China Entertainment Times

Chapter 749

August 2014, the last day of summer vacation.

Lively, deserted, laughed, and cried.

The longest and most popular film festival of the year, the 2014 summer holiday season came to an end in a cloud of gunpowder. While taking away a lot of money, it also left countless topics, controversies and incidents.

This year, due to the simultaneous release of "Transformers 4" and Tang An's "Mysterious Superstar" in the summer file, the market has been greatly squeezed, and many movies have been moved up.

"You at the same table" and "Frozen: Gate of Rebirth" would rather touch "The Amazing Spider-Man" than become the scope of onlookers watching the fights of gods and become cannon fodder.

Although the box office and word-of-mouth of "Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth" hit the street, the little spider didn't get much benefit from these two domestic films.

In mid-May, there was Zhang Yimou's "Return" to besiege the little spider. This time Le's also signed an IMAX exclusive agreement, occupying all IMAX screens.

This is why there is only one Hollywood blockbuster for Little Spider in May this year, which is the hottest period in North America.

IMAX exclusive agreements are not uncommon. Huayi often uses this method. When "[-]" was released, it occupied all the IMAX screens. The same was true for "Journey to the West". It didn't matter, but there was no IMAX version of "The Hobbit" in the mainland in the next few days.

The box office of "Return" is less than [-] million, so Zhang Yimou's "return" this time is not too successful.

But anyway, it is also a literary film, and this data is quite a lot.

Next year, Zhang Yimou will also have a big production "The Great Wall" co-produced by China and the United States.

Then, "The Overheard 3", a regular in the summer, was moved to the end of June, and the box office was still tepid.

June was basically dominated by Hollywood blockbusters. "Godzilla", "Maleficent", and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" were all released in June.

After a few appetizers, the summer file is the final showdown between "Transformers 4" and "Mystery Superstar".

In the end, unexpectedly and within reason, Tang An swept the summer schedule again, and was still the king of the summer schedule five years ago.

Surprised and regretful "Embroidered Spring Knife", "Little Times", "The Future Will Indefinitely" the duel between Guo Jinming and Han Han, the dark horse that claims to require audiences to bring quick-acting heart-relief pills to the movies, and users under the age of 18 cannot buy tickets " Beijing No. 81". A series of different films constituted the 2014 summer schedule.

Of course, there is also a big show in the entertainment industry, "Prison Storm" has added a few more well-known actors.

Also, "Transformers 4" was sued. Chongqing Wulong Scenic Area paid a large amount of advertising fees, but the film studio did not follow the contract. When the scene appeared, it marked "Huaguo Wulong" on the side of the screen. It's like the scene turned to Xiangjiang, marking the Huaguo Xiangjiang.

The later DVD version is marked out, but the release version is still not available.

In the end, Wulong Scenic Area refused to accept it, and "Transformers 4" lost the lawsuit and lost 200 million yuan.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the summer vacation is over, students are returning to campus with unfinished summer homework, and domestic movies have returned to normal.

But the end is also the beginning. The end of a popular schedule means that all major companies have different harvests, and new projects will be launched immediately.

On August 26, China Film Group and Kuailu Group announced the official launch of the military war blockbuster "Big Bombing", which was suspended four years ago, and the luxury creators ushered in the pursuit of the media.

Bruce Wayne, Fan Binbin, Xie Tingfeng, Huang Cheyi, Chen Weiting, Ren Dahua, Chen Daoming, Feng Yuanzheng, Range, Zhang Junmi, Song Chengxian
There are first-line stars, old actors, new generations, and foreign actors.

The chief producer, Shi Jianxiang, was very high-spirited and declared that he wanted to enter the international market, so that people all over the world could see the indomitable will of the Chinese soldiers and civilians in that era.

However, there were not many influential figures in the film and television industry at the banquet at night, which was somewhat overshadowed.

All the invitations were sent out, but they didn't give face.

He also wanted to cooperate with Tang An, relying on his own wrist and Tang An's capital, it shouldn't be too easy to make billions casually.

But Tang An not only didn't come, but also didn't call himself to say sorry.

Shi Jianxiang was also a little upset, after all, he was also a capital boss who manipulated tens of billions of funds.

After a few drinks, and there were no outsiders, Shi Jianxiang turned on the talk mode, and the one who did it didn't talk about it.

