Chapter 439: Unable to reach 1

When the sunset ended on January 6-12, the third week of "500 Days with Shamo" continued to win the North American weekly box office championship, and it took 28.83 million in 3401 theaters (average single hall 8,476, box office trend -56 %), The total box office in North America broke through a class, rising to 2. О 800 million! "Shamo" gently became the sixth highest in Wang Yiyang's personal singles box office list; the second in romantic comedies from 1978 to the present, with only 33 million left behind the top "My Grand Greek Wedding".
Brokeback Mountain expanded the scale of screenings to 551 theaters (+219), with a total box office of 30.36 million after adding 9.48 million, fully demonstrating extraordinary commercial capabilities.
However, the most shining this week is the "Human Skin Inn" released by Lions Gate. This heavy-weight R-rated horror film with a production cost of only 4.8 million was painted in 2195 theaters, although the three indicators of rotten tomatoes are bad. 59% / 38% / 59%, but it took away 25.16 million first-week box office, ensuring that the final global box office is enough to pay back and make a lot of money, becoming a model of great business success. There is no doubt that Lions Gate has Once with the horror film is very beautiful.
Compared to the unmatched flames, Lions Gate currently only has "Ghost Record" 1, "Fahrenheit 911" three North American box office films over 100 million, this year it arranges "Taylor Perry's Marty's family reunion" , "Star Employee", "Furious Attack" and many other films were released on a large scale, among which the most noticed and the most valued by Lion Gate is "Ghost Record 4" which will open on April 7. All the members of Lions Gate knew very well whether they were successful or mediocre in 2006, and they counted on this "magic treasure".
There is no figure of Wang Jiyang in the cast of "Ghost Story 4", nor is there a popular Koror Moritz recently, but after the rescue of Wang Qiyang last year, this series has been resurrected and has a huge fan base By looking at the data from a satisfactory market, we can understand why Lion Gate is full of confidence.
Lion Gate Films is developing steadily, waiting for the opportunity of a big explosion, as is the case with other big and small film companies, and horror movies have always been the easiest place to produce small productions as high box office. The founders of the trilogy, Wen Ziren and Ray Warner ’s new sweets have caused competition from a lot of filmmakers.
Needless to say, the success of the Chainsaw series is super gold mine! Since the completion of "SAW3", the two fathers of the chainsaw took a break while preparing for the new work "Dead Silence" (Dead-e). In the past few days, they finally made a long-term decision. Industry cooperation.
"Jiang, we think this is a good choice for everyone ..." In the bright and elegant cafe, Wen Ziren and Ray Warner looked very serious, and the atmosphere seemed a little dignified. Wang Yuyang took a sip of coffee in silence, and his heart was full of regret and discomfort. He thought that the two would settle down in flames, but ... maybe their words were correct, he shrugged and smiled, "Nothing, I understand, actually I I really hope that you can continue to stay in the flame movie, but this is your choice, I respect it. "
"Thank you." Wen Ziren nodded his thanks, and Ray Warner raised his coffee cup to respect Wang Qi. How could the two of them feel no regrets and regrets? Over the years, Yang and FF have always been very good to them. The reason why they have the fame and wealth of today is that they work hard and rely on the support of FF. Yang has always provided many and many opinions for the "SAW" series. And ideas play a key role, otherwise they will not easily create such a successful chainsaw trilogy by asking themselves.
But from the perspective of rational development, it is indeed a better thing to give "Death" to Universal, and at the same time avoid the embarrassment of the flame film. Wen Ziren said sincerely: "I am very grateful for Flame's trust in" SAW "and in us ... There is a better chance over the world." Ray Warner nodded: "Me too." The person's Wang Yang smiled hahaly: "Please, don't you say goodbye to life and death, what's so serious about doing?"
