China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"It's inappropriate."

Lu Ping'an looked at the photo of Robert Downey Jr. and shook his head.

Let’s not talk about the matching between acting skills and roles.

On the commercial side, "Pacific Rim" needs a protagonist with strong box office appeal.

The current Robert Downey Jr. is obviously not suitable.

It might even be counterproductive.

Because the movie role cannot significantly change his impression in the public mind.

Instead of using him, it would be better to use an unknown actor.

On the contrary, "District 9", which desperately needs acting skills, and "Iron Man", a playboy whose character is extremely lonely, are suitable.

This is not Lu Ping’s subjective judgment.

It is given by the system.

Downey's score in "Iron Man" is 10.0. Because it is the original version, that's the score. And so far, no one can surpass the score of 10.0.

In other words, Iron Man is his natural role.

The original actor in "District 9" was also a 10.0, but when he came, he was a 10.6, which is a huge improvement, and he can also be regarded as a chosen role.

But if you replace him as the protagonist of "Pacific Rim", his rating will be only 9.4, which is obviously inappropriate.

"Then let's look at the next one."

Regarding Lu Ping An's judgment, Wattsberg still did not express much opinion.

After hearing this, Lu Pingping looked at the next actor: Matthew McConaughey.

That is, the protagonist of "Interstellar".

I haven't tested this safe road yet.

Let’s put it aside and move on to the next one: Matt Damon.

Lu Ping'an's eyes lit up.

How could he be forgotten?

The commercial value of this person is also good. Although it is not as good as Brad Pitt and the like, it is much better than the original one.

The key is that this person is relatively well-behaved, and there was no negative news about China later.

So if you really want to, you can really try to choose him.

"Wait a minute, I'll go to the bathroom first."

Said Lu Ping An and went to the toilet.

A few minutes later, Lu Pingping returned to the office, and then said to Wattsberg: "Just him, Matt Damon."

He just used the system to calculate it.

Matthew McConaughey's character compatibility is very high, 10.3. This is still the immature version of Matthew.

However, Lu Ping An still chose Matt Damon.

Matt Damon's character compatibility is 10.1, which is okay.

But his current commercial value is much higher than Matthew McConaughey.

"The Bourne Supremacy" series, and "The Departed" which has now been completed.

If he takes advantage of this trend, his commercial value will definitely not be bad.

Alas, the best one is actually Brad Pitt, with 10.8, his commercial value is also exploding, which is a pity.

"Okay, then I'll ask someone to date him."

"good."

Watts called directly and replied: "We can talk tomorrow."

"OK."

Lu Pingan nodded and continued talking about things.

"Chainsaw 3" is about to be released, and everything is going well.

This horror film series already has a strong fan base in the United States. Coupled with the good publicity and distribution, the box office of "Chainsaw 3" should be more than the 80 million in North America in the original time and space.

This is already very strong, and the production cost of the entire film was only 8 million.

"Insidious 2" is also about to be released, and the expectations are not bad, and may even be better than "Chainsaw 3".

Because the two are different types of movies, one is more superficial and bloody horror, and the other is heart-breaking horror.

At present, there are more of the former on the market, and not many of the latter. Coupled with the success of the first film, the media predictions will be good.

The media also said that March is the horror month of this year, which has also attracted many horror fans to focus on this.

"Isn't this what we pushed?" Lu Pingan asked curiously.

"There are still efforts, but more of them are spontaneous. However, some people think it is better to put it on Halloween. Now the two sides may be fighting." Wattsberg said cheerfully.

"Let's not participate."

"Of course we won't participate. We only care about the box office."

"That's right."

Then we talked about "Brokeback Mountain". Lao Hu is currently working in public relations in New York. He will go and have a look in the next few days. Everything seems to be normal so far.

Finally, there is the next arrangement.

"Chainsaw 4", "Human Purge" and other small-cost projects.

These will be filmed in the next few years. Because of the Olympics, he cannot direct it himself and it is not easy to direct. Otherwise, the cost will be too high, but he can be a producer.

Wattsberg wrote them down one by one.

The matter was settled, and Lu Pingping met with Matt Damon as scheduled the next day.

Seeing this young man, what Lu Pingan thought of was "The Martian".

Then inspiration struck.

Otherwise, why don’t we also collect this film?

Then form a series like the domestic version of Interstellar Universe.

For example, didn't he previously have a film called "The Night the Comet Came"?

Then you can work on "Walking Alone on the Moon", "The Martian", "Passengers" and so on.

Putting aside the thoughts in his heart, Lu Pingan took Matt Damon's extended hand and said, "Hello."

Things went smoothly.

As one of the hottest directors in Hollywood right now, Lu Pingan has a hard time finding actors, and Matt Damon is no exception.

There are actually two main reasons for this.

One is that Matt Damon also wants to try to transition to other genres. He doesn't want to always act in the spy genre.

Not long after he finished playing "The Departed", "The Bourne Supremacy" will start filming in the second half of the year.

They are all similar types of characters, so new types are very attractive to him.

In addition, the salary of "2+1.5", plus some other fragmentary rights, the matter was settled quickly.

Of course, this is just a verbal agreement, and what happens in the end depends on the script.

"Please give me an answer as soon as possible. The crew has already started work."

"I know, Mr. Wattsberg told me, and I will confirm it the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"Okay, then I wish you a happy cooperation."

"Thank you, I wish you an Oscar."

"Haha, I'll lend you some good words."

The two shook hands and ended the conversation.

Lu Ping'an likes this efficient way of talking.

This improved his impression of the pony.

After basically finalizing the lead role, Lu Pingan then finalized other actors.

Although "Pacific Rim" is a co-production, Hollywood actors are also essential.

The original "General" can still use the original black man.

Black Market Boss can also use the original version.

If the main characters are determined to be Hollywood, then this film is a Hollywood movie.

It's nominally completed, and the next step is to fill in some actors from other regions.

For example, Chinese actors can be used for the heroine and "Tiando".

The leftover characters can be from Europe.

In short, casting is also linked to business.

This is called the star-centered system in the foreground.

After a lap of lock-in, auditions all over the world begin at the top.

Lu Ping'an went to meet Lao Hu.

Before departure, Lu Pingan received a call from Bob Xiaye: "36 million, is it acceptable?"

I shouldn’t have gone to watch a football match today, and it was live. The Philippines overtook the Chinese team in the last 23 seconds. I felt bad all over. A bunch of uncles on the subway scolded me all the way. I understand you. I’ll try to be more comfortable next time.