Millennium director

"Next, we will plan two new follow-up works in the movie universe!"

"The first one is "Kunlun"!"

"This "Kunlun" will tell the story of the Kunlun Immortal Sect. This Kunlun Immortal Sect also appears in "The Legend of Shushan Immortal Heroes". It is the righteous sect in the world second only to Shushan and has exclusive control of Kunlun Mountain."

"And what this "Kunlun" tells will be a story about a demonic tide that occurs once in five hundred years."

"In the setting of the story, Kunlun was the sect that upheld the right path five hundred years ago, and Shushan City at that time could only rank second."

"It was precisely because of a demonic rebellion that Kunlun suffered heavy losses in order to seal the demon god. This caused Kunlun to fall from its position as the leader of the righteous path. It even took three hundred years for Kunlun to return to its second place in the world. "

"The beginning of the "Kunlun" movie is five years after the end of the Eight Sects Sword Fighting Conference in "The Legend of Shushan Immortals". In the Kunlun Mountains, the demon's seal was loosened, and the Kunlun contemporary master went down to slay the demons."

"Of course, except for the ordinary demons who were infected because the demon god's seal was loose and some demonic energy leaked out, the real demon god is still within the seal."

"And this devil is also involved in the company's next movie."

"That is the major event in the first phase of our Xianxia movie universe - "The Chaos of the Demonic Tide"!"

"This is a big event planned by the company, similar to "Avengers". From hell to heaven to the world, heroes from three realms gather together to fight against the army of demons who break the seal and return to the world for a decisive battle! "

"This will also be the first gathering of heroes in our Xianxia movie universe, and some new heroes who will have independent movies in the second phase will also appear."

"For example, Chunyang Immortal Lu Dongbin, who was sent from heaven to the human world to stop this evil tide, will have an independent film telling his story in the second phase of our Xianxia universe."

Wu Yuan talked endlessly about his Xianxia universe design.

In fact, although his design is based on the Chinese classical fairy tale, it actually borrows from Marvel to some extent.

For example, the character of Pure Yang Immortal Lu Dongbin was inspired by Marvel's "Doctor Strange".

Although the two seem to have no similarities at all, they are closely related.

The heavenly realm where Lu Dongbin lives is an organization responsible for guarding the human world.

The mage organization headed by Kama Taj and the Temple, led by Doctor Strange, is an organization that protects the earth and resists the invasion of alien space.

The heavenly realm usually never appears in the human world and belongs to an organization that hides behind silently. The same is true for Kama Taj.

It can be said that Lu Dongbin’s position in the Xianxia universe in the Age of Light and Shadow is similar to Doctor Strange’s position in the Marvel universe.

Their stories are relatively independent of the movie universe, but they will temporarily join the team to save the world when a major disaster occurs in the earth-human world.

It's equivalent to strong foreign aid.

But the connection with the main world is stronger than that of a completely disconnected superhero like Captain Marvel.

Of course, this is only somewhat similar from a macro perspective.

In fact, in terms of character settings and background stories, there is definitely no similarity between Lu Dongbin and Doctor Strange.

One is cultivating immortality, and the other is playing magic. It would be damning if they are similar.

Wu Yuan just absorbed the advantages of Marvel in the overall layout of the movie universe, and used Marvel to cross the river to design the layout of the Xianxia movie universe.

First use 2-3 movies to build the foundation of the movie universe, and then use a major event to introduce more settings and more "superhero" characters, and then add these new characters who appear in the major event. The character's independent film was produced.

In Marvel, we first build a foundation with movies such as "Iron Man", "Hulk", "Captain America" ​​and "Thor", and then use "Avengers" to connect everyone together, and then continue and introduce new characters... …

The Xianxia universe in the age of light and shadow first uses "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", "Shushan Xianxia Biography" and "Kunlun" to build a foundation, and then uses "War of the Demon Tide" to connect everyone, and then introduce new characters.

The difference is that because Marvel has the backing of the original comics, it doesn't have to worry about fans not recognizing the new characters, and it has its own fan base, so it can launch new IPs completely independently.

But the Xianxia universe in the Light and Shadow Era is an original movie and does not have this foundation, so they have to start introducing new characters directly in the movie.

For example, the concept of Kunlun was introduced in "The Legend of Shushan Xianxia", and then the story of the demon was told in "Kunlun", and then the concept of heaven and the immortal Lu Dongbin of the lower realm were introduced in "The Battle of Demon Tide"...

In this way, new characters can appear in the movies of "old characters" every time, and then after the audience becomes curious and interested in these new characters, they can then create their own independent movies.

This can also be regarded as an insurance attempt. If the response received by these new characters when they appear in the movies of the old characters is not enthusiastic enough, Light and Shadow Era can also stop the loss in time and not release their independent movies, but directly play guest roles without causing any problems. Follow-up.

Including Lu Dongbin's follow-up independent films, it also depends on whether his performance as a lower realm immortal in the film can be recognized by fans and gain a large number of fans after the film "War of the Demons" is released. The company will then decide whether to continue. Make his story.

There is no way, the foundation of the light and shadow era is not as good as that of Marvel. Marvel's comics have been serialized since the 1930s and 1940s. Nearly a hundred years of comic production have created a large number of IPs that are considered classics in the United States. There is no need for this at all. Kind of foreshadowing.

I can’t envy you this kind of background!

There is no such evergreen comic IP in China. Except for "Calabash Baby" and "Legend of Nezha", there are no "hero" characters that are well-known to the public.

"By the way, we can also integrate the classic legendary character Nezha into our Xianxia universe!" Thinking of this, Wu Yuan squinted his eyes and said: "Our Xianxia universe should consider a semi-original and semi-borrowed approach. "

"Half of the characters are our own original creations, and half of the characters are borrowed from classic heroes in Chinese legends."

"For example, Nezha, Yang Jian and so on!"

"And I think that the third phase of the Xianxia universe should shift the perspective to modern times."

"The final outcome of the Demonic Tide War should be that we both die together, the immortal way escapes the world, and the demonic way is wiped out."

"The once glorious immortal cultivators in the human world are no longer alive, and the world has entered the Age of Ending Law. It is not until a thousand years later that the demon tide comes again, and the heroes who have been sleeping for thousands of years are awakened again to fight the unfinished final battle with the demon god! "

"This time span exceeds a thousand years. We can introduce new materials and characters at different stages and periods, such as new heroes who have emerged after the end of the law, and super geniuses who use technology to replace immortal magic in modern cities..."

The corners of Wu Yuan's lips curled up, and he said excitedly and expectantly: "As long as we can lay a solid foundation and take root in this Xianxia universe, we will not be able to finish digging out this treasure in the next ten or twenty years!"

"After all, this is a fairy universe that spans thousands of years. There are so many stories to write!"

"Everyone, let's work hard together!"

"Create a movie world that can influence several generations of Chinese people!" (End of this chapter)