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Chapter 788 Forced to go to the "end"? Captain Jack's new film project, looking forward to meeting...

Into May, the first-day box office of three movies that are in fierce competition is freshly released!

The first is "The Intruder" directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, which can be said to be "unlucky". On the first day of release, the box office was only a pitiful 445,000 yuan, which is really miserable.

The next is the movie version of "Why Sheng Xiaomo", with a box office of 49.94 million on the first day.

This result is relatively good, and it can be said to be among the best among all domestic films released this year.

The only regret is that the reputation of the film collapsed on the first day of release.

Chen Fei took the time to log on to Douban.com and took a look. Looking around, it can be said that there are countless bad reviews!

"It's just like a movie produced by Guo Jingming, full of distorted soft light, full of melodramatic plots, full of melodramatic ideas, full of lousy acting, full of Huang Xiaoshuai's coolness, head-up, close-ups, and facial paralysis."

"It feels like this movie is pieced together using big data. Although it is said to be very suitable for the audience, it is actually very ugly and horrible!"

"Haha, they actually put together several of the worst first-line celebrities in China in the same movie. The degree of disgust is directly off the charts! I am also convinced."

After reading these comments, Chen Fei silently mourned for Huang Xiaoming for three seconds.

I don't know why the leader always feels like a domineering president whenever he plays that kind of modern drama, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Add to that the combination of Yang Ying and Yang Mi, you can actually guess what the effect of this movie is without having to watch it specifically.

After watching the above two movies, when I watched the last one "Drug War 2: Heaven and Earth Showdown", the feeling was instantly different, as if it was sublimated!

Liu Dehua + Gu Tianle + Miao Qiaowei, when this lineup was placed in front of the audience, it immediately achieved extraordinary results!

The first day box office was 130 million, and the Maoyan comprehensive score was 9.0, which is the achievement created by "Drug War 2"!

"High-energy warning throughout, a straightforward plot and fierce gunfights! It's simply hormone-filled, and the last shot of driving into the subway pushed the whole film to a climax, so exciting! So exciting!"

"Stay away from drugs, start with me, thank Brother Hua and Principal Gu for bringing us positive energy!"

"The scene is grand, but it is a bit regrettable that 3D technology is not used, especially the last scene in the subway station, which gives people a strong visual impact, very shocking!"

"The plot of this movie is really compact, and a bit too compact, the rhythm is very fast, missed the two You may miss a small plot if you miss it for a few minutes, so you have to concentrate on it. "

"When the ending song came out, I was completely shocked. This is a real old Hong Kong movie!"

"The plot is compact, there is no boring moment, the action and gun battles are super exciting, and Andy Lau and Gu Zai's acting skills are explosive. Other actors, Sammo Hsiao, Lin Jiaxin, Fat Cat and other veteran actors also have brilliant moments. There is a reversal at the end. This is really unexpected. It is worthy of being Director Chen. The screenwriter level is simply amazing!"

After a brief look at the film reviews of "Drug War 2", Chen Fei did not pay much attention to this movie.

Whether a movie can be a hit can actually be analyzed from the comments of movie fans.

And the good reviews created by "Drug War 2" now doomed its box office to be not too bad!

In addition, the imported film "Fast and Furious 7" released on April 12, after breaking the 2 billion box office record, has gradually come to the "end".

On May 3, several entertainment news successfully topped the headlines of major domestic entertainment websites.

"The Hollywood blockbuster Fast \u0026 Furious 7, produced by Universal Pictures, has been released in China for more than 20 days, with a total box office of 2.096 billion. The box office potential has been exhausted, and many theaters have begun to withdraw the film..."

"Drug War 2: Heaven and Earth Showdown has been released for three days, and the box office has accumulated 422 million, ranking No. 1 in the box office list during the May Day period this year!"

"The first episode of the second season of Running Man has been released on TV stations and Youku. On the day of its release, the ratings were in the leading position in the same period!"

"Unfortunately, the box office of The Silent War, starring Huang Xiaoming, Yang Mi, Yang Ying, and Tong Dawei, has dropped below 20 million after three days of release, and has received a lot of negative reviews."

"The Left Ear is currently With a box office of over 300 million yuan, Su Youpeng's debut film is a great success! "

"Dangal, an Indian imported film and winner of this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, officially ended its screening today, with a total box office of 950 million yuan, and has received overwhelming praise and numerous positive reviews!"

"The superhero science fiction masterpiece produced by Marvel is scheduled to hold its domestic premiere ceremony in the capital on May 9. At that time, director Chen Fei will appear on the scene with Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and other leading actors. Stay tuned!"

...

From the various entertainment news that pop up from time to time on the Internet, it can be seen that May is destined to be restless.

Perhaps many producers in the mainland film industry will be on high alert, but for Chen Fei, this state of blooming flowers truly means that the domestic film market has entered a thriving state.

In contrast, in the Hollywood film market, there have been no outstanding original masterpieces in recent years.

