It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 1054 Auditioning for Yourself? The Worst Version of Pirates of the Caribbean Has Been Released!

"Donnie? I'm very curious, have you been in bed all day these days? Why do you look so weak? Has your body been hollowed out?"

On the first day of reshooting for Avengers 3, Fade Chen discovered something was wrong with Robert Downey Jr.

This guy looks weak all over, as if he is extremely exhausted and has lost a lot of energy, as if a female ghost has taken away his yang to replenish his yin.

"Fei, I'm sorry, I might have caught a cold, so I'm not in a very good condition..."

Robert Downey Jr. gave lame excuses, but he was still reminiscing about the days he spent on the island.

It is no exaggeration to say that while he was enjoying those days of luxury and fun, he would not be willing to change even if he was given the position of president!
He even thought about spending the rest of his life in drunkenness and dreams on that island, but unfortunately, when the time came, the security personnel pulled him out of bed and sent him off the island.

This is also why he is so tired.

Those days of drunkenness and debauchery had completely drained his body!

Although he took a lot of supplements, how could he make up for it in such a short time?
Chen Fei looked at him carefully, but didn't say much in the end. He just asked him to pay more attention to rest and recover as soon as possible.

Now that the filming has reached the final stage, he doesn't want any sudden problems in the filming to occur due to the personal problems of an actor.

"Boss, do you need me to arrange someone to investigate?"

After the morning shoot was finished, the assistant who had been with the crew came over and asked in a low voice.

Hearing this, Fade Chen turned his head to look at Robert Downey Jr., who had sunken eyes and was eating his lunch box listlessly.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded slowly: "Go and ask around. After Endgame, there will be Endgame. The 'Iron Man' he plays is one of the main characters, so nothing can happen to him."

"Okay, Boss."

The assistant responded and left the crew very low-key.

And just at this moment, Natasha called again.

"Fei, Disney has sent an invitation to the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean 5 tomorrow morning. Do you want to attend?"

"You go ahead, I can't leave here."

"Oh well."

Since his divorce from Amber Heard, Depp has been having a rough time.

The main reason is that he was accused of "domestic violence against his wife", which is a very unbearable behavior in Hollywood.

Because of this incident, many of his fans left him.

In addition, this guy has a very bad temper due to years of smoking tobacco leaves, so almost no company is willing to cooperate with him.

And this "Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales" may very well be his last chance.

If the box office is a big hit, he can still walk sideways like a crab in Hollywood, and other film and television companies can tolerate his weird temper for the sake of high profits.

But if he screws up this movie, then his acting career will probably be over.

At least the role of the leading man will definitely, definitely, definitely not fall on him again.

Just like Matt Damon now, because of the mess up of "The Great Wall", he has been taking a break for several months and has not found a suitable film project.

Big productions didn’t want him at all, for fear of being tainted by his bad luck.

……

"This morning, the costume fantasy comedy film "Detective Pu Songling", starring Chen Long, Ruan Jingtian, Zhong Chuxi, Qiao Shan, Pan Changjiang, Yuan Qiongdan and others, held a start-up ceremony at Pu Songling's former residence in Zibo City and officially started filming."

"'Detective Pu Songling' is based on the ancient classic 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio'. It tells the story of how Pu Songling, in the process of catching monsters and solving cases, got caught up in the love-hate relationship between humans and monsters, and ultimately witnessed both sides die for love."

"The film was produced by iQiyi Pictures with an investment of RMB 3.5 million. It is Chen Long's first major film after winning the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.

This time, he changed his image of a hot-blooded tough guy in "Detective Pu Songling" and played a great writer. This is also his first fantasy costume film. "

After a day's filming of "Avengers 3" was completed, it was already the morning of the 20th in China.

When Chen Fei opened his Weibo, he saw that Chen Long’s new movie had started shooting.

"'Detective Pu Songling'?"

He frowned slightly, and some memories of the movie came to his mind.

I vaguely remember that this movie seemed to be released during the Spring Festival of a certain year, but it did not cause much waves.

Obviously, this is another mediocre "blockbuster".

After shaking his head to get rid of the chaotic thoughts in his mind, he went to the study again and started to study "Go Where the Wind Is" by lamplight at night.

At the same time, in China, the "Sito" project team.

Ever since "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" and "King Kong: Skull Island" were taken off the air one after another, Jing Tian plunged into the preparation work of "Sito", following up every detail meticulously.

This is the first project after the establishment of her studio, and also the first female-lead project in cooperation with Feiyue Films. She attaches great importance to it!
After nearly three months of preparation, with her full follow-up, the crew produced more than 80 sets of costumes, including cheongsam, cloaks, Hanfu, windbreakers, etc.

Her goal is very simple, which is to change clothes for each scene, and make sure to embody the heroine and unattainable image of the character "Si Teng"!
Now, all the costumes are finally ready, so it's time to start the follow-up work.

