A budget of $20 million is not low for such a project, and the risk of return on investment will become huge if it is high, after all, kung fu films have never been mainstream in the North American market.

Ronan reminded Will Smith of a few important things: "Let Jaden start preparing in advance, many scenes require actors to be on camera during filming, and it doesn't hurt to prepare in advance." ”

Will Smith replied, "I'll hire a professional teacher for him when I go back." ”

Ronan said, "You know Tiger-Chen, right?"

"Yes. Will Smith smiled, one of the action directors of the "Matrix" series. ”

Ronan said simply, "As far as I know, Tiger Chan has not been in Hollywood, you can consider hiring professionals in Tiger Chan's team to train Jaden." ”

Will Smith made a note of it: "I'll go back and call Tiger Chan personally. ”

For his son's future, of course, he has to take matters into his own hands.

Ronan then said, "There is one more crucial point. Will, this is something you need to solve. ”

Will Smith hurriedly replied, "No problem." ”

"Since this is a remake of an old movie, we have to think about possible copyright disputes. Ronan said that "it is best to get the remake license of "Longwei Kid" from Sony Columbia Pictures to avoid copyright disputes. ”

Will Smith is also cautious: "This aspect is a must. ”

Ronan continued, "At the moment, I am in a sensitive position with Relativity Entertainment, and it is not suitable for me to come forward, otherwise Sony Columbia Pictures may quote a sky-high price, or not authorize it at all. ”

Will Smith thought about the success of Ronan and Relativity Entertainment, knowing that this possibility not only existed, but the odds of it were very high.

"Leave the copyright to me. Will Smith took the initiative to take it "I have worked with Sony Columbia Pictures for many years, and I am currently working on "Superman Hancock for All", so it shouldn't be difficult to get the license. ”

Ronan said, "Yes, Will, you get the copyright as soon as possible." ”

Will Smith smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a way." ”

Ronan fully believes in Will Smith in this matter, a black movie star who dares to put everything on the line for the sake of his son's future.

This kind of thing, Will Smith is bound to go all out.

Ronan consulted with Will Smith for a while, agreeing to meet with director Hadro Zwak as soon as possible, and Will Smith took his leave of the Relativity Building.

He has to do his son's work, find a professional coach, get the relevant copyright, and have a lot of things to do.

In contrast, Ronan was much more relaxed, just asked Connie to transfer the relevant materials of "Kung Fu Dream" to Shahai Entertainment, and then waited for news from Will Smith.

In addition, he also made phone calls to the screenwriting department, which is also ready to draw or recruit people to improve the script of the project.

As for whether the screenwriter understands kung fu or not, it doesn't matter if he moves Oriental culture.

You can go to the East for field trips.

If you think back carefully about that movie, it is not difficult to find that the character setting and storyline of the whole movie are very illusory, like an oriental story imagined by an American sitting at home.

Probably years of deep-rooted cognitive relationship, in their eyes, everyone in the East will do some work, even a property uncle who repairs sewers is a peerless master.

The writers thought he was Super Mario, right?

It is estimated that Hollywood screenwriters don't understand the existence of the real horror of sweeping monks at all.

In their eyes, the hidden plumber is a bull.

The plumber's English is more professional and speaks the first word.

On the other hand, there are all kinds of prejudices in Hollywood.

Everyone in the East knows martial arts, and the traffic artery is the roof!

In order to maintain the bizarre parallel worldview of Americans, Hollywood directors can be described as racking their brains.

In addition to "Kung Fu Dream", there is also a "King of Kung Fu".

The plot of that part is not ordinarily strange, especially about the setting of the foreign male protagonist.

These are all consistent with Hollywood.

The children of Asia are tall and mighty, and they are brave and fierce, and they are taught by strict teachers to show no mercy to any opponent and must be put to death; the oriental scenery is always hidden dragon and crouching tiger, so on the top of the mountain like a tourist resort, there will always be some monks who have nothing to do but practice martial arts.

There are monks in scenic areas, but they are all professional.

In this modern commercial society, even the birth of seclusion can be commercialized, playing all kinds of tricks, not to mention the scenery and temple?

A certain Lin Group and its fat chairman and CEO are definitely a typical example of business success in this regard.

Ronan also made some preliminary plans, if conditions permit, this film will let Shahai Entertainment go to the East to shoot on the spot.

The advantages are very clear.

For example, some representative scenic spots, such as exotic scenery for North American audiences, such as the use of some shocking large-scale group gymnastics group performances, and so on.

