Chapter 1079 The Most Expensive TV Series Promotional Video in History
The promotional video was broadcast before the broadcast of the second-highest rated TV series "Evil Fantasy" on CW TV, which has limited funds and no major variety shows in prime time, only a "Ryan talk show" with decent ratings on Friday night, mainly talk shows about topics that young people care about. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Other primetime is basically supported by TV dramas.
The promotional video was broadcast on this day because "Evil Fantasy" will usher in the finale, which is generally the time when the TV series has the highest ratings, and it is also a warm-up for Cheng Xiaoyu's TV series to land on CW TV.
Next week's weekend, Cheng Xiaoyu's first TV series will land on the CW TV series.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Charlize Theron was in front of the TV, waiting for the premiere of this promotional film, yes, she also performed in the promotional video, but Cheng Xiaoyu told her very clearly that he was only a cameo in this TV series, and she was mainly targeting the film market.
And the starring role of this TV series will be "Horror Movie" star Thomas Hank, Sun Jingyao and Chris Evans, who has starred with her in "Midnight Bell" and some others.
But the movie derived from this series will be starring her.
Also sitting with her at this time were Meryl Lange and Ellie Fanning, all three of whom were ready to go out after watching the promotional video shot by Cheng Xiaoyu today.
Ellie Fanning was holding up her mirror and applying makeup at the moment, and the coffee table was full of her bottles and cans, and she said while applying foundation: "Charlleze, to be honest, you are really jealous, and when you become famous in the future, don't forget our two good sisters....."
If it weren't for Charlize Theron's promising future, Ellie Fanning wouldn't have sat at home and waited for her to go out with her.
Meryl Lange looked at Charlize Theron's statue-like face and asked, "Charlize, to be honest, have you ever slept with this director?
Charlize Theron made a helpless expression and said: "This question is about to be asked by you, you all know, I really have nothing to do with him, maybe my experience moved him!"
Elle Fanning said disapprehantly: "You just lie to the ghost! The director doesn't have a good thing, I don't believe that he didn't hint at you anything, or you didn't hint at him, Hollywood breeds are all cheap people who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles.... You don't want to say that he is a saint with high morals, he is purely optimistic about your acting skills. ”
Charlize Theron said angrily: "Ellie, you can say anything, but don't say that, Cheng, he is a real gentleman, in my heart he is honest and kind..."
Ellie Fanning put down the foundation, turned around and held Charlize Theron's face in both hands and smiled charmingly, "Oh, my little cutie, my fault, I shouldn't have criticized your lover, I made you angry! But I want to tell you, the so-called gentlemen are wolves in suits, even when they are extremely hungry, they will remain patient, lurk until you lose your vigilance, and then easily take your soul....."
Meryl Lange smiled like a nymphomaniac and said, "A wolf in a suit? I just want to know if that skinny director Cheng looks like a wolf in bed!"
Ellie Fanning showed an ambiguous expression and put on a seductive look and said: "I don't know if Director Cheng is a wolf or not, but I think Charlize will make a fuss, and I must be unable to resist Director Cheng..... Look at her pretty face, her perfect body, oh my God! If only a man would have tied her up with a collar and made her my exclusive pet....."
Charlize Theron angrily picked up the liquid foundation from the coffee table and stuffed it into Elle Fanning's hand and said: "Hurry up and put on your makeup, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute, and your coquettish appearance will be left to your man!"
Ellie Fanning took the foundation and bumped Charlize Theron on the shoulder, blinking her eyes and smiling charmingly: "Do you want Miss Ben to teach you a few tricks how to seduce men?
At this time, Meryl Lange exclaimed, "Let's see the trailer begins." ”
The screen of the television went black, and a shocking drum beat of "dong" sounded, followed by a continuous electronic drum beat. (BGM "pioneers.of.the.apocalypse", most of the content of the promotional video comes from the promotional video of "World War Z 1", if you are interested, you can take a look)
The aerial photography of Fifth Avenue appeared in front of everyone's eyes, the picture fell, and a family appeared in the shot, this man is the starring Thomas Hank, different from "Horror Movie", he has long hair and beard at the request of Cheng Xiaoyu, and looks a little old.
The family was talking in the car, when a motorcycle sped past and knocked over his rearview mirror, Thomas Hank stepped out of the car to observe the situation, when an explosion sounded, a policeman came on a police motorcycle, told Thomas Hank to leave quickly, and he called Thomas Hank by name, apparently Thomas Hank was also a police officer.
But soon the greeting policeman received the lunch box and was directly hit by a speeding oversized truck, and the entire Fifth Avenue was swept by the overturned truck, and it was a mess......
The three people in front of the TV held their breath and stared at the TV without blinking.
At the climax, the picture went black, and the famous Statue of Liberty logo of "Xichu Pictures" appeared, followed by the LOGO of "Digital Domain", and finally the white characters in Chinese and English: Cheng Xiaoyu's works.
Then the whole process is high-energy, and the scenes comparable to Hollywood's top special effects disaster movies appear one after another, fighter jets and helicopters cross the sky, and the entire Fifth Avenue is full of rushing crowds, the male protagonist picks up his daughter, pulls his wife and rushes towards a truck, and after getting into the car, he drives on the Fifth Avenue rampage.
