At this moment, Robert Downey Jr., who has volunteered to be in a drug rehabilitation center for nearly three months, has just come out and is walking on the street in a daze, not knowing where to go for a while.

He was exposed to drugs with his father when he was very young, when he was only 8 years old, and now half of his life has passed, but he has been immersed in the hallucination and nothingness of drugs. Always in the midst of the uninterrupted moment, suffering from all kinds of torture. Now he finally made up his mind to quit drugs, and he persevered for three months, during which various withdrawal reactions almost broke him. Fortunately, he succeeded, and the moment he walked out of the drug rehabilitation center, he suddenly felt like he had repented from hell - as if he was reborn.

He was refreshed as a "reincarnated man", but at this moment, no one shared it with him, and no one came to pick him up, even his closest wife, Debora Faoconnor, only made a phone call to ask. He missed his son, but he didn't wait for his son to come and pick him up, and he felt empty in his heart.

He didn't blame Debora because he had done so many embarrassing things before.

It's not easy to be accepted again, but he's willing to keep it that way and regain what he's lost. The phone rang suddenly, and it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, Mr. Downey, you should be out of the drug rehabilitation center by now, congratulations on your successful drug rehabilitation. I have a role here that might be a good fit for you, would you like to come for an interview? ”

Downey then remembered that his agent had been fired by him, and it was really strange that there were still characters willing to look for him, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"Oh, sorry, I'm Peck from Matrix Films. You should know me. The character is a supporting role. A very important supporting role. Not even human, an evil dragon...... Would you like to give it a try? ”

"I do!" Robert Downey Jr. immediately agreed, and instantly thought of Chen Tiandu's face, and a wave of gratitude suddenly surged in his heart, "I am very willing to take this role, please thank Mr. Christmas Chen for me." ”

"I will, please get back to Los Angeles and we'll get back in touch." In the middle of the day, Peck hung up the phone and pouted. "At least he's a grateful guy."

Casting auditions while filming is the most normal thing, and the dragon role in Pirates of the Caribbean is not something that the casting director can decide. For this big cute thing, Chen Tiandu naturally had to make a careful decision.

The time is gradually entering the end of April, and the cinema is about to usher in the full opening of the 2002 summer vacation, and many blockbusters and dark horse potential films are eyeing up.

The super dark horse in this year's spring file is Blue Sky Studio's "Ice Age", which undoubtedly exceeded $160 million at the North American box office in six weeks of release, and several prehistoric animals that can't even be perfectly rendered by hair have touched the hearts of countless children around the world. The squirrel, named Scrat, became one of the most beloved animated characters of audiences around the world.

The sudden rise of this cartoon also touched the heart of Chen Tiandu, who had been immersed in creating an animation company for a long time. I had already made a plan at the company's annual meeting last time, but I was too busy to do it.

Wait until the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is over. It's time to launch the animated film project. It's not that he can't think of acquiring Blue Sky in advance to expand the territory of the matrix. It's just that "Ice Age" already belonged to Fox three years ago, and it can't be seen or eaten.

But he is not too envious, Blue Sky Studio and Pixar Studio all started by relying on special effects before, and supported themselves by making zuòCGI and titles, and after the rise of the matrix special effects studio, it has more advantages than Blue Sky, and he doesn't believe that the matrix animation department in the future will not be as good as Blue Sky.

Another movie released recently related to Marvel is "Blade 2" with Marvel hero characters. It's a pity that the box office of the movie was not satisfactory after its release, and it only accumulated 70 million box office in five weeks after its release, which is far worse than the first part, and only cult fans continue to pursue it. But compared to his increasingly large investment budget, this box office figure also casts a shadow on the launch of Series 3, and it depends on whether overseas can save the situation.

However, the servant street of this movie can't slow down the momentum of the comic book hero's popularity. As the next summer opening blockbuster "Spider-Man" gradually enters the hot publicity period, the expectations of countless fans and audiences have also exploded, and more and more people are talking about Spider-Man. This phenomenon has also made more film companies feel the power of comic book heroes.

But now the two largest comic book companies in the United States, DC and Marvel, are already famous. Marvel, in particular, really has to sigh at how quickly the matrix starts. If you wait for the results of the release of "Spider-Man" before acquiring it, I am afraid that N more competitors will be added out of thin air, and Disney is not expected to be so careless.

But now it's too late to say anything, Chen Tiandu did it too simply, and as soon as Marvel was acquired, it was immediately delisted from the stock market and officially became a private company, leaving other companies that wanted to acquire no way in. Disney's indecision has now gradually become the object of ridicule in the Wall Street Economic Journal. And Disney's internal organization is huge, and all kinds of problems are coming one after another, even those inside, and more people are starting to reflect on whether the move to keep "Pirates of the Caribbean" out is appropriate.

