The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 581 Directing "A Nightmare on Elm Street"

That's right, the movie that Xu Guanwu wanted Yu Yunkang to direct was the famous "A Nightmare on Elm Street" in the history of horror movies.In fact, the three major ghost film series "Black Friday", "Moonlight Panicked" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" are all in the hands of Xu Guanwu. Originally, Yu Yunkang could direct any of them.

But Xu Guanwu transferred "A Nightmare on Elm Street" to Yu Yunkang to direct, mainly because "Black Friday" and "Moonlight Panic" have already been released, and the box office and reputation are good.This puts a lot of pressure on the sequel. If Yu Yunkang doesn't perform well, he may be criticized by fans, and may even directly ruin the series.

In comparison, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is now the first film to start filming, so there is no pressure from the previous film, and it is also convenient for the director to play.In addition, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is also a quite unique movie in the history of horror movies. Freddy is cold-blooded, cruel, mischievous and humorous, and he is a ghost with full of personality.Moreover, his skill of killing people and manipulating death in his dreams is something that horror films of all ages did not have.Therefore, shooting "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was easy to be successful, and it was also convenient for Yu Yunkang to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood with this film.

After Yu Yunkang listened to the story told by Xu Guanwu, he couldn't help being surprised.He originally thought that his story of "Bad List" was novel enough, but he didn't expect Xu Guanwu's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" to be much more novel than "Bad List".A chattering ghost with a unique skill of killing people in dreams, this kind of idea that no one has thought of before is really amazing.Although Yu Yunkang has not officially taken over as the director of this film, he already feels that this film is very interesting.

For a horror film, the most important thing is the setting of the villain.Just like Sadako in "Midnight Ring", she herself has a strange superpower. Anyone who has watched her video tape will die after seven days. Kayako in "The Grudge" is full of resentment, and anyone who enters her house is also inseparable from the fate of tragic death. Michael Mills in "Moonlight Panic" is possessed by a ghost, and all relatives will be killed without mercy. Jason in "Black Friday" wears a softball cap and holds a big knife. Anyone who is unfaithful can be killed. The chainsaw man in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" wears a human skin mask, holds a chainsaw, and kills wildly. In "The Mountain Has Eyes", the mutated man who was exposed to nuclear radiation lives as a cannibal, cold-blooded, savage and cruel...

In horror movies, the villains are always more brilliant than the decent ones. With a wonderful villain setting, this horror movie is basically a success.No matter from which point of view, Freddy the Nightmare Ghost King is a very wonderful setting. Even among so many villains in horror movies, he is still a maverick with a distinctive personality, just as glamorous as a firefly at night.His pockmarked face, sharp and slender blade, sinister and bitter laughter, amazing skills...all have betrayed him grievously.

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Xu Guanwu then called the United States and told Richard and David that they no longer needed to find a new director for "A Nightmare on Elm Street" because he had already found a very suitable director for this film.

Richard and David couldn't help being stunned after receiving Xu Guanwu's call. They were also busy looking for a director for "A Nightmare on Elm Street". His hard work was in vain.However, since Xu Guanwu is the investor, he has the right to decide the ownership of the director, and Richard and David have no way to refuse.

"Xu, is the director you're looking for reliable? I think it's better to be more cautious." Richard hesitated and said.

The selection of directors is a very important power for producers.Because it involves investors and producers competing for power.Xu Guanwu basically did not intervene in the selection of directors earlier, everything was delegated to Richard and David to operate.This also allows the two of them to have a lot of power, who to choose as the director, who to choose as the photographer, who to choose as the actor... Everything is up to them, which makes them respond to everyone in the crew and become similar to the emperor. General role.

But now Xu Guanwu has put in a director, does this mean that he will do the same in the future?This may just be his first step in getting involved in the production field.

Thinking that the power in their hands would be diluted soon, Richard and David couldn't help being somewhat conflicted, so they naturally suggested to Xu Guanwu.

"No problem, I can trust his talent." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "He is a Hong Kong director, and he has made two very good films before."

"Hong Kong director?!" Richard and David glanced at each other, feeling that something was wrong.Xu Guanwu sent Hong Kong movies before, then he sent Hong Kong actors, and now he sent Hong Kong directors, so wouldn't he also send the producers? !Then what's the matter with the two of them?They are all from Hong Kong, so they will naturally turn to their own people.

Richard himself is a Jew, so he naturally knows how united his people are.

"Okay, since you can trust him, then send him over, and we will treat him well." Richard quickly replied with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, David looked at Richard suspiciously, "You are crazy, you should refuse. Otherwise, if he sends someone over later, we will have no place."

"How you want me to refuse, he has already made up his mind." Richard glanced at him and said, "But you don't have to worry, we just need to make some problems for the director so that his film cannot be made, Naturally, Stanley knows that Hong Kong directors can't do well in Hollywood, and he still has to use us again."

"So you came up with this idea, it's really good." David's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing.

