The failure of "Wolverine" can be said to be multifaceted.
Although Hugh Jackman's performance as Wolverine is indeed very impressive, there are too many other shortcomings in the film.
If it weren't for the fan base of the "X-Men" trilogy, "Wolverine"'s box office performance might have been even worse.
After the movie was released, most of the negative reviews came from the confusing plot and the drastic changes to the popular character Deadpool.
Especially the latter, has become the target of criticism from fans.
However, from a personal point of view, Nanaya feels that the changes in character settings do not account for a particularly high proportion of the film's failure.
The degree of modification of the popular character Deadpool is indeed quite large, but to be honest, there are also many modified settings in the MCU.
Moreover, many of the modifications are even more severe than Deadpool in "Wolverine".
This version of Deadpool was heavily criticized, mainly because in the movie "Wolverine", Deadpool was an easy target to attack.
Whether movie adaptations should restore the original work, and if so how much they should restore, are topics that have been discussed in the film industry.
But in Nanaya's opinion, it doesn't really matter whether the adapted movie follows the original work or not.
The key is whether the plot is exciting and whether the audience likes it.
Most of the audience are not particularly veteran fans, and among the veteran fans, the "original police" actually only account for a very small part.
As long as the movie plot is reasonable and the story is exciting.
Most audiences won't care how much you differ from the original.
This has been proven in the performance of countless excellent adapted film and television works in the past.
But if the quality of the movie itself is not good, then these magical changes will become the primary target of criticism from fans.
Compared with the plot script, the actors' acting skills are deeper things, and most people can see the difference from the original work.
After all, the original novel is so good, and your filming is so rubbish.
That must be the result of you not following the original work.
The failure of "Wolverine" was undoubtedly a painful lesson for Fox.
Coupled with "Dragon Ball" released in early May, this year's Fox summer schedule can be said to be a complete failure.
Even if I comfort myself with words like victory and defeat are common in the military.
But whenever Murdoch Jr. thinks about his disastrous defeat in the competition with Washimine Entertainment, his temper becomes very bad.
Fortunately, Fox is a large company with a lot of assets, and the failure of two big productions doesn't prove anything.
And even if the two big productions fail, Fox still has other money-making projects such as "Ice Age 3", so it should not be a problem to keep the company running.
Therefore, Washimine Entertainment is naturally not satisfied with such results.
But the dispute between "Thor" and "Wolverine" has reached a stage where it is useless to make use of the issue any further.
So Shion thought of another way to take revenge on Fox.
"I was very surprised to receive the invitation from Washimine Entertainment."
In the reception room of Washimine North America Building, James Huang looked at Shion and said, "I'm already on Hollywood's blacklist."
Shion said seriously: "Washimine Entertainment does not have a so-called blacklist. We only consider whether the invited guests meet the requirements of the project."
James Huang smiled helplessly and said, "Isn't it Miss Washimine who wants to take revenge on Fox?"
James Huang had heard about the dispute between Washimine Entertainment and Fox when he was on the "Dragon Ball" crew.
Shion blinked her eyes: "Well, I won't deny it either~"
[You didn't deny it…]
The corners of Huang's mouth twitched slightly, but he did not express any dissatisfaction.
Now he is a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to beat in Hollywood, and he and his team have taken all the blame for the failure of "Dragon Ball".
Although he is a director, James Huang has long been aware of the need to take the blame.
But Fox's approach has already exceeded the industry's normal standards.
Now he has become an absolutely marginal figure in Hollywood.
If it weren't for the invitation from Washimine Entertainment, Huang estimated that he would have returned to the field of horror film screenwriter and started over again.
Therefore, even though Huang knew that Washimine Entertainment invited him not because of his talent, he had no other choice.
"I am very grateful for the invitation from Washimine Entertainment, but there is one thing I would like to clarify in advance."
Perhaps fearing that Shion might misunderstand, James Huang quickly explained, "It's about the series Final Destination."
"In order to get the director's position, I sold the series to New Line Studios. So the copyright of the series is not in my hands."
James Huang is well aware that the most valuable part of his resume is the "Final Destination" series.
Although he is the core founder and director of the "Final Destination" series, he had already sold the series to New Line in exchange for the opportunity to be the director.
If this series was still in Huang's hands, he would definitely not have fallen to such a state.
