At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 682
"The King of Kung Fu" will be released in North America on April 4, six days earlier than in mainland China.

Perhaps the producer also knows that the standard of "The King of Kung Fu" is difficult to impress mainland audiences...

I want to create the early advantage of painting outside the wall and inside the wall.

After all, we all grew up watching kung fu movies. If you want to talk about other genres, we may not have the right to speak, but kung fu movies...

We are still qualified to talk about high and low.

There's not much to say about the movie.

For many movie fans, the most important point of "The King of Kung Fu" is to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Chinese: Jackie Chan and Li Lian link the two kung fu superstars' peak duel.

At the moment in 08, these two are really unique!

——"The King of Kung Fu", such an arrogant title can only be supported by double Js, and someone else's life will be shortened.

Shen Xudong has always felt that there is an important reason why the two have not cooperated: who will play the leading role?
After all, they are also Chinese action superstars, and one of them always seems to lose face as a supporting role.

In fact, in "The King of Kung Fu", Jackie Chan is a supporting role, Li Lianlian plays the silent monk and Monkey King...

If you really want to care about it seriously, the actor who plays Monkey King should not find Li Lianlian.

Mr. Six is ​​actually quite suitable, and the Sino-US co-production has blossomed!
Ahem...

In the different contexts of Chinese and Western cultures, it is indeed difficult to make an "action movie" that can be sold abroad and recognized domestically.

And I have to worry about the roles of the two actors...

Director Rob Minkoff has done his best!
The plot is that the 17-year-old boy Jason got a mysterious golden cudgel from a pawn shop in Chinatown, then traveled to China, and was trained by two masters played by Jackie Chan and Li Lian, making Jason a "Skywalker"...

Then they joined forces to deal with the Yujiang God of War and the White-haired Witch, and summoned the fantasy God of War "Monkey King" in ancient Chinese history to punish rape and eliminate evil!
Typical routine script: Act [-]: Row in Chinatown; Act [-]: Encounter with the Golden Swallow; Act [-]: Fighting for the Golden Cudgel; Act [-]: Fight at the end of the film...

In fact, if Shen Xudong takes over as the screenwriter, he will change the plot and make Jason the real Skywalker!
Skywalker: Skywalker, walk the way of the sky, carry out the will of the sky.

Son of Plane.

In other words, he was the key to breaking the game, and in the end he was given a golden cudgel, so it was none of his business!

Then what are you doing with the two of you learning art?
To be honest, Jackie Chan + Li Lianlian's cast can only truly reflect its value if it is used in Hong Kong movies.

——Even if Wang Jing is the director.

But the response was overwhelming!

Especially when Jackie Chan and Li Lian made a move, the whole auditorium screamed...

Lions Gate won 3151 opening theaters for "The King of Kung Fu", which can be called a large-scale screening.

……

Domestic news: "The King of Kung Fu" premiered in North America, Jackie Chan held Liu Yifei tight throughout;
"The King of Kung Fu" premiered in North America, and Liu Yifei was praised as the Chinese version of "Hepburn"...

Well, Shen Xudong searched for keywords like 'The King of Kung Fu, Liu Yifei', and the real entertainment headline was 'The King of Kung Fu' premiered in North America, Jackie Chan and Li Lian faced for the first time'.

In one sentence, it directly sums up the selling point of the whole play.

Pretty accurate!

Oh, Shen Xudong briefly chatted with Jackie Chan and Liu Yifei, and then left.

"The King of Kung Fu" was released, and they not only had to promote it in Los Angeles, but also had to go to the UK, Singapore, and South Korea to promote it. Li Lianlian was entangled in many things and couldn't leave.

Released on April 4th, it is indeed a very good schedule-there are no contestants worth mentioning at all in the same schedule, and the only worthy opponent is "Forget Sarah Marshall", an R-rated comedy with 16 openings home cinema...

Why is it worth mentioning?
Because the producer and screenwriter of this movie is Judd Apatow, which belongs to the work of the 'Apatow' party!

