The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has reached the third part, whether it is for Wu Yuan or the crew, it is already a familiar thing.

The actors are all veteran actors who have worked together in 1 or 2 films.

There is no need for any running-in, and after everyone puts on makeup, they can immediately enter the role state.

Including Liu Yifei, although she is a new actor, she has a very familiar relationship with Wu Yuan, so familiar that she sleeps in the same bed, and Wu Yuan certainly will not have any strangeness to her.

From the first day of production, the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was extremely smooth, and it was on the fast track from the beginning.

Starting from the Bahamas, the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has footsteps all over the small Caribbean.

The filming of this film also provided an excellent job opportunity for the extras union of Hollywood.

In just a week after the start of filming, more than 7,000 people have signed up to appear in the group performance of this movie, and the crowd is unprecedented, which is a spectacular scene that Hollywood has never had.

The box office of the second part of $1 billion is enough for the entire Hollywood to pay attention to this sequel work.

The whole Hollywood is also paying attention to this movie and whether it will continue the brilliant achievements of this series.

The producers, directors, actors and crew, who were looking forward to starting filming, also had to bear the pressure.

Fortunately, Wu Yuan is the kind of director who is good at turning pressure into motivation.

And just when he was busy filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", there was new good news in China.

"Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys", which was completed in January, has successfully completed the post-editing work and can be submitted for review.

Zhang Guorong took the crew of more than 200 cast and crew members, ran around from the Gobi in Gansu to the prairie in the Northeast, and even rented a real steam train, and finally filmed this Chinese western.

Huang Bo, Liu Ye, and Xu Jinjiang, three outstanding actors, joined forces to hand in an answer sheet that Zhang Guorong was extremely satisfied with.

The story of this movie is actually very simple, it is a great robbery caused by the treasure and treasure map left behind by the Manchu Qing outside the Guan.

Three horse bandits with different personalities coincidentally came up with the idea of a treasure map in the hands of the little devil, and then met when they robbed the little devil on the train.

For the sake of this treasure map, the three of them tacitly chose to cooperate, and fought with each other, maintaining the bottom line of fighting without breaking, resulting in a series of witty and humorous stories.

In the end, they did not find the so-called Manchu treasure, but they accidentally destroyed an evil operation planned by the little devils in Manchuria, and hid their merits and fame.

The story is actually very old-fashioned, full of classic westerns, which can be said to be a tribute or a parody.

For domestic fans who have basically never been exposed to Westerns, it is quite novel, and it is absolutely no problem to watch it.

Referring to Wu Yuan's suggestion, Zhang Guorong himself also made a cameo role in the film, a small town tavern owner whose role is not too heavy.

This is prepared for the Korean market, and when the time comes, when the light and shadow era operates "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" is released in South Korea, it can be branded as Zhang Guorong's self-directed and self-acting, which can attract quite a lot of Korean fans to the cinema.

After completing the editing of the finished film, the light and shadow era was submitted for review as soon as possible.

Because the director is a director from Hong Kong Island, the review of this film is also very smooth, and the subject matter is satirical about the Japanese army, so it is easy to get the dragon standard.

So knowing that Wu Yuan was busy filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Li Xiaoping still called him and asked him if he had any special arrangements for the release of this movie.

It's not just this movie.

Several other films in the first phase of the Young Director Support Program in the Light and Shadow Era have also been filmed one after another, leaving only Xue Xiaolu's "Ocean Paradise" has not yet been filmed.

Xue Xiaolu wanted to invite Li Lianjie to play the leading role, and after reading the script, Li Lianjie was also moved by this script, and was even willing to star in 0 pay.

Li Lianjie, who has been acting in movies for 30 years and has always been making kung fu movies as a star, also wants to transform, and this literary film is very appetizing to him.

It's just that his recent schedule has been full.

Before that, he had "Casting a Name" to film.

Yes, Chen Kexin still formed the project "Casting Names", attracted investment, and invited Li Lianjie, Liu Dehua, and Takeshi Kaneshiro, three superstars, to co-star.

And after the filming of "Casting a Name", he immediately joined the crew of "The King of Kung Fu".

Although the Double J plan was in vain, Huayi still brought Li Lianjie and Zhou Runfu together to do this project, and the corner of Jin Yanzi fell on Li Binbin's head, and the white-haired witch became Fan Xiaopang.

Huayi really doesn't flow into the fields of outsiders this time, and the two main female roles are left to their own artists.

The director of this movie, Rob Minkoff, is a real kung fu fan, a Chinese fan, who has been obsessed with Chinese kung fu movies since he was a child, and loves movies such as "Drunken Fist", "Huang Feihong" and "Enter the Dragon".

Even the wives he married were 76 generations of descendants of Confucius.

Originally, he desperately wanted to invite Cheng Long to star in this movie, and even the characters in the script were tailored to the image of Cheng Long's "Drunken Fist".

