For this movie, which is a joint venture between three companies: Cuican, Yinghuang, and China Film, the media was sure that the cast would be very strong without even thinking about it.
The actors who appeared on stage one after another for interviews did not surprise the media. It can be said that they are a gathering of stars and the cast is very gorgeous.
Wan Ziliang, Zeng Baoyi, etc. of Baodao Yinhua Entertainment.
Di Lung, Hui Yinghong, Zou Zhaolong, An Zhijie, etc. of Hong Kong Shaw Brothers Pictures.
Yuen Biao, Ng Mengda, etc. of Heung Kong Wing Sheng Pictures.
Zhang Yuqi, Chen Guokun of Xiangjiang Xinghui Pictures, etc.
Lin Feng, Chen Weiting, Cai Zhuoyan, Zhong Xintong, etc. of Hong Kong Yinghuang Entertainment.
Chenglong, Chengjiaban, Lu Huiguang and other martial arts supporting and supporting roles are starred by Chenglong and Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei from Mainland China's Bright Times Entertainment...
This cast is comparable to the casts of Cheung Yimou's "Hero" and Chen Kaige's "The Promise".
Chenglong and Zou Zhaolong are two big names who have played in Hollywood, and they are even better than "Hero" and "The Promise".
Such a star-studded cast also allowed the media and everyone present to see some clues.
"Brilliant Era has won the male and female leads, and the remaining roles should be decided by Yinghuang Entertainment." Zhang Ziyi put her hand to her mouth and whispered to Zou Xun next to her.
Zou Xun nodded: "Probably."
In the late 1990s, in order to promote in-depth cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places, China Film Group was involved in many joint venture film and television dramas, and many films also had the name of the producer Han Sanping.
As an official enterprise, China Film Group has played a crucial role in initiating friendly cooperation among many parties.
Huaying Group does not have a brokerage company or artists, and the state does not allow official companies to sign artists.
Unless necessary, China Film Group will basically not go into the artist circle to help the film attract artists during cooperation.
In the cooperation between these three companies, the job of recruiting artists will naturally be undertaken by Bright Times and Yinghuang Entertainment.
Except for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, the other artists interviewed on stage were all Hong Kong and Taiwan artists.
It is obvious that the male and female protagonists belong to Brilliant Era, and the other characters belong to Yinghuang Entertainment.
"I'm still biased." Zhang Ziyi sighed.
"Heh." Zou Xun was noncommittal and shook his head.
What Zhang Ziyi meant was that Yinghuang Entertainment only cooperated with Hong Kong and Taiwan companies, not mainland companies, which resulted in mainland actors like them losing a lot of opportunities, and she felt that the Hong Kong entertainment industry was biased against the mainland entertainment industry.
But the essence of the matter is not a question of prejudice or not, but a question of resource inequality.
This "Attack on the Wall", once you see the situation, you can tell that it is intended to be released overseas.
Every character in it is precious and valuable.
By cooperating with entertainment companies from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Yinghuang Entertainment can obtain international resources from Asia and even overseas, something that mainland entertainment companies do not have.
Bright Era also has no overseas resources, at least she has never heard of them.
But Brilliance Era has three great advantages: first, it is super rich, second, it has Hong Kong director Tang Ji-li as a shareholder, and third, it has the China Film Group behind it.
These three advantages are the reasons why she guessed that Yinghuang Entertainment is willing to cooperate with the Bright Times joint venture film.
Compared with the level of issues that these two big stars are thinking about, the thinking level of capitalists such as Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei of Huayi Brothers and Wang Changtian, the chairman of Enlight Media, sitting in the front row of them, is more profound.
"The total investment is 200 million. If it is released overseas, the overall publicity and distribution expenses will be conservatively estimated at 100 million, and the cost will be 300 million."
"With a cost of 300 million yuan, overseas distributors will definitely have to deduct more of their share. Even if the box office reaches 1 billion yuan, the cost will probably be recovered."