Especially the latter, having hundreds of people perform martial arts group exercises in the movie at the same time, the effect must be quite shocking.

Ronan will also ask the main creative team to go to the East for a field trip during the preparation period, after all, this is a realistic theme, and it can't be too outrageous.

Then there is the invitation to Jack Chen, who is arguably the most well-known Chinese-American actor in Hollywood, and has a certain box office appeal in his own right.

Oriental films, the only ones that really have a market in North America are kung fu films.

Embassy Pictures once conducted a professional survey on the North American film market about the Orient, and the three cultural symbols that North American audiences are most interested in Oriental movies are Oriental Kung Fu, natural landscapes and Oriental architecture, and the top three most popular Oriental movie stars among North American audiences are action superstars such as Jack Chen, Jett Lee and Little Pony.

North America is still the main market for revenue for film projects like "Kung Fu Dream", and production and distribution companies must figure out which oriental elements of the film are interested in young people who are the main players in the film market.

Will Smith moves quickly, and after two interviews with director Harold Zwat, Ronan has made initial contact with Sony Columbia Pictures regarding the licensing of the remake of "The Dragonway Kid."

Because he is cooperating with Sony Columbia Pictures to shoot "Superman Hancock for All", and has worked together many times before, Will Smith didn't spend too much effort, so he said that he moved the senior management of Sony Columbia Pictures and bought the remake license of "Longwei Kid" for $5 million.

Like most fathers in this world, Will Smith is really generous when it comes to treating his children.

Will Smith got the authorization and re-authorized Relativity Entertainment, and Shahai Entertainment no longer has to think about copyright issues.

The project also received the green light from Ronan and Shahai Entertainment, with a production budget of $20 million.

Jack Chan also responded, expressing great interest in the project.

Shahai Entertainment submitted an application for on-site filming to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and companies such as China Film Group on the other side were also very interested in this project.

In today's film industry on the other side of the Pacific, the only films related to "kung fu" can really enter the international market.

Other films, even if they win awards at international film festivals, are mostly losing money and making money.

Films on the other side of the Pacific have a long way to go if they want to grab a certain share of the international market, and it is not something that can be changed by one person, or even a generation.

Surviving under the squeeze of Hollywood movies can be said to be the theme of today's global film market.

Now, the golden age of Hollywood's independent films is dying out, with the global expansion of Hollywood's high-concept blockbusters.

Hollywood's assembly-line production of popcorn movies not only eats away at the share of local films in the film market of various countries, but also poses a huge threat to other types of films.

Looking at the world, in today's global film market, except for India, which can stand alone, the rest of the countries are either completely occupied by Hollywood blockbusters, or can only barely survive like island countries and Europe, and at best they are on par in their own markets.

However, one thing cannot be denied, only from the perspective of risk control of market behavior, Hollywood movies are obviously more profitable than the film industry in other countries.

Even in the relatively light market schedule of September, there are still many Hollywood movies that can create box office success.

For example, "Hunting Season," which was released by Sony Columbia Pictures in early September, grossed nearly $25 million in North America in its opening weekend.

There is also a new film released by Relativity Entertainment's Embassy Pictures.

"Death is Coming 4" was released on the second weekend of September, and this super routine patterned horror film has now come to its fourth installment.

It was also the last film James Wong would have worked with Relativity Entertainment.

After the frustration of directing "Cosmic Pursuit", returning to the "Death is Coming" series, and directing the third and fourth installments in a row, James Wong is tired of "The Grim Reaper" that can only be developed in a single mode, and after completely directing the contract with Relativity Entertainment, he is ready to jump out of the horror genre and continue to pursue in other aspects.

A director with a tireless spirit of pursuit is commendable, and Ronan has no reason to stand in the way of James Wong's choice.

Like previous directors such as Guillermo del Toro and Gore Verbinski, Relativity Entertainment will still end their collaboration in a very peaceful way.

Before James Huang left, he still generated huge commercial benefits for Relativity Entertainment.

The film is a carnival of dismantling corpses, and the gimmick is the absurd death of limbs flying around.

"Death is Coming 4" earned $27.88 million at the box office in 3,412 theaters in three days of its opening weekend in North America at a production cost of $22 million.

Although this series is becoming more and more stereotyped, it has a large number of die-hard supporters, who can always drive the box office of the sequel with great enthusiasm for watching movies.

The "Death is Coming" series has such a good audience, of course, it is impossible to stop there, and it must continue to be filmed.

Denied, even the audience was sorry.