Most of the scenes filmed in the capital of "The Undertaker" are the opening parts of the movie.

That is, the plot of the actor Lin Wu working in the Peking Opera Troupe, and then the troupe was disbanded and fell into an embarrassing situation.

There is also this beginning of the actor's interview for a new company, his first job is to be a "corpse" model, and he was fiddled with the plot of "mortuary teaching video", although the movie takes place in the protagonist's hometown, but the real shot is still filmed in Beijing.

Who said that there is a suitable studio in Beijing?

These scenes are not heavy, and they are also relatively relaxed and witty plots, both the actors and directors feel that the filming is very processed, and the filming progress is also very smooth.

However, after three or five days of hard work, this part of the plot was filmed, and the crew was ready to transfer to Anshan in the Northeast.

Most of the next part of this movie will be filmed in Anshan.

Anshan is a very special city, and it seems that many domestic literary film directors prefer it and like to shoot here.

Wu Yuan, who has personally inspected the field, also has to admit that the vision of these directors is professional.

The winter in Anshan is very beautiful, with mountains, rivers and forests, which is very suitable for the filming of aesthetic literary films, and it is not inferior to those winter love song movies of RB.

Of course, this does not refer to the urban area of Anshan.

This time, the filming location of "The Undertaker" is Xiuyan County in Anshan, which is an autonomous county of ethnic minorities and retains a lot of original features.

However, just when the crew was about to transfer to Anshan, Jerry Bruckheimer, who flew from the other side of the ocean, stepped on Wu Yuan's tail while he was still in the capital, arrived in the capital, and asked him to meet.

Anyway, this is also a gold medal producer of Hollywood, and Wu Yuan had no choice but to let the crew go to Anshan first, and he stayed in the capital for one more day.

Due to the tight schedule, Wu Yuan made an appointment to meet Jerry directly at the hotel where he was staying.

It was in the Huaiyang Cuisine Restaurant on the second floor of this five-star hotel that Wu Yuan met this well-known producer who was full of good news.

Jerry Bruckheimer was born in 1945 and is 57 years old this year, but his blonde hair is still thick and bushy, and he looks only in his early forties, and he is very well maintained.

Of course, he is famous in Hollywood not because of his good maintenance, but because he has made a lot of excellent movies.

Released this summer, he produced "Pearl Harbor," which was the same time as "Juno," and grossed $449 million worldwide.

In addition, he also participated in the production of the famous "Peerless Tribulation", "Black Hawk Down", "Brave Island", "Public Enemy", "Thunder Ambition" and other movies.

Such a well-known producer came all the way to see him, although Wu Yuan was not flattered, but he also attached great importance to it.

The two met in the restaurant, and after sitting down with each other and chatting for a few words, he curiously took the initiative to ask: "Jerry, I know that Michael Bay and you are very good partners, and his "Pearl Harbor" has already been released, so there is nothing to do next, right?" ”

If you want to talk about which director has the best relationship with Jerry Bruckheimer, it is definitely Bang Bei at this stage.

Starting from Bang Bei's second film "The Peerless Tribulation", the two of them have collaborated on two movies one after another, "Wolf Club" and "Pearl Harbor", and both have achieved very good box office results.

Now that Jerry Bruckheimer has started the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project, and his private company is also one of the producers, it stands to reason that Michael Bay should be the director, where is the turn of Wu Yuan, an outsider?

"Daniel, I don't want to hide it from you." Jerry took a sip of the coffee just delivered by the waiter, and said to Wu Yuan very sincerely: "Michael is indeed my first choice. ”

"Actually, when the script was written, the first thing I contacted was Michael."

"But he didn't want to take this drama, and the reason he gave me was that he didn't want to direct the drama for the time being, and wanted to make two documentaries for fun."

"Yes, he's going to be a documentary actor, not a director!"

"You know, he doesn't really have much to pursue at the box office now, "Pearl Harbor" just became a global hit, and he doesn't want to take on another commercial blockbuster at all."

"Even if it's going to make a documentary, he thinks it's more interesting."

Regardless of whether Bang Bei can make a curious fantasy movie, as long as he is willing to take over "Pirates of the Caribbean", then whether it is Jerry or Disney, it must be desperate, after all, his box office performance in the past two years has been really good.

It's a pity that people don't want to take it!

Under Jerry's serious explanation, Wu Yuan understood the current predicament of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

In the case that Bang Bei was reluctant to take on this movie, Jerry contacted many Hollywood first-line directors one after another, but all of them were rejected.