But now it's too late to say anything, good horses don't eat back grass, will Chen Tian re-invest in "Caribbean"? Maybe it's only possible when the film fails. But then again, if the movie fails, is there still a need to vote?

The last big movie to be released in April was "The Scorpion King" starring "The Rock". Thanks to Dwayne Johnson's appearance, he has made a name for himself with "Fast and Furious" and officially established himself as a Hollywood action superstar, and this fantasy movie starring him, with the help of high popularity, won $38 million at the box office in the first weekend, which is a good start.

After "Pirates of the Caribbean", Matrix Company has another key planned film "Fast and Exciting 2", which has also entered the countdown to start.

This time, Chen Tiandu is no longer a director but a producer, and the hand-picked successor director, Justin Lin, is a newcomer, but he has also attracted much attention. Fans are generally worried that he will not be able to inherit the cool rhythm essence of the film, and they are afraid that the series will be ruined, and the opponents will naturally belittle it even more. Universal hasn't forgotten the painful blow of last summer. "Need for Speed", which invested 70 million, only earned 40 million at the box office in North America, and if it weren't for Universal's overseas markets to make up some of the balance, I'm afraid they would have lost even more.

In order not to let Lin Yibin have too much pressure, most of the spearheads were carried by Chen Tiandu. And he has prepared a super investment of almost two parts than the first film - the investment in this film has reached an initial budget of 170 million US dollars.

With such a large investment budget, the rising value of actors is one thing, and the action scenes are also as huge as ever. The most important thing is that Lin Yibin does not have the ability to control like Chen Tiandu, so it is better to have a more generous budget.

This film is currently the most profitable film independently developed by the Matrix Group, the first part of the series won the global super box office of 886 million, and the DVD won nearly $40 million in sales in the first week, everyone knows that this investment is not a problem for the matrix at all.

Of course, it can't be completely laissez-faire, Lin Yibin is a newcomer after all, and many places have to be dominated by Chen Tiandu.

But during the filming, Chen Tiandu was afraid that he would have no time to clone by then, and Peck was also called to the "Caribbean" crew to be in charge. Helpless, he had to call back Kong Yiji, who was in the thick of Japan. Let him do his best to arrange a job in Japan and return to the United States to work as a producer for "Speed 2".

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The general content of "Speed 2": "Ian Shaw is the older brother of the villain Owen Shaw (played by Jason Statham) in "Speed 1", he killed 'Chen Kun' and issued a declaration of revenge to the Speeder family, and the Speeder family will start a-for-tat battle with Ian Shaw......"

Ian Shaw's actor, Chen Tiandu synthesized the information of many auditioners, and finally handpicked Daniel Craig, who played Laura's boyfriend in "Tomb Raider". After receiving Chen Tiandu's invitation, his agent quickly removed all schedule obstacles for him and officially joined the crew to shoot...... Even if he plays a big villain.

Look at Jason Statham, that bald man, who could only be active in Europe, and now he plays the villain in "Fast and Furious", and immediately a director tailors action scenes for him, who wouldn't envy him?!

Daniel Craig is not a popular superstar "007 Bond" now, he is also a muscle, so he naturally wants to make achievements in commercial blockbusters, and it is undoubtedly the best way to accumulate popularity by taking Chen Tiandu's ride to star in blockbusters.

"The Rock" Dwayne Johnson has also been prepared, and the schedule will naturally not be a problem. He has already expressed his position, if filming starts now, he can join the crew, even the "Scorpion King" that is being released can not be ignored, he is on call, he can't wait to meet his brothers.

This is a wise choice, the premiere box office of "Speed" exceeded 100 million in North America, and "Scorpion King" was vigorously promoted by Universal, even if it premiered in the sky, it was only 38 million US dollars, and it just broke 60 million US dollars in two weeks after its release.

Because of the needs of the plot, after Chen Kun's character "died", Asian faces had to be added to the crew again.

Two roles, a man and a woman, are needed, and the actor needs action scenes and a body of muscles. Actresses should be beautiful and beautiful enough, and the role they play in the play is equally important.

"I need a beautiful woman!" These are Chen Tiandu's original words.

Chen Tiandu was busy finishing up the live-action filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and couldn't leave. Naturally, Lin Yibin came to the cape with all the information and talked to him in person.

In the blink of an eye, it's almost May.

The filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is coming to an end, and the post-production work has already begun. The whole crew's table is becoming more and more perfect. Heath Ledger deserves the name of an acting genius, and his progress is very obvious, and his acting skills are significantly better than Orlando Bloom. Keira Knightley was also completely open-minded, more and more open-minded.

Let's ask, she has even done such a thing as "riding dolphins on the sea" with Chen Tiandu, what else is she afraid of. But the best one is Chen Tiandu, and even Rush couldn't help but praise, "The next Oscars are for you." ”

Hiss, who refused to admit defeat, also came to perform even more, even if he lost in the end, he was convinced. (To be continued......)