By the way, there is a rumor...

It is the idea of ​​"Once Upon a Time: The Lion of the Western Regions" that Sammo Hung 'stole' from Jackie Chan - during the filming of "A Good Man", at a dinner party, he mentioned the outline of the story of "The Lion of the Western Regions" to his elder brother Sammo Hung: During the Qing Dynasty, An Ouchi guard was rescued by Indians due to amnesia on his way to the American West to rescue a princess by boat, and then started a battle with a Western cowboy.

"A Good Man" is a film directed by Sammo Hung and starring Jackie Chan.

In 1996, Golden Harvest hoped to create an international work for Jackie Chan after "Red Zone" and "Police Story 4". In order to attract audiences, Golden Harvest decided to let Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, the old partners who had not worked together for a long time, join forces again. , which is "A Good Man"...

After hearing this idea, Sammo Hung immediately found several screenwriters such as Szeto Zhuohan, Shi Meiyi, Xu Sharon and so on, and asked them to complete the creation of the entire script. At this time, Yong Sheng wanted to do "Once Upon a Time"...

"Black Man" was a hit, and Yong Sheng wanted Xu Ke and Li Lianlian to collaborate again.

Situ Zhuohan had previously collaborated with Li Lianlian on "Adventure King", which was also produced by Yongsheng. He talked about this idea...

Xu Ke invited Sammo Hung to join him and shot "Once Upon a Time in the West" before Jackie Chan.

Therefore, Jackie Chan's "Lion of the Western Regions" was renamed "Who Am I"...

"Lion of the Western Regions"'s "quick start" did not hinder the success of "Who Am I" in the global film market the following year.

In September 1998, Jackie Chan successfully entered Hollywood with "Rush Hour"!

Later, "Shanghai Noon" also continued this story...

Therefore, the scene in "Once Upon a Time: The Lion of the West" where Huang Feihong lost his memory and fell into an Indian tribe and the scene in "Who Am I" where Jackie Chan fell into an African savage tribe due to amnesia are similar, including the later "Shanghai Noon", these three movies The film's narrative style and storyline have many similarities.

When some media mentioned this, Jackie Chan nodded first: "He did steal this idea from me... I was indeed very angry, but he apologized!"

"We are all so old, how can we still have any grudges that we can't let go of?"

"I'm very grateful to Chang Lin for asking us three to star in "The Vengeance 2". Now we often talk on the phone to discuss the fight design for the sequel..."

"Well, director, have you finished writing the script for "Avenger 2"?"

"I'm still stuffing my baggage, the main plot has been decided... By the time I finish filming "Eight Hundred", it will almost be ready to start!"

There is a big question, how to integrate the scenes of the three brothers?

There must be contradictions. After they are unfolded, how can they be recovered?

The best way is to kill one of them, for example, in an operation, because Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung each insisted on their own opinions and were both stubborn, which led to Yuen Biao's death...

But this won’t work. If you dare to arrange for Yuan Biao’s death, can the audience just smash the screen?

What the audience wants to see is that the old man comes out of the world three times, and then kills gods when gods block him, and kills Buddha when Buddha blocks him...

Are you going to make an action movie on horseback and still bother the audience?

Is your brain flooded?

…

On the 28th, Shen Changlin, who had been busy for half a month, returned to the capital. At this time, the box office of "Avenger" was already 1.32 billion.

In just March of 2015, there are already two movies with box office sales exceeding 1.5 billion!

The General Administration is ecstatic...

Various indications indicate that the total box office this year should be 50 billion!

Returning to the capital does not mean the promotion is over.

Shen Changlin still has to take a few interviews to consolidate his position.

"I think it's mainly because of the audience's support... I personally estimate that the film "The Vengeance" will be worth almost 800 million."

CCTV's "China Film Report" arranged an interview. Shen Changlin was wearing a white shirt and sitting by the window. The light hit his face, with a greasy look on his face...

"Many people say that I am an expert in box office forecasting, but I am not. My own predictions are never accurate. The box office of my favorite movies is not high. For example, last year's "Edge of Tomorrow", I liked it very much. I think it can at least win 1 billion, but only 300 million were taken... Including "Super Marines", I also think it started at least 1 billion..."

"The bigger reason...should be the soaring interest of the audience in watching movies. I remember a data. In 2008, our per capita number of moviegoers was only 0.4. By the end of the year, this number had risen to 1.4...It shows that the audience loves to watch movies. I am willing to support domestic films. I think the success of "The Vengeance" is more due to this reason. After all, I watched it myself and there are still many flaws in this film."

"How does Changlin Film and Television plan to develop next? I found that your company rarely releases film lists?"

