According to Jamie's plan for Cheng Long's cinematic universe, Cheng Long's partner in the first work is bald Sheriff Black.

The plot structure "pays tribute" to the two-male protagonist structure of the "Rush Hour" series, and even director Jamie intends to copy it directly.

Cheng Long was very supportive of Jamie's idea, and took out his mobile phone on the spot to make a call to Bright Ratner, the director of "Rush Hour".

Ratner was very surprised when he received a call from Cheng Long.

Like Cheng Long, he was the first group of people to know that "Rush Hour 3" would not be filmed, so he had already found another way.

Knowing that Cheng Long was going to make another similar movie to replace "Rush Hour 3", Ratner immediately showed a strong interest.

In fact, when filming "Rush Hour 3", Ratner had already begun to think about how "Rush Hour 3" should be filmed.

Now these ideas can be used in Cheng Long's new film.

The premise is that Cheng Long is willing to wait...... Two years?

In fact, Ratner now has no idea how long the project will take to complete.

Before Ratner took over, the project had been in the works for more than four years, and the directors had changed twice.

Until now, Ratner still hasn't been able to get the script, and the producer just told him that Nicolas Cage is currently interested in playing the leading role, and asked Ratner to design a suit for the other party first, so as to increase the interest of the Hollywood superstar to join the movie.

Cheng Long congratulated Ratner on taking over the new project so quickly on the phone, while holding the microphone of his mobile phone and gesturing at Jamie.

Difficult!

Jamie stretched out his hand and motioned for Cheng Long to give him his phone, and he came to talk to Ratner.

After taking the phone, Jamie opened his mouth and directly identified his identity.

"Mr. Ratner, I'm Jamie Dutton."

Ratner on the other end of the line was visibly stunned.

"Mr. Dutton, you-"

"yes, I'm with Jackie, we're talking about that new film that he just mentioned to you, and then you must be curious, wasn't I writing a script for Superman? You may have even complained more than once about why my efficiency is so low, am I right? ”

Jamie will know that Ratner took over the Superman project because in the last swan song of the DCEU in his previous life, "The Flash", there was a version of Superman by Nicolas Cage.

And the Superman uniform that Cage was wearing at that time was made by Ratner.

When it comes to scrapping manuscripts, Warner has never disappointed.

After a dozen seconds of blankness, Ratner's brain finally restarted.

"Mr. Dutton, Warner has told you about me taking over as Superman's director?"

"Actually, no, I got the news from some other source, and I also know that Mr. Ratner hasn't gotten the script yet, right?"

"Isn't the script Mr. Dutton, you're writing it?"

"Obviously not, Warner took another superhero script from me, and Project Superman is just a façade."

Fack!

Realizing that he had been deceived, Ratner burst into foul language on the spot.

Jamie told Ratner not to get excited, because this was just the basics of Warner Pitman's operation.

There will be more to come, which will break Ratner even more.

For example, the Superman suit designed by Ratner was constantly sent back for improvement, and the starring role could not be determined for a long time.

In fact, Warner's top management is probably hesitating at the moment whether to continue the Superman project.

In the previous life, Warner could only grit his teeth, but in this life they got "Joker" from Jamie, and the Superman project became more and more chicken in their eyes.

"Mr. Ratner, I have an immature little suggestion, you can try to give Warner executives an ultimatum, within this time you have to see Superman's script, or hear the news that the actor has been decided, there is a high probability that Warner can't do it, and you will know what to do the rest."

What else can be done?

Resignation, of course!

Ratner was more persuasive than Jamie imagined, and replied directly:

"No ultimatum, I've thought about it, I'll resign right away, can I give the phone back to Jackie first? I want to know when I can join the crew. ”

The phone returned to Cheng Long's hand.

After nodding and saying yes, Cheng Long happily put down his phone.

Ratner was actually taken care of by Jamie in just a few words.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Cheng Long would definitely suspect that this was a conspiracy between the two of them in advance.

After getting the director, the topic returned to Cheng Long's partner in the movie, the bald sheriff Black's actor.

In order to distinguish himself from the anime, Jamie plans to set Blake in the movie as an action tough guy who is good at fighting and firearms.

Of course, Blake's classic skeptical attitude towards magical power in the anime will not change, but it will only increase the opponent's force.

