Chapter 243 Decline "Pirates of the Caribbean 4"

After careful consideration, Wu Yuan decided to include Bruce Lee's biographical film in his subsequent filming plans.

However, he has not yet decided when and how to shoot it.

Anyway, this is not a plagiarized movie, so he needs to write the script himself, and he does not need to consider the impact of "plagiarism". He can do it whenever he wants.

Although he has this plan, Wu Yuan feels that this movie will not be shot too early.

He still has a lot of work to arrange next.

After the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", he will shoot an art film at the end of the year to compete for awards, and the focus of next year will be on the release of "Gravity".

After the release of "Gravity", the "Kingsman" series should also start filming. Whether he will personally direct this series has not yet been decided.

Even if he does not personally direct "Kingsman", Wu Yuan also plans to start shooting a Hollywood commercial movie at the end of 2008.

The era of Marvel superheroes is coming.

Iron Man was released worldwide in 2008. After Avatar, Hollywood will enter the era of IP blockbusters. Most of the commercial blockbusters that can sell at the box office are new works or sequels of various classic IPs.

Wu Yuan has little room for choice.

If he doesn't shoot a Hollywood commercial blockbuster, he may not have any chance to shoot in the future, unless he works as a tool for Marvel.

Bruce Lee's biographical film may have to wait until at least 2010 before Wu Yuan has time to start preparing.

Keeping this in mind for the time being, Wu Yuan chatted with Kayla for a few more words, and after seeing that Liu Yifei had almost finished rehearsing, he started the formal filming.

Perhaps as Kayla said, every Chinese actor is really good at fighting.

At least that's the case with today's actors.

Liu Yifei is very serious about fighting scenes. She always goes on stage herself, and her moves are very accurate. Her movements are sharp and handsome, and her postures are perfect, which is very pleasing to the eye.

Wu Yuan looked at the monitor carefully and felt very emotional.

This kind of fierce, real-life fighting scenes with real swords and guns will basically disappear from domestic entertainment in ten years.

Unlike the current rampant action scenes, whether in movies or TV series, there are exciting and real fighting scenes.

Ten years later, whether in movies or TV series, when the male and female protagonists fight, they basically stand still and pinch their fingers, and then various special effects and spells come on stage.

The actors only need to stay in place or be suspended in the air to pose.

With a wave of the sleeves, the extras will retreat and spit blood. It's so simple and easy.

Fighting in person with punches and swords?

What a joke, my brother (sister) is so delicate, how can he do such a hard and dangerous thing?

The kung fu fighting scenes that China is proud of have disappeared.

In Wu Yuan's impression, the last movie he saw with a fighting style of millennium martial arts movies was "Embroidered Spring Blade".

After "The Blade of the Assassin", there are no more fist-to-flesh fighting scenes.

The martial arts instructor industry is almost dead, and there is no successor.

Looking at Liu Yifei, who was wielding a Miao Dao and charging into the pirate group under the guidance of a martial arts instructor, Wu Yuan sighed slightly.

Action stars will eventually be eliminated by the times. This is a trend that he cannot resist.

I hope that before the action star is eliminated, he can train Liu Yifei into an excellent actress in literary dramas and occupy a market in Hollywood.

There is really no future for being an action star!

Compared with the filming of the previous two films, Wu Yuan is really familiar with "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" this time.

Although Depp has become more arrogant and more arrogant because of the global box office of the second film of 1 billion US dollars, under his suppression, the filming of the crew is still extremely smooth and fast.

The staff built a 60-foot replica of the front half of the "Black Pearl" in Utah, and the rear half was replaced by a trailer, specifically for the filming of the "Black Pearl Shadow". The filming was expected to take 19 days, but it was finally completed in just 4 days, which shows how smoothly the filming went.

It was just because the length of the third part became longer again, so even if the filming went smoothly, the crew still took more than four months to complete the filming of the film from the Caribbean to Los Angeles and then to Utah.

On June 18, 2007, the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" officially announced the completion of filming in Studio 3 of Disney in Los Angeles.

Liu Yifei, who followed the crew throughout the whole process and participated in the closing scene, stood beside Wu Yuan with a bright smile holding a flower, and took a closing photo with him.

At the same time, the news of the completion of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" quickly spread in the global entertainment media.

The development of the Internet now is no longer the same as in 2000.

With the help of the fast Internet, the next day, fans around the world who were following the film learned about the film's completion, and they were so excited.

Thanks to the high box office and high reputation of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" around the world, this sequel can be said to be highly anticipated by countless fans.

