Millennium director

On March 7, 2010, outside the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The red carpet was dazzling and flashing lights kept flashing.

Invited guests wearing exquisite dresses walked out of the limousine and stepped onto the red carpet under the watchful eyes of hundreds of reporters and media on both sides of the red carpet.

Half of Hollywood celebrities, producers, screenwriters, actors, and directors in front of and behind the scenes gathered together to contribute to the most eye-catching night in North America today.

Although Chinese people have always talked about "Europe and America", although Americans do look similar to Europeans.

But in fact Europe is Europe and America is beauty.

In this regard, Wu Yuan, who has participated in the three major European competitions many times, is definitely the most knowledgeable.

Countless Hollywood behind-the-scenes producers, screenwriters, capital tycoons and even actors who are rarely seen in the three major European countries almost filled the huge Kodak Theater.

After leading the crew of "Gravity" through the red carpet and taking plenty of photos for reporters from the movie channel, he and Liu Yifei blended into Vanity Fair inside the Kodak Theater.

Not only is he having a good time in Europe, but Wu Yuan is also having a good time backstage at the Oscars, even more so than in Europe.

It doesn’t matter whether Hollywood smells bad or they prefer to pursue fame and fortune. In short, Wu Yuan, the son of the Hollywood commercial box office, is definitely the person who attracts the most attention and favor from the guests tonight.

Second only to the commercial box office king Cameron who attended with the "Avatar" crew.

Well, in front of Cameron, Wu Yuan still has to take a back seat for the time being, especially now that "Avatar" is taking the world by storm.

The two of them also had a tacit understanding. After entering the venue, they occupied two ends of the Kodak Theater, one on the left and the other on the right, and started socializing with each other.

It’s not that he deliberately wanted to avoid the limelight, but if the two of them got together, many guests would not know who to talk to first.

After the two of them were separated, they could take turns to greet each other calmly.

For example, now, Depp, who greeted Cameron first, walked up to Wu Yuan with a "social fear" step, hugged and talked with him.

"Oh, Daniel, long time no see."

"And Crystal, you look so beautiful today."

Depp is indeed a bit socially fearful, and it is not a persona created externally.

Rather than exchanging pretentious greetings with some insiders he was unfamiliar with, Depp was obviously more willing to chat with Wu Yuan to pass the awkward period before the party.

He didn't recognize Gong Li, Wang Xueqi and others who were attending this year's Oscars with Wu Yuan, so he became afraid of others. He just nodded to them without even saying hello, which made him look quite aloof.

Wu Yuan, who knew Depp's character quite well, was not surprised. He reached out and patted Depp on the shoulder: "Depp, I heard that the fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will start filming this year?"

After the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" in 2007, Captain Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl have been out of public view for almost three years.

Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley have stated publicly many times that their Pirates of the Caribbean journey is over and they will not return to the series.

Captain Barbossa, Geoffrey Rush, who also appeared in the trilogy, also publicly responded that he would not return to Pirates of the Caribbean, citing his age.

In addition, director Wu Yuan said at the press conference of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" that this was the last film of his contract with Disney and that he would not renew his contract in the future.

It can be said that except for Depp, all the main creators of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series have fallen apart.

If you were to switch to an ordinary company, you would definitely choose to abandon this series. After all, after losing the original cast, there is no way to support the sequel with just one male protagonist. Forcing it to be made will only disappoint the fans and ruin the reputation.

But "Pirates of the Caribbean" is different. In this series of movies, the character of Captain Jack is really soulful.

Even if the other leading actors are gone, it doesn't matter. As long as Captain Jack is still there, there is still hope for this series to continue.

This is a very special series, just like Cheng Long's "Rush Hour". As long as the reputation is not bad, he can play with anyone. Everyone is here for Cheng Long.

Disney knows this very well, so since the completion of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", it has been negotiating with Depp to let him

It doesn't matter if Wu Yuan doesn't continue filming, just change the director.

As long as Captain Jack is still the helmsman.

"Actually, I didn't want to continue taking on this drama." Depp shrugged his shoulders and said with a helpless expression: "You and Orlando are not willing to return. There is a high risk of messing up the matter on my own." .”

However, he changed the topic, raised his eyebrows, and said in an irritating tone: "But they really gave too much."

"I really can't refuse."

In order to retain Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Disney had been negotiating with Depp as early as 2007 after the third film was released.

Disney would have to spend a lot of money to keep him.

The two sides stumbling and going back and forth for more than a year, finally completed the negotiations at the end of 2008.

Depp took over the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" with an unprecedented salary of $56 million.

And this does not include the box office share. Since it has not been disclosed, Wu Yuan can only guess that Disney must have given no less than 5% of the box office share to impress Depp.

This is really a sky-high price.

Before Depp, not counting the box office share, in terms of salary alone, the highest price was the 50 million paid by Tom Hanks when he took over "Angels and Demons".

As soon as Disney took action, Depp became the most valuable actor in Hollywood.

Wu Yuan was speechless when he saw it.

56 million US dollars, this price is enough to make a "Twilight" in the era of light, but it is only Depp's salary alone.

However, because the other main creators did not return, even if Depp took away US$56 million, the production cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" was US$10 million less than the third film, and only needed a budget of US$215 million. .

If the original cast returns, we may not be able to reach an agreement, or we may end up negotiating a sky-high production cost.

"Who is the director who took over?" Wu Yuan asked curiously.

Wu Yuan really has no idea how the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series will develop in the future after he cut it off.

Logically speaking, this matter should not be mentioned casually. After all, "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" is still in the early stages of preparation and is in the confidentiality stage.

But Wu Yuan is not an ordinary person. Depp hesitated for a moment, then leaned into his ear and whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "Chris Columbus." (End of Chapter)