In terms of plot, the classic Hollywood routine is followed, and the two protagonists do not know each other in the process of pursuing the twelve charms, and move from confrontation to cooperation.

The script Jamie is only responsible for controlling the general direction, and the specific writing can be completed by professional screenwriters in Hollywood.

Cheng Long regretted that Jamie was not a screenwriter, but he was most concerned about Blake's actor selection at the moment.

Jamie gives two options.

"If you want to maximize the box office in your first movie, talk to Bruce Willis."

After the benefits are said, as for the disadvantages-

Jamie glanced at Cheng Long, who was frowning, believing that the other party must have something in mind.

Although Cheng Long and Bruce Willis have not cooperated, they really have a little bit of a relationship.

In 90, "Die Hard 2" starring Bruce Willis surpassed the first film with a box office of $230 million, and also sent Bruce Willis to the throne of Hollywood action superstar.

3 years later, Cheng Long, who was far away on Hong Kong Island on the other side of the ocean, filmed his first comic film "City Hunter" since his film career, and made his screen women's debut.

Because of the box office and word-of-mouth of the movie, Cheng Long and director Wang Jin fell out.

In 95, "Die Hard 3" starring Bruce Willis won nearly 370 million box office worldwide.

In the same year, in order to take revenge on Cheng Long, Wang Jin pulled in another kung fu superstar Li Lianjie on Hong Kong Island, and the actor Zhang Xueyou, who was delayed by singing, and made a movie "Rat's Courage" that "tributed" to "Die Hard".

In the movie, Long Wei played by Zhang Xueyou alludes to Cheng Long.

In the live-action movie "The Adventures of Cheng Long", if Cheng Long and Bruce Willis can join forces with the two major action superstars of the East and the West, he can definitely slap Wang Jin in the face.

The only problem is that Bruce Willis has reached Cheng Long's current position in Hollywood ten years ago, and there are only two ways to ask him to play.

Either the script is attractive enough, like the low-budget "The Sixth Sense".

Either that's the money in place.

Compared with the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the previous life, the bald Sheriff Black's status in the Cheng Long Cinematic Universe is not just as simple as a mother messing with Fakeman's black braised egg, and this character also undertakes some of the functions of the American team.

If Bruce Willis plays this role, the actor's salary alone is a lot of expenses.

Although Cheng Long does not need to pay for investing in movies, it is still unknown whether Cheng Long can accept that Bruce Willis gets a higher salary than him in the movie and can carry the box office better.

The same goes for Bruce Willis.

This is also the reason why it is rare for Hollywood to have two supergiants appear in the same movie at the same time.

After a battle between heaven and man in his mind, Cheng Long opened his mouth and said:

"I can ask the agent to contact the other party first, don't you have another candidate? The other party is also in a similar situation to Bruce Willis? ”

OKAY, BRUCE WILLIS DIRECT PASS!

Jamie nodded, and then named the other candidate, the actor who was presumably now the only candidate.

"His name is Jason Statham, a British, a former diver, after retiring as a model, it should be the last few years to change his career to become an actor."

"Oh, by the way, he acted in a movie this year that is about to be released, and the starring role of that movie is still an acquaintance of yours, Brother Cheng Long."

Cheng Long didn't react at first, and only then did he know that the "acquaintance" was Li Lianjie at Jamie's prompting.

When they were still on Hong Kong Island, the two were always compared by everyone.

And most of the time, Li Lianjie was used by the unscrupulous Hong Kong Island media to deliberately "touch porcelain" Cheng Long.

In Cheng Long's opinion, there is nothing to compare with the two at all.

Cheng Long mainly shoots modern dramas, while Li Lianjie mostly shoots costume dramas, and the two are not on the same track at all.

The box office of the most important two movies is not at the same level.

The only ones who can compete with Cheng Long at the box office on Hong Kong Island are Zhou Yunfa and Zhou Xingchi in Double Monday, and Li Lianjie starred in "Fang Shiyu", the highest-grossing movie, which was only in the early 30 million, ranking fifth among Hong Kong Island movies that year.

Except for the box office of the "Once Upon a Time" series, the rest of the movies are basically more than 10 million box office.

The only thing that Li Lianjie is better than Cheng Long is that the filming speed is fast and the output is very high.