But they didn't know that if the director hadn't been changed and Wu Yuan had something else delayed last year, they would have been able to meet "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" in May this year.

This time, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has indeed undergone major changes. Even if Disney moves faster, it is estimated that it will not be released until the end of the year or next year.

Disney prefers to release the film in May next year. Although it does not take so much time for post-production, the schedule at the end of the year and the beginning of next year is not very good.

Movies like "Pirates of the Caribbean" that have the popularity of the previous work and countless fans around the world are not suitable to compete with other blockbusters in the popular Christmas season. They are suitable to occupy a low-season month.

For example, in May, June, and July, when there are not many blockbusters released.

"Daniel, are you really not going to take "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" again?"

After the wrap-up party, before Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei packed their luggage and prepared to return to China, Jerry suddenly came to his house.

Faced with Jerry's sudden inquiry, Wu Yuan was very confused, "Isn't this already agreed?"

"I will only shoot these three films. After these three films are finished, you can change the director yourself. Isn't Disney also happy about this?"

When shooting the second film before, Jerry already knew that Wu Yuan only planned to fulfill the contract for these three films and not continue to shoot this series.

Disney also thinks this decision is quite correct. After all, Hollywood does have the trilogy curse. No director can make four films in a series and still achieve good results. Three films is usually the limit.

Since last year, Disney has been looking for a director to replace Wu Yuan.

Why is Jerry suddenly asking about this now?

"Daniel, Disney and I have considered it carefully. The Pirates of the Caribbean series cannot be without you." Jerry showed a sincere expression and grabbed Wu Yuan's hand.

Somewhat disgusted by his appearance, Wu Yuan broke free from his hairy palm in disdain and rolled his eyes: "Jerry, we have known each other for several years, don't try to play this trick on me."

"Tell me, has this project encountered any difficulties?"

"Let me guess."

"Are Orlando and Keira planning to quit the Pirates of the Caribbean series?"

"And Depp has asked for a sky-high salary. If he is not satisfied, he will not stay?"

Jerry smiled awkwardly, with embarrassment on his face, "Hey, Daniel, you are really too smart."

Wu Yuan rolled his eyes again.

That's right, he is using full-image perspective, how could he not know the future of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

He even knew that the wife Depp would marry in the future would ruin Depp and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

"Daniel, our cooperation is great, so I won't tell you those empty words."

Jerry straightened his face and said seriously: "Orlando and Keira have confirmed that they will not join the subsequent sequels. They don't want their image to be completely tied to Elizabeth and Will, so their future acting career will basically end."

"And Depp, you know, he is really too arrogant. After becoming popular again, he likes to play big. We are not sure whether we can talk to him again."

"In this way, you are the only one left in the original team of "Pirates of the Caribbean."

"If you don't take over the fourth part, then this series may end completely."

"Daniel, you don't want the super IP you spent countless efforts to create to end so hastily, right?"

"Stay, we will continue to make the fourth part."

"As long as you are here, even if Depp does not choose to return for the fourth part, we can start over. Without Depp, we can shoot another Pirates of the Caribbean story and let him take over Depp and start a new journey!"

"As long as you are here, I believe that the Pirates of the Caribbean series will not end!"

As the founding director of this series, Wu Yuan is indeed prestigious in the hearts of Pirates of the Caribbean fans, although Depp is more popular and is the real soul of this series.

But as long as Wu Yuan is still there, even if Depp does not act in the end, with Wu Yuan's "stabilizing force" effect, at least half of the fans can stay and continue to support this series.

Maybe it is impossible to achieve a good result of more than 1 billion US dollars in global box office, but there is still hope for 300 to 400 million US dollars.

This is at least better than Depp and Wu Yuan both leaving and letting this series be destroyed directly, right?

Disney is trying to get Depp to stay, while Jerry is trying to get Wu Yuan.

As long as one of the two can be won, the subsequent sequels will have confidence.

However, Wu Yuan is really not interested in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4". This series has brought him enough popularity and fame, and also sent him into the billion-dollar box office club.

If he continues to stay in this series, it will be impossible to make a box office performance that breaks through the second part. There are only disadvantages and no benefits for him.

The right thing to do is to retreat while the tide is high.

"Jerry, I'm sorry, I have already made plans for movies next year and the year after, and I really don't have time to take over "Pirates of the Caribbean 4"."

Wu Yuan spread his hands: "You know, I made this decision since last year and planned my career for the next few years."

"You'd better find someone else."

"Hollywood brings together the best commercial film directors in the world. I believe Disney will find a better director than me to take over this series."

"If there is a chance in the future, let's work together again."