Chapter 240 3D version of "Havoc in Heaven"

Jing Tian covered his head with both hands and said pitifully, "It hurts!"

Jiang Heng was amused. "You, hurry up and get into the film academy and learn some acting skills. You can't expect me to teach you about acting all the time, right?"

“But you spoke really well!”

When Jing Tian said this, his eyes lit up and he looked very admiring.

Jiang Heng could no longer play the role of "strict teacher" and said, "You just need to know about this kind of thing yourself. You don't need to tell anyone else!"

"Uh-huh!"

Da Tiantian nodded hurriedly and said, "Don't worry, I will be admitted to Beijing Film Academy this year, and I will study hard then!"

Jiang Heng laughed and said nothing.

Seeing this, Da Tiantian widened her eyes and asked, "You don't believe me?"

"Believe it!"

"Oh, is there a role for me in the new play?"

"Can you act in anything?"

"can!"

"Then I will play the little monkey next to the Monkey King Sun Wukong in the Water Curtain Cave in the Flower-Fruit Mountain!"

Jing Tian was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Are you going to film Havoc in Heaven? I want to play Chang'e!"

"Alright, let's add a scene where Marshal Tianpeng flirts with Chang'e!"

"Then can you play the role of Tianpeng?"

Jiang Heng shook his head and said with a smile: "I must be playing Erlang Shen Yang Jian!"

"How about changing it to Erlang Shen flirting with Chang'e?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Forget it. I'm afraid you'll act like Chang'e teasing Erlang Shen!"

Da Tiantian said: "Yang Jian is so handsome and powerful, it's normal for Chang'e to like him. Maybe the seven fairies like him too!"

Jiang Heng waved his hands and said, "Stop, stop. If you keep talking like that, a mythological blockbuster will be turned into a romance movie!"

"Isn't love good? It's so touching!"

Jiang Heng thought, if you say so, I have to shoot "The Monkey King".

Whether the story can be accepted by the audience is another matter, but what he ordered people to prepare in advance was "Havoc in Heaven"!

The reason for filming this movie is, firstly, the audience's call. Over the years, too many people have left messages on the official websites of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, hoping to see "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" on the big screen.

Secondly, considering that "Havoc in Heaven" produced by Xinghao Films was too eye-catching, it was decided not to leave this subject matter to them.

Therefore, during Jiang Heng's vacation in Sydney, he did not spend the whole day eating, drinking and playing, but wrote scripts and made phone calls.

On the one hand, the schedules of several selected actors were set, and on the other hand, various props and costumes were prepared.

In order to make this film well and expand its cultural influence, Jiang Heng decided to increase the "nominal" investment to 300 million US dollars this time.

Yes, three hundred million dollars!
In the Chinese film market in 2006, spending million US dollars to make a movie was undoubtedly a fantasy.

But if you say that this happened to Jiang Heng, it still has a little credibility, but it is still shocking.

The span is really too big. Pacific Rim 2 only cost 1.2 million.

It cost 300 million US dollars to make "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2", and it would take more than 1 billion in box office revenue to make a profit.

It would be very dangerous if the film was sniped by blockbusters from companies like Hua Na when it was released in the North American market.

Therefore, after hearing about Jiang Heng's idea, Han Sanping's first step was to dissuade him from taking such a big step.

However, Jiang Heng had made up his mind, and Han Sanping was helpless, so the matter of participating in the investment was temporarily put on hold.

Jiang Heng didn't care about it, because the so-called 300 million US dollars was just a "nominal" investment, which gave him a reason to make the special effects in the film more shocking, otherwise how could he compete with "Avatar"!

It should be noted that the total investment of "Avatar" was 2.37 million US dollars. The filming started in 2005 and took more than two years to complete in 2007.

After that, there was a long period of post-production, and the film was not released worldwide until December 09.

If Jiang Heng wanted to capture Hu in "Avatar", he should have started filming now.

The reason why he chose "Havoc in Heaven" instead of "The King's Avatar" as his first 3D work is that "Havoc in Heaven" has many scenes such as Huaguo Mountain, Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Lingshan Mountain, and Heaven. If it is carefully created with special effects and 3D technology, its shocking degree may not be weaker than Pandora in "Avatar". Although "Lion Camel Ridge" and "Pingding Mountain" are also based on "Journey to the West", because the stories mainly take place in poor mountains and bad mountains, Jiang Heng's attention to the scenes is relatively limited.

More thought and special effects were put into the characters and fighting scenes.

But this time, he wants to create a "Journey to the West World" with his heart.

The release cycle is no longer one year as before, but is planned to be between the summer of 08 and the summer of 09. The specific release date will depend on the actual situation.

After all, some news cannot be concealed. Jiang Heng is going to shoot a 3D version of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons ", which is obviously intended to compete with "Avatar". No one can say whether the latter will be released earlier.

But under the premise that both use 3D as a selling point, whoever releases it first will have the advantage.

Jing Tian didn't know about Jiang Heng's grand plan and thought it was one of those films with an investment of around 100 million US dollars.

She smiled sweetly and said, "Brother, do you still need investment?"

"The money invested in Zhu Xian hasn't been recovered yet, so how can you still invest?"

"Of course, there are still 20 or 30 million US dollars!"

Jiang Heng said: "Forget it, the risk is quite high this time, don't let others accuse me of cheating you out of your money!"

Jing Tian looked puzzled, "Risk? How can there be risk in my brother's filming? How much investment is required?"

"Not much, just 300 million US dollars!"

"Three...hundred million dollars?"

Jing Tian's tone of voice changed when he finished speaking.

"Why would you need so much? Why would you take such a risk, brother?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Because I'm not happy with that 'big ship'! I want to take its title of the global box office champion!"

"Big ship? You mean Titanic? 18 billion dollars?"

Jiang Heng was a little surprised when he heard this. He really didn't expect that she could remember this data.

"Ok!"

"Well, then I should support my brother even more. If I want to invest money, I won't play the role!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Why don't you act anymore?"

Jing Tian twisted his index fingers around each other and said embarrassedly, "I'm afraid of being a drag!"

Jiang Heng laughed, "Not really. I can still play the role of the Seven Fairies or something like that."

Jing Tian laughed when he heard that, "Okay, then you must take a prettier picture of me then!"

“No need to take special photos, it’s already beautiful!”

Hearing this, Jing Tian's eyes became brighter and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

"Brother, that's great. I'll help you get investment!"

After the little girl said this, she took her coat and went out.

Jiang Heng hurriedly grabbed his arm and said, "Really? You don't think I can't come up with this little money after making movies for so many years?"

"Well, I should be able to take it out!"

Jing Tian smiled sweetly and scratched his head again, "Then how else can I help?"

"Not causing trouble is helping!"

"What?"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Just kidding, just act well when the time comes!"

"Oh fine!"

Da Tiantian pouted slightly and suddenly sighed, "It would be great if I could act, I could play the leading female role for you for free!"

Jiang Heng tapped her forehead with his finger and said with a smile, "Okay, don't think about those things. Go to the Film Academy and study hard this year, and then find time to come and play a cameo role as the Seven Fairies, okay?"

"Oh, I get it. Don't hit me on the head next time!"

(End of this chapter)