"Oh! Yang, our biggest worry is that you will be angry, but now, I am really relieved." Ray Warner relaxed and smiled, and Wen Ziren smiled happily: "This is the most It's exciting. "
The reason for the divorce between Wen & Warner and FF is actually not complicated. The FF production department is not very optimistic about the script of "Dead Silence". The former Newmarket SS William Tell and Chris Ball who have invested in "Memory Fragment" and "The Illusion of Death" all raised the anti-card, "It's just a little boring." Several people couldn't find it. The reason for optimistic about "Death", except that the screenwriter and director is "the father of the chainsaw".
Nevertheless, the production budget of 20 million US dollars is still too high, "SAW3" is only 10 million, so FF hopes that the production cost should be controlled within 15 million, otherwise the first FF release history will be screwed up. It may be born, but it has lost the reputation of the audience at the box office, and the brand image that has been working hard for many years must be damaged.
Wang Yuyang did not have "Dead Silence" in the movie and TV library in his mind. He did not know whether it belonged to the "future" or new life, nor did he know its image appearance and achievements. But from the point of view of the script, he is not very optimistic. In fact, the classic puppet theme is not nothing to say, but the problem of "the revenge of the spirits" in the story is not too cliché, but too simple, it is like a boring Characters, plain dialogue advance the storyline, throw out horror details of the composite, and then usher in an undisturbed and unnecessary twisted ending.
Compared with the surprises and investment in the "SAW" series, Wen and Warner obviously lack the opinion and explosive power of the story of "Dead Silence", and there is no emotional connection, including the ending is obviously pursuing the style of "SAW", " "The last three minutes to save the whole film" was unexpected, but this time the whole script was full of patchwork traces, and even a little show off. They wanted to add as many terrorist elements as possible, even if there were loopholes or flaws, they kept telling Audience: "It is terrible! It will eat your soul, terrible!"
But their voice was heard by the audience. That is not a fun thing. It should not be heard by the audience, but to make them feel it! Otherwise, there will be no psychological identity, no substitution, no empathy, and even scary and novel paragraphs will become plain, not to mention those are old-fashioned paragraphs.
If you have n’t heard those stories and details, you might feel horrified, but Wang Qiyang knows that most North American audiences have grown up on Halloween, and have heard of those puppets and wraiths a million times, which means the story It has lost its mystery and suspense.
From a certain perspective, horror films and suspense films are actually the types that are closest to the artistic characteristics of movies, because movies are storytelling. If you want to make the story fascinating, you need to create suspense. Only suspense can make the audience. We have expectations, excitement, and tension, and when the suspense is lifted, there are emotions such as surprise, satisfaction, and booing. Any movie, TV series, novel, or comic is good. As long as you are telling a story, suspense is very, very important.
Hitchcock first discovered the decisive significance of suspense to the language of the film. He has been making suspense all his life. His exploration of techniques and techniques such as montage has always affected the movie. In recent years, "Memory Fragment", "Death Illusion" and other films are actually exploring and challenging the language of the film, using novel techniques to tell a story that does not have much suspense, so as to achieve the corresponding effect.
The position of "Dead Silence" is a psychological horror film, but Wen Ziren is still deeply trapped in the influence of "SAW", he will not completely give up the blood, and want to integrate into it. This is an attempt; but the real Terror comes from the spiritual level, from personal imagination and even scares oneself. "Dead Silence" has neither emotion nor suspense. This is the worst. What does it use to impress and scare others? The entire script can be described as "ambitious and dumb."
Although the script of "Dead Silence" has too many problems, Wang Yiyang is still reluctant to give it up. After all, this is just a script, not to mention changes. A good director can always make a mediocre script into a good movie, but why not follow Is the script better at the beginning? Just change and adjust some places, and then the lens must pay attention to the creation of mysterious atmosphere ...
Wang Yiyang made his own suggestions on these issues, but Wen Ziren and Ray Warner were confident: "" Dead Silence "is a folk tale full of traditional horror charm."
G-DEAL! The two think it's not such a big problem, it's a bit old-fashioned, but the image lens shot is definitely very good! They have already entered the stage of thinking about puppet modeling, but the words of Miracle Yang certainly aroused their vigilance and seriously reviewed the "Dead Silence". There are indeed loopholes and logical errors in some places, just to serve the service story , There are some flaws that are not excessive? ...
