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

Chapter 174 Three Opens Again
After hanging up the phone, Megan looked at her curvy and sexy figure in the mirror, puzzled.

Obviously, as a American, she cannot understand the beauty of Liu Tianxian's costume.

"Hello, Mr. Wayne, I am Director Soderbergh's assistant Grace. The crew has arranged a hotel for you."

After the plane landed, Wayne and his team first followed Soderbergh's assistant to the MGM Grand Hotel suite that the crew had booked for him to put down their luggage, and then drove to the filming set.

"Hey Wayne, long time no see!"

Braving the scorching Las Vegas sun, Soderbergh stepped forward and gave him a big hug as soon as he saw Wayne get out of the car.

Next, whether it was producer Jerry Weintraub, the film's leading actor George Clooney, or the most famous Brad Pitt, they all showed more enthusiasm than the other, and there was no fiction at all. Provocative links that often appear in .

Even though Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were good friends and he was jealous of Wayne, he didn't show it in any way. After all, he was obviously not an idiot if he could make it in Hollywood.

Of course, because of Wayne's arrival, he is obviously no longer the biggest star in the crew.

With the amazing results of "The Bourne Supremacy", Wayne is just like Keanu Reeves, and his popularity has surpassed him.

"This is today's script and shooting plan. Take a look and if it's OK, we'll start shooting after lunch!" After some pleasantries, Soderbergh handed the script to Wayne and got down to business.

"no problem!"

Wayne, who also wanted a quick resolution, readily agreed.

The movie "Ocean's Eleven" is about the theft gang "Danny" named "Ocean's Eleven". After he was released from prison, he found that his girlfriend "Tess" was raped by the billionaire casino owner "Benny". Dick ran away.

So Danny planned to re-form "Ocean's Eleven" to steal the 1.6 million US dollars in cash from the "Benedict" casino vault, and at the same time make his ex-girlfriend "Tess" change her mind and return to him.

The character he plays is Linus, a talented pickpocket who has just debuted. After being spotted by Danny, he was fooled into joining Ocean's Eleven.

Although there are many more scenes than the other members, the total screen time is only seven or eight minutes.

This is the result of Soderbergh adjusting the script after Wayne's fame skyrocketed.

After all, he is just the third male lead.

What was filmed this afternoon was the scene where his character 'Linus' meets 'Danny' during a robbery.In this scene, 'Danny' will use a more clever technique to quietly replace the wallet that 'Linus' just stole with his own business card.

'Linus' was surprised that someone could unknowingly drop the items in his pocket, so he approached 'Danny' out of curiosity.

For Wayne, this performance was not difficult. After following the action guide twice, he was able to master the image and temperament of the 'pickpocket'.

As for the hand movements, there are naturally professional stand-ins to complete them.

The main reason is that scene scheduling and repeated shooting from multiple cameras and angles take time, so the whole afternoon passed after the filming was completed.

After dinner, the filming continued. What we were filming this time was the scene where the "Ocean's Eleven" team went to the research institute to steal an electromagnetic pulse generator that could cause a brief power outage in the city.

In this scene, 'Linus' was originally arranged to stay and be responsible for the response together with a pair of driver brothers and car modification experts in the team.

It's just that although these two brothers have good skills, they are super talkative.

Two people can achieve the effect of five hundred ducks, making 'Linus' dizzy with noise, which is really unbearable.

So 'Linus' took matters into his own hands and ran into the institute, ready to help.

As a result, he went in with his front foot, and 'Danny' and others came out with the electromagnetic pulse generator on their back foot.

As a result, 'Linus' was not only unlucky not to be of any help, he also bumped into the security guards who came angrily after realizing something was wrong, and was chased around by several tall Heihei.

This scene is mainly funny, but it is still not difficult for Wayne. After all, his first work "Admission Notice" was a comedy.

So in less than three hours, today's shooting plan was completed ahead of schedule.

"Hey, Wayne, do you want to go to the casino together later?"

