Millennium director

"I never expected that "Mulan" has not been finished filming yet, and I even have to tear everything down and start over!" Wu Yuan pinched his eyebrows with one hand and said to his wife with a headache.

And his wife, Liu Yifei, was holding her daughter and walking back and forth in the living room, coaxing her.

Wu Qingqing is about to be one year old, and she will have a birthday party soon. Wu Yuan's mother-in-law has been busy with this recently, buying things suitable for her birthday. Liu Yifei is also very active in this matter.

Wu Yuan, on the other hand, is not very positive about this matter. He is the kind of person who does not believe in superstition at all, and he does not think that catching Zhou really represents anything. Does it mean that his daughter catching Zhou to catch an instrument really wants to train her to be a musician? ah?

In his opinion, he should at least wait until his daughter understands what a hobby is and likes something before he can cultivate it, instead of just taking the so-called week-grabbing results as true.

But if it was just for fun, he wouldn't stop it. After all, this custom is now considered a kind of traditional culture.

"Why, are Disney still asking me to film "Mulan"?" Liu Yifei, who was holding her daughter, frowned, not very interested.

Ever since she gave birth to her daughter, her whole heart has been devoted to her daughter, and she doesn't care about her career at all.

It can only be said that maternal love is indeed great, and Liu Yifei has indeed not been so ambitious in recent years. After all, the Berlin Best Actress has won the title, and her career is considered complete.

Now she just wants to accompany her lovely daughter to grow up, and she feels extremely satisfied.

"Yes." Wu Yuan sighed helplessly: "The "Mulan" project is really a mess."

"The preparations were full of twists and turns. After the filming finally started, the director and the heroine were at odds with each other. Less than a third of the filming was completed before the production was stopped. After that, there were many quarrels. The director got angry and stopped working."

"The heroine wants to continue filming, but Disney is having trouble finding someone to take over the project."

"He went around in circles and actually came to me with his face licked."

"After all, Disney just finished working with me on "Bruce Lee" and they were very happy together. Naturally, they miss me and wish I could work with them more."

"And Disney has also said that as long as I am willing to take over this project, everything is up to me."

"I guess they have suffered enough and need a dictatorial director to control this project. They are fed up with the situation where small directors cannot control the actresses."

Although Nikki Caro, the female director Disney found for "Mulan", is not young, she can really only be regarded as a small director in Hollywood.

She entered the directing industry in 1994. Except for the short film she made on her debut, she has only made six movies so far, and the combined box office of the six movies is less than 100 million US dollars.

Wu Yuan actually couldn't understand why Disney wanted to find such a director. He could only say that Disney really likes to use young directors.

Disney was looking for small directors for "Pirates of the Caribbean" back then. Whether it was Gore Verbinski in the original version or Wu Yuan in this time and space, they were all third-tier small directors in Hollywood when they directed this movie.

The director Disney found for "Beauty and the Beast" is also a young director, but he has directed at least "Dreamgirls", which was nominated for 8 Oscars except for Best Picture, and the last two "Twilight" films. .

This Nikki Caro is even younger, but she was spotted by Disney, and then she couldn't suppress the heroine who had a financial backer.

Although Depp also liked to act like a big name back then, he was at least honest when making movies, so both Gore Verbinski and Wu Yuan could suppress him.

Now if it were a female director and a domineering actress was encountered, she would have no choice but to be blinded.

In the end, this project took almost two years and cost 100 million US dollars. As a result, the crew broke up and caused Disney a huge loss, so they had to kneel down to find Wu Yuan to save the situation.

Not to mention, it was also because this time "Mulan" caused Disney to vomit blood, so Disney was really generous when they approached Wu Yuan.

If you want money, give money, and if you want people, Wu Yuan will take the lead in everything on the crew, including the writing of the script. You can also listen to Wu Yuan.

Disney has only one request for Wu Yuan, which is to take on this project, successfully film it, and make it a box office hit!

Disney has great confidence in Wu Yuan and believes that as long as he is willing to take on this project, he can save this princess film, which is already in jeopardy in Disney's internal rating.

Because Wu Yuan has not failed in Hollywood so far, and the scripts he has written are also very good, and the cooperation with Disney is very satisfactory to both parties, that is why he can be given such great rights.

To be honest, Wu Yuan was indeed a little moved.

When Disney asked Liu Yifei to star in "Mulan", the young director Niki Caro disagreed. Even the most basic respect for the Chinese background epic and hiring a Chinese historical consultant did not agree. The look of a arrogant white man really disgusted Wu Yuan.

Disney's idea that "our princess movies have their own set of logic" also made Wu Yuan frown, so he blocked Liu Yifei's invitation to star.

But now if the director is replaced by himself, and the crew completely allows him to make the decision, and the script is written according to his requirements, all problems will no longer be a problem.

And the timing was really perfect.

If it were "Mulan" that was originally scheduled to be filmed, Wu Yuan would definitely not have time to film it. At that time, he would be busy making "The Great Sage" and "Bruce Lee." Each of these two films involves the consolidation of the mainland's commercial market. , a film involving the consolidation of international influence cannot be delayed, otherwise its development will be limited in the next few years.

But it is different now. Now that all the plans he should complete have been completed, the shooting plan for the next two to three years has not been arranged yet. It is not impossible to make "Mulan".

"Disney is probably also a little troubled by the political correctness movement in Hollywood." Wu Yuan said with interest: "That's why Disney is so stubborn about the "Mulan" project, and it has to continue to bet even if it fails once. "

"After all, this is a movie with an all-Asian cast, which is in line with Hollywood's current concept of caring for ethnic minorities."

"I heard that Disney is going to make a "Black Mermaid" for the sake of political correctness. The mermaid is going to be played by a black actress, just to take care of the feelings of the black community."

"Compared to dyeing the mermaid black, promoting "Mulan", a movie that is itself about a Chinese legendary figure, is obviously more exciting and not as blunt as the black mermaid."

"If the schedule is right, we can actually take on this movie."

"When the time comes, I will direct and you will play Mulan. The two of us will join forces to bring a bit of a Chinese princess shock to the global audience." (End of Chapter)