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Chapter 525 The Magical Change of "Dynasty"

"The wind is too strong!"

"Quick! Hold on to each other, don't stand alone!"

"Squat down slowly!"

Chen Jingxing was wearing cotton-padded clothes and shouting with the assistant director. Someone ran up to Chen Jingxing and shouted loudly: "The guide said that the wind will blow for a long time, and we may not be able to shoot today."

Chen Jingxing looked up at the dim sky, nodded sharply, and said loudly through the wireless earphones: "Okay, let's call it a day. Everyone follows Director Yan's command and retreats to the tents in an orderly manner. A helicopter will arrive in half an hour.

Take us back to the hotel."

On the spectacular glacier, the endless whiteness is dotted with black marble-like ice layers. The volcanic ash that has fallen over thousands of years and the eroded rocks created by the glacier together form an exotic, even alien planet-like scene.

However, the crew of "Interstellar" had no intention of admiring the magnificent scenery in front of them. The howling wind urged everyone to move slowly towards the tent hand in hand.

Strong winds caused the temperature of the Icelandic wilderness glaciers, which was already not very high, to drop to about minus ten degrees in a short period of time. It is hard to imagine that this is actually in summer.

Of course, it was fortunate that it was summer, otherwise in winter, there would be only 4 hours of daylight a day, and the filming schedule would probably be even more delayed to a point that even the wealthy DreamWorks would be intolerable.

However, the extremely dark summer days did not allow the crew to finish filming this scene quickly. From time to time, strong winds would interrupt the entire filming. Even if Chen Jingxing hired a local mountain guide, it would be difficult to figure out the pattern of the strong winds. On average, he could only shoot every day.

Less than five hours.

"He's going to be the Golden Rooster Best Actor soon, what are you going to do?"

Lei Jiayin had to climb and jump with the help of the spreader wire all day long, as well as have action scenes with Chen Kun. Of course, they were just ordinary scuffles. After all, they are both scientists in the movie, "Interstellar"

This kind of hard-core science fiction is obviously not suitable for fancy action scenes.

Chen Kun rolled his eyes at Lei Jiayin's usual teasing: "If I don't win the Golden Rooster Best Actor next year, you have to compensate me."

After saying that, he turned to Chen Jingxing and said: "I have also figured it out. Even at this age, even though I look younger than Lei Zi, I am actually seven years older than him. Even though I acted in "Interstellar", even if

I can win an award, so what?

However, in order to relieve this vague uneasiness and irritability, Chen Jingxing also chatted with Chen Kun, Lei Jiayin, Yuan Huang and others who were in the same tent.

The main reason is that the news came from an unknown marketing account, saying that Netflix was jealous of DreamWorks' profits from "The Walking Dead" and could not get involved in the copyright of this IP, so it wanted to make its own zombie-themed series.

The three new dramas announced by DreamWorks have always been the focus of attention from netizens and the media. Even though several months have passed, the influence of the second season of "The Walking Dead" has not dissipated, so everyone is paying close attention to DreamWorks' new dramas.

It's almost as good as a movie.

War and the massacre of aliens made the people in the Central Plains miserable, and famine followed closely.

It is naturally difficult to access the Internet in the glacial wasteland where the filming took place, but since we usually sleep in hotels, we can naturally access the Internet. For this reason, DreamWorks rented five helicopters to transport people and supplies. In the absence of roads, this is the best way to commute.

What a great idea.

"It feels like this ghost place is more difficult than the Devil City in Western Xinjiang. I wonder when I can finish all the photos like this?"

Although Chen Jingxing and his crew were busy filming in Iceland, everyone was not blind to what was happening outside the window.

Because Yelu Deguang's son Yelu Jing stayed in Shangjing and was not in Kaifeng, once the news of Yelu Deguang's death was exposed, Yelu Jing could directly ascend the throne in Shangjing and take control of the great cause.

Regardless of whether Chen Kun's words were a compliment or a sincere one, they felt quite genuine.

Coupled with media hype and colleagues fanning the flames, DreamWorks' costumed zombie drama has fallen into a mixed public opinion environment since its inception.

It is very popular on the Internet.

Then DreamWorks thought that this might have an impact on "The Walking Dead" and divert viewers, so it took a step back and decided to co-produce a costume zombie drama with Netflix.

The prince fled the capital and embarked on a journey to find the imperial doctor in order to uncover the truth behind his father's illness. However, he witnessed an outbreak of zombies and the spread of the plague along the way.

But when Yelu Deguang was at war with the Later Jin Dynasty, "people and animals also died a lot, and the people of the country were tired of suffering." After occupying Tokyo, they even launched a massive plunder.

Although it was just a rehearsal and a test shoot, it was quite physically demanding, and there were strong winds. Walking with a strong wind of level 8 or 9, Lei Jiayin felt it was even more difficult than the filming of "The Martian".

Then Yelu Deguang bit a young eunuch from the Later Jin Dynasty palace next to him to death, and the body of the young eunuch was thrown out of the city.

Therefore, the corpses of the young eunuchs who were sent out of the city were eaten by the refugees, and they were all infected and turned into walking zombies.

The zombie theme itself has been overhyped by "The Walking Dead", and adding the element of costumes makes it easier to trigger topics.

Then the whole story unfolds from there.

Later, Yelu Deguang (Taizong of Liao Dynasty) proclaimed himself emperor in Kaifeng and established the country as Daliao, but he later died of serious illness.

This can also explain why Netflix is ​​also a producer. Isn't it just DreamWorks trying to win over this platform to promote "The Walking Dead" to the world? Moreover, this project was established so quickly. For a large project with an investment of hundreds of millions,

It can be said that this is already on the line of fire.

