The crew of "The Undertaker" is preparing in an orderly manner, the actors are experiencing life, and Wu Yuan, the director, is also making preparations for the crew while improving the script.

The crew is easy to solve, and there are several sets of teams here in China Film, all of which can be used when they are used.

However, the movie "The Undertaker" needs a very good soundtrack master.

The soundtrack of the original film was done by Jean Hisaishi.

There is no need to go into too much detail about how powerful Hisaishi is, Jiang Wen loves him so much that he can't do it.

Wu Yuan doesn't have a plot for Hisaishi, although he also likes Hisaishi's movie soundtrack, but after "The Undertaker" determines that the male protagonist uses suona as an instrument, it is not suitable to find Hisaishi to make the soundtrack.

RB friends don't understand the instrument suona!

Wu Yuan still has to find a soundtrack master in China to complete the soundtrack of this movie.

After discussing with Han Dong, through the relationship of China Film, Wu Yuan contacted Mr. Xu Jingqing.

When it comes to the name of Teacher Xu Jingqing, most ordinary people may not know it, and they are confused.

But when it comes to the 83 version of "Journey to the West", everyone will immediately understand.

Mr. Xu Jingqing is not only a national first-class composer, but also composed 15 songs and nearly 100 background music of "Journey to the West" by himself.

Moreover, the soundtrack of the TV series "Journey to the West" created a precedent for the combination of electronic music, folk music and orchestra in TV dramas.

In other words, Mr. Xu Jingqing is not only very professional in folk music and orchestral music, but he also keeps up with the trend and understands electronic music.

After moving Mr. Xu Jingqing to make the soundtrack for "The Undertaker", Wu Yuan's last worry was that he finally put his mind at ease.

Next, you just need to wait for the actors to experience the end of their lives, and they can almost run in with each other, and then they can start the official shooting.

Wu Yuan also had the kung fu to pay a little attention to the United States on the other side of the ocean.

The release of "Juno" in North America has come to an end.

Perhaps because the adapted version is really not so American, in the end, "Juno" only made $121 million at the box office in North America, more than $20 million less than the original.

This is because Wu Yuan's version of "Juno" attracted a large number of middle-aged people to the cinema to watch it, so it achieved such results!

However, "Juno" has also begun to be released in other countries around the world, and the earliest ones are Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they have all achieved good box office results.

Traditional box office warehouses in Europe, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy, will also start to be released in October and November.

Fox Searchlight predicts that the global box office of "Juno" should eventually exceed $200 million, which will be the highest-grossing film since the establishment of Fox Searchlight.

Fox Searchlight is also actively working for the Oscars for "Juno" PR!

It's just that they are not the parent company 20th Century Fox after all, and Wu Yuan is not the contracted director of Fox Searchlight after all, and he is not even an American.

So it's almost impossible for "Juno" to win an Oscar, especially a grand prize.

However, there will still be a lot of nominations, after all, this is an original screenplay movie with a box office of more than 100 million in North America, and it is impossible for the Oscars to really turn a blind eye.

Regarding the Oscars, Wu Yuan is not as obsessed as the fifth-generation directors, and his heart is full of Ao.

He pays more attention to when the account of "Juno" will arrive.

In John's constant urging and Fox Searchlight's desire to maintain the relationship with Wu Yuan, the North American box office share of "Juno" was transferred to the account of Light Age in advance, and Fox Searchlight paid and settled in advance.

John, who got the money, also immediately started the "Hangover" project, and is picking actors and directors everywhere in Hollywood, striving for the film to be released smoothly in the second half of 2002!

Wu Yuan's daily work is also a little more, almost every day he has to make transatlantic phone calls with John, and even occasionally has to hold a video conference to follow up on the "Hangover" project together.

John wanted to find Ryan Reynolds, who had acted in the comedy movie "Dick", to play the leading role in "The Hangover", but he was very distressed about how to get together the other three members of the hangover group, so he approached Wu Yuan for advice.

Wu Yuan hasn't known John about the current Hollywood actors, and he can't think of a suitable actor for a while.

The two could only hold meetings and discuss the list of actors from the actors' union every night......

During the day, Wu Yuan had to improve the script of "The Undertaker", and followed the actors to chat, study, and work with the undertaker.

This kind of busy days lasted until the end of October, which made Wu Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.

