Hollywood legendary director

In reality, Mads Mickelson’s star road is not a big fire, nor can it be a failure.

After all, how many resources can he get as a Danish actor?There is no room for selection at all.

Lehman also knows that this person's family conditions are pretty good, and he is very family-friendly, and often runs between Hollywood and Denmark.

Moreover, he is 40 years old this year and he has matured in acting. He has much more life experience than a young man, and he shows more temperament. For him, acting as a lawyer is not a difficult challenge.

In fact, Midas has a very wide range of dramas. Any handsome idols, problem boys, cold villains, and even comedy roles can be grasped.

Subsequently, the second day after the audition ended, the crew of "Water Monster in the Lake" officially confirmed that Mads Mickelson was the project's first male partner.

But as an outsider, his remuneration can't be compared with that of a supporting actor like Morgan Freeman with fewer roles, even a little girl actor like Dakota Fanning.

It’s not that Firefly Pictures is pushing prices too hard. In fact, although Midas has a good international position and a hot actor in Denmark, his value in Hollywood is low because he doesn’t have much performance support and wants to rise. It can’t go up, and it’s finalized, well, 870,000 US dollars will be done.

On the other side, "Smiths" has completed all the preliminary preparations, and director Tony took the crew to the location to shoot.

April 29.

Thursday.

Early in the morning, Lyman rushed to Firefly Pictures and held a full day's meeting with Joseph and other management.

In the process, the salaries of all film creators are basically negotiated.

Michael Kane was equally refreshed and determined to be the starring father of the male lead. However, the salary negotiation with Matthew McConaughey was a bit twisted.

Perhaps he was too confident, or his agent didn’t understand the situation. The first quotation cost 7 million U.S. dollars, and 8% of North American profits after the movie was released. This is not in "Sahara Raiders" With such a high net worth, it is really a lion's open mouth.

Of course, this may be a negotiating technique, maybe, not so much.

But Lehmann chose Matthew in the beginning. In addition to the right role, the most important thing was that he had just screwed up a masterpiece and took the opportunity to lower the price and reduce the salary.

Therefore, Joseph directly refused, saying that he hadn’t heard of any actor who could mess up a film with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, and the pay continued to increase. He also said that the role was not only chosen by Matthew McConaughey, but also by other agencies. There are alternatives, but if you can't agree, just forget it-the words are very strong.

This actually scared Matthew McConaughey very much, for fear that the opportunity was gone, and soon took the initiative to subdue.

As for the profit sharing, I never mentioned it again.

However, Lehman also knows that this kind of division model is popular, and it is indeed the most beneficial feedback for the actor superstar by the agency. If not to mention that Matthew has just broken one, he has the confidence to make such a request.

But, don't worry about what happens in the future, Matthew McConaughey can only get 4.5 million dollars for the present role, and they agreed.

In today’s meeting, more advertisers will discuss the project and its follow-up.

Yes, the placement of advertisements is another technique for film production to reduce risks.

In the past, when Lehman was not well-known, he couldn't get a sponsorship.

But now, instead of sponsoring, people take the initiative to come and send money.

In this regard, the most powerful ones are "Tomb Raider" and various fashion cities or romance movies, which are often not released yet, relying on this to recover most of the investment.

Of course, movies are not used for advertising, and how to implement advertising without being resisted by the audience is also a science.

At least, as a special effects monster movie, "Water Monster in the Lake" has not many aspects that can be implanted. In addition, the host's home and the street can be given to the sponsor for some suitable shots.

Joseph and others discussed it just for this.

After the meeting, a list was made.

What mobile phone brands-Apple; trucks-Ford; soap and other toiletries, cameras-Sony, and KFC and other fast food have advertising placement.

It sounds exaggerated, many, but in fact, it is considered to be less, and it is still carefully selected.

At least, Lehman’s morale is much more than that of Michael Bay, and he didn’t use a two-hour special effects blockbuster specifically to implant ads into the lens. In this regard, "Transformers" is really awesome, with an investment of more than 200 million yuan. , Saving 70 to 80 million.

In this piece, "Water Monster in the Lake" did not deliberately do it, nor did it change the plot for the sake of advertising.

Moreover, companies such as Sony and Apple provide more products with a small sum of money. It is not bad for all placements to add up to seven or eight million in sponsorship fees.

Of course, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is meat, so why not save a bit.

A group of people, just for this, discussed in detail all day.

I have to say that to do this as a business, Hollywood's industrial chain is too complete.

The risk of those blockbusters has been artificially reduced.

The profit margin is also very large.

It took a few days before the film crew was fully formed.

In addition to the main creation, after more than half a month of busy work, a series of behind-the-scenes staff have already been arranged.

Therefore, on the first weekend of May, Lehman's work schedule suddenly became tense.

There are too many things to be determined in these few days.

For example, the actor's makeup looks;

Coordinate the schedule of supporting actors and the script-reading sessions of actors;

Rental shooting props, custom costumes...

If you calculate the shooting plan, you should be able to complete the shooting task in mid-July and move to post-production. If you compare the schedule, there is still plenty of time before Christmas.

It took another two days before Lyman and Thomas arranged to set up the set.

Under such a busy schedule, the work progress has been promoted quickly.

After that, several main creators also finished training one after another, and they have a deeper understanding of their roles.

So, on May 7th, everyone in Warner's studio rushed over early in the morning.

Under the control of a big director like Lehman, no one is willing to play big cards. After all, no one has more cards than Lehman.

Even Lehman can get up early on the day of the filming. What about the others who have been reminded?

And Lehman is most satisfied with Matthew McConaughey. He really specializes in sunbathing, not just sunbathing, but also sports shaping. According to him, his sweat is not in vain.

This kind of dedication made Lehman a lot better for his senses.

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