It was unexpected.
On the first day of the release of "Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen" (hereinafter referred to as "The Rise of the Blood Queen"), "Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen") earned 13.3933 million yuan, which defeated domestic films such as "King Kong Chuan" and "Calm Wind and Waves", and won the single-day box office championship.
Normally speaking, such a reputation is sparse, Douban is only 5.6 points, and the release time is so late than north America, even if it is freshly landed, it is difficult to compete with domestic blockbusters.
Perhaps it is that Chinese audiences have not enjoyed the audiovisual pleasure brought by Hollywood special effects for some time, and there is such an unexpected single-day box office champion.
The quality of the film can not be deceived, and after more and more people are disappointed, "Rise of the Blood Queen" will eventually be forgotten by history.
For Hellboy fans, this failure is unforgettable.
Not because of the problem of adapting the content of the script, but because of the more wonderful crew tearing X battle than the main film.
The dispute over "New Mutants", because of the disagreement between the new director and the producer, "Rise of the Blood Queen" has a similar situation, and the situation is more complicated.
Director Neil Marshall, who has participated in the directing of high-scoring American dramas such as "Game of Thrones" and "Westworld", David Hubble, the male star of "Stranger Things" and who will play the red guard in "Black Widow", plays the male number one, and the "Resident Evil" female killer Mira Jovovich joins the main villain, as a commercial film, so the lineup is not bad.
Gilmour del Toro's two Hellboy films, directed in 2004 and 2008, were successful comic book adaptations, and the Hellboy played by Ron Pullman was so popular that some commentators suggested that he, like Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, was the perfect choice for such a superhero character that no one could replace.
Originally, the third part of the series was to be filmed, but unfortunately due to budget problems, it was finally abandoned.
If Gilmour del Toro had won the Oscar for Best Director sooner, maybe nothing would have been a problem.
But producers Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levine didn't give up until 2017, when they launched a reboot project that persuaded Lionsgate to shoot.
In the casting stage, "Rise of the Blood Queen" produced a moth.
Ed Scrin, who played the main villain in "Deadpool", was criticized for playing the role of the original Asian in the comics, and decided to quit the role.
Later, Kim Dae-hyun, a Korean actor who became famous with the American drama "Lost", took over the role and eventually appeared in the main film.
After the poster material was exposed in 2018, the audience's expectations were raised.
The character modeling in the individual is indeed not inferior to the old version of the movie.
However, the audience did not know at the time that the infighting of the production team behind the scenes was already in a lot of trouble at that time.
The dismissal of photographer Sam McCarthy became the trigger.
Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levine did not ask director Neil Marshall, and the deportation order was issued.
Sam McCarthy is Neil Marshall's perennial partner, and Game of Thrones, The Battle of Blackwater, is a triumph of the duo.
The partner was fired for no reason, and Neil Marshall must have been furious.
As the creative disagreement with the producer grew, it was rumored that he once beat people.
Lloyd Levine's lawyer had clarified to the media that the whole incident was Marshall's side of the story and that things were not as the rumors described.
What are the rumors?
Several insiders, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that Mr. Levine often interfered in Marshall's filming on set, leaving the actors confused about who to listen to.
The most guilty is the actor David Hubble, who has the most scenes, and different opinions lead him to shoot and shoot. He couldn't bear it, and directly went on strike, watching who could argue with the producer and director to win first.
In an interview with the media, David Hubble said he had done his best and that many things were out of his control.
And his performance is one of the few highly recognized places in the whole film.
Levin and Marshall's conflict culminates in the Blood Queen's portrayal of the executed elven tree. It is said that the two sides have fought over this issue.
Marshall wanted it to be realistic, natural, and not symmetrical;
Levine felt that this tree was of great significance, what kind of realism did a fantasy movie want? Be symmetrical!
In the end, Marshall won, and the tree became irregular.
But Levine, as a producer, holds the final editing rights in his hands, and a tree does not affect the role he plays in the later stages.
For him, Marshall was just a shooter.
Marshall's ideas need to pass his hurdles to be presented.
The difference of opinion between the two sides is so great, and Marshall is not a big director like Guillermo del Toro, and his original idea must have become a game and a dream.
The producer's side is not much better, with unappetizing material, no matter how to edit, the work is also very limited.
The premiere of the film, the director and a number of main creators are all absent, the entire production team is simply scattered, "Rise of the Blood Queen" is difficult not to hit the street.
So why do big directors always have quality assurance in their films, because they have the right to speak, producers who don't have any capital can't take them, there are fewer disputes between the two sides, and the production of the film can proceed smoothly.
Sometimes the producers are right, familiar with the market they are good at grasping the appetite of the audience;
But understanding that decentralization is a smarter option.
One is easier to work, and the other is to have the opportunity to get an unattainable work like Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow.