Chapter 16: Sure enough, it failed
"Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor" has a much higher attention than the original time and space.
In the original time and space, "Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor" was released in the same schedule, including "The Beauty of the Mountains" and "Children of Huangshi"...
The main thing is that everyone is paying attention to "Red Cliff", and there is not much attention paid to a movie with a strange title!
This time is different, because "Zhao Zilong 2" opened on the same day, and the contradictions between Andy Lau, Li Rengang and Golden Harvest are well known.
This is a frontal tear...
Tearing is always something that the public likes to see!
Especially the frontal tearing of public figures!
Even if Golden Harvest publicly declared: It's a pity that director Li Rengang and Mr. Andy Lau did not continue to cooperate with us in "Zhao Zilong 2", but this did not affect the friendship between us, and if we have the opportunity, we will definitely continue to cooperate!
It's useless, look at the behind-the-scenes lineup and know:
The behind-the-scenes producers of "Zhao Zilong 2" are Tianmei Media, Golden Harvest Film and Television, producers and producers: Shen Xudong, Zhong Lifang;
Behind the scenes of "Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor": Poly Bona, Media Asia, Huanyu, China Star, Producer, Producer: Yu Dong, Lin Jianyue, Lin Xiaoming, Xiang Weiqiang...
That's right, the three major film and television companies encircled and suppressed Golden Harvest!
Issued in the mainland, TiMi PK Poly Bona again...
It's all a topic...
Not only are there a bunch of forums on the Internet to discuss the grievances between the two sides, many gossip magazines, and even mainstream newspapers and magazines have also reported the contradictions between the two sides on the surface in the entertainment section!
It's good, at least two movies have the same level of attention...
Of course, Shen Xudong, including Tianmei, is very clear about one fact: only the box office and word of mouth determine the victory!
Bona's distribution power is not as good as Tianmei, in terms of film scheduling, "Zhao Zilong 2" has 45%, and "Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor" is only 40% - there are also "10,000 Years Before History", "National Treasure 2", and "Golden Compass" in the same schedule!
Shen Xudong has already focused his attention on the "Guan Yunchang" project.
I originally wanted to shoot five levels and six generals...
In fact, as long as the actors are selected, the box office of "Guan Yunchang" will not be too bad...
The so-called good choice is Guan Yu who conforms to the public's impression!
For thousands of years, the people and even the rulers have worshiped Guan Gong, as well as the stories of the Three Kingdoms that have been circulated among the people, although they are not familiar with the Three Kingdoms, have not seen "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and have not played any Three Kingdoms games, passers-by still have an established impression of Guan Gong.
What is this public impression?
Red-faced, beautiful-haired, tall, holding the Qinglong Glaive Knife, very righteous, but arrogant, except for Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, no one looks down on them.
The reason why Shen Xudong returned the script several times was mainly because the script did not solve the difficulty: if Guan Yu really rode alone for thousands of miles, then it was not difficult, the difficult thing was to protect the two sisters-in-law, it was much more difficult to protect one person than to kill one person, not to mention protecting two women who were not even convenient to touch!
It's really hard to get it...
Then, a screenwriter named Wang Ti changed the plot of "Guan Yunchang" to Defeat Maicheng!
The defeat of Maicheng perfectly shows the symbol of Guan Yunchang's righteousness!
As long as he is selfish, as long as he is a little selfish, as long as he lowers his requirements for himself, he can live, he is righteous in his heart, and he will never survive.
Dongwu persuaded to surrender, this is a life, but Guan Yun Changning is a broken jade, not a tile, and would rather die than give in, this is a unique way to live;
Maicheng broke through, this is the second life, however, Guan Yun is arrogant and does not deceive, leaving Zhou Cang and the elite soldiers to the guards of Maicheng, and taking his son to break the path, this is the second lifeline;
The path escaped, this is the three lives, after being covered up by Zhu Ran, Guan Yu has few soldiers left, but Guan Yu explores the way by himself, and after his son Guan Ping is broken, he leaves the most dangerous work to himself, this is the three unique ways to survive...
Three times to live, Guan Yu was out of "righteousness" and self-exterminated!
Righteousness is thin and cloudy, this is his life values, the realm of selflessness and selflessness.
This script perfectly reflects this, so Shen Xudong immediately approved the shooting...
Just linked up with "Cao Cao"...
- The turning point of the plot of "Cao Cao" is the death of Guan Yu...
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On March 27, local time, "The Golden Compass" was released, and it was released in North America for 35 days, with a cumulative box office of $70.1 million and $290 million overseas...
The overseas results are not bad, but it is not enough to make the film pay off.
In particular, the reputation is extremely bad - American critics believe that director Chris . The script written by Witz himself was full of mistakes and omissions, and he completely ruined the original book.
Oh, and the original is The Dark Materials Trilogy.
A fantasy trilogy written by British writer Philip Pullman, including The Golden Compass published in 1995, The Mystery Dagger published in September 1997, and Amber Telescope published in 2000.
The BBC once launched a survey of "the most popular British readers", and "The Lord of the Rings" and "Pride and Prejudice" ranked first and second respectively, and the third place was "Dark Materials Trilogy", and the "Harry Potter" series did not rank in the top three.
This is also the confidence of the new line to spend a lot of money!
Of course, the first part was a huge failure, and the last two parts will definitely be out of play!
In short, the original trilogy plan will definitely be aborted.
The biggest impact of this incident is that the new line has no money.
"The Legend of the Wicked" includes the newly established "Super Body", and the investment can't be taken out.
Of course, "Hurricane Rescue 3" still scraped together $35 million...
Joseph Drake called Shen Xudong to tell him about this, and the latter was very calm: "I told you a long time ago, Nicole Kidman is a plague god, but whenever her movies are enabled, they will lose money, and the higher the cost, the worse the loss!" ”
Joseph didn't think much about this, and he asked rhetorically: "... So, we're going to pay for it ourselves? ”
"Is it possible to work with other investors?"
Joseph replied, "I can ask 20th Century Fox and if they're not interested, it means we're going to make it ourselves." ”
Oh, and 20th Century Fox is known as a bottom-up existence.
In Hollywood, if a project is rejected by 20th Century Fox, you don't have to go to another company.
"Well, that's it for now... By the way, did you receive a good script? ”
Joseph Drake shook his head: "No..."
As expected, after all, the studio's popularity is weak, and you think that even DreamWorks can't receive high-quality scripts, let alone Shen Xudong's company!
"Isn't there a script trading site in Hollywood? How many can you go up there and change them? ”
“… You mean the script blacklist? ”
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The Black List.
It's a place where screenwriters recommend themselves.
Screenwriters as well as film practitioners can register on this website.
Screenwriters only need to pay the membership fee, they can upload their scripts on the website, and then pay the evaluation fee, they can get feedback and evaluation of the script from professionals, and if the score of the script is very good, they can get website display and email recommendation...
"Notes on a Scandal," "Seven Pounds," "The Crackling Drummer," "The King's Speech," and "Escape from Tehran" all earned great word-of-mouth on the blacklist before the production company followed suit.
Of course, there are times when this site is unreliable, and "Transcendental Hacker" and "Escape from the Crucible" have also become selected for the annual blacklist...
"Then I'll take a good look..."
“… You can find a few screenwriters to write a few more scripts according to the routine of "The Fault in the Stars"..."
"You mean the main plot is that terminally ill men and women fall in love?"
"That's right! It can be even worse, the hero and heroine meet in the hospital..."
A little water... The next chapter is being written
(End of chapter)