Chapter 967: Chaos Due to Despair

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The success of the first three films has not only brought considerable influence to the "Chain Saw" series, but also a gradually solidified audience, and the loyalty of horror film fans is often relatively high.

On the day of the premiere, a large number of movie fans wearing Billy the Puppet mask appeared in front of the El Capitan Theater and started their annual carnival routine.

Unlike general horror films, the sales of peripheral products of the "Chain Saw" series can be said to be quite good, and most of the income comes from the proportion of puppets.

This only represents jigsaw and death puppets, masks and other peripheral products, and there will be explosive sales growth every Halloween.

In October of this year, sales of products related to puppet proportions across North America exceeded 20 million US dollars.

The puppet proportion even became the number one star of "Chain Saw" beyond Jigsaw.

Tonight's premiere also culminated when series creator James Wan walked the red carpet with Billy the puppet riding a scooter.

In order to promote the film, Ronan also walked on the red carpet and was interviewed by reporters in the media area.

"The first time I saw the film completed by James Wen, I fell into shock." Ronan's statement is not an exaggeration. Most of the audience who saw the end of the first film will feel shocked: Finally, from the moment the film cuts into the screen, it firmly grasps the audience's attention, it is so bold, and it is also very smart in terms of structural design, which brings people a very frank and direct fear."

This kind of flattery is not enough, Ronan also artificially raised the height of the film's theme: "However, what makes the film truly unique is its moral seriousness. From the beginning to the end of the story, it is not just thinking about How can scare you, but pull you in, and think with the characters, what do you have to do to survive in the end. In the contemporary world, whether as an individual or a member of society, you should know that this is an important thing something worth thinking about.”

This kind of pure pretense is very popular among today's movie audiences.

After the release and offline dissemination of the first three films, fans who tend to support Jigsaw have gradually become the mainstream.

There is a point of view that is very popular among fans of the "Saw" series.

"Because of suffering from cancer, Jigsaw has a deeper feeling for life, because we rarely have the opportunity to be so close to death. However, Jigsaw is not the kind of person who will comfort himself with simple carpe gratification, I don’t even want to travel to Europe to see the world, but use the concept of survival value as a starting point to observe other people’s moral choices.”

"Jigsaw kept digging into these ideas, which eventually led him to create this unique survival game. Although the game itself is very perverted, his purpose is to help people, with their philosophical love or so-called Good intentions for the sake of others to change this society..."

This kind of point of view that seems to be wrong and very nonsense is gaining more and more support among North American audiences.

It can only be said that audiences who like this kind of bloody horror film may have a problem with their potential three views.

In an interview with fans at the premiere, a fan reiterated this point of view and emphasized: "This is exactly why I like the character of Jigsaw. If you want me to say that Jigsaw is a unique character in the horror film field, An outlier with a unique thought."

I took a photo with the main creators of the crew, and chatted with the director and Wen Ziren's former assistant Darren Bousman,

Ronan walked into the theater.

Wen Ziren was by his side.

This Chinese director can achieve great success not only because of his outstanding ability, but also because of his good emotional intelligence. He knows that even in a place like the United States, interpersonal relationships are also very important.

Ronan asked with concern: "Has the filming of "Latent" started?"

"All the preparations have been made." Wen Ziren replied immediately: "The filming will start at the beginning of next month, and it is estimated that all the scenes will be filmed within one month."

Ronan nodded slightly: "It will be released in time for next year."

Wen Ziren also said: "After the filming of "Latent" is completed, the original crew, except for some actors need to be replaced, I plan to shoot "The Conjuring" immediately, and then carry out the post-production of the two films."

This is undoubtedly a very thoughtful director, and Ronan fully agrees: "James, you are the producer, and you can make the specific decision."

"Okay." Wen Ziren also understood that with great power comes great responsibility.

If this horror universe movie project succeeds, he will really soar in Hollywood and even the world. If it fails, the consequences will be quite serious.

Wen Ziren is very clear that Hollywood never judges talents by moral and artistic standards, success and failure are the only criteria.

When approaching the entrance of the theater screening hall, someone greeted him.

"Hi, Lao Huang." Wen Ziren took the initiative to greet him, and hugged James Huang: "Thank you for coming to support."

