"The Dark Realm", the name of this novel is relatively unfamiliar.

But when it comes to the movie based on this novel, it is quite famous.

This movie is "Neverending", that is, the movie in which the protagonist is jokingly called a drug addict.

The film was much earlier than "Super Body", and the box office performance was not bad, with a box office of $120 million in North America and $40 million overseas.

The main reason is that the cost of this movie is very low, it is said to be a science fiction film, but in fact there are no special effects scenes, if you don't use superstar actors, you can shoot it for two or three hundred million dollars.

The original star of this movie, Bradley Cooper, is not a well-known actor, he is really famous in North America because of the movie "The Hangover".

But unfortunately, under the instigation of Wu Yuan, the butterfly, the starring role of "The Hangover" was changed from Bradley Cooper to Ryan Reynolds, and it was released five or six years ahead of schedule.

As a result, Bradley Cooper is now just a young actor acting in comedies.

Now buy the copyright of "Dark Realm" and invite Bradley Cooper to play the leading role, which will be very cost-effective from the perspective of cost.

"World War Z" is not easy to film.

On the original trajectory, the film was won by Brad Pitt in 2006, and the first version of the script was not made until 2009, but the script was not very good and was shelved again.

It wasn't until 2011 that the project was restarted again and a new script was made, and the film was officially filmed.

From 2006 to 2011, it took five years, and these five years are precisely the five years with the fastest technological innovation in Hollywood, not only 3D and IMAX movies have begun to become the mainstream, but also a variety of new special effects technology and new shooting equipment have appeared, which has upgraded the Hollywood industry.

Wu Yuan doesn't plan to start the filming of "World War Z" before 2009, without the new technology of 2012, can the made "World War Z" sell for 500 million US dollars worldwide?

It's not absolutely impossible, but the risks and uncertainties will be high.

Now that he has obtained the copyright, Wu Yuan is certainly not willing to take this risk any more, and it is not too late to wait until 2011 to make "World War Z".

Even the actor he has thought about, the original starring Brad Pitt is definitely not suitable, but another handsome blonde guy can make up for it, that is, Chris Hemsworth, who played Thor in the Marvel superhero movie.

His image is too similar to Brad Pitt's image in the "World War Z" movie.

Taking advantage of the fact that his salary was still very cheap in 2011, when acting in "Thor 1" was the price of cabbage, he hurriedly grabbed and filmed "World War Z", how could it be made by blood!

Before that, Light Times should first make the movie "Never-ending", although the box office is not high, the cost is extremely low, and it is quite profitable.

After making this movie, as well as "The Hangover 3" and "Weakness", the company can almost start the filming of the "Twilight" series.

In the next five years, there will be no shortage of movies made in the light era, and it is not a problem to come to a movie with a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars every year!

After elaborating this general plan with John, John also understood Wu Yuan's thoughts, and immediately said that he would buy the film adaptation rights of "Dark Realm" as soon as possible and start the preparation of the film project.

Soon, before hanging up the phone, he also passed on the latest news to Wu Yuan, "Rush Hour 3", which was originally scheduled to be released at Christmas, was temporarily withdrawn from the new line.

There's no way, the dark horse of "Wonderful Night at the Museum" is a little too dark, and the new line, which has small arms and legs, doesn't want to go to this movie, so it was urgently withdrawn the day before the release of "Rush Hour 3".

Cheng Long, who had arrived in the United States to prepare to cooperate with the propaganda, temporarily canceled the next work arrangements and flew back to Hong Kong Island.

After being rescheduled, the film is scheduled to premiere in North America on January 22.

January 2007 was not a big match, and the only film that could be called a row was Luc Besson's "Arthur and His Miniature Kingdom".

Although he didn't dare to PK with "Wonderful Night at the Museum" in the Christmas file, the new line still dared to go head-to-head with Luc Besson, because this is an animated movie, and it is not the same theme as "Rush Hour 3".

Regarding this news, Wu Yuan was also a little crying and laughing, and he didn't know whether to say that the new line was too cowardly, or that the new line was sensible and distressing.

This kind of emergency withdrawal the day before the release, few movies dare to do this in a year.

Still, this act is commendable.

"Rush Hour 3" and "Wonderful Night at the Museum" compete together in the Christmas file, and it is indeed a lose-lose situation.

It can only be said that when the new line was scheduled at the beginning, I didn't think about using the low-cost "Wonderful Night at the Museum" as an opponent, but I didn't expect this movie to be a big hit first.

That's where the fun comes in the film industry, and it's impossible to guess the outcome of a movie until it's released.

"I see, you can get busy first." Wu Yuan hung up the phone with a smile and stretched.

On the other side of the ocean, he can only listen to a report on these things on the other side of the ocean, and he really doesn't have the time to go to North America to follow up one by one.

Just on Huaxia's side, he still has a bunch of things to deal with.

After cutting the film in the computer room for half a month, and roughly cutting out the first version, Wu Yuan had to temporarily put aside the post-production work of "Gravity" and went to the airport to take a flight to Xiamen.

"Those Years" filmed in Xiamen, after two and a half months of filming, has come to an end, and Wu Yuan's promised cameo appearance as Shen Jiayi's husband cannot be delayed any longer.