"The King of Kung Fu" became the weekly champion with a box office of 2087 million US dollars in the first weekend.

Oh, what Shen Xudong is more concerned about is that after "The King of Kung Fu" was released in Southeast Asia, it directly impacted "Zhao Zilong 2".

The box office comparison is very intuitive: in Singapore, "The King of Kung Fu" earned US$110 million in the first weekend, and No.2 "Zhao Zilong 2" was US$10; "Zhao Zilong 95" still ranks second, with a reported income of around US$2...

The attraction of Jackie Chan + Li Lianlian is too strong!
……

At the end of April, Shen Xudong arrived at the set of "The Evil Man", briefly chatted with the creators about the weather, and then he went to find Joseph.

The film "Biography of the Wicked", the frame is here, and Brad Peyton is also a capable director--the masterpieces "Collapse", "Revenge Behemoth", "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2: The Mysterious Island", very Good at camera scheduling.

Shen Xudong has no objection to him.

Then don't bother!
Joseph took the initiative to chat about "The King of Kung Fu"...

He was a little disappointed with the movie: "The plot is stupid!"

"Haha... It's not stupid..."

Well, it's really stupid. Jackie Chan himself commented on "The King of Kung Fu": "The King of Kung Fu" was filmed for Americans, so don't hold too much hope...

Joseph smiled, waved his hands and said, "But making money is certain, after all, selling discs is enough to pay back!"

"The disc business in North America is still doing well?"

"Why is it not easy to do?"

"You can watch it directly online!"

"Everyone is used to watching DVDs at home..."

"How are our CDs doing?"

Joseph was speechless: "Why do you care about it? Our movies and discs are sold directly to Lions Gate!"

Shen Xudong smiled awkwardly...

Indeed, Wonderful Studio did not build a peripheral income network...

In North America, the company usually needs to negotiate with the video disc company about the copyright income of the film. When facing these disc companies, the independent film company often has no right to speak.

So, just sell it directly to Lionsgate...

""See the Devil" is released in June, do you think it's okay?"

"...September, when "Batman" is released..."

"You like "The Dark Knight"?"

"...Nonsense, that's Batman!"

"But the first one didn't sell much..."

We are talking about "The Mystery of Shadow". The North American box office of this film is 2.06 million US dollars, and the global box office is 3.73 million US dollars. You must know that the first part of Tim Burton's "Batman" sold 4.11 million worldwide. Dollar…

Then, there are 2.66 million left in the second part!

"Then don't worry about it... By the way, have you chosen the guest actress yet?"

What Shen Xudong was talking about was the little girl holding an umbrella in "The Evil Man"...

It was a turning point in the plot, because the little girl was killed, the black boss immediately went into a rage, and the serial killer was wanted in the whole city.

In fact, according to Shen Xudong's opinion, just find a little girl to play a cameo, if it's not possible, ask Christine or Amanda to come and play a guest...

This friendship is still there!

But Joseph says there are better options.

Although he didn't know who it was, Shen Xudong was still looking forward to it after passing Christine. As expected, Joseph did not disappoint him. He said, "Find it, Emma!"

"Emma Watson?"

Joseph rolled his eyes: "...do you think I have the ability to invite Hao Min?"

"What about Emma? Emma Geller?"

"Emma Geller?"

"Friends, daughter of Ross and Rachel..."

"...Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts' niece, she asked me to introduce it, I said, let me make a cameo first..."

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Joseph thoughtfully: "You guys are really good at playing!"

"What's the real flower?"

"You introduced her to me..."

Don't you just want Xudong to preach and give the liquid?

Joseph said indifferently: "This is the rule of the game."

Well, Shen Xudong can only accept it—do as the Romans do.

However, after seeing Emma Roberts, Shen Xudong suddenly thought of something, it seems that he has gathered all the four Hollywood actresses...

Is there any reward for summoning the dragon?

(End of this chapter)