Chapter 644: The Martian Premiere

July 20, Los Angeles, sunny and cloudless.

The Chinese Theater in the core area of ​​Los Angeles Avenue of Stars has been rented by the crew of "The Martian".

Today, a grand premiere will be held again.

Many guests have already arrived in advance, accepting media interviews or taking photos under the spotlight.

There is no doubt that most of them are invited by Disney.

The guests invited by Wu Yuan himself only account for a small proportion, mainly Hollywood actors who have worked with him before.

For example, Chris Evans, who has now become the captain of the hips,

"Hey, Chris, I haven't seen you for many years." After hugging the captain of the hips with a smile, Wu Yuan pinched his biceps without hesitation and said with emotion: "Your figure now is like two different people back then."

In the first movie "Juno" that Wu Yuan shot in Hollywood, Chris Evans was the actor of the male protagonist.

At that time, although he had debuted for a year or two, he was still very green.

At that time, his figure was just like that of an ordinary person, even a little thin, unlike now, he is a completely muscular man with a perky butt.

It can only be said that time really changes many things.

Looking at the burly Captain America in front of him, Wu Yuan was particularly moved and couldn't help but talk to him about Marvel: "Chris, if nothing goes wrong, I will also join your Marvel Universe."

"Really?" Chris Evans asked in surprise: "Are you going to be the director of Marvel's new movie?"

"I think it will be an honor for Marvel."

As one of the current leading actresses in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Evans is of course sitting on the side of Marvel.

In his opinion, it is great that Marvel can invite this director to join the Marvel Universe.

Historically, this kind of commercial popcorn movie, especially superhero movies, has been difficult to attract truly top directors to join.

Just like Japan's real-life special effects TV series can only find some second- and third-rate small directors.

Any director who has a little bit of ambition is unwilling to shoot such a stereotyped and clichéd superhero movie, thinking that it is a waste of life.

Especially for top directors, the pay offered by film companies such as Marvel and DC cannot impress them.

Which top director will lack projects?

Is it necessary to shoot a superhero movie like yours at the bottom of the contempt chain?

So, when Chris Evans heard that Wu Yuan was going to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, his first thought was surprise, and his second thought was incomprehensible.

"Is it the next "Avengers 2"?"

"But I heard that this movie will still be directed by Joss Whedon."

"He did a good job in the first one. Isn't Marvel very satisfied with him?"

"Yes." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Joss Whedon did a good job, so I am not here to replace him in the "Avengers" series."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will take over a new superhero."

Yes, Wu Yuan joining Marvel and becoming the director of the "Doctor Strange" series is basically a done deal.

In the past long period of time, Marvel did not give up recruiting Wu Yuan, especially when Disney contacted Wu Yuan on their behalf, and was not directly rejected by Wu Yuan, Marvel took this matter more seriously.

After almost half a year of talks, Wu Yuan agreed in principle to direct "Doctor Strange" and will sign two intention contracts with Marvel later.

At present, Marvel's plan for "Doctor Strange" is to have at least two independent personal movies, and will participate in the story of "Avengers 3".

So if they want to talk, they have to talk to Wu Yuan about cooperation in two films.

And the salary was also opened to the top salary, 25 million salary + 8% box office share.

This is the limit that Marvel can give. The salary is okay, which is considered the normal price for top directors to take on external dramas, but this 8% box office share is higher than Robert Downey Jr.

In "Avengers 1", all the superheroes of the Avengers only shared 8% of the box office share, of which Robert Downey Jr. alone accounted for half.

Wu Yuan can get 8% alone in the "Doctor Strange" series!

The price is that the male lead of "Doctor Strange" will not enjoy the box office share treatment, but can only get the film salary.

So when casting for "Doctor Strange" in the future, it is unlikely to find Hollywood superstars to play the leading roles, and even first-line actors are unrealistic.

But this is not a problem for Marvel at all.

In fact, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has never found a first-line superstar to play the leading role in these years.

Before Robert Downey Jr. played Iron Man, his popularity had already dropped to a third-rate level, and he was plagued by scandals.

Chris Evans had just experienced the failure of "Fantastic Four" and was not even considered a second-line actor in Hollywood.

Let alone Thor and Hulk.

On the contrary, several actresses, whether it is Black Widow Scarlett Johansson or Pepper Potts Gwyneth Paltrow, are first-line actresses in Hollywood, and the latter is an Oscar winner.

But in Hollywood, the pay is different for the same work. Actresses are paid only half of what male actors are paid, and sometimes even less than half, so it doesn’t cost much to hire a few first-line actresses.

Moreover, it is not a problem for Doctor Strange not to hire actors who can share the box office revenue.

Wu Yuan knew very well that Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor who played the leading role in the original Doctor Strange, performed well enough in the movie. Both movie fans and fans of the original comics recognized his image.

Because his appearance was very similar to the original Doctor Strange in the comics, the director team found him according to the comic image, and the degree of restoration was very high.

But Benedict Cumberbatch is not a first-line star in Hollywood.

Not only is he British, but he also started to emerge in 2010 with the TV series "Charlotte Detective" and became famous.

His acting skills are great, and many British and Hollywood works he has played have won him the Best Actor trophy and recognized evaluations.

But his popularity and commercial value are really not high, and his salary is not much.

Even his salary in the movie "Doctor Strange" was only 6.5 million US dollars, not even a fraction of Robert Downey Jr., not to mention wanting to share the box office.

So whether it is Wu Yuan who knows about this, or Marvel who has not yet started looking for actors, they are not worried about Wu Yuan getting a high salary.

The actor of this movie is destined to be a good actor with good value for money!

"Hey, what are you guys secretly chatting about here?"

"The premiere is about to start."

At this time, Scarlett Johansson, wearing a sexy dress and dyed orange hair, walked over from not far away and looked at Wu Yuan and Chris Evans curiously.

"Come, Mr. Director, you should go in and give your premiere speech!" (End of this chapter)