It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 366 Invitation from Venice? New movie project! Give Hollywood some dystopian shock!

The time soon came to mid-March.

"Hello! Mr. Tree! "The box office of "The Movie" exceeded RMB 6000 million, and Ren Zhonglun beamed with joy, promising that the total box office could be pushed to more than RMB million.

However, the release of "Slumdog Millionaire" instantly calmed down the passion in his heart.

Riding on the popularity of the Oscars, the film directly scored 2075 million in the first-day box office once it was released, crushing "Fast Delivery 3" and "Action Target" at the same time.

The response to Cruise's movie was not very good, and it was far behind the "Mission: Impossible" series and "War of the Worlds"!

On the contrary, his ex-wife Nicole Kidman has developed quite well in recent years. Last month, it was officially announced that she will star in the romantic movie "Australia" directed by Baz Luhrmann with the famous Australian actor Hugh Jackman. .

Of course, this has nothing to do with Chen Fei. He only needs to know that the box office data of "Slumdog Millionaire" is very good.

And this also adds a bright color to the listing of Walton Pictures!

Natasha moved very quickly, and with the various operations of the professional team behind the scenes, the news that Volton Pictures was about to go public was announced in conjunction with the popularity of Chen Fei winning the Oscar.

For a time, the stock investors here in the United States seemed to be on fire and couldn't wait to wave their banknotes to enter the market.

As long as you are not blind, you can see that Volton Pictures' current development posture is one of the best in the entire Hollywood. The various films and TV dramas it has invested in and produced have never failed, and the rate of return is so beautiful that it is extremely amazing. !

Looking at the names of the Hollywood blockbusters on the list, Chen Fei's mouth gradually curved in a slight arc.

If two movies compete, it will only lead to lose-lose results.

However, there are still quite a lot of Hollywood blockbusters at the same time as "The Twilight Saga 3", and the competition will be very fierce by then!

""Angels and Demons", "X-Men: Wolverine", "Star Trek", "Night at the Museum 2", "Up", "Terminator 2018"..."

News soon spread at home and abroad, triggering a lot of speculation.

The reaction of people in the circle was extremely fast, and they instantly understood the purpose of the two meeting!

"Li Yin is planning to invite that kid to attend the Venice Film Festival?"

The meeting between the two was not secretive, so it was naturally photographed by reporters.

"Director Li, long time no see."

He has already won the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or, and not long ago he won the Oscar for Best Director, so his desire for the Golden Lion is not high.

The chairman of the jury is a Chinese director, which naturally has many advantages for Chinese-language films to participate in the Venice Film Festival.

Li Bian's sudden call caused a slight disturbance in Chen Fei's work plan.

"Fei, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director. You are 25 years old! You are so outstanding."

Chen Fei originally wanted to release the movie during the summer vacation in June, but DreamWorks informed him that "Transformers 2" is scheduled for June 6th.

It's a pity that Chen Fei currently has no intention of continuing to make literary films.

After chatting for a while, Li Yin revealed his purpose, "Does Director Chen have any movie plans next? Are you interested in making another literary film?"

If the relationship between the two companies is still rivals, then Chen Fei will naturally not give in. With the popularity of the "Twilight" series among the fan base, it will definitely not be too far behind "Transformers 2".

"Let's go there next time when we have a chance. Walton Pictures is preparing to go public and needs a few high-grossing commercial films to increase its market value."

"Are you in Los Angeles?"

Compared to Chen Fei, he felt quite depressed about being slapped on the beach by the wave in front of him.

After the two sat down, the waiter immediately brought coffee and desserts. Although he really wanted two autographs, due to the influence of the store rules, he stepped aside knowingly.

After discussing with the theaters, Chen Fei decided to move "The Twilight Saga 3" back one month to May 5th.

But now that DreamWorks has joined Volton Pictures' business map, it naturally can't do this.

Lao Li looked full of emotion both inside and outside his words. There was nothing he could do about it. After all, he was already 52 years old when he won the Oscar for Best Director.

In this way, the two films naturally have to compete on the same stage.

