Paramount's executives did not agree to Wu Yuan's suggestion at the first time.

After all, "Interstellar" is a big project with an investment of $180 million, and even if Paramount only contributes less than a third of the money, it will not be so arbitrary to decide the main characters in the film.

He'll have to exchange ideas with the Globe.

However, Wu Yuan, as a third-party funder and the director of this film, his opinion is very important, unless it is really a serious violation of principles, otherwise Paramount and Universal should listen to him in the end.

It is worth mentioning that after this meeting, Wu Yuan also chatted with screenwriter Jonathan Nolan and learned about his brother Christopher Nolan.

The "Inception" directed by Nolan is now in preparation.

"Inception" has a smaller budget than "Interstellar", $160 million, and it is also a sci-fi blockbuster.

The filming plan for this film was born during the filming of "Batman Prequel 2: The Dark Knight", and Nolan also wanted to work with Christian Bale, Batman, who was happy to work with.

It's just that Christian Bale still has "Terminator 2018" to shoot after filming "The Dark Knight", and after filming "Terminator 2018" a few months ago, he didn't want to shoot "Inception" again, and suggested that Nolan find someone else to shoot it.

Now Nolan is in contact with Leonardo, estimating that "Inception" and "Interstellar" will be filmed at about a certain time, and the final release time is estimated to be the front and back.

This made Wu Yuan feel very interesting, and asked about the investment situation of "Inception", whether there was a shortage of money.

As a result, Jonathan told that the majority of the investment in the film had been won by Warner, and there was no shortage of money at all, even if there was a possibility of budget overruns during subsequent shooting, Warner could handle it.

This made Wu Yuan say that it was a pity, the rumors on the Internet in his dream that "Inception" was short of money during the filming, it was really a false rumor!

With the excellent results achieved by Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, how could the six major Hollywood dare not invest money in his new film, they are all rushing to stuff money.

By the way, he also asked Wang Xueqi about the audition for the role of Saito.

Although this character is set as a Japanese chaebol boss, he can appear in front of a global audience, and there are still a lot of scenes, not a special version of Huaxia, which is still quite important to Wang Xueqi.

It's a pity that Jonathan doesn't know about this, after all, he is only Nolan's younger brother, and he didn't participate in the production of "Inception".

Wu Yuan had no choice but to leave a sentence: "There is a chance to form a bureau to get to know each other." The conversation ended.

He really wants to get to know Director Nolan, who is a very good director.

Although he insists on using cameras for real-time shooting and avoiding excessive use of CGI technology and computer imaging technology, the film concept is somewhat inconsistent with Wu Yuan's "technical party", but his movies are really good!

Anti-physics discussions, brilliant action scenes, and impactful emotions are all areas that Nolan is good at, and fast editing and agile storytelling make the surreal world feel hearty, these are all things that Wu Yuan needs to learn.

Jonathan is also happy to be a bridge to introduce Wu Yuan, a young and promising talented director, to his brother, and the two talked happily and made an appointment to meet more in the next period of time.

After all, the script of "Interstellar" still needs to be perfected by Wu Yuan, the director and screenwriter.

"Whew."

Turning off the shower and wiping off the water on his face, Wu Yuan casually picked up the bath towel and wrapped his lower body, then pushed the door and walked out of the bathroom.

Moving his stiff neck, he took three steps and made two steps, and then lay on the bed.

"Smack!" A strong slap hit him in the back in an instant.

Liu Yifei, who was leaning on the head of the bed and reading a book, said disgustedly: "Lie on the bed without wiping your body!" ”

"Hey, hey." Wu Yuan, who had rough skin and thick flesh and was not afraid of beating at all, rolled over with a carp and hugged his fragrant girlfriend, who had also been washed.

"Sissi, the filming of "Ace Agent" is almost over, right?"

"The Los Angeles studio is pretty much the same." Liu Yifei nodded: "I don't have many scenes, after the studio scene is completed, I only need to go to the UK to shoot for three days, and Switzerland for half a month, and then it can be completed." ”

"Brother Cheng Long asked me to ask you if you want to visit the crew, after all, your company is also one of the producers of this movie."

"I'm not going." Wu Yuan shook his head: "I have a bunch of preparatory meetings to be held, how can I have time to visit the class, it is estimated that when I am done, the crew of "Ace Agent" will also be transferred." ”

"Brother Cheng Long can't be idle, after the filming of his "Ace Agent", the company also arranged a "Kung Fu Dream" for him to shoot."

"When the filming of "Kung Fu Dream" is finished, it is estimated that "Ace Agent 2" can also start preparation, and then he is estimated to make a movie on Hong Kong Island."

"In the next three to five years, Brother Cheng Long will be busy."

Wu Yuan smiled gloatingly.

In this life, Cheng Long's acting career is much smoother.

The good box office and high reputation of "Rush Hour 3" made him return like lightning in Hollywood, and then there was the "Ace Agent" series, which was also interspersed with "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" to brush his face.

