screen age

Chapter 252 The Beginning of a Blockbuster: "Source Code"

In fact, everyone is curious about Chen Xi's blockbuster movie now.

For a long time, Chen Xi has performed quite well in terms of the commercial and artistic nature of the movie box office, especially the recent "BJ Meets Seattle", which is even more powerful to the extreme. The box office of 24 million blinded many people [-]K titanium alloy dog ​​eyes.

The box office of "BJ Meets Seattle" is too strong, and it also made many people feel how far a movie's box office can reach.

However, it doesn't matter if Chen Xi gets a movie with a high box office or a movie with a good reputation, after all, it's just some low-cost movies, and the genre is basically romance or drama, and there are very few movies with big scenes... But now Chen Xi seems to be planning to do something big.

In fact, many people are expecting that Chen Xi can have more performances in high-investment movies, and be able to create his own blockbuster...

In this era, Chinese movie fans, after all, still have a strong yearning for blockbuster movies. Other movies, even if the box office of the movie is particularly high, after all, it is just a feeling of small and big, and everyone really wants to see it. Really blockbuster.

Unfortunately, blockbuster movies usually mean a terrible investment, but it may not be able to recover the cost.

In fact, many recent movies basically have many problems. Of course, the two blockbusters "Assembly" and "Certificate of Fame" are still okay, but basically all the blockbusters in 2008 have problems, especially the Chinese blockbusters. Zhang Yimou, a weathervane, kept having problems, and the word-of-mouth slump one after another made everyone feel the problems in the middle.

Moreover, the performance of Chinese films overseas is now facing more and more problems... Of course, there are still some influences from Chen Xi. Chen Xi's films are always extremely high in terms of return rate, which makes many filmmakers start to fantasize Step up to the sky, with a very low investment to get a high return.

As a result, China's blockbuster movies have indeed been greatly affected. Anyway, comedies and romance movies are gradually getting together, and many people want to copy the success of "BJ Meets Seattle" and "33 Days of Broken Love".

Following the trend is not a monopoly of Hong Kong films, and the same is true for mainland China. Of course, it is the same in the whole world.

But following the trend is very risky, and many movies are like this.

Because a movie goes from the script to the preparation to the actual shooting, and then to the editing and release after the movie is shot, everyone is not Chen Xi, who has the ability to directly copy the movie, so under normal circumstances, a movie goes through this process. It takes one or two years, and after one or two years, the direction of the wind is likely to change... This is the big problem that following the trend will bring.

So now many people are also expecting that Chen Xi can use a blockbuster movie to adjust the market... After all, according to Chen Xi's current situation, everyone believes that if he makes a movie, it will be popular at the box office. question……

But now everyone really believes in Chen Xi's movies. Chen Xi didn't express much before. However, at such a moment, he unexpectedly broke such a super big news.

Blockbuster!

Chen Xi's blockbuster movie is coming soon!

"Director Chen, what type of blockbuster is your blockbuster? Is it an action movie or something? Who do you plan to cast? When will the movie be released?" The reporters' questions were indeed simple and rude, pointing to the point, and Now the situation is different, and there is actually no taboo to ask this kind of question: it is certainly inappropriate to ask this kind of question during the release of other movies, but it is not a problem now.

Chen Xi also had nothing to hide, and just took advantage of this opportunity to start a wave of publicity.

"The main genres of my new movie are sci-fi and action..." Chen Xi said: "As for the starring role of the movie... this is temporarily kept secret, because I also need to communicate with the actors about the schedule. As for the release of the movie, it is tentatively scheduled for December this year Released this month!"

This obviously means that he intends to schedule his new movie to be released in the Lunar New Year file. It seems that this year's Lunar New Year file will have a new masterpiece.

However, there is another problem that everyone has noticed, which is that his new movie will be a science fiction movie...

Science fiction!

In fact, many people know that there is no science fiction in Chinese movies...

Even some movies under the guise of sci-fi movies have nothing to do with sci-fi. Even Zhou Xingchi's "Yangtze River No. [-]" is still not a sci-fi story in essence, but a parent-child story.

Of course, the so-called sci-fi movies do not necessarily have to be as luxurious as "Star Wars", with fierce battles and grand backgrounds... mainly the core of the movie. After all, even "Moon" and "Butterfly Effect" are still sci-fi. Chip, because the core is something of science fiction, the core is the most important.

