Chapter 590 Continuing the Legend
In fact, the acting life of pure action actors is very short. When they get old, they can no longer perform and cannot perform the movements...
The same goes for comedians, they really are what Wang Jing said, ‘can’t let go’!
When you are old, you will not be as open-minded in comedy as when you are young, and your aura will gradually disappear, and the comedy effect will be much worse...
Talking back to Jackie Chan, it’s not that he doesn’t want to transform. He proved his acting skills when he made “Dragon Heart” in 1985;
In 1987, he suffered a serious brain injury in "Brothers of the Dragon and Tigers" and spent a year recuperating. He wanted to transition into feature films. At that time, he bought the copyrights of several works from Li Bihua. He wanted to star in a few of them...
But Jiahe issued a death order to Jackie Chan. At that time, he also had commercial blockbusters such as "Plan A Sequel" and "Flying Dragon" on his hands, and his schedule was full. So it was a pity that Jackie Chan did not have the opportunity to film these, and instead became a behind-the-scenes investor and film producer. .
You act in feature films, but you definitely sacrifice your personal style.
How could Golden Harvest not use the box-office elixir of Jackie Chan action movies?
So...
But he himself recruited several of his younger sisters, Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung, to make award-winning films such as "Rouge Button" and "Ruan Lingyu".
Of course, these movies made Jackie Chan cry at the box office...
Two thousand years later, he starred in "Shinjuku Incident" and completely transformed!
Although the movie is said to be a good one, the investment in this movie was more than 200 million, and the box office was only tens of millions.
Blood loss!
This also led to Jackie Chan being stereotyped and not daring to easily try a completely transformative work like "Shinjuku Incident".
Shen Xudong was persuading Jackie Chan to film "Hot Buzz" first: "Brother, this "Hot Buzz" is completely based on "Police Story"... You see, the male protagonist is simple and a bit individualistic. He has outstanding work ability and charges into battle. His character. He is daring and arbitrary, and he has a boss who loves him but makes him dizzy.
There are teammates who accompany him crazy, but need him to be the backbone at critical moments;
There is a villain with super power and perverted personality as his opponent;
There is a villain who takes bribes and perverts the law, suppresses him but is ultimately left helpless by him..."
"I've played police stories so many times..."
"This model is classic..."
After thinking about it, Shen Xudong added: "...If you think Chen Xiao is not up to par, we can change the actor. Xie Tingfeng is also good..."
Jackie Chan did not answer the topic, but asked: "You are so optimistic about this story?"
"Well," Shen Xudong nodded: "I am particularly optimistic about the box office of this movie in the Mainland and even Asia..."
"how to say?"
"Because... the audience is the group that grew up watching "Police Story"!" Shen Xudong added by the way: "When we make this "Hot Cop", we treat it as the big brother giving back to the fans. After all, the big brother has not played this kind of role for a long time. ”
Give back to movie fans…
This word is very high-end, Jackie Chan likes high-end things, Shen Xudong continued to fool... No, he continued to persuade, surrounding the themes of 'feelings' and 'audience', all kinds of praise...
For example, ‘The audience will definitely be moved when they see you playing the role of a policeman again in the movie! ’
'Unlike "New Police Story", this time we are about police catching thieves...'
Jackie Chan was very flattered and nodded: "Okay, I'll discuss it with Xiaobao... shoot this first!"
Shen Xudong is still not satisfied: "What about "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom"? Director Xu Ke is ready!"
It’s really not that he wanted to force Jackie Chan, it was mainly just one and a half years ago. In April 2009, Jackie Chan gave a speech at the Boao Forum, to the effect that ‘too much freedom is not good’…
Then he was scolded by netizens from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places. The Hong Kong authorities even received thousands of complaint letters because of this incident, demanding that Jackie Chan be revoked as the Hong Kong City Tourism Ambassador...
Han Han also published an article ‘Learn to figure out the Holy Intent like Jackie Chan’…
Then Jackie Chan's reputation declined in various ways, which also affected several subsequent movies, such as "Little Soldier" and "Revolution of 1911"...
It wasn't until he risked his life to star in "Twelve Zodiac Signs" that the audience's reputation was restored.
Well, Shen Xudong's plan is to release "The Detective" and "The Ancient City" in the summer of 2008, and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" during the Lunar New Year...
In short, two dramas were completed before 2009...
Jackie Chan was surprised: "Xu Ke is ready? Who will play the role of the mountain eagle?"
"...Liang Jiahui, you've put on your makeup!"
"I thought I would find Liu Dehua..."
Shen Xudong chuckled: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Jackie Chan..."
"It's not hard for me, forget it, let Er Xiaobao wait a little longer!"
"Er Dongsheng's side, we have prepared a feature film for him..."
"what movie?"
"The story of a corrupt little detective who meets a higher-level corrupt police officer and gets implicated in a scheme that triggers a vicious fight..."
Jackie Chan lost interest and talked about the upcoming "The Fault in Our Stars"...
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Oh, I wrote it wrong before. "The Fault in Our Stars" will be released on August 17. The biggest opponent is actually the gang comedy "Too Bad"...
In other words, Apatow's comedy is about horse racing. During this period, Judd Apatow is very popular. "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "One Night" both cost US$20 million, and the North American box office exceeded 100 million!
"Too Bad," produced by Judd Apatow and starring Jonah Hill...and Emma Stone...
Aiming at the youth sex comedy left behind by "American Pie"...
It performed very well, taking in $31 million at the box office in its first week.
Typical funny ugly man + blonde beauty, a combination of sex and humor to create a restricted joke...
The reputation is very good: the overall Rotten Tomatoes score is 85%, and the opening score of 31 million US dollars has exceeded the previous "40-year-old Virgin" and "One Night"...
However, the most surprising thing is "The Fault in Our Stars", which took in US$39.2 million in the first three days...
You know, the cost of "The Fault in Our Stars" was only $17 million...
In terms of publicity, "Too Bad", which is supported by Sony, is also not inferior - the only difference is that "The Fault in Our Stars" is an adaptation of a best-selling novel, with sales exceeding one million...
"Hollywood Reporter" called the drama a "tear bomb", "the biggest dark horse" and "female audiences support the North American market".
The fame of the production company 'Wonderful Studio' has skyrocketed, with "The Purge", "Juno", and "The Fault in Our Stars" being three blockbuster hits, followed by "The Ghost Story" and "Happy Death Day" , "Purge 2" three movies are scheduled to be released...
Although, every year in Hollywood, there are some small companies that rely on one or two works to make a name for themselves, and they are just a flash in the pan...
And the movies produced by these companies focus on edge, sensory stimulation...
But this Wonderful Studio is different. Although there is also "Purge", "Juno" and "The Fault in Our Stars" are more mainstream drama films...
It is an effective supplement for many large companies...
If you can buy...
This is a later story. Shen Xudong pays more attention to domestic public opinion.
After "The Fault in Our Stars" won the North American single-week box office championship with a first-week box office of US$39.2 million, mainland media also rushed to report on it. Of course, the titles were basically: "Shen Xudong's legend continues, new work wins North America"...
Also..."Shen Xudong's new film "The Fault in Our Stars" beats "Rush Hour 3"..."
This title is very sinister. Even though "Rush Hour 3" is in its second week of release, the two sides are not on the same battlefield at all, so they still have to compare...
It's understandable that if you want to say that "The Fault in Our Stars" beats "The Fault in Our Stars", you have to introduce a series of North American deeds of the main creative team of "The Fault in Our Stars" in a long way. "Rush Hour 3" is much simpler, everyone. Everyone knows that this is the series that established Jackie Chan in Hollywood...