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On December 15, 2008, two weeks have passed since this month.

After spending a few days to determine the starring lineup of "The Hangover", the crew with Black Cole as the main producer of the project officially entered the new line studio while preparing and setting up the scene, but Lyman still couldn't relax.

In addition to the new projects, the shooting progress of "Beauty Team" and "Thor" are moving toward the scheduled plan, and may even be completed in early January before they are all completed and transferred to the later stage. The other is the "Twilight" series.

The overseas market where Lionsgate operates "District Nine" has almost reached the final stage of drawing, and naturally it should be considered for next year's business.

After thinking about it, after the youth market was mad in 2007, the same whirlwind should have blown in 2009. According to the schedule, it is time to prepare the second part of "Twilight".

Because this series has restrictions on the age of actors, you cannot expect an actor in his 40s to be able to show off his youth on the screen, so Lionsgate and Firefly both think that the Twilight series should learn Harry Potter The routine of the "series, one every other year, or even one every year, will always arouse the desire of movie fans.

You know, the novelist Stephanie Meyer has published the third "Lunar Eclipse" and is still writing down. With the stimulation of the movie, the number of fans has increased while making a lot of money, which can stimulate creative inspiration. Even if not, the editors at Random House will help her.

No one wants this series to end quickly, do they.

In the past, the unhappiness in the adaptation copyright was also due to the fact that Firefly showed its production ability. The relationship between the two parties has been greatly eased. Although Mel still feels that the sales are low, at least the attitude has been sold in the first world over 400 million. With the results, it has softened a lot.

After all, if you don’t rely on movies to stimulate the market, her book fans can quickly increase so much, and she herself has been reported by more regional media, and she has become a writer’s celebrity. These are all brought about by the spread of the film. dividend.

The actual situation is also true, and the first part gave her more than 21 million (5% of the project’s profit). Although this money cannot be compared with the income paid to Rowling by Warner’s subsequent production of the "Harry Potter" series , But among popular writers, it is definitely near the middle reaches. It is not very bad. Who caused the copyright to be taken away before the book became popular.

Jon Fellermay made an appointment and talked about the matter with Lehmann openly and urged the project to be established.

Lehman also readily agreed, "Don't worry, the crew can be settled by early March at the latest."

The actors and creators have signed long-term contracts, and they just notify the agency directly to set the schedule. The pay is not much higher, and it must not be as popular. That is, Pattinson and Stewart fans do not know that Firefly is so "squeezed" Their idols would definitely be forced to go to the company building to make trouble.

But from another point of view, there is no "Twilight" series, and these two people are not well-known. In terms of appearance, there are a lot of Hollywood handsome men and beautiful women, and even the periphery is very quality. Anyway, those agencies are very polite to Lehman. The movie has made them popular, and they won't be tempted to make a fuss. They are all justified to fight for their own artists within the scope.

After getting in touch with each other, when Lehman returned home, Lionsgate was not the only publisher who was interested in the "Twilight" sequel, but Eva was also excited.

She was following the adaptation of the second screenplay. She was also a member of the production team of the first one, and had long regarded this as her second career.

"Didn't you say that you would find a suitable director? Is the search ready?" Sitting on him, Eva reminded.

"Of course, don't you rest assured with my vision." Since being put on the production schedule, Lehman definitely has a consideration. Speaking of which, the actors are generally 19 or 20 now, and they can't delay the young ones. age.

Moreover, the difficulty of shooting "Twilight" is not high, it is not the kind of real shot crazy monster, and the range of choices is not small.

For example, Chris Weitz.

Well, it's the director of "Golden Compass", the one who was miserable by the new line.

People have the ability, otherwise they won’t be selected by the new line and they will be trusted, but the direction of the movie is wrong at the beginning. If you play with children's magic, you are not pleased. You make Cameron blind. Of course, the truck. The driver may not listen to the transfer at all, and will not follow the meaning of the new line in order to shoot...

And one of the advantages of Chris Weitz is that he has a good understanding of special effects production and scene scheduling. In addition, after he finished filming "Golden Compass", he was blacked out by major studios, and he has been out of work recently. Looking for him, if Firefly handed over the invitation, he would definitely put out 120% of his energy to save his career, and he would better keep the price down.

Eva doesn't understand this truth very well, but she didn't directly nail them to death.

Since she came into contact with the production field, she has been slowly learning and progressing. If only considering cost control and expanding profit margins, then Chris Weitz must be appropriate, because before "Golden Compass", people rely on "American Pie" Movies such as "Single Man" and others have been recognized by the management in the circle, that is, they have planted a big hole to make people afraid that he can't get out.

There are many similar examples in the circle...

"Don't you worry that his mentality is out of balance?"

Lehman smiled. Did he say that "New Moon" created a new high in the series after Chris Weitz took over, and the story of the second part was better than the first one, and the audience recognized it more.

"He has been filming for 11 years. It's not like the peak of Knight Shamaran's debut. He can't get out of the past glory of "Sixth Sense" and he can still be trusted."

Lyman touched Eva’s face, and then expressed his thoughts about Chris Weitz, “Who can never encounter a bit of setbacks and uncertainties, do you see me pushing hard? I really think he The shooting style and the processing of the picture are very suitable for "New Moon". The scene shots of "Golden Compass" are also beautiful if they are just picked up."

"That's true." Eva frowned, showing a look of memory.

That masterpiece is a typical example of many filmmakers who went to specialize in preventing pitfalls in the future. Speaking of which, without those exquisite footage, the box office would definitely be the next level.

From this point of view, Chris Weitz is really out of luck, and it cannot be said that he did not seize the opportunity, because he himself does not have the right to edit. The new line is the new line to discuss with Warner to complete the later... ...

"So, you know what I mean." Lehman hurriedly ended the topic, "It's time to rest, go to sleep, and negotiate with the actors later, I will let you learn more about how to use bargaining chips to lower prices with Johnson."

"I'm an actor too." Eva replied funny.

"This is Hollywood, chick, actors are just one part of it."

"You are more and more like a capitalist."

"I just found out."

"Well......."