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Published at 3rd of November 2021 10:07:36 AM


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The fierce battle of the summer season in 2011 came to an end. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2 won the summer box office championship as much as everyone expected. At present, it has accumulated a total of 366 million U.S. dollars, and there is no hope of breaking 400 million. But still steadily finishing the series of works, he is still the strongest contender for the year-end box office championship.

After that, "Transformers 3" and "Speed ​​and Excitement/Love 5" were the second and third place in the summer box office respectively. This is definitely the biggest surprise of the year.

Relatively speaking, "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Captain America", "Thor", "X-Men: First Class", "Cars 2" and other works are disappointing. The box office results are not a collapse, but after all Not able to explode the expected energy; in particular, the full rush of works such as "Green Lantern", "Cowboys and Aliens", and "King's Sword" shocked everyone.

The sudden emergence of the two comedies "Bridesmaids" and "The Hangover 2" made this dull summer vacation add a ray of coolness.

After the summer break, Xiao Suo’s autumn break followed, and the theater went silent. In contrast, all eyes were focused on Venice and Toronto to greet the outpost of the awards season. In a blink of an eye, it was another time. It's time for Hollywood to be the most active of the year.

Art films began to appear on the stage, and small-cost independent works began to show their sharp corners, but commercial films gradually fell silent. Under such circumstances, any news about commercial films always appears to be more explosive, especially the hustle and bustle remaining in the summer vacation continues, stirring up the heat waves remaining in the air.

For example, the sequel news of "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion".

First of all, it was rumored that Universal Pictures is preparing for Luke Hobbs's solo rumor. The character that debuted in the fifth part of this series has successfully won countless hearts. Such news naturally won a round of applause. Silks began to become active on the Internet.

Then it was rumored that the negotiations and preparations for the sequel had officially started, and Universal Pictures showed full sincerity. It is hoped that all the actors from the previous five works in the series can return to create a true visual feast.

Immediately after that, it was reported that Van Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Cheng Kang, and Gal Gadot had achieved breakthroughs in their contract renewals. progress.

Then it was reported that Paul Walker and Lanly Hall’s contract renewal work had encountered obstacles. Rumor has it that Lan Li has different views on the sequel's pay, creative concept and role sharing, and the crew is actively communicating.

After the news came out, discussions on the Internet were heated for a while.

Some people think that Lan Li does not know the heights of the world, just starred in a commercial film, and has not reached such a level at all, so he puts forward unreasonable demands from a high degree; some people think that Lan Li is too greedy, too greedy, and got the picture. After the corresponding popularity, we still have to make progress.

Some people take Renly’s request for granted. Universal Pictures is too stingy and unwilling to pay enough attention to Renly; some people call for Universal Pictures’ business to complete the contract with Renly, and he will form a series with Paul and Fan. The iron triangle of the work; some people think that the "speed and excitement/love" crew has now lost their souls. They should focus on the experience and think about the characters and stories of the sequel before completing the renewal of the actors.

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All kinds of opinions are boiling in the corners of the network. Thanks to the excellent performance of "Speed ​​and Excitement/Love 5" in the summer file, people’s expectations for the sequel cannot help but start to rise, including rumored movies, including the renewal of Lan Li, including the preparation of the sequel, popular The topic is really no longer a minority. Once again, Lan Li stood in the center of the whirlpool.

Industry reporters can see that these news are from Universal Pictures, most of which are smoke bombs. The purpose is nothing more than to use the heat from the summer vacation to lay a solid foundation for the sequel. These news are true or false. There is not much credibility when it is false or true.

The most direct proof is: Neither Renly nor Paul, who were at the center of the storm, gave any response.

If the rumors are true, then it means that the remuneration negotiations may really have reached a deadlock. Universal Pictures deliberately released the news that it is trying to use the power of public opinion to pressure and force Lan Li to submit.

The reason is simple. For a rookie actor, Lan Li is indeed at a disadvantage. Especially for lay audiences, Lan Li requires a higher salary. This is a greedy performance, which is a sign of Lan Li’s image. More or less will have an impact.

In order to avoid potential negative impacts, Lanly must respond by either responding positively to netizens’ questions, or ridiculing the false rumors on the side, or directly responding to Universal Pictures’ pressure, or through the agent’s negotiation with the crew. . Not only secretly, but also on the bright side, Lan Li needs to express his stance.

