Rebirth in America

DreamWorks, President's Office.

"What? Are you going to make a movie?"

After Morris got Alex's phone call, he was so excited that he almost couldn't hold the phone. He quickly asked: "What type of movie? How much investment? Is there a script?"

"I plan to make a gunfight action movie! As for the investment, it will cost about 10 to 20 million. The specific amount needs to be calculated. The script has been prepared. You can just send someone to pick it up later."

From the time Alex decided to shoot "Red Dawn" to the time he called DreamWorks, it was only about half a day. He wrote the script through his mental space, and then typed it out on the typewriter.

"Okay, I'll send someone over now!"

After Morris put down the microphone, he was very emotional. Alex had not made a song or filmed a movie for a long time. In fact, the original DreamWorks relied on Alex's works to grow. If it had not been for the production of some excellent film works, DreamWorks would have been stuck in a long period of trouble like MGM and other film companies. Low tide.

Just relying on "The Sound of Music" and "The Ape Series", Alex has a place in Hollywood, and even has the ability to challenge for the Oscar for Best Director.

It's a pity that Alex was too young when he was filming those movies, so he lost several opportunities. When Alex went silent and did not make movies, people often talked about this matter. Many people believed that it was because of the unfairness of the Oscar awards committee that the talented boy Alex failed to get the honor he deserved. .

"Because of this, Alex will be disappointed with Hollywood and stop making movies!" Some people said in the newspaper.

Many fans hope that Alex can continue to make movies. Every year, DreamWorks receives many such letters, all asking about Alex's filming plans, or requesting Alex to shoot movies, etc.

Morris also talked about these things with Alex. Whenever this happened, Alex would always say: "We'll talk about it when we have a chance, we'll talk about it when we have a chance."

But it was different now. Alex actually called him and told him that he wanted to make a movie! And it’s a big production right from the start. It’s not like there are no films worth tens of millions of dollars. Since the appearance of "Ben-Hur", major Hollywood film companies have also planned to produce several blockbuster films, but compared to the huge film market, these films are still difficult to meet demand.

The most important thing is that this is a film directed and shot by Alex himself. Many Carpenter brother and sister fans and movie fans have been waiting for a long time. Hope to see Alex return to the entertainment industry. Although he never claimed to have left. But compared to other more professional singers and movie stars, Alex is really not active enough.

Sure enough, when DreamWorks announced plans for Alex's new film. It immediately aroused strong reactions from major media, and the front page of the newspaper that day was urgently changed to publish news related to Alex. As soon as the TV news aired, DreamWorks' customer service phone line was immediately flooded with calls asking questions about Alex and the movie.

The New York Times newspaper wrote on its front page: "Alex the King is back and investing heavily in "Red Dawn"!"

The Los Angeles Times said in the newspaper: "After several years of silence, Alex suddenly appeared in front of the public again. We will wait and see what kind of visual spectacle he will bring to the world this time!"

Published by Christian Science Press, the Christian Science Monitor, which never publishes gossip news, also followed up on the news in its own newspaper. This newspaper is not a purely religious newspaper, but a "secular" oriented newspaper. General newspapers.

It generally does not publish reports on violence, pornography, and other obscenities and crimes. It is famous for its emphasis on reporting on major domestic and international events, and its unique commentary and analysis on them, and is highly praised by the intellectual community. The website cooperates with newspapers and periodicals, and the pages are rigorous.

"The Christian Science Monitor" said in the newspaper of the day: "Thank God for giving us Alex. Without such a genius, this world will lose a lot of fun! I believe that God, this old man, will also treat this film in heaven. Quite looking forward to it.”

Not only the American media are reporting enthusiastically, but also European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and Germany have made relevant reports, and even the Soviet Union has paid some attention.

It can be seen from the reactions of news media in various countries that Alex has accumulated very high popularity in the past few years and has reached a level that no one can match.

