When the curtain came to an end on January 6-12, "500 Days with Shamo" in the third week continued to win the box office championship in North America. It collected 28.83 million in 3,401 theaters (average single-stage 8,476, box office trend -56%), and the total box office in North America exceeded one class and rose to 280 million! "Shamo" gently became the sixth place in Wang Yang's personal single-piece box office list; the second place in romantic comedy since 1978, and only 33 million left behind the top "My Grand Greek Wedding".

"Brokeback Mountain" expanded its screening scale to 551 theaters (+219), and the total box office after adding 9.48 million yuan was 30.36 million yuan, fully demonstrating its extraordinary commercial capabilities.

However, the most shining thing this week is "The Inn" released by Lionsgate. This heavy-flavored R-level horror film with a cost of only 4.8 million was painted in 2,195 cinemas. Although the three indicators of Rotten Tomatoes are 59% bad

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59%, it swept away 25.16 million in the first week of box office, ensuring that the global box office was enough to make a fortune and make a big profit, becoming a model of commercial success. There is no doubt that Lions Gate once again was very glorious with horror films.

Compared with the unrivaled flame, Lions Gate still has only three films in North America with a box office of over 100 million yuan. This year, it has arranged a large-scale release of many films such as "Taylor Perry's Marty's Family Reunion", "Star Employee", "Aggression", and "Attack of the Heart". Among them, the most eye-catching and most valued by Lions Gate is naturally "Ghost Record 4", which will be opened on April 7. All members of Lions Gate know very well that if they are successful or mediocre in 2006, they will be counted on this "magical treasure".

Wang Yang cannot be found in the cast of "Ghost Records 4", nor is it that Kloe Moretz, who has been popular recently. However, after Wang Yang's rescue last year, this series has been resurrected and has a huge fan base. You can understand why Lions Gate is full of confidence by looking up data from satisfactory market surveys.

Lionsgate Film is developing steadily, waiting for the opportunity to explode, and the same is true for other large and large-scale film companies. Horror films have always been the easiest place to have small-scale productions and high box offices. As the founder of the "Saw" trilogy, the new works of Wan Ziren and Ray Warner have attracted competition from many film manufacturers.

There is no need to say how successful the "Saw" series is, it's a super gold mine! Since completing the "Sace" matter, in the past few days, they have finally made a long-term decision to cooperate with Universal Pictures.

"Yang, we think this is a good choice for everyone..." In the bright and elegant cafe, Wen Ziren and Ray Wonal all looked very serious and serious, and the atmosphere seemed a little solemn. Wang Yang took a sip of coffee silently, feeling full of regret and discomfort. He thought the two of them would settle down in the flames, but... maybe their words were correct, he shrugged and smiled: "It's nothing, I understand. Actually, I really hope you can continue to stay in the flames movie, but this is your choice, I respect it."

"Thank you." Wan Ziren nodded thankfully. Ray Wonard raised his coffee cup and toasted Wang Yang. How could the two of them have no regrets and reluctance in their hearts? Over the years, Yang and Won have always been very kind to them. The reason why they have today's fame and wealth is their own efforts and the support and help of Won. Yang has always been for "Sabsp;   But from the perspective of rational development, it is indeed better to hand over "Dead Silence" to the Universal World, and at the same time it is spared the dilemma of Fire Movie. Wan Ziren said sincerely: "I am very grateful to Fire for "Sabsp;   "Ha! Yang, what we worry about most is that you will be angry, but now, I feel relieved." Ray Wonard relaxed and smiled, and Won also smiled happily: "This is the most exciting thing."

The reason why Wen & Wernal and ff divorced are not complicated. ff's production department is not optimistic about the script of "Dead Silence", believing that its story and details are old-fashioned formulas, and has no commercial prospects. Including Vice President Lin Wei, who has invested in "Memory Fragments" and "Death Hall" former Newmarket boss William Tyre, and Chris Ball all raised the anti-counter. "It's just a bit dull and boring." No one found a reason to be optimistic about "Dead Silence", except that the screenwriter and director are "the father of chainsaw".

Despite this, the production budget of 20 million US dollars is still too high. "Sabsp;   The film and television curriculum in Wang Yang's mind does not have "Dead Silence". I don't know whether it belongs to the "future" or a new life, nor does it know its image appearance and achievements. But from the script, he is not optimistic. In fact, the classic puppet theme is not nothing to say. However, the problem of "revenge of the resentment" in the story is not too old-fashioned, but too simple. It is like a boring character, plain dialogue to advance the story plot, throwing out horror details, and then ushering in a distorted ending that is uninspiring and unnecessary.

Compared with the surprise and dedication of the "Saw" series, Wen and Wonal obviously lacked their own opinions, lack of explosive power, and no emotional connection to the story of "Dead Silence", including the ending that it is obvious that they are pursuing the style of "Saw", and the unexpected "save the whole film in the last three minutes". However, this time the entire script is full of patchwork traces, and even a bit of a show of flaunting. They are determined to add as many horror elements as possible, even if there are loopholes and flaws, and keep telling the audience: "It's so terrible! It will eat your soul, so terrible!"