Soderbergh, who was very satisfied with the progress of today's shooting, saw Wayne changing clothes and walking out of the dressing room, so he took the initiative to come over and suggest.

When you come to Las Vegas and don't go to the casino to play and gamble, it's like traveling to Los Angeles and not visiting Hollywood and the Walk of Fame. It always makes people feel that something is missing.

But Wayne was not impressed.

Although it has been almost a year since he traveled to this world, his attitude towards gambling and dubbing is still far away.

"Sorry, Steven, I made an appointment with my girlfriend to go shopping with her." Wayne said apologetically.

"Then let's talk about it next time." Soderbergh smiled and didn't care. After all, Wayne's 'loving girlfriend' is also famous in the industry.

Afterwards, everyone returned to the hotel by car. Soderbergh took George Clooney and Brad Pitt to the casino downstairs without waiting to change clothes.

Wayne, on the other hand, asked Hannah and Charlize Theron to leave the hotel and relax on the Las Vegas Strip, the busiest and most prosperous Las Vegas Strip where the hotel is located.

Maybe it's because they have different focus. When walking here, he and Charlize Theron are no longer recognized by passers-by like they usually do.

"By the way, this afternoon Mia sent the results of the first day of screening of "Mean Girls". The theater chain directly gave 2000 screens to open the movie, and it won a total of 967 million box office."

"So high?" Wayne showed a surprised expression when he heard this.

You must know that the box office of "The Bourne Supremacy" on the first day of screening was only 1 million, driven by the huge popularity of Oscars, him and three major Hollywood first-line actresses.

Except for him as the male protagonist, "Mean Girls" and several actresses who are not well-known can actually win such a high box office of 967 million, which completely exceeded his expectations.

"Mia was also shocked when she got this data."

Obviously, Wayne was even more popular than he expected at this time.

"How many rating agencies give ratings?"

"The Rotten Tomatoes freshness index is 95%, the popcorn score is 91%, the MTC score is 76 points, the IMDB score is 8.8 points, and the Cinema Score is rated A."

Wayne couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this.

Even if the Cinema Score is rated A, driven by its traffic, the box office of "Mean Girls" should indeed reach the A level.But the freshness index of Rotten Tomatoes can reach 95%, and the MTC score can reach 76 points, which is outrageous.

How artistic can a movie like "Mean Girls" be?
It was obvious that Harvey left the relationship and spent the money.

"Didn't that guy Harvey say that he only invested 600 million in the cost of publicity? Could it be that half of the cost was spent on buying ratings and reputation?"

Wayne joked with a smile, and then paid no more attention.

With the opening results of "Mean Girls" and its own quality, the box office will not be bad after all.

In fact it is.

In the next two days, as the number of screens increased, "Mean Girls" took in a single-day box office of 992 million and 1053 million respectively.

Seeing this, Harvey stopped wasting time and went ahead to officially release the movie.

With 3300 screens, it took in a first-day box office of US$1211 million in North America.

Its overseas first-day box office, although limited to only 22 regions, was a little lower than the first-day box office in North America, but it still reached US$1177 million.

Calculated this way, the total global box office of "Mean Girls" has reached 5400 million US dollars. It has only been officially released for one day, and it has already recovered its money.

"Haha, Wayne, when are you coming back from filming? I can't wait to hold a celebration party for our "Mean Girls"~!"

Wayne received a call from Harvey that same day. It was obvious that this damn fat guy would soon be able to make a lot of money from "Mean Girls" again.

However, Harvey's real purpose for making this call was for "The Notebook," which had just completed post-production today and was about to hold a screening.

With Richard Curtis working hard day and night, the post-production of "The Notebook" was completed as scheduled.

It's just that Wayne has already repaid all the favors he owed him. This time, it's obviously impossible for him to easily win the copyright of "The Notebook" by repaying the relationship.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Wayne hung up the phone on the pretext of 'doing business', and then opened the system panel to check.

