The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

For Blizzard, it must be very important to the Warcraft series.

This is the most important IP they have.

After experiencing an unsuccessful film and television adaptation, they became more cautious.

Pounce once, fortunately, the Warcraft series has a solid foundation and can withstand it. Do it again, it might be a bit unbearable.

But the emphasis on quality ultimately falls on benefits.

The employees of Blizzard Entertainment, and even the bosses, may still have a certain feeling for this series, but in the final analysis, they are also a commercial company, and the ultimate goal is profit.

Making money is the most important thing.

The film quality is good, so it is easy to make money. This is the main reason why they value the so-called film quality.

In this respect, it is precisely the most powerful place of Dimension Entertainment.

So far, they have not missed anything in terms of film and television production. Several movies are very profitable, and it is not only the Chinese mainland market that is popular, but also has a very good performance in the global market and in the North American market.

Or simply put it this way, Dimension Entertainment's products are the guarantee of high-quality products.

If it were not for Dimension Entertainment, they would not take the initiative to seek cooperation.

But although there is a big difference between Dimension Entertainment and Blizzard on the income distribution of the Warcraft series of movies, the core problem that blocked the cooperation between the two parties at the beginning has been resolved.

Blizzard finally chose to decentralize film production.

This fulfilled the core requirement of Fan Zhe's willingness to take over this series.

As for the subsequent interest-related negotiations, let's talk slowly. I believe both parties can still come up with a clause that is more acceptable to both parties.

Fan Zhe himself has already begun planning for the first work in the "Warcraft" series.

For the "Warcraft" series, he also has his own thinking.

In the beginning, the failure of Legendary Pictures in "Warcraft" was analyzed afterwards and there were many factors.

I won’t talk about the movie about the province. It’s fair to say what the quality of this work is.

There are many reasons other than movies.

Among them, Fan Zhe believes that the more important point lies in the topic selection.

The story entry point chosen for the movie "Warcraft" was during the orc war.

Gul'dan, the orc warlock, was polluted and became the villain of the multiverse, that is, the running dog of the Burning Legion. He further confuses the orc tribe of Draenor world, launched the massacre of the draenei, and built the so-called ‘Dark Gate’.

Medivh, the human mage who was also polluted, opened the dark door and connected the world of Azeroth and Draenor together.

This is the background.

After that, the tribe swarmed out from the Dark Portal, and the strong orcs marched north from Azeroth—the southern part of the Eastern Kingdom. They were smashed all the way, and even the capital of the human kingdom, Stormwind City, were all beaten down. .

Of course, many stories happened during this period. What is the story between Sir Lothar and Medivh? What is Durotan and Orgrim's grievances in the orc tribe? What is the birth of Little Thrall...

But I have to say that the movie has made a lot of adaptations to the original story and settings, and many settings are completely different from the Warcraft itself.

This book is nothing. When any work is made into a film and television, it is unavoidable to adapt it. When Dimension Entertainment is doing similar work, it is as close to the original as possible, but there are some places that cannot be avoided and must be adapted.

Commercial films, especially large-invested commercial films for all audiences, have little chance of success if they are turned into a carnival for a single fan.

It is true that the spending power of enthusiastic fans cannot be ignored, but for popular art like movies, the number of people is still too small to rely on them. One person contributed ten movie tickets, which is a drop in the bucket.

But although the adaptation is inevitable, it is very bad to compare the changes.

World of Warcraft is a bit of a blind comparison.

More importantly, the adaptation of the "Warcraft" movie is unthankful on both sides. After the change was over, the core fan base didn’t say anything about it. Among ordinary audiences who didn’t know about the Warcraft series, many people complained that it was a fan movie, and it was not clear in many places, and the relationship between the characters was confused or something. .

This is a case where the adaptation has failed.

No one pleases, this is a failure.

In addition to the unreliable adaptation, Fan Zhe believes that the entry point for 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 it is also the main plot of the first and second parts of the "Warcraft" game series.

But this is not what people are most familiar with.

What makes the "Warcraft" series truly enter the hearts of players around the world is the battle story of "Warcraft", Reign of Chaos and the Frozen Throne. The design is really the pinnacle of rts with plot.

At least Fan Zhe thinks so.

Among them, the most well-known in the "Warcraft" series is naturally Prince Arthas.

His story has the epic sense of saving the country and the huge war scene, the changes in the emotional drama, the choice full of fate, and of course the most serious tragedy.

The power of his story is too great for the film and television adaptation.

If the "Warcraft" movie started from Alsace, the situation is bound to be much better than when the "Warcraft" movie was launched.

Lothar is certainly a famous hero in the Warcraft series, but he is too far away.

Of course, did not choose this theme, Blizzard also had their considerations.

With other characters as the protagonists, the film and television works that were filmed are just bashing on the street, and Alsace really can't bash. He is the most representative and commercially valuable character in the "Warcraft" series, and his failure to film and television will undoubtedly deal a very heavy blow to the "Warcraft" series in the film and television market.

But this matter is of course very risky, but it also has its huge benefits and rewards.

Fan Zhe's film and television adaptation of the "Warcraft" series is considering the story of Alsace.

If Ye Jiayi talked about the copyright cooperation of the "Warcraft" series on the other side, then Fan Zhe should not be surprised, he should take Alsace's knife and directly launch this trump card, letting him be the prince of mankind, but also Later, the Lich King slaughtered all quarters in the film and television market.

First lay the foundation for the success of the film adaptation of the "Warcraft" series, and then consider expanding the plot and making other story lines.