"That's what you said."
Hearing the name of the movie in Wen Ziren's mouth, Zhao Yuan under sunglasses raised his eyebrows."
Universal did ask me if I would be interested in taking on Fast & Furious.""
Fast and Furious", as one of the more famous film series in the hands of Universal, has still filmed as many as four films so far, and the fifth part will be released next year.As a pure popcorn movie, the plot of "Fast and Furious" is not complicated, and the core of its content is all kinds of hurricane dramas.may be such a simple plot, so that the series life of "Fast and Furious" is far beyond ordinary people's imagination, as far as Zhao Yuan knows, although "Fast and Furious" has only been filmed five at present, but this movie will continue to be filmed in the future, even if the plot of the follow-up series of movies is becoming more and more nonsense.But more than ten films were filmed.Even ordinary American dramas don't necessarily have so many sequels to "Fast and Furious".This shows the popularity of drag racing movies in the United States.Of course, it's one thing for movies to be popular, but Zhao Yuan doesn't have much thought about directing the "Fast and Furious" series.He is not an ordinary director after all, and the identity of Hollywood is more of a cover for him.It's a daily spice in all kinds of scripts that evolve reality, so he may continue to write scripts and shoot the movies he wants.However, they have more choices than others."
However, I didn't have much interest in Fast and Furious, so I turned down Universal's offer and recommended you to them."
Anyway, Wen Ziren pulled himself up when he was filming "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", if it weren't for the success of that movie, maybe Zhao Yuan couldn't turn on the system to this day, and even became a homeless man on the street.What's more, in the original world.There are indeed a few parts of "Fast and Furious" that were definitely taken over by Wen Ziren, and what Zhao Yuan did was just to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and then give the invitation to Wen Ziren from the world."
Anyway, anyway, thank you, Zhao."
This may be just a small thing for Zhao Yuan.After all, with his current fame in Hollywood, even without the blessing of "Fast and Furious", it is already amazing enough at the box office.However, it is different for Wen Ziren.Although he has accumulated a lot of fame through a series of horror movies, horror movies are only a niche after all, and they are not the mainstream in commercial films.Therefore, the invitation to "Fast and Furious" is very important to Wen Ziren.Once he took over the direction of the follow-up series of "Fast and Furious" and achieved a certain level of success in the film.That means that he has successfully transformed from a horror film director to a commercial director.It will also be more smooth in the future career development."
You don't need to be that, James."
Calling Wen Ziren's English name, Zhao Yuan could feel the gratitude in his tone."
In fact, even without my recommendation, I'm sure Universal would have chosen you to direct the Fast & Furious franchise eventually."
Zhao Yuan said the facts he knew, but Wen Ziren obviously didn't think so.On the phone, after expressing his gratitude to Zhao Yuan.He changed the conversation and mentioned the upcoming Academy Awards.Judging from the small list of winners announced at this year's Oscars, the movie "Heroes Out of Control" written and filmed by Zhao Yuan has several nominations."
How is it, Zhao, do you have any thoughts on Oscar?"
On the phone, Wen Ziren's tone revealed his yearning for the Oscar.However, at the same time, he also knows that superhero movies have never been popular at the Oscars.In the end, Oscar is a game of sharing the cake, but who can get the cake and who will go home empty-handed depends on the means of the participants and the ability of public relations.In this PR war, everything is a means.Nolan's "Batman", if it wasn't for the impact of Heath Ledger's death, it might not have won so easily.Of course, you can also choose to find another way, under the banner of political correctness, even if the plot is not outstanding, as long as the skin color is correct, even the Oscars will give in.After all, once the hat of racism is buttoned off, even the Oscar judges will not be too comfortable, although black people can't make movies, but they are loud enough that they are not afraid that you will not hear them.But it's a pity that "Heroes Out of Control" doesn't account for either.All are destined to only run with this Oscars, and they are superhero-themed and 'pseudo-documentary' movies, if it weren't for Universal's efforts in the Oscars, maybe they might not even be able to get a movie nomination.Universal has revealed to Zhao Yuan that they are now working hard to nominate for the best adapted screenplay, and once "Heroes Out of Control" can win the Oscars, it will be a big boost to the film's subsequent overseas release and DVD market release.Filmmaking companies have never been philanthropic companies, and that's why they care so much about Oscar nominations.Naturally, it is because the aura of the Oscars themselves can make them more money.And after the actor gets the Oscar title, his value will also increase significantly.It is precisely because of the harvest that the annual Oscars will become the target of public relations for all parties."
I hope to be able to make some gains, no, realistically, there should be little hope."
On the phone, Zhao Yuan expressed regret to Wen Ziren.However, in fact, he does not value Oscar as much as the average person.Hollywood's big directors, big stars, and even film production companies value the Oscars because they are profitable.But for Zhao Yuan, even if there is an Oscar Grand Slam, from beginning to end, one person wins all the awards, and the effect he can have is limited.After all, the script of system evolution does not recognize the Oscar statuette.Even without the Oscar bonus, his income at the box office of the movie is already staggering enough.Of course, if there is really such a little golden figure, Zhao Yuan will not refuse.It seems to be an interesting thing to use the little golden man from the Oscars as the [material] to evolve the script."
Either way, being nominated for an Oscar is already a great thing.""
There are four or five hundred movies produced in Hollywood a year, and only a few can be nominated for Oscars."
didn't know what Zhao Yuan was thinking, and for the pessimistic attitude he showed, Wen Ziren on the phone naturally opened his mouth to comfort him.The screenwriter is mysterious