Nolan walked away with the script from the first part.

The script has been registered, and it is not a big problem to give it to him.

After Nolan left, Lu Ping'an put his business on the back of his mind.

Nolan, who wants to succeed, will not let go of this opportunity.

So he's definitely up to the task.

Lu Ping'an himself continued to devote himself to the preliminary preparation of "Wonderful Night".

The biggest preparation at the moment is to make the relevant props.

This is where physical effects come into play.

Coupled with the master from the Forbidden City, the work process is very fast.

During this period, Han Sanpin came to see it.

The script has been reviewed, and Han Sanpin said that he praised Lu Ping'an's efforts for cultural output.

It's just about cultural exports.

Lu Ping'an actually has a different idea.

Cultural export is related to national strength and the global environment, and cannot be forced at this stage.

For cultural export, Lu Ping'an's attitude is serious.

He believes that this is an ambitious goal, and if you want to achieve it, you have to look at it in the light of reality.

The most basic point is.

In order to make the work effective in terms of cultural output, he believes that the most important premise is to make the domestic audience like to watch it.

If your family likes it, this is a good work.

Good works have a common aesthetic in the world.

is like a kung fu movie, there are so many classic films in Xiangjiang, which one is said to be aimed at the West from the beginning?

If you shoot well, the film is really good, and naturally foreign fans will come over to smell it.

So don't think about whether the output is output or not, shooting well and serving the local audience well is actually the biggest success.

Only when this is done can it stand the test of time.

Of course, the foreign box office should also be prospected, but don't get too hopeful.

With a rich culture, the estrangement will naturally be deep, and we are really weak and cannot be forced.

Blindly pursuing to make others like it, but not like it by one's own family, it is difficult to say who is exporting to whom.

So when adapting, you have to keep your eyes open.

For example, "The Tuner" and "Source Code".

The adaptations of these two works do not actually deal with "cultural" issues.

Or rather, there is no particular controversy over the "cultural" aspect.

Suspenseful crimes, sci-fi solving cases and fighting terrorists are universal.

Therefore, after the film was filmed, the acceptance of domestic and foreign audiences was very good.

Night at the Museum is different.

Although this film is a film suitable for all ages, in the film, the audience can see countless fantastic landscapes, can touch "history" up close, and can span all continents and thousands of years (or even billions of years) of human civilization in every square inch.

But it's very "American".

Almost all of the central characters in the film are Americans.

If it is filmed in the mainland, it must be adapted, and it must be prepared for poor overseas box office.

So Lu Ping'an doesn't expect this film to earn much box office overseas, as long as the domestic box office is good.

Will this film do well at the domestic box office?

Lu Ping'an thinks it's okay.

First of all, its core is universal.

Lu Ping'an retains the core of the film "Father regains the respect of his son".

This kind of theme can be eaten anywhere.

Plus the film's core selling point, "the resurrection of museum exhibits at night".

This is another brain hole, big special effects, and suitable for all ages, with a happy plot, which is very suitable for summer files.

The two cores are preserved, and the skeleton of the film is complete.

In terms of plot, it is also relatively easy to adapt.

For example, various American historical figures involved in the original film, exhibits from all over the world, and so on.

These can be replaced one by one.

"Theodore Roosevelt" can be replaced by Sima Qian, who is wise, and like Roosevelt, he was later a "handicap", which is perfectly adapted to the plot of the end of the film where his body is cut in half by a carriage, the key is that Sima Qian is also the author of "Historical Records", and the entire natural history museum is extremely suitable.

In fact, Lu Ping'an wanted to find some modern greats at the beginning, such as Mr. Sun and teachers, but it was really difficult to put them on, and Lu Ping'an also spared his life.

In ancient times, the rest of the people were really not as suitable as Sima Qian.

"Attila the Hun King" can be replaced by Genghis Khan or the brutal emperor of the northern nomads in history, retaining the attributes of "five horses divided into corpses" and "ferocious".

"Augustus Octavian", this character in the film is a bit silly, it can be replaced by Zhao Kuo, the stalk of talking on paper can be used, and then it is always ridiculed by "cowboys" for talking on paper.

The Roman military formation can be replaced with the military formation of the Warring States period, and you can also spoof the "wind and wind".

The scene should be bigger, the momentum should be enough, and finally there will be a montage, which turns out to be a villain, make a big contrast, and increase the laughter.

It can also echo the plot of the two CPs deflating the tires at the end of the film.

"Western Cowboy Jedidia", this is a modern American character, and "Octavian" formed CP has become a highlight in the film, Lu Ping'an can replace him with a domestic character, but because the plot involves "Chinese American laborers", Lu Ping'an finally decided to keep it, as a member of the museum's modern history exhibition area, which is regarded as a display of the "Qing Dynasty exhibition area".

In this way, the plot of "cowboy" beheading "Octavian" in the film has to be replaced, and it becomes Zhao Kuo tying up the cowboy and beheading him to avenge his children and grandchildren.

"Representing the Black and White Masked Man of the Civil War", there are not many scenes in the original film, mainly to add chaos, then it can be completely replaced by the Three Kingdoms Wei, Shu and Wu, adding chaos to chaos.

"Sakagavia", an Indian guide girl, can be replaced with Mulan, this is a familiar character in both China and the West, in the film, she is responsible for beauty, sa, and at the end of the film, she can play some "laughing fruit" in "tracking".

