Chapter 232 Guest Appearance in "Those Years", Shen Jiayi Deserves More

Chapter 232 Guest appearance in "Those Years", Shen Jiayi deserves better!

"Dark Realm", the name of this novel is relatively unfamiliar.

But the movie adapted from this novel is quite famous.

This movie is "Limitless", which is a movie where the protagonist is jokingly called a god by taking drugs.

This movie was much earlier than "Lucy", and the box office performance was also quite good, with a North American box office of 120 million US dollars and an overseas box office of 40 million US dollars.

The main reason is that the cost of this movie is very low. It is called a science fiction movie, but in fact there are no special effects and scenes. If you don't use superstar actors, you can shoot it with 20 to 30 million US dollars.

The original star of this movie, Bradley Cooper, is not a well-known actor. He really became famous in North America because of the movie "The Hangover".

But unfortunately, under the instigation of Wu Yuan, the butterfly, the star of "The Hangover" was changed from Bradley Cooper to Ryan Reynolds, and it was released five or six years earlier.

This has led to Bradley Cooper being just a small actor in comedy movies now.

Now it would be very cost-effective to buy the copyright of "Dark Field" and invite Bradley Cooper to play the leading role.

"World War Z" is not easy to shoot.

In the original trajectory, the first version of the script was not made until 2009 after Pitt won the 2nd film, but the script was not good and was shelved again.

It was not until 2011 that the project was restarted again and a new script was made that the filming of the film was on track.

From 2006 to 2011, it took a full five years, and these five years happened to be the five years with the fastest technological innovation in Hollywood. Not only did 3D and IMAX movies become mainstream, but various new special effects technologies and new shooting equipment appeared, which made the Hollywood industry upgrade.

Wu Yuan did not plan to start shooting "World War Z" before 2009. Without the new technology in 2012, could "World War Z" be sold for 500 million US dollars worldwide?

It is not absolutely impossible, but the risks and uncertainties will be very high.

Since he has already obtained the copyright, Wu Yuan certainly doesn't want to take the risk any more. It's not too late to make "World War Z" in 2011. '6''9''s''h''u''x''.''c''o''m'

He has even thought of the actors. Brad Pitt, who was originally scheduled to play the leading role, is definitely not suitable, but another blond handsome guy can fill in, that is, Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor in Marvel superhero movies.

His image is very similar to Brad Pitt's image in the movie "World War Z".

Taking advantage of the fact that his salary in 2011 is still very cheap, when he played in "Thor 1" at a cabbage price, he quickly grabbed him to shoot "World War Z", which is a huge profit!

Before that, Guangshidai should first make the movie "Limitless". Although the box office is not high, the cost is extremely low and it is also quite profitable.

After finishing this movie, The Hangover 3 and The Blind Side, the company can start shooting the Twilight series.

In the next five years, there will be no shortage of movies to shoot in the Light Era. It is not a problem to have a movie with a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars every year!

After explaining this general plan to John, John also understood Wu Yuan's idea and immediately said that he would buy the film adaptation rights of Dark Domain as soon as possible and start the preparation of the film project.

Before hanging up the phone, he also passed on the latest news to Wu Yuan that Rush Hour 3, which was originally scheduled to be released on Christmas, was temporarily withdrawn by New Line.

There is no way, the dark horse of Night at the Museum is a bit too dark, and New Line, with its weak arms and legs, does not want to compete head-on with this movie, so it urgently withdrew the schedule of Rush Hour 3 the day before it was released.

Cheng Long, who had arrived in the United States to cooperate with the promotion, temporarily canceled his next work arrangement and flew back to Hong Kong Island.

After rescheduling, the film is scheduled to premiere in North America on January 22.

There were no strong rivals in January 2007. The only film that could be considered impressive was Luc Besson's "Arthur and the Kingdom of Miniatures".

Although it did not dare to compete head-on with "Night at the Museum" in the Christmas season, New Line still dared to compete head-on with Luc Besson, because this is an animated film and is not of the same theme as "Rush Hour 3".

Wu Yuan was also a little amused and confused about this news. He did not know whether to say that New Line was too cowardly or that it was sensible and distressing.

There are not many films that dare to withdraw from the schedule one day before the release.

However, this behavior is still worthy of praise.

"Rush Hour 3" and "Night at the Museum" competed together in the Christmas season, which would indeed be a lose-lose situation.

It can only be said that when New Line first scheduled the schedule, it did not think of the low-cost "Night at the Museum" as a rival, but it did not expect that this movie would become a big hit first.

This is the fun of the film industry. Before a movie is released, no one can guess the result 100%.

"I see. You go ahead and do your work." Wu Yuan hung up the phone with a smile and stretched himself.

He could only listen to reports on the things on the other side of the ocean. He really didn't have the time to go to North America and follow up on them one by one.

He still had a lot of things to deal with in China alone.

After only half a month of editing the film in the computer room, and after a rough cut of the first version, Wu Yuan had to temporarily put aside the post-production work of "Gravity" and went to the airport to board the flight to Xiamen.