"Now the film industry needs the help of capital. Huayi, which has the highest market value, is only more than 500 billion yuan, but after the operation of capital, at least half of it will be raised!"

These words made the eyes of Yang Zhi and Huang Yiyi, who are hugely profitable, very hot. This project is completely zero-risk and high-return, and it is a large amount of income. Moreover, Shi Jianxiang took over the promotion of "Ip Man 3" in the mainland and promised to hand over the promotion to them.

Fan Binbin's heart was not at peace, 3000 million film salary, this ten-day schedule, unexpectedly received 3000 million film salary.

In addition to "Legend of the Gods", Guo Jinming's new film "Grand Trail", the film version of "Yang Guifei" and other new films that Guo Jinming is preparing, the salary alone is nearly 6000 million.

6000 million, such a large sum, how much tax would have to be paid? Fan Binbin's heart aches when he thinks about it.

After the summer vacation, major companies have announced some projects one after another.

Huayi also announced in Beijing on the last day of August that the fantasy blockbuster "Legend of the Gods", jointly invested by Hua Guoxing and Sun Entertainment, was officially launched.

Li Lianjie, Liang Jiahui, Gu Tianle, Fan Binbin, Wang Xiaoming, Yang Ying, Wen Zhang, Xu Qing, is another luxurious lineup.

It has been rumored that Wu Ershan will be filming the "Feng Shen" series, but it has been almost two years of preparation, and the audition has just started, and it is still a private audition, no one knows the result.

This time, Huayi took the lead in announcing a film of the same theme, which also aroused the interest of the media.

"Hello Wang Dong, it is said that Hantang Media is also preparing the series of "Fengshen". Why do you want to shoot the same theme? Are you following the trend?"

"of course not."

Wang Zhongjun denied it righteously, "In fact, many years ago, Mr. Xiang and I wanted to put the story of the gods on the big screen, so that the audience can experience the ancient myths and legends thousands of years ago at close range."

"May I ask how much you invested in "Legend of the Conferred Gods", the cost of such a mythical blockbuster should not be low."

"Five million."

Wang Zhongjun smiled and said a number, which aroused the amazement of the reporters present.

[-] million, before the "Fengshen" series was announced, this was currently the movie with the highest investment per film in China.

However, when the reporters who didn't know the facts looked at the lineup, the salary alone was not a small amount. In addition to the subject matter, it was not surprising that the investors were used to bragging.

"May I ask Director Wang, is it true that Xu Qing played the real Taiyi, and is it appropriate to change the real Taiyi to a woman?"

A reporter followed the cast list and found something was wrong.

Everyone knows that Taiyi Zhenren, "Feng Shen Bang" and the cartoon "Legend of Nezha" were very popular when he was a child.

Well, Xu Qing, Yu Ji is naturally familiar, but if the two are equated, what is going on?

Wang Zhongjun also didn't understand this inexplicable setting, but the screenwriter Xiang Huaqiang found added a scene in which the real Taiyi bewitches Lei Zhenzi, maybe it was forcibly added to his son.

There is no way, Wang Zhongjun still said confidently, "This time, several of our professional screenwriters have made some adaptations of the original work. I hope the audience will like it. We are also very confident in the special effects of the film. Director Xu Yin studied under Xu Ke. Director, served as the special effects director of "The Legend of Shushan" and other films."

As a filmmaker, Wang Zhongjun couldn't understand how to market.

Big IP, big production, luxurious lineup, big investment, plus the "apprentice" of Xu Ke, who is famous for his technology, is also the special effects director of "The Legend of Shushan", a movie that has been hyped up in recent years, which immediately attracted attention. audience interest.

Finally, facing the reporter's comparison between "Legend of the Gods" and "Legend of the Gods", Wang Zhongjun also said that "Legend of the Gods" will use the best actors, the best stories, and the best special effects to tell the audience the best The "Fengshen" brought the audience into the strange ancient times and experienced a different style.

Don't say that your own is better than Hantang's, and don't say that Hantang's is worse, just say that your own is the best.

Liberty Media will talk about other things, such a good opportunity, why can't Wang Zhongjun do bundled marketing, and it doesn't cost a penny, just say a few more words to the media.

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