In an office of Renyi, Li Renggang, who had already confirmed the contract with Guangxian, immediately came to visit the screenwriter of the film, He Jiping.
In the domestic film industry, whether in the Mainland or Hong Kong, screenwriters often take orders from directors.
But some gold medal screenwriters can have great autonomy.
This is a status gained by writing a series of hit movie scripts. He Jiping is such a famous screenwriter.
Although Li Rengang was the director, he still came to her in person and the two parties agreed on the general outline of the script.
The director is the one who controls the movie, and he and the screenwriter must at least be consistent in the general direction.
The specific details will have to be filled in by the screenwriter.
It's just that the first part has already fixed the big picture, and it's basically a semi-original story.
Based on this situation, it was impossible for them to overturn the general background of the movie and then choose a big story to adapt from the original work.
In that case, it would be wrong to call it the second part. Audiences who have watched the first part will be confused when watching the second part.
After several hours of discussion, it was basically determined that the background was the seizure of power by the emperor and the queen mother, and An Shigeng's motives were also explained.
The positive and negative positioning of the prince is blurred, and an open ending is given at the end of the third part.
The main thing is the style of the film. Although this is a martial arts film, Winnie's films all have some magical overtones. How to balance the overall style, especially the fighting style, is the most important thing for a martial arts film.
After talking for a whole morning and deciding on the overall style, Li Renggang updated the outline of the script and discussed it in detail.
After leaving the People's Art Building, the phone in my pocket suddenly vibrated.
As I walked, I picked up my phone and took a look at the number.
Li Rengang sneered, answered the phone, and said "hello" indifferently.
"It's Director Cheng, is there something wrong?"
On the phone, Miles Shang suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to calm down, "Director Li, have you accepted the sequel to "The Four Famous Cats"?"
"That's right, I'll be next." Li Rengang said calmly.
This indifference made Cheng Jiashang curse in his heart, but he still forced a smile and said, "Director Li should have no shortage of film contracts in the mainland, so why would he want to take over this business?"
There was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of Li Rengang's mouth, "What, do I have to report to Director Cheng about any films I take on?"
Facing Li Rengang's sarcastic rhetorical question, Cheng Jiashang, who was already on the verge of rage, finally couldn't help it anymore.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not interested. Who told you, Director Cheng, that you are Xu Ke's apprentice? Back then, Xu Ke helped me make a sequel, so I reluctantly helped you make a sequel too."
After Li Rengang said it coldly, he hung up the phone without talking nonsense.
"call!"
Looking at the busy street outside, Li Renggang let out a sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed.
At that time, he became famous in one fell swoop with "Nine Yin Manual" and "94 One-Armed Sword". He was praised by Chuck Ce as the third generation master of romantic martial arts. He became famous in the entire director circle and also erected a reputation.
own style.
"Dark Man" was a global hit, with box office and video revenue exceeding US$80 million.
Although it stars Li Lianlian, and the script was co-written by Xu Ke and Xu Anhua, the whole film is very much Li Rengang's personal style, and it also brought him to the pinnacle of his directing career.
When preparing for the second part, Xu Ke kicked him away from his role as director. The conflict between Li Lianlian and Xu Ke further intensified and he withdrew from the second part.
Although he also entered the Japanese and Korean markets with "Fairy Tales of the Stars and Moon" after that, it has been on a decline.
He was even reduced to filming the TV series "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng: Before and After the Decisive Battle" starring Lin Zhiying.
In the end, New Century turned around with the two movies "Ahu" and "Raptor", and successively received several costume blockbusters.
But there was a delay of 12 years, from "Dark Man" to "Raptor". It took a full 12 years before I had the opportunity to direct a large-scale production with an investment of hundreds of millions.
Originally, when "Seven Swords" was defeated by Tang An in China, he didn't know how happy he was. When Li Lianlian was invited to "Di Renjie's Empire", he was rejected and he approached Liu Dehua. He couldn't wait for Xu Ke to fail again.
Unexpectedly, "Empire of Heaven" was a box office success, and after Yu Dong negotiated peace with the film, he was able to convince Li Lian to make "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", which was a great success again.
There was nothing we could do against Xu Ke. He happened to bump into half of Xu Ke's apprentice, which was considered half of his revenge!
On the other end, Cheng Jiashang hung up the phone with an angry look on his face.
It was true that Li Renggang and Xu Ke did not deal with each other, and the Cheng family did not expect that he would come to pick up his own mess over this matter.
Li Rengang didn't give him face and had already accepted the sequel, so there was nothing he could do.
"I want to see what you can do with the second part!"
Now Cheng Jiashang can only watch how Li Rengang's second film hits the streets!
"Famous Catchers 2" caused quite a stir in the industry. Guangxian found a combination of gold medal screenwriter He Jiping and third-generation martial arts director Li Rengang, and gave up the original director Cheng Jiashang, which also allowed people in the industry to work together for a period of time.
There is more time to talk about.
Especially the grievances and hatreds, it is also a good topic to talk about after tea or dinner, or when you are busy.
However, the movie market is still booming as the Spring Festival approaches, and most attention is still focused on movies.
