China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 522 Your DreamWorks is here specifically to defeat me, right?

"Brother Ning, I haven't seen you for a long time. We've been so busy. Why are you getting thinner and thinner?"

"Brother Chen, I heard that you are planning to enter science fiction films?"

"Where's Lao Guo?... Jinmai is getting more and more beautiful."

Zhao Jinmai pretended to be flattered on the side, his eyebrows curved: "Thank you, Director Ning, for the compliment..."

After Ning Hao said hello to Zhao Jinmai, he turned his head and said angrily: "I'm idle, so who else is busy? Do you think anyone can compete with an animal like you? One movie after another.

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Chen Jingxing's high productivity is well-known in the film industry, but in Ning Hao's eyes, he is just like an animal.

Usually film shooting does not take a lot of time, but the most time-consuming process is from script creation to project approval.

And under normal circumstances, the script is not created directly, but is found.

Novels, comics, foreign film and television dramas or the creativity of an unknown screenwriter all need to be carefully selected in order to pick out a project that is feasible and has box office potential.

Besides, if the "Tang Detective" series could be filmed, Chen Jingxing was indeed the original sponsor, and there was still support.

Therefore, after discussing with Universal, both parties agreed that the Christmas time slot would be more appropriate.

After hearing what Chen Jingxing said, Chen Sicheng was a little troubled: "I was originally planning to release "Manslaughter" at the end of the year. Fortunately, the schedule has not been announced yet. It seems that I have to find another schedule. Your DreamWorks is here specifically to defeat me."

Chen Jingxing is currently one of the most popular directors in the world, and the others are all famous directors in Hollywood.

Of course, this number is already a huge breakthrough compared to the previous planes.

And because it tells the story of young people in different periods since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has many popular actors and a greater momentum. It has already become one of the most watched gift films even before filming started.

""My 1949" should be finished soon, right?"

There is no doubt that "The Matrix III" has reached the level of "wiping out all evil", and no one wants to be released on the same schedule as this movie.

Xiao Yang was choked: "Good guy, your Versailles-style humility makes my fist harden. Listen to my advice and bring more bodyguards when you go out in the future."

Six days after the opening of the Shanghai Film Festival, "The Wandering Earth", which has been whetting the audience's appetite, finally ended its stingy screening promotion and officially began its large-scale release.

Although science fiction themes are now a business card of Chinese movies, successful science fiction movies are basically produced by DreamWorks, so science fiction themes are also regarded as DreamWorks' special resources and foundation.

It is still unusual for the main director to be absent from the premiere, but the overseas promotion of "The Wandering Earth" is also very urgent. In addition, Wu Jing and Chen Jingxing can also control the scene, so Guo Fan and the male lead Bai Yu can also take the lead.

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Chen Jingxing sighed: "It won't be postponed until next year. The plan is to release it at the end of the year, just in time for the Christmas schedule in Europe and the United States."

Therefore, the two of them maintained a normal friendship when they met, and no one showed any resentment or strangeness.

Many people at DreamWorks were a little nervous.

"It will be completed by the end of the month."

And Chen Sicheng, a great director who has successfully created a movie series, suddenly turned to science fiction, and even wanted to create a science fiction movie series similar to the comedy mystery series "Tang Detective".

This is also the reason why DreamWorks still maintains its position on Diaoyutai despite the inferior schedule and strong challengers of "The Wandering Earth".

Moreover, Chen Sicheng did hint at criticizing DreamWorks' marketing tactics during the fiercest battle during the Spring Festival. The two companies' marketing campaigns were almost a real hit.

This is the appeal of famous directors. Their names have as much appeal in the film market as Hollywood superstars.

Because it had already held an opening screening at the film festival, DreamWorks did not organize a grand premiere, but it still invited a lot of guests with good connections.

After the release of "Tang Detective III", Chen Sicheng announced that he would no longer direct the follow-up movies of the "Tang Detective" series. Instead, he would hand over the responsibility to a new director, and he himself would start making science fiction movies, or a series of science fiction movies to be precise.

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Tian Xinye, who put aside the filming of "Sky Eagle Warrior" to attend the premiere, asked strangely: "You don't have any movies in stock, why do you care about "The Matrix III"?"

"The Matrix III" is the final chapter in the Matrix series. As the producers, DreamWorks and Universal attach great importance to it. Since it cannot get a good domestic schedule, it is better to consider the overseas market schedule.

Chen Sicheng seems to be a little concerned about the release time of "The Matrix III".

Ning Hao originally wanted to invite Chen Jingxing to direct a unit, but Chen Jingxing's plan and schedule were quite full, so he did not take up the project.

For an international business leader like Chen Jingxing, even if he does not own a company, does not contribute his own money, and only makes original movies, he can still get an investment of one to two hundred million US dollars from major Hollywood studios.

"The National Day is only three months away, can it be released as scheduled?"

However, the overseas box office of "The Wandering Earth" does give DreamWorks high hopes, and of course it cannot be compared with Chen Jingxing's own movies.

"Mekong" and "Red Sea" are both military action films. Although Firefly has tried its best to distribute them in the North American market, the box office only amounted to US$3.7 million and US$820.

