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Chapter 583: Fighting in Hollywood Again (-in-)

The preparation of "Only Thirty" did not take too long. Under Shen Qiu Shuang's vigorous arrangements, in mid-March, the crew of "Only Thirty" started shooting in Shanghai!

The casting selection for "Only Thirty" doesn't need to be too complicated. There are only six main characters, three women and three men.

Wang Manni will be played by Li Mengfei, and Liang Zhengxian will be played by Yang Yi. This has been decided for a long time.

Later, Shen Qiushuang chose Hu Yu to play Gu Jia, Ji Yuchen to play Zhong Xiaoqin, Zhang Jiajun to play Xu Huanshan, and Yang Miao, who had previously played "Li Xiang" in the "Hurry" crew, to play Chen Yu.

In addition to the supporting roles of Min Zhihao who plays Zhong Xiaoyang, Ma Shiqing who plays Director Zhang Zhi who is on a blind date with Wang Manni, etc., the actors in this crew are all old acquaintances. A big gathering of the cast members of "Hurry Up" + "Universe Exploration Editorial Department"!

Precisely because the actors were very familiar with each other and the crew had worked with them many times before, Shen Qiu Shuang didn't have to get used to it. After quickly completing the location scouting, the filming started.

The first thing to film was the plot where Wang Manni and Liang Zhengxian met, fell in love, and then discovered that Liang Zhengxian was the King of the Sea, and Wang Manni broke up angrily. The reason was simple: Yang Yi's schedule was tight.

He is about to go abroad after filming these scenes, and his cousin Martin Shen in Hollywood is still eagerly waiting for him to go and film!

It is worth mentioning that "Saw 3", which was released on Halloween last year, also achieved very high box office.

Although it failed to break the 2 billion horror film box office record set by "Saw 10.3", the global box office result of up to 9.6 million US dollars still made people see the commercial value of this big IP.

When filming the Once Upon a Time series of movies, Yang Yi selected a group of directing students from Beijing Film Academy to come to the crew for internships. During that process, Yang Yi also based on their performance and their wishes, retained two down-to-earth and serious directors. students, Mumu Film and Television signed a three-year formal contract with them.

Horror movies don't take long to make, even if Yang Yi has to make three in a row.

These arrangements were made so that Yang Yi could take them with him to the United States this time, take them to see the world and experience the power of the Hollywood film industry.

Yang Yi asked her opinion before writing the script for "The Truman Show".

This is not to say that the script of the movie "The Truman Show" is not good. After reading the script, Martin Shen was still shocked by Yang Yi's imagination, and was still fascinated by Truman's struggle and life-threatening struggle on Taoyuan Island. I was also moved by my ambition to leave the prison.

Even if "The Truman Show" has a box office of one billion, it still can't compare to their "Saw" series.

"Saw 4" has already been filmed by another horror film director. Yang Yi also provided the script and storyboards. The director hired is also a budding horror film director in Hollywood.

There's nothing we can do about this. Who made their first three movies sell so well? If the original actors are used to play important roles such as Jigsaw and Amanda, the pay will definitely be increased.

But to make this movie, the cost is too high!

This kind of expenditure is a bit exaggerated. Even if it only costs 80 million US dollars, the money spent to make one "The Truman Show" can be used to make eight "Saw" series movies, which can earn almost 8 billion in box office. Net profit of four to five billion

Martin Shen, who was born in the financial industry, was a little reluctant to give up. Moreover, the box office results of "Saw 3" were released at that time. After comparing the return on investment, he felt that filming "The Truman Show" was not cost-effective!

Regardless of whether these two students will continue to stay at Mumu Films three years later, this experience will be very valuable to them. Maybe Yang Yi has left two new stars in the Chinese film industry that are ready to take root. seed!

Of course, it's not just Yang Yi who is going to the United States. After Li Mengfei finishes filming the rest of her Wang Manni drama in China, she will also go to the United States to join Yang Yi.

But it's hard to say for "The Truman Show" because this movie involves complex scene settings and a lot of group performance arrangements. When it is actually shot, Yang Yi is not sure whether it will take two or three months or more. time.

Judging from the finished film, it is not much worse than the previous three films. The only regret is that the cost has increased a lot compared to before - from a few million production costs to 10 million (USD).

Even if Taoyuan Island does not need to be restored and built one-to-one, the production cost including special effects may exceed 80 million US dollars, or even close to 100 million US dollars!

In addition, considering that he also wanted to be the leading actor, Yang Yi took Jin Longbo with him again when he went to the United States this time and asked him to be his assistant director.

In the end, Li Mengfei chose to play Truman's Bai Yueguang, the girl who guided him out of the "cage." Therefore, the blonde and blue-eyed white actress who was arranged to be Truman's wife in the movie was arranged to be the adopted yellow boy. A story about a white girl getting married, but he is still attracted to a little bitch who is also yellow. This kind of story is more dramatic and conflicting!

Also going to the United States is Le Zehan. Or it should be said that Le Zehan flew to the United States earlier than Yang Yi!

Because the movie "The Truman Show" is not just an independent investment by Haomeng Entertainment, Mumu Film and Television also got a share of the pie!

After signing the contract, Yang Yi asked the company to arrange English training classes for them. It can be said that they will spend the first few months of 2030 learning English together.

Yang Yi went to the United States this time, of course, not to shoot the "Saw" series of movies. As previously discussed with Martin Shen, he will start shooting a new horror movie series. In addition, "The Truman Show" will also be shot in Hollywood. .

This starts from the birth of the script "The Truman Show". After his cousin Martin Shen, who was very interested in this script before, returned to the United States, he took the script and calculated the production costs. My enthusiasm faded and I no longer wanted to film the film.

After hearing about Shen Martin's hesitation, Le Zehan, who had also read the script of "The Truman Show", was unhappy. He took Yang Yi and Shen Martin together for a video conference.

"Old Shen, you can't be so picky. Aren't we just making movies to make good works that will last forever? Why are you trying to get money?"

"Besides, the "Saw" series can earn one billion per movie, and that's only the second and third movies. Are you sure that the subsequent sequels can also earn this much? As our Chinese ancestors say, Ah, it’s only three things. The box office of your third film has shrunk a bit, and the fourth film may even go downhill. After all, people will be a little tired of seeing these routines, and it’s not as amazing as it was at the beginning.”

<divclass="contentadv">"You have to make a lot of money, but you can't be vague when it's time to spend it. Isn't it because Brother Yi makes so much money from making horror movies that he can make some movies he wants to make in the future? ? Even if the cost is 100 million, we won’t be unable to pay out 100 million, right?”

Le Zehan scolded him, and Shen Martin became a little embarrassed.

However, what Le Zehan said was right, and he didn't just make fun of Shen Martin. Later, he also proposed a solution for Mumu Films to also participate in the film, so that Shen Martin could get off the hook.