Chapter 556 Pacific Rim
"I'm sure they will participate?"
Chen Linfeng was surprised and thought that this show that made money without a word would be left.
"Well, after I told you last time, the progress was not very good. I thought it was going to be bad, but I didn't expect that there would be changes again now.
I guess it might be because of the results of "The Joker" that those old guys became interested. ”
"This is reasonable."
Chen Linfeng asked, "Is there a certain time and place?"
"The time must be coordinated slowly, and it will definitely be after you finish filming "Sherlock Detective."
"Okay, I understand."
After recording this in the itinerary, Chen Linfeng filmed calmly as usual.
Outside, the box office of "The Joker" still maintains normal growth.
In late May, when North America was released for a whole month, the North American box office of "The Joker" reached US$370 million, with a global box office of more than 1.1 billion.
At this time, there are still many countries and regions that are still being released without any drawings, and the final box office exceeds 1.2 billion is not a big problem.
What's more clever is that "Iron Man 3" has already exceeded $1 billion at this time, reaching a level of nearly $1.1 billion.
There is little difference in data between the two movies.
Although "Iron Man 3" was released later than "The Joker", because it was released in various countries around the world, the remaining box office potential of the two is actually very close.
The final outcome still leaves a faint suspense.
These two movies are classic examples of binding marketing. When a movie with such a large size is encountered, it is easy to lose both sides.
But now it seems that it is indeed mutually accomplished.
Over the course of the whole month, media around the world have covered the opposition and competition between the two films.
The public likes to watch this and ignores the information about other movies.
"Fast and Furious 6" released in late May was significantly affected.
During this period, what made Chen Linfeng most happy was that there was no trouble in the beautiful country.
At least no death was caused, which is really gratifying.
He doesn't care about those small-scale demonstrations. That's what Aimei is willing to be a daily routine, and the media don't care about it, but it's mentioned it sporadically.
In early June, Chen Linfengshen secretly returned to the country without knowing it.
The media cannot know his exact completion time in advance, so this time it will not be blocked.
It’s not that he insists on sneaking around, but the domestic news is really a bit booming.
He is abroad and often hears Qianxi chatting about this on the phone.
The crew of "Shushan" is almost becoming the "Joker" seminar group.
The latest global box office of "The Joker" has been released, with a box office of US$1.23 billion, temporarily leading the global box office list.
"Iron Man 3" barely exceeded 1.2 billion, and its box office potential was basically exhausted.
At this point, the outcome of both sides has finally been determined.
After all, the rich second generation of Iron Man is unparalleled as a poor man from the bottom of Arthur.
On the one hand, domestic media are excited about the news of "The Joker" winning.
In addition, Chen Linfeng created a movie worth over $1 billion, and two consecutive movies have entered the top ten in the global film history box office list, which is too exaggerated.
This time, domestic netizens are a little better. They are not as excited as last time when they came to "Inception", but they are paying attention to the progress of the box office every day.
But the industry's reaction this time is different from the last time.
The last time in "Inception", to be honest, domestic filmmakers didn't have any real feelings.
But this time it is different. Movies with more than $1 billion in succession are produced. What is this concept?
Nowadays, almost all filmmakers with surnames are praising Chen Linfeng to the media.
Zhang Guoli: "It is not easy for Director Chen to work hard in Hollywood. His current achievements mean that he has become one of the top directors in the world. If he is considered a new generation, even the ‘one’ can be removed."
Tang Guoqiang: "When I was filming with Director Chen, I thought that this young man would definitely become a good actor in the future.
But I never thought that he would make such rapid progress after he started directing the drama.
Now, it may be difficult to find a better director in China. Congratulations to his new film for more than $1.2 billion. ”
Yu Shengming: "I first filmed "The Last Biography of Journey to the West" and "The Lotus Lantern" with him. Other actors usually take a break after filming.
Only he always likes to follow the photographer to see how others film, and from time to time he will follow the rest of the crew to learn.
当时我就觉得这小孩是个很上进的孩子，还特意让他随便看随便学，只要不打扰人就行。
Now in a blink of an eye, he has reached this level..."
Zhang Yimou: "Xiao Chen is very spiritual in the director. He can learn the strengths of different directors, and can quickly digest and absorb them. I am not surprised that he can achieve today's achievements."