"This is almost 150 million US dollars. Do you think it is possible for a Chinese movie to do that?"
Wang Changtian crossed his arms, looked at the actors on the stage being interviewed, and whispered to Wang Zhongjun.
Wang Zhongjun crossed his legs, looked at the stage like Wang Changtian and Wang Zhonglei, and whispered his analysis.
"China Film's investment in the company gives it the right to officially support domestic film productions, just like before. Even if it loses money, it doesn't matter."
"As for the Yinghuang drama, Yang Shoucheng is very smart. He doesn't compete for the male and female leads and takes over the rest of the roles."
"Look at the companies behind these actors. They all have overseas resources. I don't know how much Yinghuang has earned, but I think even if the movie fails, Yinghuang will not lose. It already has a lot of exchanged resources."
After hearing Wang Zhongjun's words, Wang Changtian and Wang Zhonglei nodded slightly.
They didn't know how much each company invested, but it was estimated to be in the tens of millions.
They have the right to cast a large number of roles. If they were Yang Shoucheng, they would dare to make back the cost before the movie starts shooting.
They are all capital, and profit is the most important thing.
They believe that Yinghuang has recovered its costs by now. Even if the movie loses money at the box office, it doesn't matter. All the cooperating companies have already contributed money and resources to pay for Yinghuang's investment.
"From a profit perspective, Yinghuang already has a bottom line."
"The official support given by China Film Group will not be taken into account."
"So, the pressure is all on Bright Times."
Wang Changtian made a summary from Wang Zhongjun's remarks, and Wang Zhongjun said softly "Hmm" when he heard the words.
Wang Zhonglei remained silent, with doubts in his heart.
To make a science fiction masterpiece that has never been made before at such a huge cost.
He believes that there is a high probability that he will lose money.
Wang Jinhua and Chu Xuan are not stupid. If he can think of this, the siblings must also think of it.
Now that they can imagine that there is a high probability that they will lose money, why do the siblings still play like this?
He thought that if he put the investment funds, the energy and human resources used in movies, and put them into TV dramas and variety shows that are already very successful, he would be sure to make a profit without losing money.
But these siblings don't want to be sure to make a profit without losing money, but they want to make a special effects movie even if they lose money.
The year before last, the siblings came to see their brothers for investment in "Hope", but they refused.
At that time, the brothers briefly discussed that Brilliant Times wanted to open up overseas channels through "Hope", so they would work on "Hope" even if they were losing money, just because the theme of "Hope" was suitable for Hollywood.
They can somewhat understand this.
But now "Hope" has become "At the City", and Chu Xuan said in an interview that "Hope" is also in the preparation process, and "At the City" and "Hope" are both series of movies.
This made it hard not to remind him that Bright Era is taking the route of special effects blockbusters in terms of movies, or that it is a development plan for movies that focuses on special effects blockbusters.
This made him confused.
Judging from the domestic market and China's overseas limitations, he understands making one or two special effects blockbusters to open up overseas channels, but taking this route to the end is likely to be a dead end.
One movie loses tens of millions, two or three movies lose one to two hundred million, your brilliant era can afford the loss.
But if you continue to lose money, even if your brilliant era has shares in Micro Entertainment, that's not how movies work, right? Doesn't the company want to develop?
Wang Zhonglei really doesn't understand.
Wang Changtian glanced at him, as if he could understand his dilemma, and said: "Losing money does not mean that the movie will not be popular, nor does it mean that the star will not be popular."
"Those companies are willing to spend money and resources to cooperate. This is the bet. As long as the artists become famous overseas, they can still make a lot of money through international endorsements, announcements, commercial performances, etc."
"Those companies have made profits through artists. Even if the movie loses money, they will continue to cooperate with Bright Times and give Bright Times a sustainable opportunity to develop special effects movies."
This is true, and it has been proven by the market for many years.
Obviously some directors' films have been losing money continuously, but there are always companies willing to cooperate with these directors.
