director of the millennium

Paramount executives did not agree to Wu Yuan's suggestion immediately.

After all, "Interstellar" is a large-scale project with an investment of US$1.8 million. Even if Paramount only contributed less than one-third of the money, it would not be so casual in deciding the main role of the movie.

He has to exchange opinions with Universal.

However, as a third-party funder and the director of this film, Wu Yuan's opinions are taken seriously. Unless it is a serious violation of principles, Paramount and Universal should eventually listen to him.

It is worth mentioning that after the meeting, Wu Yuan also chatted with screenwriter Jonathan Nolan and learned about the situation of his brother Christopher Nolan.

"Inception" directed by Nolan is now in preparation.

The budget of "Inception" is slightly smaller than that of "Interstellar", at 1.6 million US dollars, it is also a science fiction blockbuster.

The filming plan for this movie was born during the filming of "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight", and Nolan also wanted to invite Batman Christian Bale, who was happy to work with him, to cooperate.

It's just because after Christian Bale finished filming "The Dark Knight", he still had "Terminator 2018" to film. After finishing "Terminator 2018" a few months ago, he didn't want to film "Inception" anymore. , suggested that Nolan find someone else to film it.

Now Nolan is in contact with Leonardo, and it is estimated that "Inception" and "Interstellar" will be filmed at about the same time, and the final release time is probably the same.

This made Wu Yuan even more interesting, and he casually asked about the investment status of "Inception" and whether he was still short of money.

As a result, Jonathan informed that the majority of the investment in this film has been taken by Warner, and there is no shortage of money at all. Even if there may be budget overruns in subsequent filming, Warner can handle it.

This made Wu Yuan call it a pity. The rumors on the Internet in his dream that he was short of money during the filming of "Inception" were really false rumors!
With the excellent results achieved by Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, how could the six major Hollywood companies not dare to invest money in his new film? They are all rushing to stuff money.

By the way, he also asked Wang Xueqi about his audition for the role of Saito.

Although this character is set to be a Japanese chaebol boss, it is still quite important for Wang Xueqi to be able to appear in front of a global audience and have a lot of scenes. It is not a special version for China.

Unfortunately, Jonathan doesn't know this. After all, he is just Nolan's younger brother, and he did not participate in the production of "Inception".

Wu Yuan had no choice but to leave the conversation with a casual remark: "Let's get to know each other when we have a chance to form a game." This ended the conversation.

He really wanted to get to know Director Nolan, who was a very good director.

Although he insists on using cameras to shoot in real scenes and avoids excessive use of CGI technology and computer imaging technology, which is somewhat inconsistent with Wu Yuan, a "technical person", his movies are really good!

The discussion of anti-physics, exciting action scenes, and impactful emotions are all areas that Nolan is good at. Fast editing and agile narrative express the surreal world vividly. These are things Wu Yuan needs to learn.

Jonathan was also happy to serve as a bridge and introduce Wu Yuan, a young and talented director, to his brother. The two had a great chat and arranged to meet more in the future.

After all, the script of "Interstellar" still needs the director and screenwriter Wu Yuan to continue to improve.

"call."

After turning off the shower and wiping the water off his face, Wu Yuan picked up a towel and wrapped it around his lower body, then opened the door and walked out of the bathroom.

Moving his somewhat stiff neck, he took three steps and two steps at a time before lying on the bed.

"Pa!" A firm slap hit his back instantly.

Liu Yifei, who was leaning on the bedside and reading a book, said in disgust: "You lied on the bed without drying yourself!"

"Hey." Wu Yuan, who was thick-skinned and not afraid of being beaten, rolled over like a carp and hugged his girlfriend who had also been washed and smelled good.

"Sissi, is the filming of "Kingsman" almost finished?"

"We've almost finished filming in the Los Angeles studio." Liu Yifei nodded: "I don't have many scenes. After the studio scenes are completed, I only need to go to the UK to shoot for three days and Switzerland for half a month to complete. .”

"Brother Cheng Long asked me to ask you if you would like to visit the crew. After all, your company is also one of the producers of this movie."

"I won't go." Wu Yuan shook his head: "I have a bunch of preparatory meetings to hold, so how can I have time to visit the cast? I guess by the time I'm done, the crew of "Kings Agent" will have moved on."

"Brother Cheng Long also has a lot of time to spare. After he finished filming "Ace Agent", the company also arranged for him to film "Kung Fu Dream"."

"When "The Kung Fu Dream" is finished filming, it is estimated that "Kingsman 2" can also start preparations, and then he will probably make another movie on Hong Kong Island."

"Brother Cheng Long will be very busy in the next three to five years."

Wu Yuan showed a gloating smile.

Cheng Long's acting career has been much smoother in this life.

The good box office and high reputation of "Rush Hour 3" made him return to Hollywood like lightning. This was followed by the "Kingsman" series, and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was interspersed in the middle.

