Chapter 1054 Audition for Yourself? The Worst Version of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Is Out!

"Downey? I'm very curious. Have you been in bed these days? Why do you look so weak? Has your body been drained?"

On the first day of the reshoot of "Avengers 3", Chen Fei discovered that something was wrong with Robert Downey Jr.

This guy looked soft all over, as if he was weak and exhausted, as if he was being supplemented by a female ghost.

"Fei, I'm sorry, I may have caught a cold, so I'm not in a very good condition..."

Robert Downey Jr. said lame excuses, but he was still thinking about those days on the island.

It's not an exaggeration to say that when he was enjoying those days of luxury, he wouldn't change even if he was given the presidency!

He even thought about spending the rest of his life on that island in a drunken stupor, but unfortunately, when the time came, the security personnel pulled him out of bed and sent him out of the island.

This is why he was so tired.

Those days of drunkenness and dreaming had already completely drained his body!

Although he took a lot of supplements, how could he make up for it in a short time?

Chen Fei looked at him carefully, and finally didn't say much, just asked him to pay more attention to rest and recover as soon as possible.

Now that the filming has come to the final stage, he doesn't want to cause an emergency in the filming because of a certain actor's personal problem.

"Boss, do you need me to arrange someone to investigate?"

After the filming work in the morning, the assistant who had been accompanying the crew came over and asked in a low voice.

Hearing this, Chen Fei turned his head to look at Robert Downey Jr., who was eating a box lunch with deep eye sockets and weakly.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded slowly: "Go and ask about it. After the filming of "Avengers 3", there will be "Avengers 4". The 'Iron Man' he plays is one of the protagonists, and nothing can happen."

"Okay, Boss."

The assistant responded and left the crew very low-key.

And at this moment, Natasha called again.

"Fei, Disney sent an invitation to the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" tomorrow morning. Are you going to attend?"

"You go, I can't leave here."

"Oh, okay."

Since his divorce from Amber Heard, Depp has been having a hard time.

The main reason is that he was accused of "domestic violence against his wife", which is a very unbearable behavior in Hollywood.

Because of this incident, a large number of fans who like him left him.

In addition, this guy has a very bad temper because of smoking leaves for many years, so almost no company is willing to cooperate with him.

And this "Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales" is likely to be his last chance.

If the box office can be a big hit, then he can still walk sideways like a crab in Hollywood, and other film and television companies can tolerate his weird temper for high profits.

But if he messes up this movie, then his acting career is probably over.

At least the role of the male lead will definitely! Absolutely! Absolutely never fall on him again.

Just like Matt Damon now, because of the mess of "The Great Wall", he has been resting for several months and has not found a suitable film project.

Big productions don't want him at all, for fear of being affected by his bad luck.

…

“This morning, the costume fantasy comedy film “Detective Pu Songling” starring Chen Long, Ruan Jingtian, Zhong Chuxi, Qiao Shan, Pan Changjiang, Yuan Qiongdan and others held a start-up ceremony at Pu Songling’s former residence in Zibo City and officially started filming.”

““Detective Pu Songling” is based on the ancient masterpiece “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio”, telling the story of Pu Songling’s love-hate entanglement between humans and monsters in the process of catching monsters and solving cases, and finally witnessing the death of both sides for love.”

“The film is produced by iQiyi Pictures, with an investment of 350 million yuan. It is Chen Long’s first major film after winning the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award;

This time, he changed his image of a hot-blooded tough guy in “Detective Pu Songling” and played a generation of literary masters. This is also his first fantasy costume film.”

After a day of filming for “Avengers 3”, it was already the morning of the 20th in China.

Chen Fei opened Weibo and saw that Chen Long’s new movie had started filming.

"Detective Pu Songling?"

He frowned slightly, and some memories of this movie emerged in his mind.

I vaguely remember that this movie seemed to be released during the Spring Festival of a certain year, but it did not cause much waves.

Obviously, this is another mediocre "blockbuster".

After shaking his head and getting rid of all the chaotic thoughts in his mind, he came to the study again and started to work on "Where the Wind Goes" by night.

At the same time, in China, the "Sito" project team.

Since "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" and "King Kong: Skull Island" were successively offline, Jing Tian plunged into the preparation work of "Sito", following up every detail.

This is the first project after the establishment of her studio, and it is also the first major female lead project in cooperation with Feiyue Film and Television. She attaches great importance to it!

After nearly three months of preparation, under her full follow-up, the crew made more than 80 sets of costumes, including cheongsam, cloaks, Hanfu, windbreakers, etc.

Her goal was simple, that is, to change a set of clothes for each scene, and to make sure to reflect the heroine and unattainable image of the character "Si Teng"!

Now, all the costumes are finally ready, so it's time to start the follow-up work.

"How is the progress of the filming team?"