"How's the progress of the filming team?"

Hearing his boss' question, the assistant quickly responded: "The filming crew has already visited Yunnan, Dali, Shangri-La, Xishuangbanna and other places, and all the filming locations have been confirmed."

"Where's the casting team? Have all the actors been confirmed?"

"Yeah, it's confirmed."

At this point, the assistant's mouth suddenly revealed an irrepressible smile.

"What's going on? Is there anything fun?" Jing Tian asked curiously.

The assistant covered her mouth and laughed, "Director Li Muge couldn't find a suitable actor to play the role of 'Platinum', so he decided to do it himself. He even tried a scene for himself and confirmed that he could play the role well."

"???"

Jing Tian was confused.

Audition for yourself?
Set the role for yourself?
What kind of abstract style is this?

……

"Boss, something very strange happened."

On a new day, as soon as Chen Fei arrived at the crew, he ran into the assistant who had just returned from outside.

"It's a very strange thing. How strange is it? Did the Pentagon discover another UFO? Or did someone take a photo of Chinese astronauts bullying aliens on the moon?"

"No, no, no, none of them." The assistant shook his head, lowered his voice, and said very seriously: "According to the information our people have inquired, Robert Downey Jr. did not go home during his rest days. Instead, he boarded a yacht and disappeared for three whole days."

"On a yacht? On vacation?"

"I don't know. There was no further news. We only know that he came back on the yacht on the fourth day. No one knows where he went or what he did during those three days."

Hearing this, Fade Chen vaguely felt that something was not right, but for a moment he could not grasp the key information in his mind.

"Keep watching him and don't let anything happen to him. If there is any new situation, remember to inform me immediately."

"Okay, Boss."

Perhaps because of his good rest, Robert Downey Jr. was in pretty good shape today and the filming went quite smoothly.

It’s just that makeup artists have a harder time.

A lot of concealer was wasted in order to cover up the dark circles under his eyes and his haggard face.

Time soon came to noon. While eating, Chen Fei received another call from Natasha.

However, as soon as the call was connected, a rather speechless complaint came from the other end:
"I guarantee it! This is the worst Pirates of the Caribbean movie ever made, with crude humor and $2.3 million worth of CG that barely makes the image clearer.

What’s worse is that the film is full of blood and violence, and it’s hard to tell that the inspiration came from amusement facilities. The plot is monotonous and boring, and it’s even sexist...”

In the following time, Chen Fei listened to Natasha's complaints about the movie for a full ten minutes!
From the movie's plot to the actors' acting skills, to the CG effects and "old" new elements... there are flaws almost everywhere, and there are very few excellent aspects!
When hearing this, Chen Fei was already observing a moment of silence for the "Captain".

Perhaps Natasha's complaints contain a lot of personal emotions, but as a professional filmmaker, when she said these words, it meant that "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" could no longer be compared with other previous Pirates of the Caribbean films.

“I am extremely disappointed with this movie!”

When the last sentence was spoken, one could clearly hear a long sigh from the person on the other end of the line.

Fade Chen shrugged: "Isn't this exactly what you wanted to see?"

Although it has been almost 10 years, Chen Fei still remembers that Natasha hated Disney "to the core" at that time.

Because her partner was poached by Disney, Walton Pictures almost closed down and went bankrupt.

Finally, if Chen Fei had not come to help, there would probably be no Walton Pictures in Hollywood now.

As for Natasha...her fate is most likely to be to inherit the Walton family's tens of billions of dollars in assets, right?
"Uh-huh, that guy has been fired by Disney and now he's in Ukraine."

Natasha smiled softly, revealing a piece of news that surprised Chen Fei.

"Oh? When did this happen?"

"In early 2015, a project he was in charge of went awry, so he was fired. After leaving Disney, there was no place for him in Hollywood."

Hearing this, Fade Chen muttered to himself: I can offend anyone but not a woman, the consequences will be terrible!
However, the next second, he was stunned by Natasha's words!
"After that guy went to Ukraine, he joined a '95 Block Studio' and produced a political satire called 'Servant of the People'."

"What the hell?!" Chen Fei was stunned on the spot: "'Servant of the People'? Is it the comedy starring Ukrainian actor Zelensky?"

"Zelensky?" Natasha thought for a moment and replied, "It seems so."

"..."

After a long silence, Fade Chen was unable to utter anything.

Damn, does it have to be so dramatic?

This world is so absurd! Why do such coincidences happen?

"Fei, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I have to continue working. We'll talk again when we have time..."

After saying that, Fade Chen hung up the phone.

He had to take a nap first to get this outrageous thing out of his mind.

~

22, 23, 24... four days passed in a flash.

On the afternoon of the 25th, after finishing a day's filming, Chen Fei rushed to the airport again and boarded a plane to Cannes.

