Big names rise

"Have you heard? Wanda bought AMC?"

When He Mu was at home at night, he was playing with the children when his father suddenly called him to ask.

"Well, the news just came out a few days ago, I didn't expect to sign the contract so soon."

AMC is the second largest theater chain in the United States and the second largest theater chain in the world. It has opened more than 400 movie theaters around the world, with more than 5000 screens. Last year, its turnover reached 25 billion US dollars. It is a giant in the international theater chain industry. After several years of rapid development, the theater chain has also successfully won the honor of Asia's No. [-] theater chain. The merger of the two is a strong alliance in the true sense.

If it was an American company that swallowed up a Chinese company, it would definitely not be such a sensation, but this time, in reverse, it was a Chinese company that swallowed up an American industry giant, so the effect of the news would be different.

Although he is a competitor, Mr. He is also very relieved by Wanda's merger and acquisition behavior. Although Wanda Cinemas has such confidence by relying on the real estate giant Wanda Group behind it, this can also explain China's The strength and pioneering spirit of the company, with this precedent, maybe one day his metropolitan theater chain will also expand its business overseas. In short, Wanda has made a good start for its fellow Chinese theater chains.

He Mu's thinking is different from that of his father.

Relying on its background as a real estate developer, Wanda Group is actively developing the theater market. It is the largest theater chain in China and the only theater chain in China whose theaters are all its own. Wanda Cinemas has successfully become the largest cinema in China.It has shifted its energy to the entire industry chain of the film industry, relying on strong capital.They can do almost anything they want.

A long time ago, Wanda started to get involved in the distribution stage. Last year, it cooperated with Shuimu Forest for Xu Jinglei's "Intimate Enemy" and set foot in the production stage. Published three films that participated in the investment and entered the summer file melee.

Among them are adaptations of Mai Jia's best-selling novels."The Listener" co-operated with the famous director Mak Siu-fai/Zhuang Wenqiang, the famous actor Tony Leung Zhou Xun, and "Hold Living Love" which closely followed the forefront of fashion and attracted the popular couple Yang Mi Hawick Lau as a box office guarantee, and "Hold Living Love" with sincerity Invite Sun Honglei, Ni Dahong and other talented actors to star in "Frontier Wind and Cloud".

The dense appearance of these movies in August is undoubtedly because Wanda wants to show its presence in the field of film production, coupled with the support of a giant theater chain like Wanda Cinemas behind it.Even if word of mouth is poor, the quality of these movies is not necessarily too bad.

This was only in 2012. He Mu heard news from the market that Wanda is currently working on or is about to start a number of film projects, among which there is a "Palace" in cooperation with Yu Zhengyu Mama, the "godmother" of the Lei drama. Big movies, as well as investing in the new sequel of Jackie Chan's "Police Story" series.It is also worth mentioning that Wanda invested in the directorial debut of Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves, a Chinese kung fu film about Tai Chi, which caused quite a stir.

The above three relatively well-known film projects can still be found clues in the news, and some He Mu learned about through insider relations, such as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".Now there is no news outside, but He Mu knows.Wanda may soon have to do it.

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was first rumored to be directed by Johnny To, but then it was abandoned, and the film copyright also flowed out from Yinhe Films. At that time, it seemed that around 07, there were eight works of this masterpiece of tomb robbers, and now the copyright of the first four In the hands of China Film Group, the last four are in the hands of Wanda. Mizuki's filming of "Tomb Notes" has not stopped. It would be strange if China Film and Wanda had no ideas.

Since its inception, the controversy between "Tomb Raiders Notes" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has never stopped. Which one is better, and every reader has a scale in his heart. What a special preference, but since it is our own company, we have to find a way to overwhelm "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". As a tomb-robbing movie that has never been seen in China before, it is very important who can win the first release.

Therefore, in the face of Wanda, which has already started to act, and China Film Group, which may be in preparation, Shuimu Forest must speed up the process and launch "Tomb Raiders Notes" as soon as possible. The director is not yet in place, but the selection of the scene has already begun. Compared with China The biggest advantage of foreign countries is that there are many scenes and good scenery. You don’t need to rely on green screens for everything. Although doing so will increase the cost and slow down the shooting speed, the effect is much better than things made by computers. At the same time, it can promote the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. And cooperate with local tourism agencies to derive other benefits.

In addition, the quality of the movie must also exceed that of today's Chinese-language blockbusters. Regardless of the lineup, investment or technology, the best must be used. The plan will be difficult, and He Mu still hopes that Mizuki, Wanda, and China Film can win together. After all, the domestic market is so big, as long as everyone’s movies are good and sincere, they can still accommodate two Tomb Raiders series movies. of.

Chinese-language films need to be diversified, and now there is finally a new theme such as tomb robbery. If it can be carried forward, it can be regarded as a new way out for Chinese-language blockbusters. There are so many themes that need to be explored urgently, and it is time for domestic movie audiences to change their tastes.

When He Mu entered the crew of "National Witness", "Zibuyu 2" had already won the domestic market for three consecutive times, with a box office of 6.72 million in three weeks, successfully surpassing the domestic box office of the first part of "Zibuyu" which was 6.48 million , also surpassed the 6.69 million of "Tangshan Earthquake", temporarily ranking No. 2 million Chinese films.

However, "Painted Skin 2" has no fighting power. Because of the poor reputation, the film's later fighting power is very weak. Coupled with the impact of "Zibuyu 2", the box office will eventually freeze at the early [-] million.

But "Zibuyu 2" is different, with overwhelming reputation and constant topics, the box office can still reach 1.57 million in the third week, which is much stronger than the 2 million in the third week of "Painted Skin 2". The industry is unanimously optimistic about " Painted Skin [-], the box office champion of domestic films, will soon be overtaken.

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