However, there was no sound, no news, no news at all. Don’t talk about Lanly, even Lanly’s agent Andy has always been on his own. He has been going back and forth between Los Angeles and New York, so busy, but he doesn’t care about the rumors and has no intention of responding at all. And there is no sign of contact between him and Universal Pictures.

In this way, it is not that the negotiation is really deadlocked, and both parties refuse to make concessions; it is that the matter is totally non-existent, Andy does not care, Universal Pictures does not care, it is purely a hype, letting reporters and netizens follow the excitement. It has no influence on substantive negotiations.

The general opinion in the industry believes that it should be the latter, and the possibility occupies an absolute advantage.

From any point of view, it is impossible for Renly to withdraw from "speed and excitement", especially when Luke Hobbs's rumor is already on the road. If you withdraw from this series of works at this moment, the commercial value perspective, career development perspective, and work selection perspective will all make no sense.

Unless it is like Chris Hemsworth, who signed the three "Thor" agreements with Disney in one breath, otherwise outside of Universal Pictures, outside of the "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion" series, they really can't think about it. A more suitable project has come out.

But even an agreement like "Thor" is not necessarily cost-effective. After all, "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion 5" has been successful, and Luke Hobbs has achieved success. Once Lan Li nodded and agreed, he was in the series. The status of the work is bound to be greatly improved, which is what Thor cannot promise.

The fact is that there is a paparazzi who has captured the latest trace of Lan Li: he is learning deep sea diving on the Caribbean coast, not only Paul Walker, but also Ryan Gosling and Rami Marek.

A group of people enjoy the holiday leisurely in the blue sky and the sea, joyful and comfortable, diving, surfing, and renting a yacht to go fishing in the open sea. After staying for a full half month, they still have no intention of leaving, and seem to be totally unaffected. The impact of the negotiation on the sequel of "Speed ​​and Excitement/Emotion", you don't even know what happened in North America.

What is certain is that this is the news hype of Universal Pictures and has no substantial relationship with the negotiation itself. Even if there is, it is far from being as powerful as the rumors say.

The reporters were disappointed and were unwilling to cooperate with Universal Pictures. Netizens were discussing more and more vigorously, and even began to brainstorm about what Luke Hobbes's rumor would say, and how the sequel movie would unfold. The plot, in the next episode of the movie, what sparks will the confrontation between Hobbes and Dominic and Brian burst out...

The so-called "hot spot" boiled for a few days, and then fell silent. The splashes of water didn't even have time to fly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Universal Pictures wanted to continue tinkering, but after all, it was still powerless and could only let the news go silent.

When Lanly returned to New York, two weeks had passed in September. More than half of the reporters gathered in Venice, the city of water, to watch this year’s film festival; half of the remaining reporters had already gone to Toronto. , To prepare for the film festival to be unveiled the day after tomorrow; in the end, there was only a small cluster of reporters scattered in major cities such as Los Angeles and New York.

I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect. JFK International Airport seems to have become much quieter. Without those long guns and short cannons, and without those flashing lights, even Manhattan’s streets and alleys seem to be deserted a lot. The red-stained treetops immediately understood: the pace of autumn has arrived.

Pushing open the door of the house, it was still neat and clean, still orderly, and still spotless, as if the three weeks of leaving had no impact at all. Lan Li just went out in the morning and returned in the afternoon. However, a small box was placed on the coffee table in the hall, neatly unopened.

Is it what express?

During the vacation ~www.novelhall.com~ Lan Li cut off all communications, only leaving the fixed phone of the villa where he lived. Unless it is an emergency, Andy, Roy and Nathan can directly contact us by leaving a message on the phone, otherwise Lan Li I completely left work and life aside for the time being, and enjoyed the leisurely vacation to the fullest.

Not only did Lan Li get his diving license, but he also became more comfortable with surfing. He even caught the first snapper during the sea fishing. Now, Lan Li finally understands Paul's love for the sea, and finally understands the obsession and obsession of the male protagonist in "Blue Sea and Blue Sky".

After returning to New York today, Lan Li didn't contact Nathan for the time being, and he didn't know anything about the situation at home. However, Lan Li did not rush to open the express package, but took a shower, then opened the refrigerator and found a box of cherries, and lost a few in his mouth, turned on the speaker, opened the curtains, and turned on the coffee machine... Gradually adapt to the feeling of returning to society from nature.

Then the door opened again, and it was Matthew that appeared in front of him, "Hey, you don't need to go to work today?" Lan Li threw another cherry into his mouth and said in surprise.

"Today is Saturday." Matthew said helplessly.




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