Wu Yuan's version of "Those Years" is basically no different from the original version, except for localizing things that are more Taiwanese-style, just changing Shen Jiayi's kiss scene to a hugging scene.

Since you take the route of pure love, you don't need to engage in this kind of kissing drama.

Well, to be honest, Wu Yuan doesn't want to see his girlfriend filming intimate scenes with other actors.

Even if he's a director!

Not only is there no kiss scene in "Those Years", nor in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", and she will not have an intimate scene in "Ace Agent", which is expected to involve Liu Yifei in the filming in the future.

Wu Yuan is such a stingy and cautious man.

On January 12, 2007, when the mainland box office of "The City Full of Golden Armor" broke the record of 250 million for "Hero", Wu Yuan arrived at the international airport on Xiamen Island.

From boarding the plane to landing, he heard tourists discussing this Chinese New Year blockbuster, the 2006 box office champion movie.

In 2002, "Hero" was released and was a great success in mainland China and North America, setting a new box office record for Chinese films, becoming a phenomenal film that was all the rage, and opening the era of commercial blockbusters of Chinese films.

Since that year, Chinese-language films have been rushing towards the road of commercial blockbusters.

However, in the past two years, "blockbusters" seem to be more and more linked to the word "loss".

Although "The City Full of Golden Armor" was a big hit at the box office, the mainland box office was as high as 290 million, winning the annual box office champion.

However, this film is currently the most expensive Chinese-language film, with a production cost of up to 360 million yuan.

Considering the production cost of 360 million, even if you add overseas market income and copyright income, it is still far from the profit target.

What is the concept of 360 million production cost?

12 years later, Guo Fan made "The Wandering Earth 1", but it only cost more than 300 million yuan.

Considering the rise in prices, the expansion of capital and the progress of the overall wage of the industry, even if it is possible that the special effects production at that time was cheaper than now, overall, the cost of "Golden Armor" is definitely higher than that of "The Wandering Earth".

Wu Yuan, an international director, didn't dare to spend 360 million yuan to make a Chinese movie, but Zhang Yimou dared!

Then a good hand is played to the ground.

Facts have proved that the current Chinese film market is still too small, and it really can't afford a single film with a cost of 300 million.

Even Zhou Runfu, Gong Li, Jay Chou, and Liu Ye, the four superstars who span film and television songs, can't afford this box office.

Once the movie can't be sold overseas, relying on the domestic market alone, it is destined to lose all its money.

It was also the failure of the overseas market of "The City Full of Golden Armor" that made Zhang Yimou sober up, knowing that the big sale of "Hero" in North America was a momentary luck, and it was the times that created heroes, and it was impossible to reproduce it.

"Ambush on All Sides" has exhausted the overseas influence that "Hero" has brought him.

After that, when he made movies again, he no longer considered the overseas market in the box office considerations, whether it was "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" or "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", they were all aimed at the mainland market, and they didn't engage in such outrageously high costs.

Until, he was seduced by Legendary Pictures again and took over "The Great Wall".

It's too early to think about this, after feeling sorry for Zhang Yimou, Wu Yuan stepped out of the airport, got in the car that came to pick him up, and came to the crew of "Those Years".

The crew was not on the set of the high school at the moment, but was setting up in a chartered church.

The scene to be filmed today is the scene where Shen Jiayi and her husband get married, which is the finale of this movie.

Ke Jingteng, who had already combed his hair into an adult and put on a handsome suit, came to Shen Jiayi's wedding with his high school friends.

Wu Yuan's "first kiss on the screen" is also going to be offered.

There is no way, his girlfriend doesn't shoot kiss scenes, so he can only do it himself, and he can also leave a big gimmick for the movie to attract the audience to the cinema.

In order to support his girlfriend, Wu Yuan can be regarded as giving up his son and sparing no effort.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Yuan arrived on the set.

As soon as they met, Director Li Yang deliberately looked him up and down in front of him.

Under Wu Yuan's puzzled eyes, Li Yang said with a smile: "Director Wu, you are really too handsome, you come to play this Shen Jiayi's husband, don't you want to suppress Ke Jingteng?" ”

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, it turned out that it was because of this.

"Director Li, your idea is wrong."

He shrugged his shoulders: "Who stipulated that the former campus goddess would eventually marry a middle-aged businessman with a big belly, or marry an ordinary man with mediocre appearance?" ”

"I think it's normal for a campus goddess like Shen Jiayi, who has been secretly loved by countless male classmates, to finally marry a man who is also handsome and talented."

"A princess is worthy of a prince!"

Liu Yifei, who was also trotting to greet him, immediately nodded his little head and echoed: "That's it, why did Shen Jiayi have to marry an ordinary-looking person after Ke Jingteng missed Shen Jiayi?" ”

"She deserves better!" Liu Yifei cocked her chin, her expression was very arrogant, and she didn't know if she was talking about Shen Jiayi or herself.

Li Yang shook his head and smiled, "Come on, I mean you two." ”

"Director Wu, then do you go to change your clothes now, let's get ready and we can test shoot."

This chapter is yesterday's.