Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 649 I want to audition tonight

"The "Planet of the Apes" series!" Chen Hao said.

"Planet of the Apes?" Barry Diller frowned.

To be honest, his first reaction was not the series, but Star Wars, followed by Alien!
After all, these two series are undoubtedly the largest in terms of global popularity, and they are also one of the most classic sci-fi series.

Of course, it's not that the "Planet of the Apes" series of movies are not classic enough, but that this series is a bit old.

As early as 1968, the story of "Planet of the Apes" was put on the big screen.

As a strange existence in the history of sci-fi movies, "Planet of the Apes" uses the realistic backgrounds such as racial conflicts and the shadow of the Cold War reflected in it, and combines elements such as technological alienation, time and space travel, and parallel universes to place the ultimate human philosophical speculation in popular sci-fi images. among.

It is precisely because of this that this film with both depth of thought and story universality and several sequels released since then have become a major classic science fiction series in film history independent of "Star Wars", "Alien" and "The Matrix". .

There are 5 films in the Planet of the Apes series.

In "Planet of the Apes" in 1968, George's spaceship strayed into the earth after 2000 and crashed. With the help of the kind ape couple Ziri and Kaunis, he escaped from the prison of the apes, but the leader of the apes, Zos The doctor didn't intend to let him go.

In "Lost in the Planet of the Apes" in 1970, the spaceship that came to search for George crashed on the planet again, and the newly joined comrades joined forces with George to prevent the apes from killing humans.

In "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" in 1971, Ziri and Kaunis, the ape couple who helped humans, were in danger this time. Their spaceship crashed on the earth in 1973, and humans discovered that the apes will rule humans in the future.

In "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" in 1972, in the first episode, the ape couple finally failed to escape the poisonous hands of humans, but their child Caesar grew up under the protection of the kind circus owner Ricardo.

In 1983, a virus from outer space made cats and dogs extinct. Humans began to keep talking orangutans as pets, but their experience was much worse than that of cats and dogs.

In 1991, under the leadership of Caesar, the increasingly intelligent apes united to rebel.

In 1973 "Battle for the Planet of the Apes", in 2678, the ape professor was telling the story of Caesar. It was in 2015, a rebellion broke out among the apes, and the gorillas were led by the general Aido with a group of mutated humans. Agreed to attempt to overthrow Caesar's leadership.

As a classic sci-fi series in film history, 20th Century Fox has actually always wanted to restart this series. This is also the usual practice of Hollywood giants, just like Warner Bros. "Batman".

However, 20th Century Fox discussed it 4 times, but finally gave up. During this period, 2 related TV series and 3 documentaries were released.

It wasn't until 20th Century Fox wanted to restart the series for the fifth time that they finally took action.

20th Century Fox recruited Tim Burton to direct and star Mark Wahlberg to film "The Battle for the Planet of the Apes" in 2001!
Unfortunately, the restart failed!
The investment in "Planet of the Apes" is as high as 1 million US dollars, with a North American box office of 1.8 million and a global box office of 3.6 million US dollars.

As far as the box office is concerned, it didn't lose money, but the profit was limited, but obviously it didn't meet expectations.

To make matters worse, the reputation of "Planet of the Apes" is very bad. The IMDB score is only 5.5 points, which is not even a passing mark!
In fact, if the reputation of "Planet of the Apes" is good enough, 20th Century Fox will definitely continue to release sequels. After all, the second part of a series of movies will generally make a lot of money.

As long as the word-of-mouth is good enough and the box office does not lose too much money, then even if the series is successfully restarted, Hollywood giants will be familiar with everything after that.

But now the IMDB score of "Planet of the Apes" is only 5.5 points, and 20th Century Fox will doubt whether there will be audiences walking into the theater when the second film is released.

The chance of losing money is too great, and 20th Century Fox is not a fool, so it terminated the launch of the second part of the series.

Now, it is the first time in 6 years. Of course, if it is released in the year after the filming next year, then it will be the first time in 8 years!

Chen Hao proposed to restart this classic sci-fi movie series held by 20th Century Fox!

Barry Diller was actually very happy when he heard this, because there were actually voices within the company to restart the series, but it was a pity that the voice was suppressed because of the defeat of "Planet of the Apes" in 2001.

Now after many years, Chen Hao, who is good at shooting sci-fi films and has never missed a shot, took over, so the hope of restarting this series will undoubtedly be much greater.

