The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 580
The filming of "Once Upon a Time on Earth" was relatively low-key, except for Chen Jingxing's fans and fans of the leading actors who paid more attention, not many people noticed.

"Suspect Tracker III" is still at the forefront of the popularity of the whole network, and the topic discussions, film review interpretations and second creations about this drama are still burning.

Even the popularity of the film market's summer holidays has been suppressed by it.

After the popularity of "Skyhawk Warrior" faded, there was no film in the summer file that could spark public discussion and enter the center of public opinion. Several domestic films of various types had good or bad reputation, but they did not have a large box office. giant.

Even the blockbuster "Injustice" has a box office of only 14 billion. Although it is still the second largest box office of this comic blockbuster after the North American market, the indifference of the Chinese market to Hollywood superhero themes has been revealed. .

In the second half of the summer file, finally another blockbuster movie will be unveiled.

"King of the Sky"

Jointly produced by Jianghe Culture and National Film Group, it is an air combat blockbuster filmed under the guidance of the Air Force and Aviation Industry Group.

It is also the second air combat military film in China after "Flying Eagle Attack" in 17.

Although the director has never made a military-themed movie before, the producer is Han Han, the leading actor is Luo Chen, and the actress Zhou Dongyu also plays a special role.

There is a lot of momentum.

"How could "Li Yannian" be set at this time? Isn't this just right at someone's gunpoint?"

In a studio in a large studio, Lei Jiayin drank a sports drink and asked while standing beside Chen Jingxing.

This is not the set of "Once Upon a Time on Earth", but the set of "Special Mobile Team".

"Once Upon a Time on Earth" first filmed scenes on a large ship, using the cruise ship built with huge sums of money in "Spike III", and after half a month of renovation, it became the scene of "Judgment Day" in "Once Upon a Time on Earth".

"Judgment Day" was filmed in the No. [-] studio of the DreamWorks Modu film and television production base, and "Special Mobile Team" was also filmed in the No. [-] studio.

"Special Mobile Team" will move to Hong Kong Island after filming the in-studio scenes to shoot exterior scenes.

After all, the cyberpunk city in "Special Mobile Team" has no second city other than Hong Kong Island that is more suitable for the background.

Since they were not far away, he took the time to visit work.

Chen Jingxing shook his head: "There is no doubt that the movie is bad, but when will it be fixed? After all, it is the summer vacation, and the market is here."

Yan Xiaoyue was moving her body in tights, and she was curious: "Have you watched this movie? I heard that Jianghe is quite serious about it. So far, few materials have been released."

Lei Jiayin said with certainty half-jokingly: "I must have asked Luo Chen, but if others asked him, he would definitely not tell. Master Chen was so easy to catch, maybe "Death on Mars" was the result of his leaking information."

Before the Spring Festival, Chen Jingxing asked Lei Jiayin about "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" in the interval of a program promoting "Interstellar Crossing".

Chen Jingxing hastily denied it: ""Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" is "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain". After all, it is Director Ren's work. I dare not take it lightly. The movie "The King of Sky" still requires me to drop my face to spy on it. ?”

Ren Jianxiang, the director of "Beacon Fire and Cloud Mountain", is a veteran of China Film and a senior in the film industry. He has produced and directed many films, including blockbusters.

"Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" had never appeared in the previous world, and it was impossible for Chen Jingxing to say that he was not afraid, so he lowered his posture to spy on Lei Jiayin.

But "King of the Sky" is far from having such weight in his heart.

The director of "Special Mobile Team" Ning Weiqiang walked over just after finishing the matter at hand, and echoed after hearing the words: "The investment in this movie is too small, the production team is not good, and I don't think it can be a good movie. "

Chen Jingxing nodded and added: "The company also considered the air combat movie project a few years ago. At that time, the Air Force Bureau approached it, and Han Han also approached it. Although I didn't agree, it was evaluated at the time, and the shooting was very difficult. The production cost of an above-standard air combat film needs to be at least 3.5 million, which is the most basic.

"The King of the Sky" claims to be 2.5 million yuan, but in fact it is less than 2 million yuan, and it can almost reach this figure including the publicity budget. The investment in industrial films does not mean that there will be gains, and there will be no gains if there is no investment. "

The original project of "King of the Sky" was actually Han Han's "Made in the Sky".

In 16, Han Han even approached DreamWorks.

At that time, Han Han was rising rapidly with "The Future Will Never Come" and "Riding the Wind and Waves". Although he was not as good as Chen Jingxing, he was not weaker than Chen Sicheng.

