Hollywood legendary director

"In the past, when I watched the moon with me, I was called Xiao Tiantian. Now the newcomer is better than the old, I am called Mrs. Niu.

With this sentence, the words of Princess Iron Fan to Monkey King in "A Chinese Journey to the West" can be described as vividly depicting the current movie market.

With the release of the last commercial giant "Lord of the Rings: Squad of the Rings" in the Christmas file, it also means that the 2002 Christmas box office battle has come to an end.

This sequel, coupled with Tolkien's accumulated book friends, replaced "Fury" and "007: Die Another Day" as soon as it was released, becoming the target of the most popular media and audience markets.

People always like the new and dislike the old, and so are news hotspots. Keeping up with the trend is the key.

Lehman understood it too, and believed it.

Just like "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", which was the first to be drawn some time ago, its popularity at that time was no less than that of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings" that was released now.

However, after two weeks of waiting, "Fury" and "007: Die Another Day" entered the market and took away its box office crown, and the attention immediately fell a lot.

Wait till this time, no one cares about it.

The market has indeed lived up to this magical wave of preaching. "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship Squad" opened in 3,622 theaters, with zero files and the first day's release, and won a box office of 61.02 million US dollars.

Yes, the market results are more than the combined results of "Furious" and "007: Die Another Day" combined.

However, it did not break any film history record.

The current record holder for the highest single-day box office in the North American market is Spider-Man 1 launched by Columbia Pictures.

Well, it broke 100 million in two days.

The good results of "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship Squad" naturally ushered in a new round of media carnival, anyway, no matter who can win the market, they will always be happy.

Then, no surprise, film critics also began to tout the movie, chasing director Peter Jackson, and hailed him as the "first man in the magical epic".

In the eyes of the media, this movie is this year's blockbuster of the year.

On the second day of the show, he continued to win US$57.34 million. At this time, "Furious" can only maintain a single-day box office of US$3.24 million, and it is decreasing a little every day.

However, fortunately, the decline in the film market is relatively stable, and it can still linger for a while, but "007: Die Another Day" was beaten by this combination. The box office fell to more than 2 million, and the downward trend is still very high. Soon, presumably, it will be abandoned by the theaters in just one or two weeks.

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Lehman has been very busy recently.

Because he has become the sweet pastry in the eyes of others, everyone wants to come close.

Of course, this kind of performance reflects neither the media nor the outside world. They have long left him behind with his work "Furious". The most popular thing is in the industry, the North American film production and distribution circle.

He himself can feel that his status has changed, because more and more people have called to invite him recently, and they are all of the kind that are difficult to refuse.

Don't know which one, leaked out his private phone number.

Lead to all kinds of inexplicable invitations to find him.

Paramount Pictures built a new studio and invited him to visit and hold a celebratory reception. He must agree to it; CAA’s Brian Lord’s little daughter’s birthday, personally called him and invited him to a private party. Come here... There are also a bunch of investment companies waving checks to invest in his new movies. Many unknown artists and actors have somehow obtained his contact information, all kinds of flattery, flattery, and flattery. Sexual hints really annoy him...

In the past, when "Three Fools Haunted Bollywood" was released with good results, he was also more popular, but not as it is now.

I wanted to take a good rest after the release of "Furious" stabilized, but then, how can there be time?

So, who has leaked my phone number?who is it?

In fact, he vaguely knows the reason for this change. The bottom line is that he had just started shooting two very small themes. People thought that he was the kind of director with a personality and a literary and artistic direction. The ability is more recognized, but not too serious.

After all, in the field of literature and art, no matter how noisy it is, the market acceptance will not be too high. Maybe a certain part of the movie fans will love it, but when you look at the entire mass base, that's the case.

But now, with a furious victory, "Furious" has shown everyone a different Lehman. Unexpectedly, it is still a two-flowered, filming subject with a wide range of subjects. Commercial and artistic can be played.

That attitude is naturally different.

Many producers and producers have found him with scripts and checks, saying that you can do it, and investment is not a problem.

"...As long as you come to be the director and you are not satisfied with the script, just say it and we will change it immediately."

Haha, I'm so excited.

Without a stable distributor, making movies by small companies or individuals is a dead end in North America.