Listening to the question of her boss, the assistant quickly responded: "The filming team has already run through Yunnan, Dali, Shangri-La, Xishuangbanna and other places, and all the filming locations have been confirmed."

"What about the casting team? Have the actors been confirmed?"

"Yes, they have been confirmed."

Speaking of this, the assistant suddenly showed an irrepressible smile at the corner of his mouth.

"What? Is there anything fun?" Jing Tian asked curiously.

The assistant covered his mouth and smiled: "Director Li Muge has been unable to find a suitable actor to play the role of 'Platinum', so he is ready to do it himself, and he also tried a scene for himself to confirm that he can play this role well."

"???"

Jing Tian was confused.

Trying for yourself?

Cast yourself?

What kind of abstract style is this?

…

"Boss, something very strange happened."

On a new day, Chen Fei just arrived at the crew and ran into his assistant who rushed back from outside.

"It's a very strange thing, how strange is it? Did the Pentagon discover another UFO? Or did someone take a photo of Chinese astronauts bullying aliens on the moon?"

"No, no, no, none of them." The assistant shook his head, lowered his voice, and said very seriously: "According to the information we got, Robert Downey Jr. did not go home during the rest days, but got on a yacht and disappeared for a full three days."

"On a yacht? On vacation?"

"I don't know, there was no subsequent news. I only know that he came back on the yacht on the fourth day. No one knows where he went and what he did during these three days."

Hearing this, Chen Fei vaguely felt that something was wrong, but for a while he couldn't catch the key information in his mind.

"Keep watching him, don't let him get into trouble, if there is any new situation, remember to notify me as soon as possible."

"Okay, Boss."

Perhaps because of the good rest, Robert Downey Jr. is in a pretty good state today, and the filming is going quite smoothly.

It's just that the makeup artist is more tired.

In order to cover the dark circles under his eyes and the haggard face, a lot of concealer was wasted.

Time quickly came to noon.

While eating, Chen Fei received another call from Natasha.

However, as soon as the call was connected, a rather speechless complaint came from the other side:

"I can guarantee it! This is the worst movie in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. The humor in the lines is very vulgar, and the CG effect made at a cost of 230 million US dollars only makes the picture clearer.

What's worse is that the film is full of blood and violence, and it can no longer be seen that the inspiration comes from amusement facilities. The plot is monotonous and boring, and there is even gender discrimination..."

In the following time, Chen Fei listened to Natasha's complaints about the movie for a full ten minutes!

From the plot to the acting, to the CG effects and the "old" new elements... there are flaws everywhere, and there are very few excellent ones!

When hearing this, Chen Fei was already mourning for the "captain".

Perhaps Natasha's complaints contained a lot of personal emotions, but as a professional filmmaker, when she said these words, it meant that "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" could no longer be compared with other previous Pirates of the Caribbean series of movies.

"I am so disappointed with this movie!"

When the last sentence was said, you can clearly hear a long sigh from the other end of the phone.

Chen Fei shrugged: "Isn't this what you want to see?"

Although it has been almost 10 years, Chen Fei still remembers that Natasha "hated" Disney at that time.

Because her partner was poached by Disney, Walton Pictures almost closed down and went bankrupt.

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In the end, if Chen Fei hadn't come to help, it is estimated that there would be no Walton Pictures in Hollywood now.

As for Natasha... her ending is likely to be to inherit the Walton family's billion-dollar fortune, right?

"Uh-huh, that guy has been fired by Disney and now he's gone to Ukraine."

Natasha smiled softly, revealing a piece of news that surprised Chen Fei.

"Oh? When did this happen?"

"In early 2015, a major mistake occurred in the project he was responsible for, so he was fired. After leaving Disney, there was no place for him in Hollywood."

Hearing this, Chen Fei muttered in his heart: You can offend anyone but not a woman, this end is really miserable!

However, the next second, he was stunned by Natasha's words!

"After that guy ran to Ukraine, he seemed to have joined a '95 Block Studio' and produced a political satire comedy called "The People's Servant."

"What the hell?!" Chen Fei was stunned on the spot: "The People's Servant? Is it the comedy starring Ukrainian actor Zelensky?"

"Zelensky?" Natasha thought about it for a moment and replied, "It seems so."

"..."

After being silent for a long time, Chen Fei was stunned and couldn't say anything.

Damn it, do you want it to be so dramatic?

This world is simply too outrageous! Why can such a coincidence happen?

"Fei, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I have to continue working. Let's talk when we have time..."

After saying that, Chen Fei hung up the phone.

He had to take a nap first to get this outrageous thing out of his head.

~

22, 23, 24... four consecutive days flew by.

On the afternoon of the 25th, after finishing the day's shooting work, Chen Fei rushed to the airport again and got on the plane to Cannes.

