Chapter 467: Weapon Movie
Peter has been very concerned about the layout in the past few days when he came to the manor, and sometimes he even went into battle in person, Wang Yu admired his dedication, and then he often looked for Wang Yu to understand Chinese culture and knowledge in his free time, especially those ancient cultures, he was very concerned, and even the editors and weapons designers and photographers in the crew were involved, and there were many people.
This is not since seeing the magical scene of Wang Yu's weapon, they can't forget, pestering Wang Yu to tell them stories every day, not to mention that Wang Yu really has that talent, some of the stories in the memory are told to them but not finished, for this Peter did not buy some books to read back, and it is still Chinese, Wang Yu so can he understand? He said that now he began to learn slowly.
Wang Yuna gave a thumbs up to this, which is very admirable, not to mention that he underestimated Peter's obsession with weapons, even more obsessed than weapon designers, people who are familiar with him know that he has a mind, just like the Lord of the Rings, he is interested, and then put it on the screen, but there is a very big difficulty in this, and it is undoubtedly a very headache, which makes them very confused.
Peter has cooperation with Shennong Group, but he has his own team, and he has already begun to arrange the next part of the work, which is to shoot weapons movies! Undoubtedly, it involves oriental culture and knowledge, and he has learned more or less, since he wants to shoot, he must have a good understanding of Chinese culture, and his team has already begun to take action to go to China to learn some related stories.
In the final analysis, it is still Wang Yu's propaganda that works, Eddie They are like a mirror in their hearts, knowing that he wants to promote Chinese culture, there is no doubt that the movie is a very good opportunity, and Peter's movies, especially science fiction movies, are very guaranteed, this is undoubtedly a strong cooperation, thinking that it is a little early to start arranging now, Eddie asked a little later.
Peter shook his head, "It's not early, in fact, the Lord of the Rings was something I spent a lot of time preparing early on, and now I have such an opportunity, of course, I have to seize it, you must know that the story of these weapons is very attractive to me and many people, you have also seen the crew of the crew, I have been listening to Wang Yu's story for the past few days, and I didn't expect that there would be such a good story, which is really surprising." ”
Undoubtedly, this is what Peter cares about, but of course the existing work can't be put down, he must shoot the film of Middle-earth first, especially the cooperation with Shennong Group, he is very hopeful to see the box office boom, and the weapon movie is a big production, which will undoubtedly lead an era and even affect the future for a longer time, these can be seen.
Peter also asked about the cooperation with director Yi Mou, and guided Wang Yu to invest in a Chinese film of 80 million US dollars, and it is also a trilogy, all of which were filmed in China, don't underestimate the investment of 80 million US dollars, it is also a sky-high price in China, at least it has broken the domestic film investment record, there is no doubt that it is very hot in China now, and it is being discussed.
There is no doubt that Director Yimou knows the strength of Shennong Group, and this non-casting aspect also allows Shennong Group to come forward, because it is performed by all Chinese actors, so it is easy to say about some things, and even some artists have fought for roles, and this trilogy Peter also knows that it is estimated to cause a boom in Chinese culture, after all, Chinese films are still very good, of course, they must be good-looking.
Over the years, an Ang Lee has succeeded, Director Yi Mou really wants to win glory for the country at the Oscars, thinking that Shennong Group is not bad, at least in some scripts is still very good, for Shennong Group's film production company Peter smiled bitterly, saying that Wang Yu has a company that is no less than a Hollywood giant, and he can't imagine that such a small fight is too speechless.
But it is precisely because of this that it is common sense for the company to develop slowly, at least in cooperation with CW TV, it has won the Emmy Award, which is undoubtedly important, Wang Yu also asked about the influence of Chinese films in Hollywood at this time, Peter said, unless there are some new themes coming out, otherwise it will be difficult to have the original grand occasion.
Costume dramas like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are very good, and there are heroes! But such a film can shoot a trilogy, but because it is too heavy, it is really unsatisfactory to be one, if the trilogy is filmed, the story is more substantial, and there are more fight scenes, then it is undoubtedly a classic, these Wang Yu also saw it, and the cooperation with director Yi Mou is the same.
This movie is still a costume drama! Peter is looking forward to it, after all, sometimes Wang Yu's idea is really good, and an idea can solve a lot of problems from time to time, and the Chinese market is also a market that Hollywood attaches great importance to, and no one wants to give up now, and Wang Yu's company has a natural advantage, which has a greater advantage than other companies.
