Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 677: Invitation to a movie viewing party, amazing brain circuits

The sudden release of an imported film indicates that the competition in this summer season will be particularly fierce. "Transformers 4", which has an abnormal harvesting ability, has been put into the summer season and released simultaneously around the world.

In addition, there are three Hollywood blockbusters in June, "Edge of Tomorrow", "Godzilla" and "Maleficent".

People in the industry wailed, and those who had a premonition had already started to prepare in advance, such as Xiying's "The True Story of Swordsmanship", which announced a postponement when several imported films were scheduled.

After the domestic box office of "Devoured Star" exceeded 400 million, Gu Wei, after discussing with Song Ge, decided to sell the North American copyright of the film to Warner.

After finishing North America, Gu Wei turned his attention to Europe. As for Southeast Asia, the Japanese people love animation in their bones. Xingchen Film and Television and Toho have also reached an introduction cooperation, and "Devouring the Star" will be available during the summer vacation.

As for South Korea, there is no need to think about it. Now the South Korean people have regarded Gu Wei as a thorn in their eyes. Even if "Devouring the Stars" is released in South Korea, there is no doubt that the box office will not be high, and it may even trigger public boycott again.

So, after the opening of the Cannes Film Festival on the 14th, the company arranged for Wang Chen to take a copy of "Swallowed Star" with him, commonly known as selling the film.

As one of the three major film festivals in Europe, there is no need to explain Cannes' status and popularity in the hearts of filmmakers around the world.

Just talking about this year's awards, no Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the main competition unit, so there were not many reports in China.

In fact, the bottom line is that there are not many big-name domestic stars going there. For example, Fan Binbin, a frequent visitor to Cannes, was absent this year due to his participation in the global promotion of "X-Men", and Li Binbin did not come either.

The domestic female stars with some fame who have arrived in Cannes so far are Jane Zhang and Jin Qiaoqiao. The former will attend as a singer and will sing the theme song of "Dragon Nest", while the latter is the boss lady of Bona and will be present with Yu Dong.

Although there were not many celebrities and artists going there, there were many executives from Chinese film companies who came to sell their films. As the domestic market has become bigger and bigger, many new films have gone to Cannes to expand overseas markets. This has become the first choice for Chinese-language filmmakers to sell their films.

The domestic media only discovered this breaking news after "Devoured Star" had been screened twice in Cannes.

Also attracting attention along with "Devouring the Stars" is "Overheard 3", which was promoted by Yu Dong himself and his team.

All of a sudden, domestic media reported the incident one after another, and only then did netizens discover the incident.

"Fuck, such a big thing and no one notified me first."

"I heard that the North American copyright was bought by Warner Bros. It's worth tens of millions of dollars. I wonder how much it can be sold for in Europe?"

"I'm not asking about the price, I'm just asking when the second movie will be released."

"It's just gossip. I heard that the second part of "Swallowed Star" starts from when Luo Feng left the Earth and ends at Yuxiang Mountain..."

"Oh my goodness, how many episodes will it take to get to the finale? Urge Fanqie to start the second episode so that Xingchen Films can keep filming."

"I wonder what the copyright of Overheard 3 is?"

...

Star Films.

Looking at the fresh invitation in his hand, Gu Wei couldn't help but laugh.

"This guy really learns fast, haha."

The content on the invitation letter was an invitation to Gu Wei to attend the film screening of "One Step Away", and it also had Jiang Wen's autograph on it. The entire content was written in classical Chinese, which seemed to be in line with Jiang Wen's personality.

Gu Wei took a photo with his mobile phone and sent it to a group of directors called "World's Top".

After a while, Ning Hao and Lu Yang also sent two photos in. Gu Wei clicked on them and saw that they were exactly the same as his own.

“Hey, is this what big directors do? I’ll do one before “Knife of the Assassin 2” is released.” Lu Yang’s hand speed is amazing. The text appeared almost as soon as he posted the photo.

"Haha, you said it was the work of big directors. Do you have the nerve to hold a film screening in advance?" Ning Hao said directly.

"That's better than yours. The cost of 'Knife Assassins 2' was over million yuan. One movie is enough for you to make three 'Lost in Thailand' movies." Lu Yang did not give in at all and picked on Ning Hao's pain points.

"No need to say more, let's compare the box office. Whoever loses will get to treat me to midnight snacks for a month." Ning Hao was convinced to make the bet.

"No problem. Let Director Gu and sister-in-law testify. No regrets."

Before anyone else could say anything, Gu Wei suddenly asked, "You two don't want to make the foot massage bet anymore?"

In an instant, the entire group was filled with various expressions from Ning Hao and Lu Yang, who directly pushed back on this sentence.

In less than a minute, Gu Wei received private messages from two people. Ning Hao's message was: "Don't play like this. Do you want me to go home and continue sleeping on the sofa?"

Lu Yang said: "If my wife sees this, I will have no choice but to go to your house and eat and sleep on the floor."

.........

The next day, Gu Wei received Wang Changtian and Ye Ning who came to visit him in person at the company.