The two believe that under the exquisite workmanship, this old wine will exude a unique and attractive aroma. Maybe they are a little too proud, or maybe it is that way. After all, the "SAW" trilogy has made too much money for the public company, and many large-scale filmmakers are watching. Under the insistence of the two, the flame film agreed. The investment limit of 20 million is for two people to take this risk. If the future film fails to improve, it will be issued by the FM brand.
However, new problems have arisen again. One cannot guarantee the operation of FF. Second, assume that it is released by FF. The main battlefield of horror movies is April Fool ’s Day and Halloween. Currently, the Halloween file of FF has "The Chainsaw" , What about April? Flame does not have the tradition of showing horror movies in the April file, and does not want to make a positive confrontation with Lion Gate, one of the main allies. "April file horror film" is the most important plan of Lion Gate in recent years. Don't rush in.
"We think the idea of" Dead Silence "is great! It will have some great achievements." Universal Pictures over there has never stopped extending an olive branch to the two, 20 million + April file, no problem, 25 million. Row! And "Global's distribution capacity will not be worse than Flame".
The two's agents also said, "This is a brand new opportunity." They are so young that they will always cooperate with other large and small film producers. What is the possibility and obligation to be limited to flames in their lifetime? Right now! After participating in the production work of "The Chainsaw 4" and maintaining the relationship with FF; "Dead Silence" is invested by the world. For this transformation, they are quite eager to try ...
Therefore, the flame movie and the lion gate have not yet agreed on how to solve the problem of the schedule. Has "Death" moved to the January file? Or to relay the Lions Gate in mid to late April? ... Wen Ziren and Ray Warner have made the decision to go around the world, which is the main reason why they are worried about Wang Jiyang's anger.
"Who said I am not angry?" Wang Jiyang took a sip of coffee with a smile. This sentence is not entirely a joke. FF regards them as "own people" and thinks everything is negotiable. Wen Ziren and Ray Warnall did n’t know what to say, Wang Wangyang laughed and said: "I like to see the good side. You get a satisfactory plan. Flame does not need to adjust the schedule. This is very good. But!" He said seriously: "The next movie, come back."
"Okay." The two nodded with a smile. Of course they knew that Flame had been busy with "Dead Silence". Now ... the heart was both tangled and moved. Wen Ziren was thinking about something and said: "Yang, Flame For me, it feels like home. Universal is like a tourist spot.
Wang Weiyang could n’t help but grin, and Ray Warner immediately agreed:
I think so too, if we mess up outside, "Flame Movies support us." Wang Yiyang laughed: "Yes, who said no?"
Whether "Dead Silence" is a success or failure, the box office is high or low, people need to experience, think and grow. Not everyone ’s path is like his growth track, Wang Jiyang is very clear about this, and as the "leader brother" of the new and young Chinese gang in Hollywood, he should try his best to help the two and let Wen Ziren grow into one. An influential horror suspense film director, and even a master, worked together to change the image and status of Asians behind and behind the scenes.
Moreover, as a friend, Wang Jiyang did n’t want to see "Death Silence" messed up. He looked at the two people opposite and said, "I'm not angry anymore. Let's discuss the issue of" Death Silence ", man, don't think I'm in danger. Shout, do n’t despise the logic ... "
Wen Ziren and Ray Warner both listened and listened to each other, although they were full of confidence in "Death", how can the magical teachings not listen? His words always allow people to reap many things.
Plot logic, lens technique, atmosphere of the scene ... The three people exchanged a lot of thoughts about "Death Silence", maybe this is the last time they talked about "Death Silence".
After talking for a long time, the two made another request: "Yang, can you not openly say that you don't like this movie very much?" Wang Jiyang didn't think much of nodding, if he said "I'm not optimistic about" Dead Silence " "", Then it will definitely be greatly affected, even if 91% of the success rate has dropped to 50%, he laughed: "Of course, rest assured! I will only bless you, I will not say more about the rest." Wen & Warner thank you with pleasure.
