The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 487 Except for "Tang Detective III", they are all native chickens and dogs

The last "Interstellar" in the legendary space trilogy did not last long because of the project approval and casting of the Internet topic.

First, although movie fans and even aerospace fans are looking forward to it, the plot content of "Interstellar" is still quite confidential, and all speculation about the plot is also groundless, so it started to be lively, and the popularity soon went down. .

After all, the filming hasn't started yet, let alone its release. I'm afraid it will be difficult to wait for this movie in theaters without at least a year.

Second, the corner selection speed is also very fast.

Chen Jingxing first cast Chen Kun and Lei Jiayin, and then auditioned for other main roles.

The identity of the female No. [-] is the daughter of the person in charge of the CNSA human migration to alien planets exploration project, a doctor of biotechnology, and the hero and two other experts go to the universe to investigate the three planets that humans may colonize.

In the end, she arrived on a suitable planet alone, and the male protagonist set sail again after returning to the earth to live with her on the new planet and build a new home for mankind.

This role was finally given to Yuan Wei.

As a powerful actress in China, Yuan Wei has not been very active on the screen and on the screen, and her appearance is not high among big flowers and small flowers, but her acting skills are guaranteed.

To be honest, the heroine of "Interstellar" has some tools. To some extent, she is not as good as the hero's daughter. However, in the previous life, the original movie was played by Anne Hathaway, which made this role a lot more eye-catching. .

However, judging from the arc of the characters, apart from being a bit of a virgin, the heroine is a person with both sensibility and perseverance. Although she was deceived by her father like everyone else, she is very determined and will never give up to achieve her goal.

After Chen Jingxing thought about it, he still felt that it was necessary to give it to an actress with guaranteed acting skills and good popularity with the audience, in order to dig out the shining points of her personality as much as possible, so as not to make the audience disgusted.

In addition to the heroine, the hero's daughter is a very important role, and she can be regarded as the second female lead.

In fact, these two roles can be regarded as heroines, and even in terms of weight, the hero's daughter is even better than the heroine.

The emotional connection between the hero and his daughter is the theme of the whole movie and the main clue.

The young actor was selected through a small-scale audition. It turned out to be a children's clothing model, only 11 years old. He didn't have any acting skills, but he had aura. This was what Chen Jingxing valued most.

When she grows up, her role is decided to be Nini, who can be regarded as the second girl Chen Jingxing uses.

Although the current development of this prostitute is a bit embarrassing, she is not as good as Zhang Ziyi before and Zhou Dongyu later, but her acting skills are not bad, but her own positioning makes her not very popular with audiences. There is no popular TV series, and her popularity cannot be improved.

The appearance and temperament are far from the audience, and some are not suitable for playing sweet girls or heroines of idol dramas, although they are popular in the fashion circle.

But in the Huaguo entertainment industry, actors are the king, and the movies and TV shows are a bit uneven, which leads to a somewhat embarrassing situation.

Undoubtedly, for Yuan Wei and Nini, two actresses who are somewhat equal, Chen Jingxing's film contract is naturally irresistible. They also paid liquidated damages and canceled other drama contracts.

In this way, the starring lineup of Chen Kun, Lei Jiayin, Yuan Wei and Nini also makes "Interstellar" not weak, not much inferior to "Inception".

However, although the roles have been determined, it will take a long time to start the filming process. After all, the filming of "Matrix III" has not yet been completed.

"Matrix III" is divided into three groups, which are responsible for the decisive battle of the matrix, the battle between the real Huaxu Kingdom and the robot army, and the rest of the scenes.

Because 80% of the scenes were filmed in the greenhouse, Chen Jingxing also acted as a hands-off shopkeeper, only focusing on the shooting of the battle between Huaxu Kingdom and the robot army, and the other two groups had their own assistant directors to coordinate.

His other energy is mainly on the preparation of the TV series "Once Upon a Time on Earth: Overture" and "Interstellar".

Especially the interstellar scenery.

Now that you have decided to make a real shot, it is the most important thing to determine the shooting scene in advance.

The frozen alien planet in the movie also had to find a shooting location on Earth, and supplemented by post-production special effects can almost fully realize the audiovisual spectacle in the script.

Originally, I wanted to find a suitable scenery in Xijiang. After all, "Mars" was filmed near the Devil City in Xijiang.

There is indeed no shortage of glaciers in Xijiang, but there is a big gap compared with the scenes in the script.

In a word, there is not enough sense of alien planets.

In the end, I chose Iceland's unique topography and landforms created by millennium glaciers, volcanic magma, and ice and fire.

This needs to be contacted with the Icelandic government in advance, because it involves more complicated preparations such as setting up scenery, storing equipment, and setting up a temporary resident.

In addition, there are also shooting scenes for Ocean Planet.

