Chapter 196: Chapter 192: Rejected New Plan
Although mid-March is not a very good time for movie releases.
On the one hand, at this point in time, the award season has just ended and the film market is in a window period. The films that had previously targeted the award season have just been withdrawn, while other commercial blockbusters are preparing for the summer season in May.
On the other hand, unlike the summer season when there are a large number of students on vacation, the number of moviegoers is not at its peak.
However, these two points are not entirely bad things for "Remaining Pain".
The lack of competition from other blockbusters means that it can temporarily monopolize the commercial film market.
The spring break at the end of March also brought a large number of students to the school.
At the same time, "Remaining Pain" also has a huge popularity base in Japan.
Some of these people are fans of the director Nanaya Kiryu, and some are fans of the heroine Ryougi Ori (in the cast list it says [鸡儀しき], and everyone thought that the actress had not been changed).
The enthusiasm of these people gave "The Sense Remaining of Pain" a good start, and this enthusiasm also led other audiences to prefer "The Remaining Pain" when buying movie tickets.
Although the content of "Remaining Pain" cannot be considered a family movie, the various commercial elements in it still attracted many young people to go to the cinema.
This time, Nanaya did not use any tricks in its promotion, but simply adopted the most traditional publicity and promotion.
In fact, this is Nanaya's favorite approach, to follow the routine, without any surprises, and watch the box office form a beautiful curve.
The pre-screening publicity and continuous trailers have basically told everyone that this will be a story about a duel between women.
Coupled with the love factor, the film crew made it clear from the beginning that this story is very suitable for couples to watch together.
Coupled with the content of urban legends, this originally very attractive subject has won the favor of young people.
Watching the gorgeous battle between distortion and death on the screen, the audience was deeply impressed by the director's imagination.
Nanaya's settings for the characters in the movie all left a deep impression on people.
Apart from pure passers-by, Nanaya has given each character at least one impressive characteristic, which allows the audience to remember these characters better.
The most talked-about part of the entire movie is the duel between Asagami Fujino and Ryougi Shiki.
These two can be considered to be at the top of the competition in terms of appearance, voice, figure, clothing, ability and even hairstyle.
Beauties have always been the highlight that attracts the audience. There are also many male passers-by who were attracted to the cinema by the posters of the two beauties.
Then after watching the movie, these male audiences walked out of the cinema, sighing that the trip was worthwhile, and rented the DVD of the NG-17 version of "Goblin Slayer" from a rental house nearby.
Of course, his favorite Easter eggs are crammed into the last seven nights of the film.
After the end credits of the movie, everyone saw the dark room that appeared in the "Overlooking the Scenery" easter egg again.
But this time, the monk was not watching TV.
I saw him standing in front of the window with a gloomy face, looking at the tall buildings with lights flashing outside.
After a long while, he said in a deep voice: "It's enough. It's my turn next."
Then a short movie trailer was played.
In the trailer, Ryougi Shiki uses her extremely gorgeous skills to destroy the puppet that pounced on her.
However, a flash of cold light appeared, and Ryougi Shiki was knocked flying.
Ryougi Shiki lost her balance and had to use the knife in her hand to keep her balance.
After landing, Ryougi Shiki quickly looked up and saw the middle-aged man in black who had just appeared standing in front of her, with a yellow magic circle spinning under his feet.
Coupled with his tall stature, he looks like a boss.
"Who are you?"
"Araya Soren."
The man replied coldly.
As this sentence ended, the title of the third part of "Kara no Kyoukai" "Paradox Spiral" appeared on the screen, as well as the release time of the film: Winter 2003.
This trailer is a preview and does not reveal much information about the movie's plot.
The only two pieces of information we can know are that Araya Soren, the big boss throughout the trilogy, is very powerful.
The other is the battle scene between Ryougi Shiki and Araya Souren that takes place in that gloomy apartment.
But this does not stop the audience from looking forward to this movie which will be released at the end of the year.
Some viewers who couldn't wait even watched the trailer a few more times to satisfy their craving for the movie, and watched "Remaining Pain" a second or even third time.
Although there are only a few such people, due to the convenience of Internet communication, these people's boasting of movie tickets makes outsiders think that there are many such people, so they become curious about "Remaining Pain".
Thanks to this popularity, the box office performance of "Kara no Kyoukai" is very encouraging.
