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Chapter 232 Guest appearance in "Those Years", Shen Jiayi deserves better!

"Dark Realm", the name of this novel is relatively unfamiliar.

But when it comes to the movie adapted from this novel, it is quite famous.

This movie is "Never Ending," which is the movie where the protagonist is jokingly said to be a drug addict.

This movie was much earlier than "Super Body", and its box office performance was pretty good, with a box office of US$120 million in North America and US$40 million overseas.

The main reason is that the cost of this movie is very low. It is said to be a science fiction film, but in fact there are no big special effects scenes. If superstar actors are not used, it can be shot for 20 to 30 million US dollars.

The original star of this movie, Bradley Cooper, is not a well-known actor. He really became famous in North America through the movie "The Hangover".

But unfortunately, under the instigation of Wu Yuan's butterfly, the starring role of "The Hangover" was changed from Bradley Cooper to Ryan Reynolds, and it was released five or six years in advance.

This means that Bradley Cooper is still just a small actor in comedies.

Now, if we buy the rights to "Dark Areas" and ask Bradley Cooper to play the leading role, it will be very cost-effective from a cost perspective.

World War Z was not easy to film.

On the original track, after the film was picked up by Brad Pitt in 2006, the first version of the script was not produced until 2009, but the script was not very good and was shelved.

It wasn't until the project was restarted again in 2011 and a new script was written that the film got on track.

From 2006 to 2011, it was a full five years, and these five years were the five years of technological innovation in Hollywood. Not only did 3D and IMAX movies begin to become mainstream, but also various new special effects technologies and new shooting equipment The emergence of it has upgraded the Hollywood industry.

Does Wu Yuan plan to start filming "World War Z" before 2009? Without the new technology of 2012, can "World War Z" be produced and sell for US$500 million worldwide?

It’s not absolutely impossible, but the risks and uncertainties will be high.

Now that he has obtained the copyright, Wu Yuan is certainly not willing to take any more risks. It is not too late to wait until 2011 to make "World War Z". ‘6’ ‘9’ ‘s’ ‘h’ ‘u’ ‘x’ ‘.’ ‘c’ ‘o’ ‘m’

He had even thought about the actor. Brad Pitt, who was originally starring in the role, was definitely not suitable, but another handsome blond guy could completely fill the role, that is Chris, the hammer brother who played Thor in the Marvel superhero movie. Hemsworth.

His image is very similar to Brad Pitt's image in the movie "World War Z".

Taking advantage of the fact that his salary was still very cheap in 2011, when acting in "Thor 1" was just a bargain, he quickly caught him and filmed "World War Z". After all, it was all made with blood!

Before that, Light Times should make the movie "Never Ending" first. Although the box office is not high, the cost is extremely low and it is quite profitable.

After finishing this movie, as well as "The Hangover 3" and "Weakness", the company can almost start filming the "Twilight" series.

In the next five years, there will be no shortage of movies to be made in the light era. It will not be a problem to have a movie with a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars every year!

After explaining this general plan to John, John finally understood Wu Yuan's thoughts and immediately expressed that he would buy the film adaptation rights of "Dark Fields" as soon as possible and start preparations for the film project.

Finally, before hanging up the phone, he conveyed the latest news to Wu Yuan: "Rush Hour 3", which was originally scheduled to be released on Christmas, has been temporarily withdrawn by New Line.

No way, the dark horse "Night at the Museum" was a bit too dark. New Line, with its little arms and legs, didn't want to go head-to-head with this movie, so it urgently withdrew "Rush Hour 3" the day before it was to be released.

Cheng Long, who had arrived in the United States to cooperate with the promotion, temporarily canceled his upcoming work arrangements and flew back to Hong Kong Island.

After being rescheduled, the film is scheduled to premiere in North America on January 22.

There were no serious rivals in January 2007. The only movie that could be considered decent was Luc Besson's "Arthur and His Little Kingdom."

Although they dare not compete head-on with "Night at the Museum" in the Christmas season, New Line still dares to go head-to-head with Luc Besson because this is an animated film and it is not the same theme as "Rush Hour 3".

Regarding this news, Wu Yuan was also a little bit dumbfounded. He didn't know whether to say that New Line was too cowardly, or that New Line was too sensible and heartbreaking.

This kind of emergency withdrawal the day before release is something that few movies dare to do in a year.

However, this behavior is still worthy of appreciation.

"Rush Hour 3" and "Night at the Museum" competing in the Christmas season will indeed hurt both parties.

It can only be said that when New Line first started scheduling, it never thought of taking the low-budget "Night at the Museum" as a rival. However, it didn't expect that this movie would become a big hit first.

This is the fun part of the film industry. No one can 100% guess the outcome of a movie before it is released.

"I understand, you go ahead and do your work." Wu Yuan hung up the phone with a smile and stretched out.

He can only listen to reports on these things on the other side of the ocean. He really doesn't have the time to go to North America and follow up one by one in person.

Just here in China, he still has a lot of things to deal with.

After only half a month of editing the film in the computer room, and after a rough cut of the first version, Wu Yuan had to temporarily put aside the post-production work of "Gravity" and went to the airport to board the flight to Xiamen.

