Hollywood legendary director

For the actor, almost no one would refuse an invitation issued in the name of Lyman, even the popular movie star agent "Bond" is no exception.

At least, after receiving the news, Pierce Brosnan rushed to the Paramount headquarters building with his agent early the next morning.

Soon, an unremarkable black business car parked, and Brosnan hurried upstairs.

About half an hour later, in the office, several main creators arrived.

It was also at this time that Catherine Zeta Jones and Pierce Brosnan really read the entire script of "The Smiths" and understood what kind of story the movie tells.

Of course, to be honest, the plot of the script is not complicated at all, and even a bit disappointing, but the two British actors can feel that the market prospects of this film may be good. After all, isn't the "007" series also popular with the audience? It can still be supported.

Moreover, the leader of this project is Lehman. Under such circumstances, even if he is a little skeptical, he is quickly dismissed, and there is definitely no reason to refuse to play.

Who doesn't know the admirability of Lehman's work?

In this main creative meeting, in addition to discussing cooperation, it is necessary to slightly modify the role template according to the situation of the two actors to become more suitable for the image of the two actors.

After reading the script, the two also made some comments in due course.

Anyway, what makes these two people very certain is that with their current reputation, if this project with an investment of more than 80 million yuan can be successful, it will definitely bring a lot of career assistance.

Afterwards, the two actors basically had no problems with the performance, and their agent was also instructed to strive for a good pay under the premise of establishing cooperation as much as possible.

This kind of work has nothing to do with Lehman, so it's better for Paramount to negotiate.

Several people are still discussing script shooting.

In Pierce Brosnan's words, he is a little unwilling to play the same type of role again, so the play is too narrow, except that the agent is a killer, anyway, he cannot do without the action field.

Of course, because of Lyman, he agreed.

However, Lyman can also understand Brosnan's mentality. The other party is almost unable to appear in the image of "Bond". To put it bluntly, the audience is not willing to play him in non-action subjects, and the acceptance is not high.

The transformation is basically hell difficulty. This is the shackles brought to him by the "007" series, as if Hugh Jackman left Wolverine and 80% of his works would hit the street.The play road was finalized.

However, if you don't appear in the "007" series, who will recognize you?This kind of pros and cons cannot be avoided.

Lehman said: "You shouldn't be anxious about broadening the theater. Many actors will encounter this kind of obstacle. If the transformation project fails rashly, wouldn't it be more difficult?"

Lyman knew about Brosnan's career as an actor. After leaving "Bond", he failed to make several transitions, and finally had to return to the old path.

Of course, Brosnan just thinks about it this way. He will not refuse this project at all. He wants to transform after the "Smiths", he thinks so.

The salary negotiation between the two is not a problem. Lehman is still very adequate in formulating this budget. Moreover, Brosnan and Catherine are cheaper than Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Even if Brad Pitt’s stardom hasn’t gone well in recent years, he has often been polished in the independent film circle, but the external film pay will not be less than 10 million U.S. dollars. As for Angelina Jolie, this one from "Tomb Raider" Actors who began to be scandal-ridden and all kinds of troubles were paid no less than 8 million, and they might even ask for a box office share.

But Catherine is not only more beautiful, better temperament, only 4 million US dollars, a lot less expenditure.

Yes, for so many years, there is no decent work to come up with, her salary is not high, it is still the foundation of the previous movies.

Brosnan’s salary is slightly higher. Is it popular after all? His agent won him 8 million U.S. dollars plus 3% of North American box office revenue (I wanted to remove it with a high base salary. At the box office, but Brosnan refused, so he agreed, after all, people are worth the price. Give more points, give more points).

The leading role is in place, and the remaining actor Tony is also selected. In this regard, Lyman doesn't pay much attention.

After attending the production conference, Lehman occasionally focused his attention on the "Smiths" project in the following days.

Most of his energy is conceiving a new script, but Tony will report on the progress of the work every day and exchange various shooting details with him.

A week later, the crew of "Smiths" was determined, and the first funding of 30 million US dollars was quickly put in place. In addition, Paramount was very concerned about the project, and the production cycle started step by step with almost no delay. It is expected to be in mid-July. You can finish shooting and enter the post-production stage.

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In mid-April 2005, while "Saharan Raiders" continued to shrink theaters, but still had a little box office harvest without downgrades, "Daydreamer" was showing very well overseas.

Good results have been achieved in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and other places. Although the film failed to exceed 200 million in North America in the end, it only received 187.5 million US dollars, but with the help of overseas markets, it will not be 200 million. The mark is stuck.

When the news came back to North America, Liam immediately held a celebration banquet.

After that, Lehman went to the digital realm with a new script.

Since taking over, Lehman has indeed not been too involved in the company's daily operations, as he said before.

And this time, I also came with a task, as I took the initiative to take a project for the digital field to participate in development opportunities.

After going there, Scott Rose took Lehman on a tour to learn about the latest state of the research and development of various technologies.

Among them, cg rendering has made good progress, and the cost has been further reduced. However, the matching shooting system has not made much progress. It still requires the participation of professional studios, which is still very cumbersome.

However, technology research and development are not accomplished overnight, and Lehman understands it very well.

"If your project only refers to the use of visual effects, at least more than 12 million is needed." After carefully understanding Lehman's needs, Scott Rose said: "Special effects are purely on the creation of monsters. There are not many big scenes. , Save a little, more than 10 million should be enough."

"Well, the special effects work will be left to you. Implement this project as soon as possible. The next focus of Firefly Pictures is to make this film."

"Well, rest assured." Scott is in a good mood. Firefly Pictures has added special effects to the film development direction, which is a natural backer for the digital field, isn't it.

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