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In 2016, Makoto Shinkai's "Your Name" came out, and once it was released, it set off a huge wave in Japan. In less than five weeks of release, it grossed 10 billion yen, and in the end, "Your Name" ended perfectly with a box office of 25.03 billion yen.
At that time, makoto Shinkai was the first animated film to break through the 10 billion yen box office, and in addition to Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai was the first to ---
Subsequently, "Your Name" was released in 125 countries around the world, and as of January 18, 2017, the cumulative box office revenue reached 281 million US dollars worldwide, surpassing the 275 million US dollars of "Spirited Away" and surpassing Miyazaki again from another perspective to become the highest-grossing film in the history of Japanese cinema at that time---
Of course, these achievements were surpassed by the later "Devil's Blade", but it is undeniable that the influence of "Your Name" on a global scale can not be underestimated, with high-quality painting and superb plot, it broke most people's "childish" prejudice against animated films and became a new milestone in the history of animated films.
And these achievements are also seen by Hollywood---
In 2017, Paramount and Bad Robot bought the rights to "Your Name" to team up with Japan's Toho to remake the animated film into a Hollywood live-action version, and invited Eric Messer, the screenwriter of "Arrival", to write the script, and the director of "The Amazing Spider-Man" Directed by Mark Webb.
Although there is a production team that can be called "Dream Team", the production of the live-action version of "Your Name" has not been as smooth as it has won the global box office.
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Unlike the original, the live-action version of "Your Name" transplants the background to North America, and the protagonists are all people living in the local area.
It is reported that the male protagonist is a young man from Chicago, the female protagonist is an Indigenous Indian living in a rural area, they will intermittently exchange bodies and a series of daily anecdotes, and when the crisis comes, they decide to embark on the road to find each other and save the world---
However, when the film was in full swing, director Mark Webb and editor Eric Messer abruptly announced their withdrawal last year, and the screenplay and directing were replaced by Korean-American director Lee Ezak Jeong.
Lee has previously directed films such as Abigail Hamm and Freedom Day---
After taking over, Lee also made some adaptations of the original script, although the settings of "exchanging bodies, finding each other, and changing the world" were not adapted, but the protagonists were changed from the original Indian girls and Chicago youths to a relatively vague "pair of boys and girls".
Just when everyone thought that the Hollywood version of "Your Name" after changing the production staff would go smoothly, on July 20 this year, the official news broke that the original director Lee resigned due to scheduling conflicts, and Paramount has launched an invitation to several suitable candidates to find a new director---
I wonder if the change of director will re-adapt the original script? Or will the project be cut off because it can't find the right person?
But regardless of the outcome, fans don't seem to be looking forward to this "American" full of "Your Name".
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The American version of "Your Name"? Isn't it "The Name of "Ni"? ---
Hollywood? Netizens have already helped you decide on the casting, just when Dwayne Johnson is sure that he will not star in "Fast and Furious 10, 11", then he is the best to play the male protagonist---
Of course, this move was also ridiculed by other netizens---
Not only casting, netizens even help you think about the plot, Paramount does not need to find a new director, directly look for this netizen---
In fact, it is completely understandable that fans have such an extreme evaluation, because the live-action production team is a foreigner, whether it is the concept of expression or the character setting is very different from the original setting, fans may not be able to unconditionally accept such an adaptation---
What's more, one of the reasons why "Your Name" has today's achievements is that its plot is based on Japan's unique "shrine culture", and has a deep understanding and adaptation of it, and the audience can understand the charm of Japanese traditional culture and the concept of Japanese animation transmission through the film;
Secondly, the excellent painting of "Your Name" shows a scene that can only be presented by the carrier of animation, and the live-action adaptation may not be able to reproduce this scene---
Of course, this is not the first time a similar look has happened.
Just some time ago, Disney's "The Little Mermaid" live-action version also triggered a hot discussion among fans at home and abroad, an animated film based on white people, but for various reasons was tragically "smeared" by the official, even if the epidemic interrupted the shooting twice, it could not prevent the completion of the movie, and finally the work was also announced some time ago, and it was also predicted that it would be released in 2022---
In the face of this matter, netizens naturally will not have a good temper, and what can be seen in the relevant comment area is only a pure criticism---
We naturally know Disney's intention to use black actors (in response to local support for vulnerable groups, win praise, and make North American audiences tirelessly pay money to support), the most successful example is "Black Panther", a film that suffered word-of-mouth waterloo in China, actually became the box office champion in North America that year...
Having said that, in the casting arrangement of the live-action version of "The Little Mermaid", it can really be said that "white people will cry when they see it, and black people will be silent when they see it".
The Hollywood version of "Your Name" is to set one of the people as "Indians", which will inevitably cause controversy in the "multi-ethnic" country of the United States.
But judging from the official determination to continue filming even if the production team is changed twice, the Hollywood version of "Your Name" is bound to be produced.
I just don't know what kind of bloody storm it is on social media at home and abroad when it is released?