Hollywood: Great Directors Starting with Saw

Hurricane Rescue, in Kevin's hands, presents a story with the same core and different shells.

The core is the story of an old father, for the sake of his daughter, who violently destroys the bad guys who want to hurt his daughter.

It's just that the shell, the identity of the protagonist changes, the increase of brother-in-law and so on.

This classic setting, the quality of the shot, can be guaranteed to some extent.

As for why the rescue site was set in New York.

In the eyes of the British, Paris is a city with a clear distinction between black and white.

In the eyes of Americans, New York is such a city.

Whether in the DC Universe or the Marvel Universe, the description of it is black and white.

The famous Queens, the three-way zone, where gangsters run rampant, is right in New York.

Kevin is ready, to exaggerate a little, to add hurricane rescue to Marvel's preparation.

Of course, this is just to leave an interface, as for whether it will join, it will consider the opinions of the audience, and how many films can be filmed.

Ordinary Hollywood movies are set in a trilogy.

Among them, in addition to cultural influences, such as the Christian Trinity.

Three, seven, twelve, this number has a special meaning in the United States.

Of course, the meaning now is that after the trilogy, it is easy to lose money.

In Hollywood, if a movie wants to make a sequel, it means that the last movie made a lot of money.

The corresponding actor's value will naturally skyrocket, which means that the production cost will increase greatly.

And if the movie is successful for two consecutive films, when it comes to the third part, once the movie fails to sell, it is easy to lose money at this high cost.

The reason why Johnny Depp was abandoned by Disney in the fifth part, in addition to fame, is actually related to the cost of nearly $100 million.

In the original history, Johnny Depp took 55 million US dollars in Pirates of the Caribbean IV, and in Pirates of the Caribbean V, he took 95 million profits through remuneration and box office sharing.

Investors, spending huge costs, to make profits.

And the protagonist takes away $100 million while lying down, where is this topped.

From an actor's point of view, he played a classic role that deserves so much.

But investors certainly don't think so.

This is the point of contradiction between the two sides.

As copyright owners, if you do not consider the reaction of the audience brought by the substitution, in fact, they can change roles.

It's just that, in general, it is taboo to easily change roles in movie sequels.

Pirates of the Caribbean copyright owners did not dare to do so until Johnny Depp's own reputation collapsed, and many viewers voted unanimously to change the copyright owners.

The copyright party pushed the boat along the water and chose to change the corner.

It's hard to say whether copyright owners are behind this.

But after all, Johnny Depp is not perfect, and there is nothing to say about the problem when he is caught.

In short, trilogy is generally the most common situation in Hollywood.

Some of Kevin's films, most of which are only trilogy.

However, the world view built by the trilogy and the IP influence brought by it are obviously not enough.

It's like The Lord of the Rings.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is actually a typical failed IP.

In addition to the movie itself, in other aspects, hidden income is really not much.

Of course, this compares to what it has achieved.

Unfortunately, the copyright of The Lord of the Rings movies has long been in the hands of people, and Kevin has also talked to someone, and others have no interest in selling the copyrights.

Peter Jackson, the director, regards The Lord of the Rings as his life's work.

This is really not impressive with money.

Although Kevin really came up with a huge amount of money to get it, Kevin definitely bought the copyright to make money.

If you pay more money, it will be meaningless.

The film is being shot step by step.

At the same time, the time in the outside world is also progressing one after another.

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Fast forward to October.

In these two months, the industry with Sunrise Film as the core has been operating normally.

With the end of the popularity of Harry Potter movies, half a year later, the number of visitors to Hogwarts has decreased significantly, and although there is Marvel IP to join, it is still in decline overall.

But Kevin is not worried, because the second Harry Potter part will be continued soon.

As for the project, Kevin asked Dawson to contact director Chris Columbus, who made a name for himself in the circle with the movie Home Alone.

A movie called Machine Butler is currently being filmed.

It is expected that November will be able to relax.

At that time, I will come to the Morning Light movie and talk to Kevin about Harry Potter in detail.

This director, in the future history, is the director of the Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone films, and the second part is also continued by him.

However, after the third part, it was changed.

I don't know if it's the director's problem or Warner changed him.

This specific insider, Kevin does not understand.

After all, he was not in Hollywood before, and he could only learn from media reports.

In this era, the news between the mainland and the outside world is still relatively closed, and he has no way of knowing this.

However, judging from the achievements of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as well as Harry Potter and the prisoners of Azkaban, Chris Columbus is clearly still capable.

Of any sequel movie, the first two, the director has the most credit.

Just like Kevin's Batman Dark Knight series, the results of the first two films are good, and the reputation of the third part is festering, but with the blessing of the first two, it is still barely saved.

This is completely incomprehensible, the director's ability of the third part.

On the contrary, the sequel to this kind of hit movie can only barely save the capital, which is undoubtedly a mockery of the director.

Therefore, in the circle, all the famous directors who have achieved fame, few will pick up other people's sequel movies.

In addition to the sequel to the film he directed himself.

Otherwise, it may be thankless.

Of course, for directors who lack opportunities, this sequel is obviously a good opportunity for them to show their talents.

Chris Columbus's current films are all medium-sized films, and he also wants to take over a big production.

And a sequel to a movie like Harry Potter is obviously very suitable.

As long as he follows the tone set by Steve Kevin, this well-known IP, he can't think of any reason to fail.

And with this experience, he has enough qualifications to take on the production of those big investments.

This is a normal director, step by step path.

Chris Columbus's movies are generally profitable, but obviously, they are not comparable to the profitability of Steve Kevin's films.