After the 70th anniversary celebration, the Cannes International Film Festival awards ceremony will be held in two days, so he plans to attend the awards ceremony this time and then come back to shoot the rest of "Avengers 3".

At the same time, in China, several new film and television information news also made their debut and landed on the Weibo hot search list.

"The action, comedy, and fantasy film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," produced by Disney Studios and starring Johnny Depp, officially hit domestic theaters early yesterday morning. On the first day of its release, the film's overall screening rate was as high as 5%!"

"The comedy and romance film "Like You," co-produced by Alibaba Pictures and Jiaying Pictures, directed by Xu Hongyu, and starring Jin Chengwu, Zhou Dongyu, Sun Yizhou and others, has officially been taken off the screen today, with a total box office of 2.1 million RMB."

"Many films released during the May Day holiday, such as "Love in the Buff," "The Great Hypnotist," and "Shock Wave," have all been withdrawn from theaters as their box office potential has been exhausted. Their cumulative box office revenues were 1.75 million, 2.92 million, and 4.05 million, respectively."

"The May Day schedule has officially ended today, and the next ones to come are "Wonder Woman", "The Mummy", "Alien: Covenant", "Transformers 5: The Last Knight" and many other Hollywood imported blockbusters!"

"The film "Love Apartment", directed by Wei Zheng and written by Wang Yuan, starring Chen He, Yuan Hong, Liu Tianzuo, Zhao Zhiwei, Lou Yixiao, Deng Jiajia, Sun Yizhou, Li Jiahang, Li Jinming and Zhang Shuangli, officially started filming today."

May is coming to an end, June is coming, and the summer vacation is just around the corner...

However, the entire film industry is still in a state of mourning.

Including "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", there will be as many as 6 Hollywood imported blockbusters released in June!
That's not just a blockbuster movie with an investment of only 2 or million RMB. For any given movie, the total investment is never less than million US dollars!

Let me ask you, how can a bunch of low-budget movies be compared with imported blockbusters that cost more than 2 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 10 billion RMB?
Admittedly, the plots of imported films are quite simple, with almost no content or depth.

But the key issue is that this is the type of show that the audience likes!

After a busy week, the weekend finally comes. Who doesn’t want to go to the cinema to watch a thrilling Hollywood blockbuster and have a great time?
However, movies with connotation and depth are usually not the ones people choose.

Unless the quality is exceptionally high, who would watch it?

As for those 50-cent special effects domestic movies, they are not even within the range of choices.

Based on this, if nothing unexpected happens, the coming June will probably be a period when Hollywood imported blockbusters will be all the rage!
……

After a night, it was November 5th.

Starting from 4 pm, under the arrangement of the organizers of the Cannes International Film Festival, Chen Fei has already joined the "Golden Palm Director Lineup".

Cannes has put a lot of effort into this anniversary celebration.

In addition to Chen Fei, a two-time Palme d'Or winner, the organizers also invited 14 other Palme d'Or winners!
Jane Campion, Polanski, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Chen Kaige, Haneke, Lelouch, Mungiu...

Looking around, these are all top directors who are famous internationally!

Although many of them are already gray-haired, they have all made outstanding contributions to the global film industry.

While waiting, Fade Chen also noticed something very interesting.

Chen Kaige, who won the Palme d'Or for "Farewell My Concubine", and Jane Campion, who won the Palme d'Or for "The Piano Lesson", had no communication throughout the whole process.

You know, both of them won the Palme d'Or in 1993, which is considered a more famous double yolk award in the history of the Cannes International Film Festival.

Now, judging from the fact that there is no communication between the two, it seems that both of them are dissatisfied with the fact that they received the award on the same stage with each other.

After all, once the double yolk operation came out, the value of the Palme d'Or naturally dropped a lot.

We waited until 6: and it was finally time for the Palme d'Or winners to walk the red carpet.

Looking around, although Chen Fei is the youngest, his qualifications are much higher than others. After all, he is a grand slam director who has won the three major European awards!

Based on this, he was undoubtedly in the front row.

"Kakaka!"

Looking around, the flash lights on both sides of the red carpet are about to explode!
"Wow! So many Palme d'Or directors?! The Cannes Film Festival has put a lot of effort into this!"

"Tsk tsk, Director Chen really stands out in the crowd. He is handsome and young. His future is truly limitless! The others are all old..."

"After this celebration tonight, Director Chen's popularity will probably reach a new level."

"If he can take back the Palme d'Or this year, that would be really awesome!"

"Hundreds of celebrities from home and abroad, dozens of world-famous directors, and the French Minister of Culture personally presiding over the celebration. Wow, I'm afraid the closing ceremony two days later won't be this grand, right?"

"I heard that there will be a special Palme d'Or trophy this year. It is a one-of-a-kind limited edition. I don't know what it looks like?"

……

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