The North American release time of "The King of Kung Fu" is April 18, six days earlier than the mainland.

Maybe the producer also knows that the level of "The King of Kung Fu" is difficult to impress mainland audiences...

If you want to create an early advantage of opening the wall and painting the inside of the wall.

After all, we all grew up watching kung fu movies, and if you want to talk about other genres, we may not have much say in them, but kung fu movies...

We are still qualified to talk about the high and low.

There's not much to say about the movie.

For many fans, the most important point of "The King of Kung Fu" is the fulfillment of the long-cherished wish of the Chinese: the peak showdown between Jackie Chan and Li Lian, two kung fu superstars.

At the moment in 08, these two are really the only existence!

- "The King of Kung Fu", such an arrogant title can only be topped by double J, and others will lose their lives.

Shen Xudong has always felt that there is an important reason why the two have not cooperated: who will play the leading role?

After all, he is also a Chinese action superstar, and one of them always seems to be unable to hold his face as a supporting role.

In fact, "The King of Kung Fu", Cheng Long is a supporting role, Li Lianjie plays the silent monk and Sun Wukong...

If you really want to take it seriously, the actor of Sun Wukong should not find Li Lian.

Mr. Six is actually quite suitable, and the Sino-US co-production is two blossoms!

Ahem...

In the different contexts of Chinese and Western cultures, it is indeed difficult to make an "action movie" that can not only sell abroad, but also be recognized at home.

And you have to take care of the roles of the two actors...

Director Rob Minkoff has done his best!

The plot is that the seventeen-year-old boy Jason obtains a mysterious golden hoop stick at a pawnshop in Chinatown, and then travels to China, and is trained by two masters played by Cheng Long and Li Lian, making Jason a "Skywalker"...

Then they joined forces to deal with the god of war and the white-haired witch, and summoned the fantasy god of war in ancient Chinese history, "Sun Wukong", to punish the traitor and eliminate the evil!

Typical routine scripts: Act I: Havoc in Chinatown; Act II: Encounter with the Golden Swallow; Act III: The fight for the golden rod; Act Four: The End of the Credits Battle...

In fact, if Shen Xudong takes over as the screenwriter, he will change the plot and then make Jason a real Skywalker!

Skywalker: Skywalker, the way to the sky, the meaning of the sky.

Children of the Plane.

In other words, he is the key to breaking the game, and as a result, he sent a golden hoop stick, and he has nothing to do!

So what are you doing with the two of you?

To be honest, the cast of Cheng Long + Li is probably only used in Hong Kong films to truly reflect its value.

- Even if Wang Jing is the director.

But the response was enthusiastic!

Especially when Cheng Longgen Li connected the moves, the entire screening hall screamed...

Lionsgate secured 3,151 opening theaters for "The King of Kung Fu," which can be called a large-scale screening.

……

Domestic news: The North American premiere of "The King of Kung Fu", Cheng Long held Liu Yifei tightly throughout the whole process;

"The King of Kung Fu" premiered in North America, and Liu Yifei was praised as the Chinese version of "Hepburn"...

Well, Shen Xudong searched for the keywords '"The King of Kung Fu" and Liu Yifei', and the real entertainment headlines were "The King of Kung Fu" premiered in North America, and Cheng Long and Li Lian faced off for the first time'.

In a word, it directly summarizes the selling point of the whole play.

Pretty accurate!

Oh, Shen Xudong briefly chatted with Cheng Long and Liu Yifei, and then left.

"The King of Kung Fu" was released, and they not only had to promote it in Los Angeles, but also had to go to the United Kingdom, Singapore, and South Korea to promote it.

Released on April 16th, it is indeed a very good schedule - there are no players worth mentioning in the same schedule at all, and the only opponent worth mentioning is "Forget Sarah Marshall", an R-rated comedy, with 2798 theaters...

Why is it worth mentioning?

Because the producer and screenwriter of this movie is Judd Apatou, which belongs to the work of the 'Apatou' party!

