Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 196 New Projects
Speaking of which, it’s a comedy series.

Gu Ming's Beidou Star holds a copyright that can be developed, and he asked Sophia to buy the story illustrations before.

In his previous life, he created a series that became a global hit, "Night at the Museum."

The North American box office of the first film exceeded US$5000 million.

It is actually suitable for Jackie Chan to act in comedy.

But after this idea came to Gu Ming's head, Gu Ming shook his head and rejected it.

It's not that I'm worried that Jackie Chan won't be able to perform, but for other reasons.

First, the investment cost of "Night at the Museum" is too high.

After all, the American Museum of Natural History will not let you go in and shoot everywhere. It also needs to restore several halls in the studio. The cost of the first part of the past life has climbed to 5000 million US dollars, and this does not include the publicity costs. .

For such a large investment, Gu Ming prefers to use the original team. The risk of using Jackie Chan is too uncontrollable.

After all, it is a transformation. His box office appeal in the North American pure comedy market is really a question mark.

Is it better than Ben Stiller?
As for the other reason, it's Gu Ming's problem.

Gu Ming didn't want to make this film.

Although the box office is high enough, it would still be a bit damaging to the film's reputation if it were made into a comedy.

"Green Book" and "The Intouchables" can only be said to have comedic elements, which are not the same thing as pure comedies.

The director also needs to maintain his style.

Why should I only make money when I can make money and earn money at the same time?
Children make choices.

I have to be all!

The final reason is that they took into account the fans they had accumulated before.

My first three commercial films were all action films.

Jackie Chan's fans are also action movie fans.

The collaboration between the two will definitely attract action movie fans.

I still have to make action movies to be safe!

Gu Ming stopped spinning his pen, picked up the pen and wrote on the paper an action movie series he knew.

"Extraordinary Human Trafficking", crossed out, the first part of this series was released in 02, I caught a late episode.

"Give Me Back My Life", ah no, it's "John Wick"!
As for this movie...

It's quite appropriate to match Jackie Chan's Waterloo experience in the North American market, and it can be used as his transformation work.

But the reviews are not high, so it’s not suitable for my own photography.

The box office of the first film was average.

Even less suitable.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Ming crossed it out.

After much deliberation, I finally settled on one, "Kingsman".

In a previous life, a total of three films were made for this movie that only appeared in 2015.

The first part, the second part, and the prequel.

The prequel stretches the crotch too much, there is no need to consider it.

Let’s talk about the first two.

The first of these, "Kingsman: The Secret Service," grossed more than $4 million at the global box office.

The global box office of the second "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" also exceeded 2 million.

And the reviews are pretty good, so it’s totally worth taking the initiative and filming the first part.

"Uh, that's it."

Gu Ming's pen pointed at this name repeatedly.

The first step after deciding on the movie is copyright!

Gu Ming remembered that this movie was adapted from a comic book in his previous life.

As for the comic book author, he is a well-known person in the film circle, named Mark Millar.

He once worked as a screenwriter for DC and Marvel, and later opened his own comic company. "Kick-Ass" is adapted from his comic of the same name.

Turn on your computer and check it out.

I asked my secretary to buy all of Mark Millar's comic works and look through them.

Gu Ming confirmed that this guy hasn't drawn the "Kings Agent" comic yet.

I'm sorry!
If you didn’t draw it, the movie wouldn’t be a comic book movie.

Gu Ming started writing the script.

The plot is very simple, and Gu Ming doesn't plan to make too many changes.

When Eggsy was 5 years old, his father died in an unusually secret military operation.

He then received a commemorative medal and an emergency telephone number that could be used to solve all problems but could only be used once.

He used the medal 17 years later after being caught stealing a car.

The one who saved him was the agent who owed his father one.

Because Eggsy's qualifications were found to be good, the agent provided Eggsy with an opportunity to join Kingsman, a top-secret independent intelligence organization.

When writing the script, Gu Ming was also thinking about the actors for the main roles.

Jackie Chan will naturally play the role of special agent Harry Hart, so this can be finalized.

As far as Eggsy is concerned, for the global box office, it is best to find a young white man, even better if he is gay.

Gu Ming can't figure it out yet, so he's not in a hurry. He can just go to the audition when the time comes.

With Jackie Chan and himself as a director taking the lead, it is enough to attract movie fans into the cinema.

It doesn't matter whether Eggsy has box office appeal or not. Taron Egerton in his previous life was also a little Karami before he acted in this movie, which still did not affect its box office success.

As for the villain, Samuel L. Jackson was used in the original film.

Hey Ren is the villain, which is not suitable for use in Gu Ming's film. Hey Ren is a big bank of his own, and Gu Ming will not do anything with money!
Let Daniel Craig play it.

Authentic gay British.

If white people are the villains, white people themselves won’t mind.

The female killer with disabled legs is quite unique. You can give it to Li Bingbing. She is very suitable for this kind of character who doesn't say many ruthless words.