Not only did the box office in the second week not fall, but it also saw a significant increase to 1.14 billion yen.
In the following weeks, the box office of "Remaining Pain" remained strong.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were no large-scale commercial films during this period, "Remaining Pain" directly dominated the box office from mid-March to early April.
Such an achievement was possible not only because of the perfect release date and the excellence of the film itself, but also because of the role played by the heroine.
Two ceremonies.
Well, it should be said that the faces of the siblings Ryougi attracted a large number of fans, and countless men and women fell at the feet of the kimono skirts of this pair of siblings.
Whether it was the last "Overlooking the Scenery" or this time's "Remaining Pain", the role of "Ryougi Shiki" played by the siblings Ryougi has been extremely popular.
This phenomenon has confused many people in the industry as to why she (Ryougi Shiki) is so popular.
You know, the faces of the Ryougi siblings are indeed beautiful, but beauty alone cannot attract so many fans.
It is impossible for just being pretty to make so many female fans shout "Sister" loudly.
But the reality is that thanks to the "Kara no Kyoukai" series, the Ryougi siblings became hot stars.
In terms of popularity alone, they are not inferior to first-line actresses like Matsushima Nanako.
The heroic and beautiful woman they created can be said to perfectly fit the plot of the movie.
Some even regard the "Kara no Kyoukai" series as the "Godzilla" series of the 21st century, and believe that it can continue to be filmed until Ryougi Ori grows old and loses his looks.
For the Japanese live-action film industry, which is becoming increasingly weak and moving closer to European art films, "Kara no Kyoukai", a film produced in Japan from beginning to end, brings a great sense of freshness to the audience.
Under the same conditions, most audiences would tend to choose local films because they are films made for their own people and will be more in line with the tastes of their own people.
However, the commercial films of our own country are not up to par. Whether it is plot, rhythm, or production level, they are not as good as Hollywood movies. So don't blame the audience for buying movie tickets with their feet.
Japanese audiences and filmmakers are now looking forward to the third chapter of "Kara no Kyoukai" "Paradox Spiral", which will be released at the end of the year.
Even if the final chapter of this trilogy cannot surpass the first two, as long as it can maintain the current level and not end badly, a new film IP belonging to Japan will be born in the new century.
Judging from the information we have received so far, this is very possible.
However, unlike outsiders who are looking forward to the final chapter of the third part, Nanaya himself has begun preparing for his own new movie.
Because the shooting of "Spiral" was completed before the New Year, with Tsuburaya's post-production level, it is estimated that it will be completed before May.
It's not that Nanaya doesn't want to give Tsuburaya more time to make the film better, but the power transfer has also begun within Tsuburaya.
Kazuo Tsuburaya's retirement is on the agenda, and Masahiro Tsuburaya is about to take over
At this critical juncture, Nanaya was not at all confident in letting Tsuburaya continue with post-production.
What if that bastard Masahiro Tsuburaya gets hot-headed and runs to the post-production studio to force the young lady on us?
Nanaya didn't want his movie to be tarnished by that idiot, so it was better to end it early.
Now that the production of "Spiral" has come to an end, Nanaya has begun preparing for his new project as per his usual practice.
In fact, Nanaya still has a lot of other work on hand now, but this new project is so important in Nanaya's heart.
Nanaya estimated that it would cost over 100 million US dollars to produce the film. This figure is a big project not only in Japan, but also in Hollywood.
And this project is naturally "Fate stay night" that Nanaya had conceived for a long time.
Therefore, in order to be as well prepared as possible, Nanaya must of course start planning and writing the project as early as possible.
In Nanaya's opinion, although this project is very risky, if it is run well, the influence of the Fate IP will definitely be higher than that of "Kara".
No, maybe it is possible to reach the level of Marvel in his original world.
You know, the idea of Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong is not unique to China. People all over the world like this story.
Characters from different stories appear in the same story, and just thinking about it makes people excited.
The popularity of the Avengers and Marvel's cinematic universe models is also based on the audience's love for this cameo culture.
Think about it, heroes from all ages in history appear in modern times and fight for the same goal. Such a plot can be said to have a strong story in itself.
Unfortunately, when Nanaya enthusiastically submitted the "Fate stay night" project to Kiritsugu, it was directly rejected by the other party.
"Feel sorry."
Kiritsugu threw the project plan on the office desk with an expressionless face.
"I cannot agree to this plan."