After Ronan offered the idea of turning the reality show into a horror and murder show, in just three days, the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment came up with a story outline.

In the new story, the protagonists will become actors participating in a reality TV show, and while recording a survival show in the wilderness, they are attacked by a deformed ogre.

In addition, the content of the story will show more about the social life of deformed people.

Ronan couldn't agree more, and while it was appropriate to introduce a little new content, it was more important to follow the successful model of the first part.

More bloody, more H, bigger scale.

The plot is simple and indifferent, and the strong visual impact has to be brutal and impersonal from the beginning, leaving people with no time to adapt.

This is the most attractive thing about traditional plasma horror films.

In the office of the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment, Ronan also participated in the script writing seminar of this project.

"As for the mode, it's very simple. Ronan said in general: "This kind of film is to run away, be killed, and create blood." Then run away, get killed again, and create more blood. ”

The head of the screenwriting team for this project said: "I propose to add a strong type of character, although it will still be killed by the ogres in the end, but it can achieve a certain degree of counter-killing of the ogre, bringing some fresh excitement." ”

Ronan thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Another screenwriter said: "In addition to the escape, self-rescue, and counterattack of the participating survivors, the design of the plot can be appropriately interspersed with the life of deformed ogres, such as childbirth, reproduction, father-son relationship, and husband and wife relationship." He smiled and said, "Of course, husband and wife are also brother and sister or brother and sister, because they are the only family living here, and no matter what their status, they are all the same surname. ”

Ronan nodded slightly, agreeing with his statement, after all, this is just an exchange meeting before the script is written, and after the script is written, it will be revised if it is not appropriate.

"What about the big picture?" Ronan asked, "what do you guys think?" ”

A middle-aged, bald screenwriter was in charge of designing the scenes, and he said, "I designed a scene. He opened the slide, and a somewhat rough design drawing appeared on it: "A beautiful character has been split in half by a long axe, her internal organs snap and fall, and her undead nerves are still twitching in vain." ”

Everyone stared at the artwork, nodding their heads frequently, as if they were pleased with the design.

Looking at this scene alone, it seems that the people in the office are a bunch of perverts.

Subsequently, the middle-aged bald screenwriter cooperated with other design drawings to explain in detail other torture scenes, such as the long axe cutting off the head, the sword piercing the brain and eyes, eating raw fingers, and human meat dinner...... Every scene is bloody and unambiguous.

The discussion was short-lived, lasting less than an hour before it was over.

Ronan also made a decision that the budget for the sequel to "Fatal Bend" was lower than the first one, and all the actors were replaced with new ones to reduce the salary expenditure, and the director was also looking for a new director.

With the model of the success of the first part, the success of the sequel is likely to be even greater.

The horror film project, Ronan will not give up, there are many opportunities to make a big deal with small things.

In the past two years, Shahai Entertainment has gradually formed a brand effect in horror films, and even has a reputation as a professional in horror films.

is not only Shahai Entertainment, but the entire relativity entertainment films are relatively large-scale.

Long Island, New York, in front of an arthouse cinema.

"This actress is very familiar. ”

Looking at the poster of "Irrevocable", Cleot said to his companion: "It seems to be a European movie star." ”

The companion rubbed his beard and said: "This is the Italian movie star Monica Bellucci, famous for filming large-scale dramas. He suddenly lowered his voice: "Don't you know this movie? It is said that Monica Bellucci has made another breakthrough in the scale, and at this year's Cannes Film Festival, this film was directly expelled from the Cannes Film Festival because of its large scale. ”

Cleot was quite curious: "Where can the scale be? Aren't European art films all shot on the scale of the San Fernando Valley?"

"Wouldn't you just go and see it? The bearded companion said.

Cleot thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, let's see." ”

The film that can be expelled from the Cannes Film Festival is definitely not ordinary, and Monica Bellucci is really sexy.

The two enter the theater, and Cleot goes to buy tickets.

Before selling the tickets, the conductor said: "Irrevocable does not have an MPAA rating, and some of the content may cause discomfort. ”

"It doesn't matter. When Cleot heard that there was no classification, he became even more curious: "Give me two tickets." ”

He is an adult, and whether the movie has an MPAA rating or not does not affect his viewing choice, anyway, watching this kind of film is for Monica Bellucci to break through to the large scale of the sky.

Cleot was full of curiosity, could Monica Bellucci really shoot large-scale scenes like those artists in the San Fernando Valley?

Having said that, in his mind, European goddesses of literature and art, like Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, are actually not much different from the female artists of the San Fernando Valley.

But "Irrevocable" still startled Cleot and his bearded companions.

What is the psychology of the director and actors to shoot such a ......

Cleot thought about it for a long time before she found the right adjective: such a disgusting scene.

Not to mention female audiences, even men feel uncomfortable and even sick to their stomachs when they watch it.

Which company introduced this film? It will be released without rating, and if someone with low psychological tolerance watches it, will there be an accident?

Closer to September, two more films from Embassy Pictures were released, "Shaolin Football" and "Irrevocable", which Ronan bought from the Cannes Film Festival.

The former's screening theaters are concentrated in large cities with a large number of Chinese, such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the target audience is the Chinese American community.

The latter is shown in less than thirty arthouse theaters in North America and does not have an MPAA rating.

"Irrevocable" has never been reviewed by the MPAA, and even if the middle ten minutes are deleted, the MPAA rating committee still has to give an NC-17 rating, and Embassy Pictures simply withdraws the rating.

Although there are no hard and fast legal rules, under normal circumstances, Hollywood-produced movies do not have an MPAA rating, and most theaters will refuse to show them.

However, many films imported from overseas are released in North American theaters as usual without MPAA classification review, and it is still a relatively common phenomenon for European art films.

Several films, such as Tindo Ballas, were also introduced to North American theaters and were also not rated by the MPAA.

Ronan also learned later that many distribution companies, such as Lionsgate and Miramax, etc., will not be graded in the MPAA at all for films imported from overseas, because there is no need for this.

These overseas films are simply not likely to be released on a large scale, and will only be shown in dozens of theaters at most, and the MPAA rating is not necessary.

Therefore, Ronan simply asked Embassy Pictures to withdraw the rating review of "Irrevocable" from the MPAA.

There is no classification, and it is also doomed that "Irrevocable" can only be screened in a very small range, such as conservative states such as Utah, and Embassy Pictures simply did not contact any theaters.

In the end, there were only 26 theaters where "Irrevocable" was released, which is less than half of "Shaolin Football".

Even so, this film is much higher than "Shaolin Football" in terms of attendance and box office.

Nearly a week after its release, "Irrevocable" earned $280,000 at the North American box office, while "Shaolin Football" only grossed just over $80,000.

Before "Shaolin Football" was released from theaters, Embassy Pictures launched videotapes and DVDs, which were only screened in a very small range anyway, and the attendance rate itself was very low, while the offline distribution had almost no negative impact.

"Irrevocable" will stay in theaters for a while longer, but Embassy Pictures will also release videotapes and DVDs before it closes.

With the situation of these two films, it will take about 2 months to recover the cost, and it will take time to accumulate slowly if it makes a profit.

From "Irrevocable", Ronan also saw that European art films are still somewhat marketable in North America, and the feeling of watching small yellow films in the theater is also what many adult audiences deliberately pursue.

Just like the kung fu films and martial arts films in Hong Kong City, although they are niche films in the North American market, they have a certain audience within a narrow range, and as long as the copyright price of the introduction into North America is controlled, it can also become a profitable project.

So, when a Spanish film company came to Embassy Pictures to promote a romance movie, Ronan bought out the North American rights to the film for $150,000.

In the eyes of the Spaniards, this is an ordinary love movie, but in Ronan's eyes, it is an out-and-out erotica.

This film is called "Lucia's Lover", and the heroine is quite famous, even Ronan, who doesn't pay much attention to European movies, has heard of the famous Spanish goddess of literature and art, Paz Vega.

As for Paz Vega's filming and acting style, it is completely possible to refer to Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, and even exceed the scale.

Ronan took a general look, and this film tells the story of Lucia, who dares to love and hate, meets the writer Lorensu she likes, and dedicates her body to him, immersed in crazy sex.

A $150,000 North American rights buyout, which is not a high price.

However, Ronan asked the other party to re-edit and cram as many large-scale shots as possible into the North American version.

It's all about business interests.

The Embassy Films' successive buyouts of the North American rights of European art films are also conducive to establishing a deeper connection with the European art film circle, and perhaps many banned films will be able to enter the North American film market for distribution through the channels of Embassy Pictures in the future.

For this type of film, the profit is indeed not high if you talk about one alone, but if there are more, the income is also considerable.