But to be honest, if he hadn't exchanged the copyright of the "Final Destination" series for the director position, he wouldn't even have had a chance to be noticed by Fox.
Judging from the process of their rise, James Huang and Nanaya have some similarities.
They all had been at the bottom of the industry for a long time, and they all sold the copyright of their first work to film companies in exchange for the opportunity to direct it themselves.
But the two people's endings are very different. Nanaya Kiryu is now a big shot in Hollywood, and everyone in the circle wants to curry favor with her.
But Huang is a loser who can't even find a project.
There was no change in the expression on Shion's face. She had already found out everything about James Huang.
"Director Huang, you can rest assured about this." Shion said solemnly, "We are not looking for you for the Final Destination series, but for a brand new project."
"A brand new project?"
James Huang was a little conflicted. Having failed once, he naturally didn't want to fail again.
If that happens, Huang will really have to retire from the entertainment industry.
If possible, Huang actually prefers to participate in a project similar to "Tsuki-hime" that is based on the Type-Moon Video Universe.
In this way, there is a guarantee of basic fans and the risk is relatively low.
However, Huang also knew that he was just dreaming. Even if there was such a project, Washimine would not come to him.
"Yes."
Shion took out a plan and handed it to the other party.
"Director Huang should know that Washimine Entertainment has been exclusively broadcasting web series for [See Moon]. This time we hope to cooperate with Director Huang on a web series project."
Shion explained the plan to Huang: "Horror thrillers have always had a fixed audience in North America. We hope to deepen the stickiness of this part of users to [See Moon] so that we can stand out from the competition with other video websites."
James Huang nodded slightly, and he quickly glanced through the plan that Shion gave him.
This is a horror thriller series that tells the story of a series of terrible things that happen after a psychiatrist family moves to a mansion in Los Angeles.
[This is the area of horror films that I am good at. ]
Although there was only an outline in the plan, Huang found that this plan was very suitable for him.
Huang, who had just experienced a failed transformation, did not dare to take on other types of projects.
Go back to what you do best and start over here.
Huang looked serious. He felt that this project might determine his future career.
"So what are my job responsibilities in the crew?" Huang asked cautiously.
"Screenwriter and producer," Shion replied, "and of course, chief director."
Screenwriter, director and producer, when these three positions appear on the same person, it means that this person has absolute power in the crew.
This couldn't be better for a director like James Huang who had just experienced failure.
So after getting Shion's affirmative answer, Huang dispelled most of his concerns.
"I personally have no problem, Ms. Washimine." Huang said in a grateful tone, "I will not let you down."
Shion held out her hand to Huang, "Of course. That man has never been wrong so far, I trust him."
Thinking that the director who didn't like thrillers very much would actually submit a horror film project, Shion suddenly wanted to laugh.
The project given to James Huang was naturally provided by Nanaya.
This project is the only work that Huang Nanaya had in his previous life after the failure of "Dragon Ball" - "American Horror Story".
Although Nanaya didn't know much about horror movies in his previous life, fortunately the TV series "American Horror Story" is very famous.
Even though he hadn't seen the original film, Nanaya knew the general outline of the plot.
As for the more specific script, let James Huang write it himself.
Anyway, he was originally the screenwriter of this project.
It is a pity that Huang only served as a screenwriter and producer in this TV series project in his previous life, and still did not get the qualification of director.
But Nanaya, who is familiar with the Hollywood project structure, knows very well that if a person serves as a screenwriter and producer in a TV series project, then he is definitely the most powerful person in the project and is also one of the main creators of the project.
When asked why Huang failed to get the director position, Nanaya felt that it was probably the aftermath of the disastrous failure of "Dragon Ball".
So this time Nanaya plans to give Huang another chance.
Anyway, judging from his performance in Final Destination, the director's ability is definitely there.
As for what will happen if Huang fails again this time.
Nanaya could only apologize, as he was not the other person's babysitter.
Even after helping him so much, Huang still can't get up, which only shows that his talent is just that.
The news of Washimine Entertainment's collaboration with James Huang quickly became the hottest news in Hollywood recently.
It is not easy to suppress this news, after all, Washimine deliberately sent it to News Corporation and Murdoch Jr.
"Damn crazy woman!"
James Murdoch threw a teacup out with force, then turned to his assistant and said, "Notify Jim Ganopoulos to come over. I have something to talk to him about."