rising director

The failure of Wu Yusen and Li An did not interrupt the Chinese director's pursuit of the Hollywood dream.

Directors such as Tang Jili and Liu Zhenwei all want to try to develop in Hollywood.

In fact, since "Wanted", Wan Xiaohu has already had sufficient experience in controlling blockbusters, and shooting Hollywood blockbusters is no problem.However, perhaps due to hypocritical patriotism, Wan Xiaohu prefers to bring good movies to China and make them into Chinese films.

Especially for some low-cost productions, even if they fail to be converted into Chinese films, there is no commercial pressure, and he can afford to lose such a small amount of money.

"I haven't thought about this issue. Maybe everything will be discussed after the end of "Kung Fu Panda". After all, my energy is limited now and I can't conceive blockbuster movies. And I have a lot of plans on hand now, and I want to shoot everything. But it always feels like there is not enough time, which is a pity.”

"You are a very prolific director, every film is very successful, and you are still so young, I think if you are an American, you must be the best interpretation of the American dream."

"Ah, haha, isn't this the national dream?" Wan Xiaohu scratched his brows.

"I watched the premiere, and "Source Code" was like a dream. It reminded me of the movie "Butterfly Effect". Starring, and they are all very classic, which makes people think philosophically. There are very few sci-fi films in China, and it seems to be limited to these two of yours. Why can’t Chinese directors make good sci-fi movies?”

Wan Xiaohu smiled and said: "Yeah, I also have the same feeling. I feel that directors in our country prefer to think about things of a more artistic nature, and more like the kind of chivalrous fantasy of fighting with swords, which may be 5000 times like ours. It must have something to do with the years of cultural history, there is no civilization in the world that lasts longer than ours, and everyone is influenced by this atmosphere, so people naturally have this kind of care.”

The 5000-year history has always been what Wan Xiaohu is most proud of.There are four ancient kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty in the world, but their civilizations are obviously broken. Only the Kingdom of Ming Dynasty lasts for 5000 years and is full of colorful treasures.

Hollywood likes to make science fiction films, because the United States has no history for them to choose, they can only imagine the future, imagine other worlds, and imagine aliens.Chinese directors like to make period films, because the things left by their ancestors are so rich that they don't want to think about more.

0270【Wallace and Gromit】

"Hey, Pete, are there any good movies introduced in this issue of Variety?" Williams asked his roommate who was reading a magazine while holding dumbbells to exercise his arm strength in the sophomore dormitory of Ohio State University.On the wall in front of him, a poster of Bruce Lee.

Pete flipped through the "Variety Show" magazine and said without looking back: "Well, let me see, oh, there is a new movie coming out next week, a clay animation "Wallace and Gromit" by the British company Aardman : The Curse of the Rabbit."

"Oh, don't mention this kind of disgusting film, you will be laughed at if you watch clay animation."

"Well, actually, I think Aardman's cartoons are not bad... Well, there is the romantic comedy "Stealing High Heels" starring Cameron Diaz."

"Bastard, can you talk about some normal movies." Williams dropped the dumbbell on the ground, then picked up the arm strength machine and folded it back and forth, "Watch old women pretending to be innocent, and love movies, bastard."

"How about "Great Money," starring Al Pacino."

"That's a good suggestion, is there any more?"

"The Gospel? Oh, no, it sounds kind of boring. How about Love Waiter, Lionsgate, about a funny waiter."

"Who is starring?"

"Ryan Reynolds, seems to be the one in "Scream"."

"I haven't heard of it. Wait until others have read it before reading the reviews. Do you want to watch it? Having said so much, it seems that we can only watch "Great Desire"?"

Pete shook his head: "No, no, no, actually I have a better suggestion."

"What, say it, bastard!" Williams said, putting down the armrest again, picking up a tensioner, pulling one on the left and one on the right.

"A sci-fi film. "Source Code", directed by Wan Xiaohu, sounds very exciting."

"Who is Wan Xiaohu?" Williams wondered.

Pete exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Oh, God, you don't even know who Wan Xiaohu is? How can you tell others that you are a movie enthusiast?"

"What's so strange about this? Like watching movies doesn't mean you need to know who the director is. Do you like to eat eggs and care about the eggs laid by the old hen? Besides, this Wan Xiaohu is very famous?"

"Oh, Williams, you're so ignorant that I'm going to strip you of the title of Movie Enthusiast. And fire you from all positions in the Movie Brotherhood."

