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The idea of ​​the first movie of "League of Legends" sent by Penguin is to make the background of the Freljord, and the protagonist of the story is "Ice Shooter Ashe".

Fan Zhe was not surprised by this.

Ashe can be regarded as one of the more famous heroes under the IP of "League of Legends". She was launched very early, and can even be regarded as one of the earliest heroes launched in the league. In addition, her background story, setting and other things are also one of the most well-done heroes among many heroes.

Moreover, the role of Ashe, looking left and right, is indeed more suitable for film adaptation. When 'Fist' made the setting for her, it felt as if she had directly set a template for the protagonist.

She grew up in one of the largest tribes on the Freljord Icefield. Her mother was the leader of the tribe, and she was considered a princess. He experienced hardships when he was young, but in the end he merged with the ancestral power contained in his blood, pulled up the longbow made of pure ice, and grew up to be the war mother and leader of Avarosa, the largest tribe in the Northland.

The idea they hold is also great and upright. In the icy and snowy world of the Freljord, they want to establish an utopia, quell the disputes among many tribes, and strive to establish a unified country. Crying every day 'We are one nation', 'The Freljord will be united again', 'Don't take kindness for weakness'...

For such a role, it is indeed more appropriate to make a film adaptation.

But this is not quite in line with Fan Zhe's previous idea.

In fact, Fan Zhe was already considering this series of movies after Ye Jiayi, Penguin and Fist started to contact about the film and television copyright of "League of Legends".

But the first hero he wanted to be was really not Ashe.

This is considering the background of the movie's story itself.

The story of "Ice Archer Ashe" takes place in the Freljord, a world of ice and snow. The structure of society is also more inclined to the more primitive tribal form.

With this kind of subject matter, Fan Zhe thinks it is not very suitable to be the opening chapter of the first part. The background world is not conducive to maximizing the attraction of the audience, nor is it conducive to the development of stories in other environmental backgrounds.

On the contrary, Fan Zhe himself prefers to do stories under the background of "Demacia", and the protagonists use such characters as Galen, Jarvan IV, and Xin Zhao.

Under the IP of the game "League of Legends", like the three heroes mentioned above, their popularity is not bad. What's more, the so-called "Demacia" is the most famous and well-known faction in the world of LOL.

From here, start to expand the entire alliance universe, relatively speaking, it should be a better choice.

In fact, even the outline of the script, Fan Zhe has a rough draft in mind.

He wrote his thoughts into an email and sent it to Penguin.

"Ice Archer Ashe, and the story of the Freljord, I don't think it is suitable as our first work in the alliance universe. Of course, we will definitely develop these stories on the ice field in the future, but the first work , it is better for us to make the concept of 'Demacia'."

He first suppressed the development of the Ice Shooter, and then briefly wrote down some of his ideas.

"In my conception, I hope that the first work will be based on the war between Demacia and Noxus. The story of the first part will be based on the growth of Galen Crownguard and Jarvan IV as the main line. .”

"The film will be about war, about brotherhood, about growing up and the idea of ​​being a hero."

"Of course, the most indispensable thing is the excellent visual effects."

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This is roughly a notification of affection.

According to the agreement, Dimension Entertainment is in charge of the film project production and specific content. Penguin has the right to make suggestions. If it is really not optimistic, it may not invest, but Dimension Entertainment has the final say on what to do.

This was strongly requested by Fan Zhe and Ye Jiayi at the time, and Penguin agreed.

So, at this time, Fan Zhe used their power smoothly.

Penguin is a little suspicious.

Zhang Yanping replied to Fan Zhe's email, writing: "I can probably agree with your opinion that 'Demacia' is more suitable for the first shot. We have considered this in the past, but..." Freljord After all, the background of "Demacia" is different from that of "Demacia". If the results of the movie with Ashe as the protagonist are not satisfactory, we can still open up the wider and more representative background of "Demacia". Make another one and save the fate of the whole series.”

After reading it, Fan Zhe smiled and replied: "We haven't considered failure."

Zhang Yanping was speechless when he saw the news.

Unknowingly, he remembered Ye Jiayi's last words when they were negotiating in Shencheng: "This is what Dimension Entertainment has paid, and it is irreplaceable."

The expectations and feelings are exactly the same.

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On the other hand, after Fan Zhe finished sending the email, he started to gather the screenwriter and design team.

Prior to this, Fan Zhe did not include League of Legends in the company's next project plan - after all, although he had already had contact with Penguin in this regard at that time, after all, it had not yet been discussed, and this matter could not be determined for sure Naturally, Fan Zhe would not do this in the company's project planning.

But it's different now.

The "League of Legends" project is very important. At the same time, the agreement signed between Dimension Entertainment and Penguin also clearly stipulates that the first film production must be completed within two years.

Two years to make a film, this time is not particularly tight, but it is definitely not particularly relaxed.

You must know that Dimension Entertainment has no accumulation for the "League of Legends" project. From the script to the design, everything has to be started from scratch.

The art aspect is where Dimensional Entertainment is strongest. In addition to being the producer, Fan Zhe himself will also be the chief designer of the entire project.

A large number of artists were drawn from various project teams and began to carry out a large number of content designs.

On the ‘Fist’ side, there are actually quite a few conceptual designs about League of Legends.

But those designs have two problems. The first one is that the quantity is too small. After all, "League of Legends" is a MOBA game, and the conceptual setting of the world view is actually useless to the game itself, it's just an incidental thing after the game becomes popular.

Also, in addition to the low quantity, the quality...is not great.

At least, from Fan Zhe's point of view, the current concept design released by "Fist" is just like that.

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Let me tell the truth, although I am an old LOL player and die-hard fan, but their art level, except for some outsourced illustrations, is really not that good...