The Fengshen series has always occupied the dragon head throne of traditional Chinese mythology, and in recent years, there are not a few films with this proposition. In 2016, "Legend of the Fengshen Gods", in 2019, there was "The Demon Boy of Nezha", and in 2020, there was "Jiang Ziya", and the Douban score ranged from 2.9 to 8.4, which can be said to be uneven.
In 2018, director Urshan claimed to reshape the "Fengshen Trilogy" and made a bold statement: "The "Fengshen Trilogy" invested 3 billion yuan, the actor's remuneration accounted for only 30%, and the first one is expected to recover 5 billion box office! ”
One is 5 billion, those three are not 15 billion! Urshan's words are a bit arrogant, Chinese film history so far there are a total of three movies exceeding 5 billion, namely "Wolf Warrior 2", "Hello, Li Huanying", "Nezha's Devil Boy Descending".
The success of "Wolf Warrior 2" was laid down by Wu Jing with his fists, Jia Ling's "Hello, Li Huanying" is also inseparable from her own appeal and various opportunities, as for "Nezha", it is a milestone in the history of Chinese animation. Why is Urshan so confident?
"Fengshen Trilogy" invested 3 billion yuan, and the cost was suspended to Hollywood super A-level productions such as "Batman", "Mummy 3", "Rush Hour 2" and so on.
Urshan confidently said: "We want to use the "Fengshen" trilogy to set a benchmark for the production system of the Chinese film industry."
Under normal circumstances, the series of movies is to first make a test of the water, and then decide whether to continue shooting according to the box office, such as Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" series and Lin Chaoxian's "Red Sea Action".
"Fengshen Trilogy" but another way, insisting on three co-productions, the last film that dared to do so was "The Lord of the Rings", in the face of outside doubts, Urshan appeared to be a bit "Versailles", he said: The production consultant of "Fengshen" is "Lord of the Rings" producer Barry M. Osborne!
However, the luxurious cast of the "Fengshen Trilogy" surprised us at the same time, huang Bo played Jiang Ziya, Fei Xiang played the shang wang, as well as Li Xuejian's Ji Chang, Chen Kun's Yuan Shi Tianzun, and even Xia Yu and Yuan Quan's husband and wife also had a role, full of eyes are a second-line big coffee, can this piece be less rewarded?
Urshan's career is 16 years, and his works are few, the more famous ones are "Painted Skin 2" and "Ghost Blowing Lantern Dragon Recipe", for which he won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director.
From the quality of these two works, it is not difficult to see that Urshan is good at spending money on the blade, and he and Huang Bo, Chen Kun are friends for many years, several famous movies are starring Chen Kun, And Urshan's abacus is really good. He said that the actors' remuneration for the "Fengshen Trilogy" only accounts for 30%, which is by no means empty.
Ran Ping, editor-in-chief of the "Fengshen Trilogy", is an old friend of the costume mythological drama, he has written Pan Yingzi's version of "Wu Zetian", "Water Margin", "A Generation of Heavenly Glory Genghis Khan", "Painted Skin 2", "Journey to the West of Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essence", and won the first prize of the Feitian Award.
Although the "Fengshen Trilogy" is Ran Ping's first contact with the theme of Fengshen God, he has enough knowledge reserves to reshape this glorious myth.
Beijing Culture, the publishing company of the "Fengshen Trilogy", is a very famous film company in the industry, and the top four box office in The history of Chinese films are all from its own banners, including "I Am Not a Medicine God", "Wolf Warrior 2", "Hello, Li Huanying", and "The Wandering Earth".
With the triple guarantee of the production company, the screenwriter and the actor, Urshan is still not satisfied, and even "manipulates" the fixed date.
The first part of the Fengshen trilogy is scheduled for the world premiere on July 23, and the final date for the 2017 box office champion "Wolf Warrior 2" and the 2019 box office champion "Nezha's Demon Boy Descending" is also late July. This is obviously not a coincidence, Urshan this is to copy the Wujing box office myth ah, it is a good means.
With so much effort, whether the "Fengshen Trilogy" can work or not, or wait for July 23 to find out. Do you think you can earn 5 billion at the box office and become the Chinese version of "The Lord of the Rings" as UrShan thought?