Chapter 639

From the "Pacific War" to "love crazy", in a flash, Langley has been wallowing in Hollywood for two and a half years. This year, he ushered in the rising momentum of the whole line, first "speed and passion 5" of 300 million in North America, and then "love crazy" of 100 million. The rising speed is really unstoppable.

Especially "crazy love.". This is not Langley in the article. Cornell emphasizes that Langley still needs to prove himself“ The success of "speed and passion 5" has made countless people hot headed, and there are countless voices chasing lanli. However, the greatest contribution to the success of this film should be the director Justin Lin, followed by the support series. However, just a few months later, "crazy love" came out like a straight fist, which strongly and firmly waved to Cornell's cheek, And powerful. Without any language, success is always the best response to the doubter.

No one will ignore the counter attack of "crazy love" breaking the law of the market, even universal pictures will not. To be exact, universal pictures will not. For the six major Hollywood film companies, it is an important magic weapon for them to grasp the opportunity, measure the trend accurately and predict the future.

There's no need to wait until the box office of "Ai crazy" in North America exceeds 100 million yuan. Just in the second week, after the focus film industry started to expand, AI crazy easily beat "Tiejia steel fist" with a strong performance and won the top of the North American weekend box office list. This is enough for the focus film industry - how difficult is it to achieve this result, Universal pictures can't be clearer.

This is a crucial turning point for the "speed and passion" sequel negotiations.

Just as "Entertainment Weekly" said, lanli needs to prove himself more. Now, lanli has proved it, which means that the market potential of one external biography plus two sequels has risen sharply. It is not only lanli's personal box office value, but also lanli's value-added value to the brand of "speed and passion", which has become the key to shake Universal Pictures.

What's more, Andy Rogers is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

After the Toronto Film Festival, the latest news came out from Disney, and "crazy love" attracted much attention in Toronto. Langley beat George Clooney and Brad Pitt to become the king of popularity, which made Langley take the lead in the audition of the hero of "alien battlefield". The budget cost of this Disney's annual drama is as high as 250 million US dollars, It's definitely a blockbuster.

At the same time, it's rumored that Paul Walker's negotiation with Universal Pictures is on the rocks. It's said that as a producer, van diesel's creative idea for the sequel of "speed and passion" is becoming stronger and stronger. While his personal parts are increasing, he also requires more personal showmanship. Comparatively speaking, Paul's parts are severely reduced.

Paul himself doesn't matter, but Jordan Brewster, Gail gado, Cheng Kang and others express dissatisfaction and stand behind him one after another. reason? It's very simple, because their roles also need to be adjusted.

This rumor was later denied by fan himself, and tyris Gibson also said that the rumor was false. But Paul, Jordana, Gail and others avoid talking about it. As the center of focus, Langley has repeatedly refused to respond in Toronto, saying that he needs to focus all his attention on the publicity of "crazy love".

On October 5, Universal Pictures officially started casting for "speed and passion 6". The important roles in this selection reached double digits, demonstrating Universal Pictures' determination to push the series of films to a new peak. This has aroused a lot of attention in the Hollywood industry, and attracted Joel kinnaman, Charlie hunnam, bill Skarsgard, and other actors Liam Hemsworth and other potential stars.

Rumor, in the sequel, Dominic, Hobbes will face more severe challenges. So the cast needs more potential and powerful actors to join in. In the fifth, they call Hobbes; Then, in the sequel, they will be able to name another rookie again.

What does this mean?

Later, during the publicity period of "crazy love", for the first time in two months, lanli mentioned the sequel of "speed and passion" positively.

"Yes, of course, we are actively discussing it. I'm looking forward to the role of Luke Hobbes. I mean, he's different from the other roles I've played. Maybe it's a little more bold, maybe it's a little more direct, but he's definitely an interesting character. I hope to dig out more things and give this work more meaning. However, it is a difficult process and we still have a lot of work to do. So let's wait and see. "

This gesture is generally regarded as a sign of the consensus reached between lanli and Universal Pictures; And that's not all.

Paul Walker attended the "crazy love" Los Angeles fan meeting. In an interview, he also said, "I'm looking forward to working with Langley again. Last time, I had too few confrontations with him. I'm looking forward to a good fight. enemy? Yes, of course. Brian and Hobbes are enemies. As for whether we can become friends in the future, ha ha, I look forward to more possibilities for the role of Luke Hobbes

He didn't mention his contract renewal or his friendship with fan. He just focused on lanli. Of course, it can be explained that this is the home of "crazy love" and it is not suitable to talk about too many other works, but the media has smelled out the abnormal taste.

Nevertheless, Langley and Paul have made positive remarks, which also gives the media reason to believe that the spread and sequel of "speed and passion" are really coming. At least Universal Pictures is on the right road.

But then, Warner Bros. internal rumors broke out, Tim - Bolton directed "shadow", the hero preferred Langley. Because Tim likes Langley's Retro elegance, which coincides with the hero of the new work. This news has caused extensive discussion. If it comes true, it will be the first time that Tim has used an actor other than Johnny Depp to play the leading role since big fish in 2003.

Then, "alien battlefield" also came the latest news, lanli has infinitely close to the actor's final contract. For a while, lanli's popularity is unmatched. At least the candidates for the leading roles in three blockbusters have all locked lanli in the final stage. Moreover, these three works are all super blockbusters. Such a hot situation makes people envious and excited.

In the midst of this uproar of news, people in the industry have always kept a wait-and-see attitude, because they know that there are variables in everything before the official decision is made. What's more, these news are flying all over the sky, and it's hard to tell whether they are true or not. Hidden behind their backs, Michael forthrie and Andy Rogers show their skills frequently, It is not easy to find out the truth in the chaos.

Even being in it is no exception. Jack Wallace and dawn Johnson are just like that.

Dawn knew that things didn't go as smoothly as the media said. Because the "speed and passion" crew contacted his agent Jack in early September, but this time it wasn't Neil H. morritz, it was Michael Ford. They invited dawn to play an important role in the sequel and promised that the role would never be too light.

Jack is skeptical about this. In his opinion, in fact, the positions of Donne and Langley have changed. The crew just want to use Donne as a grindstone, but now Langley has the advantage that Donne didn't have last year: the success of "speed and passion 5". So Jack is not optimistic about the negotiation.

But even so, Jack is ready to give it a try. Once he seizes this opportunity, it will soar to the sky, just like last year's lanli; Even if they miss it, they don't lose much.

However, with the development of time, Jack's conjecture is gradually becoming a reality: Universal Pictures is always reluctant to give up lanli. Although Michael and he are always closely connected, and the negotiation is very smooth, they are once again in a dead end in terms of film payment. At present, Michael still has no plan to let go. Such a situation, how familiar.

Suddenly, the door of the office is pushed open. Jack's assistant looks in and says anxiously, "Andy Rogers is on line 3."