Chapter 759 Wu Yuan’s New Film “The Great Sage”!

Wu Yuan's idea is very simple. The image of "Sun Wukong" has been burdened with too many things and has been created by too many classics.

From the classic image of Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong in the 1986 version of Journey to the West, to the Hong Kong version of Stephen Chow, and the versions of Zhang Weijian and Chen Haomin, many other Sun Wukong images are deeply rooted in people's hearts.

In this case, it is very difficult to create a real-life version of Sun Wukong.

Just like the 2010 version of "New Journey to the West", it was a complete failure. It was not because the actors and the script were really bad, but because there were too many excellent predecessors. All Chinese people already had their own "Sun Wukong" in their hearts, and even a new version could not surpass it.

So later, the film industry made many movies related to Sun Wukong, and the movies based on "Journey to the West" basically failed because of this.

The only one that can be considered successful is "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", in which the characters such as Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, and Zhu Bajie were completely reshaped. Rather than saying that this is "Journey to the West", it is better to say that it is just a new story with a new name.

The Tang Monk in the movie has nothing to do with the Tang Monk in the public's impression, and Sun Wukong is completely a demon king, not the peerless hero in the public's impression.

Only this version that completely breaks the stereotype can bring new ideas to the audience.

But what Wu Yuan wants to do, or what the light and shadow era fairy movie universe needs, is not a "Monkey King" that breaks the stereotype. As a superhero movie, the protagonist must be a "hero", and it is impossible to create a "clown" Sun Wukong like "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

In this way, if Wu Yuan really wants to borrow the "Sun Wukong" IP, there is only one choice left.

That is "inheritance"!

In his conception, the real Monkey King Sun Wukong in the movie will only appear once, and he can invite Teacher Liu Xiaolingtong to play it.

And the image of this real Sun Wukong in the movie must be an old image, and then borrow Teacher Liu Xiaolingtong's mouth to pass on the belief of the "Great Sage".

Then a modern young man who admires and loves Sun Wukong was selected and embarked on this inheritance path. After going through various trials, he became a new generation of Monkey King, wielding the golden hoop to solve the crisis that threatens world peace.

Well, this crisis can be a demon king who escaped from the earthly world to the earth.

In this way, it not only avoids the problem of being unable to bypass countless classic "Sun Wukong" images, but also can get the big IP of "Sun Wukong" and bring new ideas to the audience and fans, which is undoubtedly a happy thing.

When watching the movie, fans will not substitute the protagonist into the image of "Sun Wukong", but will only regard the protagonist as an ordinary person who is lucky to obtain the "Great Sage inheritance", which makes it easier for the audience to substitute into the perspective of the protagonist.

And they will not let them link the image of Sun Wukong in their minds with the male protagonist, because the male protagonist is not Sun Wukong, and can only be regarded as Sun Wukong's apprentice at most.

This idea is actually not something Wu Yuan came up with on a whim, but he is still crossing the river by feeling the stones of Marvel.

Marvel has a superhero called "Monkey King", who appeared in the "Avengers World" comics.

In the comics, the Monkey King was a gang member. Because he believed in the Monkey King in the myth, he really went to find the Monkey King's golden hoop, and met the real Monkey King in a cave. After understanding a sentence from the Monkey King, he gained mysterious power and became a superhero.

After becoming a superhero, the Monkey King joined the official Chinese superhero team in the Marvel world view - Fengshen, which belongs to the Chinese Shenmao Bureau.

This Chinese superhero team in Marvel comics also participated in the Secret Empire incident in the Marvel main universe.

However, these are unlikely to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so most ordinary Marvel fans don't know at all.

Wu Yuan has also been deliberately learning about Marvel comics in recent years, and only then did he know that there is actually a Shenmao Bureau in Marvel comics, and even an incident where the battlefield took place in the Chinese Magic City.

"That's what I think." Wu Yuan patiently told Li Xiaoping: "The beginning of the story..."

"Then..."

"Finally..."

Wu Yuan enthusiastically told Li Xiaoping about his ideas. A commercial blockbuster that combines the classic Hollywood superhero routines with elements of traditional Chinese myths and legends was quickly perfected in his mouth.

Perhaps it would be difficult for Wu Yuan to make an original art film that can win the three major European awards, as his level is not up to the mark.

But it would be absolutely no problem for him to make a commercial special effects movie that can be considered first-class in Hollywood and China!

In the field of commercial special effects blockbusters, Wu Yuan has already practiced his skills. Even if there are no ready-made movies to copy, Wu Yuan, who has already figured out and understood the commercial movie routines of Hollywood in the past few decades, can completely create his own script.

Even if you have never eaten pork, you have seen pigs run, and Wu Yuan has eaten pork and seen pigs run!

These ten or twenty years of directing career have long made him an excellent commercial film director.

"It sounds pretty good." Li Xiaoping was very satisfied with the movie Wu Yuan mentioned, and asked excitedly: "Director Wu, are you going to direct this movie yourself?"

"If you direct it yourself, I think this movie has the hope of breaking a new box office record in the mainland!"

"Although Ready Player One is very good, the subject matter is still too novel, and it cannot be compared with commercial films derived from national IPs such as Journey to the West."

Li Xiaoping has always been unwilling to accept that Ready Player One failed to take the top spot in the domestic box office.

For a long time in the past, the box office record of mainland movies has always been controlled by Wu Yuan. Until the past few years, Wu Yuan's mainland box office records have been surpassed and refreshed one after another.

Although Ready Player One's global box office is much better than The Mermaid, the mainland championship throne is lost!

But this time, Wu Yuan's Monkey King made Li Xiaoping see the dawn of regaining the mainland championship throne.

It's not that the story of this movie is so amazing. From Li Xiaoping's perspective, it is just an excellent commercial blockbuster, and there is not much difference between Wu Yuan's previous commercial movies and even the series of movies in the Xianxia movie universe of the light and shadow era.

But the important thing is that this movie is a modern story adapted from the legend of "Sun Wukong"!

There is no need to emphasize how great the influence of Sun Wukong is in China.

If Wu Yuan personally escorts this movie, once it is released, I am afraid that people from the elderly in their sixties and seventies to teenagers in their teens will be the audience of this movie!

The wider the audience of the movie, the higher the box office will be!

"Yes." Facing Li Xiaoping's expectant eyes, Wu Yuan nodded calmly: "I will shoot it myself."

"In the next few months, I will complete the script as soon as possible, prepare for shooting at the end of this year or early next year, and strive to release it during the 2019 Spring Festival!" (End of this chapter)