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Chapter 476 Taking care of newcomers? (twenty four)

"Turandot"…

In the past few years, Leshi has focused on the international market!

"Turandot" is an Italian opera. Everyone should know Pavarotti's "Nessun Dorma", this song is the episode of "Turandot" opera...

If LeTV wants to co-produce Chinese and foreign films, "Turandot" is of course the best choice.

"The Great Wall" should have been approached by Legendary Pictures to cooperate with them.

But Asura...

Shen Changlin was quite curious, because Mr. Yang Hongtao and Yang Zhenjian, the producers of "Asura", should be more familiar with Hua Yi, and "Painted Skin 2" was co-produced with Hua Yi.

How could it have anything to do with Lushi Films?
Could it be that Zhang Zhao believed Yang Zhenjian's ("Asura" producer) nonsense?

Classic quote: Not only is 7.5 million yuan for "Asura" not much, but I'm calling for someone who can give me another 2000 million US dollars. I can really subvert them. It's not subverting Chinese movies, at least it can be on par with Hollywood movies!

Well, I don’t know whether Hollywood is subverted or not. Investors will definitely jump into the river.

However, if you analyze it carefully, is this suffocating dream similar to Jia Yueting?

It might have collided.

After chatting, I felt very speculative, so I decided to jointly create a milestone in Chinese movies...

……

"If I rate it myself, I will give it 6 points for the plot, 9 points for the special effects, and [-] points for the level of horror!"

"The story still follows the routine of disaster movies: the three-stage structure of discovering the megalodon → self-rescue at sea → saving other people, the first half is adventure, and the second half is disaster."

""The Megalodon" should actually be regarded as a monster movie. First of all, the size of the Megalodon is 10 times that of ordinary sharks, and it has become the size of a monster. Secondly, we have paid great attention to the visual effects..."

"In terms of plot, we actually thought about playing with innovations, but the investment was too large. Although the classic structure is clichéd, the plot is not easy to overturn..."

Shen Changlin received an exclusive interview with "China Film Report" directly in the post studio...

"Megalodon" is a big hit at the box office. Of course, "China Film Report" will come to interview the project lead.

"Why do you want to make "The Megalodon"?"

Shen Changlin smiled: "In the past few years, some people always said on the Internet that Sino-US co-productions were like four different things, blending Western special effects with Eastern faces and those embarrassing plots... Actually it is not, but I can't give examples. I just made one myself, I just want to tell everyone what a real Chinese-American co-production movie should look like!"

"What should it be like?"

"Using the classic Hollywood narrative mode to tell a genre film story, there is no need to deliberately please anyone. Movie audiences all over the world can tell whether it is intentional or not! The action, disaster and entertainment elements in "The Megalodon" are for audiences around the world. There will not be too many obstacles to watching movies, so the difficulty of co-production is not particularly difficult..."

"I heard that the IP of "Megalodon" has been stranded for 20 years?"

"Yes, in 1997 Disney bought the copyright of its film, but it has not been promoted for a long time. Later, the project was abandoned on the grounds that it conflicted with another film of the same type "Deep Sea Shark" that Disney was producing at that time. Later, New Line wanted to make it, but around 07, New Line experienced a round of business scale contraction, and had to give up the "Megalodon" project..."

"Have you ever thought about failing at the box office?"

"...I must have thought about why film and television production is called an adventure industry, because the market is difficult to control," Shen Changlin touched his nose, and then said: "Everyone's enthusiasm for sharks has exceeded our expectations, especially in North America. The market's expectations for this film, including Warner's performance is also a surprise..."

"Then have you seen the comments from netizens?"

"Of course there are. Many people say that the horror of the deep sea created by Wen Ziren even surpasses the megalodon itself... I think this point of view is very interesting. The current audience is not only satisfied with this kind of prehistoric giants. To the point, they prefer that these behemoths have corresponding minds, and strive to be the behemoths in thought! So, the sequel production will go one step further!"

"Do you have any ideas for a sequel?"

"Yes... In fact, "Megalodon" itself is advancing in the form of a trilogy... But if there is an accident, "Megalodon: Abyss" should be released in 2016!"

……

"The Megalodon" has been in full swing. It was released for ten days, with a cumulative box office of over 8 million, a global box office of over 3.2 million US dollars, and a total of 9500 million US dollars in North America.

And it's hot.

However, the North American market was overwhelmed by "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Age of Mutants", which grossed $6600 million in the first weekend...

"The Megalodon" dropped to $3700 million in the second weekend...

But the cumulative box office has exceeded 9500 million US dollars, which has greatly exceeded expectations!
Clearly, The Meg has succeeded.

Of course Shen Changlin was happy, but he was just an investor and producer. Apart from accepting some interviews, he didn't make any more appearances, and devoted his energy to the later work of "The Wronged Man"...

Lotus is completely on the front line.

In "Transformers 4", some people questioned that she was just the second female lead. In "Megalodon", no one said anything at all!

She is the female number one, and she is comparable to Dwayne Johnson in terms of roles.

And because Dwayne Johnson doesn't have any sense of CP with her, during the script creation stage, he didn't deliberately arrange emotional scenes.

Although many people said that she acted embarrassingly...

But this is her performance!

"Lotus plays a Hollywood heroine as an Asian and is encouraged", "No soy sauce or Mary Sue, Lotus prevents 'Megalodon' from being a bad movie";
By the way, there is this: "Transformers 4" and "Megalodon", Li Lianhua has already established a firm foothold in Hollywood! "

What happened to bragging about your own record?
When Fan Xiaopang plays soy sauce in "X-Men", he can brag about himself as "joining the "X-Men" strongly" or "Fan Xiaopang talks about "X-Men", I am the best Chinese element"...

Shen Changlin also posted a special Weibo, supporting Lotus: "I can see the shortcomings of "Megalodon", but many comments say that Lianhua is not suitable, and it would be better to replace it with someone...I think These remarks are hilarious!

In the final analysis, it is because some of us are not used to Chinese people acting in this kind of blockbuster, and we don’t have enough confidence in ourselves. When we see Chinese faces appearing in blockbusters, we feel that it is against harmony... and even feel that the quality of the movie has been lowered...

But I want to tell these people: there will be more and more blockbuster films with Chinese faces in the future, you'd better get used to it quickly!Maybe one day I will ask Anne Hathaway to play Huang Bo's daughter-in-law! "...

The relationship between Fan Xiaopang and Li Lianhua, not to mention irreconcilable, is at least equal.

Back then, in the dispute over Huayi's first sister, the two fought fiercely.

It's been years and it hasn't stopped...

Last year, "Vanity Fair" magazine's Oscar party was held. The two appeared at the same time, and then posted pictures on Weibo, each of which blackmailed the other.

It's quite a taste of the king not seeing the king!

However, Fan Xiaopang's studio issued an article saying that ""Megalodon" contacted her, and she quit because the schedule didn't fit", and some media concocted Li Lianhua as the top Fan Xiaopang...

It's a bit of a forced touch!

However, it is impossible for Shen Changlin to explain anything, what does this thing have to do with him?
That was the struggle between the two of them, he is a man so don't mix it up...

Oh, he is having dinner with Fan Xiaopang now...

It's just a simple meal, accompanied by her good friend, Li Heiniu...

　I have an appointment, make up tomorrow...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)