Millennium director

Wu Yuan didn't intentionally leave Matt Damon home for dinner. He really had something to do and didn't lie to Matt.

As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, John, who knew Wu Yuan's itinerary, contacted Wu Yuan immediately.

He had too many things that he needed to talk to Wu Yuan face to face.

Some things were handled during the conference call and need to be confirmed in person, while some things must be discussed in person.

Wu Yuan simply arranged for him and Matt Damon to meet on the same day and solve the problem together.

After sending Matt off to the house, John rushed to Wu Yuan's house immediately before Wu Yuan's butt was still hot.

"Already have an agreement with Matt?"

"certainly."

Welcoming John into the room and sitting down, as soon as we met John we started talking about business with him.

"The first part of "Breaking Dawn" is scheduled to be released on November 18, 2011, and the second part is scheduled to be released on November 16, 2012."

"After these two movies were released, the IP of "Twilight" has been fully explored."

"But we can continue to make spin-off movies. The Marvel MCU movie universe has given me inspiration."

"We may be able to shoot more related movies around the werewolves and vampires in The Twilight Saga."

"For example, for the story of these two tribes hundreds of years ago, maybe we can invite Stephenie Meyer to continue writing the script for us, and tell a cross-race love story between a werewolf girl and a vampire prince two hundred years ago."

"This feels very Romeo and Juliet, what do you think, Daniel?"

"I think?" Wu Yuan looked at John with a half-smile but not a smile: "I think this idea is not good at all."

"The IP of "The Twilight Saga" does not have the scale to expand into a movie universe."

"It's not even as good as the magical world of Harry Potter."

Wu Yuan knew that since the success of Marvel's "Iron Man" and the creation of the MCU movie universe, all ambitious movie companies in Hollywood have become keenly interested in this novel "movie universe worldview."

Warner is desperately trying to restart its DC movie universe, and Disney is thinking about acquiring Marvel and directly taking this big IP into its arms.

At the same time, with the prospects of the DC movie universe being difficult, Warner is also trying to expand the magical world of "Harry Potter" and plans to create a Harry Potter magical universe.

JK Rowling, who said that the "Harry Potter" story is over, has now been persuaded by Warner Bros. and plans to return to Warner Bros. as a screenwriter and continue to create stories in the "Harry Potter" world.

It was after John heard about this that he became interested.

Warner has JK Rowling, the mother of magic, and the Age of Light also has Stephenie Meyer, the mother of "Twilight"!

As the only series of works in the Light Age that holds 100% of the film copyrights, if the movie universe of "Twilight" can be expanded, it will undoubtedly be something that can lay the foundation for the stable development of the Light Age in the next ten or twenty years.

Unfortunately, his proposal was rejected by Wu Yuan without hesitation.

"John, "Twilight" is just an iconic love story disguised as a werewolf and a vampire."

"It's enough for movie fans to watch this kind of story once. If you go back two hundred years ago and have a forbidden love like this again, it won't make the audience like it very much."

"It's not like Harry Potter."

"Instead of thinking about such unrealistic things, it is better to make the movie "World War Z" well."

At present, after the long run of "The Twilight Saga" has ended, the Light Age currently only has the movie "World War Z" to work on.

Of course, Wu Yuan has also prepared the next profit point for the Light Age. It is also one of the few non-superhero IPs that can stand out in the current wave of superhero movies.

"The Hunger Games" series!

This is also a movie adapted from a novel. Wu Yuan has been targeting this series a few years ago and bought the film and television adaptation rights of "The Hunger Games".

The first work in this series will also be started this year.

In other words, Light Age will produce three movies at the same time, "The Martian", "World War Z" and "The Hunger Games Part 1".

Thanks to the huge sales of the entire "Twilight" series, Light Times now has very abundant cash flow on its books, and can spend US$500 million to make these three movies.

Of course, this is probably the biggest undertaking in the Light Era.

After the filming of these three movies is completed and released one after another, and the funds are recovered, Wu Yuan plans to withdraw a large amount of money from the account of Light Age and return to China to develop the Xianxia movie universe of Light and Shadow Age, as well as his own China Entertainment blockbuster. .

In the next ten years, his career focus will gradually shift from walking on two legs, and even more importantly, Hollywood, to focusing on the mainland market.

Except for "The Hunger Games", Wu Yuan will no longer be able to provide any movie scripts to Light Times in the short term. Light Times, like other independent Hollywood production companies, will begin to search for suitable scripts for filming.

There is no way, Wu Yuan has tried his best. Since 2014, 8 out of the top ten box office movies in North America are IP sequels, including "Marvel Movies", "Star Wars", "Transformers" and "Fast and Furious" "DC Movies" almost took over the top ten box office in North America.

The remaining two movies are not original movies, but animated movies such as "Minions", "Inside Out" and "Zootopia".

As for movies that are not in the top ten at the box office, to be honest, Wu Yuan doesn't care much about the profit, so he might as well let John play freely in North America.

He is now focusing on the "World War Z" and "The Hunger Games" series for the last time. With the development of the light era, he will no longer have too many remote controls.

The huge market in the mainland is waiting for him to encroach. His real foundation and future lie in China, not Hollywood.

"Has the casting for World War Z been completed?" Wu Yuan finally asked with concern.

"It's done." John shrugged: "As per your request, between Brat Pitt and Chris Hemsworth, we chose the latter."

"John, your vision is really amazing."

"In May, "Thor 1" was released globally, with a box office of US$180 million in North America and US$490 million worldwide."

"Chris Hemsworth went from unknown actor to superhero icon."

"This contract we signed is a great deal!"

"After Chris Hemsworth became popular, he didn't raise the price or renegotiate the contract, right?" Wu Yuan asked again.

"Of course not." John said proudly: "He knows very well that although "Thor" performed well at the global box office, the audience remembers Thor, not the actor Chris Hemsworth."

"He urgently needs other movies now to let the audience remember him as an actor, instead of being tied to the image of Thor, which will only cut off his acting career."

"He is very satisfied with the script of "World War Z" and is willing to star in it at the originally negotiated low price."

"Chris Hemsworth is a very smart actor." Wu Yuan praised. (End of chapter)