If Chen Hao's magic can continue and make "Planet of the Apes" a success again, then 20th Century Fox will not just get a good movie, but restart a series.

How much can a successful franchise make a Hollywood mogul?
Anyway, this film must have made more money than the two films made for Sony Columbia!

"Chen, we didn't expect you to want to remake the "Planet of the Apes" series, so I have to go back and discuss it with the company." Barry Diller said, "I will definitely get back to you as soon as possible."

"No problem, anyway, even if we want to shoot, it will be next year, and there is plenty of time!" Chen Hao nodded with a smile.

It didn't matter to Chen Hao, since he was going to work for 20th Century Fox anyway, he couldn't escape, so he wasn't in a hurry.

"That's fine, I'll go back and discuss with the company now." Barry Diller put away the list of materials, bid farewell and left the party cleanly.

Chen Hao smiled when he saw this, and then wanted to go to the bathroom.

But the door of the toilet was locked, Chen Hao listened to his ears, and he really heard the sound of mischief.

Cursing secretly, Chen Hao had no choice but to leave!
When passing by many rooms, Chen Hao also heard heavy breathing, which made Chen Hao a little upset, secretly criticizing the decadent capitalist life in his heart.

Just as Chen Hao was trying to criticize, the passing room was suddenly opened, and then one hand grabbed Chen Hao's tie, and directly pulled Chen Hao into the dark room.

The moment Chen Hao was pulled, he wanted to break free, but after smelling the familiar fragrance, he gave up struggling and was honestly taken away.

After the sound of the door being locked, Chen Hao was covered by red lips.

The dark room, the fiery passion, made the temperature of the room seem to rise, and the two slowly separated after 5 minutes.

"You bastard, why did you break your promise?" Nicole Kidman asked angrily.

Although "Iron Man" is not favored by the Hollywood industry, it is a super production of 1.3 million US dollars, and it is directed by Chen Hao.

Even if it's just a super A-level production heroine qualification, and making friends with Chen Hao is still profitable, let alone what if it succeeds?

The Marvel superhero movie universe is a huge project. After participating in "Iron Man", I won't worry about running out of movies in the future.

"What breaks promise?"

Nicole Kidman bit her red lips lightly, and cursed secretly, "Don't pretend to be confused, why did the heroine of "Iron Man" change to someone else?"

Chen Hao pretended to be confused when he heard the words, "I proposed that you be the heroine, but Marvel objected, and it was very strong!"

Nicole Kidman frowned slightly when she heard the words, and was still distinguishing whether what Chen Hao said was true or not.

In North America, the rights of directors are not so great. Even if he has rights, he still has to worry about the investment of over [-] million US dollars.

Therefore, Nicole Kidman was dubious about Chen Hao's words.

"It doesn't matter if we don't cooperate this time, next year I will cooperate with 20th Century Fox in an A-level sci-fi movie, and I will definitely let you be the heroine." Chen Hao promised.

Nicole Kidman bit her red lips and said, "Really? You're not just perfunctory me again, are you?"

"I swear, it will never happen this time. If 20th Century Fox disagrees, then I won't be the director!" Chen Hao resolutely said.

Nicole Kidman was noncommittal when she heard the words. She was used to strong winds and waves, so she would not easily believe such words. Compared with this, she believed in equivalent exchange.

"Also, why is your "Pacific Rim" released on the same day as "The Golden Compass"?" Nicole Kidman asked.

Because I remember that "The Golden Compass" failed miserably at the box office, Chen Hao thought to himself, but said, ""Pacific Rim" is just a Chinese film, can it be compared with New Line's magical masterpiece? Do you have no confidence in yourself?

Still not confident in the new line that made The Lord of the Rings? "

Nicole Kidman felt right after hearing the words. "Pacific Rim" is a Chinese film after all, with a box office of about 5000 million, which is the highest, but "The Golden Compass" is a super magical masterpiece that rivals "Lord of the Rings". There is no reason to be afraid "Pacific Rim" ah!

"Be honest with me, did Charlize Theron let you succeed?" Nicole Kidman asked suddenly.

Both of them are well-known Hollywood beauties who are famous all over the world, but they both won Oscar queens through hard work. It can be said that they have both beauty and strength.