The two had a clear purpose: to purchase the film rights to the Ghost Blows Out the Light series. "Are you sure?" After returning to China, Gu Wei learned from Miss Liu that an Internet company had done a survey online: "Which Internet works are most expected to be adapted into film and television works?" Among them, Ghost Blows Out the Light ranked first, with a terrifyingly high number of votes!

But their own company produced two TV series in the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, so they naturally knew the difficulty involved. To be honest, it was only because Gu Wei had a big face and with the help of Han Sanping, La Peikang and others that this novel was made into a TV series.

But even so, there are many requirements for the script and the finished film during the review process.

For example: no serious violent or bloody scenes should appear during the filming process.

The theme cannot be described as tomb robbing, it should be changed to exploration, and the cultural relics obtained should be handed over to the country.

No lines or images that may corrupt young people are allowed, and the stories of ghosts and monsters must be changed to illusions caused by various natural factors...

There are many changes like these. It can be said that while the first part of Ghost Blows Out the Light received rave reviews, it also received a lot of complaints from netizens.

"Sure, this subject is very popular right now, and we plan to make it into a movie." The two said in unison.

Hearing this, Gu Wei raised his eyebrows. He believed that the other party must have known about these restrictions. If he knew about them but still asked about them, he was either stubborn or confident.

After taking a sip of tea, Wang Changtian and Ye Ning looked at each other. Both of them were a little hesitant. Finally, it was the eldest Wang who spoke up: "We plan to make it an idol adventure film, with as few tomb raiding scenes as possible, and mainly focus on idols, leveling up and fighting monsters..."

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When Wang Changtian finished speaking, Gu Wei was stunned. He stood up and looked at his big head, wanting to understand his train of thought. An idol adventure drama? Is the idea so unique? It would be a pity if he didn't become a screenwriter.

"Haha, Mr. Wang means that making slight changes will make it easier to pass the review." Ye Ning said with a smile.

Wang Changtian on the side also reacted and nodded repeatedly, then continued: "We plan to invite a few big-name stars to participate, and the content will definitely be changed, but it won't be so exaggerated."

Gu Wei didn't believe these two people at all. He guessed that they were just trying to make a quick buck, but this kind of big movie had the potential to be made into a series. Once the beginning was ruined, there would be no need to think about the whole series being put on the big screen.

"Forget it. Actually, the company has a written script, but we knew it wouldn't be easy to pass the review, so we never considered making it into a movie." Gu Wei said lightly.

"Director Gu..." Wang Changtian was about to speak.

"Let's wait a little longer and let the TV series warm up the market." Gu Wei chose to refuse.

Honestly speaking, the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series has the potential to become a big IP, but unfortunately its previous works "Nine-story Demon Tower" and "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" completely ruined the audience's expectations.

Now it seems that they also have this intention. Gu Wei feels that instead of ruining the classic with the mentality of making money, it is better not to shoot it.

When the time is right, we will bring it to the big screen, or even to Hollywood.

About an hour later, Wang Changtian and Ye Ning left Xingchen Film and Television. Although they did not get the film copyright of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light Series", there was no disappointment on their faces.

Because Gu Wei promised them that when the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series is made into a big movie in the future, Light Media and Wanda can give priority to investment.

.........

Generally, the shooting cycle of movies and TV series is three to six months. Even if some big productions take a little longer, they are mainly concentrated in the early preparation and post-production.

In the circle, many movies and TV series that have been approved and started shooting have reached the end of their shooting period, and there seems to be a sense of crowding.

In mid-May, Chen Kaige's "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" entered the final stage of filming, and a high-profile press conference was held for this purpose.

Director Chen announced at the scene that the film's box office target was a guaranteed 1 billion yuan, and said that the film was a painstaking effort and he was very satisfied with the performance of the leading actors.

The filming of Guangguang's "The Four 2" was completed in less than four months, and the slogan shouted by Chen Jiashang was also a box office target of billion.

At the same time, director Guo Da’s film "Tiny Times 3: The Last Thing" released its latest trailer, and netizens couldn’t help but complain as soon as they saw it.

"The four sisters turned against each other. It was indeed a bloody plot that only Director Guo could pull off."

"Anyway, the first two movies were bad, so how bad can this one be? Let's go to the cinema and watch it when it's released."

As for Xingchen Film and Television Company, "The Journey of Flower", which started filming last year, was the first to be completed.

The company’s official Weibo account released the latest stills, which centered on Chen Xiao and Zhao Liying and instantly received praise from many netizens.

In addition to "The Journey of Flower", the filming of "Nirvana in Fire" is more than halfway through, and "Red Sorghum" is also about to come to an end. The early preparations for this movie were just too time-consuming, but the filming was quite fast.

After all, purely in terms of acting skills, Su Chang can be regarded as the leader among post-80s actresses. Even after Miss Liu won two awards, in Gu Wei's opinion, she is still not as good as the former in expressing some emotions.

The numerous pieces of news excited the media reporters. The hot searches on the Internet were all different reports every day, and the entire domestic entertainment industry became extremely lively.

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(End of this chapter)