The life experience of "The Undertaker" is over, and the actors who have deeply experienced the profession of the undertaker have made all the preparations, and the movie can be officially launched.

Things in the U.S. are almost taken care of, and John can handle the preparation and filming of the next project of "The Hangover".

Everything seems to be starting to look for the better.

Just when all this was going well, on the eve of the official start of "The Undertaker", Wu Yuan received an unexpected call.

"Is it Daniel wu, Director Wu?"

Wu Yuan, who was just about to rest, looked at the transoceanic call on his mobile phone and frowned: "Yes, I'm Daniel wu." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry to disturb your rest, I know it's the evening of Huaxia time."

There was a very gentlemanly voice on the other end of the phone, it was a man.

"I'm Jerry Bruckheimer, a producer at Disney."

"Director Wu, on behalf of Walt Disney Films, I solemnly invite you to direct one of our biggest film projects next year."

"With an estimated investment of more than $120 million, this film is a commercial blockbuster aimed at the global market!"

"The tentative title of the film is 'Pirates of the Caribbean', and it is a fantasy adventure film."

Before he finished his introduction, Wu Yuan interrupted: "Why did you find me?" ”

"Pirates of the Caribbean", a well-known Hollywood commercial series blockbuster, with a global box office of nearly $5 billion in the whole series of five films, is a proper gold-absorbing monster!

It's just that Wu Yuan didn't expect Disney to take the initiative to contact him, hoping that he would direct this movie.

Isn't that a joke?

It's hilarious to find a Chinese director to direct a story about pirates of the Caribbean.

Wu Yuan didn't know, in fact, Jerry Bruckheimer on the other end of the phone was also very depressed.

If it weren't for the lack of choice, he actually didn't want to contact Wu Yuan.

There is no way, although there are many commercial film directors who are blockbusters, they are all a carrot and a pit.

It's also hard for Disney to find a director who is willing to take on a brand new series of commercial films.

Steven Spielberg is busy with his "Minority Report," and "Cat and Mouse" is coming out.

James Cameron never takes on outside scenes, he always makes his own scripts and shoots them himself.

Quentin has "Kill Bill" to do, and he's not a director who likes to take on side plays.

Peter Jackson is a foreign actor, but he has been busy enough for ten years with the "Lord of the Rings" series.

The same goes for Chris Columbus, who directed Harry Potter.

As for Alfonso Cuarón, who succeeded him, he is now, like Nolan, he is still just a younger brother.

A-line directors such as David Fincher, Li Yu, and Robert Zemeckis also have their own things, and they are reluctant to take over Disney's new projects.

And Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" is to be like "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", once the first blockbuster is made, it will be made into a series of movies.

They had to find a reliable director.

Originally, when there was really no choice, the producers found a young director who debuted in 1996 and only made a comedy and an American version of "Midnight Bell".

But Wu Yuan was born.

No matter how you look at it, Wu Yuan is better than a little director who has only made one comedy and a midnight bell!

Although Wu Yuan is a Chinese director, there may be some cultural estrangement.

But the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean" can invite professional historians, and the customs of the era, the details of dress, daily life, navigation and military conditions, etc., do not need the director to worry about, and there are professionals in charge.

Wu Yuan only needs to follow the script and shoot this story well!

After all, this movie is just a fantasy adventure movie, not some heavy historical epic movie, and it doesn't have much to do with real history.

"Director Wu, after careful consideration, we think you are the best director choice for this movie."

"This invitation is really full of sincerity."

Jerry said in a sincere tone on the phone: "I really hope to invite Director Wu to meet, and we will talk about the details of this movie in person, this is a very cool fantasy adventure movie, I am sure you will like it." ”

Reach out and don't hit the smiley person.

In the face of Jerry's sincere words, Wu Yuan didn't want to speak coldly, so he had to reply euphemistically: "Hey, my new movie will start tomorrow, and I may not have much time to go to the United States in the future." ”

"It's an honor to be invited by Disney to cooperate, but unfortunately, the schedule may not be right."

"No!" Jerry heard that there was no strong refusal in Wu Yuan's tone, and immediately said, "It's okay, these are all things to talk about!" ”

"This film requires a long preparation time, and the actual start of production may not be until the second half of next year."

"I will book a plane ticket to China as soon as possible!"

"We can meet and talk about it in detail."