How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 538 MGM’s path is both flowery and wild

Still on the set of [Avengers].

In a room.

In front of director Joss Whedon, Jay Chou performed his acting skills lamely. He didn't have the sharpness of a sharpshooter like Hawkeye at all. Instead, he looked naive and dull.

to be frank.

Marvel Studios has always had low requirements for character casting. What they pay attention to is a low price.

This can also be seen from the protagonists of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Either new artists or outdated old ones.

But Jay Chou's acting skills still made director Joss Whedon a little bit intolerable, it was too over the top.

"Zhang, this role is quite important..." Joss Whedon looked at Zhang Nan aside and said hesitantly.

After all, this role was already determined to be given to Zhang Nan during the communication between the two parties long ago. It is indeed a bit bad to change his mind now.

Of course.

This also has something to do with Joss Whedon’s character becoming weaker now.

In the past, I would have wanted to join Zhou Jiegun's set after seeing his performance like this. This guy could spit saliva directly into Zhang Nan's face.

You must know that when this guy first entered the director circle, he worked on science fiction themes. He filmed the TV series "Firefly" and the movie "Serenity". This kind of science fiction film and television projects are full of scenes with Chinese backgrounds and styles. set up.

You have to remember that this was still a few years ago, and this idea was completely anti-market in North America.

But this guy just did it.

Of course.

The ending was also quite bleak, with both films losing a lot of money.

then……

Naturally, I was well educated by the North American market, which is full of capital and iron fist, and I was educated quite well. Otherwise, I would not have directed a superhero movie like "Avengers".

"Has the role of the ninth-level agent been decided?" Zhang Nan meant to change Zhou Jiegun's role.

Joss Whedon naturally understood, quickly shook his head in denial, and then said: "For the role of the agent, this Zhou is very suitable."

The disguised silly performance is indeed quite consistent with Zhou Jiegun's current lame acting style. After all, Zhou Jiegun is really stupid in terms of performance.

As for the role of the ninth-level agent, has anyone decided yet?

Of course it was decided long ago.

However, for projects in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the leading actors only receive a salary of hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars. For non-guest actors like Zhang Nan, the price is even lower.

It doesn't matter if you decide, just pay a small amount of liquidated damages.

"Don't give the role of Hawkeye to anyone else yet. I'll call someone to audition." Zhang Nan planned to call Liu Tianwang over.

Joss Whedon was not happy to hear this, "Zhang, it's a bit bad if you do this."

"I understand, I'm having a bit of a stalemate with Warner Pictures right now. It's not a time when I can suffer a loss. Please help me with this. In future Marvel Pictures projects, I can guarantee that the guest price will be this amount. It won't happen." If it goes up again, it can be written into the contract." Zhang Nan made a promise to comfort Joss Whedon.

In fact, this promise is Zhang Nan's euphemism to protect herself from future acting opportunities in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

After all, Marvel Studios has not yet completely taken off, and it still needs to rely on his fame.

But wait until [Avengers 1.2.3.4] is released.

At that time, Marvel Studios dared to kick out its core Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., and Zhang Nan could not 100% guarantee that he could continue to suppress Marvel Studios by relying on his celebrity status.

So if we give a promise now that the guest pay will not be increased, then we will have more guarantees.

Joss Whedon's mouth twitched when he heard Zhang Nan's assurance.

Fifteen million US dollars per minute, plus 1% of the global box office share and peripheral income per minute.

Such a price would definitely be a top-notch salary for any one person, but for Zhang Nan, it really is nothing.

"The contract must be signed now." Joss Whedon said impatiently, fearing that Zhang Nan would regret it.

Without it.

Before Zhang Nan's cameo. Where are the box office data for Marvel Studios’ [The Incredible Hulk]?

And with Zhang Nan's cameo appearance.

The box office sales of [Iron Man 2], [Thor 1], and [Captain America 1] are stable to the naked eye.

Especially "Captain America 1" can now withstand the pressure of "Harry Potter 8" and earn more than million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America, which really confuses the executives of Marvel Studios.

I can only lament that the name Zhang Nan, the Hollywood box office mascot and insurance contract, is indeed not a boast.

If it weren't for the high cost of enjoying Zhang Nan's box office insurance contract, Marvel Studios would also like to try out what it would be like to have a billion dollar box office betting agreement before the movie is released.

Therefore, in the eyes of Joss Whedon and many Marvel Studios executives, Zhang Nan has considerable support for the entire movie universe plan.

Belong is a puzzle that cannot be given up.
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Here, Zhang Nan has signed a guest remuneration supplementary agreement with Marvel Studios, and over there, Liu Tianwang has successfully joined the cast to play the role of Hawkeye.

Of course.

The salary is still in line with Marvel Studios' style as always - low.

Liu Tianwang and Zhou Jiegun combined could not even get one million US dollars.

But Zhang Nan made up for it on the other hand.

Zhang Nan stayed in "Avengers 1" for three full days, and the footage shot lasted no less than an hour.

With such a huge amount of footage, no matter how you cut it, it must be ten minutes long.

So this is a fixed salary of 1.5 billion US dollars and a 10% share of box office and peripheral income.

The total global box office of "Avengers 1" is 15.2 billion US dollars, and the peripheral income is almost the same.

So Zhang Nan directly made 1 million U.S. dollars in salary from "Avengers " this time, plus the long position on Marvel Studios in the financial market.

Zhang Nan can make at least 600 to 700 million US dollars by taking advantage of the favorable trend of Marvel Studios.

But some of these will have to wait until next year to be settled, and some will have to wait until the film is confirmed before they can be obtained.
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Early August.

The enthusiastic box office momentum of [Harry Potter 8] in North America and even around the world has weakened a lot.

When many producers were afraid of the power of the "Harry Potter" series, 20th Century Fox quickly seized the opportunity and gave "War for the Planet of the Apes" an alternative film where the main character is a monkey, giving it a go-getter attitude. And it was released.

The result~

Quite good.

After all, the angle is different, the rhythm is appropriate, and it coincides with the summer vacation of "Harry Potter 8" in North America, creating a gap period.

Therefore, "Rise of the Planets" made a box office of 55 million US dollars in its first week in North America.

If nothing else goes wrong, it will not be a problem for "War for the Planet of the Apes" to have a North American box office of over 100 million US dollars. It may even cross the threshold of 200 million US dollars, and the global box office will start from 300 to 400 million US dollars.

I directly changed my name from [Planet Rise] to [Planet Rise 1], because [Planet Rise 2] is already in preparation.

After all, this kind of protagonist is not a human being. After the series becomes popular, there is no need to consider the project where the starring salary will skyrocket. The potential is visible to the naked eye.

But these have nothing to do with Zhang Nan anymore. He has returned to the mainland from North America.

Because the [006] project in Longbow Film and Television City is about to start filming.

And this project is an important means for him to fill the gap between Hollywood giants represented by Warner Pictures and his film contract suppression.

Of course.

Regarding the [006] project, Zhang Nan only paid some attention to it.

However, MGM directly spent a lot of money to hype the project in Hollywood after the project was launched, and vigorously promoted a wave of fame for the [006] project.

At first, Zhang Nan thought MGM was having a seizure, until he saw that MGM's stock price had a rising curve in the financial market that was closely related to [006] speculation.

Only then did Zhang Nan understand the purpose of MGM's operation.

It can only be said that Hollywood giants are worthy of being Hollywood giants, and they all have a bit of work and operation on their bodies and hands.

Especially for MGM, which can go bankrupt and reorganize, and survive for many years without collapse, the tricks are very elaborate and wild.

(End of this chapter)