my movie years

Chapter 188 Not Just Science Fiction

"Hey, catch that dog and let's take a photo together." Following Zhang Hao's instructions, a dog guarding the security room of the hangar was brought over.

Gouzi opened his big innocent eyes, obviously not understanding what this group of humans wanted to do.

Then the innocent dog was held in Zhang Hao's arms, and the shooting task was completed under a big tree at the entrance of the hangar.

After the photo was taken, Gouzi obviously knew who was the boss in this place, and he kept circling around Zhang Hao and wagging his short tail.

"This dog is smart enough to know who the boss is." Zhang Hao patted the dog's head and smiled.

Da Mi Mi told the field caretaker at the side: "This dog will be on the cover of "Time Magazine" next month, you have to take good care of him."

The venue caretaker touched his big bald head, grinned and said: "Don't worry, there is no shortage of dog food, and our film and television base will rely on it to attract tourists in the future!"

"Let's go in!" After taking the photo, Zhang Hao and Da Mimi, as well as the interviewer from "Times Weekly", and their entourage entered the studio under reconstruction.

“Since shooting the Batman movies in Los Angeles and using a large soundstage, I have become very interested in this kind of studio.”

The two hangars are connected, and the place is so big that everyone has to take a battery car to visit, so that they won't feel very tired.

The China correspondent of "Time" is a Malaysian Chinese named Li Xiuling, who speaks Chinese well.

It was the first time Li Xiuling saw a studio with a wide space, and she couldn't help but sigh: "This wide space is enough to fit a miniature city."

"Indeed, when the film and television city was built here, many people said it was inappropriate. After all, the winter weather in the Northeast is very bad, and it is a dilapidated scene." Zhang Hao said with a smile:

"But I don't think winter will be so bad. The heavy snow in winter gives birth to the hope of spring. What's more, such a large hangar is not something that can be said to exist."

In fact, when the news of the film and television bases being built here and in Qingdao came out, many people in the circle were not optimistic about the film and television city here.

Looking at all the film and television bases in the mainland, except for a few places in the capital that occupy unique advantages, almost all of them are concentrated in the south.

For example, Hengdian, which is known as the Hollywood of the East, Shanghai Chedun Film and Television Base, which can shoot Republic of China dramas, Xinxing Xiangshan Film and Television Base, Guangdong Zhongshan Film and Television Base.

There is also the film and television base of Qin Palace in Duyun, Guizhou, which is the film and television base built by Chen Gezi for "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin".

There are also film and television bases in the Northeast, such as the film and television base for "Crossing the Guandong", which has also filmed movies and TV series such as "The Wind".

Shooting this piece in winter, the Northeast does have a unique geographical and climate advantage.

Of course, some people will say that the shooting conditions in winter are not good, and it is too hard. Then I feel tired even after memorizing the lines, what should I do?
As long as you work hard and work hard, you will never be tired.If you want to relax, go back and lie down on the bed, you don't have to do anything, just wait for death.

So whatever conditions are difficult and the work is tiring should not be an obstacle.

On the contrary, tempering in such an environment can better improve one's quality and ability and become a better filmmaker.

What's more, Fengtian's film and television base will be dominated by these two large hangars, which mainly provide some vast shooting space that other studios cannot provide.

While visiting and interviewing, everyone chatted like this, and came to the No. [-] hangar that has been successfully remodeled.

This place has become a large-scale construction site at this time, "Time" reporter Li Xiuling looked at the spacecraft and even the space station and other models, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Director Zhang, is this your next project? "

"That's right, for the next project, I plan to tell a science fiction story based on reality, a story about space escape." Zhang Hao said.

"Can you tell me what it is?" Li Xiuling asked curiously.

"Well, when the film project is established, we will announce the specific information. Please look forward to it, but I can reveal a leading role, which is her." Zhang Hao pointed backwards, it was the big Mi Mi who smiled sweetly.

Da Mimi stepped forward and replied: "For this drama, I have put in a lot of effort. I have been exercising recently. Zhang Hao also hired two active astronauts for me. I will officially join the crew when the project starts."

"Not only that," Zhang Hao added, "I also deliberately sought connections and hired more than a dozen experts from the space agency as technical consultants. The space station you see now and the 1:1 model of the Shenzhou spacecraft were all built under the guidance of experts from the space agency. .”

As Zhang Hao said, he told Tang Qianqian, "Go and ask Master Zhu to come over."

Tang Xiqian quickly invited Mr. Zhu over. Hearing that it was an exclusive interview with Time Magazine, Mr. Zhu was interested and introduced the model they built this time to Li Xiuling.

"Actually, Director Zhang provided us with draft drawings and internal structural drawings of the models of the entire spacecraft and space station, and then let us deduce the rationality of them." Chief Master Zhu introduced.

In fact, at the beginning, Mr. Zhu was a little disdainful when he heard Zhang Hao himself say that he had drawn the sketches of the Shenzhou spacecraft and the space station.

As a filmmaker, do you know what a spacecraft is and what a space station is?

But after getting the draft drawing, Chief Master Zhu compared the space station project he participated in and found that, except for the differences in details, it was actually similar to the space station currently under development.

In fact, all the space laboratories that have been launched so far are in the experimental stage, and they are not considered space stations at all.

The real space station plan will not start construction until 2020.

To Master Zhu's horror, Zhang Hao's sketch is not much different from the space station under construction.Master Zhu doubted whether there was Ethan Hunt in the space agency.

In fact, because of the particularity of space exploration, the space agency has always adhered to the attitude of development in carrying out space exploration.

Ordinary people can go to the space launch site to watch rockets, or watch space walks, docking and other space exploration activities through live news channels.

So, although Zhang Hao compiled a sketch of the space station, which seemed a bit scary, it didn't make the people above feel the need to investigate.

