Director’s Legend

Another magical epic movie, another special effects provided by 2 and LM, and another joint venture between China and the United States, even James Cameron participated. One can imagine the appeal of the four major magical series to directors. Those who attended the meeting were basically directors who had produced fantasy films, and it was not difficult to follow up.

When the meeting ended, the directors immediately proposed to go to the screenwriter library to read the script.

If there is a good script, they have no reason to refuse this cooperation.

After the meeting, the four major magical series were officially launched. The first two TV series and "Legend of the White Snake: The Legend of the Green Snake" started shooting. . Judging by how many fans the vampire love affair in the Twilight Saga has gained, it's a lot of fun.

Moreover, the story of The Legend of the White Snake can also be transformed into a Hollywood-style blockbuster model. This one directed by Chen Jiashang was born out of the Legend of the White Snake, re-listing the heroine as the Green Snake, and setting it as the descendant of Nu Wa, which has the same world view as the four major magic series. The big villain is not Fa Hai, but Fa Hai's apprentice, who went down the mountain to avenge his master and did evil, and was wiped out by the green snake.

In short, the main line of the stories of the four major fantasy series is quite simple and clear, that is, the villain wants to destroy, and the protagonist destroys the villain. Then add a little bit of oblique content.

It is not something that will happen overnight for Chinese-language films to break out of Asia. When they come up, they choose mysterious stories. It is conceivable that foreigners will not buy it. You have to assimilate the tastes of foreigners bit by bit, when foreigners have become accustomed to the connotation of Chinese movies. At that time, it can be a little more profound.

Another reason is that "Legend of the White Snake: Legend of the Green Snake" has very few G special effects, that is, when the green snake transforms into a battle with Fahai, it needs more special effects production, and other places. It doesn't need too many special effects. Relatively speaking. The cost of this film will be very low, and it is very suitable as a film that tries to "sex".

"Yellow Emperor: Battle for the Deer" directed by Shao Shuaijun himself is based on the scale of the Great War in Lord of the Rings. No matter how you say it, it will require an investment of 500 to 600 million yuan, so it will be postponed later. Even after "Legend of the White Snake: Legend of the Green Snake" was released, the response was strong, and then started. [

After all, investing in movies is very risky, and no one can bear the losses caused by blindly launching such a big plan.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio, which is now popular all over the world, originally created the world view in advance, and then made movies one by one. Build step by step. The word-of-mouth and box office are excellent, and the plan for the next movie is started. It continues the connection between the movies very well, and also avoids the risk of over-exploitation caused by swarms of bees.

After solving the problem of starting the four major magic series projects, Shao Shuaijun put the completed script on hold for the time being. After going to Thailand, Xu Zheng's new film "Lost in Thailand" is being filmed in Thailand.

The news of Shao Shuaijun's arrival. It was quickly known by local reporters, and flocked to the crew studio.

"The Avengers" is currently showing in Thailand. It has set a number of records, and has won five consecutive championships in Thailand, and has won more than 300 million baht, becoming the new overlord in Thailand's film history. The reporter's frantic visits not only provided a lot of exposure to the Thai drama crew, but also alarmed the Thai "government".

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck personally invited Shao Shuaijun to the house for a banquet.

With Shao Shuaijun's current global status, as the head of a small country, Shao Shuaijun's influence cannot be compared, even if the status is not comparable. It's like when Bill Gates went to a small country, he received the treatment that only a head of state can enjoy. As an oligarch in the entertainment industry, Shao Shuaijun can also enjoy such treatment when he goes to a small country.

There is no way, the money is so "sexy".

Any small country hopes to establish a good relationship with rich people, and with a little investment, the benefits can benefit the whole country.

In the past two years, Yingluck's rule in Thailand has not been very stable. She needs China as a backer, and China also needs a neighboring country as an ally. Because of emotion and reason, Shao Shuaijun couldn't refuse, so he agreed to Yingluck's invitation and went to the Prime Minister's Palace for dinner. By the way, Yingluck also invited Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.

As a head of state, Yingluck may not be the most famous, but in the world, she is the most beautiful female prime minister. The half-aged mistress still has charm, and with the light of power, she looks pleasing to the eye. And what's interesting is that Yingluck is also half-Chinese, and her ancestors are all Chinese. Later, she immigrated to Thailand and became a center of power.

However, politicians are politicians, and the conversation is going on and on, but there are two main points. One is to hope that Shao Shuaijun can invest in Thailand, and the other is to express the intention of friendship between China and Thailand.

Telling Shao Shuaijun that China and Thailand are friendly is purely to Niu Qin, who doesn't understand politics at all.

Yingluck's move was just to show off to the Chinese high-level officials. To be friendly to Shao Shuaijun is to be friendly to the Chinese, to be friendly to China...

