"The new Oscar Best Director Chen Fei, the new work "The Hunger Games" is about to hit strongly!"

When the news about the establishment of "The Hunger Games" spread throughout Hollywood and mainland China, it immediately set off an uproar!

Many film and television investment companies began to understand through various channels, and they all wanted to know the specific inside story of Chen Fei's new film.

However, due to the lack of news announced, everyone did not know much about the inside story.

The only thing that has come out is that the script is adapted from the sci-fi youth series (The Hunger Games) written by American writer Susan Collins, in addition to this, there is also an investment budget table.

Starting at 100 million US dollars, there is no cap!

“Fuck！”

In Disney, the current CEO Dick Cook looked at the news reported by the media and was immediately mad.

The Hunger Games

This is another A-class investment big production, and according to what he has learned, it is likely to be a series similar to "Twilight".

According to Chen Fei's previous operations, since this movie has invested 100 million US dollars, it means that the income will have to at least triple!

And if the first one has a good reputation, the follow-up series will definitely surpass the phenomenal hit of "Twilight"!

"Why is he always so lucky? Can you create high-quality scripts and film and television works every time? ”

At this moment, Dick Cook couldn't hide the envy in his heart.

Compared with Walton Pictures, Disney's film and television works in recent years have always been a little unsatisfactory.

Even when Pixar Animation Studio, DreamWorks, Blue Sky Studio, etc. have successively achieved great success in the field of 3D animation, Disney's main animation studio, which has created brilliant achievements in the field of 2D animation, has fallen into a trough due to the tepid performance of 3D animation works such as "Four-Eyed Field Chicken", "Lightning Dog", and "Princess and Frog".

Compared with its Pixar animation studio, Disney has encountered too many doubts in the field of animation in the past two years.

And this made Dick Cook make up his mind to reverse this low point.

Now, watching Volton Pictures launch a new film plan again, he suddenly couldn't sit still.

If this development continues, Disney is likely to be crushed by this independent film production company, and there will be no day to turn over!

Thinking of this, Dick Cook quickly picked up the landline on the table and dialed the phone number of senior Disney animator Glen Keane.

The moment the call was answered, Dick Cook took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

"Gran, after my careful consideration, I think your previous proposal is very reasonable, so let's officially launch the Trolls project."

“Oh！ Yeah！ Dick, I swear to you, it will be the best decision you ever made! ”

The next day, Disney held a press conference to inform the outside world that "Tangled" would be officially established and production.

A $260 million investment, that's a staggering investment! This is also unique in the whole of Hollywood!

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Disney is trying to grab the heat, or more specifically, ...... Suppress Volton Pictures!

After all, these two companies have shown a state of "fire and water" from the beginning, and DreamWorks and Marvel have been cut off halfway by Walton Pictures one after another, which obviously disrupted many of Disney's follow-up plans.

However, things are far from being that simple.

Following the announcement of the film plans for "Superbody" and "The Hunger Games", Chen Fei and Spielberg both appeared at DreamWorks' media conference a day later.

In the eyes of all reporters who were shocked or puzzled, the two jointly announced that they would launch a new animated film project "How to Train Your Dragon"!

Production cost: $150 million.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a strong sensation in Hollywood!

Although this kind of state of singing and singing and appearing on the stage is common among major film companies, it is still very rare for three major A-class productions to be announced for three consecutive days.

“Oh my god！ Are these two completely on the bar? ”

Danilo Pino, the current CEO of Universal Pictures, looked at the news on the Internet and suddenly had a feeling that he had discovered the code of wealth.

The above two big bosses with super strength in the field of animated films are killing each other, can these ordinary NPCs who are new to the field of animated films take this opportunity to drink some soup?

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The year before, Chris Meledandley, who worked for Twentieth Century Fox Animation, resigned from his position and founded Illumination Entertainment.

Last year, Illumination Entertainment struck a deal with NBCUniversal to officially become a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and produce animated films for the latter.

"Pirates with Nothing to Do" and "Outlaws" are both products of Illumination Entertainment and Universal's first foray into animated films.

Sadly, these two animated films didn't make much of a splash.

And this year, Chris Meledandelli has a new inspiration, after watching movies about different genres with his family many times, he found that people's favorite is the villain, so he decided to make a movie with the villain as the protagonist.

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, why don't you launch the animated film "Despicable Me" next year?"

Danilo Pinault muttered to himself, and when he got up and walked outside, he was going to talk to Chris Meledandelli about it.

Compared with "Tangled", "How to Train Your Dragon" and other animated film productions with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, "Despicable Me" does not have much investment, and only $80 million can be made.

If you can take advantage of this wave of east wind, you may be able to completely beat the reputation of lighting entertainment!

The thought of competing with animated films with an investment of more than 100 million yuan such as "Kung Fu Panda", "How to Train Your Dragon", and "Tangled" suddenly made him so excited that he couldn't hold back his pee.