On the one hand, they think the original intention was impure and to appease Netflix's haste; on the other hand, they think DreamWorks is following the trend because "The Walking Dead" is so popular, and is suspected of consuming "The Walking Dead" while taking advantage of the popularity.

The story of the first season of "Dynasty" to be produced by DreamWorks is based on the background that Yelu Deguang led the Khitan army to go south to capture Kaifeng, capture Emperor Shi Chonggui of the Later Jin Dynasty, and destroy the Later Jin Dynasty.

Chen Jingxing also took a breath and said amidst the whining wind: "Not long ago, Group B is also filming simultaneously in China. After we finish filming and return to China, the filming of Group B will basically be over, and there will only be some left.

Finishing work is done.”

For example, two of these three dramas are costume dramas.

And as time goes by, more and more news is being confirmed.

In particular, many die-hard fans of "The Walking Dead" are dissatisfied with DreamWorks for not rushing to make a sequel, but instead establishing other zombie-themed projects, and their preconceived ideas make them feel that putting zombies in ancient times is a bit different and a bit outrageous.

However, the king of Nanyuan, Yeluhou, and Yelu Deguang's nephew Yelu Ruan kept it secret. They privately called private doctors to crush a kind of life-and-death grass and put it on a needle. They inserted it a minute deep into Yelu Deguang's Yintang point, thereby "resurrecting" him.

Corpse - of course this kind of living dead has no sanity.

The only non-costume drama was also quickly approved, and even the leading actors were chosen. One is Zhao Jinmai, known as the "Little Princess of DreamWorks", the most popular little girl born in the 2000s, and the male lead is Bai Jingting, which is quite impressive.

A little bit unexpected.

Since "Dynasty" has moved the Lee Korean background of "Kingdom" to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in ancient China, naturally the story line has to be adapted a lot.

Chen Jingxing thought for a while: "You can indeed play the male lead in "Dynasty", so there is nothing inappropriate about it. Okay, I will send you the script when I return to China after the filming. You can read it carefully. Of course, you still need to audition."

Of course, the tent is actually very stable.

After finally entering one of the tents, I turned on the light and listened to the sound of the biting wind hitting the tent outside, which made me feel a little worried and a little irritated.

The hypercube scenes have been filmed in domestic studios, and the story line of the hero's daughter on Earth, Nini, was also being filmed simultaneously when Chen Jingxing came to Europe with the leading actors.

The combination of these two elements is indeed quite fresh. Some people think it is unreliable and think it is just hype following the trend, while others think DreamWorks' script and production level are still worthy of trust.

Because Penguin Video also announced that it will make its own zombie drama, the name is "Masterless City", which coincides with the "Dynasty" project proposed by DreamWorks, so it carried out conflicting and controversial marketing. From the perspective of DreamWorks, this can be regarded as a win-win situation.

Yes, it’s a good thing to have some heat.

"The role hasn't been decided yet..."

Fortunately, Iceland is the country with the largest number of airplanes per capita in the world, with an average of 1.74 airplanes per 10,000 people. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to solve the problem.

In fact, the origin of the whole story is that in order to continue to exercise power, the relatives and court officials made the king who died of illness into a living dead, and then the zombies broke out.

Chen Kun looked serious: "Director, do you think there is a role suitable for me in "Dynasty"?"

The reason why the filming cycle is relatively urgent is mainly because Chen Jingxing wants to have "Interstellar" released in the Spring Festival next year.

The background of "Kingdom" is that the King of Joseon is critically ill and the palace is closed to the public. When the Crown Prince breaks in, he vaguely discovers a monster and orders his bodyguard to steal the pharmacy diary. He vaguely feels that there is a big conspiracy inside. The step-concubine accuses the Crown Prince of planning a rebellion and orders the arrest of the Crown Prince.

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"I heard that DreamWorks is going to make a costume zombie drama next? The casting hasn't been decided yet?" Chen Kun asked curiously.

The male protagonist was changed from the prince in "Kingdom" to the adopted son of Shunzhou governor Guo Jian's son, that is, Guo Rong (Chai Rong).

Everyone can also see that DreamWorks has established a strong appeal on the Netflix platform. The domestic market is huge, but who doesn’t want to ride on the bandwagon of global hit dramas?

I still have concerns about other people's projects, but I absolutely trust Director Chen's works, including DreamWorks dramas."

Film resources are still not available to young people, so there is no point in clinging to the airs of a film actor or a first- or second-tier star. It is better to shoot more good scripts and leave some good works. This is much more real than any awards.

The tent was not set up on an endless bed of ice, because the ice will melt and move, and it may change by ten centimeters overnight, so it was set up on rocks covered with thick volcanic ash, so it was still some distance from the shooting site.

distance.

Of course, from the perspective of discerning people and people within DreamWorks, this wave of public opinion is closely related to Penguin Video.

The generator cannot be used, but the crew brought lithium batteries to supplement the power consumption of mobile phones, equipment, and lights.

Chen Jingxing and Lei Jiayin were both a little surprised.

And soon after, another costume drama was also approved, and it turned out to be a costume zombie drama.

As the adopted son of a general, Guo Rong found an opportunity to escape from Kaifeng after the Jin occupied Kaifeng after the fall of the Liao Kingdom, and then experienced a zombie outbreak on the way.

Of course, these are all character prototypes, but the names will naturally be changed in the play.

After all, it is a zombie drama and cannot be confused with a historical drama. "Kingdom" in the previous life also reshaped the historical prototype.

There is nothing inappropriate about Chen Kun playing such a male protagonist. From the reputation to the costume appearance, he is good.

Chapter 2 is in the early hours of the morning. I have to break my promise for Chapter 3 and make up for it tomorrow.

(End of chapter)