Anna has some say in these things, at least from the news from China, some film policies have also been relaxed, and there are more imported films, this is a place that a large company wants to fight for, but Wang Yu doesn't have to worry about this, someone will definitely come to cooperate, don't worry about distribution and release, and there is no need to worry about the United States here, completely rest assured.
Peter also had thoughts, "Wang, do you think this will work, the weapon movie I want to shoot can completely cooperate with your domestic directors, Xu is not bad." "Wang Yu naturally knows who he is talking about, Tsui Hark! It's famous, his idea is very good, and Peter also said that Chinese actors are used, after all, these weapons are ancient Chinese weapons.
Since Peter must have Chinese actors if he wants to shoot, but the acting requirements are indeed very high, this Wang Yu has a headache, domestic actors' acting skills are not good is a big problem, there are too few old actors and actors with good acting skills, more pandas than pandas, his analogy has amused many people, but these Peter said that it can be trained.
Now that the casting is possible, Wang Yu thought that he could cooperate with Li Ruoshi and Selina, and he asked Anna to arrange it, so there will be no problem in preparing so early now? Peter said that the movie was not as simple as he thought, that is, the main character of the Dwarf King in The Hobbit had been training for eighteen months! A year and a half is not a short time, and it can be said to be a very time-consuming thing.
The fat man said at this time, "Come on, I believe in European and American artists, but domestic actors are almost very difficult, who doesn't make a lot of money now, there are a lot of announcements and everything, and there are drama appointments, if they spend two years training, do you think they can accept it?" These words reminded Wang Yu that this is indeed the case in the domestic entertainment industry.
Wang Yu has thoughts about these, "I'm not afraid of these, you can use some old drama bones, and then there is re-casting, using new actors, after saying that domestic showbiz stars want to enter Hollywood, look at how many people have appeared here in recent years?" Not much, right? You can count it on three fingers. His words also made sense, and the fat man did not refute them.
"Anna, contact Li Ruoshi and Selina, the artists in their company are good, look at the two actresses who are now involved in the TV series, but they are very popular, we have no reason to ask for those artists with big salaries and big names, they don't like to come, but some actors must be invited in person, you can do this." Wang Yu and Anna explained.
It seems that he is a hands-off shopkeeper again, which makes many people speechless, but his words are not unreasonable, some artists are very big-name, and they are very popular in China, but obviously they will not meet Peter's requirements, Wang Yu knows Peter's requirements for actors, and he is really not optimistic about the domestic situation, it is better to directly re-select newcomers to come in, they have momentum.
Of course, it takes more than a year to study, and then there is the question of the movie script, which Peter will arrange, but Christina has questions, "Who will pay for the training of actors?" Wang Yu didn't think about it, "Of course I'm out, Shennong Group will be funded, and I'm not short of that money." It made everyone laugh.
"Then it's better to let Selina handle it and directly inject capital into their company." The fat man said, not to mention that this idea is very good, Wang Yu also nodded and agreed, and Li Ruoshi, Selina's company cooperation is very good, at least Selina can invite a lot of professional teachers, in fact, Peter can too, and Peter is also involved, he has no reason to give up.
"Wang, Weapons Movies My Weta Digital and your film company have cooperated, and it's a win-win cooperation." Peter immediately said it, and Wang Yu agreed, after all, Peter's company is very cowhide, and it may not be a good thing to have a strong friend, but there is a bit of a headache when I find out, and it is a headache to which film company to give it to.
In the end, Anna said that Columbia Pictures and Montella can be jointly distributed, not that she underestimates them, the joint distribution of the two companies has great benefits, first of all, the benefits are guaranteed, and then Wang Yu's current assets are not a problem to acquire them, and it is also a wholly-owned acquisition, which presumably the two companies will not refuse.
Of course, Wang Yu's film production company and Peter's company take the lion's share, and this part of Anna will let the people in the team make relevant plans and estimates, maybe there will be unexpected box office, at least some plans are available early, and the internal management of Shennong Group is very good and competitive.
It is not a problem to say that movies make money, but there is no doubt that there is still a very big gap compared with vegetables, and it is understandable that everyone competes with each other.