In Chen Xi's films, the core is science fiction, and the scenes are surreal.

The word sci-fi has made many people feel the super attention to this movie.

"Director Chen, why do you plan to touch sci-fi movies? You must know that so far, there are basically no such successful sci-fi movies in the Chinese market... Where do you plan to start your sci-fi movie? Special effects?" The reporter asked directly come out.

Sci-fi films, even if they are actually filmed, can easily become another style in China, including "Future Police" in later generations, especially "Cyborg", "City Alert", "Extreme Dimensions" is even worse than Saturn.

Chen Xi actually came to touch such a subject that would cause accidents, and everyone felt that Chen Xi was really daring.

Chen Xi said: "There are still many things to try. Science fiction has always been my favorite subject. When I was in elementary school, my biggest dream was to become a scientist. Although this dream is obviously impossible to realize now... But I hope that science fiction movies can Let me realize my dream." Chen Xi's words were somewhat decisive: "However, many things in the movie are consistent at the core. I believe everyone knows that there is no problem in the plot of my "Frontier". In my new film, I will let everyone see new ideas in the plot, as well as new ideas in the structure of the film."

Chen Xi's movies are indeed okay, so many movies have proved this, so now, in fact, if fans hear the news about Chen Xi's new movies, most of them will only believe in Chen Xi's strength, even if it is another The same goes for this type of movie.

What Chen Xi is more satisfied with now is that this group of people finally changed their title from Chen Laoshi back to Chen Dao.

"Then what's the name of your new movie? Can you tell us a general story? Are you still writing and directing the movie yourself?" The reporters then began to ask. In fact, Chen Xi's movies are always written and directed by himself. , which can be regarded as a feature of his films.

Chen Xi nodded: "The script of my new movie has been written, and now the general plan has also been written, what is lacking now is the official start of filming!"

The reporters immediately began to whisper to each other. Chen Xi is really fast. From the beginning of planning to the official release of a movie, it is often only within a short period of time, maybe within a few months. The speed is astonishing, but it happens all the time.

It seems to be the same this time.

Chen Xi paused slightly at this moment, and then said, "As for the name of my new movie, it's called "Source Code."

This sounds like a very compelling name, which sounds more awesome than "Robot Man", but at the same time, this name is actually not really easy to understand.

"Does the name "Source Code" have any special meaning?" At this moment, the reporters turned their attention to this.

Chen Xi opened his mouth directly: "Source code (also called source program) refers to an uncompiled text file written in accordance with a certain programming language specification. It is a series of human-readable computer language instructions..."

What Chen Xi said made the reporters want to vomit blood: Fuck, Chen Laoshi, do you dare not to recite Du Niang Encyclopedia?

Chen Xi looked at everyone's helpless expressions, and smiled slightly: "This is the literal explanation of the source code. As for the specific meaning of the movie, please watch it in detail in the movie. We will give some rough and specific explanations of the movie soon." It was placed on the official website of Deep Space Film and Television.”

Chen Xi also finally explained a little bit about "Source Code", whether everyone is satisfied or not...

…After the press conference of "BJ Meets Seattle", the news of "Source Code" has spread throughout the Chinese film circle. Now many people are shocked by it, but they are also looking forward to it. After all, Chen Xi is also a director who has been famous for many years. The few films he has shot before are also quite good. The box office performance of each film is very good, and the reputation of each film is good. In fact, the ratings of this film are all above seven points, which is quite good.

Many of you are very excited right now...

After all, sci-fi films have always been one of the most lacking types of films in China. Of course, if many other directors come to make them, everyone will think that the film will be bad, and they don't even expect it at all. But if this director is Chen Xi... Everyone immediately It becomes expected.

Because Chen Xi has never made a single movie!
This is Chen Xi's capital and the reason why everyone likes him. Now the media and many social networks are talking about this matter. The smoke of "BJ Meets Seattle" has not cleared up, but Chen Xixin's movie The news is growing crazily, and people discussing this matter are everywhere.

The official website of Deep Space Films also released a promotional concept map of "Source Code". On this concept map, there is only a promotional map that looks a bit like a fragment of the world, but there is no one on it...

In fact, the underlying reason is that Chen Xi didn't find a good actor at all...

(End of this chapter)