At this time, the screen goes black again, and after the words "this.summer" appear, the screen begins to flashback, which also shows the footage of Charlize Theron wearing a black leather suit and holding two guns, as well as the Umbrella Company building and the logo of the Umbrella Company, but these images are only fleeting, mainly various zombies and human fighting shots.
When Charlize Theron appeared on the TV screen, Meryl Lange and Ellie Fanning couldn't help but exclaim, "SO. COOL!”
The next shots are more and more shocking from scene to scene, especially the picture of a large number of zombies piled up and hitting a high wall, which is really shocking.
When the screen goes black for the last time and the title of the TV series, Resident Evil: The Walking Dead, appears, everyone is stunned, including Charlize Theron.
The three-minute promo video is unbelievable.
Ellie Fanning didn't even know that the foundation had fallen on the ground, and she said with a look of surprise on her face: "So.crazy..... Charlize: You're not mistaken? It's a TV series, it's not a movie, oh my God! I can't believe it. ”
Meryl Lange also looked at Charlize Theron and said with an amazed face: "No one can stop me from chasing this drama, I officially announced that I have become Director Cheng's brain-dead fan, my God, just watching the trailer, I am high/high, Charlize No matter what, you have to find a way to let me take a photo with Director Cheng." ”
Charlize Theron was also confused, her shot was completed in front of the green screen, and she didn't know what the final effect would be, at this time Charlize Theron was also in a boiling mood!
The promotional film of the TV series has been hung like this, you can imagine how awesome the movie will be, and this movie will be starring her, if Cheng Xiaoyu is in front of him at the moment, she really has the urge to roll the sheets with him immediately.
And at this moment, Cheng Xiaoyu was stimulated by not only Charlize Theron, but all the American audiences who watched this promotional film watched H, and at the same time, the official media of "Xichu" also released this explosive promotional film on the Internet.
The plot of this TV series written by Cheng Xiaoyu is mainly from "The Walking Dead", and the reason why "Resident Evil" is added is not only to complete the world view of "The Walking Dead" and make up for the background and reasons for the outbreak of the biochemical virus, but also to pave the way for the future launch of the "Resident Evil" series of movies and series of games.
Cheng Xiaoyu spent more than 30 million yuan to shoot a three-minute promotional film, of course, not only for the CW TV TV series, for him, this is creating an IP that belongs to "Xichu".
This promotional film surprised all audiences, as Cheng Xiaoyu showed unparalleled control of the film.
Most American audiences' impression of Cheng Xiaoyu is still a small-budget horror movie, relying on Niu B's publicity, excellent plot, and accurate control of the audience's G/point, resulting in the impression of high box office.
And most directors of this type have very limited ability to control special effects films with grand scenes, which is why the audience and the media are not very optimistic about Cheng Xiaoyu's $600 million production.
Although it is said that CW TV and the official media of "Xichu" announced a few days in advance that the CW TV will exclusively broadcast director Cheng Xiaoyu's first TV series at 8 p.m. on Saturday on CW TV.
But the effect can only be said to be unsatisfactory, although Cheng Xiaoyu's fans have paid attention, but in fact, because it is just a promotional film, everyone is curious, but it is not strong enough to have a sneak peek.
So although the ratings of this time slot reached a record 2.3 on CW TV, it is actually not very high compared to the high-rated programs of other TV stations.
But this is also expected, in fact, he can get a rating of 2.3 Derby Feynman is already very satisfied, when he saw this promotional film for the first time, he felt that Cheng Xiaoyu was simply crazy, according to his promotional film method of throwing money, how much does this TV series cost for an episode?
CW TV's self-made dramas are at most two or three million episodes, but they promised Cheng Xiaoyu to buy the North American broadcast rights at cost price per episode, and this episode will properly exceed 10 million levels.
At that time, the entire high-level of CW TV was very collapsed, it was originally a TV station with some insufficient funds, and now I was really afraid of being played bankrupt by Cheng Xiaoyu, fortunately, after negotiating with Cheng Xiaoyu, Cheng Xiaoyu made a concession and promised that the fee would not be in a hurry, and the ratings were only 4.0, and he didn't take a penny, more than 4.0, CW TV had to add extra money in addition to the cost of signing the contract.
Derby Feynman actually wanted to grit his teeth and insist on paying directly, he saw the potential of this TV series to make history, but other executives felt that the risk was too great, and it was better to pay a premium.
This makes Derby Feynman a little frustrated, and sometimes the biggest effect of democracy is that the wise man has to carry the pig teammates together.
After the promo was broadcast on CW TV, it quickly took the Internet by storm, not only in the United States, but also in China, in Neon, and in Europe.....
Zombie films at this moment are not as popular as Cheng Xiaoyu remembers, and the mainstream shooting methods of zombie films are only horror films and suspense films, this is the first time that zombie films have been presented in front of global audiences in the form of disaster films, especially Cheng Xiaoyu also brought an extremely shocking audition experience to global audiences.
Overnight, the promotional video of "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" almost dominated the global network, and the click-through rate of the "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" promotional video of oil depots and YouTube was between 8 and 12 o'clock, and the global hit rate skyrocketed, exceeding 100 million in an instant.
The storm set off by Cheng Xiaoyu began to gather strength.....