"This script is okay, but is the content a bit bloody?" Li He said to Guo Fan after carefully reading the script of "The Wandering Earth" in his hand.
Guo Fan said: "This is already the seventeenth draft of the script. The previous script has been revised a lot, and the original author Liu also personally participated in the scriptwriting."
Li He nodded and said: "I know this. Sister Li also told me before, but since it is a science fiction film and a domestic science fiction film, we might as well learn from Hollywood's experience."
"I have also watched many Hollywood science fiction films, and even planned to visit and study at Hollywood studios under the arrangement of China Film Group. If we are not satisfied, we can make changes again!" Guo Fan said.
"No, you don't understand what I mean. There are great cultural differences between the East and the West. Hollywood movies may not necessarily be suitable for domestic science fiction movies. Their technology and our ideas can also produce a good science fiction movie. You
What movie did knowing this script remind me of?”
"Which movie?"
"It hasn't been released yet, but many film critics have rated it as the best science fiction film of this century. It's actually similar to the Wandering Earth genre. It's all about family love and saving the doomsday, but it was made in a clichéd appearance.
What’s new, this script of yours is just cliché.” Li He’s lengthy remarks made Guo Fan a little confused.
"Anyway, your script needs to be revised again. If you want to make a good science fiction film, not only the special effects, but also a good story is equally important. I have also read Liu's original work, which is very exciting." Li He returned the script.
Guo Fan.
"Then how should I modify it specifically?" Guo Fan asked. After all, Li He himself is also a screenwriter, and the "Star You" he edited has a bit of science fiction elements.
"Don't worry, the distributor of "Interstellar" attaches great importance to the Chinese market and decided to hold the premiere in Shanghai. I will ask you for a few places at that time. You can bring a few of the main creators to watch excellent science fiction films.
What does it look like?" Li He said.
Guo Fan put away the script and said: "Okay then..."
Li He does not mean to worship foreigners here. He just talks about the facts and admits the excellence of others. It is not that difficult. What is difficult is how to learn from others and develop your own characteristics.
After Guo Fan left, Feng Shaofeng sat over and said, "Oh, you've got another invitation. I'm jealous of the seven or eight invitations you make every day."
Li He smiled and said: "If you are jealous, I will recommend you to go."
Feng Shaofeng shook his head and said: "Forget it, I know my fate myself, so I won't go up and embarrass myself."
"What's your fate?"
"What fate?"
"I ran away from the announcement. Okay, it's time to go on the show."
Let’s not mention Li He here. After Guo Fan returned to the capital, he immediately convened the screenwriting team of "The Wandering Earth" to revise the script again. At the same time, he also listened to what Li He said and began to look for a large number of excellent science fiction films for research.
, including "2001: A Space Odyssey" recommended by Lee Hyuk.
When it comes to science fiction movies or space movies, Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" cannot be ignored. As a director, Guo Fan has naturally heard of this name, but he never thought that one day he would make the same type of science fiction film.
At the same time, Guo Fan also became interested in "Interstellar", which Li Hyuk praised: "I want to see it, is this movie so awesome?"
With this idea in mind, Guo Fan devoted himself more seriously and meticulously to the preliminary preparations. "The Wandering Earth" still requires a long period of preliminary preparations. There are many technical problems that need to be solved. The production schedule has already put the workload into
A year later, even so, Guo Fan's reply to the major producers was that the film would not be able to be launched before 2017.
Of course, several major producers are anxious. Two producers have already withdrawn their investment, and only China Film and Huali Pictures are struggling to persist. So in order to seek support, Guo Fan had to take time to persuade major investment companies, and finally Bona
The film industry and Wu Jing's Dengfeng International Media joined in, which can be said to make up for the funding gap.
The most important thing is that Guo Fan fooled another actor, Wu Jing, who agreed to play a role, which made Guo Fan very happy.
Some investors have been questioning why Li Hyuk must be invited to star. Not to mention the high salary, there are only a few movies that have actually proved his box office appeal. Inviting Li Hyuk might as well invite a few powerful Mesozoic stars, whose acting skills and box office are both good.
Guaranteed.
Guo Fan's answer to this is that Li He's acting skills are not bad and he can be said to be the leader of the younger generation. However, the character of Liu Qi is designed to be a teenager. It would be too inconsistent to hire an older actor to play it.
Big. The most important thing is that now is the era of traffic. Which movie has no traffic? Moreover, Li Hyuk still has both strength and traffic.
This statement did not reassure the major investors. In the final analysis, the investment in this movie is too large. Everyone hopes that it will be safer and at least not lose money. Guo Fan is not known to watch it. Domestic science fiction movies are originally a desert to be developed.
, in this desert, playing it safe may not go wrong, but it does lose the spirit of exploration and the possibility of creating miracles.
What's more, he has said it many times that Li Hyuk is a top-notch actor, the first actor born in the 1990s, a powerful actor, and a first-line star. They don't invite Li Hyuk, but some people invite Li Hyuk to make movies. What's more, there are so many people in front of him.
With a beautiful record in front of him, compared to the movie itself, Li Hyuk is the most reassuring part.
Guo Fan is right, there are indeed many invitations sent to him, including "Monster Hunt", "Hong Kong" and other well-known projects. The producer of the previous project intended to create a big IP, but the script was too bad.
Li Hyuk directly refused to avoid ruining his reputation. Hong Kong's "囧" is the sequel to "Thailand's Lost". Xu Zheng invited Li Hyuk to play a guest role, and Li Hyuk agreed.
One of the invitations is worth noting, that is "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Secret of the Dragon". Before Huali acquired the copyright of "The Ghost Blowing the Lantern", some of its copyrights had been sold to other companies, including "The Secret of the Dragon". Perhaps it was due to the decision of Huali.
In order to let their own actor Li Hyuk play the role of Hu Bayi, the producer of "The Secret of the Dragon" also sent an invitation to ask Li Hyuk to play the male lead Hu Bayi.
"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is a super big IP. It has a large fan base in the online literary world and even traditional fields. It can be said that as long as the filming is not too bad, there will be gains.
The plan for this project is still in preparation. Huali Film and Television has great ambitions and is preparing to join forces with film and television to create a ghost-blow-out universe.
Gui Chuu Deng Universe has not been released for the time being, but because of the preparation for "Want to See You" in the second half of the year, Li Hyuk politely declined the invitation of director Wu Ershan. However, he did not expect that Wu Ershan was very sincere and said that he could wait for Li Hyuk's schedule.
Since he was so sincere and the script was good, Li Hyuk accepted it.
Seeing that Li Hyuk agreed, the producer who originally planned to invite Chen Kun to star if Li Hyuk refused immediately gave up contact, which made Chen Kun depressed for a while, but soon he was no longer depressed, because he received another movie
, the name is "Wolf Totem".
Feng Shaofeng was originally one of the starring candidates for "Wolf Totem", but it turned out that he was also Chen Kun's backup. Feng Shaofeng had no choice but to involve others and won Lu Chuan's new movie "Nine-Storey Demon Tower", which is also a work in the Ghost Blowing Lamp series.
The most important thing is that because Feng Shaofeng starred in the role, Taiwanese actor Zhao Youting was originally the second choice for the male lead, but he immediately lost the opportunity. The three major mainland actors got involved with each other, and only Zhao Zhao was injured. I was very tired...