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When Richard and David were discussing how to thwart Yu Yun, Xu Guanwu was also planning to go to the United States. "Cannonball Run" will be released in the United States in half a month. This movie is one of Xu Guanwu's highlights this year, and the cost alone is as high as more than 2000 million US dollars.It is also related to whether "A Man of Gold and Jade" will be released in the second half of the year, whether Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao, and Yuan Biao can go further, etc., so he wants to go to the United States to personally supervise the battle.

In addition, at the beginning of the year, he promised to accompany Qingxia's mother and daughter to travel to the United States, but Lin Damei was busy filming "Love in a Fallen City" at the time, so the time was not adjusted, which made her unhappy for a while.So right now, when "Love in a Fallen City" was finished and Lin Qingxia had nothing to do, she just took her on a trip to the United States to make up for it.Otherwise wait a while? "Love in a Fallen City" is released, and Miss Lin is busy with publicity again, so I'm afraid she won't be able to spare time.

When Miss Lin heard the news that Xu Guanwu was going to take their mother and daughter to the United States, she couldn't help being very excited, and immediately packed her luggage with Xu Guanwu, preparing to go there for a few days to have a good time.In fact, what she cares about is not where to go to play, but she is very happy when she thinks that she can enjoy Xu Guanwu to herself in the next period of time.

As for Zhao Yazhi's side, she was also very sensitive about this matter, but recently she was also busy with other things, so it was too late to be jealous of Lin Qingxia.

When Xu Guanwu filmed "Love in a Fallen City" for Lin Qingxia and Zhang Luo at the beginning of the year, Zhao Yazhi showed strong jealousy, complaining that Xu Guanwu only let Lin Qingxia go out to film, but even restricted her from filming TV series.Xu Guanwu couldn't help his wife's jealousy, so he had to promise her that as long as she found a good script, she would also be lenient.

Zhao Yazhi felt very happy after listening to it, and then started searching for scripts with great fanfare.But with her status as the proprietress of the Xu Group, who would dare to fool her with a script, and knowing that she is such a big name, no company would dare to hire her casually.Therefore, after searching for several months, I couldn't find a suitable one. I thought this matter would be left alone, but who knew that there were really people who didn't believe in evil.

Director Xu Anhua specially found Zhao Yazhi and invited her to play a very important role in his new play.Director Xu Anhua was promoted by Shaw Brothers last year. He made a warm family comedy "Five Blessings". Movies just barely survived.

So Director Xu Anhua was subsequently kicked out by Shaw Brothers, but a film company still appreciated her talent and recruited her immediately.This company is Teddy Robin's Pearl City Films.

Zhucheng Film Company is funded by Liang Li Shaoxia, a celebrity in the Hong Kong business circle, and Teddy Robin is the general manager. Last year, it produced "Dragon and Phoenix Thieves Talking about Thieves", which is a comedy about police and gangsters. It is unique and has achieved very good box office.Teddy Robin, who had hit the ground running, decided to step up his efforts this year, planning to take advantage of the trend to launch four movies.It's just that if you want to increase the scale, you must recruit troops.

Although Zhucheng Film Company is rich in money, it is in short supply in terms of manpower, because many film talents are monopolized by the three companies of Xu, Shaw, and Golden Harvest. Other independent film companies either rent from the three major companies, or You have to rely on yourself to find newcomers.

For some film companies who only want to make quick money, it is relatively quick to rent people.But for Teddy Robin, he really wants to develop in the Hong Kong film industry, so he would rather choose the more difficult second road.Fortunately, Hong Kong's entertainment industry is now booming, attracting many young people to join the industry, among them there are many young and beautiful handsome guys and beautiful girls, so there is generally no shortage of actors.

It's just that it's more difficult to deal with professional talents such as directors. After all, directors are different from actors.A newcomer who has never acted in a movie can also play the leading role, but a newcomer who has never acted in a movie will definitely not be able to be a director.In Hong Kong, all the good directors are in the three major companies, so it is very difficult to find a freelance director.

Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, God can't die from starvation, and Teddy Robin really found someone, she is Xu Anhua who was just kicked out by Shaw Brothers.Teddy Robin had seen "Five Blessings" directed by Xu Anhua before, and thought it was a very good movie, but it was a pity that it was not well-received, and he also felt very sorry for the poor box office.Therefore, after inquiring about the termination of the contract between Shaw Brothers and Xu Anhua, he immediately approached Xu Anhua and sincerely invited her to join his Zhucheng Film Company.

Xu Anhua had also heard of the character Teddy Robin before, and knew that he was good at playing music, but he didn't know if he had a talent for movies.So Xu Anhua didn't immediately agree to Teddy Robin, but wanted to hear his opinion on the movie first.If it suits her wishes, it won't be too late for her to join. If the ideas are different, then it's time to disagree.After all, Xu Anhua has a stubborn personality and has his own persistence. He doesn't want to force himself to make movies he doesn't want to make in order to cater to commercial interests.

And Teddy Robin actually happens to be a young man of literature and art, especially after wandering in North America for a while, deeply influenced by the rock music there, he feels that money is just something outside of him, and life is too short to do anything. meaning, otherwise he would be wasting his youth, so he doesn't really admire commercial films.

The two hit it off immediately, and Xu Anhua immediately decided to join Zhucheng Film Company and started filming the new movie "Mad Robbery".

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