"It's such a pleasure to talk to smart people!" Lin Mu did not deny, "In fact, Paramount also wants to take the opportunity to establish a more friendly cooperative relationship with Universal, the general pattern of Hollywood movies has been formed, although everyone seems to be competitors on the surface, in fact, the future Hollywood film market is still a competition between several of our companies." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoI believe that there are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests! ”

At Mark's urging, Universal agreed to work with Paramount to make this expensive film, but Lin Mu encountered a very difficult problem in the selection of directors, he had the impression that the film was directed by Gore Verbinski, but at this time, Gore Wibinski, who was only in his early 30s, was still an advertising designer, and he had no intention of becoming a film director at all. This made Lin Mu feel very difficult, because he had to find a new director for this film, which appeared nearly 10 years in advance, which was not an easy job.

Due to the determination of the intention of cooperation with Universal, Lin Mu first considered Spielberg, and the helpless Spielberg was not idle during this time, he was preparing a new film. Lin Mu then thought of James Cameron, a director who is willing to spend money, pursues the most extreme visual effects at any cost, and his works are imaginative and shocking, and in the eyes of his Hollywood peers, he is a paranoid and money-burning machine. However, in the eyes of many ordinary movie fans, these accusations are completely irrelevant, they are either picky in the egg or malicious attacks out of jealousy, there is only one James Cameron in the world, that is the big hero James Cameron, the great genius James Cameron, and the incomparable, omnipotent director James Cameron.

Anyway, "Titanic" will have to cooperate with this legendary director sooner or later, and Lin Mu doesn't mind bringing this cooperation forward now. And Lin Mu also knew that James Cameron had just completed the filming of "True Lies" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and he should have time to take on this movie.

The meeting between the two was arranged in the reception room of Paramount headquarters, and after reading the script, James Cameron asked the question: "I want to know how much you can invest me in this film?" ”

"At least $100 million!" Lin Mu knows that James Cameron is most concerned about the production investment of the film, which is a very willing to spend money, but his final film will also make you feel that every penny spent is not in vain. In fact, each of James Cameron's films sets the technical benchmark for future films.

Unexpectedly, James Cameron shook his head, "100 million dollars is far from enough, according to my feeling about this script, you have to give me at least 150 million before I agree to take this film!" This number must come as a surprise to others, as it is almost double the cost of filming Jurassic Park. But for Lin Mu, who is accustomed to making hundreds of millions of big-budget films in later generations, this number did not surprise him too much, and the only thing he hesitated about was that he was able to convince Paramount and Universal to accept this astronomical figure.

Both Paramount and Universal questioned James Cameron's request, and it took Lin Mu a lot of effort to convince the two companies, but 150 million is already the limit they can accept, and this will be the last investment in the film, including not only the cost of shooting, but also the cost of post-production. It was impossible for Lin Mu to give all the money to James Cameron, he knew that James Cameron would definitely spend the money. The second time he contacted James Cameron, he ended up offering him 120 million. James Cameron hesitated for a moment and finally agreed to Lin Mu.

Yuan Heping and Zhen Zidan made an understanding of what they had at hand after the phone call on the street and wood, and then they officially flew to the United States and started their Hollywood dream. James Cameron is a tough guy, but he doesn't really care about the lead role. He originally didn't have much time for Yuan Heping and Zhen Zidan to meet, but Zhen Zidan's burly and strong appearance made him appreciate it very much, especially when he learned that Zhen Zidan could also use Chinese/Chinese kung fu, he immediately became interested. Lin Mu feels that this has something to do with James Cameron's orientation towards male movie stars. Because his films often feature stars such as Michael Bean, Janet Goldstein, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Schwarzenegger.

As the action director of the film, Yuan Heping has read the script before, and he has even figured out some actions. He only had a rough discussion with James Cameron about his ideas, and this plan was immediately agreed by the always demanding director. The more the two chatted, the more speculative they became, but they left Zhen Zidan aside.

James Cameron easily accepted Yuan Heping and Zhen Zidan, which made Lin Mu's previous worries come to naught, he originally thought that there were differences between Eastern and Western cultures after all, and it would definitely take a certain amount of time for them to run in, it seems that the previous promotion of "Jingwu Heroes" in the United States was not completely fruitless, at least James Cameron became interested in oriental action movies because of this film.

Lin Mu abandoned the original director of the film, but this does not mean that he is ready to give up Johnny Depp, in fact he feels that it is the right time for Johnny Depp to play the pirate captain in the film. With his outstanding appearance in "Edward Scissorhands", Johnny Depp was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for the first time. At this time, he was handsome and charming, and playing Captain Jack in the film really has a unique taste.

Johnny Depp's audition outfit has also been praised by picky James Cameron, and the cold look played by Zhen Zidan that was determined before is a perfect match. "I really don't know how you thought of him, they all say that you are very good, but I think you are simply a genius, although you are a little stingy in terms of funding, but I have to admit that working with you really saves me a lot of trouble!" James Cameron is also not stingy with praise for Lin Mu as a producer, which surprised the crew who have worked with him before, and they have never heard James Cameron have such a high opinion of any producer.