"The film list... means nothing. The most important thing in a movie is people. You can't treat it as a management operation. Our next goal is to focus on the three major genres of science fiction, action and comedy."

"Why these three types?"

"First of all, criticizing society, exploring human nature, and artistic innovation are not the mainstream of movies. Of course we will do it, but we will not spend our main energy on it. From a global perspective, these three types are the most mainstream!"

"Secondly, Changlin Film and Television is positioned as a mainstream film company, and our creative direction should be mainstream!"

"So what do you think about fan movies?"

Shen Changlin smiled: "Fan movies are very common. When the creative direction of a movie is controlled by capital and the market, a batch of movies of the same type will be produced based on big data, because only such movies can It is possible to recover the cost. Big Data believes that fan movies are the safest, so everyone rushes to make fan movies! Theaters are also willing to give space to such movies..."

"You have a lot of dissatisfaction with theater chains?"

"I can't say I'm dissatisfied, but recently I've been wondering whether the theater ecology represents the film ecology..."

After a pause, Shen Changlin continued: "For example, just like martial arts movies. Many people, including me, think that martial arts movies have little market space. However, after the upper limit of "Seven Monsters of Jiangnan", the number of clicks in a week is 100 million. As of now, the income after splitting is close to 80 million... If it is placed in a theater, the 80 million split represents a box office of more than 200 million. But can "Seven Strangers of Jiangnan" have a box office of 200 million?"

"What does this mean?"

"This shows that the audience is still there, but they may not be the mainstream audience in theaters and are unwilling to enter the theater. This incident gave me a big impact!"

"Shock?"

"The existence of the Internet and its voice have allowed many things to be condensed quickly, but there is no middle buffer zone. Just like movies, you feel that there are no other types except big-selling commercial films and obscure literary films... Actually, no, there is still something in between. There is a big buffer zone. Can martial arts, suspense, and thriller genres focus on the Internet platform?"

"Are you going to do this?"

Shen Changlin nodded: "...We will try. In addition to "The Condor Shooting", we may also make a few folklore and monster-type movies...exclusively for the online platform."

"Have you been paying attention to the dispute between online platforms and theaters some time ago? Do you have any opinions?"

Shen Changlin thought for a while and said: "I always believe that for a work, the content is far more significant than the carrier."

"But the feelings and habits of watching movies in the theater..."

Shen Changlin interrupted him, waved his hand and said: "Many of our young audiences did not grow up in movie theaters. They do not have that kind of movie theater feeling. Wearing headphones and staring intently at the computer has replaced the habit of watching movies in the movie theater.

We can’t force the next generation with the logic of the older generation, and I will certainly defend cinema, but the internet does give productions more room to recycle.”

"So, you think the Internet will replace theaters?"

"Why do we have to use the term replacement? Can't they coexist? Just like the development of movies to this day, stage plays and dramas still exist!"

…

In fact, not many people paid attention to Shen Changlin's interview. Even movie fans would prefer to see Shen Changlin criticize a certain actor...

After all, stars attract far more attention than directors or the film industry.

On the 29th, "Kingsman: The Secret Service" was released, halting the three consecutive wins of "The Vengeance" - the former had a box office of 180 million in its first weekend, while "The Vengeance" only had a box office of 160 million in its third weekend...

It's normal that this kind of action movie with little depth has relatively weak stamina.

This is also the reason why Shen Changlin first judged the 800 million level of "The Vengeful Man"...

The current results have far exceeded expectations.

He analyzed the reasons himself. The main reason is that the combination of Shen Changlin + Jackie Chan is too bluffing. 580 million in the first weekend...

Jackie Chan once again became a box office guarantee with "The Vengeance", especially when the domestic box office is so high.

Then Hollywood extended an olive branch, and "Rush Hour 4", "Shanghai Noon 3", and even "Kung Fu Dream 2" were all announced.

Capital doesn't care whether you have a good reputation or not. If you can make money, of course you have to work hard...

I’m about to shoot “Escape” and “Kung Fu Yoga”, and there are a lot of projects...

As for the income, "The Vengeance" earned at least more than 150 million US dollars. As for Jackie Chan, including the salary, he should have gained more than 40 million US dollars this time...

"The Vengeful Man" relied entirely on Jackie Chan's appeal overseas. Shen Changlin has a reputation overseas, but he is not a director in the Hollywood system!

After the "Film Report" interview, Shen Changlin appeared on "Dialogue", BJ TV's "Chunni's Weekend Time", and also received interviews from several print media.

I focused on praising Jackie Chan and Cheng Jiaban, and it turned out to be on several hot searches...
Chapter completed!