Made in Hollywood

Now that Duke is the pillar of Warner Bros., I believe that not only no one in Hollywood opposes it, but people inside Warner Bros. will also support it. The editorial department of Warner Bros. is very unusual for the outline of the story that Duke asked Tina Fey to hand over. Attention, when Duke was busy continuing to shoot, they specially recruited manpower, conducted relevant research, and discussed the feasibility of making it into a movie.

As for Duke's transfer to China Film Group, Warner Brothers naturally put it behind them. If the project can bring significant benefits, they believe that Duke will not object to Warner's interception of these documents.

It can be said that Warner Bros. attaches great importance to this seemingly unfamiliar thing. After all, it was written by a director like Duke, not someone who thinks he is talented but has never proven himself in the market. Out of nowhere.

However, after a few weeks of research and discussion by Warner Bros. people, it was determined that the document had some value, but it meant little to Warner Bros.

They specifically asked Warner Greater China to conduct a related investigation. The document mentioned that although the characters are well-known in China, few people know that they left China. Hollywood is taking an international route. If they only produce movies specifically for the Chinese market , doesn't make any sense at all.

In view of this situation, Warner Bros. forwarded the document to Warner Greater China. The cooperation between Warner and China Film Group has brought countless benefits. Warner Bros. also wants to use this to narrow the distance between the two parties.

This document was solemnly handed over to the China Film Group by Phil, the general manager of Warner Greater China. I heard that it was some ideas about Chinese films that Duke Rosenberg had passed on. Negligently, he sent it to Zuo Shandiao immediately.

In the spacious office, Zuo Shandiao opened the file and looked at it seriously.

In recent years. As the fact that he is about to retire continues to circulate in the circle, various rumors that are unfavorable to him begin to float in the Internet and movie circles, but Zuo Shandiao doesn't care, and many of the words in it are indeed true. Do something practical. How could it be otherwise?

He has given Chinese films all his life, and vigorously promoted the reform of Chinese films, and he believes that he is worthy of the Chinese film industry.

Although he is about to retire, Zuo Shandiao still wants to do something for Chinese films.

After reading this document, Zuo Shandiao sighed softly. The characters in it are well-known in China, as long as they are properly adapted. There is absolutely no shortage of audiences, and if these characters are really gathered together, I believe there will be a large number of audiences who will buy it, and it may even create the glory of a Chinese super blockbuster.

However, as a person who knows the industry very well. Zuo Shandiao knew that it was not realistic to shoot a Chinese superhero movie.

In fact, there have been such calls on the Internet for a long time. Chinese superheroes are no less or worse than Laomei's, and they also have a broad mass base, but they are filmed in modern society. Everyone knows this is just delusional.

Zuo Shandiao has also seen many related posts on the Internet, but he does not agree with the above views.

someone said. Superheroes advocate extreme individual heroism, which symbolizes resistance to government power, is prone to taboos, and makes leaders uncomfortable.

This reason is a bit over the top. If it's really that taboo, Sun Houzi will be the first one to take down. The disturbance in the Heavenly Palace is no less than any superhero.

Some people also say that Chinese movies are all counterfeit products, and neither imagination nor technical ability is enough to make blockbuster movies.

Zuo Shandiao thinks that this reason is not right. The technology is not enough, so he can spend money to hire a Hollywood team. He has dealt with Warner Bros. and Duke Rosenberg, the owner of the most outstanding special effects company in Hollywood, Industrial Light and Magic. Those are profit-oriented people, as long as they are willing to spend money, they don't care where the business comes from.

Some people use the main theme as an argument, but in Zuo Shandiao's view, this reason is not very sufficient.

The main theme is not at all contradictory to science fiction and superheroes—in fact, American superhero films are the main theme films of the United States. They have both practical and positive meanings, and they can even match the current situation. Science fiction and superheroes are just forms. , what kind of theme can be accommodated, and the two are not mutually exclusive.

Although he vetoed these reasons in his heart, Zuo Shandiao knew very well that these things did not have much meaning to the current stage of Chinese movies. He pressed the intercom to call the secretary and asked the other party to temporarily seal these things.

After the secretary left, Zuo Shandiao tapped on the table lightly. As a veteran Chinese filmmaker, he said that he didn't want to see Chinese films take off and kill the world like Hollywood movies. That must be a lie.

Even, in his heart, he made some necessary additions to the filming based on the files he had just seen.

If you want to make these movies closely related to modern society, you must prepare in advance and design a superhero who fits the main theme and is positive—for example, he lives in a five-good family in Beijing, and he is a newcomer. He loves the city and supports the government. The story tells the story of how he foiled the super monsters of the terrorists and saved the entire capital. In order to cope with the current situation, this superhero also has the excellent qualities of virtue, tolerance, patriotism, and innovation.

