China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 548 Fear of "Mind" and the release of "Interstellar"

"You can be considered the first to conquer the city!"

"What kind of first win is this? There is no positive correlation between word-of-mouth and box office."

Chen Jingxing still maintains a cautious and conservative attitude.

Director Jiang of Guoying shook his head: "This reputation is a bit scary. Director Yang called me to express his regret after watching your "Inside Out" yesterday. Part of it was that he was shocked by your animated movie, and part of it was because he was under great pressure.

Didn't even sleep at night.

If this was the second "WALL-E", tsk tsk, that would be great."

"Mr. Jiang, you are worrying too much. It is not such an exaggeration. "WALL-E" has the right time, place and people, and cannot be copied casually. Besides, I also have "Interstellar". "Head" is really the second one.

"WALL-E" is what I'm worried about."

Jiang Ruoping was not comforted by Chen Jingxing at all: "It's not like being bitten once, but fearing the rope for ten years. The times have indeed changed too fast, and you and DreamWorks are indeed very capable. Who would have thought that animated movies can now play the leading role in the Spring Festival

Woolen cloth."

During the Spring Festival this year, the National Film Festival released the gift film "The Mountain of Fire", which was preceded by "Interstellar" and followed by "Inside Out", which has exploded in reputation. No wonder Jiang Ruoping also felt a lot of pressure.

Of course, "Interstellar" is actually also invested by China Film Group Corporation, and it is a film jointly produced by China Film Group Corporation and DreamWorks. However, "Interstellar" is a major gift project after all. If the box office numbers are not good, the pressure will fall on China Film Group Corporation.

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Although Jiang Ruoping was already prepared to be overwhelmed by "Interstellar", after all, he had seen the finished film of "Interstellar". From his point of view, this science fiction movie even surpassed "Interstellar" in terms of emotion and character portrayal.

"Heart" and "Mars" may be more popular than Chen Jingxing's first two space science fiction films.

Let's make this child's process of entering puberty due to sudden environmental changes more closely integrated with the surreal plot of brain emotions, making it more Chinese-style, and giving the audience a better sense of involvement.

But since the film bureau has approved it and it is Chen Jingxing's project, Jiang Ruoping naturally cannot have any objections to this cooperation and readily agreed without even reading the script.

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"Okay, you can figure it out. If you need any help, just ask."

Moreover, although "The Mind" is still being screened in China, it has also been released in advance in some overseas countries, including major film markets such as North America, the United Kingdom, and South Korea.

An animation like "Mind" that incorporates psychological knowledge to a large extent, and the elf characters are indeed not cute, may not necessarily have a particularly broad audience.

Of course, the National Film Company would not interfere in the specific filming of the film, but Jiang Ruoping gave some opinions on the cast.

The Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating reached 98%! It even surpassed last year's "Wall-E".

Although Chen Jingxing has tried his best to make localized changes.

There is no shame in being overtaken by "Fenghuo Yunshan", and the capacity of the Spring Festival release is still very large. Last year's Spring Festival release "Tang Detective III" was overtaken and suppressed by "Wall-E", but its box office also exceeded 3 billion.

It's better to have more stars, and not having enough stars is not a big problem.

Although the initial box office performance was not as good as "Kung Fu Panda", it was also not as good as "WALL-E". After all, "Panda" aside, this is a national treasure cute animal that is popular all over the world. With the addition of Kung Fu, "WALL-E"

The marketing effect of "Power" in the form of selling cute short films on Mondays a few months before its release was quite good.

But the reputation is top-notch. Popular rating websites like imdb have not released a score yet, but film review websites like Rotten Tomatoes and MTC have already received enviable reviews.

On the way home, because of his emotional state, Chen Bo made some impulsive purchases. Breaking the rule of only accompanying his children to the cinema to watch animated movies in the past two years, Chen Bo bought a ticket for "Interstellar" as if it was a dream come true.

Thanks to the factory for making such a good movie.

If word-of-mouth can't widen a huge gap, this kind of bonus to box office will generally not be exaggerated.

Jiang Ruoping's worry that "The Mind" may be the second "WALL-E" is not unfounded.

It is true that just three words "Chen Jingxing" can make a large number of movie fans and ordinary viewers buy tickets without thinking.

The extremely high reputation and popularity on the Internet at home and abroad have also made the Spring Festival pre-sales of "Mind" significantly ahead of another animated film "Rebirth of the Pearl", and the film schedule has also been greatly improved as a result.

"You can't just play with movie tickets. When you enter the theater, people will check your tickets."

Last year's Spring Festival release was mainly about "Tang Detective III", which was too disappointing and failed miserably in word-of-mouth, which set off the freshness and refinement of "Wall-E".

