China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 337 "The Ninth District"

"Okay, you can do it, you must pay attention to safety! You must contact the embassy when you transfer the shooting location!"

After Chen Jingxing instructed him, he hung up the video call, sat back on the sofa, and watched a certain ancient puppet drama next to Tang Xin.

"Oh..." Tang Xin was stuck in the sofa and looked for the one, next to Chen Jingxing on his left, rubbed Corgi's dog head with his right hand, and sighed for a while.

Chen Jingxing was a little nervous: "What's wrong? I feel uncomfortable?"

Tang Xin was diagnosed with pregnancy not long ago, but Tang Xin himself was as always. Chen Jingxing seemed a little surprised when he should work and live.

"It's all your fault."

Chen Jingxing looked question marks. He knew that girls might be emotionally unstable due to stress or hormones after pregnancy, but this is too boring.

"I can't even watch TV series now. You really reduce my tolerance for idiot plots." Tang Xin was so angry that she looked at the plot on TV.

She has always been not picky about film and television dramas. Since she was with Chen Jingxing, she has almost never lost any of the works of DreamWorks. Because of her position in recent years, she has become increasingly high and her work has become busier. She rarely takes time to watch idol dramas, especially ancient idol dramas.

That is "The Ninth District". This project is actually a co-production film he intends to promote before "Gravity" was released, when DreamWorks and Universal signed a joint production agreement.

"Everything is ready, but the east wind is gone. No need to do anything more, let it go." Chen Jingxing said lightly, but his tone still showed some pride.

In this way, if "Gravity" is not a complete domestic film, it will not be able to get a box office of nearly 3.4 billion in China.

There is also the "The Walking Dead" filmed by Tian Xinye. Although this is a TV series, the difficulty of shooting is not inferior to that of an industrial film. So far, it has only completed three-quarters of the progress. It is estimated that it will not be completed until at least November.

For example, in the previous life plane, can "The Wandering Earth" filming foreign faces in Hollywood get nearly 5 billion yuan in box office in China? Of course it is impossible.

"If you don't watch it, why do I remember you said before that the plot of "Heart of Steel" is brainless and mentally retarded? You also said that the female Iron Man has been replaced in the second season, and she is not as good as the first season?"

The disputes between robots and humans are put aside first. The Intelligent Mechanical Crisis is a very classic and ancient theme, and it is an "old" creativity that can be compared with the universe's great navigation. However, even in Europe and the United States, where these two science fiction ideas originated, there are not many classic film and television works about robots.

However, if "The Ninth District" is directly placed in the background of China, it will definitely not be able to pass the review, so the background can only be selected abroad, either in the original South Africa or in Southeast Asia.

Because she was pregnant, although she was still working, she also received some care. After all, she is a veteran of the company who holds equity. Her work has also been adjusted accordingly, and her workload has been reduced a little, and she rarely lives a nine-to-five life.

Even if national emotions and patriotism are abandoned, the English and Chinese subtitles alone block most potential audiences.

Although DreamWorks has been producing film and television dramas, the production speed is too slow. There are only one or two dramas a year, each drama has as many as twenty episodes as few as five or six episodes, which is not enough to be stuck between the teeth. The number of episodes and durations of all the dramas played by DreamWorks so far is not enough for any TV series now.

In addition, "Operation Red Sea" is also preparing and casting, which is mainly Guo Fan in charge. At the same time, he is also creating the script of "The Wandering Earth" with a screenwriter team at DreamWorks.

The current publicity of "Matrix" can be called "self-promotion". There is no need for DreamWorks to promote it. The discussion on topics caused by the two animations has not only not dissipated, but has become increasingly fierce.

Tang Xin was not interested in the country on the other side of the ocean, whether it was super British movies or super British TV series. She had no love scenes, and even if there were, she would go to bed and fuck her. The relationship progressed rapidly and could still be arranged and exchanged. This is why she had not been able to get most European and American TV series, and the process of slowly determining the relationship in the Eastern style - in fact, this is the main course in her eyes. Europeans and Americans are really simple and crude in this piece, and the mountain pigs cannot eat fine bran.

In the end, it can only be attributed to the film and television dramas that her husband filmed changed her viewing standards and put her in a dilemma of having no dramas to watch.

"Are you so idle every day? Isn't "Matrix" about to be released?" After the two of them gritted their teeth and endured the bloody and brainless plot for a while, Tang Xin forced himself to suppress the desire to complain in his heart, diverted the topic and cared about Chen Jingxing's work.

For Chen Jingxing himself, "Martian Rescue" will be able to start filming immediately after "Matrix" premieres, and he is also thinking about another script in his spare time.

As time goes by, I want to find some dramas to pass the time. I don’t know if the current level of ancient opera dramas has dropped or her threshold has increased. I can’t stop complaining while watching it, and I can’t get into the drama at all.