After all, he is already old, and it is inevitable that he will be a little unable to control the faucet.

……

At the same time, when major film and television companies on the Hollywood side continue to launch new work plans, the mainland is also showing a posture of a hundred flowers blooming.

First up is Hello! Mr. Tree! After a month-long screening period, the box office was finally fixed at 115 million.

For a literary film, this achievement is simply eye-catching!

As Wang Baoqiang's transformation work, this movie shows the achievements and glory it deserves, and the praise for Baoqiang's acting skills on the Internet is endless.

Under the entrustment of Tian Xiangzhuang and Huang Bo, Su Guohai, on behalf of Feiyue Film and Television, will bring "Hello! Mr. Tree! and "Bullfighting" were sent to the 12th Modu International Film Festival.

Whether it can win the prize is still unknown, but the momentum must make it fierce!

In addition, "Cyborg", which was invested and produced by LeTV and written and directed by "comedy master" Liu Zhenwei, also ushered in the completion in April.

Originally, everyone just regarded this movie as a comedy, after all, its director is a comedy master who has directed works such as "The Saint of Gambling", "Journey to the West", "Yueguang Treasure Box" and so on.

What netizens and the media didn't expect was that at the finale banquet, Liu Zhenwei vowed that his film would mean that domestic sci-fi films were about to usher in a new beginning.

As soon as these words came out, netizens were immediately happy.

"? Are you kidding? A movie with an investment of more than 100 million yuan dares to call itself a science fiction film? ”

"When did comedy start to do science fiction? Don't make another nondescript thing. ”

"I wondered, Hu Jun, Sun Li, Zheng Zhongji...... There's no one in here with a sci-fi face, huh? ”

"Don't make a fuss, when it comes to science fiction, at least it has to be like the "Source Code" that Director Chen filmed before, otherwise it's just a joke."

"In other words, Director Chen has recently started tossing Hollywood again, what is the new movie called "The Hunger Games", right? I heard that the investment will be more than 100 million US dollars, is this a science fiction film? ”

"I especially like the movie made by Director Chen, and I don't know when he will give us a whole hard sci-fi film, I'm looking forward to it when I think about it!"

Chen Fei didn't expect that a sci-fi romance film with an investment of tens of millions of yuan could also be pulled on his head.

Even though he was in Hollywood, there were still reporters who blocked him at the door of the company, insisting that he speak out on the matter.

Raising his hand to stop the bodyguards who rushed over, he thought for a while and replied: "There are many restrictions on the theme of science fiction, the most important of which is the investment cost.

According to the current market situation, if it is less than 100 million, you don't want to make a good special effects picture at all, and this is still a friendly price.

This is followed by post-production, which is a time-consuming job, let's take "Iron Man" as an example, with the assistance of Hollywood's top special effects company Industrial Light & Magic, it took up to half a year to make the post-production, which is a process of excellence......"

The content of the interview was transmitted back to China in the evening of the same day, and was published on the front page of major web portals.

There are many people who are a little unaware at first, thinking that this "Cyborg" must be awesome, after all, Liu Zhenwei's banner is "a new beginning for domestic science fiction films"!

But after reading Chen Fei's interview, they immediately reacted, what a new start to step on a horse, this thing is pure marketing words.

"The investment is only tens of millions, what special effects can be made?"

"Made, it will be completed in mid-April, and it will be released in August, and you only have more than 3 months to do the post-production, you are better than "Iron Man" and Industrial Light & Magic?"

"I kind of found out that the publicity route of this movie is the same as that of "New Mulan", it is all one word - rub!"

These news in the mainland have nothing to do with Chen Fei, and with his current identity and status, he is not afraid of any follow-up impact.

Even if the content of these interviews is meant to mock Liu Zhenwei, it ...... What?

His focus is now on the preparation of The Hunger Games for the time being.

The location of the story in the movie is a fictional and alternate future world, so whether the scene depicted can be restored is the key to the success or failure of the film's perspective effect.

After many inquiries and the introduction of Spielberg and others, Chen Fei invited the famous set designer Philip Messina to design the scene for the film.

As one of the world's top set designers, Philippe Messina's level naturally doesn't have to be thought too much about.

After reading the script and the original book separately, he devised three main scene styles in just three days.

The first is the depressed and dilapidated 12th arrondissement, where the "poor" character of the 12th arrondissement is revealed by its desolate and drab buildings and low-saturation colors.

Unlike the 12th arrondissement, which is gloomy in color, the city is full of colors, with new and regular tall buildings, high-tech displays suspended in the air, and bustling and crowded streets that directly indicate the power and status of the capital.

The "Hunger Games" arena is the main location of the story, which is designed as a beautiful jungle, and the seemingly quiet and peaceful natural environment also implies the cruel rules of "survival of the fittest".

