Chapter 415: Search for Movies
Chapter 415 of the text searches for movies
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At about ten o'clock, Wu Cheng said goodbye and went home, this is his habit, everyone else knows that their boss is a man who cares about his family very much, and he never fools around outside.
Therefore, when Wu Cheng proposed to leave, although some of them felt disappointed, they didn't say much. In fact, Spielberg is also similar to Wu Cheng.
Even if he was busy at work, whenever he could go home, Spielberg would usually go home and have dinner with his family. This was what it looked like when I was filming "Raiders of the Lost Ark" before.
Speaking of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", it is estimated that it will not be released until the summer. Although there are three directors together...... It's Spielberg, Lucas, and Cameron. But Spielberg not only wanted to shoot "Raiders of the Lost Ark", he also needed to participate in the post-production of "Contact of the Third Kind", which he had previously filmed. This film was only released in November last year.
"First Blood" was released in December, and it is not without the idea of avoiding it.
As for Lucas, it was entirely for the special effects production of industrial magic light, and he also served as a producer, so he followed the crew. And Cameron, this girl doesn't have any works yet, and following the crew is more of a learning experience. Therefore, the filming of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is not fast at all.
It is estimated that when "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is released, and then start preparing for the filming of "Alien ET", it will have to wait until the second half of the year. Thinking about the difficulty of making "Alien ET", it is estimated that when it is released, it will have to wait until the year after next.
However, Wu Cheng will not urge them, these people are all very characterful. Moreover, filming here is not like Xiangjiang, people will not be in such a hurry.
Therefore, there are not many films in this year's DreamWorks, and it is no wonder that Shirley Lansing's eyes lit up when she heard that Wu Cheng wanted to make a film herself.
In fact, DreamWorks has missed out on a good film called Animal House, but they don't know it.
Wu Cheng also doesn't know what are Hollywood's high-grossing films in this era. He only knows some movies that he is familiar with, such as some familiar ones played by future superstars.
After all, he is not a film professional, he has not seen so many films, and his understanding of the entertainment industry is just some rumors circulating on the Internet.
But who can say which of those rumors are true and which are false?
DreamWorks' script review department, because of Wu Cheng, is more selective, and they will always compare those scripts with Wu Cheng's scripts from time to time.
The result is obvious, where can those scripts be compared with those classic movies? You must know that almost all the scripts that Wu Cheng came up with can be regarded as classics.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have looked at them, let alone taken them out.
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When I got home, it was already past eleven o'clock, and all the women in the house were asleep, except for Madonna's room, where the lights were on. Wu Cheng didn't go to Hepburn, and after sending her home, he returned to his side. He was worried that Zhao Yazhi hadn't slept yet in order to wait for him.
When she was in Xiangjiang, she did this before Zhao Yazhi was pregnant. And now that he has come to California, Wu Cheng is also worried about whether Zhao Yazhi will adapt.
Wu Cheng had been with her for most of the night, and although Hepburn was a little reluctant, he didn't ask for too much, but before leaving, he kissed Wu Cheng in the hall.
Sure enough, when Wu Cheng came home and quietly walked into Zhao Yazhi's room, he saw Zhao Yazhi sitting on the head of the bed, holding a book in her hand, but she had already fallen asleep.
Wu Cheng exhaled softly, walked over lightly, and then gently pulled out the notebook from her hand, and then helped her to lie down, quietly turned off the lamp, and left the room.
For others, it was time to sleep, but for Wu Cheng, it was still early at this time, and his energy was quite strong, and there was no sleepiness at all at this time.
Although he had drunk a lot of alcohol before, when the qi in his body turned slightly, all the alcohol in his body evaporated.
When he came to the study, Wu Cheng began to write the script. The company doesn't have many plays this year, and Wu Cheng has to write a few simple scripts in addition to adding lines to his script.
A film company can't all be big-budget films, and small-budget films are also a must.
But if you think about it carefully, Wu Cheng was suddenly a little depressed, because there were really not many low-budget Hollywood movies he had seen. When he watched movies, in order to be more cool, most of the films he was looking for were big-scale films, with a strong star lineup, high production costs, and small-budget movies, and he really didn't see much. After thinking about it, suddenly a movie jumped into his mind "Two Big Smoking Guns". Thinking of this movie, Wu Cheng thought of the "Crazy Stone", and the sequel "Crazy Racing".
In comparison, he would be a little more familiar with the 'Crazy Two Parts'.