But Lin Mu didn't think so, James Cameron, the hand-off shopkeeper, did it easily, but he was tired. It turns out that the other leading actors in the film are still in their early teens, and Lin Mu has taken great pains to find a suitable actor, but even so, the heroine of the film has not found a suitable candidate.

Keira Knightley is not yet ten years old, so naturally she can't play the unruly governor daughter in the film, but this gives Lin Mu a revelation, he is ready to find a beautiful woman from England to add some tenderness and romance to this film, James Cameron also agrees with Lin Mu's opinion, but he clearly told Lin Mu that what he wants is not a vase, but an actor with acting talent, and this actor must have the so-called spirituality of James Cameron, this requirement makes Lin Mu's head a lot bigger.

A few years later, James Cameron recalled the experience of working with Lin Mu, and always couldn't help complaining, "It's so good, he really understands what kind of people the director and the film need, I hardly have to worry about the actors, maybe I was spoiled by the time of the time, I always feel that other producers can't make me impeccable, so I have no choice, I can only work and cooperate with one film after another, until later, I can't accept other producers at all!" Fortunately, I have always maintained a high interest in the profession of producer, otherwise James Cameron may have left the stage of directing a long time ago! Yes, selflessness has made James Cameron great! ”

If Lin Mu knew James Cameron's thoughts at this time, he would not have worked so hard to find an actor for James Cameron. But now he has to run around for the selection of the leading actress, and finally it is Robert Romiski, the director of the film "Forrest Gump" and whom he has worked with, who recommended someone to him.

Robert Romiski's recommendation to Lin Mu was a girl from England who is now studying French literature at Harvard. As soon as they heard that this was not a professional actor, Lin Mu already had the intention of giving up, because they did not think that a female student who had never received formal actor training could meet James Cameron's picky appetite. But Robert Romiskey told him that the girl had starred in a movie in the UK and had some acting experience, and Lin Mu decided to meet the girl who made Robert Romissky admire so much.

I have to admit that as soon as Lin Mu saw this Harvard girl, he was attracted by her unique temperament, this British girl was amazingly beautiful, and it also made Lin Mu feel like he knew her, he felt that he had seen this girl there. So when Kate Beckinsale introduced herself, Lin Mu finally remembered the origin of this British beauty. In the film "Pearl Harbor", it is the beautiful and moving female doctor played by Kate Beckinsale, and even Hollywood, which is always arrogant, has said that it is with Kate's participation that this film, which was praised as a "pure male" by film industry experts at the beginning of filming, has a more heart-wrenching shock! And in "Tales of the Night", she changed her feminine appearance and turned into a cold vampire female warrior, which made people see her talent as an action movie star.

Isn't this the most suitable candidate for the heroine that Lin Mukai is looking for? There was almost no hesitation, and the first thing Lin Mu said to her after learning her identity was: "I have a script here, I think you are very suitable for the heroine, are you willing to sign a contract with me?" ”

Kate Beckinsale naturally won't turn down this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Lin Mu signed a contract with James Cameron without her consent. And James Cameron didn't say anything after seeing Kate Beckinsale, which made Lin Mu very anxious, "Cameron, what do you think of her?" ”

"I think you can sign her right away!" James Cameron threw out this sentence lightly, and he was not easy to evaluate in front of Kate Beckinsale, "I think she was born for this script!" ”

"I'm glad you have such an idea, in fact I have signed with her!" Lin Mu made a somewhat apologetic and helpless look at James Cameron.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" tells a fantasy story, the main creators did not dare to be sloppy about the relevant historical background, and Lin Mu specially invited the respected historian Peter Tbest as a consultant. Tvester studied the history of the 16th and 20th centuries, and he taught all parts of the crew, from the customs of the time and the details of dress to daily life, navigation and military conditions.

In order to make the film seem more believable, all the actors who played pirates and the British Navy underwent weeks of training, and Yuan Heping coordinated with the crew's special effects production team to deliberately design a set of countless actions for the film. And he also specially choreographed a martial arts move for Zhen Zidan, James Cameron was full of praise for this martial arts move, and under his strong request, Yuan Heping had to gather all the actors in the crew for the most basic martial arts training. Since there are a lot of fight scenes in the film, how to hold a knife, how to attack and defend, these are all things that Yuan Heping needs to teach.

And James Cameron was not idle during this time, and it can be said that the filming process of the film was unconventional, because before finding a suitable actor, the crew began to design and build the set and set out to find a suitable location. The most important set in the film is Barbossa's cave where the treasure is hidden, and it took James Cameron half a month to build it with 100 craftsmen, 300,000 gallons of water, and another week to renovate.

Set designer Larry Díaz led the team to do a lot of research into the historical context, hoping to stay true to the historical facts while staying true to the film's style. James Cameron demanded that the treasure caves be filled with gold, and he repeatedly stressed that pirates were not art collectors, but real money lovers, interested only in face value. Dias's production team dyed hundreds of cubic feet of stone gold and collected hundreds of yards of fake pearls. In addition, Dias also found two companies that imitated ancient coins and customized nearly 1 million Spanish coins.

In the end, James Cameron went to the Caribbean with a huge film crew to shoot live-action, and Lin Mu's busyness during this time finally came to an end. (To be continued.) )