The sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the previous life was created by the original cast. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Soul Gathering Coffin" has a global box office of 106 million, and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The End of the World" has a global box office of 960 million, making Johnny Depp the most valuable actor in the world.

It can be said that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series achieved the peak of Johnny's career, but just like Tom Cruise, in addition to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Johnny's works have generally average results, and the signs of decline are very serious. Later, it was even called a box office poison by people. In the end, Johnny also made a comeback with the sequel of "Pirates of the Caribbean". This series of works became Johnny's life-saving straw like "Mission Impossible" to Tom.

With this detail alone, it can be seen that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has achieved glory; and it is also that Johnny is the real soul core of the series, not the director, not the screenwriter, not the producer, not Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, but Johnny.

For Reims, this is exactly one of the biggest problems: the director can be replaced, but Johnny is not. This is also the risk of taking over the "Pirates of the Caribbean".

However, whether it is the "Pirates of the Caribbean" or the DC Universe, Lance clearly knows that he cannot be the director of every work. He directs at most one or two, and then handes over the director, retreats behind the scenes to serve as a producer, and then focuses on the creation of other works. So, this is not a serious problem, but more of a problem of power distribution between Chaos Pictures and its cooperative film companies - Warner Bros. and Disney are the same.

The success of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is undoubtedly that its expansion space is far smaller than that of the DC Universe, which is an advantage and a disadvantage. The disadvantage is that the reduction of interests and the limitations of development are obvious; the advantage is that after the narrowing of the pattern, it is easier to control the situation, and it will not be as magnificent and huge as the DC Universe. If you are not careful, you may lead to a series of chain reactions.

In addition, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Soul Cave" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The End of the World" also have problems themselves.

The "Soul Gathering Coffin" cost 225 million yuan, with a global box office of more than 1 billion yuan, which made Disney make a lot of money; but under the title of "The End of the World", the global box office has shrunk to 960 million yuan under the title of the most expensive investment in film history, almost making the series directly sealed.

Ultimately, it is a problem with the quality of the film itself.

As the first film of the series "The Curse of the Black Pearl" achieved great success, Disney seemed a little eager for quick success and quickly put the sequel on the agenda. Considering that the three starring actors are different from the past and the schedule will become very difficult, Disney simply tied up the second and third parts to shoot in one go.

But because it was too hasty, the script had no time to sort it out, and just worked towards the direction of "big, more, stronger", making the script look bloated and empty, talking to yourself and not knowing what it means.

The "Soul Gathering Coffin" was still within the control range. While adding a villain, the multiple lines were promoted side by side, although it was a little bloated, it still retained many elements that attracted the audience in the previous work. Success was expected; but the "End of the World" became a waste of time, enlarging the pattern to the world, and even adding the so-called seven pirates and two villains, but the result was that all the branches were broken. The captain, as the protagonist, was like a supporting role, with a slow rhythm, a bloated story, and a weak climax. The elements that won the audience in the series almost disappeared, becoming an ordinary pirate movie - reminding people of the reasons for the decline of the pirate movie.

Therefore, if Lance takes over the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, script rewriting is inevitable - this coincides with the Superman project. But the problem is that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a mature project, and it allows Lance to play very limited space.

Unlike Superman who has been on the big screen again after twenty years, even if Lance makes a lot of changes to Superman's image, it is enough to attract the attention of young audiences; Captain Jack Sparrow of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released in 2003, and the biggest bargaining chip for the success of the movie is the image of Captain Jack Sparrow played by Johnny. Lance cannot change it at all, so he can only start with the story.

Just look at the "Soul-gathering Coffin" and "The End of the World" in the previous life. Since the captain's image has no room for change, the screenwriter can only start from the iron triangle, causing ambiguity between the captain and the heroine Elizabeth played by Keira Knightley, and involved in a love triangle. As it turns out, although this practice has received support from some fans, it is more opposed - because the story is still clichéd and destroys the captain's cynical and unruly image.

On the other hand, starting with the story, Hollywood sequels have always adhered to the fact that from scale to scene to special effects, they must surpass the previous work in a comprehensive way, so the bloated story of "The End of the World" was born. However, it is definitely not easy to let Lance modify it. On the one hand, it must exceed the scale of the "Soul Cave", and on the other hand, it cannot deviate from the track.

