Hollywood legendary director

"To be honest, you are not the first to call me. Old man."

"Maybe I just say hello?"

"Oh, it’s okay to say hello anytime, but it’s never now. Let’s say it’s for Martin Scorsese to canvass the ticket, or the cowboy, or not these two, or someone else. You know, I am only responsible for the best director this year."

"...Martin Scorsese."

......

Under the turbulence, it was still calm.

In the past few days, in addition to attending banquets and receptions everywhere, Lehman met many judges who would not deal with each other often after only seeing each other, and began to implement a new firefly project.

There will be "Juneo" in March, and "The Dark Knight" will be tentatively scheduled in June or July and August. "She" will go to the European Film Festival. In the second half of the year, we will be busy throughout the whole process. "The Edge of Society" may be October because of Alfang So-Karon hasn't finished shooting yet, but the progress of the movie is more than half past, and only the final shot is left. If you calculate the speed in the later stage, it's not much difference.

In this way, even if we count the "Resident Evil 3" that has already started up and holds certain investment rights, the output is still low, especially compared to 2006.

In terms of distribution, the source of the film is still mainly independent production, combined with some small overseas costs, and works from the film festival Taobao, but it still can't satisfy the gold swallowing beasts like Blue Butterfly Pictures.

In other words, one month for non-blockbuster movies is still guaranteed. If it is a big production, two movies a year are also required, otherwise it would be too wasteful of human resources, wasteful and no work.

Therefore, the "I Am a Hero" project that had been planned for a long time entered the project approval stage smoothly.

At present, this project can be said to be mostly original, and the zombie trilogy also contains Lyman's great aspirations.

After all, there are many big scenes in the original "Zombie World War", but the narrative and plot promotion are really messed up.

Starting with small characters, telling a story about the social order that is about to be destroyed by zombies in the image of a dead-end hero, it will surely add more details in the details.

As for the director's choice, of course it is Zach Schneider, and he is the only one who is more suitable for the high-cost scene of a group of zombies breaking New York for at least 2 or 30 minutes.

After all, this product has rich experience in shooting large-scale scenes, and with the "300" war scenes as a base, he knows how to shoot enough visual enjoyment than Nolan at this time.

Moreover, Nolan has no schedule. "New York Trip" was still filmed by the director. According to the unspoken rules of the industry, this series is destined to be labeled him unless he does not do it himself-even if he is not a director, the production line will have him name.

Hollywood still pays great attention to this aspect, no one who develops a good project will be replaced immediately.

Firstly, the risks are greater than the benefits; secondly, once a fallout, it will be torn apart and there is no need.

Even if the salary increases, it is within the standard, why bother.

Lehman thought for a while and picked up the phone to inform Johnson, "The company has a new project, and the sequel of "New York Trip" can be put on the agenda. You can talk to Zhadao's agent about cooperation."

Now that everything is decided, the action is naturally quick.

In addition, Zha Dao has a lot of affection for this series that helped him make a fortune, and he is definitely unwilling to let go, so he only has questions about the director's salary, and there is no problem in other aspects.

But when Johnson got back the first version of the negotiated contract, Joseph said: "Is there already a base salary of 15 million?"

It turned out that Zhadao’s agent gave a preliminary response based on the market price. Actually, as early as "300" broke 300 million in the world, many studios came to him with projects every day, and the price was very generous, if not Zha Dao has a good relationship with Firefly, and he doesn't want to pick up other people's film appointments without notice. It is estimated that there is no schedule...

"This...Zha Dao has never missed it. Both movies have broken 400 million worldwide, which is very popular." Johnson explained slightly.

He is inside the caa, but he knows that Zach Schneider's rating has risen awkwardly, and he is already a leader.

Hollywood is the reality. How can a director who can bring huge profits be treated badly-let alone the project provided by the protagonist, "Batman" is still Warner's, and the original time and space Nolan's salary has not risen. Flying, these are two different things. You can't say anything about cultivation. Let people keep shooting movies at low prices. People are not your slaves...

Lehman waved his hand indifferently. If he was paid more than 20 million yuan for the external film, he just said: "This person is always worth the price, and his agent is not messy. Johnson, if If it’s okay, just run a few more trips and execute it according to this contract. His studio still gets 25% of North American revenue."

Lehman made a speech, and Johnson followed his intentions and continued to talk to the guide until all the details were negotiated.

When the people left, the office was quiet again.

The momentum of "New York City" + "The Walking Dead", it is estimated that as long as the filming of "I Am a Hero" is good, the guide will be a person who understands the audience-the commercial atmosphere is greater than the artistic atmosphere. For the box office, he can make concessions and compromise. Not worse than the first one.

Although the cost of the formation of the shooting team and even the second big scene is definitely amazing, it is about 150 million after a little calculation. Adding the cast of the actors, the production expenditure may be close to 200 million.

In this way, in the North American market, the box office will be at least 300 million yuan, and in the overseas market, at least 600 million will be enough to protect the capital.

Lehman now also knows that the higher the investment, the greater the risk.

There are 600 million overseas markets, and there is no one in Hollywood for a year or two at this time, that is, the scale of theaters is increasing year by year, the market is more open, but it is not very easy to achieve.

Moreover, this performance can even be said to be the market potential of the annual list champion. Just looking at the box office share, that is, there is no loss. If you want to make money, you also need to look at the long-term offline operation...

For the studio, it is quite stressful.

Lyman sat in the boss chair and thought for a while.

It's like a big bet. If you win the bet, you make money; if you lose the bet, it is very likely that one year of operation will be able to make up for the hole, or if you have bad luck, the capital chain happens to go wrong, and your life's hard work is probably gone.

It’s no wonder that "Cut Throat Island" directly shut down Carlock Pictures. After all, Carlock Pictures is not as profitable as Firefly. It has a variety of methods. The TV series are also sold well. They are engaged in large-scale productions, and they continue to increase in the middle... ....

In addition, such a high investment requires a good cast to stimulate topics and increase publicity...

The protagonist template is a hard-working office worker who was trapped in New York by the tide of corpses... At first I was scared, but slowly grew to a single-handed zombie who didn’t change his face and didn’t have pressure... Finally, I was caught by the team Members are not satisfied with the harm of resource allocation collusion...

Generally speaking, in the first and mid-terms, the growth routine of heroes of adversity was adopted. In the later stage, a part of the darker human nature that still cannot be united within the team was introduced after the collapse of the order. This design is also to give the third zombie to occupy the world and become a new one. The ruling species pave the way.

In this way, the choice of the protagonist is more important.

Firstly, acting skills are better. After all, it is a change of mentality in adversity. Without acting skills, it may be embarrassing to perform. Secondly, audience appeal or popularity is excellent, and it is convenient to hype and show momentum when propaganda.

Lehman leaned on the back of the seat and found a comfortable position. While staring at the ceiling blankly, he thought about the right candidate.

There are not many actors who can meet the above two conditions. After all, the age must be over 30 years old, at least in the first line, otherwise the effect of enhancing the project will not be prominent.

Working hard for office workers and being a hero under adversity-how come Nicholas Cage came to Lehman's mind when he thought of hard work?

Oh, yes, his classic clips in "Changing Face" and "King of War" just look at his facial expressions and feel vivid and vividly interpreting what a middle-aged hard man is.

Actually, I haven't cooperated with him for a long time.

Lehman thought again: Some time ago, he called to ask if there was a suitable role. Coupled with the success of "National Treasure", Cage's market appeal is stronger than day by day, and there is also a popular series.

Well, choose him.