The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 464 Big Project
Xu Guanwu had watched the movie "The Shining" admiringly before. He thought it was just an old movie from decades ago. Both the picture and special effects are not as good as the current movie. It shouldn't be too scary.But in fact, after he finished watching the film, he had nightmares for two days in a row.

Although the film "The Shining" does not have excellent special effects, nor does it have high-definition video images, but through the lens, sound effects, and actors' acting skills, this film renders a maze-like world full of coldness , The weird, scary, and chilling atmosphere makes people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts after watching it. It is a movie that will make people feel desperate after watching it.

Although Xu Guanwu does not know how high the box office of "The Shining" is, perhaps it was not very popular at the time, but like "Blade Runner", it was discovered as a classic 20 years later.Perhaps this film will make him unable to recover the cost, but Xu Guanwu still intends to shoot it, because it would be a sin not to make such a good film.

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The screenplay of the movie "The Shining" is adapted from the novel by Stephen King. Stephen King is a horror novel writer who began to rise in the mid-70s, and is praised as a master of modern horror novels.However, Stephen King is not interested in this name, because the status of horror novels in the American literary world is not high, just like ghost novels are in Hong Kong literary circles, and Internet literature is in mainland literary circles, they are always despised by mainstream literature.

Stephen King has always wanted to move closer to mainstream literature, and has published many non-horror novels, such as the very famous "Shawshank Redemption", but because his horror novels are so famous, people mentioned He still called him the "Master of Horror" at the time, which made him feel very depressed.

It’s as if Mr. Jin Yong didn’t only write martial arts novels, his editorials are also very exciting, but when people promote him, they often call him “the master of martial arts”, a master of martial arts novels, and his contributions to politics and society. is ignored.

Stephen King's horror novels are well-known for their horror renderings. They usually start from an extraordinary little thing, and then weave a vast web bit by bit like a poisonous spider, trapping readers firmly in the Which can not extricate themselves.

However, although Stephen King is a master of horror novels in the United States, the sales volume of his works has exceeded [-] million copies, and he can be regarded as the most read American novelist in the world today.However, his novels do not seem to be very famous in China. On the contrary, the movies adapted from his novels are more famous.

The reason for this difference is, on the one hand, that in the process of translating Stephen King's novels from English to Chinese, various mistakes often occur, which affect readers' interest in reading.On the other hand, his writing style is not very suitable for the reading habits of Chinese people.

Stephen King's horror novels often contain a large number of psychological descriptions, which are used to heighten and exaggerate the horror atmosphere; while Chinese horror novels win with storylines, and each story has a terrifying and wonderful storyline, such as the The famous ghost tale novel "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio".

There are also cultural differences. Stephen King's horror novels are rooted in Western culture, especially Christian culture, full of plots such as redemption and punishment.For domestic readers who do not understand Western culture and Christianity, many metaphors and references cannot resonate, which makes the novel lose a lot of horror.

Therefore, the readers who come here for the name have a sigh that it is hard to live up to the reputation, and naturally a considerable part of the readers are lost.However, the movie adapted from Stephen King's novel has still achieved a very good reputation, and it can be regarded as the best of the best.

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Seeing that Xu Guanwu had picked out another script, Richard and David couldn't help looking over their heads curiously. They saw that the script was "The Shining" written by Stephen King, and they all nodded in unison. .

Stephen King is a newly emerging horror novelist, and his novels are selling very well. This "The Shining" is also a popular work in recent years. Some film companies plan to acquire the copyright to adapt it, but David Give it a head start.It was he who bought the copyright of "The Shining" with money, and then asked someone to adapt it into a script.

The reason why David is interested in the book "The Shining" is not only that it ranks third in the "New York Times" bestseller, but also because David himself is also a horror novel lover.He bought this "The Shining" right after it came out, and after reading it during filming, he immediately realized the value of this novel, so he hurried back to the United States to find Stephen King. The film and television adaptation rights of this book were bought at a very generous price.

But the facts proved that his vision was really good. Xu Guanwu just glanced at the title of the script, and then read the general introduction of the story. After confirming that it was "The Shining" in his mind, he immediately decided to invest in the filming of this movie.

Seeing Xu Guanwu put "The Shining" on his left hand, David couldn't help being happy for a while.Now that Xu Guanwu decided to shoot, the funds he had paid before will be rewarded, which is naturally a great thing for him.

