Chapter 248： Death and the Grudge

Among the many film awards, Zhang Dongcheng cares most about the Oscars. After all, the weight of the Oscars is not comparable to other film awards. Otherwise, there would not be so many people in China who want to challenge the Oscar statuette.

"A total of five nominations! Your personal Best Director, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound and Best Sound Editing."

After hearing these nominations for The Matrix, Zhang Dongcheng was slightly surprised except for the best director, and everything else was as Zhang Dongcheng expected, and there was nothing new. The original version of The Matrix also won these nominations, and also successfully won the statuette.

Regarding the best director award, Zhang Dongcheng never even thought that he could win it. With the Titanic around, no one can take the best director away from James Cameron!

Curling his lips, Zhang Dongcheng said a little sourly: "It seems that we can only join in the fun this time! The best director definitely belongs to James Cameron. The remaining four are not very important awards. Not even a best supporting role! It’s better than playing soy sauce.”

Zhang Dongcheng is considered blessed and does not know how to be blessed. Other films have already started to hold celebrations if they can win these awards.

This was the first time I saw Zhang Dongcheng showing such a gesture, Adaman couldn't help laughing, and said narrowly: "Smith, don't be so disappointed, I believe you will definitely win the award next year!"

Adaman's words reminded Zhang Dongcheng. It is impossible to gain anything in the Oscars by relying on secret battles. At most, it's just a best screenplay or a few miscellaneous small awards.

If you want to compete for the main event of the Oscar, there must be a movie that can make the Oscar organizing committee shine! At least one must have thought and connotation, and always shoot commercial films. Although he has made a lot of money, he is a little bit powerless in terms of awards.

Should I think about it, how many awards can I win at least in my next film that combines art and commerce?

Zhang Dongcheng quickly shook his head and put this thought aside. It's too early to think about it even though the secret battle has not been filmed yet.

"Let's talk about next year. There are still a few days until this year's Oscars!" Zhang Dongcheng shook his head. Did not agree to Adaman's words.

Oscars are not so easy to win, otherwise James Cameron would not have sharpened his sword for ten years, and spent nearly five years trying to build a Titanic to compete for several awards.

I am still young now, I started filming in 1995, and it has only been about three years since early 1998. Not in a hurry!

Reassuring himself, Zhang Dongcheng immediately left the company and went to the crew of Reaper on Long Island.

The filming of "Death Comes" crew on Long Island went smoothly from the very beginning, which may have benefited from an air crash that shook most of the world in 1996. TWA Flight 800 crashes.

On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 (TWA800) took off from New York John F Kennedy International Airport and was scheduled to arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The flight is TWA's Boeing 747-100, aircraft number N93119, carrying 212 passengers and 18 crew members. However, shortly after takeoff, it exploded near Long Island, New York, killing everyone on board.

This air crash is almost a realistic version of the death. But it is a pity that this air crash did not have a lucky boy who could see the future tragedy in advance.

When Zhang Dongcheng came to the filming location of Reaper's Crew in Long Island, Huang Yiyu was telling some actors about something. It seems to be telling a play.

Huang Yiyu has an astonishing ability to control movie scripts with precision, which even Zhang Dongcheng can't match him. And he is also a screenwriter who knows how to save money. Huang Yiyu is good at creating intense dramatic conflicts in small scenes, which is a skill he learned in horror movies.

It's a pity that he has been in Hollywood for so many years, but he never got the chance to direct it himself. As the first film he directed for the first time, Death is Coming, Huang Yiyu is naturally very concerned.

"In the next paragraph, Devon, you should act even crazier and hysterical. Imagine that you can discover Death's murder plan in advance, and you can fight against death. What an exciting game it is! It will be exciting The blood is racing, it makes you so excited that you can't control your emotions!" Huang Yiyu told Devon Sawa about the character's emotional expressions and so on in a very provocative tone.

Devon Sawa, the leading actor of Reaper, I don't know if Huang Yiyu has known him for a long time. I didn't expect that this movie was filmed two years in advance, but he still found this guy to play.

Hearing Huang Yiyu's words, Dai Wen closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "I think I understand, director, let's continue!"

As soon as Dai Wen finished speaking, he was stunned to see Zhang Dongcheng who appeared behind Huang Yiyu at some point. Surprised: "Director Smith?!"

Huang Yiyu turned around and said in surprise: "Boss, are you here to visit the class?"

Zhang Dongcheng waved his hand, and said with style: "Don't be so nervous. James, is the shooting going well now?"