Everyone seems to be constantly living off their old capital and developing sequels of various types of movies. No one is willing to try to create new movies of original types.

In this situation, Annapurna Pictures' current film "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" has unexpectedly received a lot of attention.

The film has been filming for more than half a month. According to Megan Ellison, it will be available to global audiences at the latest next summer vacation.

As for the remake rights of another movie "Ben-Hur" that she has obtained, it is currently being urgently prepared.

This morning, the appearance of an entertainment news immediately attracted the attention of the entire Hollywood!

"Annapurna Pictures officially announced: it will invite 'Captain' Johnny Depp to play the role of 'Ben-Hur', the male protagonist in the movie "Ben-Hur."

Once this notice was exposed, it directly attracted the attention of many Hollywood first-line male actors.

"Depp plays Ben-Hur? What a joke?"

At the promotional event of "Avengers 2", Robert Downey Jr. curled his lips and muttered disdainfully.

Chen Fei couldn't help but look over with some curiosity: "What do you mean? Is he not suitable for the role of Ben Hur?"

He didn't know much about Johnny Depp. He only knew that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series he played was very popular and was a very vigorous and dense cash cow for Disney.

As for more news, he didn't pay special attention to it.

Donny curled his lips and explained: "This guy is a very dirty drug addict like me before. The reason why he can play the role of Captain Jack is because he has been attracting fans for many years and has made himself neither human nor ghost.

Although the character of Ben Hur was born in a wealthy family in the early stage, he needs to make great military achievements in the later stage. Just because he wants to play such a role? It's just a dream!"

Hearing this, Chen Fei probably understood a little.

As expected, the reason why Megan Ellison invited Johnny Depp to be the male lead of the new movie was because of his super high popularity.

As for more information about Depp, she may not have learned about it at all.

Just like Alibaba Pictures in the domestic film industry, they don't care about the acting skills of any actor, as long as the fan base is large enough, then this is a "good actor".

In a trance, Chen Fei suddenly realized that Megan Ellison's father, Larry Ellison, seemed to be a big data person.

After all, this old man is the famous CEO of "Oracle".

As the eldest princess raised by "big data", it seems reasonable for Megan Ellison to use big data when choosing the male lead for the new movie?

...

It was almost noon, and Johnny Depp, who had been high last night, finally woke up and staggered downstairs.

His newlywed wife Amber Heard had prepared lunch for him.

However, after smelling the strange smell on Depp, she immediately got up and pushed him into the bathroom: "Go brush your teeth and wash your face first, and then come to eat."

When the door was closed, the disgust on Amber Heard's face flashed away.

But then, when her eyes swept across the mansion in front of her, she showed a satisfied smile on her face again.

After dinner, the newlyweds got in the car and prepared to go to Annapurna Pictures.

The original appointment time was nine o'clock in the morning, but Depp was a person who had no sense of time. Hangovers and lateness were normal, and being on time and sober was rare.

After the explosion of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Depp has become a top star in Hollywood. Therefore, whether in the crew or in life, others have to adapt to his pace of life.

40 minutes later, the car drove into the parking lot outside Annapurna Pictures.

Depp, who was bleary-eyed, got out of the car and met up with his agent Yom Hobbs who had been waiting for a long time.

Even though the two sides have been in a cooperative relationship for many years, the agent couldn't help but say, "John, you're four hours late!"

Depp didn't care about it at all, and waved his hand casually: "It's just four hours, it will be over after a good sleep, it's no big deal."

Hobbs sighed and waved his hand: "Come with me quickly, you need to sign several supplementary agreements today, and insurance."

The group took the elevator and came to the reception room, where they met Braun, the general manager of Annapurna Pictures.

After the two sides greeted each other, they quickly got to the point.

"This is the film remuneration agreement. According to our agreement, 35 million US dollars plus a maximum of 10 points of North American box office share, and corresponding offline revenue share."

Depp glanced at the agent, then picked up the pen and crookedly signed his name on the contract.

After writing his name, his face suddenly turned red, and he even burped loudly!

Braun, who was standing opposite, suddenly changed his face and wanted to remind him, but he finally held back.

He really couldn't understand why the CEO would choose such an alcoholic and drug addict. Was it because of his popularity?

He scoffed at big data analysis, but Megan Ellison firmly believed that Oracle's data analysis would not go wrong, so Depp was invited.

In fact, Leonardo and Matt Damon were both suitable, but the former directly refused after receiving the audition invitation, and the latter was currently filming a Sino-foreign co-production and could not spare the time.

Megan Ellison wanted both Ben-Hur and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword to be released next year to recover the cost as soon as possible, so she had no choice but to choose someone else.

But this Johnny Depp, no matter how you look at it, is not very reliable. Can he really play Ben-Hur well?

"Sorry, he went to the wrap-up party of Yoga Girl Douluo last night and drank a little too much. Please forgive me."

Amber Heard explained for her husband, but she was disappointed again.

She really couldn't figure out how Depp became so popular and why he was favored by Disney?

