Hollywood legendary director

Hollywood is a place full of party cocktails held in various names every day.

If you are well-connected, you can run around at the cocktail party for months and enjoy the anesthesia and pleasure that alcohol brings to the cerebral cortex.

The so-called drunken gold fans are not empty words.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you are willing to live such an unmotivated party life.

Obviously, this kind of enjoyment can be very boring, and even produce a sense of emptiness, and I don't understand why I waste time on such meaningless social interactions.

And if there is a purpose, the party is not a pleasure.

Some time ago, "Smiths" became more and more successful at the box office. Paramount had already held an official celebration and publicity cocktail party, but Lyman did not go.

He doesn’t like that kind of atmosphere very much, and of course he can’t say that he hates it. It doesn’t matter if he participates when he is idle, but he is very busy now, busy with his project "Old Nowhere", busy with Zach Schneider and Scott -Ross confirms the preparation of special effects work for "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors".He was so busy that even his girlfriend Eva was ready to accept the character's shaping, but she couldn't even see her.

Today, he obviously couldn't refuse Shirley Lansing's private reception invitation.

The black Mercedes-Benz business stopped at a mansion halfway up the mountain in Beverly Hills.

It was dusk.

Celebrities gathered here in twos and threes.

Suddenly there was a movement from the gate, but Shirley Lansing appeared with Paramount executives, which caused everyone present to be excited and talked.

Then Lyman arrived.

He wore a winter black double-row suit, which attracted a lot of attention as soon as he entered.

The ladies and celebrities who were walking around in the previous second immediately chirped around in front of the two most powerful people.

Shirley Lansing is a Paramount executive who holds a lot of authority. Needless to say, Lyman is also a well-known figure in Hollywood today, and many people are polite.

The two entered the hall surrounded by the crowd. After a short time, the ball began.

Shirley Lansing greeted a group of people, then walked to Lyman's side, and spoke in a gentle manner, "How is the "Smiths" project, how does Paramount work?"

"The propagandists have worked hard." Lyman had a smile on his face.

Shirley Lansing is still very satisfied as a work that can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Paramount, with income from peripheral DVDs and so on.

There is much appreciation in the words.

After knowing that there is still a $70 million project, and there is no issuer, of course, it will lead to topical exploration.

"I heard that you spent a lot of money to buy Cameron's special effects company. The follow-up shooting plan also has the important task of special effects?"

——If the current special effects masterpiece is successful, the overseas box office guarantee will exceed the local market, and the prospects are still great.

Of course, as soon as this question came up, Lyman immediately understood the subtext of Shirley Lansing's words.Paramount also wanted to continue to cooperate and asked if there were any conditions.

"Yes, there must be action in the digital field."

"So, I mean, if you still have a suitable project and don't choose a partner, Paramount is willing to be responsible for the publicity of the project. And you can rest assured that the sharing agreement we signed before is still the same."

Now that Shirley Lansing has explained the matter, Lyman is also thinking.

Of course, Lehmann will certainly not give up his own interests, but "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors" is really too much of the resources on publicity, and it is not the game of Blue Butterfly Pictures.Seeking a strong issuer is the intention.

"This matter is still to be discussed." Lehman said straightforwardly: "You know that movie screenings require a good schedule, but I can't say much to the theater dealers. Just like Warner's work in November this year was not fair. In that way, each of you has your own project operation. How can we guarantee the interests of independent studios like us?"

"Then what do you mean? Sometimes the release of movies is planned to be promoted one or two months in advance. It is inevitable to have a choice."

"Christmas files, at least five weeks of treatment of the highest specification resources, if you agree, everyone is happy to sign a release clause."

Shirley Lansing was silent.

The meaning of this is almost that Paramount guarantees the sole rights of the Firefly production project for the Christmas stall next year, and Paramount’s own schedule differentiation will allocate a period of prime time to the Firefly.

To say that it is nothing to provide resources for distribution, as long as there is money to make money, but I am afraid that in case of change, next year’s Paramount will also need a Christmas file.

Shirley Lansing feels that this matter takes time to make a decision, and she also understands that when Warner's project is like Warner against a competitor's masterpiece, the method of sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai makes Lehmann uncomfortable.

——Even if there is no verbal expression, it still fights the Heat with Warner, but it is not the same after all.

After the party was over, Lehman was busy preparing for "Old Nowhere".

During the period, Zhadao's "Spartan" project also harvested a group of actors.

For example, starring Gerald Butler, in 2001, a movie "God of War" was the second runner-up in the movie history that broke the ratings in TV movies. It became popular with the role of King Hun, but TV movies are different from the screen movie circles. Therefore, the fixed salary is only 4.5 million US dollars.

There is also the heroine Sienna Miller. She and Sylvia Kroka competed for the Queen of Sparta in the final round of auditions. In the end, the former was cheaper, and 900,000 were selected.

Then, a group of muscular men were selected.

Like Michael Fassbender, Vincent Reagan, David Wenhan...

Of course, these people are not strong enough now. What Zach Schneider wants is the big muscles of the richest male hormones after undressing.Therefore, including the lead actor, as long as it is a male, it takes three months of high-intensity fitness training to get out.

Because the training is very hard, I am afraid that someone will shrink back.

Director Zha ran to tell all the Spartans who appeared on the scene, I only want to have champion bodybuilding actors in my shots, not just niches.

Then, he took out a copy of the training uniform with "I died at the Battle of Wenquan Pass" printed on it as motivation.

And because the ancient warfare is equipped with complete equipment, the effect of the shot looks like an iron tortoise army fighting, not beautiful enough.

Therefore, the costumes for the filming are all wearing scarlet shirts, leather shorts, and upper body. It feels like showing off the beauty of men.

Of course, Zha Dao will not say that this is for business considerations, showing muscles is conducive to attracting female audiences to support the theater, after all, just like the appearance of beautiful women on the screen and men will feel seductive, a large number of handsome muscular guys can definitely please female fans.

I have to say that Zach Schneider, who has been shooting MV for more than ten years, still knows how to start from the details.

Very thoughtful.

And now, a group of affordable actors have started with a salary of 13 million, plus the director’s salary of 6 million for the director of the crew. The rest of the budget will still be spent on special effects to ensure the unique visual sense of the lens. .

At the same time, the fourth leading actor of "Old Nowhere" was finally determined under the selection of layers of brokerage companies.

That's Josh Brolin, who plays the original Vietnam War retiree of the same name.

This second-line American actor has a mixed type of work.

All kinds of science fiction, comedy, crime, western, biography are covered.

But it can’t be said to be particularly successful. It is the kind that has never hit the box office or suffered a big loss. It is occasionally nominated for awards and has a reputation in the circle. Outside the circle, not many audiences know it.

After meeting and talking once, Josh Brolin agreed to act without any consideration.

The next day, he brought his agent to sign the actor contract and agreed to play the role of Sellin, who had the most drama, and he received only 4.8 million dollars in pay.

Since then, the lead actor of the lineup has not been determined by the killer Anton.

In other words, the original protagonist hasn't made a name in Hollywood at all. So many brokerage companies are like looking for a needle in a haystack.

In the end, Lehman remembered that this is one of the few national quintessence actors in Spain in the future. Even if he does not have the status of later generations, he should always make a name in his home country.

In this way, after the scope of the screening is delineated, there is finally a little eyebrow.

Seeing the sadly smiling face on the resume, the killer Anton is coming.