Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 263 Demon Team

Shortly after Li Boda finished filming "Infinite Terror 6" and returned to China, someone came knocking on his door.

However, it was because Magic Cube Entertainment released news that they planned to film other movies in the "Infinite Terror" series.

The first one to be affected is the movie "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team".

As mentioned before, after the novel "Infinite Terror" was adapted into a movie and the movie was successful, especially after Fan Bingbing approached Zhang Heng and asked him to expand on the character of Ming Yanwei, Zhang Heng began to expand on the entire novel "Infinite Terror".

Just like the Demon Team, Zhang Heng has already written a separate novel, which is similar to a side story, specifically describing the story of the Demon Team in detail. For example, how the breeding team came about, then Zheng Zha's experience after being copied into the Demon Team, then Chu Xuan who was copied into the Demon Team, and Ming Yanwei who was copied into the Demon Team later and chose to commit suicide because she did not want to be humiliated, etc.

What kind of story world did the Demon Team experience? How did Zheng Zha endure humiliation and hardship, then turn the tables and kill the breeders in the Demon Team, and how did he avenge Luo Li, etc.?

The "Infinite Terror" franchise has already reached its sixth installment, and the Demon Team has made its appearance, so it's entirely feasible to make a movie focusing on the Demon Team.

It's not just the Devil Team; the Indian Team, the South Seas Team, and others can also be filmed.

The "Infinite Terror" series has been very successful, so naturally, countless people wanted to join the project to film "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team," including domestic film companies, foreign film companies, and Hollywood film companies.

After all, nobody wants to let go of such a golden goose as "Infinite Terror".

Therefore, the cooperation terms they offered were very generous.

However, at this point, only exceptionally powerful film and television companies with abundant resources could join the "Infinite Terror: Demon Team" project.

Previously, many domestic film and television companies were able to join the "Infinite Terror" film series project because Li Boda remembered their favors. When filming "Infinite Terror 1", Li Boda himself was not famous enough and it was difficult to attract investment. At that time, Li Boda remembered the film and television companies that invested in the "Infinite Terror 1" project, so he also included them in the subsequent films, allowing them to make a fortune.

However, with six films in a row, each one a huge success, their goodwill had long since been exhausted.

Therefore, this time, some film and television companies that were not qualified enough were no longer able to participate in the "Infinite Terror: Demon Team" project.

Even in China, apart from Li Boda's Magic Cube Entertainment, only Han Sanye's China Film Group and Wanda Pictures, which owns the world's largest cinema chain, are qualified to join.

In addition, only film and television companies from Hollywood that can provide sufficient resources can participate.

Legendary Pictures and Lionsgate, in order to qualify for the "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" project, had to give up more of their profits.

In fact, the "Infinite Terror: Demon Team" project is just the beginning. There are also "Infinite Terror: Indian Team", "Infinite Terror: South China Sea Team", and even projects like "Infinite Terror 7". Film companies that are not qualified to participate will be excluded.

When Li Boda announced the filming of "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team," many people inquired about who would direct the movie, or rather, whether Li Boda would direct it.

Li Boda naturally had no intention of directing this film.

After it was confirmed that Li Boda did not want to direct the film, many other directors tried to approach him, wanting to become the director of the film "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team".

Among the directors who approached Li Boda was Lu Chuan, the one who filmed "Nanjing! Nanjing!", but Li Boda had absolutely no intention of collaborating with him.

Li Boda was unwilling to cooperate with someone who had a crooked perspective.

Moreover, Li Boda didn't think this kind of director was that capable of making a good film like "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team".

Lu Chuan's first film, "Looking for a Gun," was quite good, but in reality, the true director of this film was Jiang Wen, and Lu Chuan was more like a director in name only.

Later, Lu Chuan made another film, "The Legend of Kekexili," which was actually quite good, but! It was a plagiarized production, a documentary filmed by someone else, and many of the shots were almost exactly copied from the original.

Then there's that movie with the buttocks tilted to one side, "Nanjing! Nanjing!"

Given his character, even if Li Boda didn't make this film, "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team," he wouldn't have entrusted him with directing it.

Later, Wu Ershan, the director who had directed "Painted Skin," also approached Li Boda, wanting to become the director of "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team."

Li Boda didn't know much about this person, since they hadn't collaborated before.

However, since he is an insider, it is possible to find out some information about him if one wants to.

Then Li Boda discovered that this guy, well, his stance wasn't quite right either. He didn't become like Lu Chuan, who directly turned into Lu Taijun, but Wu Ershan seemed to be a rather extreme nationalist.

Within the industry, you can easily find out most of the details by asking around.

Li Boda naturally didn't want to cooperate with someone with such an extreme personality.

In addition, directors such as Chen Kexin and Ning Hao also came to us.

After all, the allure of becoming an internationally renowned director is something few can resist.

However, while their abilities are indeed impressive, Li Boda does not want to entrust the film to them because they have never made this type of film before, or rather, they may not be able to handle the subject matter of "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team".

Perhaps they have the ability and potential to make a good film on this subject, but Li Boda clearly wouldn't entrust them with a film with an investment of one or two hundred million US dollars to test the waters.

