Chapter 289 Horror Movie Professionals

After Ronan provided the idea of ​​turning the reality show into a horror show, only three days later, the screenwriting department of Sandsea Entertainment came up with a story outline.

In the new story, the protagonists will turn into actors participating in a reality show. While recording a survival program in the wilderness, they encounter a deformed ogre attack.

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

Ronan very much agrees with this point, although a little new content should appear appropriately, but more should follow the successful model of the first part.

More bloody, more H, larger scale.

It doesn't matter if the plot is simple, the strong visual impact must be cruel and unreasonable from the very beginning, leaving no time for people to adapt.

This is the most attractive part of the traditional plasma horror film.

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

"The mode is very simple." Ronan said generally: "This kind of film is to escape, be killed, and create blood. Then run away, be killed again, and create more blood."

The person in charge of the screenwriting team of this project said: "I suggest adding a strong type of character. Although he will still be killed by ogres in the end, it can counter-kill ogres to a certain extent and bring some freshness. stimulus."

Ronan thought for a while, 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 the deformed ogre, such as childbirth, reproduction, father-son love, and husband-wife love." He smiled. , said: "Of course husband and wife are brothers and sisters or sisters, because they are the only family living here, no matter what their status is, they have the same surname."

Ronan nodded slightly, agreeing with his statement. After all, this is just an exchange meeting before the script creation. After the script is written, if it feels inappropriate, it can be revised.

"What about the large-scale plot?" Ronan asked, "What do you think?"

A middle-aged bald screenwriter was responsible for designing these scenes, and then said: "I designed a scene." He opened the slide, and a somewhat rough design artwork appeared on it: "A beautiful character is split in two by a long axe. Halfway through, the internal organs fell off with a snap, and the undead nerves were still twitching in vain."

Everyone stares at the artwork,

They are all nodding frequently, and seem to be very satisfied with this design.

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

Afterwards, the middle-aged bald-headed screenwriter cooperated with other design sketches to explain in detail other massacre scenes, beheading with a long axe, piercing the brain with a sword, eating fingers raw, dinner with human flesh...every scene is bloody and unambiguous.

The discussion did not last long, and ended in less than an hour.

Ronan also made a decision. The budget of the sequel of "Fatal Turns" is lower than that of the first film. All the actors are replaced with new ones to reduce the salary expenditure. The director also looks for a new director.

With the first successful model, the success of the sequel may be even greater.

Ronan will not give up on the horror film project, as there are many opportunities to make a big difference with a small one.

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

Not only Shahai Entertainment, but the films produced by Relativity Entertainment are all on a relatively large scale.

The front of an art theater on Long Island, New York.

"This actress looks familiar."

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

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

Cleoette was quite curious: "How big can the scale be? Aren't European art films all shot at the scale of the San Fernando Valley?"

"Go and have a look and you'll know." The bearded companion said.

Cleoette thought for a while and said, "Let's go and have a look."

The scale of a film that can be expelled from the Cannes Film Festival must be extraordinary, and Monica Bellucci is really sexy.

The two entered the theater, and Cleoette went to buy tickets.

Before selling tickets, the conductor said: ""Irrevocable" has no MPAA rating, and some of its content may cause discomfort."

"It's okay." Cleoette was even more curious when he heard that there was no classification: "Give me two tickets."

He is an adult, and whether the movie has an MPAA rating will not affect his choice of viewing. Anyway, watching this kind of movie is for Monica Bellucci, who is said to have broken through to the large scale of the sky.

Cleoette was full of curiosity, could it be that Monica Bellucci really shot 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 female artists in the San Fernando Valley. .

But "Irreversible" still surprised Cleoette and his bearded companion.

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

Cleoette thought for a long time before finding a suitable adjective: such a disgusting scene.

Not to mention the female audience, even men feel uncomfortable watching it, and even feel nauseated.

Which company imported this film? It will be released without grading. If someone with a low psychological tolerance watches it, will there be any accidents?

As September approached, Embassy Pictures released two more films, "Shaolin Soccer" and "Irrevocable", which Ronan bought from the Cannes Film Festival.

The theaters of the former are concentrated in big cities with a large number of Chinese, such as New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and the target audience is also the Chinese group.

The latter is shown in fewer than thirty art-house theaters in North America and has no MPAA rating.

"Irreversible" has never been rated by the MPAA. Even if the middle ten minutes were deleted, the MPAA rating committee still had to give an NC-17 rating, and Embassy Pictures simply withdrew the rating approval.

Although there are no hard and fast rules in the law, in general, most theaters will refuse to show movies produced in Hollywood without MPAA ratings.

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

Several films like Dindo Ballas have also been introduced to North American theaters, and they are also not rated by the MPAA.

It was only later that Ronan learned that many distribution companies, such as Lionsgate and Miramax, will not conduct grading review at the MPAA at all for films imported from overseas, because there is no need for this.

It is impossible for these overseas films to be released on a large scale, and they 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 "Irreversible" from the MPAA.

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

In the end, "Irreversible" was screened in only 26 theaters, not even half of "Shaolin Soccer".

Even so, the film's attendance and box office are far higher than "Shaolin Soccer".

Nearly a week after its release, "Irrevocable" earned a box office of US$280,000 in North America, while "Shaolin Soccer" only had a box office of more than US$80,000.

Before "Shaolin Soccer" was released from the theaters, Embassy Pictures released videotapes and DVDs. Anyway, they were only screened in a very small range, and the attendance rate itself was very low. At the same time, there was almost no negative impact on offline distribution.

"Irreversible" will stay in theaters a little longer, but Embassy Pictures will also release it on videotape and DVD before it hits theaters.

Based on the situation of these two films, the cost can be recovered in about 2 months, and it will take time to accumulate profits if it is profitable.

From "Irreversible", Ronan also saw that there is still a market for European art films in North America. The feeling of watching pornographic films in theaters is also what many adult audiences deliberately pursue.

Just like Kung Fu movies and martial arts movies in Hong Kong City, although they are niche movies among the niche movies in the North American market, they have a certain audience within a narrow range. As long as the copyright prices imported into North America are well controlled, they can also become profitable project.

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

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

This film is called "Lucia's Lover". 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 performance style, you can refer to Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, even the scale is even worse.

Ronan glanced at it roughly. This film tells the story of Lucia, who dares to love and hate, meets the writer Luo Rensu whom she likes, and dedicates her body to him, immersing herself in crazy sex.

The North American copyright buyout of US$150,000 is not a high price.

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

Everything is for commercial gain.

Embassy Pictures has successively bought out the North American copyrights of European art films, which is also conducive to establishing a deeper connection with the European art film circle. Maybe in the future, many banned films will be distributed in the North American film market through the channel of Embassy Pictures.

For this type of film, the profit is indeed not high for a single film, but if there are more, the profit is considerable.