The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 444
"Produced by DreamWorks, directed by Tian Xinye, and co-written by Chen Jingxing, the sci-fi film "The Ninth District" premiered as the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival.

"The Cannes show magazine announced the scores. "The Ninth District" topped the list with a score of 3.5, surpassing the American film "Lying Day" with a score of 3.0, the French local films "Water for Money" and "The First Window", another Chinese film. "Mountains and Rivers" was shortlisted for the Cannes main competition unit with 2.8, ranking third in the program."

"Huaguo filmmakers shine in Cannes, and their reputation is outstanding!"

"The program score broke 3! "District [-]" topped the list!"

"The jury of this year's Cannes Film Festival, the well-known French actress Léa Seydoux: Zhang Yi dedicated an unparalleled performance."

"IGN film critics praised "The Ninth District" as a sci-fi version of "Metamorphosis"!"

Luo Chen closed the webpage, sighed: "I would have fought for the male lead of "District [-]" if I had known."

Because this Cannes has two Huaguo films shortlisted for the main competition unit—although "The Ninth District" is considered a co-production, but because the director and leading actors and actresses are both domestic actors, it is also considered a domestic film—so this year the domestic media still Relatively concerned.

Not to mention judging from the evaluation and information from foreign media, the word-of-mouth of "The Ninth District" and "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers" are quite impressive.

Among a total of thirteen films shortlisted for the main competition unit, two films from Huaguo, the United States, France, and Iran were shortlisted, but in terms of overall quality, it seems that the two films from Huaguo are higher.

And this is not self-consolation or fabricated news by the domestic media. Many netizens have reposted foreign media's comments and videos of media interviews.

Fans of Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks are used to this kind of thing, and it is easy to carry and translate foreign news and comments.

Many people originally thought that this was the customary bragging behavior of the domestic media. After all, in the past, when a Chinese-language film was shortlisted in the top three in Europe, it may be the marketing of the film studio, or it may be the spontaneous behavior of the media. After the festival screening, there will be press releases such as "The premiere was well received", "The audience was moved to tears", "Praised by foreign media".

But this time Mengchui and Jingfans quickly picked up their old business and began to carry news on the Internet, and gradually let most people who eat melons know this time. No longer a routine draft, but genuine praise.

In addition, there are many Chinese filmmakers and stars who participated in the opening screening of the film festival, and many of them posted their impressions and film reviews on social media.

Although in theory this doesn't explain much, after all, the star-studded "The Ferryman" produced by Sunglass King two years ago was also praised by many stars. He is more prosperous than Wang Jiawei.

But fortunately, DreamWorks' reputation is still very strong, so most netizens don't think that this time it's just another star.

Moreover, there is indeed a difference between flattery and sentimental praise. Even if it is the same praise, it is not difficult to distinguish whether it is from the heart or a lie.

In short, it made the audience more curious about "The Ninth District", and the pre-sales continued to rise. The audience's hunger for this alternative sci-fi movie has not diminished but increased after being baptized by the May [-]st batch of bad domestic films.

Luo Chen, who had just finished today's full-day schedule and was forced by his manager to read the script in the company, also had no intention of reading the text in his hand, and sighed while surfing the Internet while swiping his phone.

Manager and studio partner Yang Xiaohui rolled her eyes: "Don't look away, there is a conflict between the filming schedules of "The Ninth District" and "Inception". If you play "The Ninth District", "Inception" Aren't you going to give up?"

The implication is naturally that "Inception" is much more important than "The Ninth District".

A first-line actor like Luo Chen always puts commercial value first. As Chen Jingxing's film, "Inception" has a huge investment. The industry's benchmarks are films such as "Center of the Earth", "Mars" and "Matrix" , can bring actors beyond the country's popularity and commercial value.

"I know a few reporters who watched the premiere in Cannes, and they all said that "The Ninth District" is a relatively dark and heavy movie, which determines that its commercial value will definitely not reach the level of "Inception". The Ninth District" in exchange for "Inception" is not a good deal."

Yang Xiaohui comforted the unwilling and envious Luo Chen, but she couldn't help but slander in her heart, she didn't have any B number, and it was impossible for him to be given a movie like "The Ninth District".

Since "The Ninth District" was screened in Cannes as the opening film, Zhang Yi from the domestic and foreign media seems to be the hottest actor in Cannes this year.

She didn't go to Cannes, so she didn't see the film, but almost everyone who saw the "District [-]" screening at the opening ceremony of the festival praised Zhang Yi's performance.

Although Chen Jingxing has always had the reputation of using actors as tools, actors generally do not have much room for performance, but Chen Jingxing must have standards for which roles are suitable for which actors.

"The Ninth District" was praised as the sci-fi version of "The Metamorphosis". Think about the experience of the protagonist of "The Metamorphosis". If the male protagonist of "The Ninth District" does not have high acting skills, he might not be able to win it. How can it be Luo Chen's turn? Woolen cloth.

As an old friend who has cooperated for many years, Yang Xiaohui doesn't wear colored glasses to her top artist, and it doesn't mean that Luo Chen doesn't work hard, but acting talent is really important. make up for.

If it hadn't been for Luo Chen's shit luck back then, when Chen Jingxing was just a fledgling director who made a low-budget online movie, he "willed to go his own way" to take the movie "Fatal Identity", and since then he has been attached to Chen Jingxing. I am afraid that this giant ship has already been photographed on the beach by Wu Tingxuan and Lu Han, the "second generation of Koreans who have successfully studied abroad and returned to China to serve the country" stars.