But their voices are heard by the audience. That is not a fun thing. They should not be heard by the audience, but to make them feel it! Otherwise, without psychological identification, no substitution, no empathy, no empathy, no even the horror and novel jokes will become dull, let alone those are old-fashioned jokes.

If you haven't heard of those stories and details, you may feel terrifying. However, Wang Yang knew that most North American audiences have heard of those puppets, vengeful spirits and other things a million times during Halloween, which means that the story itself has lost its mystery and suspense.

From a certain perspective, horror films and suspense films are actually the type that is closest to the artistic characteristics of films, because movies tell stories. If you want to tell them fascinatingly, you need to create suspense. Only suspense can make the audience look forward to it, excited, nervous, and surprise, and when the suspense is revealed, there will be surprises, satisfaction, sighs and other emotions. Any movie, TV series, novel, or comic is good, as long as you are telling a story, suspense is very, very important.

Hitchcock first discovered the decisive significance of suspense to the language of film. He spent his whole life making suspense films, and his exploration of montage and other techniques has always influenced the thing of the movie. In recent years, films such as "Memory Fragments" and "Detective Hallucinations" have actually explored and challenged the language of films, using novel techniques to tell a story that does not have much suspense, so as to achieve the corresponding effect.

"Dead Silence" is positioned as a psychological horror film, but Wan Ziren is still deeply involved in the influence of "Saw" and cannot escape. He will not completely give up the bloody smell and want to integrate it. This is an attempt; but the real horror comes from the spiritual level, from personal imagination and even scare himself. "Dead Silence" has neither emotion nor suspense, which is the worst. What does it use to impress and scare others? The whole script can be described as "ambitious and silent".

Although the script of "Dead Silence" has too many problems, Wang Yang is still unwilling to give up on it. After all, it is just a script. Not to mention modifications, a good director always has a way to turn a mediocre script into a good movie. But why not do it better from the beginning of the script? Just change and adjust some parts, and then pay attention to the creation of a mysterious atmosphere...

Wang Yang made his own suggestions on these issues, but Wan Ziren and Lei Wonal were full of confidence: "The Dead Silence is a folk story full of traditional horror charm."

big-deal! The two thought it was not that big problem. It was a bit old-fashioned, but the shots shot must have a good effect! They have entered the stage of thinking about the puppet shape, but the magical words of the gods aroused their vigilance. They seriously reviewed "Dead Silence". Some places do have loopholes and logical errors, just to serve the story. There are some flaws that are not too much, right?

The two believed that under the exquisite production, this old wine party exuded a unique and attractive aroma. Maybe they were a little too proud, or it was really like that. After all, "Sabsp;    However, a new problem has come again. On the one hand, it cannot guarantee that ff will be operated; on the other hand, assuming that ff is released by ff, the main battlefield of horror films is April Fool's Day and Halloween. Currently ff's Halloween schedule has "Saw". So what about April? Flame does not have the tradition of scattering horror films in April, and does not want to fight head-on with one of the main allies. "April horror films" are the most important plan of Lions Gate in recent years. Flame cannot intervene in without saying a word.

"We think the idea of ​​"Dead Silence" is great! It will have a great achievement." Universal Pictures over there has never stopped extending olive branches to the two of them. It is 20 million + April, no problem, 25 million is fine! And "Universal's distribution ability is not worse than that of flames."

The two's agents also said, "This is a brand new opportunity." They are so young and will always cooperate with other large and large film manufacturers. What are the possibilities and obligations that will be limited to flames for the rest of their lives? Let's do it now! Tong has been involved in the production of "Saw 4" and maintains a relationship with ff; "Dead Silence" is invested by Global, and they are eager to try this transformation...

So the Flame Movie and Lions Gate have not yet agreed to solve the schedule problem. Will "Dead Silence" be released to January? Or will it be relayed to the Lions Gate in mid-to-late April?...Wen Ziren and Ray Wernal have made the decision to go global, which is the main reason why they are worried that Wang Yang will be angry.

"Who said I'm not angry?" Wang Yang smiled and took a sip of coffee. This sentence was not entirely a joke. ff regarded them as "people" and thought everything was easy to discuss. Unexpectedly, Global suddenly proposed successfully. Wan Ziren and Ray Warner didn't know what to say at all. Wang Yang laughed and said: "I like to see the good side of things. You get a satisfactory plan. Fire doesn't need to adjust schedules. This is very good. But!" He said seriously: "Let's come back for the next movie."

"Okay." The two nodded with a smile. Of course, they knew that Fire was busy with "Dead Silence". Now... they were both entangled and moved. Wen Ziren thought about something and said, "Yang, Fire is the feeling of home for me. The world is like a tourist attraction." Wang Yang couldn't help but grin, and Ray Warner immediately agreed: "I think so too. If we mess up outside, there is Fire Movie to support us." Wang Yang smiled and said, "Yes, who said no?"

