Chapter 427 Alsace
Blizzard must attach great importance to the Warcraft series.
This is the most important IP they have.
After experiencing a not-so-successful film and television adaptation, they became more cautious.
If you pounce once, it’s good to say that the Warcraft series has a strong foundation and can withstand it. If you do it again, you may be a little unbearable.
But the importance of quality is ultimately based on interests.
The employees of Blizzard Entertainment, and even the bosses, may still have a certain sense of this series, but after all, they are also a commercial company and ultimately pursue profits.
Making money is the most important thing.
If the movie is of good quality, it will be easy to make money. This is the main reason why they value the so-called movie quality.
And in this regard, it is precisely the most powerful part of Dimension Entertainment.
They have not made any mistakes in film and television production so far. Several movies have made great profits, and the most popular ones are not only in the mainland Chinese market, but also in the global market and North American market.
Or simply put it this way, the production of Weidu Entertainment is the guarantee of high-quality products.
If they hadn't been more confident in Weidu Entertainment, they wouldn't have come to seek cooperation.
But although there are relatively big differences between Dimension Entertainment and Blizzard on the distribution of revenue from the Warcraft series of movies, the core issue that prevented the cooperation between the two parties at the beginning has been solved.
Blizzard finally chose to delegate rights to film production.
This has achieved the most core requirement of Fan Zhe's willingness to take over this series.
As for the subsequent stakeholder negotiations, let’s talk slowly. I believe that both parties can still come up with a clause that is more acceptable to both parties.
Fan Zhe himself has begun to plan the first work in the "Warcraft" series.
He also has his own thoughts on the series "Warcraft".
At the beginning, there were many factors that Legend Pictures’ failure on "Warcraft" afterwards.
I won’t talk about the film’s own aspects. It’s up to you to say what the quality of this work is.
There are many reasons beyond the movie.
Among them, Fan Zhe believes that the more important point is the topic selection.
The story entry point chosen by the "World Warcraft" movie was during the Orc War.
Orc warlock Gul'dan was polluted and became the villain of the multiverse, the lackey of the Burning Legion. He further bewitched the orc tribe in the world of Drano, launched a massacre of the Dranny people, and built the so-called "Dark Gate".
Medivh, who was also polluted, opened the door of darkness and connected the world of Azeroth and the world of Draenor.
This is the background.
Then, the tribes swarmed out from the gates of darkness, and the strong orcs marched north from Azeroth, the south of the eastern kingdom, and were defeated by people, even the capital of the human kingdom, Storm City.
Of course, many stories happened during this period. What are the stories between Sir Lothar and Medivh, what are the grudges and revenge between Durotan and Orgrim in the orc tribe, what are the birth of Sar?
But I have to say that the movie has made many adaptations of the original story and settings, and many settings are completely different from the Warcraft itself.
This book is nothing. When any work is being adapted in film and television, it is impossible to avoid adaptation. Weidu Entertainment is already the best way to get close to the original work as much as possible, but in some places, it is impossible to avoid and must be adapted.
Commercial movies, especially commercial movies that are invested in large-scale commercial movies for all audiences, are basically no chance of success if they become a carnival for a single fan.
Indeed, the consumption ability of fanatical fans cannot be ignored, but for popular art like movies, the number of people is still too small. Contributing ten movie tickets per person is a drop in the bucket.
But although adaptation is inevitable, it is a bad idea to make a mistake.
The monster is a bit of a random change.
More importantly, the adaptation of the movie "Warcraft" is both unpleasant. After the modification, the core fan group did not admit it much. Among the ordinary audiences who don't know about the Warcraft series, many people complained that this is a fan movie, and many places are not clear about the characters' relationships.
This is a relatively failed case for the adaptation.
No one pleases you, this is a failure.
In addition to the unreliable adaptation, Fan Zhe believes that the entry point of the first part is not good.
The first close contact between humans and orcs is certainly the beginning of the main story in the Warcraft series and the main plot of the first and second parts of the Warcraft game series.
But this is not the most familiar to people.
What really makes the "Warcraft" series really enter the hearts of players around the world is the battle story of "Warcraft 3", the two materials chapters of the "Magic Rule of Chaos and the Frozen Throne". The design is really the pinnacle of the RTS category with a plot.
At least that's what Fanzhe thinks.
Among them, the most well-known one in the "Warcraft" series is naturally Prince Alsace.
His story has the epic feeling of saving the country, the huge war scene, the changes in emotional dramas, and the choices full of fate. Of course, the most profound tragedy is indispensable.
His story is adapted into film and television, and that is too powerful.
If the movie "Warcraft" started with Arthas, the situation faced would be much better than when the movie "Warcraft" was launched.
Although Losa is a famous hero in the Warcraft series, he is too far away.
Of course, Blizzard has their considerations when he did not choose this subject.
The film and television works shot with other characters as the protagonists will be a big hit. Arthas really cannot be a big hit. He is the most representative and commercially valuable character in the "Warcraft" series. His failure in the "Warcraft" series will undoubtedly bring a very heavy blow to the "Warcraft" series in the film and television market.
But this matter is certainly risky, but it also has its huge returns.
Van Zhe's film and television adaptation of the "Warcraft" series is considered the story of Alsace.
If Ye Jiayi talked about the film and television copyright cooperation on the "Warcraft" series, then Fan Zhe would not be surprised and would have taken the action against Arthas and directly launched this ace, making the man the prince and later the Lich King, who was a big fight in the film and television market.
Chapter completed!