Wu Yuan didn't deliberately keep Matt Damon at home for dinner, he really had something to do and didn't lie to Matt.

As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, John, who knew Wu Yuan's itinerary, contacted Wu Yuan as soon as possible.

He had too many things to talk to Wu Yuan about in person.

There are some things that have been dealt with in the conference call and need to be confirmed in person, and some things that must be discussed in person.

Wu Yuan simply asked him and Matt Damon to meet on the same day and settled the work together.

After sending Matt out of the house, Wu Yuan's butt was still hot, and John immediately rushed to his house.

"Already talked to Matt?"

"Of course."

Greeted John into the room and sat down, and as soon as we met, John talked to him about business.

"The first part of 'Breaking Dawn' is scheduled to be released on November 18, 2011, and the second part is scheduled to be released on November 16, 2012."

"After the release of these two movies, the IP of "Twilight" can be considered to be excavated."

"But we can continue to make spin-off movies, and the Marvel MCU Cinematic Universe inspires me."

"We might be able to make more movies around the werewolves and vampires in Twilight."

"For example, the story of these two races hundreds of years ago, maybe we can invite Stephanie Meyer to continue writing the script for us, a love story between a werewolf girl and a vampire prince two hundred years ago."

"It's a Romeo and Juliet feel, Daniel, don't you think?"

"I think?" Wu Yuan looked at John with a smile: "I don't think this idea is good at all." ”

"The IP of "Twilight" has not been able to expand into the volume of a cinematic universe."

"It's not even as good as the wizarding world of Harry Potter."

Wu Yuan knows that since the success of Marvel's "Iron Man" and the beginning of building the MCU Cinematic Universe, all ambitious film companies in Hollywood have become deeply interested in this novel "Cinematic Universe World View".

Warner is desperately rebooting its DC Cinematic Universe, and Disney is pondering the acquisition of Marvel and directly bringing this big IP into its arms.

At the same time, in the difficult future of the DC Cinematic Universe, Warner is also trying to expand the wizarding world of "Harry Potter", planning to create a Harry Potter Wizarding Universe.

JK Rowling, who said that the story of "Harry Potter" has ended, is now also moved by Warner, and has plans to return to Warner as a screenwriter and continue to create the world story of "Harry Potter".

It was when John heard about it that he got his mind right.

Warner has J.K. Rowling, the mother of magic, and Age of Light also has Stephanie Meyer, the mother of the Twilight Zone!

As the only series of works in the Light Age that has 100% of the film copyright, if the cinematic universe of "Twilight" can be expanded, it will undoubtedly be a thing that can lay the foundation for the stable development of the Light Age in the next ten or twenty years.

It's a pity that his proposal was rejected by Wu Yuan without hesitation.

"John, 'Twilight' is just an idol love story in the guise of a werewolf and a vampire."

"It's enough for fans to watch this kind of story once, and if you change it to two hundred years ago, you will have another forbidden love like this, and it won't make the audience like it much."

"It's not like Harry Potter."

"Instead of thinking about such unrealistic things, it's better to do a good job of the movie "World War Z."

At present, after the light era has finished the long-distance run of "Twilight", there is only the movie "World War Z" in hand to be busy for the time being.

Of course, Wu Yuan has also prepared the next profit point for the Light Era, and it is also one of the few non-superhero IPs that can stand out under the sweep of superhero movies.

The Hunger Games series!

This is also an adapted movie, Wu Yuan aimed at this series a few years ago and bought the film and television adaptation rights of "The Hunger Games".

The first work in this series will also start production this year.

In other words, Light Age will produce 3 movies at the same time, "The Martian", "World War Z" and "The Hunger Games 1".

Thanks to the big sales of the entire series of "Twilight", the cash flow on the account of the light era is very abundant, and it can come up with 500 million dollars to make these three movies in one go.

Of course, this is probably the biggest stroke of the Light Era.

After the filming of these three movies is completed and the funds are recovered after being released one after another, Wu Yuan plans to take a large amount of money from the account of the Light Age and return to China to engage in the Xianxia Movie Universe in the Light and Shadow Era, as well as his own Chinese entertainment blockbusters.

In the next 10 years, the focus of his career will shift from walking on two legs, and even more importantly, Hollywood, to focusing on the mainland market.

Except for "The Hunger Games", Wu Yuan will no longer be able to provide any movie scripts for Light Times in the short term, and Light Times will also start to find suitable scripts to shoot by themselves, just like other Hollywood independent production companies.

No way, Wu Yuan has tried his best, since 2014, 8 of the top ten movies at the North American box office are IP sequels, "Marvel Movies", "Star Wars", "Transformers", "Fast and Furious", and "DC Movie" have almost contracted the top ten at the North American box office.

The remaining two are not original movies, but anime movies such as "Minions", "Mind Squad", and "Zootopia".

And the movies that didn't enter the top ten at the box office, to be honest, Wu Yuan couldn't afford that little profit, so it was better to let John play freely in North America.

He's now the last thing he's staring at World War Z and the Hunger Games series, and after the development of the Light Era, he won't have much remote control.

The huge market in the mainland is waiting for him to encroach on it, and his real foundation and future are in China, not Haolaiwu.

"The casting for World War Z is all done, right?" Wu Yuan finally cared.

"It's done." John shrugged: "As you asked, between Blatter Pitt and Chris Hemsworth, we chose the latter. ”

"John, your vision is truly stunning."

"In May, "Thor 1" was released worldwide, with a box office of $180 million in North America and $490 million worldwide."

"Chris Hemsworth has gone from being an unknown actor to becoming a superhero representative."

"Our contract is so cost-effective!"

"After Chris Hemsworth became popular, he didn't raise the price or renegotiate the contract, right?" Wu Yuan asked again.

"Of course not." John said proudly: "He knows very well that although "Thor" is doing well at the global box office, the audience remembers Thor, not actor Chris Hemsworth. ”

"He urgently needs other films now to make the audience remember him as an actor, and not to be tied to the image of Thor, the god of thunder, which will only cut him off."

"He is very satisfied with the script of "World War Z" and is very willing to appear at the low price originally agreed."

"Chris Hemsworth is a very smart actor." Wu Yuan praised. (End of chapter)