Chapter 595

In 2011, the fierce battle of summer archives has come to an end, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" is expected to win the box office champion of summer archives. At present, it has accumulated 366 million US dollars, and there is no hope to break through 400 million US dollars. However, it is still the most powerful competitor for the year-end box office champion.

After that, "Transformers 3" and "speed and passion 5" ranked second and third in the summer box office, which is definitely the biggest surprise of the whole year.

Relatively speaking, "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Captain America", "Raytheon", "X-Men: the first war", "auto Story 2" and other works are disappointing. The box office results are not collapse, but they are not able to burst out the expected energy after all; In particular, "Green Lantern", "cowboys and aliens", "sword of the king" and other works have shocked everyone.

"Bridesmaid" and "hangover 2" are two comedy works, which make this dull summer vacation more cool.

After the end of the summer season, followed by the bleak autumn season, theaters are all silent; By contrast, all eyes are focused on Venice and Toronto to welcome the outpost of the awards season. In a flash, it's Hollywood's most active time of the year.

Art films began to make their debut, and small cost independent works began to show their sharp points, but commercial films gradually died down. Under such circumstances, any news about commercial films is always more explosive, especially when the residual noise of summer movies continues and stirs up the residual heat waves in the air.

For example, the news of the sequel to "speed and passion.".

First of all, it's rumored that universal pictures is preparing for Luke Hobbes's one-man biography. The fifth part of the series, which only appeared for the first time, has successfully won numerous hearts. Naturally, the news has won a lot of applause, and fans have begun to be active on the Internet.

Then it was said that the negotiation and preparation for the sequel had officially started, and universal pictures showed full sincerity, hoping that the actors of the previous five works of the series could all return to create a real visual feast.

Then it came out that van diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordan Brewster, Cheng Kang and Gail gado had made breakthrough progress in contract renewal.

Then it came out that Paul Walker and lenley hall had encountered obstacles in their contract renewal work. Rumor has it that Lan Li has different views on the pay, creative concept and role sharing of the sequel, and the crew is actively communicating with each other.

After the news came out, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet.

Some people think that Lan Li doesn't know the sky is high and the earth is rich. He just acted in a commercial film, and he has not reached such a standard at all, so he puts forward unreasonable requirements with high ambition; Some people think that Lan Li is too ambitious and greedy. After he gets the corresponding popularity, he continues to push forward.

Some people take lanli's request for granted. Universal Pictures is too stingy to give lanli enough attention; Some people call on Universal Studios to complete the contract with Langley, who will form an iron triangle with Paul and fan; Some people also think that the "speed and passion" crew has lost their soul now. They should first focus on the experience, think about the characters and stories of the sequel, and then complete the renewal of the actor's contract.

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All kinds of views are boiling in the network. Thanks to the excellent performance of "speed and passion 5" in the summer season, people's expectations for the sequel also began to rise, including the foreign films, the renewal of blue Lee's contract, and the preparation of the sequel. There are no fewer hot topics. Once again, Langley stood in the center of the vortex.

Journalists in the industry can see that the news comes from Universal Pictures, most of which are smoke bombs. The purpose is to lay a solid foundation for the sequel with the help of the waste heat of the summer archives. There is not much credibility for the news, which is true or false.

The most direct proof is that neither Raleigh nor Paul, who are at the center of the storm, responded.

If the rumor is true, it means that the negotiation of film payment may really be in a deadlock. Universal Pictures deliberately released the news, trying to use the power of public opinion to put pressure on Lan Li to submit.

The reason is very simple, for a new actor, lanli is really at a disadvantage, especially for the layman audience, lanli demands higher film pay, which is a kind of greedy performance, which will more or less affect the image of lanli.

In order to avoid potential negative effects, lanli is bound to respond positively to netizens' queries, ridicule the falsehood of rumors, directly respond to the pressure of Universal Pictures, or negotiate with the crew through agents. Not only in the dark, but also on the surface, Lan Li needs to express his position.