This is because if a movie loses money and doesn't bring in a star, it won't become popular. If the star becomes popular, the company behind it will naturally be able to make profits through commercial means, and will choose to continue to cooperate after getting the benefits.
But continued cooperation cannot conceal Wang Zhonglei's prediction that Bright Times will continue to lose money.
He also understood what Wang Changtian said. He just nodded slightly. It was obvious that Wang Changtian's words did not touch on the key points of his doubts.
"For fantasy special effects movies in Hollywood, the box office is only second, and the games, animations, TV series, toy figures, etc. derived from them are the big one." Wang Zhongjun suddenly said.
Wang Zhonglei and Wang Changtian were startled, and the extreme surprise in their eyes flashed past. They turned their heads and glanced at Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Wang Jinhua who were sitting not far away and talking to each other. They turned back and said in disbelief: "These two siblings
So ambitious?"
Wang Zhongjun's words allowed Wang Zhonglei to clear up his doubts.
In his opinion, the reason why Bright Times still makes special effects movies even if it is likely to continue to lose money on movies is for the derivative copyright and to make a lot of money from the derivative copyright!
They didn't dare to think about these things, but the two siblings took action to do so.
Do you mean your heart is as high as the sky, or do you want to admire the courage and courage of these two siblings?
Wang Zhonglei and Wang Changtian were shocked by this.
"I said it casually." Wang Zhongjun shook his head: "Except for this purpose, I can't think of any reason why Bright Times would take the route of special effects films. Of course, Bright Times has the capital to take this route, at least
The billions that can be cashed out from Micro Entertainment shares are enough for them to squander for several years."
Wang Changtian and Wang Zhonglei looked at each other, smiled bitterly and shook their heads.
The shares of Micro-Entertainment owned by Bright Times are indeed a killer, and many companies in the industry have no idea of competing with it.
We won the competition with Bright Times, but even with the financial resources that Bright Times had, we couldn’t do much damage.
But if you lose, you will be injured, and the smaller company will be disabled directly.
This situation of unequal capital is one of the reasons why the TV series of Brilliant Era have been going smoothly in recent years.
"If the siblings are really like what I said, they wanted to open up various channels for derivative copyrights, but they failed."
"But if there are any signs of success..."
Wang Zhongjun paused: "Maybe it's also a good thing for us."
Wang Zhonglei, Wang Changtian, and several people from the nearby entertainment industry looked at each other in silence.
They understand what Wang Zhongjun means. If Brilliant Era can succeed, it means they can succeed too.
Regarding the single profit model in China that only relies on movie box office to survive, why don't their capital envy Hollywood's derivative copyrights?
But that is Haolaiwu. The current domestic derivative copyright industry chain is almost zero. Even if they wanted to do it, they would not have the underlying industry chain to support them to realize this idea.
If they were allowed to engage in the underlying industrial chain, the time, energy and huge financial requirements would be unimaginable and impractical for them.
Going from "0" to "1" in anything is extremely difficult and daunting.
But from "1" to infinity, just follow the trend, which is relatively simple.
The Bright Era is now very likely to want to do this "0" and want to complete such a thing as "1".
As Wang Zhongjun said, if it succeeds, it will be beneficial to them all.
Thinking like this, these capital bosses all fell silent, each with their own thoughts.
Due to the butterfly effect caused by Chu Xuan's existence, a brilliant era was born.
Because of the development plan of the Brilliant Era based on their predictions, their hearts became active again.
At present, it seems that the entire industry is developing normally as usual.
Perhaps in a few years, the development direction of the entire industry will change.
And all this, because of this press conference of Brilliant Era, the strange thoughts of the film industry capitals have begun to sprout, and their thoughts and patterns are quietly changing.
…
Due to the large number of actors, the press conference took a little longer.
In Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Chenglong came back on stage and took group photos with Tang Jili and other actors. The press conference ended at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.
Some actors' scenes are at the back of the filming schedule and they don't need to leave for Los Angeles with the crew today.
Therefore, the crew held the opening banquet today, and together with the media and guests, they wished the film shooting a smooth success.
