Millennium director

Chapter 212 The "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" project is established, and "The Promise" is released!

It's August.

The two leading actors in "Gravity" were sent to the National Space Administration for retreat training by Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan himself also stayed at the National Space Administration to learn some aerospace knowledge.

Although he, as a director, does not have to act in person, he still needs to learn some relevant basic knowledge, otherwise it will be unsightly to produce some obvious bugs.

While Wu Yuan was preparing for "Gravity", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was released in full swing around the world and there was a lot of good news.

In the countries where it was first released on the 6th and 7th, the box office potential has basically come to an end.

In North America, "Pirates of the Caribbean" has been in theaters for nearly a month, and has been the box office champion for three weeks in a row, with a box office of over 400 million US dollars, making it the box office champion of North American movies this year!

It earned 380 million U.S. dollars when released in other countries and regions. In total, the film's global box office has reached nearly 800 million U.S. dollars. Not only did it break the record of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", but it was also far from the limit.

On July 22, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was released in Japan, the second largest box office in the world. It earned 2 billion yen in the first three days of the weekend. Obviously, the Japanese box office of this movie is also aiming for 10 billion yen. Up above.

In the next August, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will be released in more than ten countries and regions.

Now Disney has shouted its slogan, predicting that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will join the billion-dollar box office club and become the sixth blockbuster in the world to have a box office of over one billion US dollars!

Wu Yuan's reputation in Hollywood has also become more prosperous.

Even if others are not in Hollywood, there are Hollywood paparazzi who have flown thousands of miles from the United States to China, hoping to interview and film Wu Yuan's latest itinerary.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan's recent itinerary is all at the National Space Administration. This sensitive department is obviously inaccessible to foreign reporters.

Of course, as "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" rampages around the global market and rakes in box office, the mainland's complaints about the film not being able to be released have become louder.

Originally, Wu Yuan thought that as the director of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", he would be able to get the movie greenlit in the mainland.

Unexpectedly, it still did not escape the ending of being banned from being released.

It can only be said that the domestic censorship system is really strict, and Disney is indeed tough enough. After it was rejected for review the first time, it never re-edited it and submitted it for review again.

There is no way, who said that the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" in the mainland was only 27 million yuan, less than 4 million US dollars, and it was indeed impossible for Disney to take it seriously.

Although the Big Six in Hollywood are optimistic about the future of the Chinese market, the current Chinese market is far from being taken seriously by them.

It doesn't matter to Wu Yuan. Anyway, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is a sure thing that the box office will exceed one billion US dollars. Even if it expands to the Chinese mainland market, Hollywood will not give him more money.

But he should receive a nice big red envelope.

When Jerry called him recently to report his results, he hinted to him that after "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is released worldwide, Disney should give him an eight-figure red envelope to celebrate.

Not only him, but the other leading actors will also receive red envelopes, but his red envelope is the biggest.

Who told Depp to have a bad time with Disney over the renewal of his contract?

With this red envelope, Wu Yuan can calmly invest in Zhang Guorong's new movie.

The eight-digit red envelope, the minimum is 10 million US dollars, nearly 80 million yuan, just enough to invest in "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys".

After several months of improvement and polishing, the script of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" has been written by Zhang Guorong.

After Wu Yuan read it, he also gave him many suggestions for modification based on the Korean version in his impression.

This movie is basically ready to start preparations for filming.

At China Film Group, after hearing about this, Director Han generously donated 20 million to participate in the investment.

Zhang Guorong did not lose money in the two movies he made. He is still worth betting on as a director.

Now that Wu Yuan has a red envelope of at least 10 million US dollars, he is not panicking with the money in hand. He also waved his hand and asked Li Xiaoping to prepare 60 million US dollars to set up the production team of "Good Guys, Bad Guys and Weird Guys". Let’s start talking about actors.

Fortunately, "Crazy Stone" has been released, and the box office has exceeded 16 million at the end of July. It is estimated that it will eventually earn a little over 20 million.

And Huang Bo, who plays the black guy in this movie, is also famous.

At least Zhang Guorong finally got to know him, and Wu Yuan's doubts about recommending him were dispelled.

From an image point of view, Huang Bo is indeed very suitable for the role of "weird guy", and Wu Yuan's recommendation is indeed correct.

Wu Yuan also recommended Liu Ye and Xu Jinjiang. After Zhang Guorong inspected them, he also felt that they were quite suitable.

Needless to say, Xu Jinjiang is very familiar with him as a Hong Kong actor and knows that this person can play such a fierce role.

Liu Ye, he won the Golden Horse and Golden Rooster Awards for Best Actor. His acting skills are not to mention, and his image is equally suitable.

Zhang Guorong often lamented to Tang Sheng in private that Wu Yuan's vision for casting was really good. Just by casually speaking, the image and temperament of the recommended actors were incomparable.

In his opinion, perhaps this is one of the gaps between great directors and ordinary directors, and it is difficult to make up for the gap through hard work.