"Those Years", which was filmed in Xiamen, has come to an end after two and a half months of filming. Wu Yuan's promised guest appearance as Shen Jiayi's husband can no longer be delayed.

Wu Yuan's version of "Those Years" is basically the same as the original version, except for localizing things that are more Taiwanese-style, and just changing Shen Jiayi's kissing scene into a hugging scene.

Since we are following the pure love route, there is no need for such kissing scenes.

Well, to be honest, Wu Yuan doesn't want to see his girlfriend filming intimate scenes with other actors.

Even if he is the director!

Not only is there no intimate kissing scene in "Those Years", there is also no intimate scene in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". It is expected that Liu Yifei will participate in the filming of "Kingsman" in the future, and she will not have any intimate scene either.

Wu Yuan is such a stingy and narrow-minded man.

On January 12, 2007, just as the mainland box office record of "The Golden Armor" broke the 250 million record of "Hero", Wu Yuan arrived at the international airport on Xiamen Island.

From boarding the plane to landing, he constantly heard tourists coming and going discussing this Lunar New Year blockbuster, which was the top box office movie in 2006.

"Hero" was released in 2002 and was a huge success in mainland China and North America. It broke the box office record for Chinese-language films, became a popular phenomenon-level film, and ushered in the era of commercial blockbusters for Chinese-language films.

Since that year, Chinese-language films have been heading towards commercial blockbusters.

However, in the past two years, "blockbuster" seems to be increasingly linked to the word "loss".

Although "The City of Gold" was a box office hit, with a box office of 290 million in the mainland, it won the annual box office championship.

However, this movie is currently the most expensive Chinese-language film, with a production cost of 360 million yuan.

Considering the production cost of 360 million, even if overseas market revenue and copyright revenue are added, it is still far from the profit target.

What is the concept of a production cost of 360 million?

Twelve years later, Guo Fan only spent more than 300 million yuan on "The Wandering Earth 1".

Taking into account the rise in prices, the expansion of capital and the improvement of overall wages in the industry, even if special effects production at that time may be cheaper than now, overall, the cost of "Golden Armor" is definitely higher than that of "The Wandering Earth".

Even Wu Yuan, a great international director, dare not spend 360 million yuan to make a Chinese-language film, but Zhang Yimou dares!

Then a good hand was played badly.

Facts have proved that the current Chinese-language film market is still too small and cannot afford a movie with a single film cost of 300 million.

Even Chow Yun-mao, Gong Li, Zhou Jielun, and Liu Ye, four superstars who span film, television and music, cannot afford this box office.

Once a movie is unable to sell overseas, relying solely on the domestic market is bound to make a loss.

It was also the failure of "The City of Golden Armor" in the overseas market that made Zhang Yimou sober up and realized that the success of "Hero" in North America was a matter of luck. It was the times that made heroes, and it could not be replicated.

"House of Flying Daggers" has exhausted the overseas influence that "Hero" brought to him.

After that, when he made another movie, he no longer considered the overseas market when considering the box office. Whether it was "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" or "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", they were all aimed at the mainland market, and they did not achieve such outrageous highs. cost.

Until, he was bewitched by Legendary Pictures again and took over "The Great Wall".

It's too early to think about this now. After feeling sorry for Zhang Yimou, Wu Yuan stepped out of the airport, got into the car that picked him up, and came to the crew of "Those Years".

The crew was not on the high school set at the moment, but in a chartered church to set the scene.

The scene to be filmed today is the scene where Shen Jiayi and her husband get married, which is the finale of the movie.

Ke Jingteng, who had combed his hair like an adult and put on a handsome suit, came to Shen Jiayi's wedding with his high school friends.

Wu Yuan's "first kiss on screen" will also be dedicated here.

There is no other way. If his girlfriend doesn't do the kissing scene, then he has to do it by himself, and it can also leave a big gimmick for the movie to attract the audience to the cinema.

In order to support his girlfriend, Wu Yuan sacrificed his dignity and spared no effort.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Yuan arrived at the set.

As soon as they met, Director Li Yang deliberately looked him up and down in front of him.

Under Wu Yuan's doubtful eyes, Li Yang smiled and said: "Director Wu, you are so handsome. If you play the role of Shen Jiayi's husband, aren't you trying to outshine Ke Jingteng?"

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, it turned out to be because of this.

"Director Li, your idea is wrong."

He shrugged: "Who said that the former campus goddess would eventually marry a pot-bellied middle-aged businessman or an ordinary man with mediocre looks?"

"I think it is normal for a campus goddess like Shen Jiayi, who has been secretly loved by countless male classmates, to eventually marry an equally handsome and talented man."

"A princess deserves a prince!"

Liu Yifei, who was also trotting to greet him, immediately nodded her little head and agreed: "That's right, why did Shen Jiayi have to marry an ordinary-looking person after Ke Jingteng missed Shen Jiayi?"

"She deserves better!" Liu Yifei raised her chin, looking very proud, and it was unclear whether she was talking about Shen Jiayi or herself.

Li Yang shook his head and laughed, "Come on, I can't argue with you two."

"Director Wu, are you going to change your clothes now? We can prepare and then we can do a test shoot."

This chapter counts as yesterday.