Big names rise

The Sino-US multinational cooperation between Shuimu Forest, China Film Group, and Universal Pictures is expected to exceed [-] million yuan (praise), transplant the successful experience of "Fast and Furious" (both drag racing), and hire the behind-the-scenes team of "Fast and Furious" (with A few foreigners are right), using advanced Hollywood shooting technology to successfully revive the "Quick" series, the Hollywood Chinese director Yibin Lin served as the producer (and also has some functions of domestic supervision), and Han Sanping and He Mu are named producers (Required), a member of the Billion Dollar Club, the crazy director Ning Hao is the chief director, and has assembled a powerful mash-up lineup of Golden Horse actor Huang Bo, Golden Horse actress Qin Hailu, Kung Fu boy Wu Jing, and fairy beauty Liu Yifei!And with He Mu as a special star, the original cast of "Fast and Furious" has joined in (Universal has already done it), and the multinational giant "Big Card" joined by many mysterious big names (not to be announced for now) is officially launched!

This news has been released, which can be described as earth-shattering. Some people say that it is more appropriate to call this film "Big Coffee".

On November 11th, on this auspicious day, Mizuki's most invested "Daka" was launched in an unknown small county in Gansu. The route of this truck was from Shanghai to Qinghai. Ning Hao will realize his unfinished western film idea in this film ("No Man's Land" has not been released yet), and He Mu also attended the shooting scene of the first scene of the filming.

The idea of ​​this movie originated from He Mu, and a group of young screenwriters in their 20s from Shuimu Forest were in charge of writing the script. Later, it was modified by Ning Hao, Xing Aina and his wife, and Chris Morgan, the screenwriter of "Fast and Furious". The script is more compact and exciting, achieving a unified style.finalized.

Such a huge film has attracted the attention of many media, film professionals, and film lovers, and there are many discussions on the Internet. It is a reliable director.Reliable actors and a reliable team made this film receive unexpected praise just after it was shot.Domestic blockbusters generally start with blockbusters in ancient costumes. It is ingenious to open a drag racing blockbuster like He Mu directly. It marks that Shuimu Forest, which has always followed the small film route and advocates safety and security, has finally entered the era of blockbuster films. It also means that Huayi The status of private entertainment companies such as Brothers and Bona Pictures will be challenged.

In fact, the investment scale of "Zibuyu" before "Daka" was not too small. At the beginning, it was estimated that more than 2000 million yuan would be used for production and more than 1000 million yuan would be used for publicity.He Mu prepared a budget of 4000 million yuan, but it turned out that the shooting, post-production and some initial publicity alone cost almost the money. The pure production cost ended up costing almost 3800 million yuan.It is conservatively estimated that the production plus publicity will not be less than 5500 million, and the potential of the film will increase in the future. It is a bit risky for He Mu, who is the first director, to play so big.

But compared to "Zi Bu Yu". "Big Card" invested more.The production cost paid by Mizuki alone is more than 5000 million. Fortunately, he bought two Hollywood-approved films this year, otherwise He Mu would not be able to bear it.Coupled with Universal's investment in technology and personnel, the film's investment is over [-] million. If you count the subsequent publicity, it is not too much to boast that it will be a big production of [-] million.

Of course, big investment will also bring big returns. Such a modern-themed movie with a large multinational production is hugely attractive to businesses.So far, more than 2000 million advertisements have been confirmed, and Mizuki is still very restrained in this regard.It is still far behind director Feng Xiaogang, the advertising master.The marriage of advertisements and movies can greatly reduce the risk of producers. In addition to placing advertisements, there will also be income from pre-roll advertisements and premiere title advertisements in the future, which can offset part of the publicity costs. This is a general trend, and Mizuki also Will not repel.

For "Big Card", He Mu has global ambitions, otherwise he wouldn't have to go to great lengths to recruit Universal and the "Fast & Furious" team. Hong Kong also has many special effects teams who are good at this kind of car chase scene, but the effect is better than The American team is inferior, but it is enough to meet the movie-watching requirements of mainland audiences. What He Mu values ​​more is the reputation of the "Fast Fury" team and the tiger skin of Universal Pictures, in order to sell "Big Card" to the world. , Even with this level of relationship, even mainland audiences and those advertisers will have a higher opinion of "Daka".