At that time, not only did the project "Triple Door" be set up with pride and ambition, but also follow suit to shoot a sci-fi aviation movie called "Made in the Sky", and even found National Film, which also intends to invest 3-4 million to support it.

After all, quasi-industrial films such as "The Mekong River" and "Source Code" had already been released at that time, and the response was very good.

Chen Jingxing's "Gravity" even appeared in the summer file, which caused a sensation at home and abroad.

As a result, Guoying did not pay for it, and Han Han found DreamWorks again. At that time, Chen Jingxing was in retreat in Xijiang to film "The Martian", and a producer from DreamWorks received Han Han.

After listening to the conveyance, Chen Jingxing lost interest and directly refused.

Of course, there is no script for "Made in the Sky", but Han Han talked about the general setting, which has a sense of "Top Secret Flight". The protagonist is some kind of more advanced aerospace fighter in the future.

It's just a pity that although Han Han is quite talented in the three axes of small-town youth, brothers and racing cars, he is really not good at science fiction themes, and has no talent for such science fiction background settings and story structures.

Just like the sci-fi love story in the fantasy world of "Magic City Fortress" in the previous life, for them, sci-fi is a simple sci-fi background with no beginning and no end, which is almost as complicated as a random fairy tale setting written by Zheng Yuanjie. The story I want to tell.

Anyway, a fairy vine appeared out of nowhere, or an aerospace plane that could fly in the upper atmosphere and still enjoy playing dog fights appeared. It’s not impossible to have these settings, but if the world view can’t keep up, it will appear too suspended.

Unexpectedly, this time as a gift, Han Han's "Made in the Sky" was re-approved and filmed as "The King of the Sky", and of course the sci-fi elements were also cancelled.

Lei Jiayin felt a little regretful: "I was actually quite looking forward to seeing the J20 on the big screen. I heard it will be a real air battle."

"If he doesn't promote the J20, people can still look forward to it." Chen Jingxing replied: "The fifth-generation aircraft are all fighting beyond visual range. First of all, air combat movies that fight beyond visual range do not conform to the logic of commercial movies. Of course, arrange the fifth-generation aircraft to fight It's not impossible, but..."

Even Tom Cruise's "Top Gun II" avoided the fifth-generation machine.

It’s just that in the end I couldn’t help but come to the climax of a dogfight where an F14 fought and wiped out two su57s...

Hmm...Chen Jingxing felt that in the future, "Spike IV" might have a plot where Wu Jing drives the J8 and fights the F22.

In short, the beyond-visual-range combat mode of the fifth-generation aircraft is destined to be unsuitable for the appetite of air combat films. If you have to drive a fifth-generation aircraft to fight dogfights, the rationality of the plot arrangement is very high.

Therefore, the J20 in "King of the Sky" is destined to be a gimmick. Of course, even a few test flight shots are still attractive.

"And the technical difficulty of aerial combat shooting is too high, we are all terrified. If we don't invite people from Hollywood, I'm afraid it will take a long time to explore mature shooting skills and methods. How long has this movie been filmed? It's less than three months after all the efforts. .

And in fact, the main air combat shots are all shot on green screen, not real shots. According to this budget, the final shot will probably not be much more realistic than "Flying Eagle Attack". "

Although the special effects work of "King of the Sky" is not in charge of DreamWorks, it is also a special effects studio that has undertaken some outsourcing work from DreamWorks. The special effects industry is so big, and everyone knows each other's projects.

"Of course, these are minor details. The most fundamental thing is the script. It is basically impossible for the screenwriter and production team of "King of the Sky" to make a good movie."

This is Chen Jingxing's most certain basis.

Even for a film like "Apocalypse of the Eight Hundred", those who participated in the script creation are all screenwriters with excellent works in the industry.

The circle of screenwriters is really small. Just look at the past works of the screenwriters of "The King of the Sky" and you can't expect anything from them.

Ning Weiqiang felt quite the same: "It's true that the circle of screenwriters is not large, and there are not many screenwriters who are capable of undertaking industrial films. This is a key shortcoming of our country's industrial films."

Before he signed a contract with DreamWorks, he also stayed in Tianrun Pictures for 20 years. Although his status is not low after he came out, he has not produced any outstanding works.

When I arrived at DreamWorks, I started to be in charge of the "Person of Interest" series, and now I have directed a sci-fi blockbuster. Only then did I realize the glory of a famous director.

The core reason is the script writing level of DreamWorks.

In the field of commercial films, there are still many non-creative directors. It does not mean that they are not good, but that they lack good scripts.

The same is true for him and Tian Xinye. Ordinary audiences often focus on star actors, but in fact it is the screenwriter and director that determine the standard of a work.

(End of this chapter)