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Although due to the introduction window and other issues, the three imported sub-films "Full House", "The Matrix 4" and "Wang Wang Team Achievement" released in 2022 have not achieved the expected box office results, and "Spider-Man: Heroes Without Return", which is highly anticipated by mainland audiences, has not yet received any introduction news. But from the recent news, the situation of imported films in 2022 may be slightly better than in the second half of last year.
Yesterday, Sony Pictures' "Uncharted Sea" was confirmed to be introduced, and today Disney's "Massacre on the Nile" was officially announced to be scheduled on February 19, and both films are rumored to be expected to be released in February.
"Massacre on the Nile" is a classic mystery novel by the famous writer Agatha Christie. The 1978 version of "Massacre on the Nile" has a douban score of 8.5 points, and is hailed as the most classic film adaptation.
In 2017, Kenneth Branagh brought Agatha's other novel, Murder on the Orient Express, to the silver screen, which grossed $352 million worldwide, and although it was profitable at the box office, its word-of-mouth performance was mediocre. Although the film is well-made, director Kenneth Branagh is the film's biggest destabilizing factor. Although Kenneth Branagh has directed classic Shakespearean works such as Henry V and Hamlet, the overall performance of his works in the past decade or so has been relatively mediocre. The same luxurious new version of "Massacre on the Nile" was originally scheduled for December 20, 2019, and has since experienced at least four postponements. If the epidemic is an unstable factor in the delay in the early stages of the film, then the scandal of the film's male protagonist, Amy Hammer, is the biggest culprit behind the repeated jumps in the film. In the eyes of Disney, the distributor of the film, this hot potato film can finally be released normally, which is already a good ending. At present, the box office of the film is predicted to be around 100-150 million. The release date of February 19 (Saturday) can also show the filmmaker's lack of confidence in the content of the film to a certain extent.
Sony Pictures' "Uncharted" series is an adventure action game that integrates puzzle solving, treasure hunting, adventure and shooting, as one of the most influential series of games under the Sony platform, it has always had a very good reputation in the industry and players. The film version of Uncharted starred "Dutch Brother" Tom Holland, who will play the young male protagonist Nathan Drake.
However, like "Massacre on the Nile", the path to cinematization of "Uncharted" is very tortuous. In 2008, Sony hired David O'Russell, who was not very famous at the time, to direct and write several versions of the script. However, the executives were still not satisfied, and replaced the director with Neil Borg, and as a result, Neil Borg went to direct "The Divergent" in 2012 and ran away. Turning point in 2014, the third director Seth Gordon took office...
In this way, in 13 years, Sony changed six directors in a row. Finally, 2 weeks before filming began, the 7th director was finally determined - Ruben Frescher, who had previously worked with Sony on the "Zombie Land" series and "Venom". Filming was originally scheduled to begin in March 2020, but was postponed to July due to the epidemic and was completed in October. However, from the current file environment of imported sub-account pieces, the current file period on February 18 is the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is difficult to distribute it to a medium and large volume of imported sub-account pieces. Maybe February 25 is a good time for this film.
In addition, Universal's "The Voice of Joy 2" and Sony's "Elf Hostel 4" are also rumored to be expected to be introduced in the near future. As for "New Batman" and "Youth Metamorphosis", it is likely that there will be news until after the Spring Festival.