The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 522 You DreamWorks Are Specially Came To Kill Me

"Brother Ning, long time no see, you've been so idle, why are you getting thinner and thinner?"

"Brother Chen, I heard that you are planning to enter science fiction films?"

"Where's the old Guo people?... Hibiscus wheat is getting better and better."

Zhao Jinmai pretended to be flattered by the side, her eyebrows curved: "Thank you Director Ning for the compliment..."

After Ning Hao said hello to Zhao Jinmai, he turned his head and said angrily: "I'm not busy, so is there anyone else who is busy? Do you think anyone can compare with your beast? Movie after movie .”

Chen Jingxing's high production is also well-known in the movie circle, and he has become a beast in Ning Hao's mouth.

Usually filming does not take a lot of time, but it is the most time-consuming from script creation to project approval.

And under normal circumstances, the script is not directly created, but found.

Novels, comics, foreign film and television dramas, or the creativity of an unknown screenwriter all need to be carefully selected by the big waves, and it may be possible to pick out a project that is feasible and has box office potential.

So although Chen Jingxing's shooting cycle is not short, but he is a real fast shooter, creative like a diabetes insipidus.

Six days after the opening of the Shanghai Film Festival, "The Wandering Earth", which has been whetting the audience's appetite, finally ended its stingy screening promotion, and officially began a large-scale screening.

Because the opening screening had already been held at the film festival, DreamWorks did not make a fuss about the premiere, but it still invited a lot of well-connected guests.

In addition, in addition to the invited media, there are also quite a few media reporters who came spontaneously, so the momentum is still very strong.

"Old Guo and Bai Yu went to the United States with the producer last night to prepare for the premiere there. Today's premiere is mainly supported by Wu Jing, Jinmai and me."

It is still very strange that the main director is not at the premiere, but the overseas announcement of "The Wandering Earth" is also very urgent, and Wu Jing and Chen Jingxing can also hold the scene, so Guo Fan and the hero Bai Yu can also take the lead .

"Looking at how you earn euros every day, I don't like the renminbi now."

Xiao Yang, who came with Chen Sicheng, made fun of Chen Jingxing pretending to be jealous.

Chen Jingxing shook his head, and quickly said modestly: "It's not that exaggerated. The domestic film market is still the foundation, and overseas box office can only account for half of the total box office at most. Non-English films still cannot reach the spread of English films."

Xiao Yang choked for a moment: "Good guy, your Versailles-like modesty made my fist hard. Listen to my brother's advice, and bring more bodyguards when you go out in the future."

Chen Jingxing put away his modest but unbeatable smile as soon as he saw it, and also exchanged his recent situation with his old classmates.

However, the overseas box office of "The Wandering Earth" does give DreamWorks high hopes, and of course it cannot be compared with Chen Jingxing's own film.

Chen Jingxing is currently one of the most charismatic directors in the world, and the rest are all famous directors in Hollywood.

For an international business director like Chen Jingxing, even if he doesn't have a company, doesn't pay for it, and only makes original movies, he can still get [-] to [-] million US dollars of investment from major Hollywood companies.

This is the appeal of famous directors. Their names are no less appealing to the film market than Hollywood superstars.

Obviously, Guo Fan has not reached this point yet. His most influential work overseas is "Edge of Tomorrow".

Both "The Mekong River" and "Red Sea" are military action films. Although Firefly has tried its best to distribute them in the North American market, the box office is only 370 million US dollars and 820 US dollars.

Of course, this number has already made a huge breakthrough compared to the previous plane.

However, the special effects of "The Wandering Earth" in this plane have reached the world's top level, and the narrative has also improved a lot. DreamWorks and Universal still have expectations for its box office prospects.

And because it is not released in the summer, it is easier to coordinate schedules overseas, especially in the North American market.

Therefore, under the joint release of Universal and Firefly, "The Wandering Earth" will be opened in more than 2000 theaters in North America, which can be regarded as a large-scale release.

This is also the reason why DreamWorks still sits firmly on the Diaoyutai in the face of inferior schedules and strong challengers in "The Wandering Earth".

"My [-] should be finished soon, right?"

"It will be finished at the end of the month."

"Then there are only three months until the National Day, can it be released as scheduled?"

"I'm not that nervous. "[-]" is an assortment of films. The unit I was in charge of was the last to be finalized. The other units can be post-produced immediately after filming. Director Kai Ge's units have all been cut into films. "

"My [-]" is a tribute film scheduled to be released on National Day this year. The chief director is Chen Kaige, and Ning Hao is also one of the directors, responsible for one of the units.

Of course, in addition to "My [-]", Ning Hao himself also accepted a gift film project, which is also a platter movie called "My Youth and Me". Ning Hao is the chief director, and Chen Sicheng, Xu Zheng and others also will join.

And because it tells the stories of young people in different periods since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there are many popular actors and the momentum is even greater. It has become one of the most watched gift films before filming started.

Originally, Ning Hao also wanted to invite Chen Jingxing to direct a unit, but Chen Jingxing's plans and schedule were indeed relatively full, so he did not accept this project.

"When will your "Matrix III" be released? It won't be delayed until next year, right?"

