Chapter 870 Popular Rising Star!

When it comes to magic themes, Han Shanping naturally thinks of "The Great Magician" - the original novel by Zhang Haifan. As for the film adaptation of the same name directed by Er Dongsheng and starring Liu Qingwan and Tony Leung, it is completely different from the novel.

By the way, Zhang Haifan's works are really good, including "The Record of Risking Death", "Blue Blind Prison Break", "The Great Magician", "The Five Thieves"...

"Blue Blind Prison Break" was adapted into the TV series "Blue Blind"...

Zhang Haifan later joined Huace and organized games for "Flower Thousand Bones" and "Hua Xuyin", and also tried to form games for "Purple River"...

Bringing it back, Shen Xudong was talking about "The Demon Thief Group", oh, to be precise, it was "Jing Tian's Demon Thief Group"!

This movie has a deep memory - a new type of spectacle movie, a series of dazzling pictures, and the story is told in a relatively rounded way.

It's very difficult. Cool special effects are very simple - the cost is 75 million US dollars. If you can't do even a little special effects, you just don't want to make a movie. The key is to tell a round story and still have a certain degree of innovation. It's very difficult!

Hollywood movies can actually be innovative...

"Pandemonium 2" failed to do that and directly ended the series - abandoning the gorgeous stage magic of the first film and turning it into a complete third-rate Hollywood theft crime movie...

I really don’t understand what the filmmakers think, do you need to make a movie about stealing?

Shen Xudong first denied "The Great Magician", and then briefly talked about the setting of "The Magician". In fact, the plot of this movie is quite simple: the process of "punishing rape and eradicating evil" - four magicians who each show their magical powers+ The bosses in the dark fight against the bad guys together!

"Lynch punishment?"

"Yes...so, the main battlefield of the movie cannot be in the Mainland. I think Macau or Hong Kong are fine!"

"...Why magic?"

"It is convenient to create a dazzling visual feast, with colorful stages, dazzling lights, flying ribbons, and dazzling 360° rotating lenses, allowing the audience to be in the special performance of a famous magician..."

“…How much does it cost?”

Shen Xudong made an estimate, and then said: "Let's say at least 200 million... I just suddenly thought that the specific production will have to wait for the script to be released..."

"...No matter how much it costs, leave half of it for China Film!"

"no problem…"

Han Shanping nodded, and then asked: "Do you want to operate the box office of "Painted Skin 2"?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "No, after "Painted Skin 2" exceeded 600 million, Hollywood has paid attention... It is difficult to reach a box office of one billion, unless some unconventional means are used, such as buying box offices, organizing public screenings for a fee, and forcibly raising the box office to A billion, but there’s no need!”

"Have overseas countries paid attention?"

"Of course, we were defeated in the first half of the year. In July, a movie came out, and it is about to surpass the box office performance of "Mission: Impossible 4" in mainland China..." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "Hollywood is very important to the Chinese market. They are eyeing it and will not be satisfied with the current market share of less than 50%. They are studying what kind of movies Chinese audiences like!"

“…Imperialism’s desire to destroy me will never die!”

"It's not that serious, the Chinese market..."

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Hanshanping is not easy!

This is not easy, it means that we need to be cautious within the system...

The structure of China Film Group is not that of a company. There are many hilltops inside. Han Shanping later resigned, and he was more or less a victim of factional struggles!

For example, Zhang Qiang used to be the deputy general manager of China Film Co., Ltd. He was Han Shanping's senior student at Beijing Film Academy and served as the latter's deputy for many years.

When Han Shanping retired, Zhang Qiang was also considered a candidate for chairman of China Film Group Corporation, but in the end the position was taken over by another person.

Then, in 2014, Ma Yun made a big move into the entertainment industry, acquiring Cultural China to form Ali Pictures, and Zhang Qiang served as the CEO of Ali Pictures...

During Zhang Qiang's time at Ahri, he once launched "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" (movie version)...