Li pressed down and didn't say anything more. Chen Fei's reasons were impeccable and he had no reason to persuade.

The two chatted on the phone for a while, and Li Bian suddenly invited them to meet.

"Yes, come out and sit down if you have time?"

In the afternoon, Chen Fei was invited to a cafe and met Li Jian, who had arrived early.

"Oh, that's a shame."

Chen Fei didn't refuse, but he was quite curious. What did Mr. Li want from him?

After ending the call, he started busy with the work in front of him.

"Is Director Li also responsible for collecting films for the Venice Film Festival?"

"Director Chen, haha, long time no see."

"Okay, let's make an appointment in the afternoon."

Li didn't feel embarrassed at all and said with a smile: "I have already contacted Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Wang Quanan, Gu Changwei and others. Unfortunately, they have no idea of ​​participating in the Venice Film Festival. No, they can only come here." You’re trying your luck here.”

The two parted ways soon. Chen Fei returned to the company, but Li Bian was planning to contact other Hollywood directors and find more films to participate in the Venice selection.

"Everyone, are you ready for the strong suppression from "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"?"

"The Twilight Saga 3" has been successfully rated, completed final debugging before release, and has started part of its publicity work.

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Once such a company is listed, its market value will definitely show explosive growth!

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After hearing this, Chen Fei understood instantly.

"Haha, it's quite a fluke. You didn't participate in this Oscar, so I feel a lot more confident." Chen Fei complimented him casually.

This time period also belongs to the summer vacation period, so the number of moviegoers will not be much worse than in June, and the impact on the box office will not be too great.

Brother Chen Kai, who has finished his guest appearance in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", looked at the news online and quickly began to make speculations in his mind.

Li Jian also called him before, but he still rejected him and sent "Mei Lanfang" to Berlin. Unfortunately, nothing was obtained in the end.

However, he was not discouraged. After finishing his guest appearance in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", he once again set his sights on new movie projects.

After experiencing two failures, Chen Kaige believes that he has accumulated enough experience, so this time he is ready to continue challenging commercial films!

For the sake of box office and reputation, combined with the excellent results of the previous film "Mulan" directed by Chen Fei, he decided to make an adaptation of a classic Chinese story this time.

"The Orphan of Zhao"!

Of course he would not admit that the inspiration for this movie was "Mulan". His banner was that he felt sorry for the gradual loss of traditional Chinese culture and wanted to use this movie to uphold the uniqueness of Chinese culture and continue to understand and introduce it. Chinese culture, let Chinese culture help the Chinese people regain their former national self-confidence!

The story of "The Orphan of Zhao" is very familiar to many people in China and even other countries around the world, and the story itself has strong dramatic conflicts. Even if it is copied completely, it is a good story.

But Brother Chen Kai believes that the ancient drama that Cheng Ying sacrificed his child righteously violates both common sense and human nature, and is not very credible.

Therefore, he believes that Cheng Ying must first look like a real person, and then he can become a hero.

Therefore, he decided to redo the script. In addition to the basic structure, he wanted to make a relatively large adaptation of the story, transforming a tall hero who sacrificed himself for others into a story of a grassroots civilian, and bringing this matter back to common sense. .

At the end, he decided not to make any changes, but he needed to increase the emotional tension of the story and tap into the power of human nature...

The only regret he had was that Han Sanping was not very optimistic about his new film because his films had failed one after another, and he had to look for a new producer.

But these are not problems. With his reputation as Brother Chen Kai and his excellent historical results of winning the Palme d'Or, there is no problem in finding investors.

What he needs to avoid now is to prevent the media from saying that he borrowed too much from "Mulan". After all, there is currently a negative teaching material in front of him. The movie "Mulan" starring Zhao Yanzi has been ridiculed by a lot of people recently. The released promotional video is so different from "Mulan" starring Liu Yifei that it is almost visibly shoddy.

For such a movie, how can moviegoers who have already experienced "luxury" accept "barrenness"?

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Many domestic film and television company bosses and famous producers called Chen Fei and asked him if he was ready to continue shooting literary films?

Especially China Film and Shanghai Film, both of which have received bonuses. Two Golden Bear Awards at the Berlin Film Festival have made them a lot of money as producers!

