Chapter 666 Another Invitation to Film?

"So, this is the cast you decided on?"

"Peng Yuchang, Liu Yifei, Yuan Hong, Zhu Yawen, Jinsha, Chen Daoming, Sun Honglei?"

With a snap, a list of actors was slapped on the table.

Li Xiaoping, who had never been angry in front of Wu Yuan, said with a frown: "These are the only ones?"

"Why not choose more famous actors?"

"It's not like the company can't afford it!"

"I think it would be great to find Tony Leung Chiu-wai to play the villain. He played Mr. Yi in "Lust, Caution" and he was sinister and cunning! It fits the character setting of this villain very well!"

"Why did you think of finding Sun Honglei?"

"He hasn't acted in a movie for many years, right?"

"No, he hasn't acted in many movies!"

Wu Yuan spread his hands helplessly, He interrupted Li Xiaoping's complaints: "But Brother Honglei is recognized as a bad guy, and his face is fierce when he is not tense, but it reveals a sense of sinisterness and cunning when he is tense."

"Most importantly, he is tall and strong, which is in line with the character setting. Liang Chaowei is too thin. I can hardly imagine him turning into a muscular man and fighting 1V5 in the movie."

"Besides, who said I don't use big-name actors?"

Wu Yuan pointed to the last line of the cast: "I also planned to invite Liu Dehua!"

It would be fine if he didn't mention this, but once Li Xiaoping got angry again: "But you only invited him to play a cameo role!"

"This is the role of the curator, there are not many scenes in total!"

"This is Liu Dehua, you invited him to play in your movie, but he is not the protagonist, not even an important supporting role!"

"Huh." Looking at the somewhat excited Li Xiaoping, Wu Yuan was surprised and asked belatedly: "Could it be that you are a fan of Liu Dehua?"

"Speaking of which, your age is indeed his fan age."

"But I really think Liu Dehua is suitable for this role, this is a It's a story about young people's adventures, so the main characters must be young talents. "

"In fact, I dislike Yuan Hong and Zhu Yawen because they are too old."

"If Xixi hadn't been confirmed to play the leading role, I would have wanted to find a young person in her 17s or 18s for the leading role."

"The Dilireba that the company just signed is not bad. She looks very exotic and her image in Oasis will definitely be very charming."

"It's a pity that Xixi was confirmed first."

Well, this time Li Xiaoping really couldn't hold it in anymore and sighed with a black face.

He was not even satisfied with Liu Yifei as the leading actress, so what else could Li Xiaoping say?

"I understand. I will notify these actors." She nodded.

Wu Yuan was satisfied, and then he remembered another thing and asked, "Speaking of which, how is the preparation for Yimou's "The Great Wall" going?"

"Liu Dehua can play the male lead in "The Great Wall", this movie is suitable for him!"

After parting ways with Zhang Weiping, Zhang Yimou turned to cooperate with Light and Shadow Times. Not only did the artist contracts of his studio transfer to Light and Shadow Times, he also cooperated with Light and Shadow Times to open a new personal studio.

This time it is a real personal studio, and no more actors are signed.

In fact, if it were not for Zhang Weiping's strong request, Zhang Yimou would not like to sign actors to do artist management business, and the actors who signed into Zhang Yimou's personal studio were completely in a state of no one asking and no one managing.

On the contrary, now these actors have transferred to Light and Shadow Times, Zhang Yimou is very satisfied, the company is very satisfied, and these actors who have professional agents to plan their work are also very satisfied, and everyone is happy!

After Zhang Yimou cooperated with Light and Shadow Times, Wu Yuan immediately took out the project of "The Great Wall".

As I said before, it would be better for Guangying Times to make "The Great Wall" by itself rather than letting Legendary Pictures make this co-production. At least Wu Yuan will not restrict Zhang Yimou's creation.

In fact, the script of "The Great Wall" that Zhang Yimou can write is indeed better, because there is no white man from Rome who came to the East to steal gunpowder in this script.

Zhang Yimou's version of "The Great Wall" is a commercial monster-fighting movie with a simple and direct plot.

Simple and direct, this word is not a derogatory word in the field of commercial popcorn movies.

Compared with the outrageous plot of "The Great Wall" that steals gunpowder with an anticlimactic beginning and a whimper, and then is called to stay to resist the monster, and even the foreign male protagonist later follows the Chinese into the palace, Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall" story is very simple, it is an offensive and defensive battle in an imaginary ancient Chinese fantasy world.

The monster that feeds on humans, Taotie, will gather in human territory every sixty years to find food. The purpose of the human army defending the territory to build the Great Wall is also to resist the invasion of monsters.

The story begins when another sixty-year period arrives, and the shadowless army defending the Great Wall will face an extremely brutal war...

The story is very simple, almost as simple as "Pacific Rim". Anyway, monsters appear, and then humans fight monsters, various fierce battles, and finally defeat the monsters and protect human civilization.

There is no need to insert any foreign mercenaries who came to China to find black gunpowder to make a fortune.

In fact, the original story of "The Great Wall" will not be affected at all if these foreign mercenaries are removed, but it will make the story smoother.

This actually also shows that this plot of foreign mercenaries was forced to be added by Legend, after all, it will be released worldwide and it is a Sino-US co-production.

After giving up the so-called "global release" in this life, Zhang Yimou made his own decision, and the pure popcorn monster movie "The Great Wall" was surprisingly good.

In other words, if a top director like Zhang Yimou makes a commercial monster movie, even if it is his first time, it will not be too bad.

After reading the script, Wu Yuan was actually very concerned about when the film would start production.

China also needs such a monster movie of its own. We can't rely on "Godzilla" and "Pacific Rim" and "Dragon Wars" across the sea every year, right?

"The Great Wall" has been approved, but this is the first time that Director Zhang Yimou has made such a monster special effects movie. Everything is in the exploratory stage. The early preparations will be slow. It is estimated that it will start in the second half of next year." Li Xiaoping explained.

Wu Yuan nodded in understanding. He is a 70-year-old man, and it is his first time to make a special effects blockbuster. He should indeed proceed cautiously. I understand!

He was about to say something else, when suddenly, the mobile phone that had been quietly placed on the table rang.

Without looking at who the caller was, Wu Yuan picked up the phone casually, and then spoke in pleasant English.

"Hey, Director Daniel, I'm the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival. I'm sorry to call you. Do you have any plans for a movie this year or next? We at the Berlin Film Festival sincerely invite you..."

Before the other end of the phone finished speaking, Wu Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, another invitation to film! (End of this chapter)