Los Angeles, Disneyland.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" still chose to premiere at Disney's Pirate Park in Los Angeles.

Compared with the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", the premiere of the second part was not so grand.

In fact, the original crew was scheduled to hold a premiere on June 24, and then release it in North America on July 7.

It's just that Wu Yuan wants to stay in China for some reason, so after discussing with Disney, he moved the premiere to July 4.

On the afternoon of the 4th, the film's starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and others appeared on time at the catwalk ceremony of Disneyland.

Depp appeared in a gentleman's outfit, mature and handsome.

Kayla appeared in a white backless dress, which was flowing and moving, and it was also very eye-catching.

Another star actor, Orlando Bloom, also dressed up.

In comparison, Wu Yuan, the director, is much more low-key, wearing a simple black suit and white shirt, and wearing a pair of sunglasses at the catwalk ceremony.

The only thing that is eye-catching is that his clothes are LV's high-end customization, or LV took the initiative to customize Wu Yuan.

After Gong Li, Wu Yuan has become the second mainland star who can make top European luxury brands take the initiative to provide dresses.

In other words, is he a star?

Anyway, the mainland actors and singers who know about this matter are called tearful.

Unexpectedly, Wu Yuan, who works as a behind-the-scenes director, has won the popularity of top luxury brands before many actors

LV would rather rush to provide a customized dress for director Wu Yuan than look at other actors in the mainland, which makes them especially hurt.

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At the premiere, in addition to the leading actors of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", there were also invited guests such as Giovanni Ribissi, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and metal rock singer Marilyn Manson, who also attended the catwalk ceremony one after another.

In the past few years, the starlight of the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has not been as much as the first part, which actually shows Disney's confidence in the sequel.

The first part was not confident, so a lot of big-name stars were invited to give this movie a platform.

But with the first film grossing more than $700 million worldwide, and the subsequent DVD tape revenue continuing to gain two or three billion dollars, Disney is now full of confidence in this sequel, and there is no need for Hollywood's big-name stars to support it.

Most of the guests who came to the scene today are some friends in the circle personally invited by the leading actors and producers.

Wu Yuan also invited a "friend" of his in Hollywood to watch the movie.

Yes, it's Cheng Long, the Chinese kung fu superstar of Hollywood!

Cheng Long and Will Smith came hand in hand, not only to cheer for Wu Yuan, but also to make a small promotion for their new work "Rush Hour 3".

On the red carpet, all the guests were interviewed by the invited media on the spot.

"Yes, Daniel invited me." Facing the reporter of Los Angeles Star Weekly, Cheng Long said eloquently: "Pirates of the Caribbean is a very good work, which has been loved by audiences around the world, and I also like this movie very much. ”

"So Daniel invited me to the premiere of the second part, and I immediately agreed."

"Yes, I have a good relationship with him, and we worked together on "Rush Hour 3", which should be released in the second half of this year."

"Will? He is the other male lead of the film. ”

"Yes, of course what he said at the Oscars was not polite, he and Daniel were indeed friends."

Will, who was interviewed with Cheng Long, hugged Cheng Long's shoulders and said heartily: "I love the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" very much, Depp is so handsome in the movie, if I were a woman, I would definitely be obsessed with him." ”

"Looking forward to the second part of Ridpu's more exciting performances."

"Daniel is a fantastic director and his film is definitely not to be missed!"

"Box office prediction?"

"Oh, I think it's going to be better than the first one, maybe $800 million at the global box office?"

"Jackie, what do you think?"

Cheng Long replied sleekly: "The global film market is growing, I think with the word-of-mouth blessing of the previous work, the box office of the second part will definitely be better, I believe Daniel." ”

Just when the invited guests were interviewed on the red carpet outside, the creators of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" had already gathered in the infield.

With the explosion of the first part, the leading actors of this movie are now hot stars in Hollywood, and there are so many announcements in their hands that they can't be arranged.

After the movie was completed, it was the first time that everyone got together again.

"Kayla, you're pretty again." Depp, who has half-length curly hair and wears a gentleman's hat, praised his movements a little exaggeratedly.

Don't look at Depp's interview with reporters, it's embarrassing to shoot kiss scenes with Kayla one by one, because Kayla knew each other when she was 17 years old and something nonsense.

But in fact, Wu Yuan remembered that when directing this scene on the set, Depp was not embarrassed at all, but enjoyed it.

At the age of 43, he still has a heart for beauty, but he always likes to say some high-sounding things when facing reporters.

Kayla, by comparison, is much more honest.

