Wu Tian in the previous life was used to watching Hollywood blockbusters and beautiful dramas, and he couldn't look down on the suffocating acting skills of domestic actors at all. There are still so many domestic actors with good acting skills, but there are only a handful of excellent actresses.

The root cause of this problem is actually a social problem.

The supervision of the film and television industry in China is so strong that it has severely blocked those directors who have ideas, talents, and fanatical love for movies, which makes those directors either emasculate their minds or go underground. Without the insistence of those talented directors, all the film and television dramas on the market have become the main theme, or they are short soap operas in parents. This has led to the fact that the quality requirements of film and television dramas are not high, they can only be shoddy, and the requirements for actors are extremely low.

If there is no demand, there will be no progress.

On the other hand, there are only a few training bases for Chinese film and television talents, and the teaching mode is stereotyped for decades, and the trained actors are naturally at that level.

Therefore, if you want to choose an excellent actress from China, it is really not ordinary.

However, Wu Tian is lucky, because of his film, fortunately there is a suitable actress for him to choose - Zhou Xun.

According to Wu Tian's reshaping of Princess Yushu, this should be an unmarried princess, and in that era, the average woman was married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Well, in order to take care of the feelings of modern audiences, naturally you can't directly find a fourteen or fifteen-year-old little Lori and Brother Long to match, the picture is a little miserable, but you have to find a beauty who looks a little older than Lori, right?

At least at this point, Zhou Xun is completely Miss Xishan.

In addition, not to mention acting. At least Miss Hee-sun will only be at the level of a vase face. can't compare with Zhou Gongzi at all.

Wu Tian looked at this person who was two years older than himself. But Zhou Gongzi, who has a loli face and is only less than twenty years old, instantly finalized this role for her.

Therefore, when Brother Long called, Wu Tianer asked him to come over to meet the heroine without saying a word.

These words made Zhou Gongzi stunned, he hadn't tried the play yet, so he decided to be the heroine? Well, you've got a crush on me. But the salary or anything hasn't been negotiated, and I won't agree to act.

Zhou Gongzi suddenly saw how domineering this mild-mannered-looking guy actually is - I have a crush on you, you have to act!

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With an investment of more than 300 million yuan, Wu Tian has absolute confidence to sign any domestic actor!

Not to mention anything else, the current good Zhou Gongzi is booming, barely the top of the second line, and the first line has just touched that level, and her salary is about two million.

So. Wu Tian directly offered a high price of 20 million, which was ten times higher. I'm not afraid that you won't say yes!

What the? You just signed a film contract, there may be a conflict in the schedule? It doesn't matter, you refuse directly, I'll help you pay the liquidated damages!

As for Brother Long, the salary is also 20 million - don't be as famous as you as a good heroine, don't have as many roles as you, but take the same amount of money as you, even if you are on Hong Kong Island, or even in Hollywood, it won't be much, right? Besides, I'll give you the title of assistant director in addition, and I'll give you all the power to play those funny fight scenes, and I'll give you an extra salary, which is enough, right?

Besides, at the level of Brother Long, the salary is already secondary, and the most important thing is to go abroad and gain international recognition.

As a result, the identities of the two protagonists were finalized, and the relevant supporting roles were easy to deal with.

Wu Tian only paid attention to three candidates, the first is Modern Meng Yi, that is, Jack's friend, Liang Jiahui's bitter face, Wu Tian has never been pleasing to the eye, so he naturally passed properly, and finally chose Jin Chengwu of the Stick Country - the beauties of the Stick Country are useless, and it is also possible to change to a handsome guy, and the box office of the Stick Country is just right - anyway, there are not many scenes in this role.

In Wu Tian's modified version, he is also an archaeologist, and Jack is a classmate, a purely blackened character, and a spy with the "professor".

As for the professor, of course, he has to be replaced, and Wu Tian can't stand the acting skills of the original one. After thinking about it, Wu Tian decided to find a master of acting skills to make a cameo and hand it over to Tianzheng to find out slowly.

In addition, Wu Tian also designed a second female role. The original Indian plot has all been deleted, and there is one less Indian beauty to press the scene, and the role of the second female naturally has to be filled by a dazzling enough beauty, Wu Tian decided to use Li Bingbing after thinking about it.

The last time I filmed "No Thieves in the World", I couldn't let her star because of schedule problems, this time it can be regarded as compensation, but Wu Tian also believes that with her acting skills, she is fully qualified for the role of the second female - the professor's daughter, and she is also his assistant, and the second male betrayed Jack because of her temptation. And she was also attracted by Jack's charm, and the dog's blood tasted a little triangular relationship.

As for the roles that need to be in the Qin Dynasty part of the film, Wu Tian will hand it over to Tianzheng to look for. Wu Tian delineated that it is best to find some actors who have filmed films such as "Three Kingdoms" to star, at least in costume dramas, so as not to put on a battle robe and simply become the impression of "Qin Bingjia" and the like......

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At the same time of casting, Wu Tian naturally did not forget to be busy preparing for the crew.

With such a large investment, the scale of the crew will naturally not be small. It was easy to finalize a crew of at least three or four hundred people.

A professional crew. Basically, there are 100 people. Including photography, recording, lighting, costumes, props, makeup, art, drama and so on.

