Hollywood starts with animation

A few days later.

Zhu Ke, who was still on vacation, accepted an invitation to participate in an event called the Young Directors Exchange.

In recent days, Zhu Ke, who was a little tired, refused to participate in this event at first.

How can I not hold up James Cameron’s repeated invitations!

That's right, the initiator of this young director exchange event is indeed James Cameron, the internationally renowned director who made "Titanic"!

"Boss, I just got the list of people attending this event from the organizer. However, as far as I know, it is estimated that half of the people on the invited list will not be able to come."

As the convoy was about to arrive at the venue, Alexander explained the situation to Zucker.

Half of the invitees are not coming?

Zhuke nodded: "Actually, it is understandable. After all, it is the best summer time at the end of May."

In late May, Hollywood's major production companies and distribution companies, including well-known directors, were almost at the busiest time of the year.

Take over the list.

Before getting off the bus, Zhu Ke looked at the list of invited guests in the car.

Leon Reeves;

Herat Anderson;

K·J·Edward;

...

Lawrence M. White;

Zhu Ke read several pages of the invited guests' information, and was awakened to discover the fact that Zhu Ke almost did not know the young directors on this list.

"This, this, who are these people...?"

Zhu Ke really doesn't know or understand these young directors.

Alexander said: "Boss, this young director exchange event initiated by James Cameron is a young director after all. It is normal if you don't know it."

Zhu Ke rolled his eyes: "Don't you know?"

"Ha ha!"

Alexander smiled: "Boss, I did some homework before I came here. Of course, if I didn't prepare for the lesson, I guess I wouldn't know a few."

After all, he is just Zhu Ke's assistant. If he were replaced by executives in the production department of Wald Pictures, he would probably be able to name the young directors on the list.

Nothing specializes in surgery.

"what?"

Zhuke turned a few pages of information again, and in the last few pages, he saw the names of familiar people.

"On this list, there is finally a director I know."

File: 009

Name: Gus Van Sant.

Sex: Male.

Age: 49 years old.

Occupation: Film director.

Masterpieces: "Deep Night, Hard to Sing for Love", "Uninhibited Sky", "Mind Catcher", "Looking for Frost"...

"So it's him~"

""Deep Night, Love Is Hard to Sing" is Gus Van Sant's personal film debut, and it is said to be the world's first movie reflecting the theme of same-sex love."

"Of course, his most well-known movie "Elephant" has not yet been shot, otherwise his reputation will definitely rise to the next level."

In 2003, the film "Elephant" directed by Gus Van Sant won the Best Director Award at the 56th Cannes Film Festival in one fell swoop. The film's box office performance was also impressive.

...

File: 015

Name: Pedro Almodóvar (Spain).

Sex: Male.

Age: 52 years old.

Occupation: Film director.

Masterpieces: "Tie Me, Tie Me", "Living Color and Fragrance"...

"Hiss~"

"Fuck, it's this guy?!"

Zhu Ke was slightly surprised.

It's not because of how good the director Pedro Almodovar is, but because of the series of films he directed, which is of a large scale, which is a feast for the eyes.

For example, the two films "Tie Me, Tie Me" and "Scent of Life" are too large in many countries to enter the theater market.

Banned, properly banned!

Pedro Almodovar himself has been hailed by many as the "first director of a banned film."

...

File: 027

Name: Len Wiseman.

Sex: Male.

Age: 28 years old.

Occupation: Film and television editor.

Representative works: "Independence Day", "Men in Black", "Godzilla"...

Comment: As a professional director, he did not enter Hollywood as a director in the first step, but as a film editor, becoming an experienced filmmaker.

"Len Wiseman? A familiar name."

"what?!"

"I remember it!!!"

"It turned out to be him! Len Wiseman, the man who created the "Underworld" series of films!"

"Underworld" series of movies, looking at the entire Hollywood classic series, it is nothing, after all, it is comparable to the "Back to the Future" trilogy, the "The Matrix" trilogy, and the "Batman" trilogy. Wait for the movie, it's really nothing remarkable.

However, since the birth of the "Underworld" series of movies, Zhuke still left a deep impression.

The war of werewolves and vampires, the heroine played by Kate Beckinsale, a black trench coat, dark Gothic style...

These scenes, Zhu Ke traveled through to the present, vividly remembered.

Although each film of the "Underworld" series does not have a particularly big hit or hits at the box office, it can't stand the cost of a single film and can bring very considerable returns to the production company.

"Underworld 1" has a production cost of US$17 million and a global box office of US$97 million;

"Underworld 2" has a production cost of US$21 million and a global box office of US$120 million;

The production cost of "Underworld 3" was US$29 million, and the global box office was US$135 million;

"Underworld: Werewolf Prequel", its global box office exceeded 360 million US dollars;

Every movie in the series makes money!

Especially the sales and leasing of DVDs and video tapes in the offline market are not low.

Zhuke was greedy.

"Nowadays, colleagues in the Hollywood industry define Len Wiseman as a film and television editor, not a director. In that case, we can work together."

...

After half an hour.

Zhuke's motorcade arrived at the Pasha Hotel, where the event was held.

Pasha Hotel?

Well, it is also an industry under Zucker's name.

Zhuke's hotel industry has just started, with only 3 hotels in the United States.One is in downtown Los Angeles, one is at the Zhuke 1 shooting base in Burbank, and the last one is in New York.

"Hi, Zhuke, my friend, you are welcome."

As soon as Zhu Ke arrived at the venue, he was warmly welcomed by the event promoter and well-known director James Cameron.

"My friend, I'm quite interesting. Knowing that you are too troublesome and don't like to participate in this kind of activities, I specially placed the venue in the Pasha Hotel under your name. How? Do you think I am very careful and considerate?" Card Mellon laughed.

Zhuke couldn't help but smiled: "I said, old man, you are paying attention, I know, but you don't have to say it, it seems you are too fake."

Cameron laughed and didn't care.

Step into the hotel.

Not long after, the group came to the twelfth floor of the hotel, um, which is the venue for this young director exchange event.

"Zuke, long time no see."

Xie Yi, the owner of New Line Pictures, walked over with a smile on his face.

Behind him was a middle-aged man with a big beard.

Shay introduced: "Zuke, let me introduce to you, this is the director Peter Jackson from New Zealand. He is..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhuke interrupted: "I know, he is the director of "Lord of the Rings"."

"You know?" Shay was immediately surprised.

Director Peter Jackson is also a little confused. After all, he is not well-known in Hollywood today, and he is not much worse than those fledgling new directors.

At this time, the movie "Lord of the Rings" has not yet been released.

But...Zuke knew him!

Before long, Peter Jackson's fame will resound all over the world and become the most famous international director.

Once the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy comes out, who does not know the king?!

In the future, he will film the "The Hobbit" film series, which is also a global big seller.

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