Therefore, although Chen Jingxing's shooting cycle is not short, he is a real fast shooter, and his creativity is as creative as diabetes.

"My 1949" is a gift film scheduled to be released during the National Day holiday this year. The chief director is Chen Kaige, and Ning Hao is also one of the directors, responsible for one of the units.

Although "Tang Detective III", which was the top seed during the Spring Festival, was beaten by "Wall-E" and took away the box office championship, in the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between Chen Sicheng and Chen Jingxing may become more subtle.

However, he also knows that before achieving results, it is better to remain low-key and humble.

But on the one hand, DreamWorks is also one of the producers of "Tang Detective III", and on the other hand, "WALL-E" is an animated film. Chen Sicheng never regarded this movie as competition for "Tang Detective III"

opponent's.

"It can't be compared with the science fiction blockbusters produced by your DreamWorks. It can only be regarded as a family comedy science fiction film, and it is not on the same track."

Other major domestic studios, especially famous directors, are still very cautious about science fiction themes, knowing that science fiction movies are not that easy to make, because most of the domestic science fiction movies that followed the trend ended in failure, and the science fiction craze set off by Chen Jingxing has already cooled down.

Being overtaken by an animated movie is not a glorious thing, and any complaints will be ridiculous.

“Looking at you guys making money and making euros every day, I don’t even think the RMB is worth it anymore.”

"Lao Guo and Bai Yu went to the United States with the producers last night to prepare for the premiere there. Today's premiere is mainly performed by Wu Jing, Jin Mai and me."

Being feared by the CEO of DreamWorks, a science fiction company, was actually flattering in a sense. Chen Sicheng still couldn't control himself and felt a little proud.

If Chen Sicheng cares about everything, he will become a joke.

Not being able to compete with an animated film and then being unable to afford to lose is even more embarrassing than "Tang Detective III" losing the box office title during the Spring Festival.

Xiao Yang, who came with Chen Sicheng, pretended to be jealous and teased Chen Jingxing.

At last year's dinner, after Chen Jingxing affirmed the box office prospects of a Tianzhu suspense movie "Manslaughter" that Chen Sicheng valued, he immediately found a new director under his contract to start filming, and also invited Xiao Yang to play the male lead.

Chen Jingxing replied: "Obviously I should be scared, right? You suddenly announced that you are going to shoot a science fiction movie series, and our boss Xu called me overnight and asked me to get information from you."

"When will your "Matrix III" be released? It won't be postponed until next year, right?"

Chen Jingxing's modest but unflattering smile soon faded away, and he also exchanged recent news with his old classmates.

"Who says no? I just invest in "Manslaughter" whenever I direct."

The Christmas season, along with New Year's Day, is the biggest ticket sales period in Europe and the United States, and is second only to the summer season. Every year, there are a lot of competition.

"It's not that stressful. "1949" is a mixed movie. The unit I was responsible for was the last one to be completed. Post-production can be carried out directly after the shooting of other units. For example, the units directed by Kai Ge have all been edited out.

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And because it is not released in the summer, it is easier to coordinate the schedule overseas, especially in the North American market.

However, the special effects of "The Wandering Earth" in this dimension have reached the world's top level, and the narrative has also made many improvements. DreamWorks and Universal still have expectations for its box office prospects.

Of course, in addition to "My 1949", Ning Hao himself also took on a gift film project, which is also a platter movie called "My Youth and Me". Ning Hao is the chief director, and Chen Sicheng, Xu Zheng and others also

Will join.

Therefore, under the joint distribution of Universal and Firefly, "The Wandering Earth" will open in more than 2,000 theaters in North America, which is considered a large-scale release.

Guo Fan has obviously not reached this point yet. His most influential work overseas is currently "Edge of Tomorrow".

There are so many gift films this year, don’t even think about the National Day release. DreamWorks has promised not to enter the summer release this year, so the most eye-catching and most feared project in DreamWorks’ current inventory, "The Matrix III", has been confirmed.

That's very concerning.

Chen Jingxing shook his head and said modestly: "It's not that exaggerated. The domestic film market is still basic. Overseas box office can only account for half of the total box office at most. Non-English films still cannot reach the spread of English films."

In addition, in addition to the invited media, there are also many media reporters who came spontaneously, so the momentum is still very strong.

Chen Sicheng has already decided on a name for the so-called comedy science fiction project he has set up, the "Outer Space" trilogy: "Mozart in Outer Space", "Chopin in Outer Space", and "Monet in Outer Space".

Chen Sicheng remained tight-lipped about the probing of the public and did not disclose any of the plot, making it appear mysterious and unpredictable.

Chen Sicheng is also a good person. The past few years have proved that DreamWorks' "heavy science fiction" style is really difficult to learn. The threshold for creativity, story and production is very high, but "light science fiction" may not be unable to find new ways and detours.

Overtaking and creating a blue ocean market.

Just like combining comedy and suspense detective stories to break the box office ceiling of suspense detective themes, Chen Sicheng is already very experienced in this cross-genre fusion.

The next chapter is in the early morning

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