"Lewis and Clark's Expedition", you can put the two of them together in the "Tang Dynasty Exhibition Area", so that they can be replaced by Tang Xuanzang, anyway, there are only a few shots of these two in the film, just show them.

"Columbus" was replaced by Zheng He, a perfect replacement.

"The Mayans built the pyramids" was replaced by the construction of the Great Wall, and the national business card must be taken out to shine.

"Neanderthals", replaced by BJ ape-man.

"Easter Island Stone Statue", this guy always asks for candy in the film, the male protagonist didn't bring sugar candy to it at the beginning, it didn't lose his temper, and reminded the male protagonist that Arati is very irritable, a bit like a good old man, and finally the male protagonist said "Quiet!" before the performance. Let everyone who is fighting turn off the fire and obediently listen to the male protagonist's speech.

This can be replaced with a large Buddha head stone statue.

The character is set up to be wordy, a good old man, and the dubbing uses Luo Jiaying's version of Tang Seng, talking about the stalk of Journey to the West, the protagonist gave him bubble gum in order to shut him up, which is very reasonable, and the last "Amitabha Buddha", the Buddha voice suppresses the audience, perfect!

In this way, the "monk's hat monkey Dexter" can be replaced with a domestic earth monkey and named "Wukong", a monkey who is always looking for trouble and causing chaos in the museum, isn't it a monkey making trouble in the heavenly palace.

If Zhou Xingxing is willing to authorize, it can also be replaced with "Supreme Treasure".

And this kind of monkey is also very easy to find actors, and there are still a lot of folk artist teams playing monkeys now, so it is not difficult to find.

At the end of the film, "postal carriage" was replaced by "Qin Dynasty carriage", which is a perfect replacement.

"Dinosaurs", "African Mammal Exhibition Hall" and "Oceanarium" can be the same as the original, no need to change, the museum, the land is vast, and the problem is not big.

Finally, the most important "pharaoh engraving board", Lu Ping'an directly replaced it with a pure gold oracle bone turtle back plate.

In this way, the "Pharaoh" also has to be replaced by the King of Shang or the earlier Chiyou, a big contrast, at first I thought it was a peerless murderer, and it was the four huge "Four Heavenly Kings" that suppressed it, but after the seal was unsealed, it was a cute young man who came out.

In short, this film is a comedy.

Talk about logic, but you don't need to be too logical, as long as the respective characters and history roughly coincide.

In fact, the original film also mentioned this, for example, "Roosevelt" said: "I'm not the president, I'm just a wax figure".

Wax figures, and real historical figures are different.

This is the setting of comedy elements, and it is also one of the important reasons that push the protagonist to grow.

It wouldn't be fun if they all kept all the personalities and cultures of historical figures.

The rest of the elements from all over the world should also be there.

Chinese elements such as "Terracotta Warriors" and "Stone Lions" also appeared in the original film, but there were no scenes.

Lu Ping'an's version can also be played like this, adding some foreign elements, such as Europeans in wigs, dirty pirates, Roman plaster statues, Egyptian pharaohs walking dogs, etc., but it is also just a fleeting shot, no scenes.

As for the plot, you just need to change the museum setting.

The Natural History Museum in New York has been replaced by a building that has no business and is about to close down, and the museum owner is a rich man who is messing around and putting everything in it.

The protagonist is also a frustrated father and inventor, through a job that no one dares to do, regains his dignity in front of his son, walks out of the shadow of divorce and regains love, and finally the museum business is booming, and the protagonist is also successful in his career.

In this way, a film with a strong Chinese color was born.

Although this will be less than the original film, there will be a little less global pattern.

But Lu Ping'an felt that there was no big problem.

Because it's still the same sentence.

Cultural export depends on national strength, environment and export channels.

It's unrealistic at this stage, especially for a film with a lot of cultural elements.

Therefore, Lu Ping'an's purpose is to make the domestic audience feel good-looking first, and it is okay if he really can't earn much box office abroad.

Besides, I shot it out first anyway, this is the IP that belongs to China, and I plugged in in advance, and the copyright is mine.

Hollywood blatantly wants to acquire an IP that has been released worldwide without spending money?

People also want to have a good face!

Therefore, for overseas revenues, Lu Ping'an only looks at the adaptation rights.

Even adaptation rights were not his purpose.

If the Chinese version can't do much overseas harm, he will make an American version himself.

With a cost of $12 million, a global box office of more than $500 million, if you can make it, you must make a profit, and you can also mix some more Chinese elements to increase the role.

It's better than the original Chinese elements just beating soy sauce.

If you are really afraid of being deducted, you don't need to direct it yourself, anyway, remaking the same movie is the same as making a series, and there is no reward.

So just let someone else guide it, and sell the adaptation rights to the outside world.

If the American version of the film may not be as good as yours, but it can be more successful than you, this can only make the majority of domestic people reflect on practical problems.

In short, as long as the domestic version is filmed well, Lu Ping'an will always win.

The next question is how to make the movie more interesting.

The script and preliminary preparation are one thing, and the actors are also one thing.

The main character is important.

You must have acting skills, be good at comedy, and have good character and audience popularity.

Who to choose?

(End of chapter)