[Remaining film and television investment funds: 18640 million]

[Film and television projects currently in progress:]

[Resident Evil 1 and 2: The production budget was 17500 million, and 15700 million has been invested so far]

[Hurricane Rescue: The production budget is 3500 million, and 2600 million has been invested so far]

[Arhat Eleven (18%): Estimated investment of 1500 million, currently 700 million has been invested]

[Pirates of the Caribbean (16%): Estimated investment of 2000 million, currently 0 invested]

[Spider-Man 1 (22%): Estimated investment of 3000 million, currently 1000 million has been invested]

[Star Wars Episode 2 (4%): Estimated investment is 1500 million, current investment is 700 million]

[Dog Hotel: Estimated investment is 2000 million, current investment is 1140 million]

With the completion of the production of "The Notebook", only 40 US dollars of filming funds were left, which skyrocketed to 1.864 million US dollars.

Now, after deducting several projects that will soon require payment, he can start new projects.

“‘The Intern’ needs to wait until Nancy Meyers finishes post-production on ‘Hotel for Dogs’ before it can start production, so it will have to wait a little longer.”

"On the other hand, "Heidi and Grandpa" does not need to wait for Lily to finish filming. We can start preparations now."

"In addition, there are remakes of "Wedding Crashers" and "Midnight Ring", which can also start preparations now. Kathryn Bigelow and Nina Jackson, who have just joined the company's production department, and Mary... Parent can be the producer of a film by himself."

The remake rights of "The Ring" and "The Grudge" are among the high-quality copyrights he bought through Wayne Group before. Now, as long as he sells them to Hemera Pictures, he can make money by defrauding the system's funds. Many times the profit.

In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Wayne overlooked the night view of Las Vegas below. After thinking for a moment, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed Sera's number.

"What, are you going to start three new projects?"

Although the Big Seven rarely produce three new movies at the same time, Serra was only briefly surprised after hearing this, and then asked about the personnel arrangements.

She was already used to Wayne's generosity.

"I am planning to find Gus Van Sant as the director of "Heidi and Grandpa". Lily Collins and Elizabeth Olsen will star in the two little girl protagonists, and Eva Green will star in the fourth female lead. No. 'Butler'."

"As the director of "Wedding Crashers," I'm going to find P.J. Hogan or Peter Farrelly. Whichever one of them has time, I'll go with him. The female lead will be played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. The second role is played by Isla Fisher, and I play the first male role, 'John Backaway.' The second male role, 'Jeremy Gray,' we can try to invite Vince Vaughn to audition."

"As for the remake of 'The Ring'"

"You first ask James Wan if he is interested. If so, the screenwriter and director can give it to him."

"If he is not interested, then look for Gore Verbinski. Although Gore Verbinski has already taken over the directorship of "Pirates of the Caribbean", there is still a long way to go before the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" starts. There is enough time to finish filming "The Ring"."

"The heroine in it is played by Naomi Watts. If there is a second female lead who has more roles, it will be played by Martina Garcia."

Needless to say, Gus Van Sant is good at emotional and delicate dramas, and he has already cooperated with Hemera Pictures once in the last "Girl Genius".

P.J. Hogan or Peter Ferrari are relatively well-known romantic comedy directors in Hollywood. Although they are not as good as Garry Marshall, they both have works with global box office of more than [-] million US dollars.

As for Gore Verbinski, he is the director of the original version of "The Ring" and the director of the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. Although he is not famous yet, his level is very good.

As for actors, although the name Vince Vaughn is also not well-known, the middle-aged greasy man he plays often appears in various comedy movies.

At the same time, he also played the second male lead 'Jeremy Gray' in the original "Wedding Crashers".

Of course, he is best known as the ex-boyfriend of Jennifer Aniston.

I don’t know what Jennifer Aniston was thinking. After divorcing Brad Pitt in 05, she turned around and fell in love with Vince Vaughn.

The two dated for two full years before breaking up, shocking many people's jaws.

(End of this chapter)