At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 590 Continuing the Legend
In fact, pure action actors have a very short lifespan in acting. They can't move when they get old, and they can't do their movements...

The same goes for comedians, it really is what Wang Jing said 'I can't let go'!
Acting comedy when you are old will definitely not be as open as when you are young, and the aura will gradually disappear, and the effect of comedy will be much worse...

Speaking of Jackie Chan, it's not that he doesn't want to change, he proved his acting skills when he filmed "Dragon's Heart" in 85;

In 87, due to a serious brain injury in "Brother Dragon and Brother Tiger", he was recuperating for a year. He wanted to make a transition to a feature film. At that time, he bought the copyright of several works from Li Bihua. He wanted to act in a few of them...

But Golden Harvest ordered Jackie Chan to die. At that time, he still had commercial blockbusters such as "Plan A Sequel", "Flying Dragon" and other commercial blockbusters. The schedule was full, so it was a pity that Jackie Chan didn't have the chance to shoot these, and instead worked as a behind-the-scenes investor and film producer. .

You do drama, but you definitely sacrifice your personal style.

How could Golden Harvest not use Jackie Chan's box-office panacea?

so...

But he found some of his younger sisters, Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung, to make "Rouge", "Ruan Lingyu" and other award-winning films.

Of course, these few box office made Jackie Chan cry...

After 2000, starred in a "Shinjuku Incident", a complete transformation!

Although the movie is said to be a good movie, the investment of this movie is more than 2 million yuan, and the box office is only tens of millions.

Blood loss!
This also led to Jackie Chan being stereotyped, and he dared not easily try a completely transformed work like "Shinjuku Incident".

Shen Xudong is persuading Jackie Chan to make "Hot Detective" first: "Brother, this "Hot Detective" is completely based on "Police Story"... You see, the male lead is simple and a bit individualistic, with outstanding work ability and a strong personality. In addition, there is an immediate boss who loves him but is confused by him.

There are teammates who accompany him crazy, but need him to be the backbone at critical moments;
The powerful villain with perverted personality is his opponent;

There is a big villain who is corrupt and perverts the law, suppresses him but is finally made helpless by him..."

"I've been in Police Story so many times..."

"This model is classic..."

After thinking about it, Shen Xudong said again: "... If you think Chen Xiao is not good enough, we can change the actor, Xie Tingfeng is also good..."

Jackie Chan didn't pick up the topic, but asked instead: "Is that why you are so optimistic about this story?"

"Well," Shen Xudong nodded, "I'm particularly optimistic about the movie's domestic box office and even the Asian box office..."

"how to say?"

"Because...the audience are the ones who grew up watching "Police Story"!" Shen Xudong added by the way: "The filming of "Hot Detective" is like a big brother giving back to fans. After all, big brother hasn't played this kind of role for a long time. gone."

Giving back to fans…

This word is very tall, and Jackie Chan likes tall things. Shen Xudong continued to flick... no, he continued to persuade, around the theme of 'feelings' and 'audience', all kinds of compliments...

For example, 'The audience will be moved to see you play the policeman again in the movie! '

'Unlike 'New Police Story', we're going to police and catch thieves this time...'

Jackie Chan was very flattered, and nodded: "Okay, I will discuss it with Xiaobao... shoot this first!"

Shen Xudong was still not satisfied: "What about "Taking Tiger Mountain Outsmart"? Director Xu Ke is ready!"

It’s really not that he wanted to force Jackie Chan, mainly for a year and a half. In April 09, at the Boao Forum, Jackie Chan gave a speech to the effect that ‘too free is not good’...

Then he was scolded by netizens from both sides of the strait and three places, and even the Hong Kong authorities received thousands of complaints because of this incident, requesting that Jackie Chan be revoked as the city tourism ambassador of Hong Kong...

Han Han also published an article 'Learn to try to figure out the holy will like Jackie Chan'...

Then Jackie Chan's reputation declined in various ways, which also affected the next few movies, such as "Little Soldiers", "The Revolution of [-]"...

It was not until "Zodiac" starred desperately that the audience's reputation was restored.

Well, Shen Xudong's plan is to release "Hot Detective" and "Exquisite Ancient City" in the summer of 08, and "Taking Tiger Mountain Out of Wisdom" in the Lunar New Year file...

In short, two dramas were completed before 09...

Jackie Chan was surprised: "Xu Ke is ready? Who will play the mountain sculpture?"

"...Liang Jiahui, you've put on your makeup!"

"I thought I would find Andy Lau..."

Shen Xudong chuckled: "Brother Jackie Chan has worked so hard..."

"I don't have to work hard, forget it, let Er Xiaobao wait a little longer!"

"Er Dongsheng, we have prepared a drama for him..."

"what movie?"

"The story of a corrupt criminal policeman who met a higher-ranked corrupt policeman and was implicated by a scheme..."

Jackie Chan lost interest and chatted about the upcoming "The Fault in Our Stars"...

……

Oh, I made a mistake, "The Fault in Our Stars" will be released on August 8th, and the biggest opponent is actually the comedy "Too Bad" by the Bad Boys...

In other words, Apatow's comedy is a horse-riding one. At this time, Judd Apatow is very popular. "40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Growing Belly Overnight" both cost 2000 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office exceeded [-] million!

'So Bad,' Produced by Judd Apatow, Starring Jonah Hill...and Emma Stone...

Aiming at the teenage sex comedy left by "American Pie"...

It performed vigorously, taking in $3100 million in its first week at the box office.

Typical funny ugly guy + blond beauty, the X-rated jokes made by the combination of nao element...

The word-of-mouth is very good: Rotten Tomatoes has a comprehensive score of 85%, and the opening score of 3100 million US dollars has also surpassed the previous "40-year-old virgin" and "Big Belly"...

However, the most surprising thing is "The Fault in Our Stars", which took in 3 million US dollars in the first 3920 days...

You must know that the cost of "The Fault in Our Stars" is only 1700 million US dollars...

The publicity is not low, with Sony's blessing of "Too Bad" - the only difference is that "The Fault in Our Stars" is an adaptation of a best-selling novel, with sales exceeding one million...

"The Hollywood Reporter" called the show "a tear gas bomb", "the biggest dark horse" and "female audiences prop up the North American market".

The production company 'Wonderful Studio' has skyrocketed in popularity, with "The Purge", "Juno", "The Fault in Our Stars", three hit works in a row, followed by "Ghost Story" and "Happy Death Day" , "Human Purge 2" three movies lined up for release...

Although, every year in Hollywood, there will be some small companies that rely on one or two works to become famous, but it is just a flash in the pan...

And the films these companies make feature a fringe, sensory thrill...

But this Wonderful Studio is different. Although it also has "The Purge of Mankind", "Juno" and "The Fault in Our Stars" are all mainstream drama genres...

It is an effective supplement to many large companies...

If you can buy...

This is a later story. Shen Xudong is more concerned about domestic public opinion.

After "The Fault in Our Stars" won the North American single-week box office championship with a box office of 3920 million US dollars in the first week, the mainland media also rushed to report. Of course, the title is basically: "Shen Xudong's legend continues, new work wins North America"...

And... "Shen Xudong's new work "The Fault in Our Stars" defeated "Rush Hour 3"..."

This title is very sinister. It is obvious that "Rush Hour 3" has been released for the second week, and the two sides are not on the same battlefield at all, so we still have to compare...

It is understandable that if you want to say that "The Fault in Our Stars" defeated "Too Bad", you have to introduce a series of deeds of the main creative team of "Too Bad" in North America. "Rush Hour 3" is much simpler, everyone We all know that this is Jackie Chan's Hollywood series...

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