Even according to the instructions, the space agency wants to cooperate with Zhang Hao to jointly create China's own space science fiction film project.

As soon as there were instructions, the space agency followed suit, and soon the Propaganda Department of the space agency reached a cooperation agreement with Tianmi Film and Television Production Company, and the space agency became one of the producers of Zhang Hao's new film.

This is equivalent to an official endorsement, but what the current project is, Zhang Hao only said that the script is still in the draft stage, and did not disclose other content.

After visiting the model of the space station under construction, Zhang Hao officially accepted the interview on the lawn of the studio.

"Director Zhang Hao, first of all congratulations on the box office hit of your movie "Batman: Begins". What do you think of this achievement?" Li Xiuling asked.

Zhang Hao hugged the dog from the security room again, and accepted the interview while stroking the dog's head: "I just got the news from Warner Pictures that as of yesterday, June 5.53, the global box office of "Batman: Beginning" has reached [-] million.

There is still room for breakthroughs in future films, and the film's box office decline has always maintained a stable rate, which makes me very happy.

I am also satisfied with this result. "

Li Xiuling then asked: "Many North American and European media reported that the box office of the Batman movie was completely supported by the mainland market. What do you think about this?"

"So? Isn't it money?" Zhang Hao asked back, watching the female reporter choke, and then explained: "This change of direction shows one thing, that is, the mainland film market is indeed thriving.

I believe that many Hollywood companies have noticed this situation. As far as I know, Paramount, Disney, and Universal Pictures have formed a joint lobbying group to go to China.

They saw the potential of the mainland market, and this year Warner Pictures' films accounted for most of the import quota, so they were naturally very envious. "

The implication of Zhang Hao's words is that those media are only out of jealousy instinct, so they say that he is completely dependent on the mainland market.

But the really smart people will not talk about it, but take practical actions to increase investment in the mainland film market.

Li Xiuling then chatted with Zhang Hao a lot, including the trip to Hollywood, future plans, whether she will direct Hollywood movies, etc.

"Actually, before you came to interview, Jeff Robinoff, the vice president of Warner Pictures, called me and urged me to start the next Bat movie."

"I heard that the whole series is written by you. Is it a trilogy series?"

"That's right, now Warner Pictures can't wait to see the second Batman movie, but I declined." Zhang Hao said it lightly, as if it was a trivial matter.

"Refused?" Li Xiuling opened her eyes wide, unable to believe it: "Why did you refuse?"

"Actually, it's not a refusal. I just postponed it. I am a Chinese-language film director. This is my foundation. I will definitely return to this land to shoot my favorite Chinese-language film."

"That is to say, you will not develop further in Hollywood in the future?"

"That's right, but Batman fans don't worry, I have a three-part directing contract with Warner Bros. to complete the series.

I promise, this superhero series will be like nothing you've seen before. "Zhang Hao started bragging.

In fact, he didn't brag. Nolan's Batman trilogy in his previous life was indeed at the ceiling level of super-British movies.Of course, the Marvel fans next door may be a little unconvinced, and "Avengers III" and "Avengers IV" are not bad in their opinion.

But only now has a successful movie, Zhang Hao said so, everyone will think he is bragging.

During the interview, Zhang Hao kept mentioning Chinese-language films. I am a director of Chinese-language films, and I kept showing my identity and expressing my position.

"Last question, I see that you have been committed to the development of Chinese sci-fi movies. Do you think China has the soil for sci-fi movies to survive? What changes will you make?"

Zhang Hao thought for a while, and borrowed a line from "The Wandering Earth 2" and replied: "I believe in us, I believe that we will see the blue sky again, and the grass on the ground will stand upright again, and the flowers will hang on the branches again. .”

This rather philosophical statement instantly conquered the Chinese female reporter: "What you said is very philosophical. I guess Westerners will scratch their heads for a long time after reading it."

Zhang Hao laughed: "It's not that I have philosophies, but that the 5000 years of China have endowed me with ideas that are completely different from others.

We will tell good stories and give different science fiction stories. "

"Okay, then we look forward to seeing Chinese science fiction movies in theaters one day in the future. Thank you again for accepting our interview."

"You're welcome, in the future, it's not just limited to Chinese-language movies..." Zhang Hao left a meaningful sentence for the interview.

Although he stated in the interview that he wanted to make a sci-fi film expressing Chinese thoughts, Zhang Hao still borrowed the Hollywood model when it was first launched.

The most important consideration is to have the successful experience of the previous life in it. If it is not necessary, Zhang Hao does not want to make a hasty attempt.

You want Zhang Hao to shoot "The Three-Body Problem" now, and he can also shoot "Full-Screen Segment Blocking Interference". At worst, he will be reborn by aliens again, but the film will definitely hit the street.

Now the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" is firmly in his hands. After training, Zhang Hao believes that one day, Chinese science fiction will be brought to the big screen.

But as Zhang Hao said, movies are not just science fiction.

While imagining the future, we must not forget the past. Zhang Hao himself has also thought about several blockbuster costume movies, following the old path of his predecessors.

If there were not too many people making "Journey to the West" movies, Zhang Hao would also like to direct the "Journey to the West" series himself.

Ninety-nine and eighty-one are difficult, and if it is made into a series of movies, it can be made into seventy or eighty movies, and it can be shot until Zhang Hao dies.

But it's a pity that a well-known big IP means that it is popular, especially a public IP like Journey to the West, which simply means that anyone can shoot it.

No, "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" has already been launched, and it is also starring Guo Tianwang and others.

Not to mention the quality, I can only say that these people are good at destroying classics.

In the previous life, because of too many bad Journey to the West movies, many domestic audiences suffered from monkey phobia, so that this IP was rotten.

(End of this chapter)