The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 485 "The Wandering Earth" Finishing and Building a Super Cruise
"When will the second part start?"

Guo Fan waved his hand: "You are the reincarnation of Zhou Papi, can you let me rest for a while?"

The filming of "The Wandering Earth" officially started in April and lasted until November. After nearly eight months of filming, it was finally finished, and then a special wrap-up banquet was held in the atrium courtyard of DreamWorks' new headquarters building.

The main reason for the slow shooting is that there are unprecedentedly many scenes, props, and special effects. It can be called the most complex work of DreamWorks so far.

Of course, because the elite team of DreamWorks were all separated by Chen Jingxing's "Matrix" II and III, and "Inception", a large part of the production team of "The Wandering Earth" was formed by Guo Fanxin.

It is also because Guo Fan is a director with very strong overall planning ability, otherwise Chen Jingxing would not be at ease if he handed it over to an ordinary director.

Regarding the finalization of "The Wandering Earth", DreamWorks is still relatively low-key, it did not hold it in a hotel, and did not invite media reporters to hold any press conference.

It's too early to promote it now, and fans who should pay attention to this movie have already paid attention to it, and it will not be too late to start the announcement after the file is finalized.

Moreover, "The Wandering Earth" is not a sequel movie after all, although the audience can get a lot of information from the name, but now is not the time to reveal the plot, hold a grand finale banquet and press conference, and other reporters can't ask questions related to the plot , Connected manuscripts are not easy to write.

Then there is the desire not to steal the limelight from The Walking Dead.

As the sequel to last year's global phenomenon-level hit drama "The Walking Dead", the second season was also wrapped up not long ago, not only held a grand wrap-up banquet but also held a media meeting.

Taking advantage of Universal Pictures' announcement of the TWDB movie version of "The Walking Dead", DreamWorks also announced that it will co-produce the original movie of "The Walking Dead" with Universal Pictures, and the plot will follow the end of "The Walking Dead II".

At the same time, plans for animation and game development were announced.

"The Walking Dead II" has also become the most popular film and television topic on social media around the world.

At the moment of excitement that fans of foreign dramas have been looking forward to, domestic audiences are more concerned about whether the two "The Walking Dead" films released by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures can be released in China.

However, the official statement of DreamWorks is still relatively cautious. Although it has been planned before, both "Resident Evil" and "The Walking Dead" are going to be introduced to the mainland in the name of sub-account films, which is why it is necessary to introduce Universal Capital.

In Chen Jingxing's previous life, the "Resident Evil" series of films had been introduced to the mainland, and the standard of review on this plane was looser, which is theoretically feasible.

But it is still unknown whether it can be introduced in the end, and how much it will need to be deleted.

Chen Jingxing and Qin Zhonghe, who was a consultant in DreamWorks, had in-depth discussions with the National Film and Film Bureau, but the leaders of the competent department could only give a reply that could be considered, and it was impossible to say anything dead.

After all, the final review still has to be viewed as a film.

However, although the "Wandering Earth" wrap-up banquet was only lively and lively within the company in order not to steal the limelight from the second season of "The Walking Dead", it still invited many so-called DreamWorks stars in the circle, and it was very impressive.

In the circular courtyard surrounded by surrounding buildings, the lights are bright, the trees are shaded, and the space is also large. The top of the head is still transparent tempered glass, and the night sky can be seen without wind and rain. The atmosphere is quite in place.

When adopting this architectural design scheme, Chen Jingxing had imagined the use of the atrium, and now it seems that the effect is good.

It is very suitable for this kind of private gathering that is not public.

Because it was relatively casual, it was a relaxed gathering, so everyone stood in the courtyard and chatted in twos and threes. According to their occupations and identities, there were naturally a bunch of directors and a bunch of actors.

Chen Jingxing also started to urge the second part of "The Wandering Earth". Although the first part has just been finalized, the script for the second part has also been completed.

"Aren't you going to wait until the release of "The Wandering Earth"?" Guo Fan asked a little strangely.

Although "The Wandering Earth" is planned to be made into a series of movies, according to common sense, at least the first movie has to be released, and the next step will start after passing the test of results.

Even Hollywood, where the film industry is mature, cannot blindly develop a sequel film before the first one is released.

The "Matrix" trilogy is a rare special case in the film industry, and even if the script of the trilogy has already been prepared, "Matrix II" was launched after "Matrix I" was released.

You must know that the production cost of "The Wandering Earth" is more than 8 million US dollars, second only to the 7 million of "Center of the Earth" and [-] million of "Matrix II", and even higher than the star-studded "Inception". higher.

The main reason is that Wu Jing’s salary is not cheap—even if he is a contracted director of DreamWorks, but his brothers will settle the score. With Wu Jing’s performance in "Spike II", the film salary is definitely at the top of the country, not even better than Luo How much less Chen - there is a lot of special effects work.

In the previous world, although "The Wandering Earth" can be called the light of domestic sci-fi movies, the level of special effects is actually not high. Of course, it is at the top level in China, but it is still not far behind the quality of special effects of Hollywood A-level movies. small.