Naturally, they are also strong competitors to each other, but Charlize Theron has already starred in "National Superman Hancock", and won over 2 million in North America and over 6 million worldwide.

In any case, making friends with Chen Hao is a big plus!
Chen Hao smiled when he heard the words, "We are just a pure relationship between director and actor, hehehe..."

"Hmph, bastard!" Nicole Kidman couldn't help snorting angrily when she heard this, how could she not know how pure this relationship is!

……

Twenty minutes later, Nicole Kidman suddenly twisted her hips.

Chen Hao was stunned, "What's wrong?"

After a while of giggles, Nicole Kidman said with a smile, "When I really become the heroine of your movie, we will continue to complete the second half of this battle!"

After finishing speaking, Nicole Kidman hugged Chen Hao and kissed him for a while, then smiled and pushed the door away, leaving only Chen Hao who couldn't get up or down alone in a mess!

"Sure enough, there isn't a fuel-efficient lamp, and they don't scatter eagles when they don't see rabbits!" Chen Hao couldn't help but angrily said.

But the helpless Chen Hao could only clean up in the end, and then walked out of the room.

While feeling depressed, he suddenly bumped into a soft and tender body at the corner, and Chen Hao, who had quick eyes and quick hands, immediately grabbed the opponent's waist.

"Are you OK?"

While speaking, Chen Hao saw the other person's face clearly, it was actually Anne Hathaway!
Looking at the pretty face in front of him, Chen Hao, who was still on his head, couldn't help pinching the other's buttocks.

"I'm not... ah... I'm fine!" Anne Hathaway said with a flushed face.

Chen Hao didn't let go, and asked with a smile, "I didn't expect to meet you tonight!"

Anne Hathaway said, "I, I'm here to see you, the director."

As soon as Chen Hao heard Anne Hathaway calling him the director, he knew it, "Looking for me? Is there something wrong?"

"Well, it's for tomorrow's audition." Anne Hathaway said bluntly.

"Oh? Is there any problem?" Chen Hao asked knowingly.

"I want to audition tonight!" Anne Hathaway looked at Chen Hao nervously and said, "Can you, director?"

"Tonight?" Chen Hao smiled and looked at the pretty face in front of him, "Isn't this against the rules? I've already notified that it's tomorrow."

"My audition is a bit special, maybe you can watch it alone tonight!" Anne Hathaway said.

"Special?" Chen Hao smiled, "Tonight?"

"Yes, I guarantee you will be satisfied." Anne Hathaway leaned close to Chen Hao's ear and murmured, and then she breathed fairy air.

Chen Hao raised his brows, pondered for a while, and then nodded in agreement, because the fire that was provoked by Nicole Kidman just now is still burning, and the color makes me dizzy, and the ancients do not deceive me.

"The location of the audition?" Chen Hao asked.

Seeing that Chen Hao agreed, Anne Hathaway smiled, "I've already booked a room, it's in Room 404 of the hotel not far away!"

Chen Hao's heart trembled when he heard the room number, but he was looking forward to it!
Afterwards, Chen Hao and Anne Hathaway left Xiao Lizi's villa directly, and drove to Room 404 of the hotel together.

After entering the room, Chen Hao directly embraced Anne Hathaway's waist and kissed her delicate red lips.

"Director Chen... the audition..."

"Well, it's already started..."

……

Early the next morning, when Chen Hao woke up, he found 10 missed calls on his mobile phone, all of which were from Xiaoying, so he called back.

"Where did you go last night?" Xiaoying held back her anger and asked, if Hao Yi and Yang Qing were not there, she would definitely yell out.

"I didn't go back last night because I had something to do, um..." Chen Hao said calmly.

"What's the matter?" Xiaoying asked, "Also, why is your voice so weird?"

"It's nothing, I'll go directly to the company later." Chen Hao said, "Also, tell Smart to cancel the audition."

Anne Hathaway smiled when she heard that the audition was cancelled.

"The audition is cancelled? Why?" Xiaoying was taken aback when she heard the words, but before she finished speaking, she heard a beeping voice, "This bastard must be fooling around again!"

An hour later, Chen Hao came to Liangtianru Pictures.

Smart asked, "The audition was cancelled?"

"Yes, it's Anne Hathaway!" Chen Hao nodded.

Smart smiled and shook his head when he heard the words, "It seems that she really satisfied you!"

(End of this chapter)