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Chapter 417 New Hero?
"Because China knows how to make money, and foreign countries know how to respect the audience!" Wang Tian sneered: "It is common for a series of movies to change directors, which can bring different feelings to the audience, such as Twilight."

"Harry Potter can't wait to change one for each film, which also brings a lot of freshness and different visual experience to the fans. But if the sequel is not the director, but the actor, then you can accept it?"

Ding Cheng nodded. Casting actors has always been an important part of making movies. Choosing an inexpensive actor can reduce investment, but the box office appeal it brings is not strong.

If you choose a good actor, you need to invest more salary in advance, but the box office appeal it brings is immeasurable, because many audiences go for the stars.

When Michael Bay was filming Transformers 1, he chose Shia LaBeouf, who was not well-known but had extraordinary acting skills, which not only saved costs, but also made him popular in the end.

But if a very exciting film impresses the audience, and people like the protagonist in the film very much, who would accept it if the actors in the sequel need to be changed?

Seeing the original crew in the previous episode can bring a sense of intimacy, which is a preconceived stereotype.If you really want to change people, you always feel that the old role played by the new actor can't play the taste of that role at all, right?

"Recently, I heard that many movies say that the actors will be changed in the sequel?" Wang Tiandao: "Spider-Man 4 will change the heroine, and Tomb Raider 4 actually wants to replace Julie with Megan Fox?"

"The investor's heart is really big!"

"It's still a question of the layout at the beginning, or the size of the ambition!"

Ding Cheng analyzed: "Such as Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor, all belong to Marvel's artists, and they all have ten-year contracts. It is natural that they must act in the sequel."

"Only the third part of the Fast and the Furious series was a big change. As a result, the box office reputation collapsed, and the fans were satisfied only when all the original cast returned. This kind of big IP can not only guarantee the box office, but the actors have a greater chance of becoming famous. ,Why not do it?"

What is IP?

In the vernacular, it is intellectual property rights.

When you talk about sequels, all the movies that revolve around "Journey to the West" belong to this IP, regardless of sequels, rumors, main stories, etc.

The first word-of-mouth of the American team was not good because it was too politically correct, the story was too thin and the characters were too facial.

Marvel took a look and realized that this was not going to work. Captain America was the core of Avengers, and with such a bad reputation, this series was going to die quickly.

Quickly replaced the director Joe with the Russo Brothers, and the word-of-mouth of the second film came up all of a sudden. Why?
Because they have ingeniously elevated the Captain America IP from the original confrontation between good and evil to a political thriller, which is awesome!
Afterwards, the third part was innovated again, splitting the Avengers camp, and the director was still the Russo Brothers, which won word-of-mouth and box office worldwide.

Therefore, the six giants have never insisted on the practice of one director shooting to the end, but in terms of the popularity of the work, the sequel is indeed better than the previous one.

In my opinion, many scripts in Hollywood are a continuous story, and the actors selected at the start of filming are to prepare for this series, such as Harry Potter, Charlotte, Lord of the Rings...

If there is no major change, actors will not be changed casually. In addition, the Hollywood circle pays great attention to acting skills, especially the special interpretation of a single character. Changing people will only change roles, and generally newcomers will not play old roles, such as Mission: Impossible, Mad Max...

After years of development and accumulation, various film companies and their artists have become instinctive to abide by the spirit of the contract. Whether it is a big-name company or a big-name star, they all pay great attention to the reputation of the contract in the circle, and they will not risk violating the contract unless they have to. The risk of bouncing votes casually, bad reputation outweighs the gains.

In fact, the relationship between Journey to the West, Conquering the Demons and the Demons of the West is quite subtle. From the storytelling, there is a link between the past and the future. From the emotional point of view, it should be in the same vein. However, the director replaced Zhou Xingchi, who won the story with the plot, with Xu, the old monster who relied on special effects to manage his family. .

The change of actors is also very mysterious. Sun Wukong’s predecessor should not be easy to invite. On the one hand, Tang Seng’s transformation is because his predecessor died on the other hand, and on the other hand, there may be an exchange of benefits. It’s not a big problem whether the pig and the fish are exchanged or not. Anyway, one wears a mask and the other almost starts from scratch. It's a fish in the end.

The heroine's predecessor can only live in memories after being headshot, the villain in the predecessor is the square in the successor, and the boss in the latter is a brand new appearance...

You can't even completely think that Subduing Demons is the sequel of Fu Mo, you can only say that using Fu Mo's bones as a foundation to stage a brand new story, this kind of thing is only capable of doing by Lao Xu.

To put it bluntly, the entire domestic process from creation, casting, investment, and filming has not yet fully formed a system and is very arbitrary. The overall development of the film industry is still relatively immature and not integrated enough. There is not yet any large and powerful company that can basically support it. I can’t afford a series of IPs that are too big.

Especially in the past two years, as long as the original team is replaced, it will be absolutely rubbish.For example, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the Sword of Qingming" is just trying to cheat money with the original feelings.

Audiences don't believe in announcements, they only believe in their own memories, so unscrupulous films conveniently use their memories to sell their feelings.

"Hey, the ghost blowing lamp IP was so popular back then. If it was all handed over to a big company, all the copyrights would be bought out, and then made into a movie. The starring roles should not be changed back and forth. If you don't apply the success of the Marvel Universe, it is really possible to create a super. IP!"

"Unfortunately now..."

Ding Cheng is also very helpless. This kind of thing cannot be done overnight. The century-old Hollywood film industry has developed to this day, and it has stepped on countless pitfalls to get to the present.

In any case, my first two works performed well. Whether it is Wen Ziren's Aquaman or the innovative Venom, I finally gained a firm foothold in Hollywood and fought my way out of the mainstream heroes.

The next installment is the Speed ​​series, and the risk is quite high. After all, the first two installments were quite successful, and Reeves is well-established in the hearts of the people. I hope there will be a good result.

"Doctor Strange?"

Ding Cheng took the script just sent by Marvel, and asked curiously, "A superhero too?"

(End of this chapter)