Flame Films announced on its official website the release plans for two films in the second half of the year, the first is "Memory Fragments", an independent film that won the Best Screenplay Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and will be released on a small scale on Halloween. This is expected, from the fact that Flame Movies bought "Memory Fragments" for a record-breaking 8 million, the media and film companies knew that it would definitely be released, and Wang Yang regarded the suspense film that made people dizzy as a treasure.

For ordinary audience fans, there is also some expectation, not because the director is Christopher-Shaolin abbot after the 80s, there is only one jigsaw puzzle game that can be played online, and the complete picture is the stills of the movie, which also adds a lot of mystery to this movie.

But what really makes the media pay attention, makes fans excited, and makes major film companies vigilant is the second plan announced by Flame Films, Wang Yang will start the production of the long-prepared "Juno", he also serves as a producer, director, and screenwriter, "Juno" will be released in this year's Christmas schedule! And the candidate for the heroine "Juno", Flame Movie has still not announced who it is; but Wang Yang revealed some of the story content of "Juno":" This is a drama about teenage pregnancy in high school, Juno is a 16-year-old high school student who is pregnant, and the story begins. ”

"Energetic Wonder Young!" was reported by the Los Angeles Times: "The third week of screening of 'When Happiness Knocks' has just begun, and that Wonder Boy is about to make his next film, which is a plan he announced earlier than 'When Happiness Knocks,' Juno." The speed of his production is certainly surprising, but maybe this is the magic Young, and after watching "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", the topic of whether he is hot-headed is not needed for the time being. ”

"It's worth noting that the Juno project was announced by him in July last year, when he auditioned thousands of girls for Juno's selection, and finally the official explanation was that 'due to the issue of the actress selection, the filming plan will be postponed', and now he has apparently found the girl, although we don't yet know who it is. ”

Compared with the curiosity about Juno's candidate, whether it is the media or fans, the eyes are more focused on Wang Yang's "content" at this time, a drama film about a high school girl's pregnancy!? Isn't it a romantic campus love story? Isn't it a funny comedy like "American Pie"? It's actually about teenage pregnancy! Everyone knows that this is a tacit taboo topic, this is a thankless thing, it can be said that there are no successful examples, how is the 20-year-old Magic Young going to shoot? What is he going to say?

The editor's comment in the Los Angeles Times article said, "It may seem surprising, but honestly, I expected it for a long time." Magical Young's performance in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" proves his directing ability beyond his age, and also illustrates his pursuit of feature films. He is no longer a 'teen film' director, from the fact that he gave up directing "Youth Musical" and announced the plans of "Juno" and "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", it can be seen that he has this idea 'I won't shoot ordinary school stories anymore, if I want to shoot something difficult', an ambitious young man. ”

But can Wang Yang shoot it well? "Zhu 80's Shaolin Abbot on the network of fans can speak freely, they are very excited and looking forward to "Juno", the higher the difficulty, the better, so that it is like words, in line with the style of Magic Yang, isn't it?

"Guess what kind of movie 'Juno' will be?teen pregnancy is a very serious topic, so will it be a serious didactic movie?tell us**condom?or should high school students not**?" The popular post had quite a few replies: "I don't think so, he had a girlfriend in high school, maybe 'Juno' is his high school story, but we can't see that he has illegitimate children, so it's a pro-abortion story." "Man, that's absolutely impossible, unless Amazing Jan is really crazy, I'm firmly against abortion! If Amazing Jan approves of it, I won't like him anymore!"

This is where the theme of teenage pregnancy is difficult, seeing "teenage pregnancy", it makes people think of abortion, is abortion good, is it legal? Once you express your opinion, you will offend half of the people, so that's why it's thankless, why there are no successful similar movies.

In April of this year, 20th Century Fox launched a rare genre of teenage pregnancy, "Sweetheart", which cost 15 million, and in the case of 2,437 theaters in the first week, it has only received 18 million box office, and in terms of box office results, it has failed. However, it has received a good review, because it does not say too much about pregnancy, let alone the point of view of abortion, and its story focuses on the heroine Novali is strong, kind, and knows how to find beauty, and pregnancy is just the beginning.

Ten minutes after the opening scene, Novali gave birth to the child, and after ten minutes, the child raised by Novali was more than three years old, and then took the child Novali to pursue her love and happiness...... This is the story of "Sweetheart Iren". So will "Juno" be like this? If so, why will "Juno" continue to be magical? Wang Yang's fans are very much looking forward to it, but they are also a little worried.