His design level was highly appreciated by Chen Fei, "Mr. Philip, your design drawings are great, I am very satisfied, then please leave the construction of the follow-up scene to you." ”

Chen Fei has decided to make "The Hunger Games" into a series of movies, in this case, the scene must be strong and durable enough, and the basic framework must be maintained for at least nearly ten years without collapsing.

With his investment regardless of the cost, Natasha simply bought a vacant land outside Los Angeles to build a filming venue.

Although the upfront investment is large, in fact, this kind of venue will not lose money.

After the movie is released, as long as the box office and reputation are good enough, it will definitely attract many fans to visit, and then only the income from ticket fees will be enough to earn back the construction cost.

After arranging the pre-construction work of the shooting base, Chen Fei put all his attention on the casting work.

In the original book of "The Hunger Games", the heroine Katniss Everding has gained many "iron fans" because of her personality charm.

Therefore, in the preparation process of the movie, the choice of the role of Katniss caused heated discussions among readers.

And this kind of heated discussion happens to be what all actresses around the world desperately want!

Chen Fei can receive many calls from actresses every day, and there are countless resumes in the mailbox, and his eyes are about to be spent.

In particular, there are some "ill-intentioned" actresses, who will also attach their measurements data when sending their resumes, and even boldly throw over one or more fruit photos, and Chen Fei was stunned.

In the end, he was really dazzled, so he simply called Wen Ziren over and asked him to act as a temporary "casting director".

"Your task is to select the actress you think is best suited for the role of female number one, and at the end we can have a public audition to determine who will play Katnis."

“Ok！”

Wen Ziren nodded slightly and got off the job.

But what he didn't know was that this was actually a job comparable to that of a "spring examiner"!

That is, Bruce doesn't know anything about casting, otherwise he would have enjoyed the job very much.

……

After taking a break from the casting of "The Hunger Games", Chen Fei ran to follow up on the promotion of "Twilight 3".

At the same time, with his continued attention, the final cut of "Inception" was finally made.

In order to ensure that the box office results after the release are good enough, Chen Fei also deliberately conducted test screenings in Mi, UK, Russia and other countries.

What made him quite excited was that judging from the final test screening report, all the moviegoers gave the movie a very high rating!

Some people even wrote comments excitedly, saying that this is an extremely excellent "god-level work", and it gives people a strong sense of shock under the IMAX3D version!

Of course, there were also a lot of pertinent comments for the editing team to make final adjustments and modifications.

But what Chen Fei didn't expect was that when he was making final discussions and revisions with the editing team, the organizer of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival suddenly contacted him and wanted to invite him to participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The president of the jury of the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival this time is the French actress Isabelle Huppert, who has won two Cannes Actress Awards and two Venice Actress Awards, which can be described as "great achievements"!

The two still made an appointment to meet at the café under the company's building.

The waitress was stunned for a moment when she brought them coffee and desserts, she didn't dare to ask for autographs last time, but this time she secretly vowed to muster up courage!

After saying hello, Chen Fei looked curiously at the French actress in front of him.

"Ms. Isabel? If I remember correctly, the shortlist for the Festival de Cannes has already been announced, right? I'm afraid I don't have the opportunity to participate in the awards anymore, right? ”

"That's true." With a gentle smile on her face, Isabel explained softly, "But, Fei, our opening ceremony film hasn't been decided yet.

This time, I came to you to invite you to attend the Cannes Film Festival with the other main creative members of "Inception" and participate in the screening of the opening film. ”

Hearing this, Chen Fei immediately understood.

The film festival is quite realistic, and in order to support the scene, many international superstars are usually invited to participate.

And the main creative team of "Inception" is famous for its "starry lights"!

International superstar Leonardo DiCaprio, new Oscar-winning actresses Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, and Hollywood's four little flowers......

If these people walk on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival, then they must not directly detonate the audience?

It's a pity that Li Zhao didn't think of this, and after learning that Chen Fei had no new literary film plans, he didn't continue to discuss in depth.

Comparatively speaking, the Cannes Film Festival is quite discerning.

In fact, this is also a win-win situation, with the help of "Inception", the Cannes Film Festival obviously has super high exposure.

And with the help of this kind of exposure, it is also of great benefit to the promotion of the movie, and even the later copyright sales may be able to get a high price!

Thinking of this, Chen Fei suddenly had no reason to refuse.

However, he added: "There is nothing wrong with attending the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, but I have a small request. ”

"Please." Isabel always had a faint smile on her face.

"Because this is a 3D film, you need to prepare an IMAX giant screen and 3D glasses in advance, so that the audience can have a better viewing experience."

"Okay, that's fine."

Isabel had obviously done her homework before she arrived, so she readily agreed.

"So... See you in May? ”

"Okay, see you in May!"

Chen Fei has already faintly begun to look forward to it, before "Avatar" appeared, I don't know how much shock "Inception" will bring to those world-renowned filmmakers?

(End of chapter)