There is no such thing as a first-line actor and an international superstar who is well-known in Asia.

Luo Chen also knew that Yang Xiaohui's words were justified, but looking forward to Shu was human nature, which was hard to get rid of.

An actor like him naturally focuses on the box office and puts commercial value first, but now there is "Inception". After getting the script, he was only amazed by the movie.

After the filming of the film, his confidence in "Inception" has reached the point that no one can shake, so he is also confident that he can catch up with Lei Jiayin and even the rising star Lu Hongzhe in the box office, so as not to fall behind.

The box office results are not worrying, so don't you start greedy for awards?
Among the first-line male stars in China, apart from those few traffic, which one has no awards?He, Luo Chen, claimed to have successfully transformed, no longer an idol, but an actor, so his achievements in this award were a bit conspicuous and embarrassing.

In "Fatal Identity" and "Signal", which he collaborated with Chen Jingxing before, he didn't win any major awards.

As for "Inception", the family knows their own affairs. The script is good, but it is very slim to say what awards you can win. As always, he, the leading actor, is a tool for storytelling in Chen's films. It seems that apart from "Center of the Earth" and "Mars", the selling points of Chen's films are the world view and complex brain-burning stories, and the characters are often just tools.

It is unavoidable to watch the media's praise of Zhang Yi and the crowd's speculation about the Cannes best actor feel envious and jealous.

"Things that don't worry." Yang Xiaohui cursed secretly in her heart, but for the sake of the cash cow, she could only continue to coax this living ancestor to read the script quickly and make a decision as soon as possible, so she opened the closed script again, and she was stunned. In front of Luo Chen, he continued to comfort him.

"Okay, let's get down to business. Gold cups and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of ordinary people. The audience knows that you have acting skills. Isn't your performance in "Black Mirror" praised by many film critics?"

Yang Xiaohui had to admit that the luck of her own artist was really off the charts. When Luo Chen took over a supporting role in "Black Mirror II" last year, she actually disapproved of it.

For a first-line movie star like Luo Chen, no matter whether "Black Mirror II" is an online drama or an online university, participating in it is a loss, let alone a supporting role. It is difficult for people to understand.

Fortunately, DreamWorks positioned Luo Chen as a cameo, so he barely lost his airs. In addition, he later got the male lead in Chen Jingxing's new movie, which was quite a bargain.

But she did not expect that the broadcast of the last episode of "Black Mirror II", "Prometheus", would cause such a big response.

Not only has the limelight directly overshadowed the movie that is currently showing in theaters, Luo Chen's role as the creator of artificial intelligence, who is known as the biggest "human rape" in history, is also well received.

Domestic film and television dramas are limited by many reasons and audit restrictions. It is actually not easy for the protagonist to create a three-dimensional and complex character arc. Instead, supporting roles, especially charming villains, are more likely to be loved by the audience.

In "Prometheus", the male protagonist who has the most roles and is played by artificial intelligence from the beginning to the end is actually not very attractive.

On the contrary, the deep, evil, and moody villain played by Luo Chen is more attractive, and the character arc is more complex.

Usually, an actor with a reputation like Luo Chen will only take on the leading role and will not have the chance to play a villain, and playing a villain also has to worry about causing trouble to the actor's own positioning and commercial value.

However, Luo Chen's "guest star" role in "Prometheus" has become his most discussed role in recent years by accident.

The most discussed in "Fatal Identity" is the personality of several villains in it. Luo Chen, as Cheng Weiguangzheng's personality, is basically a tool guy. Not to mention other non-Dreamworks films such as "Monster Hunt" and "Journey to the West".

So Luo Chen's fans and himself regret that "Black Mirror II" turned out to be an online movie, not a theater movie.

Although the current battle between Hollywood streaming media and theaters seems to be more intense, there is no problem in the procedure for so-called online movies to participate in most awards. Otherwise, no filmmakers would call on Oscar to revise the rules and stop Netflix. The online movies produced participated in the awards.

On the contrary, the domestic discrimination against online movies is actually deeper. Of course, this is a problem created by Wangda itself, no wonder others.

Anyway, "Black Mirror II" has no way to apply for mainstream awards in China.

In this way, Luo Chen, who felt that "the fortune is bad, and the sadness comes from it", flipped through the script in his hand, and threw it on the table again with some disgust: "What kind of script is this? Compared with Dream Space, Fatal Identity, and Black Mirror II, one-tenth of it is fine?"

"How many DreamWorks and Chen Jingxing do you think there are in the world? If you want to complain, I want to complain."

Yang Xiaohui didn't plan to follow the hair any longer: "Okay, the situation is like this, good books are hard to come by, and you can't just make DreamWorks movies, they may not be looking for you for the next one, you are now a coffee shop No matter how big it is, it needs continuous exposure, and the salary is high this time, so there is no need to worry too much about word of mouth.

"Black Mirror II" and "Inception" are rare masterpieces, enough to consume for several years, and people can't keep making good works. Learn more from Master Huang, he can do it even without the resources of DreamWorks. Reward yourself from time to time, you are nothing, it was just a bad movie like "Journey to the West" before, I want to open it.

I have to read the script for me today, give me an accurate word, don't delay, I still have several scripts that have been screened out, so I have to hurry up and decide on a play. "

(End of this chapter)