Chapter 923: Great Directors

James Cameron has only three films released in China, "True Lies", "Titanic", and "Avatar", the three movies have won three times and broken the record of Chinese films three times, so Chinese audiences call Cameron "Card God".

For the arrival of the card god, the fans showed great enthusiasm, and the scene set off earth-shattering cheers, and the fans paid tribute to such a popular director with high-decibel screams.

Cameron also behaved very amiable, smiling and waving to the screaming fans. In April this year, the 3D version of "Titanic" was released in China, sweeping the entire schedule and achieving a box office of nearly 1.2 billion. Cameron remade "Titanic" into a 3D version for release, just to take advantage of the opportunity of the 3D fire to make a fortune around the world. He never dreamed that "Titanic 3D" would become so popular in China, accounting for half of the global box office.

For Chinese fans who support him so much, Cameron naturally does not hesitate to praise. In an interview with Zhu Dan, he said: "Thank you Chinese audiences for their support for me, two years ago they supported "Avatar", and this year they support "Titanic 3D". I hope that in the future, Chinese audiences will support more domestic films, and of course, the films produced by me and my team!"

Zhu Dan asked a question that many people want to ask: "Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival is a brand new film festival, just like a newborn baby, do you have any suggestions for Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival?"

Cameron continued to turn on the like mode: "I don't have any suggestions, in fact, it is really embarrassing that the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival can do this level, it is really very good! Zhang Ran is a person who can create miracles, it will definitely not be wrong to have him, and the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival will definitely become a first-class film festival." China's cinemas are developing very fast, China has become a driving force for the global film boom, and the Lin'an Film Festival will be a bridge between China and the world. For me, the main purpose of this visit is to communicate with Zhang Ran and other Chinese filmmakers, discuss cooperation, and the future development trend of film. ”

Zhu Dan saw that Cameron was also so optimistic about the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, and the smile on his face became even brighter: "A few days ago, Director Zhang Ran said in an interview that "Avatar 2" may be filmed in Lin'an in the future, will it really be filmed in Lin'an?"

Cameron gave a clear answer: "Yes, I will talk to director Zhang Ran about cooperation this time, hoping to cooperate with Century Summit to shoot "Avatar 2", so that the film will be released and marketed more smoothly in China, and understand how to meet the preferences of Chinese audiences, if possible, I will try to add Chinese elements to the story and use Chinese actors." ”

After Cameron's words, there is a commotion among Chinese journalists now, while various entertainment and film and television forums on the Internet are boiling, and netizens are discussing which domestic stars are most likely to participate in Kashen's new work.

Someone in the eighth group of Douban opened a post: "Kashen's "Avatar 2" is going to use Chinese actors, guess who will play soy sauce in it?" In a very short period of time, dozens of netizens replied to the post, and in addition to Zhang Jingchu, the other six domestic actresses are on the list, and Huang Shengyi, Wang Luodan, these little flowers are also listed. It's not that netizens have forgotten Zhang Jingchu, but everyone understands that as the proprietress of the peak of the century, it is not uncommon for her to play this soy sauce.

Shortly after Cameron's departure, Ridley Scott walked the red carpet with "Prometheus" star Michael Fassbender. This science fiction film, which is currently being screened in the United States, has passed the review of the General Administration and will be released in early September. Ridley Scott came over to build momentum for the film.

The director, who has directed classic films such as "Alien", "Gladiator" and "Black Hawk Down", is not as popular in China as Kashen Cameron, but it is also extremely popular. Everyone welcomed his arrival with applause and cheers.

Ridley Scott was in China for the first time and didn't know how influential his film was in China, and was shocked to hear the earth-shattering cheers from the scene.

At the end of the red carpet, when Zhu Dan asked, "What are your next shooting plans?"

Ridley Scott said seriously: "I am very interested in Qin Shi Huang and have already purchased the script of Qin Shi Huang. He has negotiated this matter with Zhang Yimou at the international film festival and communicated many times, and he is also very interested. This time, we will discuss the issue of cooperation again, and I am also going to meet with Zhang Ran to talk about this story. If this project can be successfully launched, it will definitely be filmed in China, and it is entirely possible to shoot in Lin'an. ”

Zhu Dan was very excited to hear that Ridley Scott was going to make Qin Shi Huang, after all, Ridley Scott had made epic blockbusters such as "Gladiator" and "Kingdom of the Celestial Empire", but she still reminded: "There have been many movies about "Qin Shi Huang". ”

Ridley Scott is very confident in this: "I have seen Qin Shi Huang films shot by Chinese directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, but classic historical stories will never go out of style, and each director will stand from a different angle, and the results will be different. My "Qin Shi Huang" will be an epic blockbuster that blends love, power, and betrayal. ”

After the departure of Ridley Scott, many well-known directors have appeared one after another, including Sam Raimi, the director of "Spider-Man", and the Wachowski siblings, the directors of "The Matrix", who all expressed their optimism in interviews that the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival has built a good platform for the exchange of Chinese and foreign filmmakers, and they are very optimistic about the future of the film festival, and they also hope to have more exchanges with Zhang Ran.

