Big names rise

"The Great Footprint of Shennongjia" is Mizuki's first ambitious work to test water monster movies and 3D technology. It is a blockbuster film after "Big Card". In order to ensure the box office, He Mu personally persuaded a super heavyweight to Celebrities who surprised the people of the whole country join the ranks of special starring roles, and the rest of the regular starring roles are basically confirmed. The cast is strong, but the director has not had a good candidate. He wants to find a young famous director with fresh ideas in his mind. Originally, he hoped that Tao Quduo would take over the directorship of this film, but he still had great confidence in Tao's level.

However, Lao Tao is busy with the preparatory work of "Tomb Raider Notes". In addition, he has another cooperation that is very important to his career as a director. It is not a cooperation with Mizuki, but with He Mu's support, it will become his. next directorial work.

There are many mainland directors, but they are well-known and very few of them are of a high level, not to mention this kind of visual blockbusters that control big scenes and high technology, and what Wei Desheng showed in the movie "Sedek Bale" The super control has won many mainland directors' compliments, and He Mu also appreciates it very much. He never imagined that a Taiwan director who could only shoot some literary novels or heavy literary tastes could shoot such a magnificent epic production. , is worthy of being a blockbuster film built with NT$[-] million.

Sometimes, the ability to spend money is also an important indicator to test a director's strength. NT$7 million is almost 1.5 million yuan. I am afraid that there are not many directors in the mainland who have the courage to invest so much money to make movies, just like many years ago Feng Xiaogang said it when he was filming "The Banquet".He doesn't worry about not having enough money to make movies, he only worries about too much money, because he simply doesn't have the level to spend that money.At the same time, Zhang Yimou was an expert at spending money, and the effect produced, although "The Banquet" and "The Golden Armor" are the best among bad movies, but "The Golden Armor" is much more magnificent and beautiful than "The Banquet". .

Therefore, He Mu firmly believes that if Wei Desheng can sell houses and cars and spend NT$7 million to make an ideal national blockbuster, then he will be able to manage a mainland visual effects blockbuster with an investment of 1.5 million yuan. The most important thing is that Wei Desheng is short of money now. The production cost of "Sediq Bale" was NT$8.8 million (approximately RMB [-] million). Although the box office of the two local episodes in Taiwan was as high as NT$[-] million, there is no suspense for the two mainland episodes to exceed NT$[-] million.But other overseas box office and sales are not optimistic, and these box office shares are not enough to recover the cost, so although he takes the revitalization of local films in Taiwan as his own responsibility, he is determined to push Taiwan films to a new height.But under the heavy invitation.He still readily agreed to He Mu's invitation, and it is very necessary for an ambitious film director to try different types of films, and he cherishes this opportunity very much.

Wei Desheng had no connection with the mainland before. Although his fellow countryman Chen Guofu was Huayi's undeniable military adviser and introduced many Taiwanese film talents to Huayi, including directors and actors, he seemed to have no intention of introducing him to Erwang.Now, although he is close in background, He Mu, the boss of Shuimu Forest, who is not inferior in strength, thinks highly of him.It can be regarded as opening a shortcut door for his development in the mainland. He believes that even commercial films can be controlled by himself. He has also read the outline of the script of "Big Footprint". The experience can be transplanted. If the movie makes money, he can also have a lot of income. When he returns to Taiwan to film, he won't be so stretched.

Some people say that the renaissance of Taiwanese films began with "Cape No. 3", and the director who created this legend, Wei Desheng, is undoubtedly a master-level young director from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. He is a representative figure of local films in Taiwan today. Announcing the handing over of a [-]D production with a level of [-] million yuan to his hands, it had a very good sensational effect, and was praised by the media as a "strong alliance", and it was predicted that the special combination would produce unexpected chemical effects.

And the name of the great director Wei Desheng, which was only circulated in the ears of a few so-called elites before, is becoming more and more familiar to ordinary people. Only then did everyone know that a movie with a weird name he shot is being released in theaters. Or whether He Mu has the talent to know people and went to the cinema to enjoy the first and second episodes of this movie. The effect of this arrangement by Shuimu Forest even surpassed the many interviews and advertisements made before.

In the new week, under the impact of the Hollywood 3D movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2: The Mysterious Island", Li Bingbing teamed up with Sun Honglei and Duan Yihong's "I Do", Johnnie To's new literary and artistic love work "High Altitude Love 2" and other new films And in the competition of old films such as "Mission: Impossible 4" and "Death Money", "Rainbow Bridge" received another 2600 million, ranking third, with a total of 5700 million. The last episode "Sun Flag" earned 1400 million, ranking first Fifth, with a total of 6600 million, the total domestic box office of the first and second "Sediq Bale" has successfully exceeded [-] million.

At the same time, Zhao Wei frequently appeared in the entertainment section. In addition to the new Huayi film she starred in, Taiwan director Doze Niu's "Love" will be released with a high profile on Valentine's Day. Zhao Wei also admitted in a high profile that she would direct her first film As for the movie, which is a postgraduate graduation project, as for what to shoot, the actors and actresses are kept secret, but she Dafeng admitted that the investor is Shuimu Forest, and her good brother He Mu is willing to pay for her graduation project.

In recent years, the Valentine’s Day schedule has always been a good schedule. A good-quality romance film will often have a miraculous effect on this schedule. Unfortunately, last year, Mizuki did not customize a romance film for this Valentine’s Day, so in this schedule, we can only sit back and watch. Yi Yi's "love" monopolizes the couple market, earning 8800 million in the first week, which is full of heroism. It ranks No.2 after "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2". This movie includes Zhao Wei, Shu Qi, Ruan Jingtian, Zhao Youting, Peng Yuyan, Chen Yihan , Guo Caijie and other popular stars, as the only mainland actor in the starring role, is also the biggest actor. Zhao Wei, who came back after giving birth and "falling in love" with the young boy Zhao Youting, is undoubtedly the biggest guarantee for the 8800 million first-week box office. It showed her strong box office appeal and strengthened Shuimu Forest's confidence in launching "To Youth".

This week the Chinese film "Love" is sandwiched between "Journey to the Center of the Earth 2" and "Mission: Impossible 4". It broke through 2 million and moved towards 4 million. At this time, China and the United States reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding to solve WTO film-related issues.

The agreement was signed on February 12, 2 and came into effect that year. The main contents include: China will increase 17 blockbuster movies imported from the United States every year, mainly imax and 14D movies. The original 3 films (Hollywood films shall not exceed 20% of these 20 films) will be increased to 80; in addition, the proportion of account sharing will also be increased from 34% to 13%. The previous 25% account share is very small, so the introduction of Most of the profits of the film are collected by China Film and China, and the 13% ratio is relatively close to the international level. In this way, the profits of Hollywood blockbusters in the mainland have doubled, and the mainland market will further increase the attractiveness of Hollywood filmmakers. , It also means that Chinese films will face more brutal competition and severe tests.

The situation in 2012 is indeed a little nervous for Chinese-speaking filmmakers, because this year more Hollywood blockbusters will be released simultaneously in the mainland, and the pressure is very high. Some people in the industry began to shout that this move will greatly impact the local film industry, while others He began to lobby the radio and television and China Film, hoping to find a good schedule and avoid Hollywood blockbusters as much as possible, but there are also some people who are eager to confront Hollywood blockbusters head-on, and how to compare them.

If Chinese-language films want to establish a high-quality impression in the hearts of local audiences, we must have this kind of courage. We may not be able to do very well at the beginning, but with the increase in investment and the development of technology, the quality of Chinese-language films will definitely improve. Gradually narrowing the gap with Hollywood blockbusters... (To be continued...)