The performance of "Mind" in its previous life shows that although in the eyes of many people, this is an animated work no less than "Wall-E", the box office is also closely related to the subject type of the movie.

The topic also sparked a high degree of discussion on the Internet, and also spread to the country.

Jiang Ruoping doesn't care too much about this. In terms of box office appeal, Chen Jingxing is definitely the number one director in China. The number of fans he has accumulated after ten films without a single hit is quite terrifying.

Although the effect looks good, in his opinion it is difficult to replicate the success of "Wall-E".

Although the filming of "1951" has not yet been completed, the preparations for the "Once Upon a Time on Earth" movie have begun.

"Stop talking about this, are there some shortcomings in the cast of "Once Upon a Time on Earth"?"

This time it’s similar to the space trilogy, and it’s still a collaboration with China Film.

Externally connecting with Global and internally connecting with China Film, this is Chen Jingxing’s development strategy for DreamWorks.

However, the popularity of "Inside" during the screenings made him wary. It was not that he was making a fuss, but the miracle of last year's "WALL-E" impressed everyone.

Jiang Ruoping visited Chen Jingxing despite his busy schedule, not for the upcoming Spring Festival show, but for the project establishment of "Once Upon a Time on Earth".

The male lead is Zhu Yilong, who is considered popular, and the female lead is Hao Lei. Most of the remaining actors are the original cast members of the "Overture" TV series, and their star power is a bit weaker.

After listening to his wife's instructions to his daughter, Chen Bo replied with a smile: "After all, it is Chen Jingxing's movie, how can it be the same? Moreover, we were already on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year when we watched "Wall-E", and today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, so people must not have

Fabi."

Chen Jingxing shook his head decisively: "The plots of the movie itself and the TV series are continuous. There is no way to change them, and there is no need to add them."

Another animated film this year, "Rebirth of the Spiritual Pearl", actually has a good reputation. Although the production period of "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" is tight, the reputation it received through media previews is actually not bad. It is mediocre at best, and the special effects are quite good.

good.

The wife took off her daughter's coat at the side: "There are really a lot of people, more than when we watched "Dinosaurs" last year. There didn't seem to be so many people when we watched "Wall-E"... After a while in the movie

You can’t shout as loudly as you like in the hall, and you can’t do the same thing as when you were watching “Inside Out,” do you hear me?”

Of course, Chen Jingxing's conservatism and prudence are not pretentious modesty.

In the crowded queue in the cinema hall, Chen Bo comforted his daughter who wanted to get a movie ticket while looking at the huge poster of a strange spaceship sailing in the bright starry sky that almost took up an entire wall.

Of course, Chen Bo is also looking forward to "Interstellar". Although he has started to live a frugal life under the pressure of mortgage and car loans in the past two years, he and his wife still watched "Gravity" in 2016 in the cinema.

Also added is the addition of new localized adaptations such as the little girl who entered the first grade of junior high school. Not only did she encounter social setbacks, but also lost her former top grades in elementary school because of a temporary inadequacy. Her academic performance plummeted, so she felt a strong sense of loss.

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After all, Chen Jingxing's previous films, including "The Martian", "Inception" and "Interstellar", all featured A-list stars.

The film bureau even reviewed the script in advance, and it was basically treated the same as the Gift Mission movie, and it took a lot of time to review. It is said that there are some sensitive and over-scale plots.

After all, an important logic behind word-of-mouth bringing box office is "word-of-mouth trampling", which is the so-called foil of peers.

He would be satisfied if "Fenghuo Yunshan" could earn more than 2 billion. He would be able to explain it to his superiors, recover the production costs from his subordinates, and make a lot of money.

The proportion of films scheduled is second only to "Interstellar" and "Fenghuo Yunshan", and is already comparable to the comedy movie "Househusband" produced by Happy Twist.

The TV series "Once Upon a Time on Earth: Overture" has been filmed, but it has not yet been broadcast online. Although Jiang Ruoping has not read the script of the movie, he has long admired it.

After watching "Inside Out", although my daughter also liked it, her reaction was not great. Chen Bo and his wife were extremely moved. This animated film did not live up to the praise on the Internet and Chen Bo's expectations.

For example, the background is set in a mountain city, and the little girl’s parents moved because they wanted to enter higher education, changed school district housing, and also moved from one city to another.

Although I didn't go to the theater for "The Martian" later, I also watched it on the video website.

He also has some preference for space science fiction movies.

"Ticket checking has begun..."

Following a commotion, the crowded queue began to squirm. Chen Bo, his wife and daughter also followed the crowd towards the ticket gate with expectant faces.

(End of chapter)