Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 1082

"Just reject it," Chen Hao said.

"Well, I have already rejected Warner." Smart said, "But there are only 2 years left before the expiration of the copyright in our hands, which means that before the end of 2016, we must complete the production of Wonder Woman and Aquaman. And Shazam movies."

At that time, Chen Hao obtained the film and television copyright of these three superheroes from Warner, which was different from "X-Men" in the hands of 20th Century Fox and "Spider-Man" in the hands of Sony Columbia.

When Marvel sold Spider-Man to Sony, there was a requirement that a Spider-Man movie must be made within any five years. If no Spider-Man movie is released within any five consecutive years, then the copyright of Spider-Man will automatically return to Marvel. .

So Sony filmed the Maguire version of the Spider-Man trilogy at the beginning of the century, and then filmed the Garfield version of the Amazing Spider-Man, but the latter did not have a good response, and the third part ended before it was released. .

At this time in the previous life, because of the global popularity of "The Avengers", Marvel's status has greatly increased, and it also has the idea of ​​​​returning Spider-Man to the Marvel Universe, so it talked with Sony. In this way, the two parties reached an agreement, and Spider-Man was able to join Marvel. universe.

This is how the Dutch pea version of Spider-Man came into being.

However, because of the distribution of benefits, Sony once wanted to take back the copyright of Spider-Man, and Marvel was not allowed to make any more Spider-Man movies. Fortunately, it was resolved through negotiation.

But in this world, Marvel doesn't have this concern, because Sony Columbia has taken a stake in Marvel Entertainment, and one of the conditions for the stake is to return the copyright of Spider-Man to Marvel.

However, Chen Hao obtained the copyrights of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Shazam from Warner different from Spiderman. Warner's condition at the time was to give Tianchi Pictures the copyrights of the three superheroes for ten years!

Whether you shoot or not during these ten years has nothing to do with Warner, but once the ten-year period is up, Tianchi will unconditionally return the copyrights of the three superheroes to Warner.

This is also the reason why Warner agreed to give the copyright of the three superheroes to Tianchi.

After all, there were very few superhero movies that hit the blockbusters at that time, and the era of superhero movies is far from coming, so it doesn't matter if you give Tianchi 10 years.

And this is different from Spider-Man, there is no possibility that the copyright cannot be recovered.

Maybe Warner still has the idea of ​​letting Chen Hao and Tianchi Films make a wedding dress for him, and wants Chen Hao to try filming first.

The box office is good. After Warner takes it back, he can shoot a sequel or restart the series. This is much higher than the success rate of no action before.

It doesn't matter if it fails badly at the box office, anyway, it's not Warner's money to pay, and after getting it back, it just goes on the shelf and doesn't shoot.

No matter how you look at it, Warner is sure to make money without losing money.

Chen Hao thought for a while and said, "James Wen is filming "Fast and Furious 7"?"

"Yes, it's being filmed." Smart said.

"How about this, let him shoot "Aquaman" next year, and I will shoot "Wonder Woman". As for "Shazam", let's find a director to shoot together." Chen Hao said.

"James Wynne has already decided to shoot "The Conjuring 2015" in 2, and also served as the producer of "After Lights Out". In addition, 20th Century Fox also asked him to be the producer of the remake of "Ghost Love", I am afraid that there is not enough time.

As for 2016, according to the company's plan, "Fast and Furious 8" should be filmed. said Smart.

Chen Hao frowned slightly after hearing this, and thought for a while, "Then let James Wen film "Aquaman" in 2016, and find another director for "Fast and Furious 8."

Chen Hao remembered that "Sea King" was filmed by Wen Ziren, and the box office was very popular.

After hearing this, Smart nodded and said, "OK, I see, let's arrange it now."

After putting down the phone, Chen Hao thought about it, and now he has 2 movies to shoot, one "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and one "Wonder Woman".

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will be released next year at the latest, and "Wonder Woman" only needs to be filmed before the end of 2016, so it is better to shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" first.

Speaking of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", there are many film and television works in the previous life, among which the more famous movie versions are "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Dragon Hunting Art" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Nine-story Demon Tower".

Of these two works, one was successful, and the other was scolded out of Xiang.

However, both versions have a lot of adaptations, and they were not filmed according to a plot in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

Maybe it's because they feel that if they don't change it magically, they can't show their abilities completely by copying it.

