According to QQ, due to high production costs, right from its release, the movie "Titao Nhan: Phong Khoi Dai Mac" has faced the risk of losing capital. In the first 3 days of screening, daily box office revenue did not even enter the top 4, causing many people to predict that Wu Jing would "fall painfully" with this project.
Fortunately, the positive word-of-mouth effect saved the box office growth momentum. Currently, the total revenue of the film exceeds 1.3 billion CNY.
Producer and screenwriter Du Bach Mi confirmed in a recent interview that "Titao Nhan" has almost paid off, and many viewers are urging him and Wu Jing to make the next film.
It is estimated that if the final revenue of "Tiêu nhân" reaches about 1.5 billion CNY, the producer can earn about 100 million CNY.
This shows that whether there are new works later or not, "Xiao Ren" is at least strong enough to resist the martial arts film market, and Wu Jing has truly changed the fate of martial arts films.
In previous promotions, Ngo Kinh once said that whether "Tiêu nhân" has part 2 or not depends on market feedback.
Now, when the producer confirmed that the film has paid off, audiences are very much looking forward to the next part.
According to QQ, in fact, since June last year, the project "Tiêu nhân: Chiến khởi Giang Đô" has been registered for production. With the current revenue momentum, it is highly likely that the movie will be filmed soon.
Notably, the production registration unit is Vien Hoa Binh Film Company in Xiamen, meaning that the project is still in charge of legendary martial arts director Vien Hoa Binh.
This is definitely good news for fans, because the success of "Tiêu nhân: Phong khởi đại mạc" has a great contribution from Viên Hòa Bình.
The style that he persistently pursues, such as "fighting real, filming real", along with the action design based on the character's personality, has reshaped the quality of martial arts films. The film almost does not use green screens, and realistic fighting scenes make the spirit of the underworld flood the screen.
However, the movie part "Tiêu nhân: Chiến khởi Giang Đô" is essentially not a sequel, but a prequel.
The film takes the character Thu (played by Vu Thich) as the center, telling about his past before leaving the desert.
Initially, Thu was an orphan of the Duong family. After the entire Duong family was exterminated, he lost his memory and was adopted by Thiet Toan Tu. But unexpectedly, the enemy Duong Huyen Anh pursued and killed them. When Thiet Toan Tu sacrificed himself to save him, revenge became Thu's lifelong obsession.
The plot is therefore shifted from "protection, escort" to "revenge", promising even more fierce combat scenes.
In addition to the prequel "Tiêu nhân: Chiến khởi Giang Đô", the official sequel titled "Tiêu nhân: Trường An thiên" has also been planned.
The author of the original Hua Tien Triet spent 10 years drawing the comic "Tieu Nhan", but the cast of Dao Ma characters (played by Ngo Kinh) has not yet arrived in Chang'an.
After the movie was released, Hua Tien Triet wrote on Weibo: "The Chang'an part has begun to be drawn". Du Bach Mi also confirmed this in an interview.
He said that the following films will not completely rely on the content of existing comics, but like the way "Lưu lạc địa cầu" makes a sequel - the original author will also participate in writing the script.
Because the speed of comic book writing cannot keep up with the speed of filmmaking, and the production crew cannot wait another 10 years.
The cast of "Tiêu nhân: Trường An thiên" is also very anticipated.
Donnie Yen recently revealed that when filming the first part, Wu Jing invited him to participate, but due to schedule conflicts, Donnie Yen could not agree.
After the film was released, Donnie Yen publicly congratulated it, saying that "Wu Jing has made a great contribution to Chinese martial arts films", and expressed his respect for director Yuen Woo-ping.
This makes the audience expect that if "The Catman" has part 2, Donnie Yen will participate.