"At the banquet at the Presidential Palace in Thailand, the food was so-so." After eating, drinking tea, and chatting, the four of them returned to the crew. On the way, Huang Bo picked his teeth with a toothpick and commented like this. [

"I eat with great relish, tsk tsk, it feels different to eat at the Prime Minister's house." Xu Zheng reflected on his face, "I don't think I will have the chance in the future. I come here to eat. I really miss it."

Shao Shuaijun raised his eyebrows: "It's not necessarily true. If the Thai embarrassment becomes popular and drives Chinese people to travel to Thailand, maybe you can be recruited by Yingluck as a guest again." Shao Shuaijun vaguely remembered that it was because of Thai embarrassment It was so popular, and the number of Chinese tourists coming to Thailand increased greatly. Yingluck specially invited Xu Zheng and others to have a cordial exchange.

After staying in the crew for a few days to guide Xu Zheng, Shao Shuaijun set off again and flew to Hollywood.

"The Avengers" is currently in theaters all over the world, and it has already become the top three box office movies in film history. Summit Entertainment can't wait to release the sequel now, and earn a lot of money. Therefore, the project plan for "Avengers: Age of Ultron" was announced along the way, and Shao Shuaijun was here to attend the project plan.

Age of Ultron has already selected a director and will hand it over to Joss Whedon to direct. Speaking of Joss Whedon, many people may not be familiar with it, especially among film directors, he is not well-known. However, he has a nickname, known as the George Lucas of the television industry. The sci-fi TV series "In the Fireflies" (Out of Serenity) directed by him is super popular and has a large number of fans.

In addition to standing for Joss Whedon, Shao Shuaijun also supervised the production of "Iron Man 3".

Shane Black has already begun to recruit actors, and he wants to show his strengths. He expects "Iron Man 3" to surpass the first and second parts and reach a new high.

It was Michigan that had previously invited the "Iron Man 3" crew, and they were willing to provide a tax incentive of 13 million US dollars, that is, to make a movie here and reduce so many taxes. Still, it's clear Michigan is getting a little stingy, and North Carolina is willing to offer a $20 million tax incentive.

Therefore, Wilmington, North Carolina, will be the main filming location for Steel 3.

Originally, Shao Shuaijun, who was going to stand on stage and leave in the project promotion of "Women's Federation 2", unexpectedly received a call from Kevin Feige, saying that the Steel 3 team had a problem.

"Shao, Shane Black may withdraw from the director team of Steel 3. We have serious differences in script communication."

"What's going on?" Shao Shuaijun asked suspiciously, "What can go wrong with the steel 3 script? Haven't you already drawn up a rough framework?"

"It's about the villain 'Mandarin', and Shane insists on having the Mandarin as the villain protagonist, but, you know, the Mandarin has Chinese ancestry, and we're worried that this will cause resistance from the Chinese side, so, what you're talking about Not very pleasant, Shane is no longer qualified."

Mandarin, this is a very early character in Marvel Comics, which appeared as early as 1964. In the comics, he is a descendant of Genghis Khan, the richest man in China before the liberation. After the founding of New China, the Mandarin was expelled, and then he discovered an alien spaceship that had been buried for many years, and got ten rings to control the spaceship. After many years Practice, master martial arts, and start the road of revenge and hegemony.

In the comics, the Mandarin has always been Iron Man's nemesis.

"Didn't it be agreed that the Mandarin will no longer appear as the villainous leader? Although I don't think the Mandarin has any image of smearing China, the background of the Mandarin is too mysterious and does not conform to the 'trend'. Why does Shane still Do you want to make Master Man a great villain?"

"Who knows why he has a brain twitch, Shao, Shane left the director's seat, are you willing to come back and direct "Iron Man 3"?" Kevin said his final intention.

Shao Shuaijun shook his head, thinking that Kevin couldn't see, he said: "I have a lot of work this year, and the four major magic series cannot do without me. I will be busy again when I take over Steel 3. Go ask Jon Fei Confucianism."

"Jon has picked up Disney's Magic Empire."

"Where is Joe Johnston?" Joe Johnston is the director of "Captain America".

"Joe's style doesn't suit Iron Man."

"Where's Kenneth Branagh?" Kenneth Branagh is the director of Thor.

"Kenneth is not suitable for directing superhero movies, "Thor" has a bad reputation, otherwise we would not have replaced "Thor 2: The Dark World"."

"Don't other directors have suitable candidates?"

Kevin sighed on the other end of the phone: "Shao, I don't want to bother you, but Steel 3 is about to start filming, where can we find a director who is willing to take over the film temporarily. If we change a director we don't know, we have to Re-accepting the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan, we can't afford to delay this time, and the publicity has been released. "Iron Man 3" doesn't come out, and the entire second ensemble plan is seriously disrupted."

"So I have to clean up the mess?"

"Shao, we are all working for you, can you see the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan fail?"

"Oh, well, I attended the "Women's" Federation 2 project launch conference, let's talk about steel 3."

Shao Shuaijun had no choice but to agree. Originally, he had planned to cut down on filming, to be busy with the four major magic series and spend time with his family, but now he has to get busy again.

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