Many people will have a question. As the king of comedy in the Chinese film industry, why didn't Stephen Chow enter Hollywood? This problem has its own problems. Columbia participated in the production of "Kung Fu" in 2005, and companies such as Sony have also participated in overseas distribution. The North American box office was nearly $17 million, which was very successful.
In fact, since 2001's "Shaolin Football", he has given up his traditional Hong Kong style-the story takes place in the mainland, football + Kung Fu theme is a global topic, and a large number of special effects are also in line with the times.
's later "Kung Fu", "Yangtze River No. 7", "Mermaid" and "Mermaid 2" are all in this direction, the theme is global, and various special effects are added to the world. However, Zhou Xingchi always insisted that although the subject matter is international, the core of the film must be Chinese, so he talked with Hollywood several times and never agreed.
Actually, Stephen Chow's Hollywood road is actually very early. In 1996, "The God of Cookery" was favored by Hollywood and invited him to direct the American version. As a result, the two sides had too much disagreement and broke up. Stephen Chow didn't want to make a Hollywood vulgar story + a fancy way of hamburger!
Zhou Xingchi’s earlier chance to approach Hollywood was the US version of "The God of Cookery" that was rumored that year.
This 1996 movie, whether in story or subject matter, is actually very international-food + business wizards. After the film was released, the Hollywood company Fox wanted to buy the copyright to remake, and it was still directed by Stephen Chow. In fact, Stephen Chow is very optimistic about this opportunity and created the script. The two sides have too much disagreement. Hollywood hopes to show more American food, and the story is best to be Hollywood commercial routines.
To be honest, the US version of "The God of Cookery" will not look good when it comes out. For example, in 2009, the Hollywood version of "Dragon Ball" was filmed by Stephen Chow. Stephen Chow himself was very obsessed with "Dragon Ball". He was very concerned and finally acted as a producer. As a result, this Asian theme was filmed into a Hollywood vulgar story. Very angry after being adopted.
is actually the "Kung Fu" that Stephen Chow fully controls. It has not only achieved domestic success, but also has a good North American box office.
Speaking of, Zhou Xingchi's plan to enter Hollywood is even earlier. There was a project planned at that time, and now many people have never heard of it! The name of the movie is "The King of Secret Agents Seven Seven Seven".
In 1994, Stephen Chow became a director for the first time and filmed the joking 007 "Domestic Lingling Paint". The film was very successful and is still regarded as a classic by fans.
At that time, many filmmakers were not satisfied with the Hong Kong market, and the mainland market was not up. Directors like Wu Yusen, Lin Lingdong, Tsui Hark, and Chow Yun-fat had all gone to Hollywood to develop. Stephen Chow also has this idea. It just so happens that the subject matter and approach of "Domestic Lingling Paint" is very international. There are already many Hollywood spoof films about 007.
So, Stephen Chow prepared a sequel plan for "Domestic Lingling Paint", ready to enter Hollywood, named "King of Agents Seven Seven Seven".
is still taking over the new task of "Domestic Linglingqi" at the end of "Domestic Linglingqi"? "Our spy satellite has disappeared in outer space."
's "King of Agents Seven Seven Seven" is based on this tail and is preparing to start filming a new story. If it could be filmed at that time, it would definitely be another classic Stephen Chow.
At that time, Stephen Chow found Tang Jili, and Tang Jili helped Jackie Chan make many movies, and he was more familiar with Hollywood routines. However, after reading Stephen Chow's script, Tang Jili felt that many sections were too Hong Kong-based and difficult for foreign audiences to understand, so they did not agree.
Later, Stephen Chow found Tsui Hark again. Tsui Hark, like Stephen Chow, is full of phenomenal power. The problem is that Tsui Hark’s path to Hollywood was not smooth. He directed "The King of Strike Back" starring Shang Ge Yundun at the time, but it failed at the box office and was not as successful as Wu Yusen. . Xu Hark did not help with Stephen Chow's project. In the end, the "King of Secret Agents Seven Seven Seven" had nothing to do with it.
Of course, out of his love of spy themes, Stephen Chow later filmed "Once Upon a Time", although it is an alien theme, it puts the background in ancient China.
Interestingly, "King of Secret Agents Seven Seven Seven" was not made, but Hong Kong media reported it at that time. This title and idea were also caught by Hong Kong filmmakers and made a movie called "I Love Seven Seven Seven". Starring by Tan Yaowen, Shu Qi and others, the role played by Tan YaowenThe color is Zhan Shibang, and Shu Qi plays a secret agent codenamed 777. In the end, it became a romantic comedy, and the evaluation was average, and it was basically a bad film.
Of course "I Love 777" has nothing to do with Stephen Chow, it is just inspired by Stephen Chow's idea.