And after starring in "Heroes" and "Now You See Me", she has gained a certain reputation internationally.

I don’t know how much box office it can attract, but at least the audience won’t be disgusted.

As for the film’s heroine…

In fact, there are not many scenes. This film mainly focuses on Jackie Chan's role and the young Eggsy. A vase that is eye-catching enough will be enough.There are so many things for this kind of actress in Hollywood, and you can catch them all.

It doesn’t matter who you choose.

Of course, if you have acquaintances, use acquaintances, and if you don't have acquaintances, use people you know a little bit. This is Gu Ming's consistent rule. Auditions are mostly just a formality.

Let's wait until the time comes to consider this matter.

……

It took Gu Ming four days to write the script and successfully filed it.

I also incidentally drew some sub-shots of related action scenes.

Gu Ming called Jackie Chan to his office and pointed to the script on the table.

"I've already written the script."

"have a look."

"So fast?" Jackie Chan was surprised, "It's only been seven days! You've written an entire movie script of tens of thousands of words?"

"This reminds me of Hong Kong movies back then."

"Everyone writes a script..."

"Ah, that's not right." Jackie Chan laughed, "Back then, there were no scripts. They were all written while filming. Otherwise, it would be too late. That is, in recent years, fewer and fewer people have started filming in Hong Kong Island, and everyone has become popular. Start writing the script.”

"But your speed is fast enough."

"The most important thing is that the quality of all your scripts is good enough. I really don't know how you do it."

Jackie Chan praised Gu Ming first, and then started to read the script.

When he read the script, he didn't see anything special about it.

But I didn't think there was anything strange.

Many commercial films are like this.

A good script may not necessarily result in a good movie, and a bad script may not necessarily result in a good movie.

For example, in a Michael Bay movie, is the script good?
Isn't "Titanic" also about the stereotypical poor boy and rich girl?
Even if it is an art film, as he is the Sunglasses King of Hong Kong filmmakers, can the movie script be good?

Especially the lines, an event + a twisting time + a boring incident make up the lines of the King of Sunglasses.

The key still depends on how you shoot.

As for this, Jackie Chan believes in Gu Ming's ability.

Ever since, he chatted with Gu Ming about the style of the film.

"I read in the script that it is a spy movie. What type of spy movie is it?"

"Retro and nostalgic gentleman agent!"

Gu Ming smiled and said, "Since 007, everyone loves this type of agent."

"But with Mission: Impossible and the Bourne Supremacy I filmed, people seem to be becoming more and more interested in hard-boiled agents."

"but……"

"Fashion is reincarnation."

"Movies about hard-boiled agents are being played more often, and people might start to like gentle agents again."

"And this is not a pure gentleman spy movie. You will know after it is filmed that he is very different."

"Oh." Jackie Chan raised his eyebrows, "I'm interested. By the way, what kind of action style do you plan to film?"

"Wearing suits and leather shoes, gentle and elegant, never surprised by changes."

"The kind who can drink red wine elegantly after killing a group of people."

Gu Ming handed some of the shots he had drawn before to Jackie Chan.

"It's quite different from the comedy action movies you shot before. You can consider whether to take it or not."

"That being said, is there any reason why I shouldn't accept your film?"

"Definitely take it!" Jackie Chan smiled and took the shot.

He asked while watching.

"When will the contract be signed?"

"In two weeks, let's meet in the capital then and let the people below negotiate good treatment."

Since "Taken" and "Now You See Me" were both produced at Daystar.

For this film, Gu Ming still wants to return to China and produce it under the Daystar brand instead of Big Dipper.

"no problem!"

"That `s a deal."

Jackie Chan extended his hand.

After chatting about "Ace Agent: Secret Service Academy", Jackie Chan walked out of Gu Ming's office with satisfaction.

The moment I walked out.

He found that his previous confusion disappeared.

I even had a feeling, “This movie will definitely be successful!”

"I can regain my footing in Hollywood and get rid of Li Lianjie again!"

Yes, he has always been the No. 1 Chinese movie star before.

But as Li Lien's two-part "Taken" series plus "Hero" became a hit at the box office, his "Around the World in [-] Days" suffered an unprecedented failure.

He found that his reputation was likely to be taken away from him.

"I hope this film will also succeed in exceeding [-] million at the box office in North America."

"No!" Jackie Chan shook his head, "Gu Ming's movies, as long as they are not Chinese-language literary and artistic films, seem to be able to exceed 5000 million. Even literary and artistic films are no exception, so they will exceed [-] million!"

Jackie Chan took a deep breath.

……

Gu Ming immediately returned to the capital.

While drawing storyboards, make a rough budget.

The budget this time is relatively high.

After Now You See Me.

Movies shot by Gu Ming himself will no longer subsidize the company and other domestic investors.

My director, screenwriter and producer will all be paid according to the market price!

(End of this chapter)