From the "Pacific War" to "Love Crazy", in the blink of an eye, Lan Li has been rolling in Hollywood for two and a half years, and this year, he ushered in an upward momentum across the board, first 300 million in North America of "Speed and Excitement/Love 5", and then 100 million for "Love Crazy", the rise speed is really unstoppable.

Especially "love is crazy". This is not as simple as Lan Li proving its box office appeal for the second time in a row.

In "Fast & Thrill 5", Lan Li is only the third protagonist, even if the momentum is more sensational, even if the media is lively, even if the audience is heckling again, the major film companies and industry insiders will still take credit for Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Just look at Universal's attitude and it's clear.

Now, "Love Crazy" is not only the first North American work in which Lan Li has the lead actor to break 100 million, but also as the male protagonist of a romantic movie - just like Richard Gere, George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey and other actors, such movies will always be an important magic weapon to harvest the female audience market.

First there is the tough guy style "Fast and Intense/Love 5", and then there is the romanticized "Love is Crazy", and the market value of Lanli is no longer the same.

In fact, the North American 100 million of "Love Crazy" is even more incredible than the North American 300 million of "Fast and Thrill/Love 5": this is an independent film work with no stars, no gimmicks, and no box office potential, but now it has broken the shackles of market laws and written a breakthrough that has not been achieved since 2001.

After "Fast & Thrill 5" created a box office miracle, "Entertainment Weekly" once wrote an article that it is unknown whether Universal Pictures is behind the scenes, but it is certain that Cornell McGregor has no intention of turning the war with Lan Li into a jade silk.

In the article, Cornell emphasized that Lan Li still needs to prove himself. The success of "Fast & Furious / Love 5" has made countless people start to heat up, and there are countless voices chasing Lan Li, but the biggest contributor to the success of this movie should be director Justin Lin, followed by Fan and Paul, who supported the series of movies to come to the fifth part, and again Lan Li, who brought chemistry. The so-called "North American 300 million", this is a victory, but Lan Li needs to calm down, look for opportunities, and prove his market value, not just a third protagonist.

After the article was first released, it was like a bucket of cold water, pouring it on the raging fire of the summer file, causing a lot of controversy, but there are more supporters.

However, just a few months later, "Love Crazy" was born, but it was like a straight punch, swinging strongly and firmly at Cornell's cheek, fast and ruthless, and powerful. No words are needed, success is always the best response to doubters.

There is no going to ignore the counterattack of "Love Crazy" to break the laws of the market, not even Universal Pictures. To be precise, Universal Pictures will not, for the six major Hollywood studios, it is an important magic weapon for them to be prepared to grasp the opportunity, accurately measure the trend, and be prepared to predict the future.

There is no need to wait for the North American box office of "Love Crazy" to break 100 million, only in the second week, after Focus Pictures launched its expansion like crazy, "Love Crazy" easily defeated "Iron Fist" with a strong performance and won the North American weekend box office chart, which is enough for Focus Pictures - how difficult it is to achieve this result, Universal Pictures naturally knows very well.

This was a crucial turning point in the negotiations for a sequel to "Fast & Thrill".

As "Entertainment Weekly" said, Lan Li needs to prove himself more, and now, Lan Li has proved it, which means that a side story plus two sequels, the market potential has skyrocketed, not only Lan Li's personal box office value, but Lan Li's value-added value to the brand of "Fast and Passion/Emotion", which has become the key to shaking Universal Pictures.

What's more, Andy Rogers isn't a fuel-efficient lamp either.

After the end of the Toronto Film Festival, the latest news came out within Disney, "Love Crazy" has attracted much attention in Toronto, Lan Li defeated George Clooney and Brad Pitt to become the king of popularity, which makes Lan Li take the lead in the actor audition of "Alien Battlefield", this Disney annual drama, with a budget of up to 250 million US dollars, is definitely a blockbuster work.

At the same time, there are internal rumors that Paul Walker's negotiations with Universal Pictures have hit the rocks, and I heard that Vin Diesel, as a producer, is becoming more and more powerful in the creation of the sequel to "Fast and Thrilling".

Paul himself didn't care, but Jordana Brewster, Gal Gadot, Cheng Kang and others expressed their dissatisfaction and stood behind Paul. The reason is simple, because their roles also need to be adjusted.

The rumor was later denied by Van himself, and Tyrese Gibson also said that the rumor was untrue. But Paul, Jordana, Gale and others avoided talking about it. Lan Li, who is the center of attention, has repeatedly refused to respond in Toronto, saying that all attention needs to be focused on the "love is crazy" propaganda.