"Mr. Han, I don't plan to make literary films in the near future. I may devote more energy to the field of Hollywood commercial films."

"Mr. Ren, don't worry, if there are new movie plans, I will definitely not forget you."

"Haha, Mr. Yang, don't take too big a step. Xiangjiang is not as good as the Mainland. Let's focus on finishing the "Anti-Drug" and "Overheard 3" series first. As for "Ip Man 3"? Don't worry about this, we can do it. Wait for "The Grandmaster" directed by Wong Jiawei. Didn't he say on the Internet that only he can make the real Ip Man? Then let's give it a try."

"Mr. Lu? What are you talking about? Do you want to invest in "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Heart Blossoms"? Let me think about it, maybe we can try to cooperate with "A Chinese Ghost Story" first, and forget about the later ones. The script has just been After passing the review, we don’t know when filming will start.”

Several movies in Hong Kong have been successfully scheduled. "Anti-Drug" will premiere at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival on October 10, and the official release date is set on December 25.

而《窃听风云3》则定档在5月29日于内地上映，6月5号在香江和台省进行正式公映。

"Guild Wars" co-produced with Media Asia is scheduled to be released on August 8, while "Cold War" co-produced with Golden Harvest is scheduled to be released on November 15.

Overall, these movies have successfully staggered their schedules and avoided cannibalism.

On the contrary, Chen Long made a lot of mistakes. Originally, "Twelve Zodiac Signs" was scheduled for the summer vacation, but he felt that this time period was not good, so he actually moved it to the end of the year and wanted to compete. Lunar New Year stalls.

Chen Fei had no choice but to let him do what he wanted.

At this time, more than a month has passed since the Oscars!

The Hollywood movie market in April was kicked off by "Fast and Furious 4", which grossed US$4 million at the box office in the first three days of its first weekend. James Wan's filmmaking capabilities have been verified.

There are many more positive reviews for this movie online than "Fast and Furious 3".

Fast 4 brings this series back to the plot of the first film. The story of Dominic and Brian successfully presents the balance of emotion and action that the audience wants, and it adds more international elements, and the warm scenes in the film It also sublimates the theme of the movie.

However, negative reviews also exist.

IMDB super critic Michael said that this is the most forgettable film in the Fast and Furious series. The film itself is not bad, the scene of racing in the tunnel is also cool, Dom's journey of revenge is full of power, and It's also interesting how the rivalry between Brian evolves into a bromance.

The only regret is that the storyline is a bit dull and has no memorable points. It is not worth watching it a second time for any reason.

The New York Times even said that the performances except for the racing scenes looked very boring. The 106 minutes of watching this movie made people feel that at least four hours had passed!

Some media even ridiculed the film as stupid, noisy, and even had a questionable attitude towards road safety. The criteria for recruiting supporting actors in it seemed to be based on their tattoos rather than their acting ability!

The appearance of Chen Fei can be regarded as one of the highlights. Many fans said that his driving skills should be the best among all the actors in the Fast and Furious series.

After all, his status as the global spokesperson for Red Bull Extreme Sports is really amazing.

When Chen Fei saw Wen Ziren in the company, he saw a smile on his face, and his mood was not affected at all by the many negative reviews online.

There is no way, the movie's box office results are so impressive, higher than the growth trend of the previous three movies, which clearly means that the movie has been a huge success!

"I have signed a filming contract for "Fast and Furious 5" with Universal Pictures and obtained the final editing rights."

"Congratulations to you!" Chen Fei sincerely wished him well and inquired about the specific information, "When will the next film be launched?"

"They said it will start production next year."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up, "So do you have any movie shooting plans in the near future?"

"Not currently." Wen Ziren shook his head, and a trace of doubt suddenly appeared on his face, "Does Volton Pictures have a script suitable for me?"

"Haha, there really is one!"

Chen Fei nodded, opened the drawer, and took out a script, "This is a new movie project that I will start next, but because it is difficult to shoot, I need an assistant director who can assist me."

Wen Ziren looked over with curiosity, wanting to know what kind of story this was.

