From the beginning of Universal's buyout of the follow-up rights to the "Fast and Furious" series, the relevant sequels began to be planned, and Universal Pictures filmed the first and second parts of "Fast and Furious".

In the past "Tokyo Drift", not to mention the withdrawal of the original main actors such as Paul Walker, it was a big failure to simply set the story in Tokyo.

This type of commercial film, set in Canada, Latin America, Europe, and even Australia, is actually much better than in Tokyo.

After all, the first two films alone are not Hollywood's top commercial productions that have been racing all over the world.

Globalization has also been achieved step by step with the good foundation laid in front of us.

Looking at the global film market in this era, drag racing movies can still be regarded as a subject with a not very wide audience.

This series was able to become so popular later, one is the result of the accumulation of multiple sequels, and the other reason is that everyone must understand it.

Shahai Entertainment embraced the series, starting with "Fast and Furious 3", which has grossed $181.25 million at the North American box office since its release in August.

As many people know, this kind of pure popcorn movie, without the blessing of special factors, it is difficult to maintain the popularity for too long, and Embassy Pictures expects that the final North American box office of "Fast and Furious 3" will be difficult to exceed 200 million US dollars, and the landing point may be around 190 million US dollars.

However, the film's overseas box office has easily crossed $150 million, and there are still many markets that have not yet been released, and there is still huge room for growth at the box office.

The global box office of "Fast and Furious 3" is very likely to reach the level of $400 million in the end.

This determines that "Fast and Furious 4" will not only be on the agenda, but will also further increase investment, and the investment in the fifth part will be as high as 130 million US dollars.

In today's Hollywood, this can be regarded as crossing the threshold of first-line commercial productions.

The press conference was officially held, thanks to the increasing influence of Relativity Entertainment, even if it was just a film project press conference, hundreds of reporters were still present.

Out of the importance of the "Fast and Furious" series, Ronan appeared in person and was the first to speak.

"As the highest-grossing racing theme in the history of cinema, Fast and Furious is enough to appeal to young audiences in every way. From an investor's point of view, Ronan certainly has to blow his own films, and a boss who can't blow his own films is never a qualified producer: "Especially when the series is in its fourth installment, all the characters will rush out of North America, and the sound of drag racing motors will sound overseas." ”

Driven by some media reporters who have in-depth cooperative relations with Relativity Entertainment, the press conference resounded with extremely warm applause.

The atmosphere is also very important at the press conference, and it is the norm to install people to drive the atmosphere.

After Ronan, Jessica Felton, who was the direct leader of the project, took over the microphone.

Although she is wearing a women's professional suit, and in recent years, she has been reducing breast fat through professional yoga training, but Jessica Felton still attracts the lens of all reporters as soon as she appears, with her delicate face and fiery figure.

The flashing lights that kept coming on one after another had made Jessica Felton unable to speak for the time being.

The two heroines, Jordana Brewster and Gianna Quan, who participated in the press conference, were completely crushed by the producers in terms of appearance and temperament.

Jessica Filton had to make a downward gesture, and the cameras and camcorders in the hands of the reporters fell silent.

"As a producer, I wanted to make Fast & Furious 4 a high point in the series, and we wanted the film to be the highest in the series in every aspect, such as the length of the car chase, the complexity of the relationships between the characters, and even the cost of production. ”

The reporter quieted down, and Jessica Felton talked generously: "I have full confidence in this film, because the "Fast and Furious Series" is more recognized by the audience than the other, this is a movie series that has been going up, and then to the 4th part, we need to make a phased summary of the entire series, so many ideas that I wanted to use before but did not put into the movie for various reasons, as long as they are worth operating, will be played in "Fast and Furious 4". ”

Jessica Filton stopped in moderation and quickly handed the microphone into the hands of Justin Lin, who continued to work as a director.

The success of "Fast and Furious 3" has also effectively enhanced Justin Lin's self-confidence: "The script of "Fast and Furious 4" has been completed, the plot will develop along the timeline of the entire story, and the whole movie will not stiffly blend the previous stories together, and will use a relatively most reasonable layout to put the characters into it." And we've kept many of the set's features, such as the fact that we're going to move to a different city this time. ”

Speaking of this, he laughed: "Rio de Janeiro is the city we set for the first half of the year, it is a place where the old and the new culture collide, the architectural style has its own characteristics, and this time the audience can see one of our most thrilling racing adventures on the big screen!"