When the reporter interviewed her just now, she said with a big grin that it felt great to be able to stage a kiss scene with Depp and Orlando.

Who says only men like beauty?

Women can also be men, but only if the man is handsome enough.

In fact, when he was filming at that time, Wu Yuan once thought about whether to discuss with the screenwriter and delete this kiss scene.

Personally, he thinks that the kiss scene between Captain Jack and Elizabeth at the end of the film is a bit abrupt.

Maybe it's because he's not an authentic American, and he really can't understand this somewhat chaotic relationship.

But after thinking about it solemnly, Wu Yuan still didn't change this script.

Without him, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is the highest-grossing work in the entire series

The North American box office exceeded $400 million, and the global box office exceeded $1 billion.

Wu Yuan felt that he really didn't need to make any changes to the script outside the original version, and it would be bad if it was self-defeating.

Although even if this movie is a box office hit, he has no box office share to take.

But the honor of "Billion Dollar Box Office Club", Wu Yuan still wants it very much.

As of July 2006, there were only five films that grossed more than $1 billion at the global box office.

They are "Titanic", "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Invincible", "Jurassic Park", "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace", and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

There are only five directors who have won this honor: James Cameron, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Chris Columbus.

There are only five directors in the world who have achieved this result.

It can be said that these five directors are the world's top five commercial film directors!

If Wu Yuan's "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" enters the "Billion Dollar Box Office Club", he will become the sixth director of this club!

With such an honor in front of him, how could Wu Yuan not act cautiously?

So the final film of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is almost exactly the same as Wu Yuan's impression, only a few chase scenes filmed in the jungle of Dominica were changed to rain scenes, which tossed Depp once.

"Director, what are you thinking?" Kayla's suspicious voice interrupted Wu Yuan's memories.

He came back to his senses and showed a faint smile: "I didn't think about anything, what's wrong, is there something?" ”

"Director, when will our "Rush Hour 3" be released?" Kayla asked, slightly curious.

Seeing that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is about to be released, Kayla has also begun to pay attention to her other work.

Speaking of this, Depp and Orlando also came up and deliberately complained: "Director, why did you only find Kayla for your new film, not us." ”

"Is our play bad?"

Wu Yuan smiled and rolled his eyes.

It's too expensive, and you can't afford the new line!

"The specific release time of "Rush Hour 3" is arranged by the new line, and it should be released at the end of the year, maybe it will be released at Christmas."

"Wow, a good time." Depp raised an eyebrow: "Jackie Chen's action movie is indeed suitable for the whole family to watch together at Christmas." ”

"His films are always full of jokes, and they don't have too bloody and violent plots, which is very popular with families."

In the United States, Christmas has always been a day of family reunions and gatherings, somewhat similar to the Spring Festival in China.

Therefore, there are usually some family-friendly comedy movies on the Christmas file, which can get a very good box office.

"I think so too." Wu Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said noncommittally.

"Hey, guys, stop chatting."

Jerry clapped his hands and stepped forward, interrupting the lively chat of the creators.

"Guests and reporters are coming in."

"Guys, it's time for the premiere to begin!"

All the main creators looked at each other, and then walked to the entrance of the screening hall with a smile on their faces, ready to greet the guests and reporters.

Whoever invites friends will be entertained, which is very reasonable.

Ten minutes later, all the guests, the media, and the invited film critics were invited into the screening room.

After speeches by Disney's vice president, producer, and director, the premiere of the film officially began.

This time, Wu Yuan didn't say anything, and he didn't need to amplify it, the outside world was already optimistic enough about the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", and no one stretched out his face to beat him at all.

Wu Yuan sat quietly in the center of the first row, and the film began to play as the lights dimmed and the classic soundtrack of "Pirates of the Caribbean" sounded.

At the same time, entertainment media around the world immediately forwarded the news of the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in Los Angeles.

In China, Sohu, Groom and other portals also forwarded and translated relevant reports on the Internet for the first time.

However, the news of the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" not only did not make domestic audiences excited and look forward to it, but caused a huge number of complaints.

Because "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" announced the release time of more than 30 countries around the world, but there is no specific release news from the mainland of China!

There are rumors in the market that the General Administration does not plan to introduce this film and will ban the release of this film in the mainland!

This Hollywood fantasy masterpiece may not be able to get on the mainland screen.

However, by 2023, there will be 53 movies that have exceeded $1 billion at the global box office, all of which are Hollywood movies.

In just 15 years, that number has gone from 5 to 53, a tenfold increase.

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