In the previous life plane, this work failed to get much box office in the Chinese market, where the capacity has not yet increased explosively. Now, DreamWorks' "Ninth District" will definitely have many Chinese actors participating in it. Movies with the same theme and quality, the box office potential of domestic movies is higher than that of foreign movies, which is proven by countless precedents.

So this group of aliens are actually "alien refugees".

Chen Jingxing, a science fiction master who has created many high-quality science fiction, actually wanted to film the Chinese robots and even the Intelligent Machinery Crisis movie. And judging from the trilogy claimed by DreamWorks, it is basically an epic masterpiece, at least working hard in this direction.

This is also a very classic science fiction work. Of course, because of the depressing attributes of the work itself, this magical film may not be able to achieve high box office results, but DreamWorks does not lack high box office movies. Chen Jingxing always believes that DreamWorks' brand is its greatest wealth. Shooting high-quality science fiction works itself is to enhance its brand image, and it cannot be lost.

It seems that no matter whether it is a man or a woman, some plot flaws can be ignored for some things.

After meeting with important heads of state in the world, they unanimously decided to set up a special area where alien spacecraft landed, becoming a temporary shelter for "alien refugees" and centrally manage these "alien species" in the eyes of humans.

With the domestic market bonus, the box office of "The Ninth District" will only be much higher than in the previous life, and it will be much higher.

Not only is the infectiousness that comes with the animation itself, it is called the masterpiece of depression. The content and worldview revealed in the two trailers also make the audience's expectations for "Matrix" stronger and stronger.

Most Chinese people actually do not watch American, Korean, Japanese dramas online, or even foreign movies in cinemas. The voice of these people on the Internet is invisible and neglected.

"Ahem, when did I say that the second season of Iron Man is not as good as the first season? Don't distort my original intention? I said that it is not as good as the first season." Chen Jingxing quickly made a clarification.

Therefore, Chen Jingxing was quite a bit more leisurely during this period. His daily fixed job was to track down the filming of "Wolf Tooth II" that had already started in Africa. After all, hundreds of people were in a foreign country thousands of miles away. Dreamworks could not afford any risks. He had to have video calls with Wu Jing and the producer every day to confirm the crew's food, clothing, housing and transportation and the next stage of shooting location arrangements.

He naturally knew that the TV series "Heart of Steel" also had various shortcomings, but which man could reject the mecha? Or the mecha worn on female superheroes? This generation of female Iron Man's suit is quite designed, and the place where it should be raised is raised...

The story background of "The Ninth Zone" is that alien creatures finally have their first close contact with the earth. Humans are waiting for possible invasion and attacks by "alien higher civilizations" in panic, but find that these alien creatures have become the last group of survivors because of the destruction of war on their planet. They came to the earth not to invade, but to seek asylum.

Not to mention the elements of kung fu, the intelligence crisis plus kung fu is unthinkable. The curiosity arising from unimaginable and the mysterious style promotion of "Matrix" will only arouse greater expectations.

Chen Jingxing couldn't help laughing and took the opportunity to suggest: "Isn't this a good thing? Why don't we watch "Heart of Steel" or "X-Men 97"?" As a straight man, he has always lacked interest in ancient puppet dramas, but he rarely has time to get together to watch TV with his wife, so he can only hold on with his nose, but since Tang Xin has this statement, it's just his wish.

This is an extremely alternative alien story, which is quite innovative in terms of setting. Whether in terms of the "refugee attributes" of alien civilizations or their uglyness, they are rare settings before.

Compared with the series of classic IPs that have born "Star Wars" and "Star Trek", movies where robots, especially robots, resist humans, are much more bleak. The main reason is that such stories are not easy to shoot, and the box office potential is not high, which is a thankless genre, and it has even more so after the rise of the trend of comic adaptation movies.

People who are used to watching foreign movies and dramas, and have developed the ability to watch foreign languages ​​+ Chinese subtitles smoothly are actually minorities in absolute terms, and are basically young people.

"The Ninth District" is quite suitable for gorgeous and co-production. After all, the story background is an organization of international cooperation, and some foreign actors and characters do not feel any incongruity.

Of course, this project will definitely be handed over to other directors. His works in the next few years are basically full, and he has no energy to shoot such a movie. Tian Xinye, who is filming "The Walking Dead", is the person he thinks is more suitable.

However, it is not in a hurry at the moment. Global is not as fond of the "Matrix" he proposed to jointly produce, so it is unknown whether it can make up a thousand cinemas in the North American distribution of the first part of "Matrix". Without Global's cooperation, DreamWorks and others want to publish in the North American market. It is unknown whether they can get enough for a thousand cinemas.

Chen Jingxing is not a bad temper, so he naturally does not have a hot face to touch others' cold butts. There are more foreign film and television companies that want to cooperate with DreamWorks, and even DreamWorks own exclusive investment and issuance is not bad. It may have a lot less box office overseas, especially in Europe and the United States, but the Chinese film market has given him enough confidence to face the threats from even Hollywood giants.

(End of this chapter)