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Chapter 448 Mecha fights monsters

"Old Xu, I understand what you mean. In your mind, "Sky Eagle Warrior" is a masterpiece of science fiction, and the philosophical ideas contained in it are indeed the soul of this animation work. But what we are discussing now is not animation, but movies.

Moreover, it is a movie that costs hundreds of millions of dollars. What I want is a science fiction blockbuster, not a science fiction masterpiece. What I want is that even people who have never watched the "Aquila Warrior" animation can be shocked and entertained by the movie.

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Chen Jingxing worked hard to persuade Zhu Mo's general manager Xu Sheng to give the green light to the live-action movie project of "Sky Eagle Warrior".

The first item in this project establishment and content review meeting is to film the animated masterpiece "Aquila Warrior" launched by DreamWorks last year.

"Sky Eagle Warrior" was produced by Mo's computer animation department. Perhaps to expand Mo's voice in the parent company, or perhaps because he cherished this work too much, Xu Sheng requested a live-action film adaptation of "Sky Eagle Warrior"

Project Mo will send people into the production team to check the film project.

Xu Sheng believes that the movie version of "Sky Eagle Warrior" should restore the essence of the animated version as much as possible. After all, this will be the first time that DreamWorks has made a live-action film version of its own animation project.

Xu Sheng regards "Sky Eagle Warrior" as Mo's treasure, and even a representative work to some extent. So far, Douban's score of 9.6 is still the first among all DreamWorks works. "Special Mobile Team" is better than "Sky Eagle Warrior"

》still 0.1 points lower.

Although it is far less than the revenue brought by "The Return of the Monkey King" and "Kung Fu Panda", Xu Sheng does have some idealist beliefs, and Chen Jingxing has been accustomed to these two-faced movies in recent years.

He has a stinky talent, so "Skyhawk" and "Mobile", the two most profound and connotative animation works, are the assets that Mo values ​​​​most from top to bottom.

Chen Jingxing could understand Xu Sheng's protective mentality, just like a top fan or biological parents who must take great care of their children and cannot allow any "tarnishment".

But what Chen Jingxing wants is not a simple live-action movie version of "Sky Eagle Warrior", he wants "Pacific Rim" with the background of "Sky Eagle Warrior"!

So of course he couldn't agree to adapt it according to the wishes of the animators Xu Sheng and Mo. Maybe the movie adapted according to their ideas would have the flavor of the original animation, but this is not what Chen Jingxing wants.

After two industrial film and television dramas, Tian Xinye was in charge of a movie-like project like "Sky Eagle Warrior" without much problem.

Even in the current Chinese film industry, it is normal for the film studio to fool the special effects company, the special effects company to fool the film company, and both parties to fool each other.

Because it will involve a lot of CGI, it will exceed the previous "Pacific Rim" in terms of difficulty and quantity.

It's just that the casting is a bit of a headache.

Going back to "Sky Eagle Warrior", in terms of CGI and industrial design capabilities, Mo is the top level in Asia.

However, the fighting in "Aquila Warrior" will mainly be set during the day. Of course, it can be paired with rainy days, and raindrops can add to the gorgeousness of the action.

The movie version project of "Sky Eagle Warrior" was finally handed over to Tian Xinye. After all, Guo Fan is filming "The Wandering Earth". Even if "The Wandering Earth" is finished, there will be sequels and prequels planned.

The ceiling for the commercial value of such a movie is very low. If you invest hundreds of millions in a movie, unless it is a Hollywood superhero movie, it will be difficult to recover the cost as long as it becomes a fan movie.

Of course, for the sake of box office, cartoons will set the male and female protagonists as thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys. The male and female protagonists of live-action movies must be at least high school students or college students.

Fortunately, there are many young actors in the entertainment industry. With the appeal of DreamWorks and the movie version of "Sky Warriors", they can still organize "auditions".

Chen Jingxing's thoughts have never changed. As long as serious, heavy, profound and connotative things can be shown in animation, what he wants in the movie version is mecha! Mecha! Mecha!

What is important is that the complex structure makes a loud "Qiqikaka" sound, and a behemoth dozens of meters high falls from the sky and roars into the water. Every time it punches to the flesh, it is unambiguous, and it roars with a special move and directly explodes.

G-spot.

However, compared to the original version, the ten-meter-tall mecha in DreamWorks' version of "District 9" can be considered a huge upgrade.

Chen Jingxing believes that mechas fighting monsters definitely have more business prospects than monsters fighting monsters.

Therefore, most science fiction or monster action movies will deliberately set the big action scenes in the dark night.

However, the final casting will definitely require auditions. As long as DreamWorks sends out the invitation, normally no actor will refuse.

It's just pure adrenaline.

The only thing to worry about is that Zhao Jinmai is a bit too young, only 16 years old. Secondly, she will definitely continue to participate in the filming of the subsequent seasons of "The Walking Dead", so there will be no schedule conflicts.

This actor is also a child star. He is 18 years old this year. Although his appearance is not outstanding, his acting skills are indeed good, at least among his peers, he is definitely top-notch.

But the movie must not be reduced to a fan movie. This is Chen Jingxing’s bottom line. Many Japanese anime movies are fan movies, which are works harvested from anime fans. Audiences who have not read the comics will basically not go to the cinema.