Speaking of photography, if it is a small film, one machine per person is enough, if it is a large production, it often requires multiple cameras to shoot at the same time, plus photographer assistants or something, if you want to build a track, crane or something, this piece alone requires more than a dozen people, not necessarily enough.

The battle scene of the Qin Dynasty in the "Mythology". It must be filmed with multiple cameras at the same time, otherwise it is not enough to show a huge war scene.

And this medium and large scene, compared with the unwilling, has to involve costumes, props, modeling and other aspects of the workload has increased dramatically, and it is naturally impossible to have fewer personnel.

And the costumes or something, but they have to start preparing at this moment, which is another mess.

Since you want to shoot epic scenes, you definitely can't make do with it. So, Wu Tian invited those historical experts to come forward, plus costume designers and prop masters, to inquire about the style of the Qin Dynasty's military uniforms. And design and production.

This is not a real restoration, but the real material is not necessary. But it also has to be in line with the style. And what Wu Tian asked for was a big scene, at least hundreds of shots of thousands of people, the demand was not small, and it was a matter of finding a garment factory to step up production after designing.

Costumes, weapons are made, and there are cars - Wu Tian's script contains scenes of Qin Shi Huang parading around the country, and that is also a big scene.

It can be said that according to Wu Tian's requirements, almost all parts of the Qin Dynasty drama have a lot of places that need to be asked historical consultants, and the amount of work in the early stage is not ordinarily large to restore the glorious and magnificent era as much as possible.

Therefore, don't look at the script in November, it will be basically done, but the final start time will not be until the end of the New Year at the earliest.

However, Wu Tiangang decided to start the film after the New Year, but he didn't want Qi Bing to make a phone call, so he had to change the start-up time - "District 9" was nominated for an Oscar!

There is no doubt that the Oscar is the ultimate dream of all filmmakers.

The Academy of Film Arts and Sciences Award is definitely a benchmark. Because he is not only like other Golden Globes, Cannes, Golden Bears or something, he is particularly fond of literary films, the Oscars will comprehensively consider the literary and commercial nature of a film, and he is a powerful driving force for the development of the film industry.

If all movies are engaged in those literary and artistic models that make ordinary audiences dizzy, how can the film industry develop? After all, those who love literature and art belong to a small niche.

Of course, this is not that the Oscars only focus on business and ignore art, otherwise, just take out the box office data and compare it, and just award the award directly?

It can be said that what can win the Oscar is definitely truly deserved, and it is a first-class masterpiece that truly takes into account literature and commerce!

Although Wu Tian doesn't care much about winning the award, but he is still very interested in going around after being nominated for an Oscar, not to mention that "District 9" has received nine nominations at one time!

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"Hehe, don't get your hopes up too much, because we've met a tough opponent this year." Wu Tian smiled at Qi Bing on the other end of the phone.

Wu Tian is still quite satisfied with "District 9", this film has cost him a lot of effort, but Wu Tian does not think that "District 9" has reached its peak, and there are many deficiencies in it.

Because after all, this is Wu Tian's first directorial work in the true sense of the word - when he was a child filming "God of Gamblers" on Hong Kong Island, it was purely a matter of talking, "Ghost Shadow" was purely playing, and in "Singing Flying", he was more of a name, Lao Zhang was tinkering, only when he was in "District 9", he was dedicated and serious about his work.

This means that Wu Tian is inexperienced and not hot enough, although the actors are level enough, the crew is powerful, and the assistant director is also quite capable, but there are still many places that are not beautiful in hindsight, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

This is not enough, Wu Tian believes that if it is placed in other years, he still has a great hope of winning the Oscar, but this year, there will be almost no drama, because the just-released "Lord of the Rings 3" will almost sink "District 9" without suspense!

Speaking of film history, "The Lord of the Rings 3" is absolutely unavoidable, this girl has created many Oscar legends, including the most award-winning films - eleven awards, tied for first place with "Titanic" and "Ben Hur", and what is even more amazing is that it received eleven nominations, all of which were awarded, this is the only one!

Well, this film is really good, and he also has two invincible bonuses!

First of all, "The Lord of the Rings" is a trilogy, spanning several years, and has already cultivated many die-hard fans, and this third finale has pushed the plot to a climax, which means that emotionally speaking, it has to be given enough face, and the judges will inevitably be tilted.

In one aspect, it's just been released!

"The Lord of the Rings 3" was released at the end of December, and now it hasn't been offline, the nominations are out, and by the end of February, when the list of winners is announced, there will be many regions that have not been offline, and even in China, it will not be released until March, which means that it is in the hot screening period during the entire award process!

In contrast, the popularity of "District 9", which has been offline for more than half a year, has long since subsided.

If there are two equally excellent movies, do you choose the one that is the favorite, or the one that has been forgotten a little? The conclusion speaks for itself.

Besides, "District Nine" has a weakness, that is, Wu Tian's identity. Well, there is no shortage of Chinese directors in Hollywood, but they are all Chinese in the United States, not red Chinese citizens, and what is even more hateful is that Ya also refused to be recruited by the Chinese government and was unwilling to join the nationality of the United States!

So being nominated, Wu Tian was very happy, but he didn't expect too much...... (To be continued......)