"The production of "At the Battle of the City" is about to begin!!"
There were twenty or thirty tables in the hall, and two to three hundred people drank a glass of wine and ended the kick-off banquet with a blessing.
The guests left and the media dispersed. Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and the actors went upstairs to get their luggage.
"Bon voyage, everything goes well." Wang Jinhua hugged a family of three on the corridor and bid farewell to the family.
"Brother Zhang, Teacher Kai Ge, third brother, let's go first." Chu Xuan waved his hand, with a travel bag on his shoulder and a suitcase in each hand.
"Bon voyage." Zhang Jizhong and Chen Kaige nodded slightly.
Han Sanping said: "You go first, I will come over and take a look later."
As the chairman of China Film Group, he cannot stay on the set for a long time and does not have the time.
What's more, next year, 2009, will be the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. China Film Group will make a gift film, and he is also the director and producer of this gift film.
Both sides are busy, so they can only send one representative from each side to join the production team to represent him. If he has time, he can join the team and take a look.
"Okay." Chu Xuan also understood the situation, waved to them again with Liu Yifei, and took the elevator with Liu Xiaoli, Zeng Ni and Lu Tao.
At seven o'clock in the evening, everyone gathered at the Beijing Airport and waited in the lounge for the response to the flight.
["Ladies and gentlemen, please note: you are traveling on..."]
At eight o'clock in the evening, the boarding announcement rang in the terminal.
"Boarding." Liu Yifei put away her mobile phone, Chu Xuan took a sip of coffee, and Liu Xiaoli put down the magazine in her hand.
The whole family got up and walked out together with everyone else, and boarded the plane smoothly through the passage.
Not long after, the plane accelerated on the runway, took off and shot into the sky in the dark.
At the same time, news about the press conference continued to appear online.
With the advance greeting from Brilliant Times, Micro-Entertainment immediately provided assistance, and the news on hot searches aroused enthusiastic responses.
#Science fiction masterpiece: "Sky Curtain: The enemy is approaching the city"#
"Skyfall" is the full name of the movie.
When netizens clicked on the news with curiosity, they found that the content of the copy was very little, only some movie promotional photos and some simple text descriptions——
What will our world look like when the solar system is split into two?
When human civilization is divided into two, are the two sides of the civilization enemies or friends?
When a powerful alien civilization arrives, how should two human civilizations choose?
This is the story of three civilizations existing in one world at the same time, and it is also a strange adventure.
Under the makeup photos of Chenglong, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, there is another introductory summary——
One is the leader of the fight against alien civilization, and the other is two ordinary college students. They meet by chance. What kind of wonderful journey will they embark on?
The copy is simple but contains a lot of information.
[We are going to make a science fiction movie in China? Is it real or fake? 】
Some netizens are suspicious that after so many years since the movie appeared, the word science fiction has nothing to do with China. The sudden appearance of such news will always make people wonder whether it is hype.
[Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei? Isn’t it "Hope"? Why has it changed? Are you still starring with Cheng Long? 】
Some netizens are surprised that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's "Hope" has been released for more than a year. When Bright Times announced its full-year project plan in the first half of last year, many people speculated that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's movie was "Hope"
.
Seeing that it has now become a movie, netizens are as surprised as the media at first.
However, I was just surprised.
Netizens saw the appearance of Chenglong, coupled with the combination of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and it looked like a grand science fiction, so they quickly became full of expectations.
[Holy shit, the solar system is split into two? How the hell did you come up with this? Your mind is blown! 】
【It's quite awesome, it attracted me.】
[The introduction looks amazing, can it be photographed? 】
[No matter what, let’s support domestic science fiction first! 】
Fresh themes and novel ideas are what most people like to see.
No matter whether it is possible to create the imaginary picture under the current conditions, a supportive attitude is the first driving force for the entertainment industry to make changes.
Many netizens liked it one after another and expressed their strong expectations.
It’s just that the content of the copy is not much, and it also allows netizens to spontaneously search for content about the movie.
