Millennium director

July 20th, Los Angeles, the weather was sunny and cloudless.

The Chinese Theater in the heart of Los Angeles' Walk of Fame has been rented by the crew of "The Martian."

Today, a grand premiere will be held again.

Many guests had already arrived in advance and were interviewed by the media or took photos under the spotlight.

No doubt, most of them are invited by Disney.

Wu Yuan himself only invited a small number of guests, and they were mainly Hollywood actors who had worked with him.

For example, Chris Evans, who has now become the butt captain,

"Hey, Chris, I haven't seen you in many years." After smiling and hugging the hip captain, Wu Yuan squeezed his biceps unceremoniously and said with emotion: "Your figure now They are almost two different people than they were back then.”

In the first movie "Juno" that Wu Yuan shot in Hollywood, Chris Evans played the leading role.

At that time, although he had already debuted for a year or two, he was still very young.

At that time, his figure was that of an ordinary person, even a little thin. Unlike now, he is a completely muscular man with a perky butt.

It can only be said that time really changes a lot of things.

Looking at the burly Captain America in front of him, Wu Yuan was extremely emotional and couldn't help but chat with him about Marvel: "Chris, if nothing else happens, I will also join your Marvel universe."

"Really?" Chris Evans asked with a surprised look on his face: "Are you going to be the director of the new Marvel movie?"

"I think it would be an honor for Marvel."

As one of the current stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Evans is of course sitting on Marvel's side.

In his opinion, it is great that Marvel can invite the director in front of him to join the Marvel Universe.

Historically, it has been difficult for commercial popcorn movies, especially superhero movies, to attract truly top directors.

Just like Japan's live-action special effects TV series can only find some second- and third-rate directors.

Any director who is ambitious is unwilling to make such stereotyped superhero movies with serious routines. He feels that this is a waste of life.

Especially for top directors, the salaries offered by film companies such as Marvel and DC cannot impress them.

Which top director would be short of projects?

Is it necessary to make a superhero movie that you despise at the lowest level?

Therefore, when Chris Evans heard that Wu Yuan was actually going to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, his first thought was surprise, and his second thought was that it was difficult to understand.

"Is it the next Avengers 2?"

"But I heard the movie will still be directed by Joss Whedon."

"He did a good job in the first film. Isn't Marvel very satisfied with him?"

"Yes." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Joss Whedon has done a very good job, so I am not here to succeed him in the "Avengers" series."

"If nothing else happens, I will take over a new superhero."

Yes, it is basically confirmed that Wu Yuan will join Marvel and become the director of the "Doctor Strange" series.

In the past long period of time, Marvel has not given up recruiting Wu Yuan, especially when Disney approached Wu Yuan on their behalf and was not directly rejected by Wu Yuan, Marvel took this matter more seriously.

After negotiating for almost half a year, Wu Yuan agreed in principle to direct "Doctor Strange" and would later sign an agreement with Marvel for two films.

Marvel's current plan for "Doctor Strange" is that there will be at least two independent personal movies, and they will participate in the story of "Avengers 3".

So if they want to talk, they have to talk to Wu Yuan about the cooperation of the two films.

The salary is also at the maximum level, 25 million yuan + 8% box office share.

This is the limit that Marvel can give. The salary is not bad and can be regarded as the normal price for top directors to take on external films, but this 8% box office share is higher than Robert Downey Jr.

In "Avengers 1", all the superheroes in the Avengers combined only shared 8% of the box office share, of which Robert Downey Jr. owned half.

But Wu Yuan can take 8% alone in the "Doctor Strange" series!

The price is that the male protagonist of "Doctor Strange" will not enjoy the box office share treatment and can only get the salary.

Therefore, when casting for "Doctor Strange" later, it is unlikely to find a Hollywood superstar to star. Even A-list actors are unrealistic.

But this is not a problem for Marvel at all.

In fact, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has never found an A-list star to star in these years.

Before Robert Downey Jr. played Iron Man, his popularity had already dropped to a third-rate level and he was riddled with scandals.

Chris Evans had just experienced the failure of "Fantastic Four" and was not even considered a second-tier actor in Hollywood.

Not to mention Brother Hammer and the Hulk.

On the contrary, several actresses, whether it is Black Widow Scarlett Johansson or Pepper Potts Gwyneth Paltrow, are all first-line actresses in Hollywood, and the latter is also an Oscar winner.

But in Hollywood, equal pay is not equal for equal work. The salary of actresses is only half of that of male actors, and sometimes it is less than half, so it doesn't cost much to find a few first-line actresses.

Moreover, it is not a problem that "Doctor Strange" does not find actors who can get a share of the box office.

Wu Yuan knows very well that Benedict Cumberbatch, the male protagonist in the original "Doctor Strange", performed well enough in the movie. Whether it is a movie fan or a fan of the original comic, his image is approved.

Because his appearance is really very similar to Doctor Strange in the original comics. The director team found him based on the comic image, and the degree of restoration is very high.

And Benedict Cumberbatch is not an A-list star in Hollywood.

Not only is he British, but he also started to rise to prominence with the TV series "Charlotte" in 2010 and became famous.

His acting skills are great, and many of his roles in British films and Hollywood productions have brought him the Best Actor trophy and recognition.

But his popularity and commercial value are really not high, and his salary is not much.

Even his salary in the "Doctor Strange" movie was only US$6.5 million, less than a fraction of Robert Downey Jr.'s, let alone wanting to split the box office split.

Therefore, neither Wu Yuan, who knows about this, nor Marvel, which has not yet started looking for actors, are worried about Wu Yuan's high salary.

In fact, the male protagonist of this movie is destined to be a good and cheap actor!

"Hey, what are you secretly chatting about here?"

"The premiere is about to start."

At this time, Scarlett Johansson, wearing a sexy dress and dyed orange hair, walked over from a short distance and looked at Wu Yuan and Chris Evans curiously.

"Come, Mr. Director, it's time for you to enter and give your premiere speech!" (End of this chapter)