After the 70th anniversary celebration, the awards ceremony at the Cannes International Film Festival will be held in two days, so he plans to attend the awards ceremony before returning to film the remaining scenes of "Avengers 3".

At the same time, domestically, several new pieces of film and television information also made their debut and landed on Weibo's hot search list.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, an action, comedy, and fantasy film produced by Disney Pictures and starring Johnny Depp, was officially launched in domestic theaters early yesterday morning. On the first day of release, the film's comprehensive screening rate was as high as 57.7%!”

"The comedy and love-themed movie "Like You", co-produced by Alibaba Pictures and Jiaying Pictures, directed by Xu Hongyu, starring Jin Chengwu, Zhou Dongyu, Sun Yizhou and others, was officially launched today, with a total box office of 210 million yuan. "

"Many films released during the May Day period, such as "Chunjiao Zhiming", "Memory Master", and "The Bomb Disposal Expert" have all been canceled due to exhaustion of their box office potential. The cumulative box office totals are 175 million, 292 million, and 292 million respectively. 405 million.”

"The May Day schedule has officially ended today, and what will be coming next are "Wonder Woman", "The Mummy", "Alien: Covenant", "Transformers 5: The Last Knight" and many other imported Hollywood blockbusters! "

"The movie "Love Apartment", directed by Wei Zheng and written by Wang Yuan, starring Chen He, Yuan Hong, Liu Tianzuo, Zhao Zhiwei, Lou Yixiao, Deng Jiajia, Sun Yizhou, Li Jiahang, Li Jinming, and Zhang Shuangli, officially announced its launch today. "

May is coming to an end, June is coming, and the summer vacation is just around the corner...

However, the entire film industry is still in a state of mourning.

Counting "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", there are as many as 5 imported Hollywood blockbusters to be released in June!

Ta Ma is not a blockbuster with an investment of only 100 or 200 million yuan. If you pick up a movie, the total investment will never be less than 200 million US dollars!

Let me ask, how do a bunch of low-cost movies compare with imported blockbusters that cost more than 200 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to more than 1 billion yuan in RMB?

It is true that the plots of imported films are quite naive, with almost no connotation or depth.

But the key problem is that this is the type that the audience likes!

After a busy week, the weekend is finally here. Who doesn’t want to go to the cinema to watch a hearty Hollywood blockbuster and get a lot of pleasure?

And those movies with connotation and depth are usually not the target of everyone's choice.

Unless the quality is exceptionally high, who will watch it?

As for those domestic 50-cent special effects movies, they are not within the scope of everyone's choice.

Based on this, if nothing else goes wrong, the upcoming June will probably be another period when Hollywood’s imported blockbusters are killing off!

…

After a night, the time came to May 26th.

Starting at 4 p.m., under the arrangement of the organizers of the Cannes International Film Festival, Chen Fei has been in the "Golden Palm Director Lineup".

For this anniversary, Cannes has put in a lot of effort.

In addition to Chen Fei, a two-time Palme d'Or winner, the organizers also invited a whopping 14 other Palme d'Or winners!

Jane Campion, Polanski, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Chen Kaige, Haneke, Lelouch, Mongi...

Looking around, these are all top directors who are famous internationally!

Although many of them are already gray-haired, they have all made outstanding contributions to the global film industry.

While waiting, Chen Fei also noticed a very interesting situation.

Chen Kaige, who won the Palme d'Or for "Farewell My Concubine," and Jane Campion, who won the Palme d'Or for "The Piano Lesson," had no communication at all.

You know, both of them won the Palme d'Or in 1993, which is considered the most famous double yolk award in the history of the Cannes International Film Festival.

Now, judging from the lack of communication between the two, it seems that both of them are dissatisfied with the fact that the other party received the award on the same stage as themselves.

After all, once the double yolk operation came out, the gold content of Palme d'Or naturally dropped a lot.

After waiting until 6:30, it was finally time for the Palme d'Or winners to walk on the red carpet.

Looking at it, although Chen Fei is the youngest, his qualifications are much higher than others. After all, he is a Grand Slam director with three European awards!

Based on this, he is undoubtedly in the front row.

"Kakaka!"

Looking around, the flashlights on both sides of the red carpet were about to flash and explode!

"What a guy! So many great Palme d'Or directors?! The Cannes Film Festival has put in a lot of effort this time!"

"Tsk tsk, Director Chen really stands out in the crowd, handsome and young, his future is truly limitless! The others are all old..."

"After the celebration tonight, Director Chen's popularity will probably reach a new level."

"If he can also take back this year's Palme d'Or, wow, that would be awesome!"

"Hundreds of celebrities from home and abroad, dozens of world-famous directors, and the French Minister of Culture personally presided over the celebration. Tsk tsk, I'm afraid the closing ceremony in two days will not be so grand?"

"I heard that this year there will be a special Palme d'Or trophy, which is a unique limited edition. I don't know what it looks like?"

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