Just thinking of this, Zuo Shandiao shook his head and sighed, "I can't take pictures!"

There are superheroes, there are terrorist monsters, and there must be fights. If there is a fight, it must be earth-shattering, otherwise the audience will definitely not buy it.

Once the fighting rises to an earth-shattering level, a series of corresponding problems will come.

In American movies, big cities such as New York and Los Angeles, as well as landmark buildings, are smashed all over the place; let alone Japan, the number of times Tokyo has been destroyed is more than the number of sandstorms encountered in the capital here. many.

Therefore, this kind of destructive action scene is simply unrealistic in China, not to mention the big scissors and other departments, and the China Film Group alone cannot pass this level.

For example, the background of the duel between superheroes and evil forces is placed on the square in front of the palace.

Before starting the filming, the director and crew had to face such a question: Is it okay to knock down a certain hero monument?

Is there even a question? Of course not, it was to commemorate the martyrs during the Revolutionary War, if the crew knocked it down, what political meaning does the film have? How about knocking down a corner of the hall where some people are meeting? No, it is the place where representatives of the people of the whole country meet. What if some representatives of the people stand up and protest that this is not serious?

Not to mention a certain memorial hall, moving a finger is profane, and it will be banned infinitely by the pair of scissors.

Thinking of this, Zuo Shandiao gave up the most famous building in the city and moved to a place with less political significance, such as near the China World Trade Center, where superheroes and evil forces fought against the background of the China World Trade Center, and the scope was strictly limited to the east to Dawang In the area from the west of the road to Yong'anli, one of the twin buildings was smashed, half of the overpass was blown up, and the big pants of a certain TV station were burned once, and nothing more was smashed.

But after thinking for less than five seconds, Zuo Shandiao still shook his head.

There are still many problems in doing so. Will smashing such an important CBD into ruins will discredit the achievements of urban construction? It is said that the movie is just fiction, so what if someone takes it seriously? Will businesses protest? Besides, it has been several years since the fire in a TV station's subsidiary building, and the responsibility has been clarified. Now you want to put it on the screen, what are you trying to insinuate? Is it questioning the investigation conclusions of relevant departments?

What about moving the battle location out of the city? The wilderness is definitely not good. Although Zuo Shandiao has reached the age of retirement, he has enough understanding of the audience's movie-watching psychology. some famous places.

How about putting it on the Badaling Great Wall? Far from the city, it is safer, but the feasibility is still zero.

The Great Wall represents the image of the country. The protagonist or villain of the film smashes into two sections with one punch, which is not very good in meaning.

Even if the movie has no insinuations, can't it be misunderstood by those audiences with ulterior motives? If someone just cuts off this picture and puts it on the Internet, and adds a line of words such as the country, the social impact will be very bad, and it will be difficult to recover.

Also, the movie says that the villain is a monster sent by terrorists, so where did the terrorists come from? The United States, Europe, and Russia are not good, and they are prone to diplomatic disputes. The Middle East is even worse, and they are more likely to cause trouble. Those few organizations with so much meritorious deeds are indeed villains, but the country doesn't allow them to be mentioned, and the sensitive words in your movie are enough to drink a pot-what? Fictitious terrorist organization? Don't you think it's enough? ? Why do you keep adding chaos to the country?

Also, the ending of this type of movie is also problematic.

"Monsters are raging in Forty-Nine City, and everyone is helpless. At the critical moment, superheroes appear to save the city."

Just after muttering this sentence, Zuo Shandiao immediately realized the problem. This "everyone" also includes public security officers and armed police? Monsters are wantonly destroying social order. For such a big thing, the police are helpless and have to rely on superheroes to save them. Does this make people feel that they are belittling the image of certain departments?

Maybe the script could be changed so that the superheroes and the cops team up to defeat the villains -- like Duke Rosenberg did in "Transformers," where the Autobots teamed up with the U.S. military.

But Zuo Shandiao still shook his head. The feasibility was too low. If it was set up like this, who would listen to whom? Do superheroes listen to the police, or do the police listen to superheroes? Does this superhero have a department? Perhaps the real identity that can be set as the protagonist is originally a policeman. He is usually on duty, and only becomes a superhero when something happens. That should not be the case. How can such things be hidden from the organization?

When the simulation came to this point, Zuo Shandiao lost all interest, stood up and made a cup of tea for himself, and didn't bother to think about it anymore. (to be continued ~^~)

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