After signing the contract, the two sides talked for a while.

But at this time, Depp suddenly lost his patience, stood up and walked out, without giving anyone face.

The agent was helpless and could only apologize to Braun, and then hurriedly followed.

As soon as he walked out of Annapurna Pictures, Depp took out his mobile phone and contacted his group of friends, calling them to accompany him to drink and take drugs.

With the speakerphone turned on, a group of friends shouted excitedly on the phone.

Yom Hobbs sighed and looked at Amber Heard helplessly, hoping that she could persuade Depp.

However, Amber said: "Sorry, I have an appointment to go shopping and do hair together. You go to drink, I won't go."

Hearing this, Depp took out his gold card very generously and threw it to Amber Heard.

"Go! I like the blonde style, it's better to have your hair longer, so that I can gallop behind you tonight, hahaha!"

Amber Heard took the gold card with joy and threw a wink: "As you wish!"

The reason for marrying Depp is not for today?

Living in a mansion, drinking fine wine, buying jewelry... This life is more carefree than God!

Although she will be pressed by a stinky guy when she goes home at night, compared with the luxury she enjoys now, she can bear it.

What's more, she is not unable to enjoy bliss.

Just like the hairdresser who made an appointment to do her hair today, I heard that he has been working out all year round and has eight abdominal muscles. It's exciting to think about it!

In the car, the agent tried hard to tell Depp the key to filming this movie: "The director asked you to gain muscle, you must have muscle, otherwise you can't show the desired effect..."

However, Depp only wanted to drink at this time.

He waved his hand and said casually: "Isn't it going to start in a month? At most, I can eat more meat, eggs, and milk during this period, hehe!"

At the same time, as Depp left, Braun also called Megan Ellison.

"President, everything has been settled. Depp has signed the supplementary agreement."

"Well, that's good."

On the other end of the phone, Megan Ellison was relieved.

Depp is notoriously difficult to deal with. In addition to the high salary he deserves, he also asked the film company to provide high salaries for his followers, nannies and dogs.

As for other additional agreements on food, clothing, housing and transportation, there are hundreds of them in total!

At first, Megan Ellison was very puzzled. How could Disney agree to so many unreasonable requests made by this guy?

But thinking of the conclusions drawn by Oracle Data Analysis Library, she had to pinch her nose and agree to all these conditions.

After all, Depp now has the qualifications to make such conditions!

Two days later, after the official announcement of the starring lineup, Annapurna Pictures held a grand press conference for the movie "Ben-Hur", announcing the official establishment of the film!

So far, Annapurna Pictures has two large-scale investment and production movies!

In addition, Megan Ellison is unwilling to lag behind those big companies, and has also simultaneously promoted several low-cost art film projects, preparing to "show great ambitions" at the Oscars next year.

With her frequent actions, the old Hollywood film companies are looking forward to it.

It is obvious that after Walton Pictures, Hollywood has another wolf, and the one in power is also a female wolf!

However, whether Megan Ellison, the female wolf, can eat meat or will be sucked blood by Hollywood is still unknown.

Operating several film projects at the same time, each one is like a bright star, shining with the light of hope, which makes her very excited!

However, the huge pressure and financial difficulties of film production are like a haze, gradually shrouding Annapurna Pictures.

Megan Ellison knows that she cannot rely on external forces at this moment.

Those old Hollywood investors value experience and qualifications more than these potential projects in her hands.

As for her father, he has already given her more than 200 million US dollars, and it is impossible to add more.

So, she resolutely decided to borrow money from the bank to inject new blood into Annapurna Pictures in this way!

However, the door of the bank will not open to her easily.

Annapurna Pictures does not have a rich film library and fixed assets as collateral, and the future income of the film is as elusive as flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water.

Facing the bank's rejection, Megan Ellison was not discouraged.

After thinking for a long time, she resolutely used the trust fund set up by her father for her as collateral, and finally successfully applied for a large number of loans.

At the moment when the money arrived, Megan Ellison's eyes flashed with determination.

She knew in her heart that this struggle was not only for the survival of the film industry, but also for her love and persistence for movies!

Next, she will challenge the unspoken rules of Hollywood with actions, and prove in her own way that even if she does not have rich qualifications and background, as long as she has faith and courage, she will definitely find her own place in the starry sky of Hollywood!

…

“Fei, if nothing unexpected happens, your new film project Ready Player One, which you are about to direct, should start filming at the same time as Ben-Hur, probably after June, and there are several overlapping filming locations.”

When Chen Fei received a call from Natasha, he couldn’t help but be a little surprised:

“So you mean that Megan Ellison, Johnny Depp and I are likely to meet during filming?”

“Yes, there is a great chance of meeting.”

Chen Fei smiled immediately: “It just so happens that I haven’t seen Depp’s acting skills yet. If there is a chance, I can go and watch it.”

As he said this, he unconsciously felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart.

He still has a lot of curiosity about Captain Jack, and he doesn’t know if the other party is as unbearable as Robert Downey Jr. said?

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