Chen Sicheng seems to be somewhat concerned about the release time of "Matrix III".

This year, there are a lot of gift films. Don’t even think about the National Day file. DreamWorks has promised that it will not enter the summer file this year. Therefore, among the current inventory of DreamWorks, the most eye-catching and most dreaded project “Matrix III” is finalized. That's very concerning.

Tian Xinye, who put down the filming of "Skyhawk Warrior" to join the premiere, asked strangely: "You don't have any movies in stock, why do you care about "Matrix III?"

"Who said there is no? I just want to direct, and I invested in "Manslaughter"."

At last year's dinner party, after Chen Jingxing affirmed the box office prospects of a suspense film from Tianzhu that Chen Sicheng valued, "Manslaughter and Concealing the Sky", he non-stop found a new director under his contract to start filming, and invited Xiao Yang to play the leading role.

Chen Jingxing sighed: "It won't be delayed until next year, the plan is to release it at the end of the year, just in time for the Christmas schedule in Europe and America."

"Matrix III" is the final chapter of the Matrix series. As the producers, DreamWorks and Universal both attach great importance to it. Since the domestic market cannot get a good schedule, it is better to consider the overseas market schedule.

Together with New Year's Day, Christmas and New Year's Day are the big dates in Europe and the United States, and it is also the ticket warehouse second only to the summer file. Every year, it is crowded.

Therefore, after discussing with Universal, both parties believe that the Christmas file is more suitable.

After hearing Chen Jingxing's words, Chen Sicheng was a little distressed: "I was planning to release "Manslaughter" at the end of the year. Fortunately, the schedule has not been announced yet. It seems that we have to find another schedule. Your DreamWorks is here to suppress me."

"Matrix III" is undoubtedly already at the level of "all evils and changes", and no one wants to be released on the same schedule as this movie.

Although "Tang Detective Ⅲ", the number one seed player in the Spring Festival, was overwhelmed by "Wall-E" and snatched the box office champion, from the outsiders' point of view, the relationship between Chen Sicheng and Chen Jingxing may become more delicate.

Moreover, Chen Sicheng did hint at criticizing DreamWorks' marketing tactics during the fiercest battle during the Spring Festival.

But on the one hand, DreamWorks is also one of the producers of "Tang Detective III". On the other hand, "Wall-E" is an animated film. Chen Sicheng never regarded this movie as a competition for "Tang Detective III". opponent's.

Being overtaken by an animated movie is not something to be proud of, and any complaints will seem ridiculous.

If Chen Sicheng was fussy, he would be a joke.

Not being able to compete for an animated movie, and then still not being able to lose, is even more embarrassing than "Tang Detective III" losing the box office champion of the Spring Festival.

Besides, the "Tang Detective" series can be filmed, Chen Jingxing is indeed the original benefactor, and the support is still there.

So the two of them still maintained a normal friendship when they met, and no one showed any knots or strangeness.

Chen Jingxing replied: "Obviously I should be afraid, right? You suddenly announced that you are going to shoot a sci-fi movie series. Our boss Xu called me overnight and asked me to collect information on you."

After the release of "Tang Detective III", Chen Sicheng announced that he would no longer direct the follow-up films of the "Tang Detective" series, but would hand over the responsibility to a new director, and he himself would start making sci-fi movies, to be precise, the sci-fi movie series .

Although sci-fi themes are now a business card of Huaguo movies, successful sci-fi movies are basically produced by DreamWorks, so sci-fi themes are also regarded as a special resource of DreamWorks and the foundation of its existence.

Other big domestic companies, especially famous directors, are still very cautious about sci-fi themes, knowing that sci-fi movies are not so easy to shoot, because most of the domestic sci-fi movies that follow the trend have ended up in the street, and the sci-fi craze started by Chen Jingxing has already cooled down.

And Chen Sicheng, the director who has successfully created a movie series, suddenly turned to science fiction, and even wanted to create a science fiction movie series similar to the comedy reasoning series of "Tang Detective".

Many people in DreamWorks were still a little nervous.

To be feared by the president of DreamWorks, a sci-fi professional, is actually flattering in a certain sense. Chen Sicheng still couldn't control himself, and felt a little complacent.

But he also knows that it is better to be low-key and humble before achieving results.

"It can't be compared with the sci-fi giants made by your DreamWorks. They can only be regarded as family comedy sci-fi films, and they are not on the same track."

Chen Sicheng's so-called comedy sci-fi project has already been named, "Outer Space" trilogy: "Mozart in Outer Space", "Chopin in Outer Space", and "Monet in Outer Space".

Chen Sicheng was tight-lipped about everyone's temptations, and he didn't reveal the plot at all, appearing mysterious and unpredictable.

Chen Sicheng is also a good person. The "lessons learned" in the past few years have proved that DreamWorks' "heavy science fiction" is really difficult to learn. Whether it is creativity, story or production, the threshold is very high, but "light science fiction" may not be unable to find another way. Overtaking, creating a blue ocean market.

Just like combining comedy and detective suspense to break the box office ceiling of suspense detective themes, Chen Sicheng has already had a lot of experience in this cross-genre fusion.

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