Unfortunately, the development of Ali Pictures is obviously not satisfactory.

On the contrary, he often boasted about the "entire IP industry chain", and the story and background sounded so majestic that people at that critical time really dared to believe it.

Unfortunately, bragging is still bragging, and it is still a little short of being awesome.

Zhang Qiang, like Song Ke and Gao Xiaosong, also became an insider who left Ahri Entertainment, and Ahri Entertainment entered the era of Ahri leadership.

Alas, in those years when big capital was in its heyday, it gathered well-known directors in the industry and made a lot of money.

In the blink of an eye, a bunch of unfinished "mess" is left, and it requires the intervention of a successor with financial resources and courage to bring those projects that the audience has been waiting for for a long time to see the light of day again.

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"Famous Catchers" will be released on July 16...

Nazha replaced Liu Yifei, so there is definitely a gap in popularity, but it doesn't matter. "The Four Famous Catchers" itself is a big IP, and Raytheon's distribution capabilities are not to mention. The box office on the first day was 21 million, which directly interrupted the 15-day sales of "Painted Skin 2". The daily box office champion, the latter received 14.8 million in a single day;

"Painted Skin 2" is already in its third week of release, and its popularity is definitely not as popular as the newly released "The Big Four"...

What's more, Deng Chao stars in "Four Famous Catchers".

After "Run", Deng Chao's popularity soared. Let's put it this way, in terms of popularity alone, he is not inferior to Han Geng!

Fortunately, "Painted Skin 2" has a good reputation - most importantly, it does not have fake 3D.

"Famous" had a box office of 94 million in its first four days, and "Painted Skin 2" had a box office of 72 million in its third weekend, with a cumulative box office of 730 million...

Judging from the current film schedule - "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" will be released on July 27.

A quick aside: "Wolong" will be released in August. The film bureau made special adjustments and moved "The Lost Bullet" and "The Wind Listener" to July 27, giving "Wolong" enough space to hit a billion...

"Wolong", starring Tang Guoqiang, is the final film in Tianmei Media's True Story of the Three Kingdoms series, costing 250 million - including 250 million from overseas investment!

Yes, the copyright investment in Southeast Asia and Japan directly covers the cost!

There wasn’t even a fee for the film, and the starring cast wasn’t even announced. There were only a few words about the final film of Tianmei Media’s “Three Kingdoms Series”, which was produced, produced, and supervised by Shen Xudong, and then a bunch of overseas film producers paid for it…

I, Qin Shihuang, make money...

Then the money really comes out!

Mainly, Tianmei Media's "Three Kingdoms Series" is famous and has become a signature - regardless of the box office in the Mainland, the box office in Southeast Asia is generally around 12 million U.S. dollars, and the Japanese box office is also over 3 billion yen, which is 25 million U.S. dollars when converted to U.S. dollars. above!

Even though the release date of Nippon is about half a year later than that in mainland China and Southeast Asia, it still cannot stop the audience's enthusiasm!

Bringing it back, that is to say, there is still more than a week's gap, "Painted Skin 2" has a high probability of taking in 850 million box office, and "Famous Man" should also have 200 million box office...

It’s also a win-win!

Then, the publicity team got to work: they couldn't wait to crown Nazha as the new generation of box office queen.

Nazha starred in two movies, the new "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Famous Catchers", both of which were very good at the box office...

Movies to be released include "Left Ear" (she plays Li Ba La) and "Xiu Chun Dao: Miao Frontier"...

The latter is a spin-off movie of "Xiu Chun Dao" and will be linked with "The Swordsman" to form the Ming Dynasty.

In short, Nazha is a real popular star born in the 90s...

Of course, popular new stars definitely need artistic guidance - to avoid making mistakes and taking the wrong path. You must know that there are many temptations in the vanity fair, and young actresses have no energy to swallow, so they must have the help of seniors to steer the direction...

Fortunately, Shen Xudong was very willing to give advice.