Wang Yang did not reveal more information about "Juno", but he will not remain mysterious to the end, that kind of publicity is not suitable for campus dramas, and the content synopsis of "Juno" will be slowly revealed in stages, so that fans can maintain their attention to it. And now it is not short of attention, if the news of Natalie Portman starring Juno is announced, probably those gossip tabloids will boil, he has been busy enough lately and doesn't want to be bothered by scandals, so he simply waited until all the actors were found before announcing it together.

"Rachel, are you okay?" Wang Yang lay on the sofa, looked at a golden popcorn trophy on the coffee table, and asked on his mobile phone: "Is the cold better?" Rachel over there hummed softly and said, "Thank you, I'm fine, I'm almost fine." ”

Last night was the time for the 9th MTV Film Awards, MTV Movie Awards is an international film award organized by MTV Global Music Television Network, and the Golden Globe Awards, Oscars, etc., its award attribution is not decided by the judges, but completely depends on the votes of ordinary audiences. Therefore, "Youth Musical" was previously nominated for 5 awards, including Best Picture, Actor Progress Award (Tom Welling), Actress Progress Award (Jessica Alba), Best Music, and Best Scene, and is a popular hit at this year's MTV Film Awards.

Wang Yang, Jessica, Tom Welling, Zachary and others were all invited to the recording of the awards ceremony, but Rachel, who was also invited, did not attend because she had a bad cold. The MTV Film Awards finally came to an end in a joyous noise, with "The Matrix" winning Best Picture, and "Youth Musical" only taking home the Golden Popcorn trophy for Best Music.

"That's good. Wang Yang smiled slightly, listening to her voice in good spirits, and asked: "By the way, Rachel, I'm going to Toronto to shoot "Juno", is there any beautiful country town to introduce......?"

The reason why I chose to shoot in Toronto is not only because the weather and seasonal scenery there are just right for the needs of the film, but more importantly, to save money, the cash in the account of Flame Film Company is almost zero, which is the company's financial situation.

After the original CD of "Youth Musical" sold nearly 7 million sets worldwide and nearly 12 million sets of DVDs, it has been discounted and reduced several times, and now it can not be sold, and the huge profits it brings are 100 million for the acquisition of Blue Sky Studio, 30 million production costs, 20 million publicity costs for "Song and Dance Youth 2", 60 million total cost of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", 8 million for the purchase of "Memory Fragments", and the salary bonuses of the company's employees. Planned purchases of rights to old movies to expand the library, expansion of business in North America and overseas, and expansion of the company, etc., all of which turned out to be a waste of money.

Cash is almost zero? This is definitely not a healthy financial situation, and if any investment ends in failure, it will be a serious loss at least or a debt borrowing. This was not Marc Slunter's idea, and he had advised Mr. Wang many times to take on joint ventures from other companies, such as Lionsgate, which had been seeking cooperation, in order to reduce the risk, but Mr. Wang's mouth was "no" and there was no need for that for the time being.

However, it will take some time to receive the rent of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", not to mention "Youth Musicale 2", which will only be released in August and I don't know if it will be successful, so the production cost of "Juno" is only 15 million, in addition to the 7.3 million salary of Natalie Portman and Michael Pitt combined, the remaining 7.7 million, on the one hand, has to pay Valley Pfister and other film crew members, There are also salaries of other actors, and it is difficult to save money in these places, even if Wang Yang only gives himself a payment of one dollar, and on the other hand, he has to pay for the shooting expenses such as equipment, film, and crew employees, and this aspect can save money.

It's not that Canadian film is particularly cheap, but its wages for location and group performances are much lower, and there are preferential policies for filming, which can save a lot of taxes for films, and the entire cost can be saved by about 15%-20% compared to shooting in the United States. As for the current situation of flame films, "Juno" will either postpone filming and wait for the theater company to pay the rent, or save money to shoot. Shooting in Canada didn't affect the quality of the film, so he chose the latter.

"Oh, and a very small but equally beautiful high school. Wang Yang turned over with great interest and continued: "There is no need to be as dreamy as Eastern High School, there are no school buses, and students ride bicycles to school......