However, it's a pity that these two films are authentic Chinese films, because the local slang added to them is not Chinese, so you won't appreciate the fun.
Moreover, many of the lines in the movie, if you don't understand the national conditions of that country, it is difficult to appreciate the humor.
Therefore, this movie did not need any hesitation, and was directly abandoned by him.
As for other Chinese films, in fact, most of them have little value for adaptation, because many films are written according to the national conditions of China. It's Xiangjiang films, some of which can be adapted.
However, Wu Cheng still gave up the idea of adaptation because it was too troublesome.
It's easier to just take it as a doctrine.
As for "Two Big Smoking Guns", Wu Cheng felt that he could shoot it himself, and when he had time, he would go to the UK to shoot, and by the way, he could make an appointment with Diana.
So, he began to search the memory tree in his mind to see if he could find some films that were easy to shoot, and then plagiarize them directly.
Soon, Wu Cheng found the first film "This Man is from Earth".
It's quite an interesting film, and it's a film that uses pure line dialogue to drive a sci-fi plot, like a group of people sitting there telling a story.
It's simple, but it's fun!
With an investment of 200,000 yuan and a box office of over 100 million, you can imagine how strong its investment-to-income ratio is.
But thinking about it, the movie was abandoned by him. Because, in these days, there are not many science fiction movies, and the most representative one is naturally 'Star Wars'.
And now, how long has 'Star Wars' just come out?
When people have not experienced the shadow of the sword and the bombardment of spaceship cannons, and people have not yet experienced the fatigue of science fiction aesthetics, the effect of launching this drama will definitely not be so ideal.
Therefore, if you want to fight big with small, the effect may not be so ideal.
So this drama was directly pushed aside by him first. However, Wu Cheng felt that he could write a novel based on this theme first.
I heard that this movie is adapted from a novel, and I don't know who wrote it, so Wu Cheng is going to write it first. The movie was only made in 07 years, at this time, I believe that the novel should not have been written yet! Wu Cheng felt that it was better to occupy the pit first.
After making a note in the list, Wu Cheng continued to search for other movies.
Soon, a comedy appeared in his mind, "Fifty First Loves".
When Wu Cheng was watching this movie, he almost laughed at himself. Because when he watched this play, he didn't read its introduction, but he heard that it was funny, so he clicked on it directly, and when he saw it, he really laughed.
In this era, this drama can be taken out for filming, and the cost does not need to be much, the plot is quite simple, the investment is not large, and the shooting speed can be faster.
In addition to this, Wu Cheng also thought of "The Shawshank Redemption", "Forrest Gump" and so on.
However, these two films seem to be adapted from novels, and Wu Cheng doesn't know if the novel has come out now. So I was going to write down the script first, and then go back and ask people to check if there were these two novels on the market, and if not, I would go directly to the screenwriters' union to register.
If these two novels have come out now, then buy the adaptation rights directly.
Moreover, now "The Shawshank Redemption" can be filmed, because the story takes place in the forties, so in terms of the sense of the times, there is actually no need to change much to plagiarize.
Speaking of this movie, countless people in later generations have been aggrieved by it. It's a pity that it was unlucky, and it ran into the equally tough "Forrest Gump", and as a result, it could only be used as a companion.
Now that these two films have become Dream Factory, Wu Cheng will definitely not let it become a companion.
Unless they're all unlucky and come across other, tougher films.
However, Wu Cheng feels that this possibility is very low. Because these two films are about the mainstream values of the United States, I believe that no matter what era they are placed in, they can shine as they should, as long as these two films will not die and come together again.
Now, though, that possibility can be ruled out.
When Wu Cheng was excitedly plagiarizing the scripts of these movies, there was a knock on the door, Wu Cheng said 'come in', and saw Madonna walking in with a bowl of soup.
"Well, this is the sobering soup that Anji asked me to prepare for you!"
Madonna looked reluctant on the surface, but in her eyes, there was a hint of hope that Wu Cheng would praise her twice, as if to say: Come, praise me!
Wu Cheng smiled when he heard this, and said, "You can also make decanting soup?"
"Anji, they will all do! There are a few aunts, they will too!"
"Okay!" Wu Cheng shrugged his shoulders, picked up the decanting soup and drank it, although it didn't taste very good, Wu Cheng still smiled and said, "Thank you!"
After Wu Cheng finished drinking the soup, he handed her the bowl, but she didn't leave, and stood there with a look of desire.
Wu Cheng saw her like this, so he asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Well, when are you going to let me out on a record?"
"......" (To be continued.) )