"Turandot"…

In recent years, our focus has been on the international market!

"Turandot" is an Italian opera. Everyone should know Pavarotti's "Nessun Dorma". This song is the interlude of the "Turandot" opera...

If RTV wants to make a Chinese-foreign co-production, "Turandot" is certainly the best choice.

"The Great Wall" was probably approached by Legendary Pictures to work together.

But "Asura"...

Shen Changlin was quite curious because the producers of "Asura", Yang Hongtao and Yang Zhenjian, should be familiar with Huayi. "Painted Skin 2" was co-produced with Huayi.

How come it has anything to do with RTV Films?

Did Zhang Zhao believe Yang Zhenjian (producer of "Asura")?

Classic Quotation: Not only is 750 million for "Asura" not much, but I'm asking who can give me another 20 million US dollars. I can really subvert them. It's not subverting Chinese movies, but at least it can be on par with the more powerful Hollywood movies!

Well, I don’t know if Hollywood is subversive or not, investors will definitely jump into the river.

However, if you analyze it carefully, is this kind of suffocating dream very similar to Jia Yueting?

Maybe they collided together.

After chatting with each other, we felt that they were very speculative, so we decided to work together to create a milestone for Chinese films...

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"If I were to rate it myself, I would give it 6 points for plot, 9 points for special effects, and 8 points for horror!"

"The story still follows the formula of a disaster movie: discovering the megalodon → rescuing yourself at sea → rescuing others. The first half is an adventure, and the second half is a disaster."

"In fact, "The Meg" should be regarded as a monster movie. First of all, the size of the Megalodon is 10 times that of ordinary sharks, and it has become the size of a monster. Secondly, we are very careful in the visual effects..."

"In terms of plot, we actually thought about being innovative, but the investment was too high. Although it is cliché to follow the classic structure, the plot is not easy to overturn..."

Shen Changlin's exclusive interview with "China Film Report" was accepted directly in the post-production studio...

"The Meg" was a box office hit, so of course "China Film Report" wanted to come over and interview the project leader.

“Why make ‘The Meg’?”

Shen Changlin smiled: "In those few years, there were always people on the Internet who said that Sino-US co-productions were like four different things, a forced fusion of Western special effects and Eastern faces, and plots that were embarrassing to death... It was really not the case, but I couldn't help it. For example, I just made one myself. I just want to tell everyone what a real Sino-US co-production movie should look like!"

"What should it look like?"

"Using Hollywood's classic narrative model to tell a genre film story, there is no need to deliberately please anyone, movie audiences around the world can tell whether the intention is good or not! The action, disaster and entertainment elements in "The Meg", for global audiences, There won’t be any big obstacles to watching the movie, so it’s not particularly difficult to co-produce…”

"I heard that the IP "The Meg" has been stranded for twenty years?"

"Yes, Disney bought its film rights in 1997, but it was delayed and later abandoned the project because it conflicted with another film of the same type that Disney was producing at the time, "Deep Sea", and the copyright had expired. After the period, New Line wanted to produce it, but around 2007 New Line experienced a round of business shrinkage and had to abandon the "Meg" project..."

"Have you ever thought about box office failure?"

"...I must have thought about why film and television production is called a risky industry. It's because the market is difficult to control." Shen Changlin touched his nose and then said: "Everyone's enthusiasm for sharks exceeded our expectations, especially beyond The North American market's expectations for this film, including Warner's, are unexpected..."

"Then have you seen the comments from netizens?"

"Of course I have. Many people say that the deep-sea terror created by James Wan even surpasses the megalodon itself... I think this point of view is quite interesting. Today's audiences are no longer satisfied with such prehistoric behemoths just because of their size. To the point where they prefer these behemoths to have corresponding minds and strive to become ideological behemoths! Therefore, the sequel production will go one step further!"

"Do you have any ideas for a sequel?"

"Yes... In fact, "The Meg" itself is developed in the form of a trilogy... But if anything unexpected happens, "The Meg: The Abyss" should be released in 2016!"

…

"The Meg" has been gaining momentum all the way. In the ten days since its release, the cumulative box office has exceeded 800 million, the global box office has exceeded 320 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office in North America has been 95 million US dollars.

And the heat is very high.

However, the North American market was overwhelmed by "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Age of Mutants", which grossed US$66 million at the box office in its first weekend...

"The Meg" dropped to $37 million the following weekend...

But the cumulative box office has exceeded US$95 million, which has greatly exceeded expectations!

It's clear that "The Meg" has succeeded.

Of course Shen Changlin is happy, but he is only an investor and producer. Apart from accepting some interviews, he has not made any more appearances and has spent his energy on the post-production work of "The Vengeful Man"...

Lotus is firmly on the right track.

In "Transformers 4", some people questioned that she was only the second female lead. In "The Meg", no one said anything at all!

She is the leading female lead, and her role is comparable to that of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

And because Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson didn't have much of a bond with her, during the script creation stage, no emotional scenes were deliberately arranged.

Although many people said her performance was embarrassing...

But, this is her actual performance!

"Lotus is inspired to play a Hollywood heroine as an Asian", "If there is no soy sauce or Mary Sue, Lotus made "The Meg" not a bad movie";

By the way, there is also this: "Transformers 4" and "The Meg", Li Lianhua has established a foothold in Hollywood!"

What's wrong with bragging about your own record?

Even if Fan Xiaopang makes soy sauce in "X-Men", he can boast that he "strongly joined "X-Men"" or "Fan Xiaopang talks about "X-Men", I am the best Chinese element"...

Shen Changlin also posted a special Weibo to support Lotus: "I have seen all the shortcomings of "The Meg", but many comments said that Sister Lotus is not suitable, and someone else would be better..." I find these comments hilarious!

In the final analysis, it is because some of us are not used to Chinese people acting in such blockbusters and do not have enough confidence in ourselves. When we see Chinese faces appearing in blockbusters, we feel that it is inconsistent... and even feel that it lowers the quality of the movie...

But I want to tell these people: there will be more and more Chinese faces appearing in blockbusters in the future, and you’d better get used to it quickly! Maybe one day I will ask Anne Hathaway to play Huang Bo’s daughter-in-law!”…

The relationship between Fan Xiaopang and Li Lianhua, let alone irreconcilable, is at least the same.

Back then, the dispute between Hua Yi and Sister Hua Yi was fierce.

After so many years, it has never stopped...

Last year, the Vanity Fair magazine Oscar party was held. The two appeared at the event at the same time, and then posted pictures on Weibo, each of which blocked the other's P.

It’s quite a bit like the king does not see the king!

However, Fan Xiaopang’s studio issued an article saying that she had been contacted by "The Meg" and dropped out because the schedule did not match. Moreover, some media concocted the idea that Li Lianhua favored Fan Xiaopang for the role...

It's a bit like trying to force yourself into trouble!

However, it is impossible for Shen Changlin to come forward and explain anything. What does this thing have to do with him?

It was a fight between the two of them. He, a man, should not interfere with it...

Oh, he is having dinner with Fan Xiaopang now...
Chapter completed!