Now his status and popularity have a little bit of a return to the top in Hollywood.

Now that he has continuous film appointments on Hollywood, Warner also wants to invite Stallone out of the mountain and cooperate with Cheng Long to have a super kung fu blockbuster of Cheng Long VS Stallone.

However, Cheng Long will mainly be busy with the movie "Kung Fu Dream" next.

Wu Yuan thought about it, but still felt that he couldn't let go of "Kung Fu Dream", although the response of this movie in China was very average, but the results in the international market were not ordinarily good, and it was Cheng Long's No. 1 film at the box office.

The box office of 359 million US dollars costs up to 50 million US dollars, of which 20 million is still for Cheng Long's salary, this investment is too cost-effective, and it will not be earned in vain.

As for Will Smith's son, who is still too young, it is not a problem at all.

Who watched "Kung Fu Dream" for Will Smith's son?

Including fans in Europe and the United States, they are all coming for Cheng Long, and they can do it by finding an American child star of the right age.

With Cheng Long's fame and status now back at the top, Wu Yuan relied on his relationship and played the card of Chinese culture to pull him to work on this "Kung Fu Dream".

It's no wonder that he can't even watch the Sino-American co-production "The King of Kung Fu".

Thinking of "The King of Kung Fu", Wu Yuan glanced at Liu Yifei lying in his arms, and said with a smile: "Sissi, the "King of Kung Fu" that invited you to play the heroine will be released in China soon. ”

"Speaking of which, Huayi is really enthusiastic about you, and I am in a hurry to beg you to act in this play."

"The King of Kung Fu", an ambitious Sino-American co-production with great Chinese art, is called a twist and turn in the preparation and production of this time and space.

first failed in the "Double J Plan", Cheng Long refused to act, and then invited Liu Yifei, the former No. 1 actress at the mainland box office, to fail again.

But even so, "The King of Kung Fu" still put together a rather gorgeous lineup.

There is no double J plan, and Li Lianjie with Zhou Runfa is also good.

Without Liu Yifei, if you change to two Bingbing to star together, the effect of 1+1 should not be underestimated.

However, due to various delays in the preparation stage, the film was finally finalized half a year later than the original time and space, and it will be released on December 28 in this year's Chinese New Year.

However, there is "Mei Lanfang" released on December 4, "Ip Man" released on December 16 and "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" on December 20.

Following the release of these three movies, whether "The King of Kung Fu" can get a good box office is a question mark.

Wu Yuan is not optimistic about this anyway.

This is not an April file without a one-in-one enemy, it is a bloody Chinese New Year file, and if you want to kill it from this schedule, it is not something that a movie with mixed reputations can do.

Huayi is estimated to lose a lot this time.

It is true that I did not kill Beren, but Beren died because of me.

Whether it is Cheng Long or Liu Yifei, it was under the influence of Wu Yuan that they did not join the project "The King of Kung Fu".

Liu Yifei said that she wanted to join "The King of Kung Fu", and the price was to join Huayi.

Although Liu Xiaoli later ordered Huayi and ate the sugar coating, but the cannonball was thrown back, the consequence of the exchange was that there was no filming in the mainland for two years, so she could only switch to the Hong Kong circle to take over the drama.

For her, it's really hard to say whether playing "The King of Kung Fu" is beneficial, and her role has little impact on the movie.

Cheng Long, however, is indeed one of the pillars of this movie, and without him, the box office of this movie in overseas markets is estimated to drop by two-thirds.

Our "Dragon Emperor" Li Lianjie really can't carry the box office in the overseas market.

"I think Sino-US co-productions are unreliable, how can there be co-productions of really good projects, and Haolaiwu is reluctant to come up with good projects to cooperate with Huaxia Company."

Liu Yifei pursed his lips, there is nothing to pity about the project "The King of Kung Fu", "Brother Cheng Long fortunately didn't act, otherwise if this movie is not good at the box office, he will finally get back his fame in Haolaiwu, and he will be unstable again." ”

"Hey." Wu Yuanle smiled: "Okay, you have been with me for a few years, and your vision of international films is rising." ”

"Co-productions, don't get involved, no matter what the management says, don't act in co-productions, there is no good movie."

Thinking of the "international" movies that Liu Yifei later acted in, such as Sino-American, Sino-French, Sino-South Korean, and Sino-Danish cooperation, it was called a tragic word.

Although she should not repeat the mistakes of the past in this life, Wu Yuan still said a few words of advice uneasily.

Da Tiantian is such a person with a background, and the Sino-US co-productions he gets, and even the blockbuster resources of Hollywood, all feature the word "rotten".

The co-production film is really rotten.

"Come on, don't talk about that." As soon as Wu Yuan turned around, he pulled the quilt on and covered the two of them.

"Hey, where's the elf I put at the head of the bed?"

"Running out so soon?"

With Wu Yuan's two puzzled exclamations, a beautiful sound began to come from the room. (End of chapter)