The gradually increasing number of clicks and comments on major news has also steadily increased the popularity of the film's initial promotion, thereby expanding its scope of influence.
After a night of fermentation, the topic derived is that a hundred flowers bloom.
#成龙shootsscience fiction#
#唐记里joins hands with Haolaiwu Studios to shoot a science fiction masterpiece#
#solarsystemdividedintotwo#
#Stars join "Tianmu: The enemy is approaching the city"#
#国产special effects blockbuster is coming#
#chuxuan and liuyifei’s movie is finally here#
#chuxuan and liuyifei enter the film industry#
"Wow!" Xiao Xi just woke up. She didn't watch Weiyu all night, and then she discovered that Weiyu had a new trend of public opinion.
Whether it is the hot search list, the search box, or the recommended scrolling news headlines, there are topics related to a new movie.
I opened it casually and took a look, and it turned out that the idol was going to make a blockbuster movie!
Although she wonders why it is not "Hope", after all, she has been paying attention to it for a long time, but this is not the point. The point is the result of making a blockbuster with Chenglong.
She immediately shared the news with various groups: [Everyone, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are going to make a super blockbuster!!]
[I saw it last night. A large group of celebrities participated in the filming. They looked so awesome.]
[It has to be my Xuan and my concubine. Once they make a movie, they will be super resources.]
【It’s so cool, I’m looking forward to it very much!】
[Looking at the news introduction, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are happy enemies this time, I’m so looking forward to it!]
[Liu Yifei is still carrying a bow and arrow, and I am very curious about what her action scenes will be like.]
Xiaoxi saw this comment and replied: [I have Liu’s mother’s phone number, do you need me to ask for you?]
[Ah——Damn Xiaoxi, here to stimulate me again! If you have the ability, tell me your phone number!]
Xiao Xi was smiling. Ever since she happened to meet a family of three at the airport that day and got Liu Xiaoli's phone number, she was so excited. The brothers and sisters in the group were extremely envious and said that they must call them when they go to Chu Xuan's house as guests, otherwise they will break up their friendship.
Of course, she also understands the seriousness of the matter and will not harass Mother Liu for nothing. She has never taken the initiative to contact her.
But now that this news appeared, she couldn't help but take out her mobile phone, and after thinking about it, she sent a text message to Mother Liu: "Mother Liu, I wish you all the best."
She put away her mobile phone, washed herself, and went out to work at around eight o'clock in the morning.
…
It's around 8 a.m. here in China, and around 8 p.m. in Los Angeles.
It was the evening of January 21st on the Chinese side when everyone set out, and it was the evening of January 21st on the American side when they arrived in Los Angeles.
At Los Angeles International Airport, the plane circled down in the dark night and landed safely.
"We're finally here, you guys are too noisy." Tang Jili complained as he stood up from his seat.
"It's really noisy." Chu Xuan added the knife and unbuckled his seat belt.
"It's really noisy." Chenglong added another blow.
Zou Zhaolong, An Zhijie and other actors looked at each other with helpless smiles on their faces.
The women Liu Yifei, Zeng Baoyi, Cai Zhuoyan, Zhong Xintong, and Zhang Yuqi were a little embarrassed. They were all meeting for the first time, and they were going abroad together. They couldn't restrain themselves from talking about women along the way.
Even Liu Xiaoli was a little embarrassed because she was drawn into the topic they were talking about. She also chatted for a long time.
Not only that, some male actors felt their liveliness and participated in their conversations, chatting happily.
Chatting naturally makes some people unable to sleep.
"Go to the hotel to eat, and then take a quick rest to adjust for the jet lag." Tang Jili said.
"Eat, eat, I'm starving to death." Liu Yifei put her hands on Chu Xuan's back and shoulders, and she and Chu Xuan followed everyone off the plane.
After getting their luggage in the check-in area of the terminal, they were greeted by vehicles arranged by the crew, and everyone got in the car and set off to the hotel where the crew was staying.