On January 8th, "The Grandmaster" directed by Wang Jiawei was belatedly released. This kung fu film, which started filming at the end of 2009, set a new record for Wang Jiawei's best results in the mainland.
180 million in the first 6 days and nearly 300 million in the 20th day.
On January 15th, "The Legend", which had previously broken 17 box office records in South Korea, with nearly 13 million moviegoers, and set a new box office record in South Korean film history, was not adapted to the domestic environment, and it took more than half a month after its release to reach a box office of 25 million.
On January 21, "Skyfall" hit the mainland film market, and Bond once again set a new record for the series.
230 million in the first seven days, surpassing the 120 million of "Quantum of Solace" released in 2008 in just one week.
"Pleasant Goat", a frequent visitor to the Spring Festival show, did not miss the show this year. It grossed 65 million at the box office in 4 days, exceeding 100 million as surely as a dog.
Another animated film "Balala Little Demon Fairy" also did well at the box office, with a box office of 29 million in 4 days.
"Rock of Ages", also an animated film, took in 50 million at the box office in 11 days.
Nowadays, more and more animated movies are being released during the Spring Festival, all of which are aimed at the children's market, and cartoons and games are constantly being adapted.
However, another 3D animated film "Polulu Ice and Snow Adventure" co-produced by China and South Korea failed miserably in the face of the encirclement and suppression of several domestic action films.
This animated blockbuster, which is said to have invested 100 million yuan, has just exceeded 10 million yuan just ten days after its release. It was hung up and beaten by Pleasant Goat, Little Demon Fairy and Locke.
The sci-fi suspense movie "Cloud Atlas" starring Tom Hanks and Zou Xun was mediocre at the domestic box office, taking in 76 million in four days.
This movie is composed of a book, six stories, a span of thousands of years, and more than thirty characters. It is difficult to find similar movies in recent years.
However, in the eyes of our Chinese audience, it is so troublesome that it can be explained clearly with the words "Six Paths of Reincarnation".
Although it is a bit messy, the stories are well connected without any awkwardness, and there are several times where the actor's lines from the previous story melt into the scenes of the next story without any trace.
However, this kind of movie is unlikely to sell high box office numbers no matter what. Even domestic audiences in the United States still didn't buy it and only received 26.8 million U.S. dollars.
It's a good movie, but not one that most viewers want to see.
There is a comment on Weibo: This movie is like a detective book full of philosophical metaphors written in ancient Latin by a dick with an IQ of 320. The only value of its existence is to humiliate ordinary people’s reading habits, because dick dick anyway
I have no intention of asking anyone to write a review for his book.
It's a bit extreme, but it does take a lot of brainpower, although it's much simpler than the original.
The most awesome thing about this movie is that black people sometimes turn into white people, yellow people sometimes turn into white people, and women sometimes turn into men. If you are not familiar with the actors or are face-blind, you can easily not recognize them.
For example, Zou Xun played a male hotel manager, a female clone, and a blond and blue-eyed Yangma. No, the little Yangma is almost the same.
If you don't know those foreign actors, you really can't recognize them.
The makeup artist in this movie must have come to China to study, otherwise why would his makeup skills be so awesome?
In addition to these movies released in January, among the other movies in the Lunar New Year period, "The Mystery of Longling" has already been released, with a final box office of 1.275 billion, ranking second in the box office of Chinese film history.
The box office of "1942" failed to break the 400 million mark.
"Twelve Zodiac Signs" is still in theaters. Since Huayi and Nuomi Movies spent 24 million on ticket sales, and Nuomi.com is fully promoting the group buying business, one month after its release, the box office once again experienced a big explosion.
A large number of 9.9, 19.9, and even Nuomi.com’s group buying has launched special movie tickets with a group buying price of 5 yuan, and the box office has been soaring.
In more than two weeks, it surged from 884 million to 1.001 billion.
You must know that the film's gross revenue in the fifth week after its release was only 59 million yuan. Commercial blockbusters generally have a one-month release cycle, and then the box office begins to decline sharply.
However, in the sixth week of its release, "Twelve Zodiac Signs" relied on a large amount of ticket sales and Huayi's commitment to theaters. The subsequent box office share dropped from 43% to 35%. The theaters also provided the greatest support and arranged
A large number of Yellow Turban scenes are scheduled.
"Zodiac" reversed the decline in the sixth week, earning 61 million. In the seventh week, it still earned 52 million at the box office, with a total box office of 997 million in its seven weeks of release.
The ticket reimbursement had already been used up, Huayi spent another 5 million, and Nuomi Movie also spent 1 million.
The next eighth week is only 5 days away from the Spring Festival.
On Monday, "Zodiac" successfully surpassed the billion mark, becoming the fifth film in the history of Chinese-language films to cross the billion mark, and the only action movie.
Huayi's market value also exceeded the 10 billion mark for the first time at the opening of the day, and by the afternoon it had reached 10.8 billion.
For a time, Huayi was in the limelight, not only in the entertainment section, but also in the economic section. Huayi was also busy promoting it.
However, on February 5, the morning after the box office exceeded 1 billion, negative news about "1942"'s box office began to spread on the Internet on a large scale, which cast a shadow on Huayi, which was on the rise.