But there was no sound, no news, no news at all. Don't mention lanli. Even lanli's agent Andy has been very busy in Los Angeles and New York all the time. But he doesn't care about the rumors at all. He doesn't plan to respond at all, and there is no sign of his contact with Universal Pictures.

Such performance is not that the negotiation is really in a deadlock, and both sides refuse to make concessions; It's just a hype. Let reporters and netizens follow the crowd. It doesn't have any impact on the substantive negotiation.

The general view of the industry is that it should be the latter, and the possibility occupies an absolute advantage.

From any point of view, it is impossible for Langley to withdraw from "speed and passion", especially when Luke Hobbes' biography is on the way. At this moment, it doesn't make sense to withdraw from this series of works from the perspective of commercial value, career development and work selection.

Unless, like Chris Hemsworth, they sign a three movie deal with Disney, they can't think of a more suitable project outside Universal Pictures and the "speed and passion" series.

But even the agreement of "Thor" is not necessarily cost-effective. After all, "speed and passion 5" has achieved success, and Luke Hobbes has achieved success. Once lenley nods and agrees, his position in the series will be greatly improved, which "Thor" can't promise.

The fact is that a paparazzi has photographed the latest sign of Langley: he is learning deep-sea diving on the Caribbean coast, along with not only Paul Walker, but also Ryan Gosling and Lamy Marek.

They enjoyed their holiday in the blue sky sea. They were happy and comfortable, diving and surfing. They also rented a yacht to go fishing in the open sea and stayed for half a month. They still didn't plan to leave. They didn't seem to be affected by the "speed and passion" sequel negotiation. They didn't even know what happened in North America.

What is certain is that this is the news hype of Universal Pictures, which has nothing to do with the negotiation itself. Even if there is, it is far less powerful than the rumor.

The reporters are not willing to cooperate with Universal Pictures; Netizens are getting more and more enthusiastic in their discussions, and even begin to make up their minds about what Luke Hobbes' biography will say, how the sequel movie will unfold its plot, and what kind of fireworks will erupt in the confrontation between Hobbes and Dominic and Brian in the next movie

The so-called "hot focus" has been boiling for a few days, and then it becomes silent. The splashing water has disappeared before it even has time to fly. Universal Pictures want to continue to stir, but after all, still powerless, can only let the news go so silent.

When he returned to New York, it was two weeks after September, and more than half of the reporters gathered in Venice to watch this year's Film Festival; The remaining half of the journalists, half of them, have gone to Toronto to prepare for the film festival to be opened the day after tomorrow; Finally, there was only a small group of journalists scattered in Los Angeles, New York and other major cities.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect. Kennedy International Airport seems to be much quieter without the long guns, short guns and flash lights. Even the streets and alleys of Manhattan seem to be much colder. When I see the first red tree top in Central Park, I suddenly understand that autumn has arrived.

He opened the door of his home. It was still neat, orderly and spotless. It seemed that the three weeks he left had no influence at all. Lanli just went out in the morning and came back in the afternoon. However, a small box was placed on the tea table in the hall, neatly unopened.

What kind of express is it?

During the holiday, lanli cut off all communication, leaving only the fixed telephone of the villa. Unless it's an emergency, Andy, Roy and Nathan can contact directly through the telephone message, otherwise lanli completely put his work and life aside for the time being, enjoying the leisure of the holiday.

Lanli not only got his diving license, but also surfed with ease. He even caught the first sea bream in the process of sea fishing. Now, Langley finally understood Paul's love for the sea, and also understood the hero's persistence and addiction to the sea in "blue sea and blue sky".

After coming back to New York today, lanli didn't contact Nathan for the time being, so he didn't know anything about his family. However, instead of rushing to open the express package, Lan Li took a shower first, then opened the refrigerator and found a box of cherries. He lost a few cherries in his mouth, opened the stereo, opened the curtains, opened the coffee machine... And gradually adapted to the feeling of returning to society from nature.

Then the door opened again, and Matthew was in front of him. "Why, you don't have to go to work today?" Lan Li lost another cherry to his mouth and said in surprise.

"It's Saturday." Matthew said helplessly.