director of the millennium

Chapter 113 Are you interested in directing "Rush Hour 3"?

After Wu Yuan shouted out the box office forecast of 2 million in North America and 5 million in the world, the reporters were like cats that smelled something fishy.

A reporter from New York stood up and asked deliberately: "Then, Mr. Depp, what do you think of the director's box office forecast?"

Depp's expression was embarrassing for a moment, but he still could tell the difference. Even if he had an opinion at this time, he had to blame his own people!
"I believe in the director's vision. Since he thinks our movie can achieve this result, I naturally hope that the director's prediction is correct!"

Depp's answer was very smooth. The disappointed look on the face of the reporter who asked the question swept away, and he had no choice but to sit down with a sigh.

Another reporter immediately stood up and asked: "What does Miss Keira Knightley think of Director Wu's box office forecast?"

"Do you think this forecast is high or low?"

Kayla, who was suddenly asked, froze for a moment, and subconsciously said, "I don't know either."

But she quickly reacted and added: "I'm still a rookie actor, and I don't know much about movie box office. It's the luckiest thing for me that the director can choose me to play the leading actress."

"As for the issue of movie box office, let's leave it to the director and producer. I really don't know much about this."

Well, for a 17-year-old girl, 99% of the problems can be solved by saying "I don't understand".

The reporters quickly moved the topic to other people, from producer Jerry to other supporting actors, and were asked many questions.

Generally speaking, most reporters still adopt a gloating attitude and do not think that the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be very high.

You, Wu Yuan, are the best director in Berlin, and you can't brag like that even if you made "Juno" with a global box office of US$2 million!

Everyone is thinking about the press release in their minds, to publish Wu Yuan's "shameless" remarks, and to nail him to the pillar of shame after "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released.

There are consequences and costs for speaking nonsense!
Wu Yuan had a panoramic view of the excited eyes of these reporters, of course he could guess what the reporters were thinking.

But he didn't care, there was a topic, it was hot news.

No wonder Director Feng likes to shoot guns everywhere, it can indeed bring a lot of topicality and popularity to the movie.

Especially Wu Yuan, who knows the answer in advance, is more suitable to make a bold move.

"Okay, next reporter."

During the one-hour interview, each of the main creators did not fail, and was asked all kinds of questions, and the reporters ended the interview with unfinished business.

After the interview, the reporters were busy sorting out the interview transcripts, and the creators of "Pirates of the Caribbean" also had to move to attend the noon social luncheon.

The so-called networking luncheon is actually a Vanity Fair.

All the big and small figures in the industry who were invited to attend the afternoon premiere will be present.

The luncheon scene, which was arranged as a pure Western-style buffet, was suitable for these people of all sizes to socialize with each other. I don’t know how much cooperation and how much trouble was negotiated on such an occasion.

On this occasion, Wu Yuan, the director of "Pirates of the Caribbean", is naturally one of the central figures.

As soon as he arrived at the lunch banquet, a group of middle-aged men with blond hair and blue eyes surrounded Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan knew one of them, Disney's Vice President Harvey Cotton.

As soon as Harvey Cotton saw Wu Yuan, he pulled him and introduced him to others: "This is Daniel Wu, the youngest best director in Berlin in history, and the most successful and best director under the age of 30!"

"What you may not know is that he owns an independent film company. The "Hangover" that had a box office of over 2 million in North America in the past few months was produced by his company."

Those who can get together with Harvey Cotton are of course not the "low-end people" in the industry, and the worst are gold medal producers, and several of them are the bosses of independent film companies.

Originally, they were not very interested in Wu Yuan, but when they heard that Light Times, which produced "The Hangover", was his company, their interest immediately increased.

"Hey, Daniel, why don't you give us the release of "The Hangover" to Disney, you know, Disney's release is no worse than Fox." Harvey Cotton put a hand on Wu Yuan's shoulder, somewhat Said complaining.

This is really unacceptable.

Among the six major Hollywood companies, Disney should be the film and television company with the fewest agents and distributors, because their main business is to engage in animated films and produce peripheral products.

It is not a very reliable thing to find them to distribute live-action movies as agents.

"Harvey, you know, I'm not involved in the specific management work of Light Era. John is mainly in charge of this aspect. He is the professional in production and distribution. Even I have to listen to him."

Wu Yuan shrugged, picked up a glass of champagne from the waiter walking by, and touched it with Harvey.

"To be honest, we didn't know that the box office of "The Hangover" would be so high." Wu Yuan said with a smile, "It was also good luck."

Harvey Cotton nodded, then his eyes lit up, and he said with some expectation: "Daniel, you have a very good vision, and you can get a dark horse like "The Hangover" at the box office."

"Then you are so optimistic about our "Pirates of the Caribbean". It seems that this movie may really have a global box office of over [-] million US dollars!"

The rhetoric that Wu Yuan made at the press conference just now had already been known to these invited guests.

There are those who are disdainful, there are those who ridicule, there are those who are sarcastic, but there are indeed very few people who really believe what he said.

However, in the eyes of Harvey Cotton, who knew that Wu Yuan had his own film company and had produced the box office dark horse "The Hangover", Wu Yuan's prediction was not a big lie.

People really have a few brushes on their bodies, at least in terms of film selection, they are unique!

Thinking of this, Harvey Cotton's heart became hot.

However, before he could say a few more words to Wu Yuan, the CEO of New Line Cinema invited Wu Yuan away.

I don't know why the executive president of New Line Films was invited to the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Or maybe he came just for Wu Yuan.

"Daniel, do you mind if I call you that?" Erard Fowler, who was nearly fifty years old, held a glass of champagne with Wu Yuan and asked very kindly.

He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man. Although he didn't know why the New Line CEO came to him, Wu Yuan still responded cheerfully: "Of course it's no problem."

"That's right." Elad muttered, and did not exchange greetings with Wu Yuan. Instead, he asked directly: "Daniel, are you interested in directing "Rush Hour 3"?"

"What?" Wu Yuan looked at Elad with a surprised face.

Has "Rush Hour 3" been approved so early?

Wasn't the filming delayed until 2006?
And even if this movie is going to be made, why do we need to change the director?

"Ellard, didn't Brett do a great job, the first two films were very successful at the box office, why did you change the director?" Wu Yuan asked suspiciously.

The corner of Elard's mouth bent down, and he said with a bitter face, "I don't want to either."

"To tell you the truth, Jackie and Chris had a falling out."

"In the next "Rush Hour", there will only be one of them left, and that is Jackie."

"But Bright didn't accept it. He thought that if the actors were changed, the next "Rush Hour" would not do well at the box office, so he said that if the actors were changed, he would not direct the next one."

"Jackie suggested that I find another director, and I think maybe you can work better with Jackie."

"After all, you are all from China, and you know Chinese action movies very well, don't you?"

(End of this chapter)