In fact, according to Li Boda's idea, to become the director of the movie "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team", one must be a director like Xu Ke or Zhang Yimou, who is highly capable and has directed many big-budget movies, and at least has no unfamiliarity with special effects.

Alternatively, it could be someone like Xu Shanzheng, who is inherently talented but also served as assistant director on films like *Infinite Terror 3* or *Infinite Terror 4*. Only after becoming thoroughly familiar with this genre and filming style can one confidently entrust the later films to him. In fact, even Xu Ke, before directing *Infinite Terror 3*, served as assistant director on *Infinite Terror 2*. It was only after becoming very familiar with this genre that Li Boda felt comfortable entrusting *Infinite Terror 3* to him!

However, asking a successful and famous director to serve as an assistant director is somewhat unreasonable. After all, once someone has achieved fame, it would be difficult for them to go back to being an assistant director.

Tsui Hark initially became the assistant director because of his curiosity about special effects technology, which is why he condescended to take on the role.

“Ning Hao, we have a good relationship. I know your abilities. As for your desire to direct ‘Infinite Terror: The Demon Team,’ I want to support you. But like directors Xu Ke and Xu Shanzheng, they all worked as assistant directors on the ‘Infinite Terror’ series before becoming directors themselves. They became familiar with the series before taking on the directorial role. So, if you really want to become the director of the ‘Infinite Terror’ series, how about you go through the process and work as an assistant director first?” Li Boda said to Ning Hao with a smile.

“This—” Ning Hao frowned.

Ning Hao, as a new generation director, and even a leader among the new generation of directors, has films that have achieved high box office returns. He is very skilled at making both art films and commercial films. It can even be said that he is now almost equivalent to Zhang Yimou in the new generation.

Asking him to go back to being an assistant director is something he really can't handle.

In the end, Ning Hao had no choice but to give up.

Li Boda was not surprised at all by Ning Hao's decision to give up.

Just like Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and even Jiang Wen, none of them approached Li Boda or wanted to direct "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team".

They all have their own pride, and they only direct movies that interest them, and they even choose the stories they want to tell.

Besides domestic directors, there are also directors from Hong Kong who want to direct "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team," including even a big name like Wang Jing.

However, Li Boda still refused.

Well, to put it simply, director Wang Jing is truly an incredibly talented individual. Whether it's a serious film or a casual one, none of his movies have ever lost money. As long as investors entrust their money to Wang Jing, his films are guaranteed to break even and make a profit; it's just a matter of how much. Not a single one of his films has ever lost money.

That's incredibly awesome, incredibly impressive.

After all, even Zhang Yimou's movies have lost money at times, but Wang Jing, who has been in the industry for decades, has never lost money on his movies.

Even though some of his movies didn't receive good reviews and were described as toilet humor films.

However, despite the director's great talent, Li Boda had no intention of entrusting him with the filming of "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team".

The main concern for Li Boda is that Wang Jing might film "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" in a nonsensical or even toilet humor style. If it were filmed in that style, given the precedent set by the "Infinite Terror" film series, even if "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" is poorly made, it won't lose money, but it will definitely damage the reputation of the film series and may even affect the value of future IPs.

Finally, Li Boda made the decision to hand over the film "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" to a director in Hollywood.

After all, Hollywood has many talented directors, and many of them are also skilled in special effects.

Through the connections of Legendary Pictures and Lionsgate, the film "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" was handed over to Marcus Nispel.

The reason it was given to director Marcus Nispel is because he directed the movie "Friday the 13th," and the first movie the Demon Team has to experience in "Infinite Terror: The Devil Team" is "Friday the 13th."

If Marcus Nispel were to direct, then at least when Team Devil enters the storyline of "Friday the 13th," the style would remain consistent with the original series.

Of course, for some reasons, Li Boda found an assistant director for "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team" in China.

The assistant director's name is Guo Fan.

He had previously directed two films, and even his first film had a touch of fantasy, which could be considered as having some special effects.

However, since it was his first film, it was actually quite bad.

Although the movie was rather bad, his ability as a director was still quite good. His debut film, "Li Xian's Adventures," even won the Best Asian Film Award at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea.

Over the years, Guo Fan's abilities have also improved significantly.

The reason Li Boda chose Guo Fan as the assistant director of "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team" was because Guo Fan took the initiative to ask him for the position.

According to Guo Fan, he is particularly interested in special effects blockbusters, and he has even been considering making a science fiction film recently. However, he lacks both funding and experience, so he has not yet taken action.

Now that he has this opportunity to be involved in the filming of a special effects blockbuster, he naturally doesn't want to miss it.

So Guo Fan volunteered and went directly to their door.

Li Boda tested Guo Fan's abilities and found that Guo Fan was indeed quite capable, especially in his passion and longing for science fiction movies.

At the same time, Li Boda discovered that Guo Fan was also particularly eloquent and articulate.

Li Boda originally had the idea of ​​cultivating a new director for the "Infinite Terror" series, and Guo Fan's appearance can be considered as him delivering himself to the door.

So Li Boda waved his hand and he became the assistant director of "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team".

Guo Fan, of course, cherished this opportunity. After securing the assistant director position for "Infinite Terror: The Demon Team," he took the opportunity to ask Li Boda to visit the Magic Cube Special Effects Company to check out their special effects and production. He was then amazed by the special effects.

(End of this chapter)