Chapter 352: Movie Sequel
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The filming plan for the sequel to "Red Dawn" soon became known to the public.
In the new schedule, DreamWorks has filled in the name of this sequel, "Red Dawn Red Alert"! Seeing such a name, almost all the media and the public are speculating whether this film is going to be a war movie.
When they saw the list of directors, screenwriters, and actors, they were even more excited.
Alex's name is prominent, he wears many hats, he is both a director, a screenwriter and an actor. This situation is simply unprecedented, Alex has a habit of making movies, that is, he only shoots the first part, and basically does not participate in the subsequent sequels, at most he doubles as a consultant.
Now in this "Red Dawn" series of movies, Alex is not satisfied with the first film, and he will continue to shoot the second part, and it is also a trinity of writing, directing, and acting! What's even more exciting is that in this movie, the three Carpenter siblings will all star, and they are all important actors.
When the news broke, those fans were almost crazy with excitement. For a long time, people have been very interested in the collaboration of the three Carpenter siblings, whether it is a record, a TV show or a movie, as long as their siblings appear, they will immediately attract a lot of attention.
In fact, not long after the release of this movie, there was news that a sequel would be made. The audience is also eagerly awaiting, waiting for DreamWorks to shoot a sequel. Unexpectedly, after waiting for nearly a year, the presidents of the United States were assassinated, and they didn't wait for the sequel to this movie, and there was no relevant news.
This is not a sequel to the movie, Alex originally wanted to shoot it early, he likes to do everything at once, and he won't do it one at a time. It's like squeezing toothpaste.
Originally, he made the film just to promote the Internet project, and when he wanted to make a sequel, Richard and Cullen had to play roles in the sequel. I had no choice but to revise the sequel script. Then let Bruce Lee teach the actor some basic kung fu moves.
By about the time, Kennedy had been assassinated.
At this time, even if you have free time, you can't shoot the sequel and put it out. Everyone is staring at the JFK murder case, where is the time to focus on other things. Even the movie "Red Dawn", which predicted the killing of the president, did not dare to mess around in this limelight.
Wait until the dust settles on the presidential case. After the social order in the United States returned to normal, Alex also escaped the limelight of reporters, and only then did he plan to shoot a sequel to the movie.
This time, he wanted not only to make a movie, but also to make a game, a comic and a novel.
The game has been handed over to Blizzard to get first, and as for the comics, Marvel has also arranged for Marvel to organize people to draw it. In terms of novels, Alex did not plan to write on his own, but recruited some third-rate authors to write the storyline according to a unified story background framework.
After all of this was arranged, Alex went back to filming the movie.
In this society, the influence of movies is far stronger than that of comics, novels and games, and even in the 21st century, the influence of movies is still very strong. Lots of comics, novels and games. It will only be made into a movie after it has a certain popularity. It wasn't until the movie was released that the popularity really peaked.
Alex is paying attention to the same thing!
Focusing on movies, supplemented by other comics, novels, and games, the influence of each theme is expanded from various peripherals. Now that the popularity of "Red Dawn" is quite high, and the name is also very loud, he will not be brain-dead to start a new series and attract the audience from scratch to accumulate popularity.
However, with the current level of film special effects technology, I want to make a large-scale war movie for future generations. That's a real headache. What's more, he can't make a sequel into a war documentary, there must be a storyline in it.
At first, Alex scratched his head very much, and he didn't know what to make up a story, so he put the sequel plan on hold for many months. Waited until now. He had the idea to describe the changes in an ordinary American family after the upheaval of the war.
In the sequel to the film, Alex is no longer Agent Mike, but plays a soldier who has just returned home from the battlefield in Vietnam to visit his family, only to encounter a Soviet invasion. In addition to his father, he had a younger brother and sister, during which time his father died for resisting the invasion.
In order to take revenge, and at the same time to awaken their compatriots, who were ruled by the Soviet Union, they began a hard guerrilla war.
The selling point of this movie is still the sci-fi elements and kung fu action, as well as the family concept and affection of Americans, love, etc. It is a movie that is very much in line with the mainstream appetite, and the shooting cost will not be too high except for some big scenes at the beginning.
Due to the depiction of a local battle scene, the protagonist Mike and the number one villain of the first part will only appear as background characters, and will not participate in the interaction with the main character. This may lead to a lot of disappointment, after all, the audience wants to see the villain played by Bruce Lee meet Alex again, and their previous two frequent duels are still talked about.
In the filming site of "Red Alert", Alex commanded a group of actors how to move, they were all soldiers from the American ** team, but at this time they played the mighty and majestic Red Army soldiers.
"After these people walk over, then the magnetic explosion infantry!" Alex spoke to the actors, gesturing to the special infantry units next to him wearing steel armor and marked with scythes and hammers.
