Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 341 Stunning Appearance in North America
Liang Tianchi Pictures finally obtained the copyrights of several Marvel superheroes in the hands of Lionsgate Pictures.

As for the price paid, Lionsgate Pictures may feel that they have made a lot of money, and Smart also thinks that Liang Tianchi Pictures has suffered a loss, but in Chen Hao's view, it is completely acceptable!
In the future, Chen Hao will definitely be able to prove this point!

"How is the crew's preparation going?" Chen Hao asked.

"The crew has been set up a long time ago, and some less important roles have been selected and placed on your table. You can take a look at it later. Now there are only a few leading actors who have not yet been confirmed." Smart Said.

The script of Chen Hao's new film was written as early as last year. It's a big-scale comedy. It's very fun.

At that time, Chen Hao wrote the script of this comedy series just to make money in North America, and now he has to finish filming no matter what.

And Chen Hao also contacted Smart as early as after "The Man Without a Surname" was finished, and asked him to help form the crew and interview the actors!

So now the crew of Chen Hao's new film is almost ready, only the leading actors have not been confirmed yet.

After Smart left, Chen Hao immersed himself in the documents and learned about the development of Tianchi Pictures in the past six months.

For the next few days, Chen Hao stayed at Liangtianchi Films. Apart from being familiar with the company, he was also casting for a new film.

The new film is completely a funny comedy, so there are not too many requirements for acting skills, and there are only three main actors.

The first thing Chen Hao thought of was Robert Downey Jr. The two had collaborated in many movies, they were familiar with each other, and they already had a tacit understanding.

Downey's acting skills are good, and he is the iron man he ordered. Chen Hao also intends to make him his queen actor, just like Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, it will also be a Hollywood story in the future!

"Hey, Donnie, how are you doing?" Chen Hao smiled.

"Hey, I'm okay, I'm busy with filming!" Downey laughed.

"Filming?" Chen Hao paused when he heard the words, "That's really unfortunate, I'm about to start filming a new movie, and I'm planning to ask you to play the male lead!"

Downey was a little touched when he heard the words. He was able to get out of the quagmire only because of Chen Hao's support. Later, he always asked him to cooperate, and now he asked him to play the leading actor in the new film.

Chen Hao is now considered a well-known director in North America. Several of his works have won word-of-mouth and box office wins, especially "The Ninth District" at the beginning of the year with a box office of 1.5 million US dollars and an Oscar.

Now Chen Hao can be said to be very hot, and there are a lot of actors who want to cooperate with him.

I didn't expect him to be the first one to look for in his new drama in North America. No wonder many media are speculating about the real relationship between the two!
"Are you in a hurry? I still have a week to wrap up here." Downey said.

"That's okay, the filming will start in about two weeks, just in time." Chen Hao was relieved when he heard that.

"It seems that we are destined to cooperate again." Downey laughed.

"That's right, we are golden partners!" Chen Hao said with a smile, "By the way, do you have any close friends who are actors? We should have a tacit understanding."

The three people in the new film are good friends and have a very close relationship with each other.

If the relationship is the same in reality, then the shooting should be much smoother.

"How about Chris Evans and Mark Ruffano?" Donnie hesitated for a while before asking.

Ever since he let himself down, he basically has no friends. Chris and Mark also met while filming Chen Hao's "Chain Saw", and they have a good relationship.

Captain America and the Hulk?

Is this another Marvel version of The Hangover?

"Do they have a schedule?" Chen Hao asked.

"It should be. Chris just finished filming a movie with your little American girlfriend and is taking a break. Mark doesn't know very well." Downey laughed.

American Girlfriend?
Chen Hao was taken aback when he heard the words, and then realized that it was the widow sister. The two put on a good show at the Hollywood dinner!
Before the time comes, let the widow sister play a cameo role.

"Okay, I'll contact them now. If the schedule is suitable, we will cooperate again." Chen Hao laughed.

"OK, it's over here, I'll contact you again!" Downey laughed.

After Chen Hao hung up the phone, he contacted Chris Evans and Mark Ruffano.

Chris was very excited when he received a call from Chen Hao, and he was even more excited when he learned that he was looking for him to play the leading role. Dang even agreed, after all, Chen Hao is still very famous in North America.

On the contrary, Mark Ruffano did not immediately agree, because he had received a good script before, and he needed to think about it first.

Chen Hao naturally agreed, but the other side also began to look for reserve candidates, so that Mark would not be able to join the team.

In the next few days, Chen Hao met with the crew behind the scenes, while continuing to look for actors, fully preparing for his new play.

Time soon came to the weekend, Guoshi's "Hero" and Liang Tianchi Films' "Suspect Zero" officially landed in the North American film market.

Three days later, the North American weekend box office rankings are freshly released!

Hidden by Miramax for two years, the Chinese-language film "Hero", which is now given high expectations, dominated the North American film market last weekend with a box office of 1780 million US dollars!

After becoming the Chinese-language film that was screened in the most theaters in the United States in history, "Hero" once again set many records.

First of all, "Hero" earned a box office of 674 million US dollars on the first day of its release last Friday, setting a box office record for Chinese-language movies on the first day in the United States!

Secondly, the box office of US$1780 million in the first week directly created a Chinese-language film and an Asian film box office record in the United States!
Third, "Hero" became the first Chinese-language film to win the North American box office rankings!
The debut of "Hero" in the first week can be described as amazing in the United States!
Not only was it an unexpected hit at the box office, but the film's highly infectious color images, special effects scenes, and martial arts actions all amazed North American audiences.

Such a martial arts masterpiece with strong Chinese characteristics made North American audiences feel refreshed after watching Hollywood movies!

And not only the audience liked it, but the North American media also praised "Hero", and even called it the best movie in 2004 so far, and the IMDB score is as high as 8.5 points!
The news of "Hero"'s North American box office hit also spread back to China, and the domestic media was both excited and embarrassed.

As a Chinese-language film, it is undoubtedly something to be proud of being able to win the North American weekend box office champion.

I just think about it when "Hero" was first released in the mainland, there was a lot of scolding, and now everyone has severely criticized the national teacher's "House of Flying Daggers", it would be strange if it were embarrassing.

Both Zhang Weiping and Guoshi relieved the embarrassing atmosphere brought about by "House of Flying Daggers" because of this news, and they were once again proud of "Hero" which brought them huge profits.

(End of this chapter)