"Come on, there are three people in the shit movie fraternity, including your cousin who didn't finish high school, can you not mention it. Tell me, who is that Wan Xiaohu?"

Pete shook his head and held up the "Variety Show" magazine: "See, this person is Wan Xiaohu."

Cover the inside of the magazine.It's a portrait poster. On the poster, Wan Xiaohu is staring at the front with a blank face. His facial features are not exquisite, but the three-dimensional sense of modification is clear. His hair, which is neither long nor short, is combed into a standard [-]-[-] split. Suddenly, he looks like a successful person. Feeling overwhelmed.

"Asian?"

"To be precise, he is a native of China, a Hollywood upstart, known as a supernova, with unlimited potential."

"A Chinese director? I know a Zhang Yimou, a Wu Yusen, and a Li An. How did Wan Xiaohu come out and be called a supernova? I watched "Batman: Beginning of War" this summer. What is the name of the director? Lan’s is also called a supernova, right? Emotional supernovas are worthless street titles, right?”

"Christopher Nolan, the director of "Memory Fragments", is also an upstart in Hollywood. However, compared with Wan Xiaohu, Nolan is still a bit worse, because Wan Xiaohu is better than Nolan in every respect, younger and more mature. High yield, more profitable...Williams, you should listen to me tell you, who is Wan Xiaohu!"

"I hope it didn't make one or two blockbuster movies, and then it was blown out."

"No." Pete said proudly, "Wan Xiaohu, born in 1980..."

"H (what)? 1980, bastard, are you talking nonsense, so you are only 25 years old, 25-year-old Hollywood superstar director? Pete, you have learned humor."

"Please don't interrupt casually, look at the picture of "Variety Show", see if you see it, he is so young. Since 2000, when he was a sophomore in college, he started directing movies and made seven movies in five years. It grossed $7.2 million, including $4.52 million for "Wanted."

"H? He made "Wanted Warrant"?"

"uh-huh."

"Oh my god, I love "Wanted" to death, Jessica Alba is my dream "qingren"!" Williams exclaimed.

Pete smiled slightly, and seemed to feel a great sense of accomplishment in turning Williams' perception around: "That's not all. Do you know who made the super classic "Chain Saw" of the horror film?"

"Couldn't it be Wan Xiaohu's filming too?"

"Why not."

"Oh, My-God, I always thought Saw was the best horror movie I've ever seen, and Wanted was the best action movie I've ever seen, I can't believe it, It turned out to be filmed by a Chinese, and I always thought it was filmed by a big Hollywood director."

"Do you remember the "Butterfly Effect" we discussed before, it was also shot by him."

"Oh-Oh-Oh, Oh-My-God! "Butterfly Effect" is also a classic of science fiction, it can almost be said to be a masterpiece! This Wan Xiaohu is too powerful, I just found out today, this guy, really ...Asshole, Pete, you didn't tell me earlier! By the way, what did you say about his new movie?"

"Source Code."

"Yes, "Source Code", hurry up and book tickets online, I want to see "Source Code" as soon as possible, I now officially announce that I am a fan of Wan Xiaohu, wow, after Bruce Lee, I have a new one I have become an idol in China, I always thought Jet Li would become my new idol one day, now he is a director, wow!"

Williams yelled, put down the tensioner, took out a nunchuck from the bed, yelled and swung the nunchuck indiscriminately.

Pete was much calmer.Put down "Variety" magazine, turn on the computer, log in to the ticketing website, and start booking tickets: "As you wish, I am also looking forward to this science fiction film. Because I am also a fan of Wan Xiaohu."

Click, click the mouse.

Two additional North American pre-sale tickets for Source Code.

It is fans like Williams and Pete who are increasing the pre-sale ticket share of "Source Code" bit by bit. According to the data released by North American ticketing websites Move-Tckes and IMDb, as of October 10 ’ had grossed $7 million in pre-sales ahead of its opening weekend.It topped the pre-sale box office list this week.

October is the off-season for movies in North America, and it is also the battleground for low-budget movies. The pre-sale box office of 840 million has greatly exceeded Wan Xiaohu's expectations, and also exceeded the expectations of many media.

Faced with a great deal of pre-sale tickets, box office experts.Revised the original forecast of $1050 million opening performance to $1350 million.

"The premiere and subsequent screenings of "Source Code" have a very good reputation. Wan Xiaohu also has a large number of fans in North America, so he should be able to achieve a good result." ——Film critic Richard Reiss is usually responsible for his own The box office is predicted on the column, so analyze it.