Jiang Wen: "Xiao Chen is awesome!"
“…”
Xixi was not here at home, so Chen Linfeng went directly to the place where his parents lived.
"Oh, the big star is back."
Ms. Wang Yanping didn't give her younger son a good look and even started to mock her.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong?" Ms. Wang's face looked light, "I'm very busy. I can't see opportunities for a year, and I can't even see people during the New Year. It's amazing."
She gave a thumbs up as she said that.
Chen Linfeng felt ashamed, "My fault is definitely not like this next year."
Regardless of whether it can be done or not, you must spread the promises quickly.
Sure enough, Wang Yanping still cared about her younger son and her face quickly became gentle.
Because the recent news was so hot, she asked curiously,
"The movie you filmed recently is called the clown. It's not only good at selling, but also winning Oscars?"
Chen Linfeng thought for a while and said, "It's possible, but the Oscar is also the main focus of Leonardo, that is, the starring actor of "The Joker"."
Chen's mother waved her hand, "I know, Jack Little Little Zi, your dad and I went to watch "Titanic" in the past."
"Ah?" Chen Linfeng was surprised, "Why don't I know?"
Ms. Wang gave him a blank look, "We have to let you know when we go to watch a movie?"
She continued the words just now, "Why do you want to compete for the award for Little Lizi? "
"Oscar awards are generally easier to win awards by those with key public relations. Little Lizi and I said at the beginning that he would help me with Berlin, and I would help him with Oscars."
Wang Yanping nodded as if she knew it.
"Besides, Li Zi has always wanted to be an Oscar winner. She has been pursuing it for many years and always wants people to realize her ideals."
"Yes, I also said it in the news. It's so pitiful that I've been looked down upon by the judges because of playing Jack."
Wang Yanping tried hard to keep up with the topic, and for this reason, she had specially learned about her son's movies.
Of course, because most of the information is obtained from entertainment news, a lot of the content she says is thousands of miles away from the truth.
Chen Linfeng didn't correct it either and followed his mother.
Not long after, Chen Shantong returned home.
"Oh, this is a guest at home."
Chen Linfeng rolled his eyes. The two of them are worthy of being husband and wife, and they are both sarcastic.
Wang Yanping was unwilling to do so, "Go and go, your son will go home and say something strange."
Chen Shantong: “…”
But since his wife had spoken, he naturally changed his attitude.
"The box office of "The Joker" is good, it really makes your father's face."
"It's okay." "I've read the script of "The Legend of Zhaolie of the Southern Song Dynasty". It's very exciting. When will you start filming?"
"It's about September or October," Chen Linfeng explained, "I'm going to Hollywood again soon. I have to wait for me to finish filming. When the crew starts filming, I can still keep a few more eyes."
Speaking of the latter sentence, he suddenly became quiet.
Chen Shan Tong Xin understood it, looked at Wang Yanping who was busy in the kitchen, and whispered,
"Okay, the script can continue to be improved, and I will prepare it in advance."
"What are you two talking about? You're sneaky."
Wang Yanping happened to come out with a plate of cut apples and saw this scene.
"No, nothing."
...
I stayed with Ms. Wang for two days at home.
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Then, before he was suspected of being disliked, Chen Linfeng left first.
I went to visit Liu Xiaoli, and then went to Pingshi to find my wife.
Perhaps because of the pressure of the cost of the movie, Xu Ke's attention to "Shushan" is obviously different from the past.
In order to present a better picture effect, he not only used special effects, but also spent a lot of effort to find a suitable outdoor scene.
Strange peaks, stone pillars, ancient bridges, and small towns, specialize in choosing places that look very fairy.
Chen Linfeng provided a lot of opinions here.
He has watched many related videos in his previous life, and some beautiful places are really natural with the flavor of Chinese fairy tales.
In the past month, almost all the crew of "Shushan" was running on the outdoor scene.
Now that I have only been half taken, I have just come back to repair it, and I guess I will have one month to run away.
"Xiaofeng, here~"
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the Film and Television City Hotel, I saw Liu Qianxi wave at him from afar.
On a hot day in June, there were no people around, only Zhang Xin followed.
Chen Linfeng waved his hand and asked Luo Lin to park the car, and then accelerated to go over.
"Are you not filming now? You are picking me up in the hotel. I still want to go to the crew to see it."