Of course, it has definitely reached the standard of Hollywood industrial movies.

Adhering to the idea of ​​doing it well, Chen Jingxing naturally believed that DreamWorks' "The Wandering Earth" should reach the world's first-class level in terms of special effects, completely surpassing the original movie of the previous life.

DreamWorks now also has such technical strength, so the budget was approved quite high.

Moreover, the original plane is different from the previous life. "Center of the Earth", "Mars" and "Matrix" are all top-notch special effects. The audience's standards and expectations for domestic science fiction movies have already been quite high. There can be no flaws.

But this is pressure for Guo Fan. No matter how much success he and DreamWorks have achieved before, no matter which director a movie with a production cost of [-] million US dollars is placed on, there will be pressure, and the cost of publicity and distribution will be even more considerable.

At this time, if we quickly start the production of the second part, the production cost of the second part will not be much less than that of the first part, and the pressure will be even greater.

Chen Jingxing was somewhat disapproving: "The second and first part of "The Wandering Earth" are basically two movies. The plot and characters are brand new. In addition to the preparation time, the production cycle is also very long. It's not too late to start now, don't worry. , this movie can’t be lost.”

The plot of "The Wandering Earth I" is similar to the original version of the previous life. Of course, some adaptations have been made, and the plot of the second part is set to pass through Saturn.

The plot will be on the exploration of Enceladus and Titan.

Both of these moons are very likely to host life.

One has a huge liquid ocean under a thick layer of ice, and there are even hydrothermal vents on the bottom of the sea.

One is a liquid lake with a thick atmosphere and a lot of hydrocarbons, rich in organic compounds and elements such as nitrogen, which is similar to the environment when life was formed in the early days of the earth.

In the world view of "The Wandering Earth", the earth has to revolve around the sun fifteen times, and each circle is bigger than the other, so that it can finally accumulate enough escape velocity to get out of the solar system and embark on a long journey.

The time of the first part will be set to pass Jupiter on the second lap, and the time of the second part will be set to pass Saturn on the 15th lap.

The plot of the second part will also change from the type of disaster on the surface of the earth to the type of space thriller and adventure.

There will be alien life in it.

Regarding Chen Jingxing's consolation, Guo Fan could only smile wryly, but it is true that the second film is almost a brand new film compared to the first one, and the production cycle will definitely not be short.

"Okay, let me rest for two months, and officially start after the Spring Festival next year."

"Okay, by that time, the filming of "Matrix III" should be finished, and there are enough people."

Chen Jingxing nodded, and then changed the topic to Wu Jing.

"When will "Spike III" start? Isn't the script already finished?"

Wu Jing was also a little speechless: "You are really good at calling people. I just finished filming "The Wandering Earth", and I also want to spend some time with Xiao Nan and my son."

"Brother, your "Spike III" is our company's tribute film. I made a guarantee in front of the leaders. Director Zhang of National Film Group even urged me a while ago."

Wu Jing couldn't stand Chen Jingxing's urging: "Okay, let's do it at the beginning of next year, but the scene is a problem. It may take a lot of time to build it, or use special effects?"

The plot of "Spike III" is smaller than that of "Spike II". It is about the hijacking of a cruise ship by the KB organization. Will appear as a backdrop.

Although there will still be scenes of warships and submarines, but the scene will not be as big as "Spike II".

However, the level of tension and excitement will not be reduced, and it will even be increased. It can be regarded as a script that combines elements such as shipwreck, spy wars, and military affairs.

In the end, there will even be scenes of the cruise ship exploding, sinking and rescue.

However, the shooting method has not yet been determined, whether it is to focus on scene construction or add special effects rendering work has not yet been determined. With the current special effects technology, many shots of "Titanic" can actually be realized with special effects.

If you want to focus on building the scene for actual shooting, at least half of the cruise ship must be built before shooting.

"Let's focus on real shots."

Chen Jingxing just thought about it for a while before making a decision: "If you want to build it, build it big. Just build a super cruise ship scene with at least 10 tons."

"I'm afraid this will take a long time. Not only is it equivalent to building a new super studio, but the amount of work on the boats and pools will be huge."

Wu Jing was a little surprised.

At present, domestic film studios, even the largest No. [-] studio in the National Film Digital Base rented by DreamWorks, cannot accommodate such a scene.

But Chen Jingxing has long planned: "It's not just for "Spike III", but also for my next movie——"

"Isn't your next movie "Interstellar"? Isn't this a space sci-fi movie?"

"Next movie, "Once Upon a Time on Earth"."

The Guzheng project will be shown in the movie "Once Upon a Time on Earth". Evans releases macro fusion to destroy human civilization, and he, most of the members of the ETO organization and the leading actor are on a cruise ship, driving in the depths of the ocean.

The scene of the cruise ship will also run through the entire movie and become a main scene in the film. Here, the male protagonist is threatened by Evans to enter the world of the three-body game, and solve the problem explained by Evans to prevent him from releasing macro fusion.

(End of this chapter)