Chapter 866: The Warrens

The first two films have laid a good foundation, and "Saw 3" conforms to the consistent aesthetics of North American horror film fans. With the addition of an appropriate elevation of the "jigsaw", it caters to the psychology of fans and fans. The film has been released since the first day. Compared with the previous two films, the market response has been significantly improved.

On the first day of its release in North America, the film earned $15.22 million in nearly 3,500 theaters, making it the best of the series.

Correspondingly, the higher the box office, the worse the word-of-mouth in a certain aspect.

The Rotten Tomatoes index of "Chain Saw 3" also created a new low in the series, with a crashing 28% on the first day of release.

All kinds of criticisms from film critics emerged one after another, some even involved personal attacks on Wen Ziren.

These guys are also typical of bullying and fearing hard. When facing Uwe Bauer's "Vampire Lane", even if they criticize and abuse, most of them stay at the level of the movie.

Because no one wants to try Brother Bao's iron fist.

But in the face of Wen Ziren, who has a gentle personality, everyone is like a shrew who scolds the street.

Frankly speaking, too many film critics have already crossed the line of reviewing movies, and they are prone to personal attacks.

This is somewhat related to the operation of Relativity Entertainment. Among all the medium and large film companies in Hollywood, Relativity Entertainment has the lowest investment in film critics and public relations.

Probably in the eyes of some film critics, instead of scolding these misers who are reluctant to spend money, should they scold the sponsors who spend money?

"Chain Saw 3" is exciting enough for horror movie fans, and the negative reputation of the movie has an impact, but it is limited after all.

Three days after its first weekend in North America, "Saw 3" topped the North American box office list with a series-best $38.77 million.

According to cea sre's forecast based on theater audience surveys, the North American box office of "Chain Saw 3" will hit more than 100 million US dollars.

Relativity Entertainment invested a total of 4 million US dollars in production costs and 10 million US dollars in global publicity and distribution funds. Only relying on the North American box office, not only can it recover its costs, but it can also generate large profits.

"Congratulations, James."

In the reception room on the top floor of the Relativity Building, Ronan shook hands with Wen Ziren "bringing another great success."

Wen Ziren's face was full of an oriental subtle smile, "I didn't expect the box office to be so good."

Ronan asked someone to bring coffee, cut straight to the point, and asked, "James, what are your plans for the future?"

Wen Ziren sat on the sofa and said, "I want to break through the more traditional North American horror film structure of "Chain Saw", better combine Eastern psychological horror with Western traditional elements, and shoot a movie in a new style." A horror movie."

He glanced at Ronan, with a little caution, and said, "I even gave up directly showing bloody scenes, and created a terrifying atmosphere with details and environments."

Ronan said "in the proper oriental style,

To create Western horror themes, I understand it this way, there is nothing wrong with it. "

"Yes! Yes!" Wen Ziren nodded again and again, "That's what I think."

What he said just now encouraged him to "closely grasp people's psychology, exaggerate and weirdly deal with the scenes and objects that people are usually familiar with, and then add the scheduling and switching of the camera to increase the horror effect, so that people will not dare to watch the movie. Turn back in the night."

Ronan understood that after filming the "Chain Saw" series, Wen Ziren did not choose the wrong road at the fork in the road.

Wen Ziren continued, "I have a theme, but I haven't fully determined it yet, it's just some preliminary ideas."

Ronan looked at him, "Tell me."

"How should I put it, it has something to do with "Saw." Wen Ziren pulled out a half-palm-sized Billy puppet from his pocket, "Billy was designed and made by me, and it gave me a lot of inspiration. Thinking, can a puppet be used as the protagonist to shoot a horror movie? The dark tones, cold lines, and infiltrating dolls show a gloomy and weird artistic style..."

Ronan glanced at Billy the puppet and said, "James, since you want to shoot a new style of horror film, I suggest you completely give up everything related to "Saw."

Wen Ziren lowered his head and stared at the proportions of the puppet, seemingly lost in thought.

"As far as I know, horror films in the East are usually related to ghosts." Ronan continued, "There are also themes in the West."

Wen Ziren said, "Ghost? Supernatural?"

Ronan said, "For example, a family lived in a haunted house and encountered a spiritual attack. There should be many similar rumors in the East and the West."

"I have them in my hometown." Wen Ziren said seriously, "After coming to North America, I have heard many such rumors. Ravenal and I even went to Los Angeles to visit the rumored haunted houses."

