It is impossible for a movie to lack directors, and very few people are able to direct such epic fantasy movies.

Chris was constantly worried as he looked at the list above the Directors Association. It was extremely difficult to find a director with good quality and low price. The cost of shooting was close to 500 million US dollars. Without a strong shoulder, he could not bear it!

"How do I think Steven is? He should still have plans to make commercial films now." In the conference room, a gray-haired elderly man suggested, "Steven has a very strong control over this type of film. If it were him, we wouldn't have to worry so much."

"No, Steven is too expensive. We can't afford the 20+20 model, and he must be the producer himself." Chris shook his head repeatedly. Now Steven Spielberg is already the top person in Hollywood.

The director’s basic salary for a movie is $20 million, and he also has to add a 20% box office dividend, which is not much more than the top actors’ pay!

Who gave him this qualification and this ability?

Although he was not directed by a popular movie "Jurassic World", as a producer, Spielberg directly received $250 million in revenue from the project, and Lao S was Lao S.

But the budget for the "Lord of the Rings" movie is almost always devoted to film production. They have no plans to use any first-line actors, nor do they use first-line directors.

The general pay for Hollywood directors is around 750,000 to 1.5 million US dollars. Warner and Disney like to find some new directors for DC and Marvel movies because the price of new directors is appropriate, and they often only cost around 250,000 US dollars.

At worst, you can raise the price after the auction is finished. Anyway, this situation is very common!

Of course, this price is not static and will be evaluated based on past box office performance. Some directors can also get 20+20 numbers at their peak, but if the recent movie fails, his new film will definitely be lowered.

Just like Robert Zemegis, who once won an Oscar for "Forrest Gump" and also has classic works in the series "Back to the Future", received tens of millions of dollars in the last century, but now, he may only have five million left!

Another film adapted from Zhang Chu's novel, "The Code of Da Vinci", director Lang Howard, although he is also the best director of the Oscar, is relatively not the most talented, most aura and most popular among the media. He does not seem to have his own style.

But even so, they have already received a steady salary of $10 million for many years. Disney has even offered $12 million and 10% of the global box office dividend this time, which is the kind of person who makes a fortune in silence.

A director with a lack of personal style is hard to remember by movie fans, even though he has filmed many excellent or even classic movies!

By the way, Dallas Howard, the daughter of Lang Howard, is the heroine of "Jurassic World", and someone must be behind it.

"How about David Finch?"

"Give me aside. This is not a social network, it is not the same type. It is suitable for making art films."

"This is true."

If the talented David Fincher comes to film "The Lord of the Rings", he will probably have to go through the dark wind.

Studios are looking for new movies that can make fun-filmed action blockbusters that suit the current family-friendly tastes. Their movies may be mediocre, but they are hard to make mistakes.

However, Chris was a little unwilling to give up. He spent a lot of money and energy to buy back the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings". If it was handed over to a mediocre director, it would be a waste. This movie must be outstanding and excellent!

"Matthew Vaughan can consider it. He has filmed "The King of Seas" and "The Ace Agents."

"Do you think Duncan Jones still need to consider?"

Several people on the conference room table shook their heads in unison. Although Duncan Jones had some good reputations in the past, a "Warcraft" was enough to make most producers retreat.

What's more, the theme of "Warcraft" has certain similarities with "The Lord of the Rings". If you look for him, it is too risky!

Chris asked, "Is David Yates' schedule available now?"

"He has never worked with us. He has always been with Warner in the past. He should be filming "Where Are the Fantastic Beasts 3" now? His control ability is still a bit weaker. The second Fantastic Beasts is actually the worst box office and reputation in the series."

Guy Ritchie was directly passed because of the fantasy action film "King Arthur - Battle of the Beast"!

In the end, there were only a few names on the list discussed by Universal Pictures: Edgar Wright, Pierre Morriel, Jordan Peel, Justin Lin, James Win, etc., all of whom are good at the new generation and have achieved certain results.