But Chen Hao doesn't think so. Chen Hao thinks that if he shoots, it's better to shoot according to the context of the novel, that is, he is going to shoot the starting plot of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" "Exquisite Ancient City"!
Because Chen Hao is not just making a ghost blowing lantern movie, but to develop this IP.

Since Ghost Chuideng has been selected by Haotian as the next super IP, Chen Hao can't overdraw Ghost Chuideng all at once.

If "Ghost Blowing Lantern" wants to become a super IP, novels, comics, animation, games, TV dramas, movies and other forms need to be launched, and movies are undoubtedly the most influential among them.

Then Chen Hao has to find a way to increase the influence and duration of the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

So the best way is naturally to make "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" into a series of movies.

And "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" itself has several relatively independent and related storylines connected in series, which is very suitable for film adaptation.

Therefore, what Chen Hao has to do is to get off to a good start, film the first plot story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" well, and pave the way for several subsequent independent plot films.

Only in this way can the film mode value of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" be maximized.

In the previous life, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was filmed in a mess, and there was no clue. It was also because the copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was sold to many parties.

They don't have complete copyright, and there is no way or need to sort out the context of this super IP and make it into a series.

But Haotian is different. They own the complete copyright of the "Ghost Blowing Lantern" series, and they can even allow the author to continue writing and continue to develop this IP.

Therefore, Chen Hao must think about his first "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" movie from the overall situation of this super IP development.

Therefore, Chen Hao decided to shoot "Ghost Blowing Lamp: The Exquisite Ancient City"!
And the plot does not make too many changes, the main direction is visual effects and atmosphere creation.

The special effects of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Finding the Dragon" are quite good, but Chen Hao feels that it can go further.

With increased investment and the participation of Haotian special effects, Chen Hao is fully capable of doing this.

And special effects are also one of the winning tricks of adventure movies like "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". The appearance of countless things that do not exist at all, but only exist in human imagination, can always stimulate the human brain and bring a profound and unforgettable viewing experience.

And the creation of the atmosphere is not just a scary and scary atmosphere, this can only be used as an embellishment, after all, it is too scary to touch the red line, the main thing is to create a suspenseful atmosphere.

Let countless audiences follow the leading actor to explore the truth bit by bit, and keep getting closer to the truth, but suddenly lose their clues, and then come to the end.

The twists and turns, the ups and downs of the process of pursuing the truth can attract the audience more and have a more sense of substitution, making the audience feel as if they are on the scene and complete a thrilling adventure together.

If you do these two things well, the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will undoubtedly be more than half of the success.

As for the plot, Chen Hao thinks that there is no need for magical changes, as long as you follow the main line of the novel.

Because for the fans of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", if it is too magically modified, it will arouse dissatisfaction among fans, thinking that the movie has destroyed the classics in their minds, and instead will not be truly liked by fans.

This is also the reason why countless fans hoped that the adaptation of film and television dramas would let go of their classic novels.

And for those who haven't read "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", it's even easier. If you don't know the plot, then the plot of the original novel is novel and magical enough. Countless people have become fans of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" for no reason!

Therefore, Chen Hao believes that following the plot of the original book will have more advantages than disadvantages for the movie "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Exquisite Ancient City" and for the development of the super IP "Ghost Blowing Lantern".

After making the decision, Chen Hao contacted Xing Aina and asked them to write the script of "Ghost Blowing Lamp: The Exquisite Ancient City" based on the novel. At the same time, they also brought the author of the novel into the screenwriting team to participate in the creation together.

After the creation of the script is done for the time being, the next step is the question of the lead actor.

The main characters are Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, Shirley Yang, Professor Chen, Da Jinya and others.

Among them, Hu Bayi has a total of 13 people who have acted in the previous life, but it is generally believed that Chen Kun, Pan Yueming and Jin Dong have performed better.

According to the author of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", when he wrote the role of Hu Bayi, he wrote it based on Zhong Yuemin in "Blood Romance".

And it is Liu Ye who plays the role of Zhong Yuemin!

However, soon Chen Hao made the choice, and there was no difficulty. If they were all good, Chen Kun would definitely be chosen.

Among the four, only Chen Kun belongs to Haotian, and he has a good relationship with Chen Hao. In Chen Hao's first play "Comet", Chen Kun is one of the leading actors.

It just so happened that Haotian Films didn't arrange a role for Chen Kun this year, so this time it can be regarded as compensation for Chen Kun.

As for the female lead, it is described in the novel as "black hair like clouds, beautiful eyebrows drawn into the temples, and a delicate face, but this beautiful girl has a slightly eagle nose, slightly blue eyes, and is of foreign descent."

Just looking at this description, the first thing Chen Hao thinks of is Xiao Di!

As for blue eyes, you can wear colored contact lenses.

In addition, this role also requires certain martial arts or dancing skills. After all, he has inherited the secret art of moving mountains and dividing armor in the family, so his skills must be extraordinary.

However, this character is obviously Yujie type, Xiao Di is a bit too young, after all, she just graduated this year, and she is still very pure!

As for the others, Tianxian and Dameitang are quite suitable.

Chen Hao, on the other hand, prefers to be a fairy. He is old enough, good looking, and has good dancing skills. He has also acted in many fighting roles, and Chen Hao just promised to make her the heroine of his movie as soon as possible.

However, the selection of these roles still needs to be cautious, after all, it is not just "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Ancient City", but a series.

As for the remaining Fatty Wang in the Iron Triangle, by coincidence, both "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Notes on Tomb Raiders" have a fat man with the surname Wang.

In fact, it's not a coincidence at all, because the author of "Tomb Raiders Notes" is a fan of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and later wrote it himself because he didn't have to read it.

That's why Fatty Wang in "Tomb Raiders Notes" is so similar to Fatty Wang in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", both in terms of body shape and personality.

There are three candidates for Fatty Wang, corresponding to the three versions of Fatty Wang by Chen Kun, Pan Yueming and Jin Dong, Huang Bo, Jiang Chao and Zhao Da.

For a whole morning, Chen Hao was writing and drawing, conceiving "Ghost Blowing Lamp: The Exquisite Ancient City".

And in the afternoon, Chen Hao temporarily put aside "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Exquisite Ancient City" and turned to "Wonder Woman".

Chen Hao is going to write the script of "Wonder Woman" first, and at the same time determine the main characters, let Smart contact first to prepare.

When Chen Hao finishes filming "The Ancient City of Ghost Blowing the Lamp", he will prepare to film "Wonder Woman".

Chen Hao was thinking about whether to bring a few easter eggs in "Wonder Woman" and let Superman and Batman appear, even if they don't show up, just mention it.

……

""Charlotte's Annoyance" moved to the Lunar New Year file!" --- Reported by Sohu Entertainment
"Charlotte Annoyance" is scheduled for December 12th!"--Daily Headlines
"The new film abandons the summer file, and Chen Hao enters the Lunar New Year file for the first time!" --- Netease Entertainment
"In the Lunar New Year's first match, is Chen Hao lacking in confidence, or does he want to hit the box office champion of film history?" --- New Wolf Entertainment
……

At the end of March, after Chen Hao completed the post-production of "Charlotte Annoyance", Haotian Films officially announced the film's schedule.

"Charlotte Annoyance" will be officially released on December 2014, 12!
The news caused a heated discussion in the industry and the media.

Because since the beginning of "No Surname", all of Chen Hao's domestic films have been in the summer, and at the same time they have left legends in the box office, which can be called the king of the summer.

This time, "Charlotte Annoyance" was suddenly scheduled for the Lunar New Year, which is really unexpected.

But there are many people who are popular, so various speculations began in the media and on the Internet.

Some media believe that Chen Hao has no confidence in this transformation, so he left the increasingly popular summer vacation.

Of course, many media believe that Chen Hao moved "Charlotte Annoyance" to the Lunar New Year file in order to hit the box office record of mainland film history again.

Because generally speaking, the popularity of Lunar New Year stalls in the mainland is still higher than that of the rising summer vacation stalls.

Chen Hao's putting "Charlotte Annoyance" on the Lunar New Year file is not only a sign of lack of self-confidence, but a sign of ambition.

There is also a lot of discussion on the Internet, so lively.

But the real situation is that this is what Happy Twist requires.

Because Happy Twist wants to go public next year, I hope that "Charlotte Annoyance" will not be released too early, and it is best to delay it until 2015.

The best time is naturally the New Year's Eve.

(End of this chapter)