Need to find a place that looks endless, except for water or water, there is no huge wave.

In the end, the Black Sea was chosen.

Except that the waves here are not big and relatively calm, the main reason is that the sea water is very dark, which is also the origin of its name.

After post-processing, it can create a somewhat scary atmosphere.

In addition, a huge spacecraft model needs to be built. The star wheel-shaped Internity spacecraft can build a small model, but the landing spacecraft that landed on the planet needs to build a one-to-one model.

The model will be transported to the Black Sea by a ship with a relatively large tonnage, and lifted to the sea surface by the ship's tower crane.

The crew and cast will also live on board during filming.

In short, the preparatory work is very cumbersome. Although there are still a few months before the movie starts, it does not affect the development of the pre-work, and there is not enough time.

From the end of 18 to the beginning of 19, Chen Jingxing went back and forth between the three projects. It was not until the Spring Festival approached that the filming of "Matrix III" was finally completed.

Chen Jingxing was also able to spare time to follow up the film's publicity work.

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Inside Chen Jingxing's office.

"Only 300 theaters? It's okay, it's better than nothing." Chen Sicheng's tone was slightly regretful.

Chen Jingxing took a sip of coffee and suppressed the exhaustion in his brain: "Green said that the market potential of this movie is not as good as the second one. If it weren't for me, let alone 300, let alone 200."

The two are talking about the North American release of "Tang Tan III".

Since Chen Jingxing acquired the Firefly distribution company, more and more domestic films and even films from other Asian countries have gradually begun to have their films distributed by Firefly in North America.

After all, the vast majority of Hollywood distributors of domestic films are not very interested in buying copyrights. Even if they can be sold, it is almost the price of cabbage, hundreds of thousands of dollars is considered too much.

Firefly Distribution Company has certain distribution capabilities in North America, and it is also a holding subsidiary of DreamWorks. Chen Jingxing is also willing to let Firefly invest resources to help domestic films be distributed in North America, so he is the best candidate for domestic films to be released in North America.

And in this kind of cooperation, many domestic films have achieved box office in North America beyond the previous world.

The "Tang Detective" series has been distributed in North America by Firefly since the second part. At that time, it won 298 theaters, and the final box office score reached [-] million US dollars, which is quite good.

And "Tang Detective III" was naturally handed over to Firefly for distribution, but the president of Firefly, Greenwood, who had worked for Universal Pictures and AMC, complained to Chen Jingxing that "Tang Detective III" was worse than the second one, and the market potential If it is too low, it is really a waste of resources to push forward the issuance.

However, at Chen Jingxing's request, Firefly managed to secure 300 theaters, which was considered a face for Director Chen Da.

It's just that Greenwood's criticism of "Tang Detective III" was swallowed by Chen Jingxing, and he still didn't convey it to Chen Sicheng.

Based on his understanding of Chen Sicheng, this man definitely cannot accept this kind of criticism.

DreamWorks is one of the producers of "Tang Detective III". Chen Jingxing has also seen the finished film, so it can only be said that the content is slightly different from the previous life, but the overall quality has not changed.

It's just another step forward to farce.

The reasoning part is a bit weaker than "Tang Detective II", and the comedy part is not very good.

Except that the scene is bigger, both lines are very hip.

Originally, it is difficult for comedy movies to break through language and cultural barriers. It is also difficult for Hollywood comedy movies to get a good box office in China. The "Tang Detective" series is inherently insufficient in the North American market. If it does not decline, the box office potential is not as good as the second film with a background in New York.

However, Chen Sicheng himself is still very confident in "Tang Detective III", and he feels that the overall level is higher than the second one. He even has a goal of 40 billion in his heart, and wants to challenge the 43 billion box office record of "Spike II".

Of course, this is also related to DreamWorks not participating in this year’s Spring Festival file-animated films are usually not included in the discussion. According to common sense, unless such works as "The Return of the Great Sage" have rubbed off on the IP of Journey to the West, the box office of animation will not be. Those who steal the box office of live-action movies belong to misplaced competition.

Without Dreamworks' live-action film joining the fray, Chen Sicheng's confidence is even greater. In his eyes, other films, namely Star Master's "The New King of Comedy", are a bit of a challenge, after all, they are all comedy themes.

And even if the box office of "Journey to the West" the year before last was less than 10 billion, it was considered a failure to some extent, but it was not directed by Master Xing himself, and it cannot be said that the movie tickets given to Master Xing by the audience have been paid off.

Other than that, they are all native chickens and dogs.

Of course, Chen Jingxing is very confident about Chen Sicheng's confidence. Even if the investment share is not high, he can still be regarded as the producer of "Tang Detective III". The movie's box office is high, and DreamWorks also benefits.

(End of this chapter)