"The Martian, World War Z, The Hunger Games, the company is going to be very busy."

"Daniel, do you have a suitable director recommendation?"

"How about Todd Phillips directing World War Z?"

"We've had a great time working with him."

John chatted with Wu Yuan with great interest about the selection of directors for these films.

Unlike low-budget movies like "Twilight", both "World War Z" and "The Hunger Games" are big-scene movies, and the production cost is not low, but you can't find some small directors to shoot like "Twilight".

John's first thought was Todd Phillips, who had worked well with the Age of Light, the director of The Hangover franchise and later directed a sequel to Night at the Museum.

Last year, he wrote and directed the comedy film "Due Date", which was also invested by Light Times, which starred Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifeanakis, and was nominated for Best Comedy Film at the 13th Teen Choice Awards.

The company's "Neverending" film project, also directed by Todd Phillips, grossed $120 million in North America and nearly $200 million worldwide.

Now Todd Phillips can barely try a blockbuster that costs more than 100 million dollars, and if he can export the level, then he will also be the number one person in Hollywood in the future.

"Todd Phillips? He can't. However, Wu Yuan simply rejected John's suggestion.

"'World War Z' is looking for Mark Foster to direct it."

"The Hunger Games approached Francis Lawrence and signed him to a three-part contract in one go."

Mark Foster is the director of "007: Quantum of Solace", which broke the box office record for a British film on its opening day when it was released in the UK, and also broke the weekly box office record of 14.9 million pounds held by "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

When it was released in the mainland, the box office in the first week exceeded 66 million yuan, and the box office in North America reached 70.4 million US dollars in the first week, all of which broke the best box office results of the previous "007" series.

The most important thing is that "007" is an action movie, and one of the major features of the movie "World War Z" is that the zombies in the movie are very different from the zombies in American horror culture.

Zombies, or zombies, in American horror culture, are generally very slow and have stiff bodies.

But the zombies in "World War Z", the movements are crisp and neat, and the running speed is very fast, and the animated picture of the zombie ants attacking the city has also been popular on the mainland Internet.

It's just right to find a director who can make action movies to shoot "World War Z".

And Francis Lawrence, who is the director of "Detective Hell" and "I Am Legend", has achieved excellent box office results.

Speaking of which, Francis Lawrence is also a director with a very leading role.

"Detective Hell" is his film debut, and before making this film, he was just a music video director.

Then he got the opportunity to direct a blockbuster with an investment of 100 million US dollars, and finally "Hell Detective" won the global box office of 230 million US dollars, although the box office results can only be regarded as average, but the film itself is still very interesting, and it also made Francis Lawrence favored by the circle, and won the opportunity to direct "I Am Legend".

Then "I Am Legend" grossed $585 million worldwide.

The global box office of $500 million is a watershed, and those who can achieve this result can be regarded as a first-line director of Haolaiwu.

And this is just Francis Lawrence's second film.

Such a director full of the aura of the protagonist, Wu Yuan also wants to cooperate with him.

Of course, the most important reason is that these two directors are the directors of the original versions of "World War Z" and "The Hunger Games 2 and 3", respectively.

Wu Yuan's attitude towards the next few movies produced by the Light Age is to seek stability.

If you can find the original people, try to find the original people to produce, and strive to get box office results similar to or even better than the original time and space.

He couldn't afford to lose the box office failures of these films.

He still expects to rely on these movies to make a big profit in Hollywood, and then withdraw the funds to the mainland market.

If this is in case of a chaotic change of team and a box office failure, then he will have no place to cry.

"Mark Foster and Francis Lawrence?" John frowned, recalled the resumes of the two directors, nodded and said, "I know, I'll go talk to them." ”

These two directors don't have any film projects in hand now, so it should be easier to invite.

Unlike the situation where most of the directors in Huaxia are self-written and directed, the division of labor in the entertainment industry here is more detailed, the screenwriter is the screenwriter, the director is the director, and there are not many directors who can write and direct themselves.

It's not that the directors of Hollywood generally don't have the ability to write screenplays, but the screenwriters here are more professional and large-scale, and there are hundreds of new scripts in the six major script libraries every year.

This is far worse in China, there is no screenwriters' union that can really play a role in China, and screenwriters are generally not taken seriously, and the living environment is very poor.

It's funny to say, obviously in a movie, the screenwriter and director should be the most important components.

Internationally, in most countries with developed film and television industries, in addition to the producers and producers who represent the employer, the biggest thing for a crew is the director and screenwriter.

In some regions, screenwriters are even bigger than directors and are still valued, such as South Korea and Japan.

But in China, screenwriters are the least vocal and least valued, and even actors can casually on the screenwriter's head.

And once the screenwriter has no right to speak and is not taken seriously, it will definitely be difficult to produce high-quality works.

Around 2000, screenwriters were still very valued in the film and television industry, and people like Lu Wei and Wang Shuo were all well-known screenwriters in the circle, and they had enough power to speak in the crew, and sometimes directors had to listen to them.

Up to now, the status of screenwriters in the circle has declined sharply, especially in the TV drama industry, screenwriters have been completely reduced to having no say in the script, and even have to change the script according to the requirements of the actors, otherwise if the actors do not act, the management will be under pressure.

Since then, 99% of the good movies in China are self-written and directed works, and only the director himself can have a large enough voice to make a truly high-level movie.

The same is true in the field of TV dramas, only production companies that respect screenwriters and give screenwriters enough rights can make good TV series, such as Noon Sunshine.

As soon as Wu Yuan's thinking was scattered, he thought of this stubble.

"It looks like I'll have to create a good creative environment for screenwriters when I return to China." Wu Yuan thought divergently. (End of chapter)