Chapter 277 launches a charge towards Berlin, the cast list of "The Witch", and "The
Chapter 277 launches a charge towards Berlin, the cast list of "The Witch", and "The Sound of Wind" exploded again!
"Director Zhou."
While he was busy, Director Yang of Crown Pictures contacted Zhou Qing again.
It turned out that the finished film of "Twilight 2" was out, and the other party invited Zhou Qing to Hollywood to watch the movie.
Although Zhou Qing is very busy at this stage, watching the movie is still very important, so Zhou Qing agreed without much hesitation.
What's more, Zhou Qing also planned to take this opportunity to review Crown Pictures.
"Xiao Liu."
He sorted out and arranged the things on hand, and immediately asked his assistant to book a flight to Hollywood.
Just three days later, it appeared in California.
"Director Zhou."
How could Director Yang dare to neglect the big boss when he arrived? He personally led people to the airport to pick him up.
Zhou Qing was welcomed back to Crown Pictures with the highest standards and the most grand ceremony.
"I have already made arrangements with Summit Entertainment. Mr. Figg will be here tomorrow morning."
At the welcoming banquet for Zhou Qing, Director Yang gave Zhou Qing a corresponding report.
Zhou Qing nodded, knowing what was going on, and didn't say much.
"Director Zhou."
"Mr. Figg!"
Just as Director Yang said, Feige appeared at Crown Pictures at ten o'clock the next morning.
When the two sides met, there was naturally some polite and warm greetings.
The subsequent movie watching was also very enjoyable. There were no problems with "The Twilight Saga 2" from beginning to end, which made Zhou Qing very satisfied.
Although from the perspective of top director Zhou Qing, "The Twilight Saga 2" has many shortcomings and cannot be considered a masterpiece.
But it’s fine as long as young people enjoy watching it.
More importantly, the finished product of Twilight 2 is just as I expected, so there is no need to interfere.
This is also the most critical reason why Zhou Qing cooperates with the original team, it saves trouble.
You just need to pay the money and don’t have to worry about anything, right?
"Director Zhou, we have scheduled the release date for Twilight 2 on November 11."
Feige then informed Zhou Qing about some of the situations regarding "The Twilight Saga 2".
Zhou Qing knew what was going on and didn't raise any objections.
After all, there is nothing wrong with Summit Entertainment's operations, whether it is the publicity and promotion plan or the release schedule.
Zhou Qing was happy to be a hands-off boss.
"The first Twilight movie was a huge success. Based on the first movie, I believe the second movie will set a new box office record!"
Feige's voice revealed a kind of excitement and endless anticipation, and he was very optimistic about the future trend of "Twilight 2".
"Of course, Mr. Figg."
Zhou Qing expressed his deep agreement with this.
As a person who has been reborn, he knows even better that the box office of "Twilight 2" is not only higher than the first one, but almost double!
Still very, very explosive.
As the prosecutor, he really won again this time.
"Director Zhou."
"Director Zhou."
After the movie, there was a cocktail party. There was nothing he could do about it; that was the way Hollywood was doing it, and Zhou Qing didn't refuse.
However, as he was the main investor, he just ordered as much as he could and didn't drink much.
What's more, Zhou Qing still has other work to do after returning to Crown Pictures, so he has to stay sober.
What job?
Of course, it is to review the various situations of Crown Pictures.
Director Yang had been informed long ago and had prepared the company's financial statements, various project lists and other relevant information, waiting for the big boss Zhou Qing to review them.
Because of this, Zhou Qing stayed in Crown Pictures for three more days before returning to the capital.
"No Man's Land, produced by Zhou Qing Pictures and directed by Ning Hao, has wrapped up filming. Huang Bo, one of the 'iron triangle', was absent from the wrap party."
"Director Ning Hao's western road movie "No Man's Land" has finished filming. Director Ning shares the difficult process of filming."
"Director Ning's new film "No Man's Land" has finished filming, and Xu Zheng shot the final scenes in Devil City."
October was definitely a month of great harvest for Zhou Qing.
"The Man from Nowhere" was just completed in the first half of the month, and "Twilight 2" was released in the middle of the month.
It’s just the end of the month and “No Man’s Land” has finished filming.
The completion of "No Man's Land" attracted much more attention than the completion of "The Man from Lone Ranger".
Although it is true that "The Man from Nowhere" was written by screenwriter Zhou Qing, director Wu Jing is a newcomer anyway.
But what about Ning Hao?
But he is a top director who has made many blockbuster movies!
