Chapter 729: Vin Diesel

readx;?“ Compared with "Fury Road", "Fast and Furious 4", which was released earlier, is a group of sissies......"

In the spacious living room, some fan comments are playing on the TV screen, and similar voices and statements appear so often that it is difficult not to attract attention. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info",

A bald half-breed sits on the couch across from the TV, staring at it with grim eyes, a powerful, muscular, tall man and a bit of cynicism and maverickism.

This is one of Hollywood's toughest guys with the most personality, and even when he's sitting on the couch, he's like a heavy locomotive.

No one likes their most iconic films to be constantly belittled, Fan? Diesel is no exception, not to mention being known as a ...... Sissy!

If he hadn't experienced enough ditches and bumps over the years, his temperament had gradually calmed down, and he would have stood up and smashed the TV set a long time ago.

But the title of sissy is indeed too harsh!

It seems that in the eyes of those people, "Fast and Furious 4" is nothing in front of "Fury Road", he fan? Diesel in Duke? Rosenberg was a piece of in front of him......

Have all these people forgotten that "Fast and Furious 4" earned $70.9 million at the North American box office in its first week?

"Fury Road", a large-scale B-grade film, even if it is Duke? Rosenberg's work, can the box office in the first week surpass "Fast and Furious 4"?

Just in Fan? When Diesel thought so, the movie program broadcast on TV moved to the box office bulletin of the week, introducing the trend of the North American box office last weekend.

"Fury Road" officially landed in North American theaters in the early hours of Friday, earning $6.7 million at midnight, and the film expanded to 4,050 theaters in North America early Friday morning, with a total of $24.35 million on the first day including midnight, a strong performance. Ranked first on the day. ”

By Saturday, the film had a slight increase at the box office that day, a rarity among R-rated films, at $25.37 million; On Sunday, the film slipped normally, ending its opening weekend with $24.11 million, and its three-day North American opening weekend revenue reached $74.83 million. ”

"This opening result has set a North American record for the highest opening of a non-sequel R-rated film. In view of the film's high reputation, it is bound to maintain a stable trend, and the North American box office is finally expected to hit $250 million! ”

Fan? Diesel's face is not good-looking, but the show continues.

"Another big production released this week didn't turn out well, and was released by Sky Movie Studios, Steven? Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" suffered a box office waterloo, and the film received a poor reputation, earning only $4.05 million on its first day of release in North America, and continued to decline for the next two days, earning only $11.48 million in the first three days of the North American box office......"

Take the remote control. Fan? Diesel turned off the TV, stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of his apartment, looking through the glass at the City of Angels in the distance.

Contrary to appearances, he has a fairly flexible mind, otherwise he would not have been the producer of Fast and Furious 4.

Thinking of Fast & Furious 4, Fan? Diesel felt a boredom in his chest, and words like cissy always jumped uncontrollably into his head.

I saw the box office express just now, although I didn't like "Fury Road". But he knows very well that the box office of "Fast and Furious 4" may not be as good as Duke? Rosenberg's work.

The Fast and Furious series passed through the first three installments as well as on disc and videotape. has accumulated a lot of fans in North America, and officially because of this, "Fast and Furious 4" only exploded at the first-week box office of $70 million when it was released, but the film's reputation was not good, and the box office fell by more than 60% the next weekend, although it is not out of theaters now. But it also entered the end of the screening, even if it was Fan? Diesel also has to admit that the North American box office of "Fast and Furious 4" is around $150 million.

This box office figure is really not enough in front of "Fury Road"! Fan? Diesel is sure of this.

But no one wants to be a sissy, especially when public opinion pushes this name on their heads!

Fan? Diesel is well aware. Public opinion is fickle, and he now only has the series "Fast and Furious" to rely on, which is the guarantee of his career in Hollywood, and he must not let this series become synonymous with sissies, otherwise everyone will inevitably affect this series in the future.

If you want to get rid of the name of a sissy, the best way is to make a burning "Fast and Furious", which forms a suppression of "Fury Road" from the box office to the scene!

The idea in Fan? Diesel's mind is becoming clearer and clearer, but it is not easy to achieve it.

Not to mention anything else, let's talk about investment first, if you want to make a "Fast and Furious" that is hot and cool enough, an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is indispensable.

But Universal Pictures, the owner of "Fast and Furious", was affected by last year's economic crisis and was not in a good financial situation.

