Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 118 I really can’t refuse this.
Monica Bellucci suddenly understood after hearing this, and then started thinking again.

It's a pity that even Wayne and Mike couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, let alone her?

This situation is actually due to Wayne being too anxious. Generally, such a top action film director would have to make an appointment at least six months in advance.

Projects like this with an investment of at least 3500 million US dollars are basically started more than half a year in advance. Unlike him, he suddenly remembered and then wanted to prepare to start shooting.

"If it doesn't work, we have to transfer Quentin." After thinking for a moment, Wayne whispered to himself.

"Who is Quentin?" Monica Bellucci couldn't help but curiously asked after hearing this.

"Quentin Tarantino, the assistant director of "Resident Evil 1 and 2" who is currently filming, has great potential in the shooting of action films. His style is sharp and violent, which just suits the style of "Taken"." Wayne explained.

Naturally, Monica Bellucci has never heard of Quentin. After all, there are so many Hollywood directors. Today, Quentin is just a third-tier director. His best result is only 3900 million box office, and he is not famous at all. .

However, she believed in Wayne's judgment. Since Wayne thought Quentin was suitable, she stopped worrying and her brows relaxed again.

After thinking for a moment and determining that no one was more suitable than Quentin, Wayne called Susan, the producer of "Resident Evil", and asked her to communicate with Quentin and coordinate with Nolan. Possible changes in shooting schedule.

On the other side, Quentin had just learned from Susan that when Wayne wanted him to direct "Taken", he originally wanted to refuse.

Although the production budget of "Taken" is at least more than 3500 million US dollars, which is a rare opportunity for [-]% of Hollywood directors, he really can't wait to start preparing for his "Kill Bill".

Although the official filming of "Kill Bill" only started in June 2002, as a screenwriter and director, he had already begun to conceive the story and write the script at this time. According to the news exposed in his previous life, the script of this movie Quentin wrote a full 6 pages of the first draft!

Only because his muse Uma Thurman happened to be pregnant in the second half of this year, he had to postpone the shooting, otherwise "Kill Bill" would have started shooting in July this year.

But in the end Quentin took over the directorial job of "Taken".

There is no way, who made Wayne give too much.

A full 300 million US dollars, which is a salary that only second-tier directors can get in Hollywood!
You must know that James Wan's salary for directing "The Dark Side" was only 350 million!

"I have to say, Mr. Wayne, your vision is really great! Please leave the directing job of "Taken" to me. I will never be worse than that Nolan!"

The next day, the crew of "Resident Evil" came to inspect Wayne. He saw Quentin's ugly face with a bright smile like a flower, and he couldn't help but sigh again at the power of money.

At this point, the director, screenwriter and main characters of "Taken" have all been decided.

The director is Quentin, a great future action film director who is good at violent aesthetics. The screenwriter is written by Wayne himself. The male lead is undoubtedly Liam Neeson. The first and second female leads are Scarlett. Johnson and Monica Bellucci.

For the remaining role of the third female 'big star', he chose Naomi Watts after some consideration.

Although this role did not have many roles, Wayne directly gave Naomi a salary of 100 million US dollars, and happily hugged Naomi and kissed him several times.

As for the role of the fourth female lead, the male protagonist's daughter's friend 'Amanda', he originally wanted to continue looking for Megan to play the role.

However, thinking that Meghan was only 15 years old and not yet a minor, playing such a role might cause some bad controversy, so he finally gave up the idea and prepared to audition for this role.

In addition, Wayne gave the role of 'Pete', the supporting actor in the movie who was responsible for picking up conversations with his handsome appearance, to Cillian Murphy after some thought.At this time, Cillian Murphy is just like the little bitch Ryan Reynolds, filming whatever he has and not being picky at all.

After receiving a call from her agent, she readily agreed without even asking about the salary.

By the time the filming of "Taken" begins, his role in "Resident Evil 1" will be almost over, and it will not affect the filming plan.

It is worth mentioning that at this time, Liam Neeson was also filming "Gangs of New York" directed by Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

The filming of this drama is not expected to be completed until late March. He plays the third male lead in it.

Originally, Liam Neeson was planning to take a good rest after finishing filming this movie.Later this year he will co-star with Harrison Ford in the historical thriller "K-19: The Widowmaker."

There is also an action movie "The Rescue" in the middle. For the 49-year-old, it is definitely overloaded.

But Wayne immediately offered a salary of 1000 million US dollars as soon as he came on board, and he signed three films, with each film increasing by at least 20%.

He really couldn't refuse this price.

After all, if you add 400 million to this salary, you can hire Ben Stiller, if you add 500 million, you can hire Cage, and if you add 800 million, you can hire Keanu Reeves. .

In terms of fame and influence, he is not even half of Ben Stiller at this time.

In fact, Liam Neeson in his previous life only received a total of more than 3000 million U.S. dollars in salary for the "Taken" trilogy. The first film only received more than 600 million U.S. dollars, and by that time, it was already It's 2007.

So after learning about the salary offered by Wayne, he couldn't wait to end his role in "Gangs of New York" immediately, and then ran as fast as possible to audition for "Taken" to complete the contract.

It's a pity that Wayne has no money now. The preparations for "Taken" can't begin until at least "The Dark Side" is completed and the system's triple rebate is received. As for the audition, it will be almost until mid-to-late February.

At noon, the crew had lunch with Charlize Theron, and then Wayne got in the car and prepared to go to the "Dark Side" crew to inspect the filming progress there.

【Name: Wayne】

[Remaining film and television investment funds: 1830 million]

[Film and television projects currently in progress:]

[The Bourne Supremacy 1: The production budget was 5600 million, and 4800 million has been invested so far]

[Resident Evil 1 and 2: The production budget was 6500 million, and 2100 million has been invested so far]

[Dark Side: The production budget is 1400 million, and 770 million has been invested so far]

[Mean Girls: The production budget is 1300 million, and 20 has been invested so far]

(End of this chapter)