But Cheng Long still has "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" to film, and there is a "Ace Agent" series waiting at hand, to be honest, he really can't look down on the project "King of Kung Fu".

Originally, Cheng Long was willing to take on the project "The King of Kung Fu", the main reason was that he couldn't get a film appointment from Hollywood after several movies in a row.

In the case of retreating to the second, "The King of Kung Fu" is indeed the best film contract that can be received, at least this is still a Sino-American co-production that will be released in North America.

But now the situation is different, now that Cheng Long has Wu Yuan to pull him, it can't be said to be a smooth road in Haolaiwu, but at least the development is on the right track again, so of course it can't be seen as a co-production.

In desperation, Rob Minkoff had no choice but to agree to use Zhou Runfu under pressure from Chinese and American investors.

Fortunately, there is also a Li Lianjie, and his "Once Upon a Time" series Rob Minkoff also likes to watch it, and he is very happy to work with this kung fu superstar.

"The King of Kung Fu" will start in May, and Li Lianjie needs to work on this movie first.

So at least until October 2007, he didn't have a schedule to play "Ocean Paradise", and Xue Xiaolu has not yet found an actor suitable to play Li Lianjie's "son", so the preparation for this movie is very slow.

In comparison, several other supported films were shot very smoothly.

Li Ruijun's "Summer Solstice" was submitted to the Greek International Independent Filmmakers Film Festival and the Rotterdam International Film Festival for participation.

Han Yan's "Who Do I Give My First Kiss To" will be released this month.

Cheng Er's "The Third Man" and Liu Meichuan's "Don't Knock on the Door" have all been filmed and successfully submitted for review.

Cheng Er's movie didn't touch any sensitive places, and it passed the review smoothly.

But Liu Meichuan's "Don't Knock on the Door" is a horror film, and the General Administration has given guidance that in principle, ghosts are not allowed in mainland movies.

As we all know, there are no ghosts in this world, and materialists talk about science and do not engage in feudal superstition.

For the sake of the face of the era of light and shadow, coupled with the vigorous support for the development of the film industry in the past two years, the leaders of the General Administration have pointed out a clear way.

Reshoot an ending, the leading actors wake up in a mental hospital, it turns out that all this is a hallucination caused by their mental pressure, which is imaginary.

Well, that's pretty scientific.

The elbow couldn't reach the thigh, and Liu Meichuan had to follow the guidance of the General Administration and call out to the actors to make up for such an ending, which successfully passed the trial.

Li Xiaoping called Wu Yuan just to ask him if he had any requirements for the release of these movies.

Of course, Wu Yuan doesn't have any special requirements, and he doesn't expect these movies to make money, it's just to support and cultivate newcomers.

"For specific release arrangements, you can negotiate with Han Dong."

"In recent years, there have been more and more domestic movies, and it is not so easy to get a good schedule, so you don't need to be too demanding."

So, according to Wu Yuan's instructions, Li Xiaoping and Han Dong quickly set the release schedule for these movies.

The most important and high-hopeful "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" is scheduled to be released on August 18 in the summer file.

This schedule is okay, and there is only one "The Secret That Can't Be Said" directed and acted by Jay Chou in front of it.

And the release date of the two movies is about half a month apart, so the impact on each other should not be very great.

Liu Meichuan's "Don't Knock on the Door" is scheduled for September 12, only nine days after "The Sun Also Rises", which will be released on September 21.

"The Sun Also Rises" is the brainchild of Jiang Wen after five years of banning, but this is a literary film, and horror films like "Don't Knock" are not on the same track at all, so don't worry too much.

Cheng Er's "The Third Man" was scheduled to be released in June, and June this year is completely the month of literary films, and the mainland films released are all literary films, and everyone can't sell the box office, and they don't have to worry about the box office market being eaten by a movie.

The only thing that may be more threatening is "Soul Chariot" starring Nicolas Cage, which is a commercial blockbuster of Hollywood.

However, this movie was first released in North America in February, and then IMDb only scored 5.2, and the North American box office performance was also very average, and it has been scolded as a bad movie, and it is very unlikely that it will sell well in the domestic market.

Coupled with "Who Do I Dedicate My First Kiss To", which will be released this month, there are four movies in the light and shadow era this year!

has always maintained the light and shadow era of only making 1-2 movies a year, with some small fights, and finally on the right track, like a mature and professional big production company!

Li Xiaoping, who took over the company for two years, had a pleased smile on her face.

It's a pity that this year's Light and Shadow Era will still be absent from the Chinese New Year, the most important film schedule in the mainland.

If only Wu Yuan could have a finale movie that ended the era of light and shadow in the Lunar New Year at the end of the year.

Li Xiaoping, who was still a little dissatisfied, said boldly in her heart.

(End of chapter)