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"" Father of Chainsaw "runs away from the flame movie, a new horror works settled in the world"-Yahoo Entertainment; "The flame movie loses its love, James-Wen changed to the world"-X News Net ...
Big event, big event! As we all know, the flame film has the younger generation of "Chinese director three swordsmen", Wang Yiyang, Lin Yibin, Wen Ziren, and now suddenly, 28-year-old James Wen has left!
It is said that the relationship between Justin Lin, James Wen and Magic Young is like Robert Zemigis, Chris Columbus and Spielberg. However, when the latter did not have a DreamWorks when they were young, Magic Yang had a stable share of the box office. The flame movie of the champion throne, FF's generosity and tolerance for its soldiers is well known, this time did not win James-Win, Ray-Warner very popular new work? What happened? !
As the Golden Globe Awards approached, the news shocked the industry a bit, and this is the first time this has happened in Flame Movies!
"High School Musical 2" Director Sarah Sugarman doesn't count, because she doesn't have the writer or producer ability to initiate projects. In addition to making youth films for Disney, the British female director has returned to the British film and television industry in recent years. Before she directed "High School Musical 2", she was well-known; "Sweetheart", "Dancing Out My Life" 1 Li Ni Fletcher is currently resting, it is said that FF is already looking for a suitable comedy project for her; Justin- Lin and Christopher Nolan ’s worksheets are full ...
How did the two fathers of chainsaws leave FF? In particular, they have a good personal relationship with Wang Jiyang, and they have made several Yоutube funny short films! Fans and fans all feel incredibly incredible. Are Miracle Young and James Wen falling? Does he not like "Death"? The conditions given by Universal are better? ...
"This is regrettable and an expected decision." James Wen and Ray Warner said on their official website. They revealed that the reason for leaving FF was that they could not reach agreement on issues such as the amount of film investment and the release schedule. , And Universal has provided better and more attractive treatment for "Dead Silence"; but Wen will continue to be one of the producers of "SAW4", they are happy to leave the flame film, everyone has no contradiction, will not be right What is the impact of "SAW4".
FF has published many news on the official website, official blog, "SAW" official website and other places to confirm the words of the father of the two chainsaws. There is no way to hurt "Death", but it is said that it has "unclear business prospects". Ona Hasson said: "This is just the most normal flow of people. James and Ray have brought us the classic" The Chainsaw "and have accompanied us through three hairy and creepy Halloweens. Let the flame film get more development energy, we are sending them away with gratitude, and wish their new work can continue to be successful. "
Although Wen & Warner also said "we are leaving with gratitude", the two sides seem to get together, but the fans of the flame fans are somewhat indignant. They believe that the two took the initiative to leave the flame, not the flame. Treating the two men harshly, Wen & Warner undoubtedly betrayed the magical Yang and the flames.
Wrote: "Look at the flames and global attitudes ~ EbookFREE.me ~ you can guess what happened, what is better treatment? Never heard of FF giving poor treatment." YT sighed and wrote Tao: "I am a fan of flames. This news is too bad. I was still looking forward to the joint production of a horror film by Wen, Warner and MY." Lee-A wrote: "Maybe I think too much, Magic Yang must be very disappointed and sad. He said, 'WANG doesn't make horror movies because there is a WAN'. Now Wen leaves him like this. "...
Universal Pictures is the happiest person in this incident. The business prospects of "Dead Silence" are indeed uncertain, but how many movies are clear? And Wen & Warner alone is the founder of the "SAW" trilogy, which is already a right investment!
"Universal is very honored and very surprised to be the producer and distributor of" Dead Silence ". It has a really creepy story idea, and we believe it can make everyone frightened." Universal's Xuanyi Biography The strategy is to be shaped as "flame lost to the world", and it must not be related to "Magic Yang is not optimistic", openly questioning his eyes? It's just asking for trouble, even if he has already fallen due to "Game of the Brave 2".
According to Universal Pictures' announcement, "Death" will be released in April next year; at that time, the flame movie's release plan is the action comedy "Green Hornet", which Wang Yiyang initiated and produced.