Originally, when filming "Fast and Furious 4", he proposed two consecutive films, but was rejected by Universal Pictures, all because of financial problems.

Fast & Furious 4 didn't quite live up to Universal's expectations, and it was difficult to get them to invest more than $100 million in the sequel......

However, is this also difficult to do? Diesel, if he can find a suitable source of investment, he can take the funds to talk to Universal Pictures about this project, and at a time when the banking industry and Hollywood are generally shrinking their money, presumably Universal Pictures will not reject this cooperation model.

The question is where to find the right investor?

As someone who has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, Fan? Diesel is still very influenced by some of the conventions in this circle, such as the fact that producers and directors have never invested in their own films......

Besides, with his little net worth, if there is an accident, it will be bankrupt.

There are also actors, try to gather the earliest original cast, which is also the best gimmick to attract the audience, Paul? Walker, Terip? Gibson, Michelle? Rodriguez, these people are not a problem, it's just that the original heroine has to be looked for carefully.

After all, haven't heard Jessica in years? Alba's message.

It's not easy to gather all the main actors of "Fast and Furious" at the beginning.

But Fan? Diesel is a very thoughtful and determined person, and he has decided to work hard to move the project into the implementation phase.

Leaving Phoenix and arriving in Salt Lake City, Duke received a box office report from Warner Bros. for "Fury Road", which included a rough global box office in addition to the North American opening weekend box office.

The film, which was released in 77 countries and territories at the same time, earned about $140 million over the three days of last weekend, not counting the first-week box office figures in North America.

The global box office exceeded $200 million in three days, which is already very rare for a non-sequel R-rated film.

This is also in line with Duke and Warner Bros. expectations for the film.

PG-13 and PG-rated films are jokingly called fairy tales for adults by many people, but even Duke has to admit that it is precisely these types of films that can really sell well around the world.

There are not many R-rated films like the "Matrix" trilogy that can be popular all over the world, and there are not many in the whole of Hollywood, and the box office data of the first week of the first part of "The Matrix" is not as good as "Fury Road".

The first week of the film can be regarded as a great success, and the strong audience reputation is also a guarantee of subsequent income, Warner Bros. naturally wants to maximize the profits, and they also submitted a preliminary plan to serialize "Fury Road", the first to be Charlize? Theron as Ferrosa.

Despite the fact that Duke comparatively homogenized the treatment of Tom? Cruise and Charlleze? Theron's role, a strong female character, is naturally more attractive than a male character.

The role of Ferrosa has undoubtedly attracted more attention than Tom? The male lead actor played by Cruise.

When Duke visited his goddaughter at Beverly Hills last week, Tom? Cruise had complained to him about this, but Liang Tang was much more sober than when he was younger, and he only complained a few words, knowing that there was more to work with Duke than to have a bad relationship.

"Warner still wants Charlize to play?" In the living room of the hotel suite, Duke asks Tina? Phenanthrene.

"It's the number one choice." Tina? Fei replied.

Duke takes Scarlett? Johnson handed over a slice of apple and said thank you, to Tina? Faye said, "Let the Warner Bros. guys go with Charlize themselves? Theron talks. ”

Frankly, Charlize? Whether Theron will continue to play the role, Duke is also uncertain.

With the role of Ferrosa, Charlize? Theron has been acclaimed and has cemented his current position, and it will not be difficult to take a step forward in his career, and even have the opportunity to make another achievement during awards season.

If you want to invite her to star again, you need not only real money, but also a lot of money.

And one more message...... "Tina? Fei also took a slice of apple from Scarlett, stuffed it into her mouth and said, "Mel? Gibson is back in North America! ”

"He's back?" Scarlett stopped throwing apples into her mouth, "Someone is willing to ask him to appear in a movie?" ”

Tina? Fei shook her head, "Not yet." ”

"Pat? Kingsley's handiwork? Duke asked.

"Isn't it ......" Tina? Fei reminisced for a moment and said, "He was brought back by a small agency called Leo, which works with many small film studios to provide them with B-movie actors. ”

She asked Duke, "Shall we do something?" ”

"No......" Duke raised his hand and waved, "we don't have to do anything now, some people will pay more attention to Mel than we do?" Gibson. ”

At the beginning, Mel? Gibson was attacking the entire Jewish community, and the old men were very vindictive. (To be continued.) )

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