screenwriter mystery

Chapter 323 Oscar Nominations

"You said this."

Hearing the name of the movie Wen Ziren said, Zhao Yuan raised his eyebrows under the sunglasses.

"Universal did ask me about my intentions, asking me if I was interested in taking over "Fast and Furious."

"Fast and Furious" is a relatively well-known movie series in the hands of Universal. So far, four films have been filmed, and the fifth film will be released soon next year.

As a pure popcorn movie, the plot of "Fast and Furious" is not complicated, and the core of its content is all kinds of crazy scenes.

Perhaps it is such a simple plot that makes the series of "Fast and Furious" far beyond ordinary people's imagination. As far as Zhao Yuan knows, although only five "Fast and Furious" films have been filmed, this movie will continue in the future Keep going, even if the plot of the subsequent series of movies is getting more and more nonsense.

But there are more than ten films in full.

Even ordinary American dramas may not have as many sequels as "Fast and Furious".

This shows the popularity of drag racing movies in the United States.

Of course, it's one thing for a movie to be popular, but when it comes to directing the "Fast and Furious" series, Zhao Yuan doesn't have much in mind.

After all, he is not an ordinary director, and his Hollywood identity is more of a cover for him.

is the daily flavoring in scripts of various evolved realities, so he may continue to write scripts and make the movies he wants.

However, you have more choices than others.

"However, I don't have much interest in "Fast and Furious", so I turned down Universal's invitation and recommended you to them."

In any case, Wen Ziren gave himself a hand when he was filming "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". If it wasn't for the success of that movie, maybe Zhao Yuan couldn't turn on the system until today, and he has even become a street hero. tramp.

What's more, in the original world.

Afterwards, several "Fast and Furious" films were confirmed to be taken over by Wen Ziren, and what Zhao Yuan did was to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and transfer Universal's invitation to Wen Ziren.

"Anyway, anyway, thank you, Zhao."

Perhaps for Zhao Yuan, this was just a trivial matter.

After all, with his current fame in Hollywood, even without the blessing of "Fast and Furious", the box office is already amazing enough.

However, it is different for Wen Ziren.

Although he has accumulated a lot of fame through a series of horror movies, horror movies are only a minority after all, and they are not mainstream in commercial movies.

Therefore, the invitation of "Fast and Furious" is very important for Wen Ziren.

Once he took over the direction of the follow-up series of "Fast and Furious" and achieved certain results in the film.

That means that he has successfully transformed from a horror film director to a commercial director.

It will also become smoother in future career development.

"You don't have to, James."

Calling Wen Ziren's English name in his mouth, Zhao Yuan could feel the gratitude in his tone.

"In fact, even without my recommendation, I believe that Universal will eventually choose you to direct the "Fast and Furious" series."

What Zhao Yuan said was the facts he knew, but Wen Ziren obviously didn't think so.

On the phone, after expressing his gratitude to Zhao Yuan.

Only then did he change the subject and mentioned the upcoming Oscars.

Judging from the small list of winners announced by this year's Oscars, the film "Heroes Out of Control" written by Zhao Yuan has several nominations.

"How about it, Zhao, do you have any ideas about Oscar?"

During the phone call, Wen Ziren's tone revealed his yearning for Oscar.

However, at the same time, he also knows that superhero movies have always been unpopular at the Oscars.

After all, the Oscars are a cake-sharing game, but who can get the cake and who will leave empty-handed depends on the means of the participants and the ability of public relations.In this public relations war, everything is a means.

If Nolan's "Batman" was not affected by the death of Heath Ledger, it might not have been so easy to win the award.

Of course, you can also choose to find another way. Under the banner of political correctness, even if the plot is not good, as long as the skin color is correct, even Oscar will give in.After all, once the hat of racism is removed, even the Oscar judges will not feel very comfortable. Although black people are not good at making movies, they yell loud enough that you may not be able to hear them.

But it is a pity that "Heroes Out of Control" does not account for these two items.

All are destined to accompany this year's Oscars, and it is a superhero-themed and "pseudo-documentary" movie. If it weren't for Universal's efforts in the Oscars, maybe even the movie nominations might not be able to be obtained.

Universal has revealed the truth to Zhao Yuan, and now they are making every effort to nominate the Best Adapted Screenplay. Once "Out of Control Heroes" wins the Oscars, it will have a positive impact on the film's subsequent overseas release and DVD market release. Not a small help.

Film production companies have never been charitable companies, which is why they care so much about Oscar nominations.

Naturally, it is because the aura of Oscar itself can make them earn more money.

After an actor wins an Oscar title, his worth will also increase significantly.

It is precisely because of the harvest that the annual Oscars become the target of public relations for all parties.

"I hope to achieve something, no, in reality, there should be little hope."

On the phone, Zhao Yuan expressed regret to Wen Ziren.

However, in fact, for Oscar, he does not value it as much as ordinary people.

Hollywood's big directors, big stars, and even film production companies value Oscars because they are profitable.

But for Zhao Yuan, even if there is an Oscar Grand Slam, winning all the awards by himself from the beginning to the end will have limited effect on him.

After all, the script of system evolution does not recognize any Oscar statuettes.

Even without the bonus of Oscar, his income at the movie box office is amazing enough.

Of course, if there is such a statuette in his hands, Zhao Yuan will not refuse.

It would also be interesting to use the statuette from Oscar as [material] to evolve the script.

"No matter what, being nominated for an Oscar is already a remarkable thing."

"Hollywood produces four to five hundred films a year, and there are only a few that can be nominated for Oscars."

Not knowing Zhao Yuan's inner thoughts, Wen Ziren on the phone naturally spoke a few words of comfort for his pessimistic attitude.

(End of this chapter)