The other party's "No Man's Land" is considered by people in the industry to have much greater potential than "The Man from Lone Star".
"Brother, what's with that? If someone didn't know you, they would think you were fleeing."
Ning Hao took some time out to come to the company and meet Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing was delighted when he saw him.
He knew that Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" was filmed in the Gobi Desert, where the environment was rather harsh.
But I didn't expect that he would be destroyed like this.
Fortunately, Huang Bo had few roles and finished filming early, otherwise in this "Witch", Huang Bo could have played the heroine's father.
"Don't mention it. It's not easy for me to make a movie."
Ning Hao waved his hand and started to complain to Zhou Qing.
The filming of "No Man's Land" was indeed very difficult.
But even though he complained, Ning Hao seemed to be in good spirits.
Especially his eyes are bright, flashing with something called "ambition".
"Qingzi, the registration for the Berlin Film Festival is about to close. I want to sign up for next year's festival, but I'm afraid it's too late, right?"
After some small talk, Ning Hao straightened his face and asked about the Berlin Film Festival.
Zhou Qing’s previous guess was correct. “No Man’s Land” was indeed Ning Hao’s ambitious work.
In addition to the box office, the other party is also eyeing the awards.
"It's indeed too late to register normally, but I can contact the organizing committee and see if I can go through the internal recommendation channel."
After a moment of hesitation, Zhou Qing gave Ning Hao this answer.
"I have found the right person. Please help me ask."
Ning Hao was overjoyed and did not bother to be polite with Zhou Qing. Instead, he asked Zhou Qing for a heavy favor.
Zhou Qing also did not hesitate. In front of Ning Hao, he started to contact the relevant personnel of the Berlin Organizing Committee.
He has won major awards in Berlin for two consecutive years, so of course he has the contact information there.
Berlin also attaches great importance to Zhou Qing, a Silver Bear and Golden Bear winner.
After the other party learned of Zhou Qing's purpose, he agreed to Zhou Qing's request after careful consideration.
It's nothing more than a registration qualification, no big deal.
Signing up doesn’t mean you’ll be shortlisted, right?
However, since it is a film highly recommended by a great director like Zhou Qing, people in Berlin are actually quite curious about it.
"Is that all? You are worthy of me, Aoko!"
Ning Hao was so excited that he subconsciously gave Zhou Qing a thumbs up.
As expected of a direct descendant of Berlin, his words are effective.
"You're welcome, Senior Brother. I just made a phone call."
Zhou Qing waved his hand at Ning Hao disapprovingly.
"Your phone call helped me a lot." Ning Hao still remembered Zhou Qing's kindness and immediately expressed his gratitude to Zhou Qing.
"By the way, Qingzi, I plan to release No Man's Land during the Lunar New Year holiday, in February next year. What do you think?"
After some polite exchanges, Ning Hao straightened his face and said to Zhou Qing.
The reason for choosing February is obviously due to the opening time of the Berlin Film Festival.
If "No Man's Land" can really win an award in Berlin, it will definitely have a huge impact on the movie's box office.
To take a step back, even if you don't win the award but are just nominated, it still has this effect.
It’s just that the effect is slightly worse than winning an award.
But it definitely does work.
After all, it’s not easy to be nominated in the top three these days.
So what if the worst happens and there’s no nomination at all?
That doesn’t matter, February is also the Lunar New Year holiday, so it’s still a good time.
When Zhou Qing was choosing the release date for Source Code, he had already analyzed that the three months of November, December and January during the Lunar New Year holiday were not very popular.
Either there are Hollywood blockbusters or there are a lot of domestic blockbusters. February is the only month that is "safer".
Not only are there no Hollywood blockbusters, but the only domestic films are "Little Big Soldier" and "The Imperial Guards".
"No Man's Land" can be completely tough and it is not false at all.
So considering all these circumstances, there is indeed nothing wrong with the schedule chosen by Ning Hao.
Both parties reached an agreement on this matter very happily.
"Director Zhou."
The casting for "The Witch" continued for a few more days, and the final list from the assistant director was given to Zhou Qing.
Zhou Qing quickly went through the relevant resumes and audition videos and did not find anything wrong.
The casting directors are all professionals and the roles they choose are all quite suitable.
"Xiao Liu."
In this case, Zhou Qing did not waste any time and quickly announced the corresponding lineup.