The same goes for coming to Hollywood.

From last year to this year, Li Lianjie has released three movies in one go, including the upcoming "Cosmic Pursuit Order" that Jamie just mentioned.

These films have one thing in common, they are all B-grade productions.

The North American box office is tens of millions, and none of the global box office can exceed 100 million.

In his previous life, Li Lianjie's only Hollywood movie with a global box office of more than 100 million yuan was the super bad movie "The King of Kung Fu" that he cooperated with Cheng Long for the first time in 07.

There is no contradiction between Cheng Long and Li Lianjie themselves, even if Li Lianjie starred in "Rat Guts" satirizing Cheng Long before, it did not affect the relationship between the two parties.

But over the years, the Hong Kong Island media have continued to "arch the fire", and Li Lianjie is now also developing in Hollywood, and the two are often compared by the media, Cheng Long is still a little unhappy in his heart.

So when he heard that Jason Statham recommended by Jamie also acted in Li Lianjie's movie, Cheng Long was stunned at first, and then deliberately asked first.

"How did he behave in that movie?"

After slapping his head, he looked at Jamie apologetically.

"Look at my memory, I forgot that you just said that the movie will not be released until November, find a chance for me to watch this movie, and by the way, examine the actor you said."

I also have to investigate, which shows that I still have a little mind in my heart.

Jamie shrugged, he had already given the choice anyway.

In the end, who will play the bald Sheriff Black between Bruce Willis and Jason Statham, Cheng Long has the final say.

But if you want to choose someone else, sorry, then you have to say it to Jamie.

At this time, Cheng Long also realized that he was passive in casting, so when he went on to talk about the actor candidates for wrestler Niu Warrior and Sumo wrestler Gru, he preemptively said his requirements.

"I hope it doesn't matter if the bull warrior and the gru are actors or not, but they must have the relevant skills, preferably from real wrestlers and sumo wrestlers."

In order to make his words more convincing, Cheng Long deliberately gave an example.

There is an actor on Hong Kong Island named Zhou Bili, who is a professional kickboxer and has won the middle-to-lightweight championship.

His action scenes are very good.

Jamie nodded, indicating that he knew the man.

The villain in Li Lianjie's "Jingwu Heroes" is Tsuyoshi Fujita.

Cheng Long regretted it on the spot after hearing this.

Why is it on Li Lianjie again?

"It just so happens that I know a professional wrestler who won the WWE championship and starred in his first Hollywood film "The Mummy Returns" with a salary of 5 million this year."

Before Jamie finished speaking, Cheng Long's eyes had already lit up.

"I know, is it the Scorpion King summoned by the villain wizard?"

Jamie nodded and said:

"That's right, it's him, Dwayne Johnson, nicknamed 'The Rock', who is 195 tall and weighs 120 kilograms, which perfectly fits the setting of the cow warrior wrestler in the anime."

Although the salary of $5 million is a bit expensive, Cheng Long is very optimistic about this Dwayne Johnson this time.

directly stated that the actor candidate of the Niu Warrior is Johnson.

The remaining sumo wrestler, Gru, Jamie recommended Chad Rowan.

Cheng Long obviously doesn't know much about the current situation in the sumo world of Xiaori, and it is strange to hear this name.

How would Jamie recommend a foreigner?

As a result, I was told that Chad Rowan was born in Hawaii and is indeed an authentic American countryman.

But he was the first foreign sumo wrestler in the world of Koko Day to win the title of yokozuna.

At 204 and 227 kilograms, Chad Rowan is also the tallest and heaviest yokozuna in sumo wrestling history.

At the end of September this year, a grand hair-breaking ceremony was just held, and he was officially retired.

It's no exaggeration to say that Chad Rowan is much more powerful in the sumo world than Dwayne Johnson is in WWE.

This can be seen from Cheng Long's stunned expression after listening to Chad Rowan's information.

Even Cheng Long can't find any fault with this condition, and he is definitely the first choice to play Gru.

At this time, looking back at the actor candidates of the bald sheriff Blake, Cheng Long's thoughts are completely different from before.

Jason Statham is good.

I've participated in the Olympics and worked as a model, so it's definitely no problem to act in action scenes.

Not to mention easy to use, the key is cheap!

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