"Yesterday's trailer for "Now You See Me" was so exciting. It was raining money from the sky. It was so shocking!"
"Yeah, I don't know when I can see it on the big screen. I think it will be more exciting!"
"That's it. I felt it better when I saw it on the spot. At that time, I knew the money was fake, but I couldn't help but reach out and grab it!"
"It's just that the time is too short, only a few seconds. I don't know how the magic works."
"Didn't I tell you earlier? Wearing a helmet that travels through time and space, you stand on the teleporter and disappear with a bang, and appear in the bank vault in the blink of an eye."
Each media company only has four or five places to go to the scene. Not everyone of these reporters and editors went, and those who did went dictated it to others.
"Your language skills are not good, I can't form an impression in my mind!"
"According to the rules, there is only one trailer released every week. I don't know what it will be next."
"Two people have already died. It's probably Liu Ye's turn next time."
A group of editors and reporters were chatting there, and suddenly someone shouted.
"Look, Huayi has announced it!"
"What, what, another trailer is out?"
"It's not a trailer, it's a schedule. The schedule has been announced, July 17th!"
"Fuck!"
"This is about to begin!"
"I'll go during the summer!"
"Hurry... send the news quickly!"
,......
"The new type of magic crime blockbuster "Now You See Me" has been confirmed to be fully released on Thursday, July 17th!"
"Tang An's new film once again hits the summer blockbuster. Facing the historical war blockbuster "Red Cliff" with an investment of up to 600 million, can it once again win the summer box office championship?"
"In mid-July, Tang An will defend his dignity as the king of summer movies and face "Red Cliff" head-on!"
"Tang An vs. Wu Yusen, a PK between a major domestic director and a major Hollywood director. This will be the pinnacle showdown of domestic films. It will be more powerful than ever before, such as "The King of Kung Fu" VS "A World Without Thieves" and "The Order of Merit" VS "Assembly Number."
Even more exciting!”
...
As soon as the news came out that "Now You See Me" would be released in the summer season, major media outlets immediately published the news as quickly as possible.
If I don’t have time to write the main text, I’ll post a title first and add it in about ten minutes.
When netizens saw these titles, they were surprised as to why it was suddenly confirmed that it would be released in the summer. You must know that the summer release is guarded by the big BOSS "Red Cliff".
When I clicked it and took a look, it turned out to be just a title with nothing in it.
"Niubi, Xinlang doesn't have any moral integrity anymore and has become a headline-grabbing party!"
"Nowadays, several major portal websites and gossip sites are almost the same. If you catch a topic that has disappeared, you will just talk nonsense!"
However, when I clicked in again after about ten minutes, a text full of hundreds of words came out again.
The oaths are so firm, so conclusive, and so well-founded that people feel uncertain.
As mentioned above, click on Huayi’s official website.
"Damn it, it's really a summer release!"
“Go to Huayi’s official website to watch it, it will be released on July 17th!”
"It's true, Tang An defeated Xu Ke, and the Autobot will face Wu Baige again!"
"Haha, I have a movie to watch this summer. I have to go see both of them!"
...
The news spread wider and wider, and by evening almost everyone knew about it.
Basically no one thought that Tang An would choose to go head-to-head with "Red Cliff". After all, this is the most expensive costume blockbuster in history.
As far as the lineup is concerned, although there are no top stars like Cheng Long, Li Lianlian, and Zhou Runfa, it is not inferior to any previous movie.
Just look at these stars.
Superstar Tony Leung is one of the top stars besides those four.
Asian superstar Kim Sung-wu is hugely popular throughout Southeast Asia!
Zhang Zhen was nominated for the Golden Horse Best Actor at the age of 15, and was nominated for the Best Best Actor at Cannes. He has appeared in well-known films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "2046", "Happy Together", and "The World's Unparalleled".
Needless to say, Lin Chiling is one of the most famous female artists in Baodao in the mainland, probably second only to Cai Yilin and SHE.
Zhang Fengyi, who has starred in "Farewell My Concubine", "Jing Ke Assassins Qin", and "The Sky of History" is also one of the best military-themed TV series.
Zhao Wei, needless to say, in terms of popularity, few actresses in the Mainland can surpass him.
There are also popular stars such as Tong Dawei and Hu Jun.
In terms of lineup and investment, "Now You See Me" is not superior at all.
Even if Wu Yusen excludes those Hong Kong movies, "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible 2" filmed in Hollywood are also very successful commercial films. There are three movies with global box office of over 100 million US dollars.
It's irrational to see Tang An released at this time. Didn't you see that "The King of Kung Fu" and "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Disarm" were all postponed to avoid "Red Cliff"!
The news not only spread in mainland China, but also the crew of "Red Cliff" who were promoting in Japan learned the news.
In the lounge, several actors who had just received the news were somewhat worried.
The male lead, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, was relatively calm, but the others were not so calm.
Another male lead, Jin Chengwu, said, "Director Wu, we have been in Japan for a few days. It's time to go back to the mainland and start promoting, right?"
Although he didn't have a schedule with Tang An, last year's "The Call to Action" he participated in was severely outperformed by "Assembly Number" from the beginning, and it almost didn't reach 200 million.
Feng Xiaogang defeated the costume blockbusters starring three major superstars with an unpopular modern war film, let alone Tang An, who was not inferior to Feng Xiaogang.
"Yes, Director Wu, since Hua Yi and Tang An are going to be released in the summer, they must be well prepared." Zhao Wei agreed.
She hasn't had much contact with Tang An, but from the brief meeting with the crew of "Painted Skin", it seems that she is definitely a thoughtful, decisive and neat person.
Wu Yusen waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's not too late to go back in 10 days. We still have to focus on the entire Asian market."
Wu Yusen, who returned home in embarrassment from Hollywood, was very proud of himself. He enjoyed the treatment of a top director as soon as he returned to China.
Han Sanping and Wu Bo came to him and started talking about a large-scale production worth 60 million U.S. dollars. Later, they added an additional 20 million U.S. dollars, which could barely be considered an A-level large-scale production in Hollywood.
You must know that the movies with the highest investment he has received are only 125 million yuan for "Mission: Impossible" and 115 million yuan for "Windtalkers". These are still hard-won opportunities.
Moreover, the real helmsman of "Mission: Impossible" is Tom Cruise. Not to mention the editing rights, he was not given the entire script at the beginning. He was given everything during filming. The "stingy" Tom Cruise had the final say.
"Mission: Impossible" was a box office hit, earning 550 million US dollars worldwide. He only got the final editing rights when filming "Windtalker", which is rare in Hollywood.
However, "Windtalker" failed, and the cost of 115 million was exchanged for a global box office of 70 million. However, Wu Yusen believed that it was not his fault. The September 11 incident had just passed, and such war-themed movies were inevitably affected.
If the distributor had delayed the release for a year or two, this would never be the case, absolutely!
He could no longer receive mainstream commercial blockbusters in Hollywood, so he had no choice but to return to China. He believed that this carefully crafted "Red Cliff" would definitely make a comeback for him and earn good box office results around the world.
It even broke the Chinese film box office record of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!
Now that Tang An has arrived, it just makes the success of "Red Cliff" appear more important, rather than taking advantage of the schedule.
The cheers of the mountains and tsunamis outside came in, and Wu Yusen laughed and called everyone out.