"Those Years", which was filmed in Xiamen, has come to an end after two and a half months of filming. Wu Yuan's promised guest appearance as Shen Jiayi's husband can no longer be delayed.

Wu Yuan's version of "Those Years" is basically the same as the original version, except for localizing things that are more Taiwanese-style, and just changing Shen Jiayi's kissing scene into a hugging scene.

Since we are following the pure love route, there is no need for such kissing scenes.

Well, to be honest, Wu Yuan doesn't want to see his girlfriend filming intimate scenes with other actors.

Even if he is the director!

Not only is there no intimate kissing scene in "Those Years", there is also no intimate scene in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". It is expected that Liu Yifei will participate in the filming of "Kingsman" in the future, and she will not have any intimate scenes.

Wu Yuan is such a stingy and narrow-minded man.

On January 12, 2007, just as the mainland box office record of "The Golden Armor" broke the 250 million record of "Hero", Wu Yuan arrived at the international airport on Xiamen Island.

From boarding the plane to landing, he kept hearing tourists discussing this Lunar New Year blockbuster, which was the top box office movie in 2006.

"Hero" was released in 2002 and was a huge success in mainland China and North America. It broke the box office record for Chinese-language films, became a popular phenomenon-level film, and ushered in the era of commercial blockbusters for Chinese-language films.

Since that year, Chinese-language films have been heading towards commercial blockbusters.

However, in the past two years, "blockbuster" seems to be increasingly linked to the word "loss".

Although "The City of Gold" was a box office hit, with a box office of 290 million in the mainland, it won the annual box office championship.

However, this movie is currently the most expensive Chinese-language film, with a production cost of 360 million yuan.

Considering the production cost of 360 million, even if overseas market revenue and copyright revenue are added, it is still far from the profit target.

What is the concept of a production cost of 360 million?

Twelve years later, Guo Fan only spent more than 300 million yuan on "The Wandering Earth 1".

Taking into account the rise in prices, the expansion of capital and the improvement of overall wages in the industry, even if the special effects production at that time may be cheaper than now, overall, the cost of "Golden Armor" is definitely higher than that of "The Wandering Earth".

Even Wu Yuan, a great international director, dare not spend 360 million yuan to make a Chinese-language film, but Zhang Yimou dares!

Then a good hand was played badly.

Facts have proved that the current Chinese-language film market is still too small and cannot afford a movie with a single film cost of 300 million.

Even Chow Yun-mao, Gong Li, Zhou Jielun, and Liu Ye, four superstars who span film, television and music, cannot afford this box office.

Once a movie is unable to sell overseas, relying solely on the domestic market is bound to make a loss.

It was also the failure of "The City of Golden Armor" in the overseas market that made Zhang Yimou sober up and realized that the success of "Hero" in North America was a matter of luck. It was the times that made heroes, and it could not be replicated.

"House of Flying Daggers" has exhausted the overseas influence that "Hero" brought to him.

After that, when he made another movie, he no longer considered the overseas market when considering the box office. Whether it was "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" or "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", they were all aimed at the mainland market, and they did not achieve such outrageous highs. cost.

Until, he was bewitched by Legendary Pictures again and took over "The Great Wall".

It's too early to think about this now. After feeling sorry for Zhang Yimou, Wu Yuan stepped out of the airport, got into the car that picked him up, and came to the crew of "Those Years".

The crew was not on the high school set at the moment, but in a chartered church to set the scene.

The scene to be shot today is the scene where Shen Jiayi and her husband get married, which is the finale of the movie.

Ke Jingteng, who had combed his hair like an adult and put on a handsome suit, came to Shen Jiayi's wedding with his high school friends.

Wu Yuan's "first kiss on screen" will also be dedicated here.

There is no other way. If his girlfriend doesn't do the kissing scene, then he has to do it by himself, and it can also leave a big gimmick for the movie and attract the audience to the cinema.

In order to support his girlfriend, Wu Yuan sacrificed his dignity and spared no effort.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Yuan arrived at the set.

As soon as they met, Director Li Yang deliberately looked him up and down in front of him.

Under Wu Yuan's doubtful eyes, Li Yang smiled and said: "Director Wu, you are so handsome. If you play the role of Shen Jiayi's husband, aren't you trying to outshine Ke Jingteng?"

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, it turned out to be because of this.

"Director Li, your idea is wrong."

He shrugged: "Who said that the former campus goddess would eventually marry a pot-bellied middle-aged businessman or an ordinary man with mediocre looks?"

"I think it is normal for a campus goddess like Shen Jiayi, who has been secretly loved by countless male classmates, to eventually marry an equally handsome and talented man."

"A princess deserves a prince!"

Liu Yifei, who was also trotting to greet him, immediately nodded her little head and agreed: "That's right, why did Shen Jiayi have to marry an ordinary-looking person after Ke Jingteng missed Shen Jiayi?"

"She deserves better!" Liu Yifei raised her chin with a very arrogant expression. She didn't know whether she was talking about Shen Jiayi or herself.

Li Yang shook his head and laughed, "Come on, I can't defeat you two."

"Director Wu, would you like to change your clothes now? We can prepare for the test shoot."

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