Take a look at Steven Spielberg. He was ambitious to create DreamWorks, and he was also ambitious to make it a new Hollywood highlight. However, it is not also played by a group of publishers on the distribution channel. .

Did you say that they did not perform well? Okay, "Gladiator", "Cat and Mouse Game", "Midnight Bell", "Tuxedo"... Almost every film is profitable and rewarding The market performance is good; do you say that they have no connections? Yes, Paramount, Warner, Universal...Almost all are involved with them, not to mention that Steven Spielberg itself represents a relationship Net, but they still failed.

Human feelings are human feelings, and interests are interests. The adult world does not play with you.Cooperation, yes, hello everyone and I can make money together; if you want to distribute channels, do it yourself, sorry, you are gone.

In 2005, DreamWorks, one of the top ten film manufacturers in the United States, was acquired by Viacom. As a result, the label of DreamWorks was also assigned to Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Viacom.

Steven Spielberg is also discouraged and never touches the issue of this one.

How did the six Hollywood names come from, stepping on the corpses of a group of movie manufacturers in exchange for them.

They are not industry overlords, who are?

Even Europa Pictures wants to enter the U.S. market, it is all about cooperation, looking for a local partner.

In terms of core interests and resources, they will never leak a gap, don't even think about it.(However, afterwards, Disney was still great. It just broke the pattern of the six giants that had become a convention and became a single man.)

Therefore, no matter what promises the small manufacturers or producers make, they are all false, and Lehman will not care about them at all.

He is a director, and he cares about his work most. He also wants his work to receive the market treatment he deserves. This is not a contradiction.

Lehman was a little tired in social communication at first, but he still took it, he should go, he should be euphemistic.But until December 28, when the news came out that the global box office of the movie "Furious" officially broke through 400 million US dollars, more people were looking for him, and the reasons for the invitation have also changed. It is not so easy to refuse. Fortunately , He went directly back to France.

Can't afford to provoke, can I still not hide?Who do you look down on?

However, there are also benefits. Luc Besson and the senior executives of Europa Pictures have become more friendly towards him.

Maybe, the next time he cooperates, his investment share will be more and his position will be better.

There is also CAA, they even voluntarily asked for a new economic contract, which not only lowered his service rate, but also upgraded the service team again, reaching the scale of 10 people, specifically dealing with various trivial matters for him.

Of course, the daily agent has not changed, and Johnson is still in charge.

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"Is there a problem?"

On January 5, 2003, just a few days after Lehman returned to France, he wrote and wrote the outline of the new movie every day, and he was fine to go out and play and enjoy the holiday, but Kevin Hoveen called.

Once he calls, there must be something busy.

as expected.

"... MGM Pictures wants to invite you to direct the next 007 film series. What are your thoughts?"

What is the idea?Join this set if you can't play.Some time ago, it was still a life-and-death competitor. The two sides discredited each other, and the film was pulled down by "Furious" in the second week, and has never been ahead since then.Now it's a sorrow to ask him to be the director of the latest one.

Of course, competitors may not be unable to cooperate with each other, all depends on the consideration of interests.

Presumably, MGM has also carefully analyzed and recognized Lehman's ability to direct, and CAA will be euphemistic.

But why should I direct the "007" series?

For a director like him, even if the market is successful, it can only be regarded as an addition to the resume, which is nothing at all.

After all, for a series of movies of this mature style, few people will take credit for the director and only recognize the power of the fans of the series.

If you accidentally rush to the street... Such a film with a broad mass base can fail, it is almost self-destructing a good director's future.

What's more, he is not without a movie, he has a plan in mind.

"Help me refuse, just say I have the intention, and there is no shooting schedule."

The outline of the new movie is almost complete during this time, just wait for Ryan to polish it, there is no need at all.

When Kevin Hoween heard it, he was naturally very happy. The customer is a high-yield type. Can he be upset?

Almost one movie a year.

"Okay, is it convenient to reveal the theme and content of the new movie?"

"Wait until the script is completed, the filming contract has not been signed?"

"Oh, yes, one more thing, the awards season is coming, you have to make time to come over to North America."

Swinging, January is here, and the action that I said earlier to hit the best foreign language film for the Oscar for "Three Fools in Bollywood" is about to begin...