Known as the "Magnetic Explosion Infantry", these units are capable of attacking enemies with powerful magnetic energy waves, which are generated by the portable magnetic blast coils they are equipped with. In the movie, there are many scenes that show their power, and they are a very terrifying class.
In the setting, the magnetic explosion infantry is a very valuable unit, so the protagonists really face only one or two, not many. However, this is already a headache, because in addition to not being afraid of being crushed by the tank army, in the event of an emergency power shortage, the magnetic blast infantry can also charge the base's magnetic storm coil, so that it can continue to be used to resist the offensive of enemy troops.
The scene they were filming was after the Soviet Red Army invaded the United States. Military demonstrations as they enter the city.
The magnetic explosion infantry was followed by Apocalypse tanks, helicopter gunships, MiGs and Kirov airboats, among others. All the Soviet army appearances were based on red, giving it a chilling feel that was both cold and bloody.
The weapons and equipment of these eras were designed by Alex in detailed drawings. Then hand it over to the special effects team and the props team to make zuò and finish. In order to achieve the desired effect, DreamWorks invested millions of dollars in the production of props. However, the shooting effect is quite good, at least it makes people feel very realistic when they see it, which is the same thing.
In this film, in addition to the Soviet army, there are also Vietnamese troops. This is to be in line with the context of the times, as well as to cater to the needs of the American audience. After all, at this time, the Americans were still fighting the Viet Cong in Vietnam, and the Vietnamese were the sworn enemies of the Americans.
Alex arranged the storyline of the story of the invasion of the United States by the Soviets and Vietnamese.
Then in this film, Asian faces are indispensable. This has enriched the elements of the film a lot and attracted the attention of many foreign audiences. Especially in Southeast Asia, people in this region basically only watch Hong Kong and Japanese movies, and the power of Hollywood movies has not yet been able to radiate in, but this film by DreamWorks should be able to make history.
Although the number one villain played by Bruce Lee was rarely photographed, Alex still arranged for Bruce Lee to be the martial arts instructor and worked with the camera crew throughout the process. Bruce Lee at this time. is no longer the Wuxia Amon of the past, he not only worked as a screenwriter but also as a director and filmed many kung fu films.
These kung fu films sold well in the United States, and although they didn't win the box office, they were basically able to make a lot of money, and they repeatedly broke box office records in Hong Kong, Japan, Southeast Asia, and other places.
In the eyes of others, it is inevitable that Bruce Lee can achieve such results.
With Alex's support and DreamWorks' resources, even a near-miss director can make a name for himself, not to mention that Bruce Lee himself is also versatile, able to write, direct, and act! Plus the kung fu craze is booming in the United States. It has cultivated a large market group, and every kung fu movie will be watched in the cinema.
Because of Alex, Bruce Lee was excavated several years in advance, and kung fu movies are much hotter than in the original history. Seeing such an opportunity, the Hong Kong film company is ready to move. They also want to come over and get a piece of the pie.
At first, they wanted to hire Bruce Lee over, but now he has already been sold by DreamWorks and signed a ten-year contract. What's more, Bruce Lee is doing well in Hollywood, and there is no reason to go back to Hong Kong to swim in that little pool.
In desperation, Hong Kong film companies had no choice but to find their own "Bruce Lee" in the mainland, the most daring of which was the Shaw Brothers Film Company, which invested huge sums of money more riskily than the Great Wall Film Company and Phoenix Film Company, and made a lot of kung fu movies at once, wanting to bring out more well-known martial arts stars than Bruce Lee.
As a result, Shaw Brothers followed suit and suddenly grew into one of the largest film companies in Hong Kong. Its influence spread throughout the Chinese community, and many films were sold to Taiwan, Japan, and Southeast Asia, making a lot of money.
Seeing this provoked Shaw Brothers to an even more ambitious goal, they wanted to be on the 6th Hollywood. Do everything possible to break into the international market with your own films, this time when filming "Red Alert", DreamWorks took the initiative to cooperate with Shaw Brothers under the guidance of Alex in order to find a large number of Asian actors.
If you really want to sleep, someone will send a pillow, and Shaw Brothers was overjoyed, and sent all the martial artists and actors on his side to be selected and used by DreamWorks. It's just that Alex is not very interested in the personnel they sent, and he doesn't know anyone he knows, so he found another actor in the United States to play the role of the number one villain of this movie.
The actor is also Chinese, and he is quite famous, when Alex saw his photo, he immediately remembered: "Isn't this nicknamed "Traitor Jian"? This guy is a veteran traitor in Cantonese movies! It's done, let him be the number one villain! ”
In this way, Shi Jian became Captain Li in the movie "Red Alert", and he is the number one villain in this movie. When the news came out that he would play the main role, everyone thought that Shi Jian would become another internationally famous actor after Bruce Lee.
Alex's vision is not covered, as long as the movie stars he values can soar in the end.