Hollywood legendary director

Nowadays, the performance of Firefly Pictures is booming. As the company's chief operating officer, Benjamin Joseph is enjoying the fulfilling and busy days now and he is very excited.

Unlike the previous life in the British branch in Columbia, I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I didn't have any special goals.

Moreover, Lehman has promised to use management options to reward him for a series of contributions to the company. Although this part of the equity is not transferable, only those who are in office can receive annual dividends, but in this way, his income is even It is absolutely in the top level of the pyramid among the many studios in Hollywood, not to mention the personal status brought by this kind of rights.

Lehman also wants to use this method to bind the company's management. In the future, Garcia, Black and even Jonathan Nolan will also receive equity dividends.

This is actually the development of a republic of interests.

A few days later, the "Monster in the Lake" project was officially approved by the Film and Television Association. Several on-site crews went to the four states where Lake Michigan flows-Indian, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan to find a few places. Suitable shooting location.

Although Lake Michigan is very vast, it's actually just a small part of the river to be taken for the view. There is no requirement to take the full picture, and even to save money, you will not go to too remote places. It is best to have more complete town facilities around it, and priority will be given select.

Other scenes can be set up in the studio, and it is very convenient to contact Warner Studios about the lease.

In addition, where the cost is a little bit more expensive, it should be a professional studio that must be built to match the motion capture technology shooting. As for the performer of the monster, the most powerful motion capture actor at present is of course Andy Serkins. , Lehman also asked the crew to send an invitation.

After all, in the "Lord of the Rings" Gulu, the variety of expressions is unforgettable.

Another point is that there are not many movies that require motion capture actors. Andy Serkins usually doesn't have a job, so he readily agreed.The salary is 850,000 US dollars, which is very fair.

This was actually his salary standard when he filmed "King Kong"-"The Monster in the Lake" has fewer monster scenes than "King Kong", so there are not so many.

Of course, Peter Jackson’s one-and-a-half-year-old remake has been set for December this year, and he is now busy with post-production.

When the news of the start of preparations for Lehman's new project spread to the outside world, the media continued to report it.

For a time, such as "Lyman's new film is suspected to tell the story of the water monster in Venice."

Either it is to guess who will be the cast of the new film, or it is to report whether Paramount or Warner was chosen for distribution and production...

However, these reports did not cause any follow-up, because Firefly Pictures ignored it at all, and soon the attention was diverted.

In other words, in the April movie market, apart from the topic of "Saharan Raiders", although it is not good, there is another movie with a unique style of "Sin City" that is also the focus of the audience.

The adaptation of this work was created by Frank Miller, the manga master who redefines Batman. Its atmosphere and style are unique in the entire comics industry. The director Robert Rodriguez is also Quentin’s good foundation. Friends, it’s a good shot.

In fact, the process here is also very interesting to say, maybe one day in 2004, Robert happened to see the comics of Sin City and felt handsome. He wanted to make a movie. There was such a fire in his heart, so he fart. Dian Pidian went to the copyright author Frank.

Frank inquired and found that this was a young man who always made low-cost movies-the early "Trilogy of Murder" series, including the debut "Elegy of the Killer", followed the same path, which was a family workshop. Both the actors and the filming team are looking for their own relatives, which is a money saver-the debut cost only 7000 US dollars!

Therefore, Frank immediately refused, believing that this product cannot produce high-investment works similar to black and white silhouettes. You have no money and no experience.

But Robert didn’t give up, he kept stalking, and he promised to make the movie consistent with the comic style-I just rushed here, and asked my friend Quentin to help the platform-they worked on one. "A Dawn", the friendship formed since then.

Afterwards, Quentin had itchy hands and directed a short episode in "Sin City", the scene where the gun barrel was inserted into his head and he was joking with the driving man.

Although this movie has a unique style, it goes to extremes. The so-called lover loves it very much, and you can’t see what you don’t like. So the box office does not explode. Of course, the production cost is only 40 million US dollars. It was released in North America for two weeks. It has accumulated more than 48 million, and the basic landing point will be around 80 million. Coupled with overseas distribution and offline channels, the profit margin is very good. Counting each link, the studio will be divided into 30 to 40 million. Not difficult.

Anyway, Dimen Pictures is happy, and by analogy, Miramax is not so happy.

Because of some hesitation, they did not strongly support the filming of this film. Instead, they looked at Quentin's face, which was a small support, in exchange for a small part of the film's revenue.

If they knew that the film would be popular, they would certainly not let go of the opportunity. After all, in the strict sense of the word, Robert was quite inclined to produce Miramax at that time. Unfortunately, the film investment was too high and they were unwilling.

On April 25, the preparatory stage of the crew of "The Water Monster in the Lake" went smoothly. After more than an hour of busy work, Lehman left the studio and went back to Firefly Pictures.

At about ten in the morning, Thomas walked into the office with a few reports in his hand.

"Lyman, the cast list and information are all here."

Lyman took the screened role actor, hurriedly scanned it, and then noticed a name.

Matthew McConaughey?

Lyman frowned slightly.

After starring in "Sahara Raiders", it can be said that the actor's career has slipped to the bottom, in the original time and space, and even fell to the point of taking on the absurd comedy of "The Lai Family", from often matching second-tier stars to interacting with various The young actors huddled together, and after the comedy box office was still poor, they completely disappeared from the audience's vision, and did not return with "Lincoln Lawyer" until five years later.

In other words, this man is also unlucky enough, obviously not lacking in acting skills, long and handsome, and as a result, "Saharan Raiders" directly declared a crash.

After recalling this, Lyman said to Thomas: "What do you think of him?"

"He? Oh, you said Matthew McConaughey, he performed well at the audition, and he was scornful."

Thomas had been staying in France some time ago, and he didn't know that Matthew was scolded by the American media-the crew thrown each other out, and basically no one would see him now.

"Well, then you can discuss the salary with his agent, maybe he will become the actor of the new play."

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