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Chapter 235 Creating a Zombie IP

Zombie movies in this plane also have a long history. This theme was born in the 1960s. It originated from the voodoo legend in Africa, but it has always been a very niche genre. It is similar to the development history of Chen Jingxing's previous plane.

However, the 1990s here did not produce the phenomenon-level game work "Resident Evil", and naturally there was no "Resident Evil" movie, which directly broke the zombie theme and created a classic world view and setting.

Of course, this does not mean that there are no successful zombie films in this dimension. There are many of them and they are also one of the common themes of horror and thriller films. However, most of these zombie films are small and medium-budget horror films with different world views.

, some are cursed, some are voodoo, and some are zombies in the grave. Of course, there are also settings of viruses, bacteria, or weird diseases.

But there is no complete world view that is known to the whole world. Even how to get infected has different settings in different movies. Some zombie movies have no setting of infection at all. It is the spread of viruses, bacteria or some kind of curse.

, those who have antibodies are normal people, those who can't bear it are zombies, and then it's normal people fighting zombies.

Most of the ones with infection settings are diverse, and different movies have different settings. In short, the zombie theme in this dimension is a niche horror theme category that flourishes in Hollywood. There are many movies of various types, and the box office is good.

It’s bad, but there is no classic worldview work that classicizes the zombie theme and can be accepted by the public.

Of course, Chen Jingxing has no ambition to make a movie like "Resident Evil" that uses niche themes to achieve mass communication and establish a classic world view system.

First of all, the market for zombie works is not wide, not to mention that in China, such themes are not available in theaters. Even around the world, it is a miracle that a zombie movie can exceed 100 million U.S. dollars at the box office.

Secondly, the box office of "Resident Evil" in the previous life was not very high. The first three films together only made more than 200 million US dollars. This is still due to the "Resident Evil" game. When "Resident Evil" will be a complete world view

After zombie movies began to be brought into the mainstream market, the ceiling of zombie-themed movies was significantly improved.

The zombie theme, a subculture within the horror subculture, can be cultivated into a classic theme that has almost transcended niche boundaries with a box office ceiling of hundreds of millions of dollars. The games and movies of "Resident Evil" really deserve the most credit, and the T-Virus is the protective umbrella.

, Lickers, Raging Zombies and other complete settings and fashionable world views have given the zombie theme real commercial value that can attract a mass audience, allowing novels, comics and other literary and artistic works on this theme to flourish everywhere.

However, this process is long and full of uncertainties, and the returns are not high. Chen Jingxing does not intend to directly make a hit movie to harvest the box office. To be honest, there is no box office to harvest.

In other words, Chen Jingxing regards the zombie TV series as a local version of the "Resident Evil" game. He uses the TV series to bring out a complete and attractive world view. He will see if he can gain enough audiences and then develop games, movies, animations and other commercial forms.

It's basically a group drama, and everyone's experience is the "protagonist", but the real male protagonist has more roles, a bigger mystery, and a stronger ability.

The main story line of the first season of this drama is that a young man wakes up from a hospital ward and realizes that the world is empty. Later, he discovers that he has also lost his memory and cannot remember anything before he lost consciousness. He does not have a mobile phone with him.

There is nothing to prove who you are and your ID card.

At the same time, the experiences of the protagonist's companions will also appear in the first season. Some were on the train when the zombie virus broke out, some were in the city, etc. Basically, Chen Jingxing's previous life "Resident Evil", "Train to Busan", "Zombie"

"War of the Worlds", "The Walking Dead" and other classic works are merged into one story.

Therefore, in Chen Jingxing's planning, "The Walking Dead" must try to lay out a rigorous, complete and grand world view, and make it an acceptable and mainstream doomsday theme - most zombie movies in this dimension of Hollywood are

This theme is rarely raised to the level of doomsday. Of course, this is generally because the low and medium production costs cannot support such a magnificent world view.

At the same time, there is no film company that is willing to use screenwriting resources to create a grand world view on this niche subject - in the future, when audiences think of the end of the world, it will not be nuclear war or nuclear winter, but the end of the T virus.

In the third and fourth seasons, the male protagonist resists the mastermind behind the scenes and finds a way to resist infection and even eliminate zombies and other monsters.

In the second season, the protagonist team went through difficulties and sacrifices to find a secret base, which was actually the experimental base of the mastermind behind the scenes. It turned out that the T virus that infected humans into zombies was the T-virus researched by the company, and in addition to normal zombies, there were also zombies with faster movement speeds.

Fast advanced version, and many monsters created by the T virus.

In short, it is a zombie-themed TV series with a grand worldview that combines various fashionable elements such as road adventure, horror suspense, special powers, powerful monsters, and human struggles. The initial script plan is the framework of the four seasons. If it can be recognized by the market and widely disseminated

If so, the entire worldview can be completed or even extended through art forms such as movies, games, and animations.

The story of this entire season is a road zombie drama in which this young man seeks refuge, meets like-minded friends or enemies, battles wits and courage with zombies, and regains his memory.

The male protagonist will also discover his true identity in this season and retrieve all his memories. He himself is a successful test subject of the T virus human experiment, so he has strength and speed beyond normal people.

But TV dramas are still promising. Zombies are rampant in local online dramas and online ghost movies. At least for now, there is no problem with online dramas involving zombie themes, and it is much easier to spread the zombie-themed subculture through TV dramas than in movies.

If the TV series can generate popularity at home and abroad, then it will not be without commercial value to make a movie spin-off based on the TV world view.

At present, the script of the first season has almost been released. According to the TV drama division's estimate, the number of episodes will be about 15. The production budget will probably exceed 150 million, with an average episode of 10 million, which is higher than "Black Mirror" and "Person of Interest".

Be high.

There were quite a lot of objections at the meeting. After all, no company in China has tried this zombie theme before. Even video websites and web dramas have never done it before. It is also an extremely niche theme in Hollywood.

However, Chen Jingxing still agreed to the project against all odds. If the response after the first season is not good, DreamWorks can still afford a loss of 150 million, but if it creates a game that can be accepted by the public and popular at home and abroad

IP, then all this is worth it.

A world view that can be accepted by the public is a golden hen, which can continuously bring profits and can be played in too many ways.

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