Whether "Dead Silence" is successful or failed, high or low box office, people need to experience, think and grow. Not everyone's path is like his growth track, Wang Yang is very clear about this. As the "leader" of the new Chinese gang in Hollywood, the young Chinese gang, he should do his best to help the two, so that Wan Ziren grows into an influential horror and suspense film director or even a master, working together to change the image and status of Asians in front and behind the scenes.

Besides, as a friend, Wang Yang didn't want to see "Dead Silence" mess. He looked at the two people opposite him and said, "I'm not angry anymore. Let's discuss the issue of "Dead Silence". Man, don't think I'm dangerous and sarcastic, don't underestimate the logic issues..."

Wan Ziren and Ray Wernal both listened attentively. Although they were full of confidence in "Dead Silence", how could the magical teaching teacher not listen? His words always bring people a lot of things.

Plot logic, camera techniques, scene atmosphere... The three of them exchanged many ideas about "Dead Silence". Perhaps this is their last discussion on "Dead Silence".

After a long conversation, the two of them made another request: "Yang, can you not publicly say that you don't like this movie very much?" Wang Yang nodded without thinking too much. If he said "I don't like "Dead Silence", it would definitely be greatly affected. Even if 91% of the success rate dropped to 50%, he smiled and said, "Of course, don't worry! I will only bless you, I won't say much about the others." Wen & Wonal thanked happily.

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"The Father of Chainsaw" runs away from Flame Movie, and the new horror work settles in Global" - Yahoo Entertainment; "Fire Movie loses its favorite player, James Wen changes to Global" - fox News Network...

Big events, big events! As we all know, Flame Movie has the younger generation of "Three Musketeers of Chinese Directors", Wang Yang, Lin Yibin, and Wan Ziren. Now suddenly, 28-year-old James Wen has left!

It is said that the relationship between Justin Lin, James and Miracle Young is like Robert Zemegis, Chris Columbus and Spielberg. However, the latter did not have DreamWorks when he was young, and Miracle Young had a flame movie that firmly sat on the box office share of the annual championship. ff's generous tolerance towards his soldiers is well known. This time he did not win James and Ray Werner's very popular new work? What happened?!

As the Golden Globes are approaching, this news has shocked the industry a bit. This is the first time this has happened to the Flame Movie!

Sarah Sugarman, the director of "Singing and Dance Youth" 2., does not count because she does not have the screenwriter or production ability to initiate projects. In recent years, this British female director has returned to the British film and television industry, and in addition to directing "Singing and Dance Youth" 2, she became a little famous; "Sweetheart" and "Dance My Life" 1., Anne Fletcher is currently resting, and it is reported that ff is already looking for suitable comedy projects for her; Justin Lin and Christopher Nolan's worksheets are filled with...

How did the two chainsaw fathers leave ff? Especially they had a good relationship with Wang Yang in private, and they made several of them.

eHamish short film! Movie fans all felt very unbelievable. Did Shenqi Yang and James Wen have a falling out? He is not optimistic about "Dead Silence"? The conditions given by Global are better?...

"This is a regrettable and also an expected decision." James Wen and Ray Wernal said this on their personal official website. They revealed that the reason for leaving ff was that they could not reach an agreement on the film's investment amount, release schedule, etc., and Global provided better and more attractive treatment for "Dead Silence"; but Wen will continue to serve as "sabsp;

ff has released numerous news on the official website, official blog, "saw" website and other places to confirm the words of the two chainsaw fathers. They did not slander "Dead Silence", but said that it "commercial prospects are unclear". The poster Fona Hasson said: "This is just the most normal flow of people. James and Ray have brought us the classic "Saw", which has accompanied us through the three rogue and creepy Halloween, and also allowed Flame Movies to get more development energy. We sent them away with gratitude and wished their new work to continue to succeed."

Although Wen & Wonal also said, "We left with gratitude", and the two sides seemed to be together, the hardcore Fire Movie fans were a little indignant. They believed that the two left Fire, not the Fire Movie trick, and it was difficult to treat the two people harshly. Wen & Wonal undoubtedly betrayed Shenqi Yang and Fire.

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"Looking at the attitude of the flames and the world, you can guess what happened, what is better treatment? I've never heard of poor treatment for ff."

oy-t sighed and wrote: "I am a fan of flames. This news is too bad. I was looking forward to Winn, Wernal and my team up to make a horror movie."

ilee-a wrote: "Maybe I was thinking too much, and Fan Qiyang must be disappointed and sad. He said 'wang won't make horror movies because there is wan', and Wen is leaving him like this." ...

Universal Pictures is the happiest person in this matter. The commercial prospects of "Dead Silence" are indeed unclear, but how many movies are clear? And Wen & Werner alone are "Sabsp;   "Universal is very honored and surprised to be the producer and distributor of "Dead Silence". It has a truly terrifying story idea. We believe it can scare everyone." Universal's publicity strategy is to shape it into "fire loss to Universal", and it must not be related to "Miracle Yang is not optimistic" and openly question his gaze? It is just asking for trouble, even if he has fallen apart because of "The Brave Game 2".
Chapter completed!