Millennium director

Matt Damon is indeed one of the few A-list actors in Hollywood who can take the leading role by himself.

In the "Mission: Impossible" series, he is almost the only one who plays the leading role, and the other actors can only be regarded as sidelines.

As he said, in the entire Hollywood, perhaps Leonardo is better than him and can perform one-man shows better.

Perhaps this is why Ridley Scott, the director of the original "The Martian", chose Matt Damon.

By the way, Ridley Scott is the director of "Alien Prequel" which has now been renamed "Paradise" and will eventually be renamed "Prometheus".

In the original time and space, "Prometheus" and "The Martian" were both movies produced by Fox, and "The Martian" was still a purchased novel copyright.

However, in this time and space, Wu Yuan took action to obtain the copyright of the novel in advance, and jointly established the project with "Prometheus", which did not allow Ridley Scott to have the opportunity to direct this movie, and Wu Yuan in turn engaged in prostitution for free. Materials and a large number of props for the modeling and design of "Prometheus".

In terms of relationship, his relationship with Daniel Wu and 20th Century Fox is not bad either.

"Potatoes?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said matter-of-factly: "Of course they were grown, in the studio in Hungary."

"In order to ensure smooth filming, the crew created three identical planting areas at the same time and planted three potato fields at different times."

"One portion each of potatoes that have just sprouted, potatoes that are half-grown, and potatoes that are fully mature."

“That way you don’t really have to wait for the potatoes to grow bit by bit when the time comes to shoot.”

The growth cycle of potatoes is very short, at least shorter than that of corn, but Wu Yuan does not want to be like Ridley Scott and really plant potatoes from beginning to end during the 65-day shooting period. It is more convenient to plant them in advance. .

"As expected of you, Daniel." Matt Damon had a genuine expression on his face. "When we were filming "Interstellar," you actually asked the crew to rent a piece of land to grow corn."

"I knew you would be growing potatoes this time too."

"You and Nolan are the only directors in Hollywood who pursue real-life filming."

"You are both directors who like to make science fiction movies. This is really a wonderful fate."

"Now Leonardo is hanging out with Nolan, and I'm hanging out with you. I hope we can surpass them!"

"This is inevitable." Wu Yuan smiled and said a little frivolously: "Nolan's box office performance has never beaten me."

Nolan is Wu Yuan’s idol, a true idol, so he knows Nolan’s movies better than most people.

Nolan's movies are really good.

But just because they are so good, the audience for his movies is actually not that high. After all, every movie requires some profound physics knowledge.

This kind of high-end science fiction movie, no matter how good it is, will never be as marketable as popcorn movies.

"Interstellar" is a clear proof. Although this movie performed well at the global box office, its box office was still not as strong as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Even the box office of the girls' book "Twilight" was not comparable.

In comparison, "The Martian" performed better at the box office, with a final box office of US$630 million, causing a sensation in Hollywood.

It’s not that the box office of this movie is horrifyingly high, but the cost of this movie is only US$100 million, and the return rate is the highest among science fiction movies in recent years.

Even higher than Avatar.

Although "Avatar" has reached a box office record in film history, the production cycle of this film is too long. It took ten years from the establishment of the project to the actual filming. In addition, the budget was overrun several times. The time cost plus inflation plus The production cost and actual return rate are not as high as "The Martian".

From the perspective of Hollywood film capital, let them choose between "Avatar" that was produced in ten years and "The Martian" that can be produced in less than two years. It is definitely more cost-effective to choose the latter.

Wu Yuan believes that with his international fame and influence now far surpassing that of Ridley Scott, the box office performance of "The Martian" he presents should be higher than that of the original version.

This has nothing to do with the quality of the movie itself, but his name Daniel Wu is worth US$100 million in the international film market!

This is the reputation and influence he has accumulated since his debut without any defeat.

No matter how bad his new movie is, there will always be a group of people who blindly choose to go to the cinema to watch it.

"Matt, you have to continue to exercise, and you can't relax."

Reaching out to look at the time on his watch, Wu Yuan muttered: "In one and a half months, the movie will start shooting in Hungary, and the production cycle is expected to be 65 days."

"In the first ten days of filming, I didn't have anything to do with you. I mainly focused on filming the scenes on Earth at NASA."

"The crew will then move to Hungary and Jordan to film your scenes."

"After most of the movie is finalized, I will take the crew back to China to reshoot the scenes in China, and then start post-production."

"Your final date is expected to be January 10th, in Jordan."

"Get ready."

"No problem." Matt Damon gave a thumbs up, as if he would do whatever Wu Yuan said, trying to be obedient.

Wu Yuan smiled with satisfaction. He liked working with actors with such well-behaved personalities.

As for the part of the filming in China that he was talking about, it was of course the scene in "The Martian" that involved the China Space Agency helping with the rescue.

Except for Wu Yuan changing the name of the Chinese rocket, the Helios Rocket, to the Long March-9 in this part of the script, Wu Yuan did not make any changes to other parts, and even increased the drama.

Hollywood screenwriters really don’t pay much attention to China. Anyone who pays attention to China Aerospace will know that China’s rockets have always been the Long March series, and it is impossible to create a "Helios Rocket" full of European and American style.

This is exactly the name that a Hollywood screenwriter came up with based on America's own God of War series Rockets.

Wu Yuan, a Chinese director, would never make such a low-level mistake.

In addition, Wu Yuan directly invited Wang Xueqi and Gong Li to play the roles of director and deputy director of the Chinese Space Administration, which can be regarded as a little easter egg linked to "Gravity".

They are the only familiar faces in Chinese science fiction films internationally.

There are not many scenes in this part. Even if Wu Yuan's selfishness aggravates the part, he only needs to borrow the office of the China Space Administration and the filming can be completed in two or three days. There is no need to take Matt Damon to China with him. It can be completed directly in Jordan.

"So, the specific situation is this." Wu Yuan spread his hands and said to Matt Damon with a smile: "You go back and prepare, and then we will set off to Hungary together."

"I still have something to discuss with the company executives, so I won't leave you for lunch."

"See you next time!" (End of chapter)