Chen Fei pushed the script in front of him and motioned for him to open it and take a look.

"The Hunger Games." He whispered to himself, with a look of interest in his eyes.

The script is adapted from the best-selling novel "The Hunger Games" by American writer Susan Collins.

The first book in the series, "The Hunger Games," was published by Scholastic in October 2008, while the subsequent second and third books are currently being written and have not yet been released.

While the system rewarded him with the script, it had also helped him buy the film and television adaptation rights, so Chen Fei could film the first part of this series first.

The story tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, a girl from the twelfth district of Panem, who took the place of her younger sister in the large-scale cruel competitive competition "The Hunger Games" and experienced a series of considerations of life and death, emotion and sin, and finally became the winner.

The content of the script not only depicts Katniss's personal growth process, but also displays content such as mass media and visual culture. It also reflects on gender issues, ZZ corruption, media carnival and other issues that exist in contemporary society.

The more Wen Ziren watched, the more surprised he became. The script adapted by Chen Fei even made a concrete picture appear in his mind!

The depressed and dilapidated District 12, the new and orderly capital city with dazzling colors, the high-tech display screen suspended in the air, the arena that seems calm but contains cruel rules...

All this made him excited!

The script in my hand seems to be no longer a simple text, but a magnificent dystopian world!

The word "dystopia" is a genre in modern Western novels. By reflecting on the lifestyle, technological development and other aspects of modern Western society, it reflects some disasters that may occur in the future society. It is an ideal vision of traditional utopia. Social negation.

European writer Thomas More proposed the word "Utopia" in 1516, which refers to an unattainable ideal society, a non-existent place where beautiful ideals are entrusted.

Dystopia not only refers to the opposite of utopia. On the one hand, it refers to the virtual world that is opposite to the utopian world, which is called dystopia or dystopia. The other meaning is dystopian thinking, which is to portray the opposite of utopia. The opposite of a utopian world.

In short, dystopia refers to a world full of "malignancy"!

Dystopian movies generally set the time background in a future society where technology is highly developed, but in contrast to the material world, people's spiritual world is very empty and barren.

And "The Hunger Games" is a typical dystopian movie!

Seeing Wen Ziren closing the script, Chen Fei said in a very seductive tone: "I need you to help me show the "evil", "darkness", "cruelty" and "fear" in the film. , "killings", and countless... "nightmares"!"

What James Wan is best at is horror thrillers. In this regard, he is the most professional in Hollywood. His masterpieces such as "Saw" and "Insidious" have even awakened countless movie fans from nightmares in the middle of the night!

With his help, Chen Fei believes that he will be able to create an even more brilliant box office performance for the first part of "The Hunger Games"!

"Fei, how much money are you planning to invest?" Wen Ziren looked at him curiously.

If you want to create a dystopian world, you must put a lot of effort into visual effects. This thing must cost a lot of money to achieve the desired effect.

“Starting at US$100 million, there is no upper limit.”

"hiss!"

Wen Ziren took a breath and his eyes flashed.

In other words, Chen Fei's screenwriting skills are good enough. If this were the work of another director or screenwriter, who would dare to invest a hundred million dollars in it?

In Hollywood, as long as the investment exceeds 100 million US dollars, a film can be called a Class A production.

If you think about it carefully, the A-class blockbusters that Chen Fei has in his hands are so luxurious and diverse!

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" series, "Iron Man" series, "Kung Fu Panda" series, "Inception"...

After being stunned for a while, Wen Ziren stood up suddenly with an excited expression on his face, "I am willing to be the assistant director!"

This kind of opportunity to direct an A-level blockbuster is extremely rare even in Hollywood. Even if you are just an assistant director, you will learn a lot of experience.

As a director, who doesn’t have the dream of making a commercial blockbuster?

Being an assistant director now can be considered as gaining experience for future blockbusters!

"Okay, since you agree, then I will arrange for the publicity department to announce it to the outside world."

Chen Fei also stood up, stretched out his right hand, and shook his hand tightly.

It’s time to light the second firewood before Walton Pictures goes public!

(End of this chapter)