James Huang said with a smile: "Your movie premiere, I must come."

After Wen Ziren said hello, he stepped aside. James Huang smiled and shook hands with Ronan: "Good evening, Ronan. Thank you for the invitation from Relativity Entertainment."

Ronan also smiled back: "We have been friends and partners for many years, so don't be so polite."

James Huang seemed to have something to say to Ronan. He glanced at Wen Ziren, who was a smart man, and immediately said, "I'll go in first."

When Wen Ziren's figure disappeared into the hall, James Huang said: "Ronan, I have no other meaning in cooperating with 20th Century Fox, it's just because they offer the best terms, it's a purely commercial cooperation .”

Ronan nodded slightly: "I understand, James, it's okay."

Hearing this, James Huang, who was worried about the cooperation with 20th Century Fox, was completely relieved. Following Ronan's words, he said, "Except for the film project "Dragon Ball", I will not participate in 20th Century Fox. Century Fox for anything."

Ronan smiled: "James, am I such a stingy person?"

James Huang thinks about it too. With Ronan's identity and status, it is impossible for him to have objections to him because he cooperates with other companies, even if this company is Twentieth Century Fox, which has little to do with Relativity Entertainment.

It is very common in Hollywood for a director to cooperate with different film production companies.

Ronan greeted James Huang: "Let's go, let's go in together."

James Huang followed Ronan into the theater, and said as he walked, "Ronan, do you have any suggestions for the "Dragon Ball" project?"

Ronan thought for a while and said, "I told you last time on the phone."

James Huang was silent for a moment.

In view of the years of cooperation, Ronan once again reminded: "It is still my personal point of view. The key to the "Dragon Ball" project is to control the scale of investment."

This is a cliché, Ronan had said this to James Huang during the last phone call.

Last time, James Huang didn't listen, and it's the same this time.

James Wong said: "Twentieth Century Fox's $130 million production budget has been drawn up..."

Ronan didn't say any more after hearing this, because he knew very well that James Huang had been looking forward to directing a real first-line production since "Death Comes". A process, but did not let him give up.

After reminding him twice in a row, seeing that it had no effect, Ronan was sure that it would be useless to say more.

To a certain extent, successful directors in Hollywood are very stubborn guys. There have been many famous directors who would rather quit the film crew and resign as directors because they did not agree with the production company's creative philosophy, rather than settle down.

Such directors are not rare.

That's all Luo Nan said. After entering the theater, he went directly to the front row to sit.

The lights on the ceiling went out one after another, and the inside of the theater went dark.

Directly opposite the first row, under the screen and in front of the lower stage, there is Billy the puppet riding on a bicycle. In the dark theater, at first glance, it looks a bit creepy.

This was put here by Wen Ziren himself, and it is also for more publicity considerations for selling peripheral products.

Today's Wen Ziren has begun to learn to consider issues from the perspective of producers and film company executives.

"Chain Saw" has officially come to the fourth part.

When "Chain Saw" continues in its unique way, one a year, even though the jigsaw has died in the third part, the story is still unfolding around the jigsaw, building and showing the belief and belief of the jigsaw in a deeper level. worldview.

"What the hell is going on? Where am I?"

The same words, appearing in the first two minutes of "Saw" in the first two minutes, are the most direct expression of the main emotions of the whole story: confusion because of despair, fear because of powerlessness, and of course, that The sense of utter panic-stricken dread forms the heart of this horror film.

All the "Chain Saw" series of movies revolve around the tricks set by Jigsaw one after another. As for him himself, he is a terminally ill cancer patient. He became a genius who designed a terrible "survival game". The players he selected to participate in the game had no right to refuse, and they were all people he believed to be worthless and necessary for survival.

"Chain Saw" touched the nerves of every horror movie lover in the world with its unique chord notes. From classic works such as "Moonlight Panic" series and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, take Passed the baton that can rule the horror film industry.

Even, this series has become a standard to measure the culture of Hollywood horror movies. Whether it is in the movie theater market, or home theaters like DVD, or TV broadcasting and Internet on-demand, it can be called the profit value in the history of movies. One of the top horror movie series.