"It went very well!" Speaking of the movie, Huang Yiyu suddenly became excited. He began to talk to Zhang Dongcheng about all kinds of interesting things he encountered while filming Death Arriving.

Listening to Huang Yiyu's narration, Zhang Dongcheng nodded with a smile.

"I think that Reaper will definitely make people's eyes shine in this year's Halloween schedule." Huang Yiyu concluded.

Indeed, Reaper has created an alternative model of Hollywood horror films. Although there are still many scenes showing blood plasma, the pervasive fear of death is a perfect fusion of oriental horror.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dongcheng couldn't help recalling the movie that usually made his hair stand on end. It was a Japanese movie, and there is no shadow of it now.

Curse! This is definitely an unforgettable film, and even finally came up with the American version of the Grudge trilogy.

Thinking of this matter, Zhang Dongcheng decided that he might as well write down the idea after returning home. As for the details, he would leave it to those in the screenwriting department to supplement, as if it were to enrich the script library of Dongcheng Films.

"Boss?" Seeing Zhang Dongcheng distracted, Huang Yiyu called out cautiously.

"Oh!" Zhang Dongcheng suddenly came back to his senses, and said, "Sorry, I was distracted just now. Are you going to let this movie be released on Halloween this year?" Zhang Dongcheng frowned slightly.

It's only the beginning of 1998, and it's just entered March. There are still seven or eight months until October 31, Halloween.

It took such a long time to shoot a Grim Reaper, it seems that the efficiency is a bit too slow.

"Yes!" Huang Yiyu nodded and admitted: "Reaper is a horror movie after all. It is most suitable to arrange it on the Halloween schedule!"

Zhang Dongcheng nodded, he had to admit that what Huang Yiyu said made sense. The prime time for horror movies is also the best time for Halloween. Especially for a new director like Huang Yiyu, choosing the right time period is of great help to him.

For example, Zhang Dongcheng, when he first came to the United States, he chose The Mummy as his first film. Whether it was for him or Universal Pictures, an investment of more than 80 million yuan was a huge gamble. The chosen schedule is naturally Halloween, and Huang Yiyu is no exception.

However, according to Zhang Dongcheng's estimation, it shouldn't take long for the shooting to be completed when the **** of death comes. During this period of time, is it possible to let Huang Yiyu be idle?

Otherwise, hand over your previous grievances to him. Of course, the script must be the American version. Can you still expect a group of Americans to understand Japanese-style horror?

"Okay." Zhang Dongcheng patted Huang Yiyu's shoulder. Although he was much younger than Huang Yiyu, he was undoubtedly Huang Yiyu's senior in the director industry.

Teachers are those who have never learned before, let alone Zhang Dongcheng is now Huang Yiyu's boss.

"Now that you've made your decision, let's finish the shooting of Reaper first. But I hope you can continue to shoot a horror movie later. It will also be arranged on the Halloween schedule. Of course, the time will definitely be staggered." Speaking of this, Zhang Dongcheng suddenly said proudly: "This time, Dongcheng Pictures will sweep the Halloween schedule!"

A Reaper is Coming, and The Grudge is the first part. These are the goals Zhang Dongcheng set for Huang Yiyu.

Huang Yiyu was really flattered. He didn't expect Zhang Dongcheng to trust him so much, and he started preparing for him to shoot the second movie when the **** of death came and hadn't seen the final effect.

He certainly would not think that Zhang Dongcheng was really squeezing his labor force. Not to mention anything else, before meeting Zhang Dongcheng, Huang Yiyu wanted to be squeezed by others, but he couldn't find anyone. For him, being a director by himself is a kind of joy, a kind of enjoyment, and it is also his dream!

"Good boss. I will definitely work hard!" Huang Yiyu nodded vigorously, with the urge to die for a woman who pleases herself;

"How long will it take for the shooting to be completed?" Zhang Dongcheng asked a very practical question.

After silently calculating, Huang Yiyu replied: "Post-production will probably start in May!"

"Very good!" Zhang Dongcheng was very satisfied with Huang Yiyu's answer. The Grim Reaper was completed in May, and then put into post-production. In the following time, Huang Yiyu can go to shoot the American version of The Grudge 1. Later, during the Halloween schedule, Death Comes first, followed by The Grudge.

The American version of The Grudge is definitely an amazing movie. The first one even won a super high box office of 110 million US dollars. However, the only thing Zhang Dongcheng is not sure about is whether the American version can achieve the same results without the Japanese version as the prefix.

Of course, there are more and better movies, even better than The Grudge, but the old TV doesn't know which movie is the best, it plays randomly, and sometimes it's impossible to miss a good movie Son.