"No...... I do not know. Rachel interrupted him abruptly and said, "I don't know, Jan, I don't understand your description, I'm a little dizzy, I have to go to sleep." ”

Wang Yang was stunned, he didn't know if it was a delusion, he felt that Rachel had suddenly become hostile to him recently, but weren't they okay anymore? Although it won't be like a long time ago, but occasionally because of certain things, they will also have ordinary friends to talk to, and now ...... Maybe it's just that she's sick and in a bad mood, and at the MTV Movie Awards, she could have danced and sang on stage. He nodded and said, "Okay, then you take care of yourself." You know, the promotional activities for "Youth Musical" 2 are about to start, and you can't do without you. He laughed.

"Well, I will, bye-bye!" Rachel hung up the call as soon as she said that, and there was a beep on her phone. Wang Yang put down the phone as he said "bye-bye", suddenly remembered something, and suddenly frowned strangely and suspiciously: "Why is there no nasal sound?" Rachel's voice was very soft, but there was no nasal sound at all, he felt strange because Rachel had a strong nasal sound last time, indicating that her physique was like this, and now she has a severe cold...... Hey, you're not Sherlock Holmes! You haven't really attended a class at USC School of Medicine! Wang Yang shook his head and smiled, reached out and picked up a thick book called "The Pregnancy Handbook" on the coffee table, and continued to read. Not only does Natalie Portman have to understand Juno and set up this character, but he also needs to understand Juno's mind, what she will face throughout her pregnancy, and what specific changes her body will have, so that he can better understand the "teenage pregnancy" and the changes in Juno's mentality, so as to better control the story.

So since the establishment of "Juno" last year, he has bought a lot of such books, such as "Pregnancy Psychology", "Pregnancy Encyclopedia", "How to Be a Happy Pregnant Woman", ...... For nearly a year, he has been looking at it intermittently, and now he is simply a "master of pregnancy knowledge", if Jessica suddenly becomes pregnant, he will no longer feel in a hurry, he will probably learn all the life, although it is only on paper.

And in the reading program, there are also books on slang and jokes. After Zhu 80, the Shaolin abbot became popular. But many of the lines in the original version are not applicable, there are reasons for the story change, and more importantly, many words are incomprehensible, just like "honest-to-blog", what is a blog?

When he accidentally played with blogging, he understood what a blog was and what it meant, "I dare to say to a blog, it's true." This is a variant of "honest-to-god", people want to tell the truth to God, and one of the purposes of the blog is to express their truth, so there is "honest-to-blog". But it obviously can't be put in the present, because not many people are playing blog at the moment.

Juno wants to lead the trend, but also to be in the trend, and she can't miss how young people talk about it now. Fortunately, he himself is called "young", and there is no danger of falling behind for the time being. So how does Juno lead the way? That's why he reads books on slang and jokes, where he can get more inspiration and ideas, more funny phrases and jokes. He would sometimes talk to Natalie about whether a joke was funny or not, and Natalie's reply was, "It's not funny from a psychological point of view, it's just a trap for the human body to react somewhat, but from Natalie's point of view, it's funny." ”

With the passage of nearly a year, after the filming and production of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and the thinking about "Juno", Wang Yang has a lot of new ideas, the thickness of the script has been increasing in the past year, and the lines are also changing, he will shoot all the things he wants to shoot, and then make those materials into a 120-minute movie when editing in the post-production.

"The best place to conceive, 1. Warm home ......" Wang Yang looked at the "Pregnancy Handbook" in his hand and said...... His heart moved, and he flipped through it absentmindedly for a while, then put down the book, picked up his mobile phone and pulled out a number, and said gently: "Hi, sweetheart, good evening, how about coming to my house?" ”

Jessica over there smiled happily and said sweetly, "You're even more clingy than Danny, we only met in the morning." She was about to say something, when she suddenly understood what he really meant, and said, "Oh! not now, I don't want to." Wang Yang coughed and said, "Don't get me wrong, I just want to discuss with you about pregnancy." Jessica laughed, "What got me pregnant?" Jan, not tonight. ”

Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, thinking that he just had to coax her over, and said with a smile: "Hey, why do you think about those NC-17 things? Let me tell you, this is a very serious matter." He thought about it for a while, and then said seriously: "I want to know that last year, when we looked at that test sheet in the car, and I said, 'It's positive', you thought you were pregnant, what was your idea at that moment?" ”