The reason why two Chinese directors were left on the list of candidates is that on the one hand, these two did have significant achievements in commercial films, and on the other hand, they also hope that they can understand what Zhang Chu wanted to express in writing that novel. Perhaps they are all Orientals, and they understand it better than Western directors.

Now is not the time to finalize. We have to contact these directors one by one, and at the same time we have to communicate the latest updates with Zhang Chu. For example, how these directors plan to shoot this movie, the idea is the most critical!

Perhaps some directors have never watched "The Lord of the Rings" at all, so they have to give time to understand. It is difficult for a director who has no idea about the story to make this movie well.

Universal Pictures is too busy with trouble. The complexity of these three movies is far from comparable to "The Da Vinci Code", so until now, let alone the filming is started, the director and script have not yet been solved.

After the script is found, the screenwriter team, director and the original author Zhang Chu jointly discuss and decide when writing the script, you can find locations, recruit actors, behind-the-scenes shooting teams, etc.

Time always waits for no one, if you don’t pay attention, you will slip away!

...

"It's the last class of this semester soon, and I'm really reluctant to let it go." Zhang Chu lay on the desk, aiming his face with a small charging electric fan, hoping to find a hint of coolness.

Yanda University has a long history, not every classroom is equipped with air conditioners, and in addition, summer here is not as hot as in the south, and many teaching buildings only have electric fans.

Although the classrooms of dozens of people opened the windows and front and back doors, they still felt dull and felt, and everyone had a sticky sweat.

An Mi picked up a folding fan and handed it to Zhang Chu, "As the saying goes, calm your heart and cool your heart. If you bear it, you will pass."

"You can't bear to bear it? I think you want the course to end early!" Yang Ling inherited the sarcastic tongue from whom he inherited. "The exam starts next Monday. There seem to be very few subjects that require exams in our major. We should be able to go home first than other majors. I have already booked the air tickets. If you have time, come to Northeast China to play with me. There is no air conditioner in the summer of Northeast China, and many of us don't even have electric fans."

Zhang Chu laughed, "You have seen through it. I really want to enter the summer vacation now. There are so many things. By the way, do you want to go to New Zealand for a self-driving trip?"

"Why do you want to go to New Zealand? Do you want to go to the southern hemisphere to escape the summer heat?"

Sun Ruiqi asked curiously, saying that he did not have a deep impression of New Zealand, and it seemed that there was no too famous scenic spot.

In this world, the movie "The Lord of the Rings" has not been released, and there are not many people traveling to New Zealand, which is not as attractive as Australia.

"I heard that the natural scenery over there is very good. Some people say it is like another world. Traveling, if it is all people, it would be boring."

If you are looking at the humanistic and artistic landscape, it is a good choice for both China and Europe. But this time, Zhang Chu wanted to go to New Zealand to buy the future shooting location of "The Lord of the Rings". Then, he built the Hobbiton and the Bag Pot in his backyard. It would be very good to think about it!

It's a bit of a pity that New Zealand is too far away from China. Sometimes he wonders if he can go to the suburbs of Yanjing to buy a piece of land to build a Hobbitun, so that the movie props and set masters can guide the construction while traveling to Yanjing, which is much closer.

But the cost seems to be a bit high, and it is a bit complicated to do.

Anyway, the courtyard is in trouble, so I can only put it in the suburbs!

"I haven't even got my visa, so I can't go. If you drive on your own, be careful, don't be found out that you are a billionaire, so as not to be kidnapped or something." An Mi said cautiously. New Zealand is vast and sparsely populated. If you encounter something, it will be called Tiantian and not effective!

Zhang Chu explained: "During the winter vacation, I went to Norway alone for a walk, and it was still fine. As long as you don't deliberately make a high profile, who will cause trouble for you? If you go, I can help you solve the visa problem, and everyone will take turns to drive."

To be honest, traveling alone is indeed boring, and it is better to have friends.

