As soon as the news of Wenner's following the trend came out, it means that it is very likely that everyone will see two serious science fiction novel adaptations within this year.
For science fiction fans, this is certainly good news.
But fans of detective novels who saw the news felt as if they had been given a lemon, with soreness all over their bodies.
When the movie "Ten Little Indian Boys" came out and became a hit, detective novel fans were extremely happy.
But now things have changed, science fiction movies have caught up, and there are two coming soon.
Many fans of detective novels began to appeal to Zhang Zhong's whispers, hoping that Zhang Zhong would not favor one thing over another and make a few more suspense mystery movies.
It's been more than two years since Murder on the Orient Express came out, so there should have been some news.
If not, you can film "Suspect X", "The Snowman", "Tragedy on the Nile", "The Mysterious Case at Styles Manor" and "After School".
Among the voices calling for the filming of mystery novels, there are also other voices mixed in.
[Stop speculating about science fiction every day, is Zhang Zhong just a writer who writes science fiction and mystery novels? 】
[Yes, yes, what I want to watch most is "The Shining", it's so exciting.]
[The Shining +1]
【The Shining+10086】
[I hope to see the movie version of Border Town, but who can play Cuicui?]
[Why don’t we crowdfund and invest in Zhang’s remake of “Border Town”.]
[It would be better to film "Sophie's World".]
[I feel that Sophie’s World is not easy to produce effective results.]
[What are you thinking about, crowdfunding for investment...Does Renzhong need your crowdfunding?]
[Yeah, I’m worth tens of billions, maybe it will be over 100 billion after this year. I heard that "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" was split with Wenner. 】
[Maybe this movie will eventually lose money, and Zhang Chong’s net worth will continue to drop.]
[Yeah, if this movie and "The Last Starfish" both fail, then Zhang Zhong can just adapt his own detective novels with peace of mind. 】
[I wonder if you detective novel fans are crazy? You can even curse the author like this.]
[Don’t worry, even if the movie fails, Zhang Zhong will not lose money. No matter what, the movie can boost the sales of the original work, and he will earn a lot of royalties by then. 】
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In fact, many of Zhang Zhong's novels have been discussed for film and television adaptation recently, including "The Shining", "The Wandering Sea Ball" and "The Devotion of Suspect X".
Negotiations for "The Shining" have come to an end, and the negotiating partner is still Wenner Entertainment.
The conditions Wenner gave this time were okay, but the director they invited this time was very attractive.
Wenner promised that if the film and television adaptation rights were given to them, they would ensure that Kulikli would be hired to direct the film.
Kulikli is a well-known master of horror and thriller. He has been focusing on shooting thrillers for more than 30 years and has countless excellent works to his name.
There is a saying in North America: Kulikli is the biggest enemy of the God of Sleep, because his movies scared countless people and kept them awake all night.
There is another sentence: American children have a warm sun in their childhood, and that sun is Bob Linton. And under this sun there is a shadow that cannot be eliminated, and the name of this shadow is Kulikli.
Bob Linton is an extremely brilliant TV character. In more than 6,000 episodes of the TV series "Bob's Life", in each episode, the male protagonist Bob Linton has to do a good deed and sprinkle some good things.
chicken soup.
In the United States, Bob Linton is the most heartwarming person.
Putting Kulikli in the opposite direction also highlights the horror of his thriller.
Life without having had Bob's Chicken Soup is incomplete, but life without being scared by Kulikley is also extremely incomplete.
The negotiations for "The Shining" are almost complete, that is, some details have not been agreed upon, but they are all details that will not affect the final result. It depends on who gives in first.
Unlike "The Shining," "The Wandering Earth" is not negotiating with just one company.
There are three companies competing, namely Qinhuai Entertainment, Monpara Entertainment, and Stefak Entertainment.
Qinhuai Entertainment is a local Chinese company, while Monpara and Stefac are both American companies.
The competition has just begun. As for who will win in the end, it will take some time to get the result.
The progress of "The Devotion of Suspect X" is even slower. Dozens of companies are now interested in adapting this book, and it is still in the preliminary screening stage.
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Zhang Zhong's life is very simple recently. He spends most of his time on the suspense mystery novel he had conceived before. On weekends, he takes Pengpeng to Wu Ziyun's class.
On this day, Zhang Zhong and Xu Yuhan took Pengpeng out of Wu Ziyun's place and transferred to Huairou.
The filming of "Soul-Breaking Gun" handed over to Guan Bao has officially started, and the filming location was chosen at the Huairou Film and Television Base. I had talked about this with Guan Bao before, and by chance, Zhang Zhong took Xu Yuhan and Peng Peng
Go and join in the fun.
Zhang Zhong has read the script of "The Soul-Breaking Gun". The original work was a short story, but it was changed by Guan Bao to be quite long and a lot of things were added. However, all the details added were just to highlight the sentence "There is no way to wake up from the big dream in the East."
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When the three of them arrived at the Huairou Film and Television Base, the crew was taking a break and Guan Bao was watching the footage they had just shot.
Seeing Zhang Zhong coming, Guan Bao stood up quickly and said, "Teacher Zhang, why are you still conducting surprise inspections? Why didn't you tell me in advance when you came?"
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Let me tell you in advance, is that still called an inspection?"
"It's an unfortunate time for you to come here. We've just had a break here. How about I ask them to perform it again for you to watch?"
"You're just kidding, let's just come over and have fun, and you can do whatever you want. Is the filming progress going well?"
"We just started shooting, it's pretty good. I don't have anything to do anyway, so I'll show you around." Guan Bao said to the assistant director next to him, "Old Qin, you stay here for a while and I'll show Teacher Zhang around."
The assistant director smiled and said, "Leave it to me."
Guan Bao nodded and led Zhang Zhong and the others towards a house in front, "This is the main filming location for this movie, Sha Sha Long's residence. All the scenes during this period were filmed here. How about it,
Is it different from what you thought?"
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "I really haven't thought too carefully about what the house should look like."
This is the difference between text workers and image workers.
When many novelists write novels, when they write about a certain thing, they don't write it in too much detail. They just write a general outline and leave more to the readers' imagination.
A more typical example is Gu Long's martial arts novels. In his martial arts novels, there are relatively few descriptions of moves and more of an image.
For example, in "The Sentimental Swordsman", Li Xunhuan kills Zhuge Lei. Zhuge Lei suddenly looks at Li Xunhuan with his hands on his throat, but the carving knife in Li Xunhuan's hand has disappeared.
As for how the flying knife flew out and how it was inserted into Zhuge Lei's throat, Gu Long didn't write about it.
But this cannot be the case when making movies. They have to present real objects to the audience. Sometimes if a detail is not handled properly, the audience may criticize it.