Next, this year, there will be two LOL-themed movies released, namely "Rune War" and "The Battle of Standing".

The former will be released during the summer season, and the specific date has been determined, and even the promotional work for this movie has begun.

"The Battle of Stand Up" will be released in the second half of the year and is currently scheduled to be released in November.

These two movies are quite critical for the League of Legends series.

Although the LOL series has achieved considerable success in the global film market, from the moment, all the stories of the three films released in the Runeland Continent are taken in the country of "Demacia".

The next two movies will jump away from "Demacia".

This is the first step to expand the world view of the LOL series in the movie. The former will use heroes such as Ryze, Lax, and Ezreal to adventure everywhere in the continent of Valorland to expand the entire world setting; while the latter will focus the content on the two countries, Noxus and Ionia, which are also very important in the LOL content.

Of course, this kind of jumping away is not to directly open up a brand new battlefield to tell a brand new story, but it is still too risky.

When planning the contents of these two parts, Dimension Entertainment also took certain methods and means to avoid risks.

The heroine of "Rune War" is Lux. Her presence in her previous work, especially in "Dragon Blood", is quite high. It should be acceptable to have such a familiar character to unfold a new story.

The latter, the Noxus Empire, has appeared in the first "Glory", and I believe that the story of the villain in this first work can still attract many people.

The investments of the two movies are quite different.

The investment scale of "The Battle of Stand Up" has reached 900 million yuan, which is about the same level as "Glory" and "Dragon Blood". After all, this work involving the grudges and hatreds of two countries and focuses on epic themes. It is difficult to express the essence of the work without spending enough money.

The investment scale of "Rune War" is much smaller, even worse than "Dark Night Hunter", with a total investment of 430 million yuan.

There shouldn't be too big scenes in this film, and the actors are basically young people, newcomers, and there are no big names. The biggest expense lies in the special effects.

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And this year, in addition to these two LOL series movies, Weidu Entertainment will of course have some important works launched.

The first thing to be affected is the "The Lord of Mystery" which is now online in April.

The production model of this drama is to break away from the current domestic TV series, and to film the entire drama first and then find a buyer or launch it on its own platform. The operation method adopted by "The Lord of Mystery" is similar to that of American TV series, which is broadcast on a seasonal basis.

The first season of "The Lord of Mystery" has only ten episodes, but it costs a lot.

On average, the investment of 45 million per episode is almost enough to make a small and medium-sized movie.

But in this case, the crew of "The Lord of Mystery" is also a bit stretched. Apart from most of the money invested in the production of special effects in the post-production, the rest is also a considerable expense in the costumes and the creation of the Victorian background.

In terms of original investment, it was a bit too little to be enough while taking pictures.

Later, Weidu Entertainment had to continue to invest more.

Until now, the total investment has almost reached 600 million yuan.

After conversion, the investment of a single episode is about 60 million, which is nearly 10 million US dollars.

This investment scale, even if it is put into American dramas, is a big investment. Generally speaking, the normal production cost of American dramas is two million dollars per episode; "Game of Thrones" has increased from six million dollars per episode in the first season to sixth season, reaching ten million dollars per episode.

The current investment of "The Lord of Mystery" is equivalent to "Game of Thrones".

In addition, Dimension Entertainment itself, in the special effects, only the above bonuses are made in the later stage. In fact, the overall production level of "The Lord of Mystery" may be higher than that of "Game of Thrones".

Of course, here we are just talking about the production level, not the quality of the real film. After all, "Game of Thrones" is a top American drama that has been popular all over the world in every season since eight seasons. Although "The Lord of Mystery" is believed to be no worse than the former in terms of production specifications and standards, the final film quality must be left to the market and the broadest audience for verification.

As for the work "The Lord of Mystery", they are already very experienced in the domestic market. However, due to the subject matter, the commercial department of Dimension Entertainment judged that this work will also have very strong vitality in the overseas market.

Most of the actors have white faces, while a small number of actors use yellow people, but when they are more reliable in terms of costumes, makeup, etc., this problem should not be too big.

The most important thing is the world background.

For Chinese audiences, the Victorian and 18th-century British style seems relatively unfamiliar. The popularity of the novel "The Lord of Mystery" itself can only prove that some novel readers in China have good acceptance of this subject and can even be regarded as a favorite.

However, the genre of film and television dramas itself faces a larger audience. In this case, it is still a question whether the theme of "The Lord of Mystery" can be popular.

Of course, after many successes, Weidu Entertainment has its own set of business works in China. Even if the audience is not big and they are cold after going online, they will eventually have a lot of confidence to achieve good results. After all, the V-shaped mark is famous here, and at the same time, the quality of this film is quite guaranteed with such a large investment and such a high production level.

Since then, even if they encounter relatively bad situations like "Demon Hunting", Dimension Entertainment can at least ensure that the benefits they can reap from the domestic market alone will not be very low.

And the more critical point is in the overseas market.

All the disadvantages in the domestic market are advantages when put overseas.

Story background, actors, Cthulhu's evil god culture...
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