In 2008, following the poor box office performance of the movie "Wolf Tooth", Wu Jing fell into confusion. This year, the top three in the mainland box office were "If You Are the One", "On the Red Cliff" and "Painted Skin". No action movie is an action movie. Even if the scope is enlarged to the top ten, the best performer is "The King of Kung Fu", which is a strong collaboration between Jackie Chan and Jet Li, which only ranks fifth. This year, it was Yen Zidan’s "Ip Man" that was fought against "Wolf Tooth". "Wolf Tooth" was quickly defeated, and "Ip Man" became Yen Zidan's masterpiece and became the successor to "Huang Feihong". Another pure kung fu movie series by the master. At this time, Yen Zidan is 45 years old and has been fighting in the film industry for 24 years. And I don’t know when the next Grand Master series will be, and what the movie market is like, Wu Jing can’t afford to wait.
So Wu Jing was at a loss at this time. He continued to stick to the road of Hong Kong-style action movies. The popularity of Hong Kong movies in the Mainland has not been so high, and the audience only recognizes Jet Li and Jackie Chan. When it comes to Jackie Chan, juggling is synonymous with being funny, and when it comes to Jet Li, chic and elegant is synonymous. And when it comes to Wu Jing, many people may think of such a star starring only when they see it on the screen. There is no specific style, no real masterpiece of his own, and failure to create his own era of action is Wu Jing's heart depressed. During the period from 2009 to 2013, apart from these "Robotic Man", "City Guard", "West Wind Fierce", "New Shaolin Temple" appeared in various styles of movies as three males and two males, they were not particularly good. s work. However, in recent years Wu Jing has been accumulating his own energy. During the Wenchuan Earthquake disaster relief work, working with the rescue team in the rescue was a great touch to Wu Jing. After that, Wu Jing always wanted to make a movie about soldiers, but he didn't know how to do it. Wu Jing is a fan of Liu Meng's book. Liu Meng's novel "I Am a Special Soldier" is popular and made into a TV series. Wu Jing approached Liu Meng, hoping that Liu Meng could write a customized military script for himself. Liu Meng directly asked Wu Jing to make the TV series "I Am a Special Forces 2". The average movie star rarely shoots TV series, so Wu Jing is also hesitant, but considering that he has no experience in military subjects, if he wants to make movies about soldiers in the future, he must also accumulate experience. So I agreed to Liu Meng's invitation, but made a request, arranging him to train in the real special forces unit, and really become a soldier. It's just that it's been 18 months, which is unimaginable in the entertainment industry. Moreover, these 18 months were not a simple experience of life, it was really becoming a special soldier and breaking some records of the army. During this period, many performance opportunities were rejected, such as "A Great Master" and "Four Famous Catchers".
has been baptized by the troops and laid the foundation for filming "I Am a Special Forces 2", which provided the conditions for filming "Wolf Warrior" in 2013. The shooting of "Wolf Warriors" encountered a lot of problems. First of all, financing was not going well. At that time, the mainstream of the market was romance films, big IP movies based on hot-selling novels, and almost no military-themed movies. Even if they had a box office, they were bleak, so the market was not optimistic, plus Wu Jing’s call at this time The power was not strong either, so either he could not get investment, or he got the investment and then the investor withdrew. Later, it was basically Wu Jing himself and his friend Lu Jianmin who invested. Secondly, the shooting conditions were difficult. The shooting was in Nanjing, which was in the scorching summer. The hot weather and the difficult shooting environment caused high prices to be impossible for group performances. As soon as the group performance heard that it was "Wolf Warriors", the higher the money was. Reluctant to go. In the end, the funds themselves were tight, and because of Wu Jing's high demands, some shots were shot multiple times for one frame, and the funds were constantly overrun, which led Wu Jing to mortgage his house just for this movie. After the filming was completed, Wu Jing also personally picked up the post-editing. According to his friend Lu Jianmin, Wu Jing often called him at two or three o'clock at night and told him where to cut another frame and which frame to use. This is also the key battle that Wu Jing put a lot of effort into it, which can be said to be desperate. In the end, "Wolf Warrior" achieved a box office of 540 million. Before the release, many people predicted a box office of up to 50 million. Wu Jing not only achieved good results at the box office, but also filled the gaps in domestic military action movies. It also successfully explored the market's demand for military action movies.
has the success of "Wolf Warrior 1", and "Wolf Warrior 2" has relatively better conditions. However, because the investment is three times that of "Wolf Warriors 1", basically all the money earned by "Wolf Warriors 1" is invested in, funds are still tight, and the shooting environment in Africa is also very difficult. But God rewards hard workIn the end, "Wolf Warriors 2" greatly increased the box office record of domestic movies in a record-breaking way. Wu Jing finally became a well-deserved box office star.
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