Perception is something you are born with and is difficult to cultivate.

After Zhang Guorong agreed to the casting, the production team dispatched by Light and Shadow Times immediately contacted the three actors, invited them to star in the film, and negotiated remuneration.

Although the remuneration of domestic actors has now entered a period of rapid growth, it is still far from the craziness of the traffic era after 2014.

Among the three leading actors, Liu Ye, the double-actor, has the most expensive salary. His salary is only 3 million, Xu Jinjiang only needs 1 million, and Huang Bo, an actor who has just become popular, is even cheaper, and he can get it for 300,000.

Even so, including other supporting actors and character actors, the film's salary alone cost more than five million. Five years ago, five million was enough to make a movie, but now it is only enough to pay the salary.

Gone are the days when actors were paid cabbage prices when Wu Yuan first entered the industry.

It is no longer possible to hire a well-known actor to make a movie with only 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Chinese film industry.

On the other hand, the mainland film industry has entered August. Although there is no Hollywood blockbuster like "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", there are also Chinese blockbusters released.

Yes, it's "The Promise" directed by Kego!

Due to Wu Yuan's deception, the production of "The Promise" directed by Kege was delayed for half a year, and finally met the national audience on August 6 during the summer season.

This is a pretty good schedule.

"Dragon Tiger Gate", which was released on July 28 and was directed by Yip Weixin and starred by Yan Yan and Nicholas Tse, did not perform well at the box office in the mainland. The box office did not exceed 10 million in the first week, and it was basically sold out.

After "The Promise", the imported animated film "Don't Mess with the Ants" voiced by Nicolas Cage will be released on August 11, but this movie for American children really cannot threaten "The Promise".

Further back, "Cars", which will replace "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", will be released on the 22nd, but this movie is still an animation. In the mainland, it is mainly watched by parents and children, and "The Promise" Not on the same track.

It can be said that there will be no movie that can compete with "The Promise" throughout August. Compared with the fiercely competitive Lunar New Year period, the environment faced by "The Promise" is much better.

Coupled with the success of "Your Name" in the summer season, Chen Kaige also believes that his "The Promise" can achieve very good box office results in the summer season.

It was also released simultaneously in many Asian countries, and it is also a blockbuster made by one of the top directors in the Mainland.

Chen Kaige ambitiously targeted "Painted Skin". At the premiere of "The Promise", he shouted the slogan "It will surpass "Painted Skin" at the box office and become a new benchmark for Chinese fantasy movies."

And "The Promise" relied on its star cast, as well as Chen Kaige's fame and word-of-mouth blessing, and indeed delivered a perfect answer on the first day of release.

At 18:00 on the day of the premiere, Mr. Weng, the distribution and screening spokesman of China Film Group Corporation, the distributor of "The Promise", announced to the media that the box office of "The Promise" on its premiere day reached 21.3 million yuan!

This result is even three million more than the 18 million of "Painted Skin", breaking the first-day box office record held by "Painted Skin" and setting a new record.

Even the highest daily box office record of 25 million held by "Painted Skin" is somewhat in danger and may be broken.

However, reality soon poured cold water on Chen Kaige.

Although it achieved high box office on the day of its premiere, "The Promise" received a very poor reputation.

Audiences, especially young audiences, attracted to the cinema by the celebrity lineup, Chen Kaige's name, and the label of a domestic fantasy blockbuster, after watching the movie, immediately complained on Douban, Tieba and other platforms.

The vast majority of viewers who watched "The Promise" did not understand the story of this movie.

The looks of several leading actors in it, especially Chen Hong's, have also become the focus of complaints.

Everyone entered the cinema with high expectations, originally expecting to see a movie that was even better and better-looking than "Painted Skin".

After all, the director of "The Promise" is Chen Kaige, who won the Palme d'Or, and the actors are all Hong Kong celebrities. From the cast to the investment, it is a step up from "Painted Skin".

As a result, I didn't see a movie that surpassed "Painted Skin", but I saw a "super blockbuster" with a confusing narrative, fragmented rhythm, and an obscure plot!

As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Many netizens have angrily questioned Chen Kaige's directorial skills on the Internet and questioned "The Promise". Some fans even suspected that this movie was not made by Chen Kaige.

But the only praiseworthy picture beauty in the movie silently tells movie fans that this is indeed the ultimate aesthetics of pictures that only Chen Kaige can produce.

This made movie fans feel uncomfortable. They couldn't accept that a great director like Chen Kaige had actually made such a "crazy" movie.

Reflected on the box office performance, the daily box office of "The Promise" on the second day not only did not exceed that of the first day, but dropped by 5 million, and only achieved a daily box office of 16 million.

On the third day, the box office dropped to 15 million, and there were more and more doubts and abuses on the Internet.

After watching excellent fantasy movies like "Painted Skin", the appetites of domestic movie fans have obviously become more picky.

It may be difficult for Director Kego's "The Promise" to win a box office of 170 million despite being criticized and questioned.