On October 5, Universal Pictures officially began casting for "Fast & Thrill 6", and this time the selection of important roles was as high as double digits, demonstrating Universal's determination to take the series to a new peak, which attracted a lot of attention in the Hollywood industry, attracting the attention of Joel Kinnaman, Charlie Hunnam, Bill Skarsgard, Liam Hemsworth and other potential new stars.

It is rumored that in the sequel, Dominic and Hobbs will face more serious challenges. Therefore, the crew needs more actors with potential and momentum to join. In the fifth part, they made Hobbes's name, and in the sequel, they can make another name again.

What does this mean?

Later, during the promotion of "Love is Crazy", for the first time in two months, Lan Li mentioned the sequel to "Fast and Passionate" positively.

"Yes, of course, we are actively discussing. I'm looking forward to the role of Luke Hobbs, I mean, he's not quite the same as the other roles I've played. It may be a little thicker, it may be more direct and hot, but he is undoubtedly an interesting character. I hope to be able to dig up more things and give more meaning to this work. But, this is a difficult process and we still have a lot of work to do. So, let's wait and see. ”

This gesture of goodwill is widely seen as a sign of a consensus between Lanli and Universal Pictures, and that's not all.

Paul Walker attended the "Love Crazy" Los Angeles fan meeting, and in an interview, he also said, "I'm really looking forward to working with Lan Li again. Last time, I had too few head-to-head fights with him, and I'm looking forward to having a good fight. Yes, of course, Brian and Hobbes are enemies. As for whether they can become friends in the future, haha, I look forward to Lan Li developing more possibilities for the character of Luke Hobbs. ”

didn't mention his contract renewal, didn't mention his friendship with Fan, just focused on Lan Li. Of course, this can be explained by the fact that this is the home of "love is crazy", and it is not suitable to talk about too many other works, but the media smells abnormal.

Despite this, Lan Li and Paul have made positive remarks, which also gives the media reason to believe that the "Fast and Thrilling" side story and sequel are really coming, at least Universal Pictures is on the right path.

But then, rumors broke out within Warner Bros. that Tim Burton's "Black Shadow" was directed by Tim Burton, and the actor was a blue li. Because Tim likes the retro and elegant temperament of Lan Li, which coincides with the male protagonist of the new work. The news has sparked a lot of discussion, and if it comes true, then it will be the first time since "Big Fish" in 2003 that Tim has used an actor other than Johnny Depp for the leading role.

Immediately afterwards, the latest news also came from the "Alien Battlefield", and Lan Li was infinitely close to the final contract of the actor. For a while, Lan Li's limelight can be said to be unmatched, at least the leading actor candidates of the three blockbusters have locked in Lan Li - even if not, they have entered the final stage, and these three works are all super blockbusters, such a hot situation is enviable and exciting.

In this boiling news, industry insiders have always maintained a wait-and-see attitude, because they know that before the official decision, everything is variable, not to mention, these news are really flying in the sky, true and false are difficult to identify, Michael Fortley and Andy Rogers hidden behind the frequent shots, each showing their own powers, trying to find out the truth of the matter in the chaos, it is not an easy task.

Even if you're in the middle of it. That's the case with Jack Wallace and Dwayne Johnson.

Dawn knew that things weren't going as smoothly as the media had suggested. Because the crew of "Fast & Thrill" contacted his agent Jack as early as the beginning of September, but this time it was not Neil H. Moretz, but Michael Fordry. They invite Dawn to play an important role in the sequel, and promise that the role will never be too light.

Jack expressed skepticism about this. He believes that in fact, the positions of Dawn and Lan Li have been reversed, and the crew just wants to use Dawn as a whetstone, but now Lan Li has an advantage that Dawn did not have last year: the success of "Fast and Exciting / Emotional 5". So, Jack wasn't optimistic about the negotiations.

But even so, Jack was ready to give it a try, and once he seized it, it would be a big shot, just like last year's Blue Gift, and even if he missed it, they had nothing to lose.

But with the development of time, Jack's conjecture is gradually becoming a reality: Universal Pictures has always been reluctant to give up the blue gift, although Michael has always been close to him, and everything has been smooth in negotiations, but once again in terms of salary, Michael still has no intention of relenting. This situation is so familiar.

Suddenly, the office door slammed open, and Jack's assistant came in and said anxiously, "Andy Rogers is on Line Three." ”