The famous directors are so optimistic about the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, which makes the Chinese reporters present feel a kind of glory and pride from the heart.

At this time, many reporters finally understood why Zhang Ran attached so much importance to the market, it is precisely because China has become the second largest market in the world, and will replace the United States as the first market in the future, these world-class directors have to take a high look at the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, and appear at the film festival in groups; 。

However, for the vast majority of the audience at the scene, the director is not the focus of everyone's attention, and all kinds of stars, especially Hollywood superstars, are. After all, domestic stars can always be seen, and Hollywood superstars rarely come to China once.

When Hollywood superstars such as Leonardo, Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., and Nicole Kidman walked on the red carpet one after another, the atmosphere was pushed to a climax again and again.

So much so that a reporter sighed: "Zhang Ran is so powerful, he has simply moved half of Hollywood!"

In the live broadcast posts of Weibo, forums and Tieba, netizens are also enthusiastically discussing: "It's just blinding my titanium alloy dog eyes, it's awesome! Hollywood A-list stars dare not say half of it, but one-third of it must be!"

"The opening ceremony of the Magic City Film Festival is known as the first red carpet in Asia, but there are not many big stars to support the stage, and the stars are dim! Compared with the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, it is simply too cold! I think the red carpet of the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival is the first red carpet in Asia!"

"Don't talk about the Magic Capital Film Festival, even the red carpet of the three major film festivals is not as shining as it is today!"

"I envy Lin'an's fans so much, not only can I watch science fiction movies and horror movies, but I can also see so many superstars, I am so happy!"

The time is slowly moving towards six o'clock, and the two-hour red carpet show is coming to an end, and the heavyweight guests have basically appeared. The red carpet of domestic film festivals is often bleak, and reporters are always worried about why the explosion point, and today reporters are also worried, there are too many stars, superstars, and big directors, and it is really difficult to choose which ones are given to the layout and which ones are removed.

Fans on both sides of the red carpet have been cheering and screaming for nearly two hours, and many of them are a little hoarse. However, when the finale of "Future Apocalypse" crew stepped on the red carpet, the scene erupted into screams and cheers like landslides: "Zhang Ran!

The earth-shattering screams were felt even by the guests in the movie palace, and the Chinese guests knew that it should be the crew of "Future Apocalypse" coming, only Zhang Ran was so loved by fans, and only when Zhang Ran appeared on the stage, there would be such exaggerated shouts;

Cameron, who was chatting and cooperating with Han Shanping, was also startled by the huge noise and asked, "What's wrong?"

Han Shanping chuckled and said, "It should be Zhang Ran who is starting to become popular!"

Cameron was not surprised when he heard that it was Zhang Ran coming: "It is worthy of Zhang Ran, the level of fan screams far exceeds that of the stars present!"

At the end of the red carpet, Zhu Dan stopped Zhang Ran and interviewed them.

Robert De Niro They were guests, and Zhu Dan naturally interviewed them first. Robert De Niro, a foodie, talked about Lin'an's food, crossed his fingers to count with everyone what delicious food he ate, and said that as long as he had the opportunity, he would definitely come to Lin'an to film, the food here is too tempting. Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson also exaggerated Lin'an, and Scarlett Johansson even played a Chinese sentence she had just learned: "There is heaven and there is Suhang!"

Before asking Zhang Ran a question, Zhu Dan secretly observed Zhang Ran. Zhu Dan also heard about the leakage of the source of "Future Apocalypse", and it is said that he will lose hundreds of millions of box office in China. As a fan, Zhu Dan is very sad for his idol. It's just that she found that Zhang Ran was not as sad as she imagined, and the whole person looked very relaxed, and she couldn't see the impact of the leak of the source of "Future Apocalypse" at all.

Seeing Zhang Ran so relaxed, Zhu Dan also relaxed a lot, and asked with a smile: "Director Zhang, we all know that you have put a lot of effort into the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, and now that the film festival has finally opened successfully, do you have anything to say?"

Zhang Ran smiled slightly and said: "I have been wandering in major film festivals, from Venice to Berlin, from Sitges to Busan, I have participated in countless large and small film festivals, but I have always been a guest, both in identity and mentality, I have never been a host." The Lin'an Film Festival is really my attendance as the host, to be honest, I am very nervous in my heart, I am afraid of living up to everyone's expectations!"

Zhu Dan thought to herself, I thought you wouldn't be nervous, but you would also be nervous! She smiled brightly and said, "As the host of the film festival, you should have something to say to the audience and guests who come to the film festival, right?"

Zhang Ran actually has nothing to say, the audience mainly comes to the film festival to watch movies, so he said: "The two weeks of the film festival are a movie feast at our doorstep, everyone can enjoy the happiness brought by the movie!"