Sun Ruiqi thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, I want to go and have fun too. How about I'll discuss with my parents tonight and then give you the answer?"

Although they are all college students, they still have to seek the consent of their families.

"You don't have to worry about safety issues. When I go to New Zealand, there will be bodyguards, guided bodyguards. You only need to bear the money for your own air tickets, and the rest of the expenses are all counted as me."

This money is not even a drop in the bucket for Zhang Chu. He originally didn't even plan to pay for his friends for air tickets, but considering that he had to stay together for a long time, some money things still had to be separated.

Now he can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in a movie project, and a novel is released through various channels to collect money, and there is no shortage of that money.

Yang Ling was a little moved, but emphasized: "I think it's better to have aa, it's not appropriate to let you pay money alone."

"It's okay, just refuel the rented car then, the refueling fee is not cheap!"

Zhang Chu didn't want to betray himself, so he would definitely rent a luxury car for himself. This part of the money was somewhat beyond the budget for his friend, so it was normal for him to bear it.

If you are normally a student, traveling will definitely be mainly about traveling.

An Mi put her phone back into the desk, and he said with a smile: "I just reported to my mother. She originally disagreed, but I said I would go with Zhang Chu, and she agreed immediately. It seems that your name is really useful, and even my mother was deceived by your reputation!"

There was no chill when lying on the table. Zhang Chu sat up and drank a sip of water, then turned on his phone to check the real-time box office list of Maoyan movies.

A few days ago, "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue" was previewed, with good feedback, and the fans' enthusiasm for watching movies has been ignited.

Today is the day it will be officially released worldwide. Except for an animated film, it has almost all detours in the rest of the production!

Yida + Ghost Blows Out the Light, this is an absolute box office bomb!

Only publishers who are unthinkable will take the movie to compete with it.

Even Zhang Chu's own "Farewell My Concubine" was compressed to only 11% of the screenings on the day when "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

"Ghost Blows Out the Light", which has a screening volume of up to 62%, did not disappoint the cinema managers' expectations. It is only after three o'clock in the afternoon, and the box office on the first day has reached a terrifying RMB 180 million!

This figure does not include the pre-shot box office on Monday, but only has a midnight show of RMB 42 million on Friday morning.

Generally speaking, the first weekend of release is the highest box office, with Saturday being the highest, Sunday being the lowest, and Friday being the lowest.

The box office of the movie on Friday will not be considered prime time after 5 pm, which means that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will continue to retain the hope of hitting the box office of 300 million on the first day!

If we can maintain our current reputation and attendance rate later, we may reach the 1 billion box office mark in three days of the first weekend.

Such a terrifying box office usually only appears in the Spring Festival and superhero movies with a good audience base. As long as the stamina is fine, 2 billion is more than enough!

"That's great, this momentum is a bit strong, and you must keep up with the momentum!"

Zhang Chu mourns the movie "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in his heart. This box office is enough to make "Ghost Blows Out the Light" IP the top type.

Now in Maoyan movies, the audience gave "Ghost Blows Out the Light" a high score, with a super high score of 9.4 points, and the audience's popularity is quite good.

If most of them were fans during the preview, then after the official release, the audience is ordinary movie fans. They may have only heard of the name of Ghost Blowing the Light before and don’t know what stories they tell, but they can still understand them with the movie.

If you can't even understand the plot of this movie, you may have to go home to watch the antenna baby, and SpongeBob SquarePants shouldn't understand it.

As a scheming author, Zhang Chu has a requirement for the movies adapted from his novels, that is, he must use a single picture to write the words "The movie is adapted from Zhang Chu's novel of the same name" at the beginning and end of the film!

Many starring actors do not have this treatment, and their list of starring actors is combined in pairs.

With such a picture, those who have watched the movie will pay more or less attention to the content of these words, and that is the reputation value required by the savior system.

Not only can you see it on the big screen during the release period, but even if the movie is released later, as long as the audience does not fast forward when watching the video on the computer or TV, it will appear in front of them.
Chapter completed!