"Just say it here. Jessica remained unwavering. Wang Yang rolled his eyes angrily, laughed again, and said in an evil voice: "If you don't come, then I'll go to your house!" Jessica's laughter came from the phone, and she said, "Well, I'm waiting for you to come over." ”

"I'll come now! bye!" Wang Yang pressed the end button, and an impulse arose in his heart, he jumped off the sofa, put on his slippers and came to the outside of the house, and ran in the direction of Jessica's house at full speed. In the moonlight, he ran through the tree-lined paths, small fountains...... A few hundred meters seemed to be a blink of an eye, and when he saw the big brightly lit house, he smiled slightly, he slowed down to the lawn, walked to the side of the house, and looked out of a bright window on the second floor, which was Jessica's room. He put his hands to his mouth and called softly, "Hey, Juliet, it's me, Romeo! Hey, Juliet......"

Suddenly, Danny's barking came from inside the room, and Jessica's figure appeared by the window, she looked down and looked down, her face was suddenly surprised and funny, and said, "Yang, you're really here!" Wang Yang spread his hands and said, "You see me!" He looked around left and right, and said with a smile: "How am I going to climb into your room?" Juliet, do you have a rope or something? Give me one! Hey, I really envy that Spider-Man guy now. ”

Jessica leaned against the window, holding her chin with a smile, looking at him helplessly, and said with a smile: "Forget? You don't need rope and spider silk, fly in directly, Superman!" Wang Yang smiled and nodded: "You reminded me, I am Superman, but I need a phone booth and a pair of red underwear ......"

"Don't move! my gun is aimed at you!" At this moment, a serious voice sounded from behind, it was none other than Mark Alba, who shouted, "If you don't want to eat bullets, raise your hands!" "It's terrible...... Wang Yang slowly raised his hands and said, "Take it easy, Mark, it's me, Yang!" Jessica on top also looked nervous, and hurriedly shouted: "He's Yang! Oh my God, Dad, he's Yang!"

"I knew it was him. Mark Alba said calmly, Wang Yang was stunned: "What?" He turned around and looked, only to see Mark empty-handed, where was there any gun? He covered his forehead and said with a smile: "Mark, are you really Mark?" Jessica leaned over and said helplessly: "Dad, how can you make such a joke!

Mark Alba haha, he has long wanted to beat this kid hard, since he can't beat him, now scaring him is a lesson. Mark walked up to Wang Yang, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a suppressed voice: "Boy, don't you like jokes very much? Red panties?" He looked into Wang Yang's eyes and said, "Don't make trouble on my territory, otherwise even if you are Superman, I will beat you." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and grinned: "Okay, your territory, you have the final say." ”

Falling on the bed in Jessica's boudoir, Wang Yang exhaled, looked at Jessica who was wearing a vest and shorts over there, and said, "It's almost Romeo, Jesse, I only found out today that your father still has this side." Jessica clasped her hands around her chest and smiled, "Do you still want to discuss pregnancy?" Wang Yang glanced at her slender and sexy thighs a few times, then rolled his eyes and said, "No, although I really want to discuss it, forget it, this is not my territory." ”

Wang Yang suddenly thought about whether they should live together, although Catholicism is not allowed to live together, but there are many things that Catholicism is not allowed, such as premarital sex, but he has no money to buy a big house now, and he will soon go to Toronto to shoot "Juno", let's wait until he has money.

"Oh! That's your own abstention. Jessica smiled and walked over to the bed, leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, she sat down, picked up a movie magazine on the bedside table and flipped through it. Wang Yang closed his eyes and muttered softly: "It's okay, the audition will start tomorrow again, let's have a good rest." Jesse, am I going to sleep here?"

Jessica ignored his last sentence, patted his thigh, and said in a serious tone: "Yang, how about I play Juno's good sister Leah? Can I go to the audition?" Wang Yang opened his eyes and looked at her, shook his head and said: "The appearance is okay, but the temperament is not compatible, you and Leah are completely two types, and you are too eye-catching." "If she played Leah alone, maybe it would be fine, but if she played good sisters with Natalie Portman, there was no chemistry in terms of temperament.

"And you have to do the promotion of "Youth Musical" 2, don't you?" Wang Yang added, knowing her thoughts, and said comfortingly: "Jessica, we will have the opportunity to continue making movies together." A hint of disappointment flashed across Jessica's face and she smiled, "Well, it's okay, I know." ”

(To be continued)