Until this moment, DreamWorks has not even found the actors, and even the shooting location has not been determined. Because "Red Dawn" was not that easy to shoot, it used a lot of White House scenes in the film, and the government could not loan the White House out for the purpose of filming this film.

"A problem with the shooting location?"

Alex was a little surprised when he was asked this question. He had never considered this problem to be difficult to solve. But he quickly realized that in this era without computer technology, if you want to use special scenes, there is no way to solve it without building a set in a studio.

This is why many early Hollywood movies look like stage plays, because those movies are indeed stage plays, and many of the exterior and indoor shots were actually shot in studios with special backgrounds. Even the sun, moon, and clouds in the sky may be a canvas. Such a movie is basically a stage play.

However, there is no way to solve the stage setting method that Alex's movie wants to use. Such a film would never meet the requirements of the script.

The problem for DreamWorks employees is that they really can't build a studio that looks exactly like the real White House and the U.S. Capitol.

"Of course we can't all shoot in the studio, we have to shoot in real scenes." Alex replied.

"However, the government will never let us shoot a movie in the White House, not to mention that the script calls for the White House to be smashed to pieces at the end. Such a thing is simply impossible to achieve." The person in charge of DreamWorks told him.

"Don't worry, I've thought about it a long time ago. Since we can't use the government's White House, let's build our own one!" Alex said matter-of-factly: "I never planned to borrow the White House for filming. , you go and copy the real White House now, and by the way, the Congress, and the streets and communities outside the White House must also be built."

The person in charge of DreamWorks was dumbfounded, but he already understood what Alex was thinking, so he stammered: "Copy them all? That would cost a lot of money!"

Alex smiled slightly and said: "Money is not the problem, the problem is time! You must hurry up and get the scene ready for me. The filming of this film will start soon."

After getting Alex's consent, the person in charge of DreamWorks left. At this moment, Alex added: "Those scenes are not one-off, I want to shoot a few more scenes in them."

"Ok, I see."

Of course, the person in charge of DreamWorks understood that what Alex meant was that just like the "Ape City", it was to make a usable urban building according to actual proportions. It might even be used for a long time, and maybe it would eventually become a What about tourist attractions?

This concept is somewhat similar to the film and television cities of later generations, but Alex builds whatever scenes he needs, rather than pre-building scenes of various styles and eras early in the morning. That would be too much. It's too rigid and has no flexibility.

This approach of DreamWorks is a new breakthrough in the history of Hollywood movies. Prior to this, places such as the Ape City have become special places that combine tourism with film and television. Many film companies and TV stations have rented it from DreamWorks to shoot similar movies and TV shows.

There are also several major film companies following suit, but they are not as heroic as Alex. They spend a lot of money just to make the movie scenes look more real. They lack a lot of details. In order to save money, many scenes cannot withstand the wind and rain. Fight, it will be worn out after a few months and a half.

The special scenes such as the White House and the Capitol Building have not yet been set up, but Alex has already begun selecting actors and is preparing to enter the filming stage. He had already thought about the details of the movie very clearly, listed all the props and scenes that would be used, and handed them over to the DreamWorks special effects team and prop team to prepare.

Only the male protagonist and the number one villain of the film have not yet been determined. UU Reading www. uukanshu.net Because his film is completely different from the later "Red Dawn". At most, it has similarities with the story framework of "White House Down". If anyone in the future comes back to this era and sees this "Red Dawn", they will definitely think that it is a new film, not a completely copied film.

At least the male protagonist in the film needs to shoot a lot of kung fu actions, which is very different from "White House Down", but in this way, Alex's casting will not be able to proceed.

When it comes to action movies, it is estimated that people in this era are still stuck in the old-fashioned movies of "you punch me, punch you", and have no idea what kung fu is.

After thinking about it carefully, Alex finally decided: "I'll play the male lead myself. Anyway, it's really a problem in this era to find white people who know kung fu."

After the male protagonist is solved, the villain is another problem, but Alex has already considered this problem. He wants to find a Chinese kung fu master to film.

That person is the famous "Bruce Lee"! (To be continued...)