"The King of Kung Fu" became the weekly champion with a box office of $20.87 million in its opening weekend.

Oh, what Shen Xudong is more concerned about is that after the release of "The King of Kung Fu" in Southeast Asia, it directly impacted "Zhao Zilong 2".

The box office comparison is intuitive: in Singapore, the first weekend box office of "The King of Kung Fu" was $1.1 million, and the second place "Zhao Zilong 2" was $100,000; Malaysia, "The King of Kung Fu" achieved $950,000 in the first weekend, and "Zhao Zilong 2" still ranked second, reporting around $70,000...

The attraction of the Cheng Ryong + Lee link is too strong!

……

At the end of April, Shen Xudong arrived on the set of "The Legend of the Wicked", briefly chatted with the creators about the weather, and then he went to find Joseph.

The film "The Legend of the Wicked" is framed here, and Brad Payton is also a capable director - his masterpieces "Doomsday Collapse", "Berserk Behemoth", "Adventure in the Center of the Earth 2: Mysterious Island", and he is very good at camera scheduling.

Shen Xudong has no opinion on him.

Then don't bother!

Joseph took the initiative to talk about "The King of Kung Fu"...

He was a little disappointed with the film: "The plot is stupid! ”

"Haha... It's not stupid, is it..."

Well, it's really stupid, Cheng Lung himself commented on "The King of Kung Fu": "The King of Kung Fu" was filmed for Americans, don't get your hopes up too much...

Joseph smiled and waved his hand: "But making money is certain, after all, selling discs is enough to pay off!" ”

"Is the North American disc business still doing well?"

"Why is it not good?"

"You can watch it directly on the Internet!"

"Everyone is used to watching discs at home..."

"How are our discs selling?"

Joseph was speechless: "What do you care about it?" Proceeds from our films, discs are sold directly to Lionsgate! ”

Shen Xudong smiled awkwardly...

It's true that Fantastic Studios didn't build a network of peripheral revenues...

In North America, the copyright income of movies generally requires the company to come forward to negotiate with the disc company, and independent film companies often have no say in the face of these disc companies.

So, just sell it directly to Lionsgate...

""Seeing the Devil" will be released in June, do you think it's okay?"

“… Let's be in September, when "Batman" is released..."

"You're bullish on The Dark Knight?"

“… , that's Batman! ”

"But the first part didn't sell well..."

is talking about "The Mystery of the Movie", the North American box office of this movie is $206 million, and the global box office is $373 million, you must know that Tim Burton's version of the first part of "Batman" sold $411 million worldwide...

Then, there will be 266 million left in the second part!

"Then you don't care... By the way, have you chosen the actress for the cameo? ”

Shen Xudong is talking about the little girl with an umbrella in "The Legend of the Wicked"...

It is a plot turning point, because the little girl was killed, the black boss was directly furious, and the serial killer was wanted in the city.

Actually, according to Shen Xudong's opinion, just find a little girl to make a cameo, but it's really not good, let Christine or Amanda come over and make a cameo...

This friendship is still there!

But Joseph says there are better options.

Although I don't know who it is, after passing Christine, Shen Xudong is still quite looking forward to it, and sure enough, Joseph did not disappoint him, he said: "It's done, Emma!" ”

"Emma Watson?"

Joseph rolled his eyes: "... Do you think I have what it takes to invite Hao Min? ”

"What about Emma? Emma Geller? ”

"Emma Geller?"

"Friends, Ross and Rachel's daughter..."

“… Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts's niece, she asked me to introduce her, I said, a cameo first..."

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and looked at Joseph thoughtfully: "You guys are really playing!" ”

"What kind of real flowers?"

"You introduced her to me..."

Don't you just want Xudong to preach and teach liquids!

Joseph said indifferently: "It's the rules of the game. ”

Well, Shen Xudong can only accept it - follow the customs of the locals.

However, after seeing Emma Roberts, Shen Xudong suddenly remembered something, it seems that the four little Hollywood girls have been collected by him...

Is there a reward for summoning a dragon?

(End of chapter)