and even some mainstream media, DreamWorks' summer file journey has also started.

The military action movie "Spike II" directed and acted by Wu Jing has officially started its national roadshow.

Chen Jingxing was busy with the filming of "Matrix II", so he couldn't spare time to come to the platform to support, but DreamWorks still invested a lot.

From south to north, from east to west, there are a total of [-] cities and [-] schools, which can be said to be the most vigorous and intensive in the film produced by DreamWorks.

The protagonists may still be able to take a day or two off. Wu Jing, as the director and the leading actor, has to complete the course. It can only be said that he is working hard. The original announcement plan of DreamWorks was not so high-intensity.

Wu Jing really put a lot of energy into this movie.

"Spike II" is not just a film of DreamWorks, Wu Jing's own company also accounted for nearly one-third of the investment share, so this film can also be regarded as his personal work, which is what he dreams of and wants to realize work.

And with the support of DreamWorks, his dream of landing has even reached a level beyond his own expectations.

Part of the plot that was originally deleted due to investment restrictions was not only added back, but also added a larger background and scene under Chen Jingxing's suggestion.

Even when shooting in Cameroon, due to some problems and lack of preparation, the original shooting schedule was greatly exceeded, but DreamWorks didn't care about it, and continued to increase the budget without further ado.

Excluding the publicity budget for the entire film, the production cost is a full 3.7 million.

For Wu Jing, this not only fulfilled his personal ideals, but also put a heavy burden on his shoulders.

Finishing the movie is only the first half of the ideal, and the audience's feedback and payment are the really important second half.

The competition for this year's summer file is indeed extremely fierce.

On the one hand, two Hollywood blockbusters have been released in the summer. It may be that the unexpected rapid development of domestic films in recent years has given the officials a lot of confidence.

Therefore, this year's summer file has been removed from the protection schedule of domestic films.

Another one is that this year's summer file does not have any of Chen Jingxing's movies, especially the much-anticipated "The Martian" is scheduled for the National Day file, which is quite reasonable, after all, it can be regarded as a gift film with the main theme.

Of course, it also has something to do with the game of some interests. It is enough for DreamWorks to put out one big production and put it in the summer file, but it is a bit too much to invest in two blockbusters.

Without heavyweight movies such as "The Martian" or "Matrix II", just "Spike II" seems a bit lacking in dominance.

Of course, other film companies and media did not underestimate this movie. From the project approval to the production to the trailer, "Spike II" looks like a blockbuster military action movie.

At first glance, it reminds people of "Operation Mekong", which staged a big counterattack during the Spring Festival last year.

Since "The Mekong", military action blockbusters have entered the attention of major companies, and Huaguo blockbusters have added another genre after ancient costumes, comedies and science fiction themes.

Although it is not easy to shoot this kind of theme well, even if you think it is easy and bold to start investing in production, you will find it is not easy to shoot. This is not like hiring a big director, a few big stars, and saving one A good team, you can shoot it if you are willing to spend money.

Military action films test the level of the film industry.

But for big studios, this obstacle can't stop their enthusiasm, especially giants like Guoying and Jingying.

Seeing the hot screening of "The Mekong River", as well as the filming of "Spike II" and "Operation Red Sea", the Air Force couldn't sit still. "The Mekong".

Jingying also teamed up with Jianghe Culture to set up a project "Eight Hundred Revelation", and the production cost was even higher, claiming 6 million.

Preparations for these two films began in the second half of 2016, and "Flying Eagle Attack" has even been finalized, leaving one and a half months for the latter part to be scheduled for the second half of the summer.

"Eight Hundred Apocalypse" was launched in January, but was postponed due to some investment issues, and is expected to restart in August.

With the success of "The Mekong River" and the guidance of the military, major studios are all making efforts in this genre, so how could they underestimate "Spike II"?

But no matter how cautious it is, can "Spike II" still be the second "Gravity"?
　Chapter 2 is about 12 o'clock
　　
　
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