Millennium director

Guardians of the Galaxy?

Wu Yuan frowned, then quickly relaxed.

This is indeed a good IP.

Especially after the failure of all Marvel movies in the fourth phase, "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" is the only movie that successfully restored Marvel's respect in the fifth phase and achieved high box office and high reputation.

If there was no such movie, then under the continuous attack of the two bad movies "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum of Madness" and "Captain Marvel 2", coupled with the final film of Marvel's fourth phase, "Black Panther 2: "Long Live Wakanda", I am afraid that the reputation accumulated by Marvel in the first three stages will be completely destroyed.

It can be said that "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" saved Marvel's fifth phase.

Marvel is willing to give this IP to Wu Yuan to direct, which is indeed a great favor to Wu Yuan.

Of course, Marvel now naturally doesn’t know its future situation and doesn’t think much about it.

They just think that "Guardians of the Galaxy" is a new IP that is independent from the earth and its perspective is from the universe. Although it is also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is very independent.

Such a new series that is relatively independent from the Avengers must find a director who is famous enough in his own right and can attract audiences to the cinema without relying on Marvel's appeal to protect it.

At present, the first phase of Marvel movies has just ended, and the second phase has just begun to lay the groundwork. It has not yet had the heroic spirit of defeating all the invincible opponents in the world, and is still making cautious efforts.

It is also for this reason that the second and third phases of Marvel will confer gods.

There is no doubt that joining the Marvel family at this time is the right time.

If Wu Yuan was just an ordinary director, he would definitely have agreed without hesitation.

However, he is not.

"Well." After a long groan, Wu Yuan shook his head and refused with a regretful expression: "Lao En, thank you very much for the invitation."

"But I heard that in the second phase of the plan released by Marvel, "Guardians of the Galaxy" will be launched in the second half of this year, right?"

"Unfortunately, I am very busy with work this year and really can't spare the time to shoot this movie."

If he wants to join Marvel, Wu Yuan must immediately put down the post-production work of "The Martian" and hand it over completely to the post-production special effects team, and then immediately start studying the script and shooting related matters of "Guardians of the Galaxy". By July or Eight I joined the team and started filming in the month of March, and I had no time to spare until the end of the year.

This undoubtedly conflicts with his follow-up work on "The Martian".

When it comes to the choice between making money for himself and others, Wu Yuan must choose to make money for himself.

And Marvel is famous for praising actors but not directors.

Each of the actors who participated in the filming of Marvel movies can quickly become popular all over the world with their roles. However, the directors behind Marvel have very low reputations. Not many people will pay attention to them. Even if they are all added up, they may not even be next door. DC's director is famous.

Wu Yuan had no interest in being such a pure tool man, even though Marvel might pay a very high director fee.

"Daniel, you can listen to the salary first." Sure enough, Lawn immediately answered: "Marvel is willing to give you a director's salary of US$25 million, plus 3% of the box office share."

"'Guardians of the Galaxy' is the next phase of the movie that Marvel attaches great importance to. The internal box office of this movie is expected to be at least US$600 million!"

"If everything goes well, you will receive a total salary of more than 40 million US dollars, which is not a small amount of money!"

Wu Yuan does not need to invest a dime, he only needs to be responsible for the filming of the movie. In half a year to a year, he can earn a minimum of 30 million, and a maximum of 40 to 50 million. This kind of treatment is indeed rare.

Don't look at him making movies by himself. A movie can earn 100 to 200 million US dollars, but this is not a costless business. The investment of Light Times is also 100 to 200 million US dollars, and he has to bear the risk of losses.

No director would refuse such a good thing, with zero risk and stable income of tens of millions of dollars.

This is also why Marvel movies are so popular. Not only are the actors well-paid, but the directors are also well-paid.

To be honest, if the filming of "Guardians of the Galaxy" hadn't really conflicted with Wu Yuan's follow-up work, he wouldn't have been able to make a fortune.

After all, after the sale of Light Times, he no longer plans to make movies in Hollywood, at least not blockbusters.

If you want to maintain your status in Hollywood, it is reasonable to take on some filming work for Hollywood blockbusters.

"This price is indeed very exciting." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and chatted with Lawn in a relaxed tone: "Unfortunately, after I sold Light Times to you, I no longer belong to Hollywood."

"In the future, I will devote more of my energy to China and make some of China's own blockbusters."

"As China's most well-known director, I have this obligation and responsibility to lead China's films to develop better and go beyond China."

"So in the next few years, I may not have the time and energy to make movies in Hollywood."

"Even if I had an idea, I would probably make a literary film to win awards."

Now Wu Yuan's development path has completely reversed. In the next few years, he plans to mainly make commercial blockbusters in China, and will only consider making some foreign language literary films overseas to win awards.

This is a change under the influence of the general environment. After all, the next ten years of Hollywood will be the era of superheroes. The road to original commercial films will no longer work, but the road to literary and artistic films can still be pursued. Hollywood's excellent literary and artistic films have always been All are producing steadily.

"However." After saying this, Wu Yuan suddenly paused and said with interest: "I won't have the opportunity to direct "Guardians of the Galaxy"."

"But Marvel has a superhero IP that I'm very interested in."

"Oh? Who?" Lawn asked curiously.

“Doctor Strange”

Wu Yuan smiled: "The man who was injured in a car accident and became a supreme mage from a top surgeon."

“Is Marvel interested in bringing Doctor Strange’s story to the big screen?”

"If anything, I might be able to direct this movie, I love the Doctor Strange story."

"After all, the supreme mage Gu Yi in the story is a mage from the Chinese Himalayas. I remember his real name is Yao, and he has the same surname as Yao Ming, right?"

"Wow, it seems like you are really a fan of Marvel comics." Raun raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise: "You actually remember the real name of the Supreme Mage Ancient One."

"So, you want to direct a Doctor Strange movie?"

"I understand, and I will forward your request to Marvel. In fact, Marvel is already planning the third phase. Doctor Strange may become the most important part of the third phase."

"When I come to invite you, you can't refuse anymore."

"It's an honor." Wu Yuan smiled and nodded. (End of chapter)