Directors with a box office have projects to do, and they don't accept this kind of commercial series created from scratch.

There is no box office, directors who take the award route can't look down on this kind of purely commercial film, and Disney doesn't dare to give such a commercial blockbuster to literary and artistic directors to shoot.

Under this screening, only a group of second- and third-rate directors can take over this "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Originally, Jerry also accepted the situation.

Hollywood is not without a precedent for using small and medium-sized directors to make commercial series of films!

As long as the director is qualified, this kind of purely commercial film is not impossible to make.

He also really looked for a young director who is very good at shooting suspenseful atmospheres, so he wants to be cheap and easy to use, but he can't do adventure film directing, and the experienced assistant director has a few more.

Don't think that Hollywood doesn't understand this!

Guo Xiaosi's "Little Times" crew has 4 to 6 unsigned assistant directors, but it is not his originality, it is all left over from Hollywood.

But this is a last resort.

When Wu Yuan came out in North America with "Juno", Jerry had other ideas.

"Juno" is indeed just a low-budget movie, the setting only focuses on the small town, and there is no adventure element at all, but this movie has a global box office of 200 million US dollars!

Even if it is also a mascot, it is better to find a director with a global box office of 200 million US dollars than to find a director of the American version of "Midnight Bell", right?

Commercial films operate differently than literary films.

Commercial films are all about selling points!

The configuration of a high-box office director + well-known actor + handsome man and beautiful woman, at least it is a top match, which naturally attracts the audience's attention.

At least from the bright side, Wu Yuan's participation in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project can make up for the director's fame for this movie!

And Wu Yuan is currently the most cost-effective in the 100 million yuan box office director club of Hollywood!

He has only one film work in North America, and his worth has not risen to the sky.

The worst result is to invite a mascot director, and the specific shooting work of the crew is checked by several experienced assistant directors.

The director is indeed the soul of a movie, but in the commercial films created by Hollywood's industrialization, the director is just a big tool.

This was true of Pirates of the Caribbean, and even more so with the later Marvel films.

In the conversation with Jerry, Wu Yuan also vaguely guessed his thoughts, and felt that what Jerry valued more than the director's level was actually his title of "new North American 200 million box office director".

But for the sake of this name, Jerry is really willing to spend money!

"Daniel, as long as you're willing to take on this movie, we can give you $8 million in directorial fees, which is not a small amount of money!"

"But you have to sign three films in a row."

"Of course, for the director's fees for the next two films, we can sign a supplementary contract!"

"If the first film grosses more than $500 million worldwide, the follow-up directorial fee can be increased to $10 million!"

Spending eight million dollars on a mascot is definitely a lot of money.

Jerry believes that Wu Yuan's identity as a "$200 million box office director" is worth $8 million, and his name alone can add more than $8 million to the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean"!

If converted into RMB, there are more than 6,000 and nearly 70 million!

However, Wu Yuan was not immediately moved, but looked at the other party with interest, stretched out his hand and tapped on the table: "Do I have the right to edit?" ”

"Nope."

"Who is the biggest in the crew?"

"You're the biggest in the shoot, but you have to shoot according to the script, and we have professional storyboarders who will even prepare the storyboards."

"Huh." Wu Yuan sneered, what does it mean to be such a pure tool director, even if he can make eight million dollars on this trip, it is very boring!

After thinking about it carefully, Wu Yuan thought of another thing, and his eyes lit up: "Then I have another request, I want to bring people into the group!" ”

Jerry frowned, and suddenly felt that the Chinese director in front of him was a little confused.

Disney's commercial blockbuster, how could it be possible to let Wu Yuansai Chinese actors in?

"Daniel, this is a fantasy story about a 17th-century Pirate of the Caribbean, and there is no room for Asian actors in this setting." Jerry shook his head in refusal.

"No, you're getting me wrong."

Who knows, Wu Yuan smiled, and said with a gleam in his eyes: "I want to bring some crew members into the group." ”

"Not much, just more than 20, camera assistants, lighting, radio, machine workers, props, sets, art directors, factory workers, scene selection, layout engineers and other staff."

"Of course, after they join the crew, they are all assistants and interns, and they will not interfere with the normal filming of the crew."

"You know, the crew here in Huaxia is not professional enough, there are a lot of things to learn, and I also need a crew team in Huaxia that can be used well."

"I guess you won't mind, right?"

Jerry's throat twitched and he swallowed, "Daniel, are you serious?" ”