I’m Almost Losing to a Muggle

When a group of filmmakers get together, it is natural to talk about movies.

And because a person from Hollywood is here today, the scope of the chat is relatively wide.

Lin Dong heard Du Qixi complain that some movies did not have sequels.

Why didn't Extreme Cold make a sequel? I don't think the box office of this kind of theme will be too bad. Du Qixi was deeply impressed by this childhood shadow.

I'm also waiting for District 9. Concubine Han obviously prefers this kind.

Extremely Cold is an old movie from 1998, 20 years ago. It tells the story of a deep-sea monster attacking a sea cruise ship.

It's hard to classify what kind of movie it belongs to? In the film, horror, horror, monsters, disasters, funny and other elements are all available and comprehensive!

It can be called a model of commercial entertainment blockbuster!

What fans will never forget the most is that there is a huge suspense at the end of the film: a group of three people who managed to escape the attack of a deep sea monster landed on an isolated island. Monsters are coming!

The ending was beautiful, and it was obviously aimed at the sequel.

What makes people watch is that there are many suspense, scratching the heart and scratching the liver, and after watching the first part, they want to watch the second part.

However, twenty years have passed.

The director still hasn't filmed another episode.

Countless people thought about sending blades to the director.

When the blades are assembled together, they can form an Iron Throne.

Fans of Deep Cold can only watch King Kong - Skull Island as the sequel to Deep Cold. Just YY, they discovered the truth about Skull Island after they went to the island, which led to King Kong.

Let's chat for a while.

Why is there no sequel? Lin Dong asked.

Mary Parent thought for a while and said:

The films released before and after the same period are all world-class classic films that can be recorded in history, such as Titanic, Face Changing, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Godzilla etc.

Compared with the above world-class classic films, Extremely Cold is no match for others in terms of investment scale, celebrity status, special effects technology, etc., and can only survive in the cracks! Eat the leftovers, and induce the next biggest reason - poor box office!

Is it bad at the box office? Lin Dong really didn't know this.

The film invested 45 million U.S. dollars. In 1998, it was not a small investment. It was jointly produced and distributed by three companies. It was released in North America in the first week, and the box office was only 4.7 million U.S. dollars. The final box office closed at 11.2 million U.S. dollars. Very bad!

Mary Parente is like a treasure.

For the simple reason that MGM was involved in that movie.

Tsk tsk. Boss Lin's envious tears flowed wantonly along the corners of his mouth.

The box office in District 9 shouldn't be bad, right? Du Qixi asked.

District 9 is adapted by director Neil Blomkamp based on his previous original science fiction short film Aliens in Johannesburg. At the same time, it is also the director's first feature film! The title Area Ninth is intended to allude to Xiaoguozi's mysterious Area 51.

At the end of the film, the prawn alien said I will come back to you, 3 years, I promised you!, leaving a huge suspense for the sequel.

No one thought that the male lead would last for 10 years!

The key is when to make a sequel is still far away.

Big shrimp doesn't count.

Proper shrimp talk!

Yes, this movie didn't lose money, and it made a lot of money. Mary Parent said.

Not only is it making money, but the reputation is also very good.

This sci-fi film shot in a pseudo-documentary style has a unique style and obvious racial metaphors, and it received rave reviews when it was released.

It is a rare successful work with a small and broad scope.

Then why didn't it make a sequel? Lin Dong couldn't figure it out. Could it be that the leader of this movie also has a money-losing system.

On the one hand, the script was difficult to produce, and on the other hand, the director felt that he was not good enough.

It was quite speechless.

Director Neil Blomkamp filmed two sci-fi films, Elysium and Super Chappie successively after filming The Ninth District, but the opposites were average, and he did not surpass himself.

Out of his own high standards, the director doubted himself.

As a result, director Neil Blomkamp created his own company and returned to the field of short films he is good at, specializing in the production of sci-fi short films with a duration of only about 20 minutes.

Why don't we continue it by hand. Du Qixi had a whim.

Director.

The way of thinking is rather peculiar.

It's been so many years, but no one has made this idea, which means it's not worth it. Concubine Han, as a strategy officer, doesn't even need to use data analysis.

Yes, a decade, a twenty years.

The reason no one made a sequel was because it wasn't worth it.

Many companies have considered making a sequel, but after evaluation by all parties, they have finally given up on this plan. It can be said bluntly that not only these two films, but also many other niche classics are unlikely to see the light of day again.

Mary Parent didn't dare to confront Du Qixi directly, but she was actually very puzzled.

Did this person talk through his head?

Shouldn't such a major event as a film project be evaluated by multiple parties and considered at the end?

Moreover, continuing to shoot Extremely Cold is thankless.

Even if someone is willing to go to the cinema for it, it is because of feelings, and if they go to the sequel with feelings, there will always be someone who can find faults.

Ms. Parent, please help arrange it. Our Uncle Du wants to watch Deep Cold 2. He is so old that he can't wait for a few years. It's best to let him see it next year. Lin Dong Seriously.

Concubine Han clutched her forehead and translated it honestly.

The boss's English is good, and she can't go against the boss's hospital translation.

Uh... Mary Parent was stunned.

She thought Du Qixi would be a joke, but she didn't expect the boss to be even more kidding.

Boss Lin, don't go too far, I'm only one year older than you. Qixi Shushu trembled coldly.

You are the boss, you can deduct my salary at will.

But you can't talk nonsense with your eyes open like this.

This is humiliating to me.

There is also The Ninth District. Our old Han wants to watch it, and I will arrange it for her. Is there any other sequel that I want to watch? Lin Dong was not joking at all.

It's true that sequels don't necessarily lose money.

Thai is not easy, Monster Catch 2, Lingshan King 5, Shushan Series and Shanhai Series are enough for him to understand this truth.

But MGM's original movies also make money.

Whether it's A Quiet Place or Bohemian Rhapsody, they are all lucrative games, and they are all small and big.

That being the case, it is better to let them toss the sequel.

In order to make a good sequel, they have to spend more energy, so wouldn't it be more worry-free.

Boss Lin...I... Concubine Han was not at all unmoved.

Trust me. Lin Dong was shameless.

The typhoon was approaching step by step, the house had already seeped water, and the windows were being scraped and rattled, it was really scary.