Finally, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a mature project. From producers to directors to actors, the entire system is very complete, and everyone is united. Although Hollywood has long been accustomed to the "sequel" mode, it is not uncommon to change directors or even change actors, objectively speaking, when director Gore did not take the initiative to resign, did not conflict with management, and did not make any mistakes - on the contrary, the heroes -, the behavior of changing directors is not good news for the crew.

At the same time, we cannot forget that there is a relationship between Jerry Brookheimer and Lance. In addition to the "Pirates of the Caribbean", the two also launched a competition for "King Arthur". Both times Jerry laughed to the end. However, the "King Arthur"'s crushing defeat is still vivid in my mind, and even affected the long-term cooperation between Jerry and Disney.

Jerry is a mature producer. As long as he has enough interests, he is willing to cooperate with anyone, including Lance. But Jerry only needs to use some small means behind his back. With his relationship with Disney senior executives, it is enough to make Lance's work a disaster - perhaps not affecting the filming of the movie, but it will make Lance very miserable.

After listening to Lance's brief explanation, Ian fell into deep thought. After a while, he spoke, "So, the Superman project is more risky, but the benefits are greater; the Pirate project is more secure and the benefits are smaller. Is this what it means?"

Such a complicated situation was summed up by Ian in one sentence. Lance subconsciously wanted to shake his head and deny it, but the words were circling around his mouth. He thought about it carefully, putting aside the company's resistance, and in terms of personal preference, Ian's summary was actually not wrong, "You can say this." Lance opened his mouth and wanted to add it, but finally gave up.

Because if we really need to analyze it in detail, things are definitely not that simple. Both projects have their own advantages and disadvantages. The most important thing is that Lance knows that no matter how bad the "Soul Gathering Coffin" and "The End of the World" are, they will definitely make profits - and the "Soul Gathering Coffin" has achieved great success, but Lance does not know what will happen after the Superman project is restarted. "Soul Return" has failed miserably, and whether "Soul Man: The Man of Steel" can be successfully released eight years in advance is also an unknown. Therefore, this is an unrealistic account, and Ian's summary is much cleaner and neat.

"Huh...I understand your situation now." Ian said with a chuckling chuckling.

It can be said that both projects have great potential. No matter which one is chosen, it is correct, but they will regret giving up the other. More importantly, Ian thought deeply.

If it were Warner Bros., then Chaos Pictures would definitely hope to seek long-term cooperation, but at the same time ensure the company's character - this was also the fundamental starting point for Ian to support Lance's own company at the beginning rather than seeking large companies to rely on. Then this is definitely a hard battle. With Chaos Pictures' current scale, it can be said that it is difficult to reach the top.

If it was Disney, it should be a short-term cooperation, but the question is, how many senior executives of Robert represent Disney? Will Chaos Film be directly crushed to ashes by Michael's thunder wrath? "Borrowing a knife to kill people" only comes into contact with some Paramount's power struggle, which will be difficult in the early stage; if Chaos Film is involved in Disney's power struggle - and it is a project rooted in Disney's direct line like "Pirates of the Caribbean", the situation is full of uncertainty.

"Fortunately, it's still early." Ian began to move his limbs, and his joints made a brittle sound, which made Lance, who was standing next to him, stunned. "Jesus Christ, this is not an intelligence test, why are you so excited?" Ian is a freak, and every time he encounters an exam - the more difficult the exam, the more excited he is. Now Ian seems to have seen Mensa's IQ test.

"You know, our foundation is too shallow now. This is a disadvantage, but it is also an advantage. We can give it a try. Even if it fails, it is not a big price to start over, but if it succeeds..." Ian looked at Lance and smiled, and murderous aura burst out from the calm wind and light wind, which makes people look at it - simply put, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes. "So, why don't we try some and grab both projects?"

"What?" Although Lance kept saying that he didn't want to give up either, and wanted to catch both, he also knew that this was impossible. Disney and Warner Bros. are not small companies with unknown names, and their goal is not a small project of three or five million.

After Ian's joints ended, he returned to his elegance and took the rainbow candy in Lance's hand. "I mean, we tried our best to fight for both projects, and then wait for the price to see which one is more suitable and let us become the one who dominates the direction of things." Ian threw a rainbow candy into his mouth, "Just I said, even if both fail, at most they will return to the same place, and we have no loss." The smile at the corner of his mouth was confident and firm.

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