“The main creators and cast of the movie "Witch" are as follows:
Producers: Zhou Qing Pictures, China Film Group, Fiber Media, Wanda Cinemas
Director: Zhou Qing
main character:
Lee Da-mi: Liu Yifei
Zhang Mingxi: Zhao Liying
Li's father: Guo Tao
Li's mother: Jose Fei
Cold-blooded killer: Wang Baoqiang
Dr. Bai: Li Xiaoran
......"
As soon as this lineup was released, it immediately sparked a heated and heated discussion in the circle.
First of all, the heroine Liu Yifei is exactly the same as the previous speculation in the circle, so there is nothing much to say.
Zhou Xun, Shuang Bing and other female stars, all I can do is envy them.
Who among them wouldn't want to act in an action movie with a female lead like this?
Looking at all the actresses in the circle, every one of them would be eager to get such a heavyweight role.
It’s just a pity that they are not from Zhou Qing Pictures, so they can’t get the upper hand.
In addition to Liu Yifei, everyone also noticed that the names of Wang Baoqiang and Zhao Liying also appeared on the casting list.
This means that for this movie "The Witch", Zhou Qing Pictures has crammed in a total of 3 artists.
Wang Baoqiang is not so bad. He is a star after all, and a first-tier one at that.
But Zhao Liying?
Even though "Chinese Paladin 3" had high ratings on some local TV stations, it made Zhao Liying famous to a certain extent.
But the other party’s current status is seriously insufficient.
The only reason why she can play an important role in a film of this level is that she is an artist under Director Zhou!
So the artists under Director Zhou are truly blessed.
First, there are heavyweight TV drama resources such as "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", and then there are heavyweight movie resources such as "The Witch"!
These are the top resources that everyone in the entire circle dreams of but cannot obtain!
I'm so envious.
It’s just a pity that Zhou Qing Pictures hasn’t signed many artists over the years, which makes everyone very depressed.
I don’t even know how many artists have been trying to sign us, but Zhou Qing Pictures has no interest at all.
What a pity.
If I really sign it, it would be a huge step forward.
Looking back over the past two years, Zhou Qing Pictures has produced so many blockbuster movies every year, with so many resources that it makes people envious.
But there are only a few artists under its banner.
There are too many people and too little resources, and artists are fighting tooth and nail for the tiny bit of resources.
When it comes to Director Zhou, the situation is completely the opposite.
There are simply not enough of our own artists, so we have to use a large number of outside artists.
In the movies produced by Zhou Qing Pictures, how many of the main characters are not its artists?
It really makes people feel itchy.
But Zhou Qing Pictures has never shown any intention of continuing to sign artists, which is really frustrating.
On October 10, The Whistleblower, which was second only to The Founding of a Republic in terms of popularity, was withdrawn from theaters and its total box office revenue was soon revealed.
2.8 billion.
It is worth mentioning that the total box office of "The Sound of Wind" in the original time and space was only 2.3 million.
At this moment, he managed to achieve 2.8 million yuan, all thanks to Zhou Qing's extremely powerful appeal.
Needless to say, the whole circle was jealous again. Many people's eyes turned red again, some even to the point of going blind.
Damn, Zhou Qing Pictures has produced another big hit.
Although it's not as big as "Founding of a Republic", 2.8 million is still considered a huge hit.
After all, if you count on your fingers, how many movies these days have grossed over 2 million?
Especially for movies with a theme like "The Whistleblower", it is not the kind of movie that is easy to make money at the box office.
It is particularly amazing that the box office could reach 2.8 million.
What’s more important is that while “The Whistleblower” was a box office hit, its reputation also exploded.
Film critics, people in the industry, media, and netizens.
Basically all the reviews are positive.
As the absolute leading actor, Zhu Yawen once again made his presence felt and stole the limelight.
Looking at the movies he has starred in since his debut, "Painted Skin" grossed 3 million, "Now You See Me" grossed 4 million, "Love Is Not Blind" grossed 33 million, and now "The Message" grossed another 2 million.
hiss!
This is too outrageous!
There are only 4 movies, but each one had such a huge box office, with a minimum of 2 million yuan, and the cumulative box office has reached 11 billion yuan!
Looking at the entire domestic entertainment industry, there is really only one such store and no other branches.
This made Zhu Yawen, who was already a top-tier celebrity, almost blind everyone's eyes.
Especially making Huang Xiaoming and other first-line male stars feel ashamed and overshadowed.
They debuted much earlier than Zhu Yawen and have filmed many more movies.
But all the movies added together are not as good as these 4 movies.
Some people even said that they were killed instantly, and many people were not even enough to be defeated by one movie.
How embarrassing is this?
(End of this chapter)