Entering December, a piece of news began to spread in the entertainment circles in Huajing City.
Director Butao has begun selecting actors for his new movie.
In a country as big as China, not to mention the six major directors, there are dozens of famous directors. These people may not reach the first-class level, but they will produce amazing works from time to time.
For example, the former genius Xin Changkong spent 5 million yuan on a film called "Campus" at the age of 28, which grossed 370 million yuan at the box office. Now, 9 years later, it still ranks first in the box office of Chinese film history. No. 14 on the ranking list!
There are many directors like Xin Changkong, and Li Zhuo, who is good at making thrillers and suspense films, is one of them.
And the director Butao mentioned here is also one of them.
He also became famous at a young age and made many good movies along the way, which were both box-office and word-of-mouth hits.
However, he has been in decline in recent years and has not made any films for a year or two.
When news suddenly spread that he was going to direct a movie, many people were surprised but didn't take it seriously.
In the director's circle, only movies by the top six directors are now popular as soon as they are released.
For other film directors, you have to first read the script, then who the film company is, then what the production budget is, and finally who your partner will be. If it's not a good match, you won't go.
Don't blame the movie actors for being too arrogant.
It is true that the current film market in China is too big. With two to three hundred films released a year, actors have plenty of opportunities to make movies.
Even if the movie has no chance, there are still two to three thousand TV series waiting for it.
It's not that movie actors can't star in TV series, just like TV drama actors can also act in movies, it's the same reason.
Of course, the actors and stars mentioned here who choose the scripts can only be at the niche level or above.
Ordinary second- and third-rate actors basically have no right to choose scripts. They are eager to act in every movie.
Even if it's a bad movie, as long as you can afford it, you'll definitely want to act in it.
The topic changes back.
Many second- and third-rate actors attached great importance to the new play directed by Butao, and their agents sent faxes one after another asking if there were any roles suitable for their artists.
Within a few days, shocking news suddenly came from the Butao crew.
They have already sent audition invitations to the four major movie stars, Sun Dahe, Jin Weijie, Fei Qingyang, and Guo Hang, as well as the four major TV drama giants, Kong Xiangjun, Xie Hou, Yan Yu, and Fan Yuyue.
As soon as the news came out, everyone couldn't believe it. When they knew it was true, countless people in the circle laughed at Bu Tao.
"Let me tell you a joke. Four movie stars and four TV drama giants are cheering for Butao at the same time!"
"Hahaha, let me tell you something too - the eight movie stars are also chasing Bu Tao's new drama!"
"Can we summon the Dragon Balls by gathering all the superstars?"
"Is Bu Tao crazy? What kind of show? What kind of investment? How dare you invite a superstar like this?"
"Did Father Yang take action?"
"I'm afraid he's the only one! Otherwise, where would Buto have the confidence?"
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Many people are waiting to see Butao's joke.
It's not like Yang Feng's Abao Entertainment has never invited superstars to star in movies before, but the Jin Weijie and Fei Qingyang who were able to hire them both rejected his subsequent contracts after both failed in terms of box office and reputation.
Even if Abao Entertainment does not need them to be responsible for the box office, the two of them are determined not to embarrass themselves.
And with their example, the other superstars also stayed on the sidelines, unwilling to ruin their reputations for a little money.
Besides, the last time Jin Weijie and Fei Qingyang starred in a film directed by Wang Mu, if it had been Bu Tao instead, they wouldn't have gone at all.
When they have reached this stage, the choice of director to work with is actually very narrow. If they are not good directors, they would rather not make a film than blindly accept a film.
However, just one day later, the news turned around again.
Fei Qingyang, who was in Beijing, went to Bu Tao's studio immediately, followed closely by Xie Hou and Fan Yuyue.
It is said that several superstars such as Jin Weijie and Sun Dahe who are out of town have also booked their tickets and are preparing to come to Beijing.
Even Guo Hang appeared at the airport in Northern Ice City.
At a critical moment in the filming of "The Story of Xiao Ba", how could he, a superstar who was recognized as absolutely impossible to star in another movie, ask for leave midway
Forehead…
What's going on!
People who eat melons find it incomprehensible.
Is the magic of money really that powerful
Have all the movie kings fallen
But there are certainly no absolute secrets in the world.
Soon, more accurate news came out.
It turns out that the movie directed by Bu Tao is a trilogy invested by Fengxiang Film and Television.
The screenwriter of the movie is none other than Mr. Chu Liuxiang.
According to people close to Butao, Butao got the script as early as October and has been reading it ever since.
He wrote hundreds of drawings and character understandings, and then gave them to Mr. Chu Liuxiang. After getting Mr. Chu's approval, he started to prepare the crew and invited superstars to audition.
oh!
This is understandable!
Teacher Chu Liuxiang wrote the movie script, what else is there to say
So far, Mr. Chu Liuxiang has not written many special film scripts.
"Love Letter", "The Gift of Room 7", "The Story of Hachi" and "Jurassic Park" are all books.
Only "New Dragon Inn", which is also in preparation, is a serious movie script.
The rest of "Love Across Time and Space", "Huan Zhuge Ge" and "Prison" are just TV drama scripts.
Now that a trilogy of movie scripts has suddenly been released, it is said that it is about policemen and robbers, so naturally superstars are interested.
So it was normal for Guo Hang to come over for an audition.
Teacher Chu Liuxiang is his boss and a good friend of Director Zhu Mei, so of course they all have to support him.
It's just that, with so many superstars gathered together, even if you only choose two or three, how much will it cost you
The trilogy is short of 300 million and 500 million. Can it be filmed
Of course, Fengxiang Film and Television must have the money. With its income from movies and TV series, it has exceeded 1 billion, so it is still okay to pay this money.
But the question is, can Bu Tao handle so many movie stars appearing at the same time
Why not invite Wang Mu or Gong Sibo, one of the top six directors
The two of them were very comfortable filming police movies!
I believe that if they knew it was Mr. Chu Liuxiang’s film, they would definitely be willing to come.
After all, even Mr. Hao He was attracted by Teacher Chu Liuxiang's script, and is now happily setting up a venue in the northwest to eat sand!