Chapter 27 What's the Next Movie?

In Wu Yuan's courtyard in Beijing.

It has been a week since Wu Yuan returned to China, and the box office momentum of "The Night the Comet Came" is about to end.

Indeed, as Han Sanye and Wu Yuan speculated, the stamina of this movie is very average.

After the box office broke 15 million, it didn't rise much. The box office was only tens of thousands a day. It is estimated that it is unlikely that the final box office will break 20 million.

However, Wu Yuan is very satisfied with this result.

It is now 2000.

Being able to direct a movie with a box office of over 10 million in the mainland is enough to be promoted to a first-line director.

Even the old men who hold the right to speak in the film industry in China look down on commercial films and do not have a high opinion of Wu Yuan.

Just like Director Feng has made movies with a box office of more than 30 million for three consecutive years, he is still not accepted by the old men, and he is criticized every day, and the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards do not give him any awards.

Now is still an era where film art is supreme, and only those who can win awards abroad are powerful directors.

Just knowing how to sell box office is a speculator covered with the smell of money, and he does not understand film art at all!

Wu Yuan doesn't care about such comments.

He knows the situation of China, and also knows what kind of character those old men who have the right to speak in Chinese films are.

But who told him that he is short of money now? He can't pursue art awards for the time being. Those old men don't like him now.

After two years, after this difficult start-up period, he will also charge towards the three major European awards!

It's not to cater to those old men who can't keep up with the times but have the right to speak in the industry, but to satisfy his own pursuit of honor!

As long as you are a director, there is no one who doesn't want to get the Palme d'Or, the Golden Bear and the Golden Lion!

Wu Yuan certainly hopes that he can get the three domestic golds and the three European golds!

It's just that things have priorities!

Doesn't Director Feng want to win the three European awards and the three Chinese golds?

Director Feng, who just criticized the Golden Rooster for not giving him the award this year, doesn't look like he doesn't like to win awards at all!

In the main house, an old-fashioned tape recorder leaning against the wall was humming and reading the tape.

The title song "Stillness" from the first album of Huaer Band was playing clearly in the two large speakers of the recorder.

"Loneliness surrounds the TV, dying and persisting, disappearing at 2:30."

"I wish someone would accompany me to spend the end of the world..."

It is indeed 2:30 in the middle of the night.

Wu Yuan hummed along with the music vaguely, while looking at the computer screen with a sad face.

"The song is pretty good." Wu Yuan muttered to himself.

The lead singer of Huaer Band is one year younger than him. He debuted in 1999. His debut album swept the rock circle in Beijing and was praised to the sky. He was hailed as the future of Chinese punk rock.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan cheered up again and worked hard on the computer.

He is writing a script.

A script for Fox Searchlight!

Professor Xie has been talking about "bringing glory to the country", so Wu Yuan has to take it seriously to go to Hollywood to make money. Ahem, to bring glory to the country.

Since we have to bring glory to the country, some scripts that are only for making quick money are not suitable.

For example, the "Saw" series is really a hit, and it is indeed a low-cost counterattack.

But this series is really not good, a complete cult movie, with no other selling points except blood and horror.

Making this movie, or even making it into a series, does make money, but it will also make Wu Yuan labeled as a "cult" movie when he debuts in Hollywood.

Hollywood directors also have a contempt chain!

It just so happens that cult film directors are at the bottom of the contempt chain, just better than directors who make movies with a DV, can't even be shown in theaters, and directly release DVDs.

It's not easy for him, a Chinese director, to get along in Hollywood, and it's too low-end to be labeled as a "cult film director" when he debuts.

Although Wu Yuan does not plan to develop in Hollywood for a long time, he still has to save face!

Not to mention winning an Oscar for Best Director before returning to China, at least he should make a good name in Hollywood before returning with momentum, right?

Otherwise, when people ask you what movie you went to Hollywood to shoot, how will you answer?

It is better to save "Saw" for future investment and production, and there is no need to direct it personally.

Wu Yuan set his sights on the movies that he had seen in his dream, which were produced and invested by Fox Searchlight.

Since Fox Searchlight in his dream would choose these movies, it makes no sense for Fox Searchlight to refuse the scripts of these movies when he takes them out now!

And although Fox Searchlight is a company that focuses on low-cost film production and distribution, it has also made many dark horse movies.

It has even made movies with a global box office of over 100 million!

The first movie that Wu Yuan thought of was "Little Miss Sunshine"!

The process of the birth of this movie was extremely difficult.

When the film was being prepared, no one was willing to invest. After much difficulty in getting investment, the production company felt that the script was too bland and could not be sold at a high price, so they withdrew the investment.

After nearly five years of back and forth, a production company finally made the film, but no distribution company was willing to take it over, as they were not optimistic about the film's success.

In the end, it was Fox Searchlight that bought out the film's distribution rights for $10 million, setting a new record for the price of independent film copyrights.

Then this movie created a box office of 100 million US dollars for Fox Searchlight!

And this movie was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Best Picture at the Oscars!

It can be said that it has both good reputation and box office, and it is both popular and popular!

This is undoubtedly a movie that is very suitable for Wu Yuan.

It’s a pity that the script of this movie should have been written by now.

In the dream, this movie was filmed in 2005 and released in 2006. Before filming, the script of this movie was shelved for five years due to lack of investment, which means that it was written around 2000.

Wu Yuan does not want to fight a plagiarism lawsuit in Hollywood. Regardless of whether the lawsuit can be won in the end, his reputation has been ruined.

"Little Miss Sunshine" has been excluded, and there are only three movies produced by Fox Searchlight that have box office of over 100 million.

They are "Black Swan", "Juno" and "Slumdog Millionaire".

"Black Swan" tells the story of a ballet dancer. If you want to shoot this movie, it will take half a year or even a year for the actor training alone, which is a waste of time for Wu Yuan.

"Slumdog Millionaire" is a story set in India, which is completely unrelated to Wu Yuan, a Chinese director. Moreover, it has to be filmed in India, which is too troublesome.

Then, there is only one choice left for Wu Yuan.

"Juno"!

Produced and distributed by Fox Searchlight.

Released on September 8, 2007, it grossed $143.49 million in North America and $231.41 million worldwide!

It was nominated and won a lot of awards in the Oscar Outpost Awards, and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and finally won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay!

There is no doubt that this is a better movie than "Little Miss Sunshine", both in terms of word of mouth and box office!

Is there a better choice than this?

Why mention the movie "Little Miss Sunshine".

Smart readers should have thought of it.