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Chapter 115 What a rush hour, it’s obviously a prequel to Kingsman!

Why is Will Smith willing to join "Rush Hour 3" with a salary of 20 million U.S. dollars and no box office split?

Isn't this too outrageous?

Wu Yuan could not believe it, and even thought that the old man Elad was lying to him.

Will Smith is a serious, super-A-level actor in Hollywood, one of the top black actors, bar none.

With films such as "Independence Day", "Men in Black" and "Muhammad Ali", he is now the highest-grossing black actor in the world, and has also been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.

When his "Immortal Enemy" is released next year, it will take another US$320 million at the box office.

It can be said that the influence and fame of Will Smith at the moment is much higher than that of Chris Tucker who played "Rush Hour".

Chris Tucker is nothing without "Rush Hour", and Will Smith is still a super-A actor without the "Men in Black" series.

Why can he offer a lower salary than Chris Tucker?

Elad also knew that this was a bit outrageous. He smiled and took the initiative to explain: "Actually, we were also surprised. In fact, we did not plan to find Will Smith to play the role at the beginning."

"It was him who took the initiative to contact us when he heard that "Rush Hour" might have to change actors."

"Will said that he is a fan of Jackie, he likes Jackie's action movies very much, and he wants to work with Jackie once, and he can accept not to share the box office split.

“That’s what led to this collaboration.”

Is there such a thing?

Will Smith is actually a fan of Cheng Long?

Wu Yuan was surprised. Whether in his dream or in this life, he had never heard of such gossip!

This is a bit interesting.

Ten million US dollars + 5% box office split. Judging from the box office of the original "Rush Hour 3", Wu Yuan can get more than 20 million US dollars, which is not a small amount of money.

And if he is asked to film "Rush Hour 3", the script will definitely have to be changed.

The original script was a piece of shit!

Wu Yuan actually has an idea to change the script in the direction of "Kingsman", or make it into a prequel to "Kingsman"!

It just so happens that we need to change the starring role.

Then the opening can be set as Detective Li and Carter were performing a mission. Detective Li failed to save his companions, and Carter died.

Detective Li was also hit by this incident, confused and drunk all day long, unable to escape the shadow of his partner's sacrifice.

At this time, a mysterious agent named "Will" approached Detective Li and forcibly took him to the secret intelligence agency "Kings Secret Service".

Then Detective Li changed from an Interpol police officer to a secret agent, and started the second exciting period of his life.

During the days when he was working as a partner with Will, this black agent who looked cold on the outside but was actually very passionate on the inside gradually allowed Detective Li to step out of the shadow of his companion's sacrifice.

In the end, the two teamed up to defeat a conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States, and worked together to save the president's life and complete the mission of the agents.

Well, as for the specific conspiracy, who the villain boss is, and how to set it up, we can discuss it slowly with the screenwriter, or Wu Yuan can incorporate some plots from later action movies into it.

Anyway, most Hollywood commercial action movies follow this routine. After fighting all the way, the protagonist group finally defeats the boss and saves the crisis.

This kind of script will have a mature framework and routine 20 years later. All you need to do is add various commercial elements, a funny plot to adjust the atmosphere, and pay attention to the rhythm of the film, and it will be a passable popcorn movie.

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The most important thing is that changing "Rush Hour 3" in this way makes the series deviate from the original main line, which is the story of Detective Lee and Carter solving the case.

But it also started another series, the "Kingsman" series!

Next, Wu Yuan can continue to use Jackie and directly and seamlessly connect to the plot of "Kingsman: The Secret Service", letting Jackie replace Harry Hart in the original film, who is the mentor of the male protagonist.

The two teamed up again to start the story of "Kings Agent".

Well, the planning is great, but the "Rush Hour" series is a New Line movie. How can Wu Yuan let the character of Inspector Li join his own "Kingsman" universe?

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan no longer directly refused Elad's invitation, but chatted with him about the future development of New Line.

"Ellard, New Line's "Lord of the Rings" series, the last one will be released this year, right?"

"'Rush Hour 3' should be the last one in this series, right?"

"I know that you still have the "Death is Coming" series, but for Nuoda's new line, "Death is Coming" alone is not enough."

"Do you have any plans for a new series of movies?"

Ellard was asked. New Line indeed has no plans for a new series of movies at hand. There will only be one "Blade Runner 3" next year, which is also the last film in the series.

"Daniel, what do you mean?" Elad asked hesitantly.

"I mean, I don't want to take over a series that someone else created, but I would love to start a new series."

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, "But this new series must be created by Light Times and New Line together!"

Big-budget series like "Rush Hour" and "Kingsman", which cost tens of millions and nearly US$100 million, are not projects that Light Times can produce alone now.

But it’s no problem to pull a new thread and do it together.

New Line is not the Big Six. They are also an independent film company, but they are developing better among independent film companies. They also need to expand their financial resources.

Joining forces with New Line is a beneficial thing for both parties.

As expected, Elad showed a curious expression, pulled Wu Yuan to the corner of the banquet hall, and said solemnly: "Tell me in detail."

Wu Yuan had nothing to hide. Since he wanted to cooperate, he had to negotiate clearly. He didn't care that it was the premiere luncheon of "Pirates of the Caribbean" now. Everyone else was talking about various deals anyway.

"This is what I think, "Rush Hour 3" can be used as a prequel to another new series of movies..."

Wu Yuan gave Elad an overview of his thoughts and conception of the "Rush Hour 3" and "Kings Agent" series.

"Ellard, if "Rush Hour 3" is shot according to the script I told you, I can accept a box office split of 10 million US dollars + 5%."

"I believe that if it is made according to my ideas, the box office of this movie will definitely not be bad, at least 200-300 million US dollars."

"Then we will start the preparation work for "Kingsman", and New Line and Light Times will each bear 50% of the production costs."

"In the new series, except for Jackie, all other actors can be new. This can reduce a lot of shooting costs and the pressure to repay the costs will be much lower. And I am very optimistic about this new series."

"If Jackie still wants to raise the price, I'll convince him, but he really can't. At worst, the new series will have new actors. Anyway, "Rush Hour 3" has already thrown out the Kingsman agency."

"The prequel function of this movie is already there. Even if we can't reach an agreement with Jackie in the end and we change people to start a new series, we can also use "Rush Hour 3" as a promotional warm-up."

"I believe this new series will be more successful than "Rush Hour"!"