My Name is Kim Sam Soon (a direct translation of the Korean title) or My Lovely Sam Soon, the super-popular 2005 drama that made Kim Sun Ah and Hyun Bin into household names, is being given the Hollywood treatment and remade as a U.S. television series.
Korean movies such as Il Mare (The Lake House), My Sassy Girl and others have undergone Hollywood remakes before, but this will be the first time that a
remake drama will be televised.
NBC will be producing the series as a prime-
time[黃金時段] drama, casting[選擇演員] has been completed, with the script is in the revision[修正] process[過程]. Production is scheduled[將……列入時間表中] to begin early this year.
A few notes on the U.S. television process: just
because a drama has entered production does not mean, as it does in Korea, that it will definitely air. The pilot[試播片] will need to be shot, after which point the
network can decide whether or not to order more
episodes. If it dies in that stage, we’ll never see it; and if it proceeds[進行,繼續(xù)下去], it will usually be given a 13-episode
order. If the ratings[收視率] are good, the back 9 episodes will usually be
ordered to finish out the season. If
ratings are bad, the series may be canceled at any point, whether or not all the produced episodes have been aired. There’s always a small chance that the
drama will be picked up to series but canceled before any episodes air.
If the people involved in this remake are good enough, there’s a chance this series may turn out
decently[還不錯地] well. Also, considering that Kim Sam Soon was compared a lot to Bridget Jones’s Diary, the inherent[內(nèi)在的] premise[前提] of the series is one that
translates well to Western audiences.
《我叫金三順》(韓語劇名直譯)又名《我可愛的三順》,這部2005年熱播的電視劇讓金善雅和玄彬的名字家喻戶曉?,F(xiàn)在,此劇得到好萊塢的青睞,將被翻拍成美國版電視連續(xù)劇。
雖然好萊塢已經(jīng)翻拍過《觸不到的戀人》、《我的野蠻女友》及其他韓國電影,但在電視上播放翻拍韓國電視劇還是第一次。
美國全國廣播公司(NBC)將把該劇打造成黃金時間段的重點劇。該劇的選角工作已經(jīng)完成,劇本則已進入修訂階段,并計劃在今年年初開拍。
在這里解釋一下美國電視劇的制作流程:與韓國不同,就算一部電視劇已經(jīng)進入制作階段,也不意味著它一定會被播出。他們要先拍攝試播片,電視網(wǎng)再根據(jù)它來決定是否訂購更多集。如果它在這個階段被斃掉,這部電視劇就無緣與我們見面了;如果它能繼續(xù)進行下去,通常會得到13集的訂單。如果收視率高,電視網(wǎng)一般會再訂9集,完成一季。如果收視不好,無論制作完畢的劇集是否已經(jīng)播出,該連續(xù)劇都會被隨時砍掉。雖然幾率不高,但已被選定要拍成連續(xù)劇的劇目在播放前被取消的情況也是有的。
如果參與制作這部翻拍電視劇的人員很優(yōu)秀,也許此劇會大獲成功。另外,考慮到人們經(jīng)常把《金三順》與《BJ單身日記》相提并論,這部電視劇的內(nèi)在構(gòu)思意念對西方觀眾來說應(yīng)該不難理解。
相關(guān)鏈接
李英愛《大長今》穩(wěn)坐四年收視王
韓國新聞網(wǎng)MyDaily(www.mydaily.co.kr)公布了“2004-2008年單集收視率最高的韓劇”。李英愛五年前主演的古裝劇《大長今》以57.8%的收視率穩(wěn)坐近四年韓劇單集最高收視冠軍。金正恩、樸信陽合演的《巴黎戀人》以57.4%的收視率屈居亞軍,金善雅、玄彬主演的《我叫金三順》抱走季軍。
《大長今》在亞洲各地收視火爆,李英愛的身價因此飆漲,傲視韓國演藝圈。其片酬一路看漲,目前每集達5000萬韓元,成為韓國電視史上首位單集片酬達到千萬韓元的演員。
金正恩、樸信陽演出《巴黎戀人》一劇,以及金善雅、玄彬出演《我叫金三順》之前都不是紅星,片酬不算特別高,卻是小兵立大功;反觀裴勇俊、權(quán)相佑等高知名度男星,收視率卻未如片酬那般數(shù)一數(shù)二。
人氣韓劇 Top 5
排名年份劇名收視率主演
No.1 2004大長今57.8%李英愛、池珍熙
No.22004巴黎戀人57.4%金正恩、樸信陽
No.32005我叫金三順50.5%金善雅、玄彬
No.42006朱蒙50.2%宋一國、韓惠珍
No.52005玫瑰人生47.7%崔真實、孫賢周