Ronan picked up the information that had been collected long ago, and first handed it to Wen Ziren, "Sand Sea Entertainment is creating a series about American horror events. It has collected a lot of supernatural and ghost events rumored in North America. Some of them I I think it is more suitable to be filmed and turned into a movie, so I specially picked it out, you can take a look, maybe it can give you some inspiration."

Wen Ziren took the information and looked it up. This is a common type in North American supernatural legends. The family happily moved to a new house. Suddenly, many strange things happened. The boy in the family accidentally fell into a coma. None of the doctors could come up with a plausible explanation for the boy's protracted coma.

During this period, strange and inexplicable things began to happen frequently in this house. They moved again in order to escape a series of strange events, only to find that the house was not the problem, and finally they had to invite special people...

Ronan said, "This kind of rumor can be said to be one of the most common supernatural horror rumors in North America. There are various similar versions in the folk, and the public accepts it very highly, because similar rumors are around them."

Wen Ziren said with a smile, "Yes, I have heard of similar ones, although they are not exactly the same, but they are roughly the same." He put away the puppet Billy, "I want to study these with Rayner. "

"There's more." Ronan handed the second document to Wen Ziren, and there was another book "This is Andra Perron's horror "True Story House of Darkness House of Light", the copyright has been released in Shahai Entertainment According to the author's own description, this is adapted from real events."

He thought for a while, and added, "It is said that this is a real incident that happened on the farm of the Warrens."

Wen Ziren remembered hearing the name "Warrens?"

Ronan elaborated that "Ed Warren and Rowling Warren, founders of the New England Psychic Research Association, American paranormal investigators and writers, have investigated many famous haunted incidents, and have a Warren Mystery Museum under their name. .”

Wan Ziren suddenly realized, "It's them, I've heard of them too. They have written many books on paranormal phenomena and related private investigation reports, saying that they have investigated more than 10,000 cases in their careers, and they are also the first to investigate the controversial Amity One of several investigators of Vail's haunting."

"The Amityville haunting incident?" Ronan was a little confused.

Wen Ziren explained, "Decades ago, a couple in New York claimed that their house was possessed by a violent and evil thing, and they had to move out of it because it was so serious. Many spiritual experts went to investigate, and some people said it was It was a hoax, but Rowling Warren has always maintained that there was a spirit in the house. The 1977 book The Shack and the 1979 and 2005 films of the same name, Howl, were based on this event."

Ronan said, "James, let's not discuss the truth or falsehood, but in terms of film adaptation, don't you think the Warrens are very good movie protagonists?"

Wen Ziren thought for a while, recalling the actions of the couple he knew, and said, "They are simply born to be the protagonists of movies!"

Ronan added, "We can regard many events as real, and the Warrens are the world's best supernatural experts..."

Wen Ziren was obviously inspired and said, "Combine the special effects, religion and music of Western horror films with the mysteries and hints of the East to create a more eerie atmosphere..."

He looked at Ronan, "Are the Warrens still alive? I want to visit them in person!"

Luo Nan pointed to the information handed over to Wen Ziren, "their addresses and contact information are on it. People from Shahai Entertainment have already contacted them. They are very happy to see their lives put on the big screen. If you want Go and visit them, and have George Clint send you with him."

"Okay." Wen Ziren seemed unable to sit still.

Ronan reminded, "Don't worry, you bring back both parts of the data. James, you should study carefully to see if you can adapt the movie, and if you adapt the movie, can it be placed in the same background."

Wen Ziren glanced at the two documents one after another, and asked with a little surprise, "Same background?"

Ronan simply said, "In the background of the movie, they happened in the same world. For example, in the first part of the material, the professionals hired by the family for their son could be the Warrens. Another example is the Warrens' Certain spooky and horrific items collected in the mysterious museum can be taken out separately to make movies."

Wen Ziren roughly understood, "It seems feasible."

Ronan reminded again, "In this regard, it can be called the same universe or the same earth. James, don't know if you read superhero comics?"

Wen Ziren smiled embarrassedly, "Basically, I haven't seen it."

"Well, you should go to George Clint." Ronan felt that it would be more intuitive for Wen Ziren to go directly to the relevant plans. "If you sign a confidentiality jump, you can see a huge project about the movie. You understand what I'm saying."

Wen Ziren glanced at his watch, as if he couldn't wait, "I'll go to Shahai Entertainment to find George Clint."

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