Relativity Entertainment went to Brazil to shoot and received a positive response from Rio de Janeiro, who not only provided certain tax rebates, but also agreed that all the drag racing scenes of the crew would be filmed on the streets, and would allow the Rio police to provide all-round support.

The latter point is especially rare, in the world's famous big cities, there are not many people who really dare to let the crew shoot all the live scenes.

After Justin Lin, several leading actors also talked about their prospects for the new film.

The crew still invited actors of multiple ethnicities to join in order to do more in the minority market.

As one of the leading actors, Dwayne Johnson is himself a black mixed-race, and according to the ethnic division of most parts of the United States, Dwayne Johnson is to be classified as black.

The two main characters are dubbed in black and white, including the two largest audience groups in the Western film market.

Dwayne Johnson looks like a muscle, but he actually has a talent for comedy: "The director said to me at the beginning, it's not an easy job, you have to be ready, I said to the director, I learned it a few years ago, just let it go!"

Embassy Pictures has done market research for the third part, and among all the characters, Dwayne Johnson's popularity has somewhat surpassed Paul Walker's trend.

Presumably, Dwayne Johnson, a muscular and funny type, is also suitable for the appetite of more audiences.

Shortly after the press conference, the crew, led by Jessica Filton and Justin Lin, will leave for Rio de Janeiro to do the relevant filming preparations.

After the press conference, Ronan walked out of the press room with Jessica Felton and said as she walked: "Jesse, I just want to remind you that Fast & Furious 4 is still a PG-13 movie. ”

"I understand. Jessica Filton smiled and said, "Don't worry, the beautiful swimsuit beauties in the film can be seen but not touched." ”

Ronan also said in a joking tone: "It's okay to touch it once in a while." ”

The two entered the lobby of the hotel, and Gianna-Quan suddenly walked over and said, "Hi, Ronan." ”

She then said to Jessica Felton, "Hello, Jesse. ”

Jessica Felton nodded to Gianna and left without saying anything more.

But before going out, she couldn't help but glance back again.

Ronan asked, "Looking for me?"

"October 30th is my birthday, and next month I'm going to Rio de Janeiro to prepare for Fast and Furious 4, and I want to call a birthday party before I leave. She asked hopefully, "Ronan, do you have time to attend?"

Ronan only groaned slightly, and then politely refused: "I have a very tight schedule, and time does not allow it. ”

Gianna - Immediate disappointment on her face: "One night ......"

"I'm sorry, Gianna, I really don't have time. Ronan simply said, "Your place hasn't changed, has it?" ”

Hearing this, although Gianna-Quan still looked disappointed, she felt a lot more comfortable, she had been in close contact with Ronan for several years, playing and singing, and the bell was vibrating, there was nothing she was not proficient in.

And what about Ronan? is also absolutely generous, needless to say the character, without Ronan, there will be no international superstar Gianna, and there are countless gifts and gifts in other aspects, all of which are the world's first-class big names today.

Gianna-Quan finally said, "Okay, your work is important, we have time to make another appointment." ”

Ronan didn't say anything more, said goodbye to Gianna-Quan, left the hotel, and said to Connie, who was following behind, "Order a gift and send it by the 30th." ”

Connie immediately responded.

Out of the hotel, Ronan got into the car and asked David directly back to Beverly Hills.

Someone once said that there is no need to admire materialistic women, but there is no need to despise them, because women love material things and men are almost as lustful, and it is estimated that there are few men who can not be lustful.

Many people want to get rid of their inherent destiny through various means, and in modern society, it is becoming more and more difficult.

When people are poor and surrounded by a bunch of poor people, who is helping whom? It's very cruel, but it's very realistic in North America.

The weak in this era actually don't have many choices, and once they fall into the quagmire, they can't get out at all.

Ronan didn't personally inquire about Gianna-Quan's birthday gift, and completely handed it over to Connie to deal with, she has handled it many times in the past, so it can be said that she has a lot of experience.

As for the rejection of Gianna-Quan's invitation, on the one hand, there are psychological factors, and on the other hand, it is true that time does not allow.

Because on October 30th, that is, before Halloween, a series of movies under Relativity Entertainment will hold a premiere.

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