Guardians of the Galaxy?

Wu Yuan frowned, and then quickly let go.

This is indeed a good IP.

Especially after the failure of Marvel's fourth phase of films, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" is the only movie that successfully saved Marvel's honor in the fifth phase and won a high box office and high reputation.

If there is no movie, then under the continuous attack of the two bad movies "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" and "Captain Marvel 2", plus the finale of Marvel's fourth phase "Black Panther 2: Long Live Wakanda", I am afraid that the reputation accumulated by Marvel in the first three stages will be completely destroyed.

It can be said that Marvel's fifth phase of lives were saved by "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3".

Marvel is willing to hand over this IP to Wu Yuan to direct, which is indeed very face-saving for Wu Yuan.

Of course, the current Marvel naturally doesn't know what his future will be, and he doesn't think about it so much.

They just think that "Guardians of the Galaxy" is a new IP that is independent of the earth and the perspective is from the universe, although it is also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it is very independent.

Such a new series, which is relatively independent of the Avengers, must find a director who is famous enough to attract audiences to the cinema without relying on the attraction of Marvel.

Now Marvel, the first phase of the movie has just ended, and the second phase has just begun to pave the way, and it is still working cautiously before the pride of the invincible opponents in the world.

It is also for this reason that the second and third phases of Marvel will be crowned gods.

There is no doubt that it is the right time to join the Marvel family at this time.

If Wu Yuan was just an ordinary director, he would definitely agree without hesitation.

However, he is not.

"Hmm." With a long groan, Wu Yuan shook his head and refused with regret: "Lawn, thank you very much for the invitation." ”

"But I've heard that in the second phase of Marvel's plan, "Guardians of the Galaxy" will start shooting in the second half of this year, right?"

"Unfortunately, I'm so busy this year that I can't find time to make this film."

If you want to join Marvel, Wu Yuan must immediately put down the post-production work of "The Martian", completely hand it over to the post-production special effects team, and then immediately start to study the script and filming related matters of "Guardians of the Galaxy", and join the team to start filming in July and August, and have no leisure until the end of the year.

This undoubtedly conflicts with his follow-up work on "The Martian".

In terms of the choice between making money for himself and making money for others, Wu Yuan must choose to make money for himself.

And Marvel is famous for praising actors but not directors.

The actors who participated in the filming of Marvel movies can quickly become popular all over the world with their roles, but the directors behind Marvel are very famous, and not many people will pay attention to them, and even if they all add up, they may not be as well-known as the director of DC next door.

Wu Yuan is not interested in doing such a pure tool man, even if Marvel may give a very high director fee.

"Daniel, you can hear about the treatment first." Sure enough, Lawne immediately answered: "Marvel is willing to give you a $25 million director's salary, plus a 3% box office share." ”

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. is the next phase of Marvel's very important movie, and the internal box office of this film is expected to be at least $600 million or more!"

"If it goes well, you'll get more than $40 million in total pay, which is not a small amount!"

Wu Yuan doesn't need to invest a dime, he only needs to be responsible for the shooting of the movie, and it takes more than half a year to a year to earn a minimum of 30 million, and a maximum of 40 or 50 million in compensation, such treatment is indeed rare.

Don't look at him making movies by himself, a movie can make one or two hundred million dollars, but this is not a business without capital, the investment of the light era also needs one or two hundred million dollars, and he has to bear the risk of loss.

In the case of zero risk, a stable income of tens of millions of dollars, this kind of good thing, no director will refuse.

This is also the reason why Marvel's movies are so popular, not only the treatment of the actors, but also the treatment of the directors.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the filming of "Guardians of the Galaxy" really clashed with Wu Yuan's follow-up work, he wouldn't be able to make a bad buck.

After all, after the light era is sold, he doesn't plan to make movies in Hollywood anymore, at least not blockbusters.

If you want to maintain your status as a good dock, it is also very reasonable to take on some good dock blockbuster filming work.

"This price is really exciting." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, and chatted with Lawne in a relaxed tone: "It's a pity, after the Light Era was sold to you, I didn't belong to Haolaiwu." ”

"In the future, I will put more energy back to Huaxia and make some of Huaxia's own blockbusters."

"As the most well-known director in China, I have the obligation and responsibility to lead the development of Huaxia's films better and go out of China."

"So in the next few years, I may not have the time and energy to shoot at Hollywood."

"Even if you have an idea, it may be a literary film to win the award."

Now Wu Yuan's development path is completely reversed, and he plans to make commercial blockbusters mainly in China in the next few years, and will only consider making some foreign language literary films overseas to win awards.

This is a change under the influence of the environment, after all, the next ten years will be the era of superheroes, and the road of original commercial films will not work, but the road of literary films can still be taken, and Hollywood's excellent literary films have always been in stable production.

"Still." Speaking of this, Wu Yuan suddenly paused, and said with interest: "I don't have the opportunity to direct "Guardians of the Galaxy". ”

"But Marvel has a superhero IP, and I'm very interested."

"Oh? Who is it? Lawn asked curiously.

“《Doctor Strange》”

Wu Yuan smiled: "The man who was injured in a car accident and went from a top surgeon to a supreme mage. ”

"Is Marvel interested in bringing the Doctor Strange story to the big screen?"

"If I had, I might be able to direct the film, and I love the Doctor Strange story."

"After all, the Supreme Master Gu Yi in the story is a mage from the Chinese Himalayas, and I remember that his real name is Yao (Yao), and Yao Ming has the same surname, right?"

"Wow, looks like you're really a Marvel Comics fan." Rauen raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise, "You actually remember the real name of Supreme Mage Gu Yi. ”

"So, do you want to direct a Doctor Strange movie?"

"I know, I'll pass on your appeal to Marvel, in fact, Marvel is indeed already doing the layout of the third phase now, and Doctor Strange may become the most important part of the third phase."

"When I come to invite you, you can't refuse anymore."

"It's an honor." Wu Yuan smiled and nodded. (End of chapter)