Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 457 News, Premiere

Abel's latest masterpiece is here!

【Authentic Chinese Kung Fu, the Authentic Flavor – John Wick】

Warner Bros. and Abel team up for the new film "John Wick," which will be released on August 8th.

Wu Zhuo's life in North America was not easy.

They spend almost every day in the midst of promotion.

Time passed quietly until August 4th.

With the film's release date fast approaching, Wu Zhuo's schedule has finally come to an end.

However, he cannot return to China immediately; he must wait here until after the film's premiere.

Today, with nothing to do, Wu Zhuo simply hid in the hotel to check the latest news.

The sequel to Captain America is already in full swing of production and will be released soon. Today, Marvel Studios officially announced that they will be making a short film starring Captain America's love interest, titled "Agent Carter."

In the past two years, Marvel movies have become the biggest blockbusters among Hollywood blockbusters.

The same was true for Captain America, which achieved both box office and critical success after its release.

When talking about Marvel, one cannot help but mention Marvel's construction of the entire cinematic universe.

Almost every movie includes some Easter eggs to introduce later characters.

The short film "Agent Carter" is still starring British actress Haley Atwell.

According to reports, the film's overall style and the actors' makeup maintain the nostalgic style of Captain America.

In addition, Bradley Whitford, the actor who starred in the American TV series "The West Wing", will also play Flynn, Agent Carter's superior.

According to Marvel's established timeline, this short film is set after Captain America, after World War II has ended, and Agent Carter's duties have shifted from serving the war effort to investigating murders in society.

The storyline is very likely related to the infamous Zodiac Killer.

Marvel has used this tactic more than once. They previously produced "Item 47" for "The Avengers". "Agent Carter" will not only be included in the Blu-ray DVD of "Iron Man 3", but will also form a promotional team with "Thor: The Dark World" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", which shows Marvel's powerful strategy.

This kind of strategy is something Wu Zhuo should learn from.

If the first season of "John Wick" is successful, Wu Zhuo will immediately begin working on related spin-off series to expand the world-building.

After checking some news about the production of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Wu Zhuo turned his attention back to information.

The next news item is also about a sequel. Although the box office of "The Bourne Legacy," starring Jeremy Renner, was mediocre, in today's severe shortage of scripts, "The Bourne Legacy" has completed the mission and plot structure of the new trilogy, so the sequel is a natural progression!

After flipping through two more pages, Wu Zhuo suddenly paused.

He actually saw news about people from back home in Hollywood.

[This week, Warner Bros. and Magic Storm Entertainment have released news related to Chinese artists, which we'd like to share with you!]

This news article mentioned two people.

The first is related to director Zhang Yimou. It is rumored that Warner Bros. is in talks with director Zhang Yimou to direct the film "Quasimodo".

Quasimodo is a classic character in Victor Hugo's masterpiece "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," which has been adapted for the screen many times.

If Zhang Yimou were to adapt the film this time, it's very likely that he wouldn't follow the original high-end and grand route, but rather a postmodern or alternative interpretation.

Another piece of news is about Wang Leehom! Media reports indicate that Magic Storm Entertainment plans to adapt Stan Lee's famous comic book "Destroyer" into a film.

This work tells the story of a Chinese exile who is modified by the US government, whose entire genetic makeup is optimized.

After acquiring superhuman physical abilities, he returned to his hometown and became a hero, punishing evil and promoting good.

In this news report, the distribution company has officially announced that Wang Leehom will play the lead role in the film, but the specific plot details have not yet been revealed.

Wu Zhuo was quite surprised to see these two news articles.

He couldn't remember whether the two of them had created these works in his previous life.

However, Wu Zhuozhen couldn't remember any information about the two movies. After thinking for a while, he called Wang Leehom to ask.

But the final result surprised him. Wang Leehom was indeed going to star in this so-called "Annihilator".

"You've quietly become a Hollywood lead actor, keep up the good work!"

Wu Zhuo racked his brains but couldn't remember the movie at all.

Either they lost, or something unexpected happened.

However, Wu Zhuo did not advise Wang Leehom against performing.

If he tries to persuade Wang Leehom, it might make Wang Leehom even more uncomfortable.

Others finally get a chance to land a lead role in a Hollywood movie.

If he goes over there and spouts nonsense, he'll definitely annoy people.

……

The time soon came to the 8th.

The premiere of "John Wick" was held in Los Angeles.

Warner Bros. clearly took this film quite seriously, inviting many reporters to the event.

At the same time, many movie stars were invited to come and lend their support.

It's worth mentioning that Warner Bros. has three movies clashing with each other during this release window.

Two of the films were also primarily funded by Warner Bros., one of which was a big-budget production.

Of the two films, "The Conjuring" had a smaller budget and production value.

The big-budget production is Pacific Rim.

Well, just by looking at the titles of these two films, you can tell that John Wick's competitors in this release window are not to be underestimated.

In addition to these two films, John Wick also faces competition from "Double Dragons," "The Smurfs 2," and "The Wolverine" in the same release window.

However, most of these films have already been released for one or two weeks.

The main rivals of John Wick are still "Double Dragons" and "The Smurfs 2".

If we can out-catch them at the opening weekend box office, we can compete with other films by leveraging our new release advantage.

"Abel, the competition in the North American market this week has been fierce. Are you confident that you can achieve good results?"

At the premiere, after the movie started playing, Tom Hardy eagerly asked Wu Zhuo a question.

"Believe in ourselves, our film will be a great success."

Wu Zhuo patted him on the shoulder.

For actors, unless they are unambitious, most people actually value box office performance.

Because box office performance often determines how far you can go.

Tom Hardy has succeeded several times in a row, even as a supporting actor.

If we succeed again this time.

Next, he will become the protagonist.