Chapter 160 The fourth largest director in China
In January, the last scene of "Eden Lake" was shot and officially wrapped.
The last shot is of Jenny locking the exit of the church and killing people inside.
This shot was inspired by the Korean film "Night in Paradise".
Speaking of which, Korean massacre films are really unique. They are considered the best in the world. Even Hollywood cannot compare with them in this aspect.
Once the film is finished and the film is sealed, the rest has nothing to do with him.
New Line will arrange a dedicated editor to edit the film, and Zhang Chen will only have the right to make suggestions at most.
Final cut rights are very important in Hollywood. They are the most important tool for producers to control the director. With Zhang Chen’s current performance in Hollywood, it is impossible to obtain final cut rights.
Of course, Zhang Chen himself is not that obsessed with the final cut.
The editor is not bad at all.
Zhang Chen returned to China and landed at the Capital Airport.
He came back alone. Both Sister Jiuyi and Song Xiaofei were nostalgic for the prosperity of the United States and wanted to play for a few more days, so Zhang Chen came back alone.
As for Ning Hao, he only stayed on the set of "Eden Lake" for five days before leaving. "Dark Invasion 2" is scheduled to be released on Valentine's Day, and he still has a lot of things on his hands.
The person who came to pick up the plane was Chen Xi.
Zhang Chen looked at the lonely Chen Xi, "Isn't this too plain? Just you? There is no applause, no flowers, and no hugs from beautiful women..."
Chen Xi saw him being funny and snapped his fingers in cooperation.
“Of course not.”
Zhang Chen’s eyes lit up, was there really an arrangement?
Just looking around, nothing has changed.
There was no welcoming crowd hidden in the dark as imagined, no flowers or smiles, only wordless silence.
"Okay, you don't really think that I will arrange a surprise for you, do you? You informed me at short notice, and I didn't notify the media. Where did it come from...
Okay, okay, there are no flowers or applause. , I only have a hug from a beautiful woman, do you want it?”
Chen Xi made a gesture of hugging her. Zhang Chen had a black line on his forehead, but he still went up and hugged her.
You disrespect your leader too much.
Chen Xi chuckled and the two got in the car.
"What are you all busy with?" Zhang Chen asked casually in the car.
“What else can be done, the promotion of "Dark Invasion 2", it will be released in one month, China Film and Enlight have arranged a lot of promotional announcements, Ning Hao and the creative team are busy every day "
Zhang Chenxin said that it is indeed true. "Black 2" is scheduled to be released on Valentine's Day, two days before Valentine's Day to be precise, on February 12th. This will be the reason for intensive publicity. when.
Speaking of which, it seems that Valentine’s Day is particularly lively this year.
Because of "Kung Fu", many people consciously avoided the Spring Festival movie, which resulted in a large number of Valentine's Day movies being released.
"By the way, Bona's Yu Dong came to the company a while ago and wanted to win the publishing rights of "Dark Invasion 2", but Manager Dong refused."
"Oh~"
< br>Zhang Chen shrugged, he didn't care about this.
It was just a joke to say that the distribution rights of "Black 2" would be handed over to Bona. Dong Jianqiang must have his reasons for rejecting Yu Dong.
Sure enough, Chen Xi continued: "It seems because Bona also took over the distribution work of "Peacock", and that film was also released on Valentine's Day."
""Peacock"? The one by Gu Changwei?"
"Hmm~" The latter nodded. "Then Huayi also came over..."
"They also want the distribution rights of "Black 2"?"
"No, they want to take it They offered to work on the distribution of "Manslaughter", but Manager Dong rejected them and said everything would be done until you come back."
Zhang Chen nodded and continued to ask: "How are the preparations for "Manslaughter" going?"
Speaking of this, the latter immediately looked proud: "Of course, everything has been arranged. This time it’s a China-Hong Kong co-production. The one in Hong Kong is Golden Harvest. They have very strong distribution channels throughout Southeast Asia. By the way, Golden Harvest is also the Hong Kong distributor of “Black 2.”
Now Golden Harvest. It is no longer the Jiahe it used to be. Zou Wenhuai is old and has long lost the momentum he once had. But after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although the local business in Hong Kong has shrunk, the strength in Southeast Asia is still there.
"A World Without Thieves" was fully released within a few days of the release of "Kung Fu".
It’s useless not to draw. All the screens are basically given to "Kung Fu", leaving no scenes for the latter.
"A World Without Thieves" can be regarded as an early experience of the treatment of "If Love", but its performance was much better than that of "If Love". It ended up with 148 million, setting a new box office record in Feng Xiaogang's history.
"You have become famous again these two days..."
"What's going on? Because of Zhang Weiping?"
"No, there are newspapers from these two days, you You will understand after taking a look..."
While driving, Chen Xi nodded at the newspapers on the passenger side. Zhang Chen took out two and looked at them. They basically said two things: one was " "Kung Fu" won the annual box office record in 2004, and the other is that Zhang Chen accounted for two of the top ten box office movies of the year.
There is also a box office list in the newspaper - the 2004 movie box office list:
"Kung Fu", released in December 2004, director: Zhou Xingxing, box office: 160 million yuan.
"Shark Beach", released in November 2004, directed by Zhang Chen, box office: 155 million yuan.
"House of Flying Daggers", released in July 2004, directed by Zhang Yimou, box office: 153 million yuan.
"A World Without Thieves", released in December 2004, directed by Feng Xiaogang, box office: 148 million yuan.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", released in March 2004, directed by Peter Jackson, box office: 86.3 million yuan.
"The Day After Tomorrow", released in May 2004, directed by Roland Emmerich, box office: 86 million yuan.
"Troy", released: June 2004, director: Wolfgang Petersen, box office: 70 million yuan.
"Dark Invasion", released in July 2004, directed by Zhang Chen, box office: 63 million yuan.
"Spider-Man 2", released in August 2004, directed by Sam Raimi, box office: 51.7 million yuan.
"New Police Story", released in September 2004, director: Chen Musheng, box office: 43 million yuan, type: action.
Although "Kung Fu" hasn't been released yet, its position as the annual box office champion has been reserved, with a box office of 160 million unrivaled.
In Zhang Chen's impression, the final box office of this film seemed to be 173 million. Zhou Xingxing's strength was really terrifying, beating everything else.
"Shark Beach" ranked second, and "Dark Invasion" ranked eighth. No wonder the media is saying that this year is the year of 'Zhang Chen'.
He has two of the top ten grossing movies, including one that ranks second.
You know, Zhang Chen suddenly appeared this year. Before that, there was no such person in the entertainment industry.
This is what everyone finds incredible.
Obviously he is just a junior in the world of martial arts, and he directly fights to become a god.
Looking at the praise in those articles, Zhang Chen was quite interested.
You really dare to say anything~
Someone has already proposed the concept of "Four Major Domestic Directors", and Zhang Chen is the new one to join.
(End of this chapter)