It is true that the mainland market is the foundation of Chinese-language films, and defeating foreign Hollywood blockbusters in the local market will give He Mu a sense of accomplishment. However, the example of Korean films tells He Mu that it is important to "defend the soil", but there is still a need to "open the frontier". "Ambition.South Korean audiences and filmmakers are very united, and they are also very exclusive. A small number of Korean films can account for the vast majority of the box office. Almost all of the few films with tens of millions of viewers are local films, except for one "Avatar", However, Korean movies have no status in the world. They want awards but no awards, and box office but no box office.

In fact, this kind of development is already somewhat deformed. If Chinese-language films want to develop more healthily, they can also try to make more international productions on the premise of basing themselves on local characteristics and culture. "Big Card" is such an experimental work. He Mu doesn't mind some exploration and experimentation on the basis of capital preservation, to find a more vigorous carrier for his own country's culture.

Movies are one of the carriers of culture, as are celebrities. Jackie Chan, Li Lianjie, and Zhang Ziyi, as outstanding representatives of the Chinese on the world stage, have attracted a lot of attention for Chinese civilization. Professor Zhang Yiwu of Peking University said that one Zhang Ziyi is more effective than ten thousand copies of Confucius, perhaps This is disrespectful, maybe it is an exaggeration, but there is still some truth to it, so He Mu also attaches great importance to his own global influence.

Therefore, when Jeff talked with He Mu on the phone to discuss the plan of "Cold Heart 2", He Mu agreed and would coordinate his schedule to cooperate with the filming of the movie.

The first part of "Cold Heart" was a big success, there is no reason not to make the second part, this story has a very solid pattern, one of the male protagonists, Joseph, is in love, the female is a monster, and the other male protagonist, He Mumi Strange.It's as simple as that, add characters under the framework, supplement the plot, change the background, and then make the scene bigger, and strengthen some of the highlights of the first film. This is a qualified sequel film produced by the Hollywood assembly line.

This sequel movie will no longer be directed by Wen Ziren, his character is like this, he doesn't like to repeat himself, he thinks that being keen on making sequel movies is something that those directors who follow the rules of the Hollywood film industry like to do, but He doesn’t think he’s that kind of person, he likes to change, he likes to try new stories, and he doesn’t even have to be limited to horror movies, so he only made one "Saw", and "Cold Heart" is the same.

However, he has feelings for "Cold Heart", and he will not let it go completely, so he will serve as the producer of "Cold Heart 2", and join his old partner Ray Warner in writing the script of the second part. There is no difficulty for him.After the script is finished and Jeff finds a suitable director to execute the filming, He Mu can join the team.

Now the director has not yet been determined, because the script has not been written yet, so the heroine has not been determined yet, what is certain is that it will definitely not be Scarlett Johansson.

Jeff told He Mu that the movie should start shooting after the Spring Festival, and he would definitely not be delayed as a director.

Although "Zibuyu" has not yet accepted the test of the market, the plan for the second and third consecutive shootings of "Zibuyu" is already in the making. Director He Mu will go into battle again and invest a lot of money.When he was at home, He Mu had been thinking about how to write the script. The framework had already been set up before writing the first script, and the next step was to describe some details and deliberate on the side plots. The key to the quality of a movie is to focus on the small things in order to do great things.

If there were doubts about whether to make a sequel to "Zi Bu Yu" at the beginning, it is imperative now, because He Mu is very confident in the quality of the film, and this confidence translates into expectations for the film's box office. Amazing numbers.

Initially, He Mu's expectation for the domestic box office of "Zi Bu Yu" was 1.5 million. After finishing the later stage and watching the finished film, He Mu's expectation increased to 2 million. After rave reviews, He Mu's expectations soared to [-] million, and the box office of the director's debut broke through [-] million. Isn't it a bit too greedy?

He Mu doesn't know, he only knows that he now has a starring movie with a box office of more than [-] million people. "Cold Heart" has been released for the second week, and the popularity has not diminished. Ignoring the influence of several new movies, the box office has reached a new peak. After the second week, it has broken through the [-] million mark!

... (To be continued..)

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