Now his status and popularity in Hollywood mean he is back to the top.

Now that he is getting numerous film appointments in Hollywood, Warner also wants to invite Stallone to come out and collaborate with Cheng Long on a super kung fu blockbuster featuring Cheng Long VS Stallone.

However, Cheng Long will mainly be busy with the movie "Kung Fu Dream" next.After much thought, Wu Yuan still felt that he couldn't let "Kung Fu Dream" go. Although the film's domestic response was average, its performance in the international market was not that good. It was Cheng Long's single-film box office number one.

With a box office of 3.59 million U.S. dollars, the cost is at most 5000 million U.S. dollars, of which 2000 million is still for Cheng Long's salary. This investment is so cost-effective that if you don't make money, you won't make it in vain.

As for Will Smith’s son being too young, that’s not a problem at all.

Who saw "Kung Fu Dreams" as being directed at Will Smith's son?

Movie fans, including European and American ones, all came for Cheng Long, and they could just find an American child star of the right age.

Relying on the fame and status of Cheng Long who has now returned to the top, Wu Yuan also relied on connections and played the Chinese culture card to get him to work on this "Kung Fu Dream".

It’s no wonder that he didn’t even watch “The King of Kung Fu,” a Sino-US co-production.

Thinking of "The King of Kung Fu", Wu Yuan glanced at Liu Yifei lying in his arms and said with a smile: "Sissi, the movie "The King of Kung Fu" that invited you to play the heroine will be released in China soon. "

"Speaking of which, Huayi is so enthusiastic about you. I have been begging you to act in this drama."

The preparation and production of "The King of Kung Fu", Huayi's ambitious Sino-US co-production, was a setback in this time and space.

First, the "Double J Plan" failed, with Cheng Long refusing to star, and then the invitation to Liu Yifei, the former mainland box office number one actress, failed again.

But even so, "The King of Kung Fu" still put together a fairly gorgeous lineup.

There is no double J plan, Li Lianjie paired with Chow Yunmao is not bad.

Without Liu Yifei, instead of two Bingbing starring together, the 1+1 effect cannot be underestimated.

However, due to various delays in the preparation stage, the film was finally released half a year later than the original time and space, and will be released during this year's Lunar New Year, which is December 12.

不过吧，前有12月4日上映的《梅兰芳》，后有12月16日上映的《叶问》和12月20日的《非诚勿扰》。

Released after these three movies, there is a question mark as to whether "Kung Fu King" can get a good box office.

Wu Yuan was not optimistic about this anyway.

This is not an April release without enemies, it is a bloody Lunar New Year release. If you want to make it out of this release, it is not something that a movie with mixed reviews can do.

Huayi is probably going to suffer a big loss this time.

This really means that I didn’t kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.

Both Cheng Long and Liu Yifei did not join the "Kung Fu King" project because of Wu Yuan's influence.

Fortunately for Liu Yifei, if she wants to join "The King of Kung Fu", the price is to join Huayi.

Although Liu Xiaoli later ordered Huayi, ate the sugar coating, and threw the cannonball back, the consequence of the exchange was that she had no filming in the mainland for two years and had to move to Hong Kong to take over the film.

For her, it's hard to say whether there are any benefits to playing "The King of Kung Fu", and her role doesn't have much impact on the movie.

Cheng Long, on the other hand, is indeed one of the backbones of this movie. Without him, the box office of this movie in overseas markets will probably drop by two-thirds.

Our "Dragon Emperor" Jet Li really can't handle the box office in overseas markets.

"I think Sino-US co-productions are unreliable. Really good projects can never be co-produced. Hollywood is not willing to give good projects to Chinese companies for cooperation."

Liu Yifei curled her lips and had no regrets about the "King of Kung Fu" project. "It's a good thing that Brother Cheng Long didn't act in it. Otherwise, if this movie didn't do well at the box office, the fame he finally gained in Hollywood would be gone." It’s going to be unstable again.”

"Hey." Wu Yuan smiled cheerfully: "Okay, you have been following me for a few years, and your horizons in international movies have gradually increased."

"Don't get involved in co-productions. No matter how fancy the management says, don't act in co-productions. There won't be any good movies."

Thinking of the "international" films that Liu Yifei later acted in, which were collaborations between China and the United States, China and France, China and South Korea, and China and Denmark, it's a terrible word.

Although she probably wouldn't make the same mistakes again in this life, Wu Yuan still warned her a few words of worry.

For someone with such a background as Da Tiantian, the Sino-US co-productions and even Hollywood blockbuster resources they get are all focused on the word "bad"
The co-production aspect is really bad.

"Come on, let's not talk about this." Wu Yuan turned around and pulled the quilt up to cover the two of them.

"Hey, where's the blocking elf I put on the bedside?"

"Use it all so soon?"

Following Wu Yuan's two confused exclamations, a wonderful sound began to come from the room. (End of chapter)