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Xu Guanwu then carefully read the remaining scripts. Although there are more than 20 remaining scripts, they do not match the memories in his mind. Therefore, Xu Guanwu did not invest rashly, but decided to invest only in these Three movies.

"Okay, I intend to invest in these three films, and you can report to me later." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "As for the rest of the scripts, forget it, I am not interested in investing for the time being."

"We have prepared more than 50 scripts, and you only selected three of them to invest in. The chances are too small. Why don't you choose again." Richard frowned and said.

These scripts were collected by him and David with great difficulty, and several of them were also competing for by other film companies, but Xu Guanwu did not choose any of them, which made Richard feel that his previous efforts were a little bit not worth.You must know that in order to grab these scripts, he offended a large number of Hollywood filmmakers.

"I'm not sure about investing in those scripts, so that's good, if you can persuade 20th Century Fox to invest in the first phase, I will agree to pay the other half of the cost, how?" Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said.

Richard and David glanced at each other, "Okay, it's a deal. In fact, these scripts are very good scripts, and my dad also intended to invest in them, but I didn't let him read them because I wanted to keep them for you." .Since you say that, I'm relieved." Richard said with a smile.

"Well, it's hard for you. It must take a lot of time to prepare these scripts. I understand the efforts you have made." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "That's good. The three scripts I selected are still made by You are in charge of filming, as for sharing, I will give you a more reasonable plan, what do you think?"

Richard and David nodded together. Although Xu Guanwu has not explained what kind of plan it is, but according to their previous experience in cooperation with Xu Guanwu, since Xu Guanwu said it is a more reasonable plan, it must be that they will benefit more , so they all seemed very happy.

"By the way, do you two know what Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have been doing recently?" Xu Guanwu blinked and asked.

"The two of them are currently busy with the follow-up editing work of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", so I haven't heard that they have any new ideas." Richard shook his head and said.

"That's good, you call them over now, let me ask them in person." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "If they have any new ideas, let's finalize them together now by the way. Because it will take another day or two I'm going back to Hong Kong."

"Why are you in such a hurry to go back? We thought you would stay for a month this time." asked in great surprise.

"Actually, I didn't have time to come here this time, but I had to come because of some unexpected circumstances." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "Now I can spare a day to come here, and I have reached my greatest limit."

"In that case, then I'll bring them over immediately." Richard patted his chest and said immediately after hearing what Xu Guanwu said.

Sure enough, a moment later, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were invited.Both of them had red eyes, as if they hadn't slept for many days.

Xu Guanwu knew that this was the result of the long time they edited the film in the darkroom, and their eyes were exposed to strong light for a long time. Xu Guanwu had seen this phenomenon a lot with those employees under Xu's company, so he didn't feel it at all. strangeness.

"Mr. Xu!" George Lucas and Steven Spielberg greeted Xu Guanwu very respectfully.

Although they are the hottest new directors in Hollywood today, Xu Guanwu is already a famous film investor, directly in charge of the power of life and death of these directors, so Lucas and Spielberg did not presumptuously in front of him power.

"It's been a long time. I heard that your movie has been finished? I'm looking forward to how much shock it will bring to everyone when it's released." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu. This "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the culmination of Stephen's and I's hard work. I can assure you that its quality is very high." George Lucas said confidently, "I think it It should set off an upsurge of treasure-hunting adventures during this summer vacation."

"Very good, I appreciate your confidence, I hope you won't let me down." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "By the way, I invited you here this time to ask you a question. After "Raiders of the Lost Ark" , do you have any new ideas?"

"This... I really haven't thought about it. All my energy is now on "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I am afraid that I will only consider new movies after it is released." Steven Spielberg He shook his head and said.

"I have the same thought as Stephen. Before "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is released, I don't want to distract myself." George Lucas also shook his head.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard what the two of them said.These American filmmakers are just too honest.Hong Kong filmmakers are already thinking about the next film even before the filming of this film is finished. Even this film and that film start shooting at the same time, and sometimes three or four films are filmed at the same time.

Wang Jing is known as a fast swordsman. He once filmed four films at the same time. In the morning, he was Cheng Long's "City Hunter", at night he was Zhou Xingchi's "The Deer and Ding Tale", and he was also watching Singapore's "Twelve Hours". I became the producer of a film, and my whole body turned like a spinning top, and because of this, I got tired of liver disease.But even though I was tired at that time, I was really tired and happy.

When Hong Kong films decline in later generations, let alone start shooting four films at the same time, it is already good to shoot four films a year.

(End of this chapter)