He looked up and down and saw that Xixi was not wearing a costume, but was just wearing casual clothes.
"I'm filming someone else's scenes, I'll take a break these two days."
Liu Qianqian explained, then asked back, "Has the filming of "Sherlock" finished?"
"Well, I asked the director to focus on filming my scenes first, and then I'm back."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Chen Linfeng naturally raised his arms so that Qianqian could easily hold him.
"I went to see our mother yesterday. I heard that she has found a few good seedlings and is preparing to train her to become a dancer."
"I also heard that it was a small account that was slaughtered and I had to change the account and start over again. I don't know where to learn the strange words."
"So fashionable?"
"That's it."
...
Chen Linfeng failed to stay in Pingshi for too long.
The summer season is approaching, and he has a lot of things to do.
"Manslaughter" filmed by Shen Ao will be released in the summer season. It's okay, he is just a screenwriter.
Although he was named a producer, he did not participate much in the promotional aspects except for confirming the final editing version.
"Hurricane Rescue 2" is different.
The first movie in the series was $640 million at the box office, so this heavyweight movie must be taken seriously.
The specific publicity work began last month.
With the reputation of "The Joker", he focused on marketing Chen Linfeng's identity as a screenwriter and producer (simply), and directly said to the public that it was Chen Linfeng's movie.
Fang Long's name is not as good as him now.
Of course, kung fu superstars have their own status in their core audience.
And Liu Qianqian, who has been a hit TV series in recent years and has been a high-box commercial movie.
The global influence cannot be underestimated.
Therefore, during the promotion and distribution process, the publisher emphasized the two main actors on the one hand, and also increased the names of the screenwriter and producers.
It’s just that I’m sorry for Cheng Er, the tool man has done it to the end.
But he didn't care much about this kind of world-renowned movie series, as long as he is a serious director, he has a lot of experience.
During this summer, Chen Linfeng roughly watched it and there were almost no movies worth caring about.
He watched the movies that were about to be released in the entire schedule, but few of them had heard of the names in his previous life.
"Zombie World War" and "Wolverine 2" are a bit threatening.
The rest are like Will Smith's "Return to Earth" or "2012" director Roland Emerrich's new film "Shocking Crisis", although the publicity is quite big.
But he didn't see it.
Originally, there should be a "Pacific Rim" during this period.
But how could Chen Linfeng let this huge mecha theme let men watch the passionate movie?
This movie was a pity in my previous life.
The producer Legend Pictures and the distributor Warner split (disbanded the partnership) on the eve of the release of the film, which seriously lacked the promotion and promotion of the film, so it only received a box office of US$100 million in North America.
Fortunately, the overseas box office was very good, and the second part was barely launched after winning 300 million US dollars.
In fact, if North America sells well at the box office, it is entirely possible to further boost overseas box office.
That's not all. In the second part, because the previous work failed to recover the investment, the producer lacked confidence, which reduced the production cost.
The core director was also replaced.
As a result, the reputation collapsed and the subsequent works were gone.
In Chen Linfeng's view, "Pacific Rim" is actually completely possible to become a famous IP series.
Therefore, he asked Tingfeng Entertainment to find director Toro early and initiated an invitation to cooperate.
Chen Linfeng has a good reputation in Hollywood. Previously, the "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" series were very friendly to creators.
So director Toro decisively took over the olive branch.
When discussing the plot of the movie in the early stage, he accepted some suggestions from Chen Linfeng and made some modifications.
Therefore, the project launch and shooting of the movie have been postponed, and it is estimated that it will not be released until next summer.
Let’s talk about this summer.
In order to help "Hurricane Rescue 2" marketing, Chen Linfeng thought of the forum chat program that Sister Mei mentioned to him.
Since they are chatting between filmmakers, a veteran filmmaker like Fang Long must have the chance to appear.
In order not to seem too clear about the purpose, he also asked Sister Mei to ask if she could call Zhang Yimou.
It is obvious that these two people have a big reputation internationally. After the program team asked other directors, they agreed to the proposal.
Not only that, the other party also proposed to add a few people, and Nolan, Tom Hanks, Leonardo and others confirmed their entry.
A program that made money from nothing has transformed into an exchange meeting for top filmmakers in the world.
(This chapter ends)