All he wants is a simple mecha to fight monsters.

It's just that the mechas in "District 9" are far inferior to the nearly 100-meter-tall giant in "Aquila Warrior".

It is absolutely impossible for such a high investment to be used to make an animated theatrical version for you.

Without the support of the film industry, a director, even if he is the top director in a country, if he wants to make a special effects blockbuster, he must intervene in everything and check everything. He must also have the strongest co-ordination ability and become an all-rounder. If he is not careful,

This will allow substandard special effects and designs to slip through, and end up with 50-cent special effects after spending a lot of money.

CGI costs money, and "Gravity" reached a production cost of 800 million because of the large amount of CGI.

Tian Xinye has experienced "Mirage" and "The Walking Dead" in the past few years. "Mirage" is a low-budget project, but "The Walking Dead" is a real industrial project. "District 9" has a lot of mecha combat scenes, and mechas.

Entering the city to attack the headquarters building, there are also mechas fighting against human armed forces in the ninth area.

The advantage of DreamWorks is actually that it has established a small but sophisticated industrial system internally. For some areas that are not covered, it can also connect with Hollywood's professional studios through Universal or Netflix.

Another thing is that this is a series of movies. Teenagers grow up very quickly. Before even one or two movies have been filmed, the protagonists have grown up and their images have changed drastically. This is a bit embarrassing, and it will be even more embarrassing if some of them become disabled.

Already.

For example, Guo Fan also recommended a candidate, Zhao Jinmai, who is currently filming "The Wandering Earth". This girl has been selected as the heroine of "The Walking Dead" and then to the heroine of "The Wandering Earth". She is indeed a DreamWorks actor.

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"Aquila Warrior" has such a good world view of mechas fighting monsters without really wasting resources.

Moreover, the "Aquila Warrior" project will also cooperate with Netflix and Universal to attract them to participate. After all, he wants to earn the world's money.

In short, the movie version can feed back the animation and make more viewers who have watched the movie be interested in watching animation, but it cannot allow animation fans to support the movie's box office.

This is the advantage of the film industry. For example, a director like Ang Lee who has no experience in industrial special effects films is suddenly appointed by a studio to make an industrial special effects film like "The Incredible Hulk". In the end, it does not affect the quality of the film's special effects. This is

The benefits of relying on the industrial system.

The advantage of the mecha is that the mecha itself is controlled by humans, so humans fighting monsters is equivalent to mechas fighting monsters. It is easier to achieve a balance between the roles of humans and mechas.

"Pacific Rim" is a night battle from beginning to end. If the background is set in the daytime, CG production will be much more difficult, because the sunlight will expose many details, which will be easily exposed, and post-processing will be very difficult.

Another thing is that it is difficult to guarantee the acting skills of such a young actor. Although this kind of mecha movie does not require high acting skills, after all, it is the background of "Aquila Warrior", and the performance difficulty of the protagonists is not low, that kind of robots

It won't work if you have a dull and dull shape or have random facial features.

After all, DreamWorks has essentially established a mature industrial system. Although it is not as large as Hollywood, industry is industry.

In monster movies, the audience actually comes for the monsters and don't want to watch the people, but you have to have human characters and scenes, so in the end it's always the people who get criticized.

Chen Jingxing himself also has a candidate for the male lead, Hu Xianxu.

After all, Chen Jingxing still had absolute authority in the company, especially when he said that the investment for the movie version of "Sky Eagle Warrior" was at least 500 million, Xu Sheng could only shut up.

The protagonists in the animation are boys and girls, but the movie version needs to be appropriately aged.

The male protagonist of "Aquila Warrior" is introverted and insecure, but his heart is actually quite complex. He really needs an actor with good acting skills to play him, otherwise he will become facially paralyzed.

Therefore, the movie version of "Aquila Warrior" must be able to be watched by audiences who have never watched the animation without any obstacles, and the audience for the movie will be completely different from the audience for the animated series.

In addition to the four AOC warriors Zero, One, Two and Three, the movie can also introduce European and American AOC mechas, which is fine, and the movie will also involve armies from other countries.

The background and setting of "Aquila Warrior" will make this kind of adrenaline-stimulating movie even more delicious.

In fact, Chen Jingxing is speaking conservatively. The production cost of the movie version of "Sky Eagle Warrior" must be higher than 500 million.

In the foreseeable ten years, Guo Fan will probably be tied to this project.

In addition to setting the production standards for "Aquila Warriors", this project establishment and content review meeting also established the project of the TV series "Once Upon a Time on Earth" and discussed the filmmaking of "Special Mobile Team".

It's just that although DreamWorks is not short of money, professional talents are limited. "The Wandering Earth" is currently being filmed, "The Matrix III" is about to be filmed, and "Aquila Warrior" and "Once Upon a Time on Earth" have been approved. For DreamWorks

It is difficult to find professional talents to prepare for another heavy industry film.

Therefore, the film version of "Special Forces" was only included in the plan.

The first phase of the TV series "Once Upon a Time on Earth", which can be regarded as "Three-Body" + "Ball Lightning" combined into one, was officially launched after the meeting.

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