Chatty Hollywood

Just as Charlotte expected, the 70th Academy Awards ceremony on March 23, 1998 was completely dominated by "Titanic".

The ship was invincible, winning 11 out of 14 nominations.

——Including the most important two awards: Best Director and Best Actor.

As a director, Charlotte didn't feel jealous about this.

Because this is not his intention.

Charlotte's focus on Oscar is more to win the award and practice her magic.

——The trophy is a needed tool for him, not the ultimate goal.

He is not so blind as to confuse his ends with his means.

Of course, it would be a lie to say that Charlotte had no idea at all about the Best Director award.

At least, when she saw James Cameron holding the trophy high and shouting "I am the king of the world", Charlotte felt a little bit like "this is what a man is supposed to do".

Although, no one else noticed this except Charlize, who was sitting next to him and holding his hand.

As for Charlize, she didn't get the Best Actress Oscar this time as she hoped.

Although this is also expected.

——Just like Charlotte didn’t win the Best Actor Award.

This year's Best Actor and Best Actress have all been captured by the crew of "As Perfect as You Can".

Charlotte had nothing to say about this.

After all, as he analyzed before, "Silver Linings Playbook" is actually more suitable for the United States where people's living standards have declined after the subprime mortgage crisis.

——You know, at that time, many Americans lost their jobs, and "Silver Linings Playbook", which preached "If you have to start over again", naturally became everyone's spiritual comfort.

——Even though everyone knows that life is not that beautiful.

But in this era, America is still at the high noon of the empire, and people's appreciation of movies is more traditional.

In this regard, "As Perfect" has an advantage.

What's more, Jack Nicholson, who is famous for "The Shining" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and has always been famous for his scary clown image, actually acted in a romantic movie and acted "perfectly", which really makes people speechless. .

"It can only be said that Jack Nicholson is also one of Oscar's favorite actors!"

Charlotte sighed in her heart.

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In short, the main thing Charlotte did at this Oscar was actually to make soy sauce.

He even tried to invite Charlize to play some exciting games in the toilet because he was too bored.

——It’s a pity that the girl rejected him.

This made Charlotte a little regretful.

In contrast, the second thing he had to do when he returned to the United States went relatively smoothly——

Under the temptation of his large number of 3D buildings and character models, Electronic Arts (EA), not surprisingly, knelt down and sang conquest.

They agreed to Charlotte's request and not only paid the royalties happily, but the share ratio they gave was also quite high.

And considering that with these 3D models, their game development speed can indeed be improved a lot, so they are not actually losing money.

Moreover, unlike the 21st century, when computer and mobile games have become more and more popular, in this era, the Internet has just begun to become popular, and these games have just been born.

At this time, the main force in the gaming industry is still console games.

Therefore, after EA purchases the rights to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", it will also produce a console game.

In this game, they will make full use of various models obtained from Specter Studio to create a console game with cinematic quality.

The name of this game is still "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

According to EA's plan, this game will integrate various elements such as exploration, puzzle solving, RPG combat, etc., and will invest heavily in its creation.

Charlotte welcomed this very much.

Of course, it’s not like Charlotte hasn’t considered it.

Directly find the famous Blizzard in later generations to produce a game of the same name, but the problem is that Blizzard's main focus is on computer games.

The current level of computer hardware is still difficult to support 3D games.

In comparison, game consoles that have been specially optimized for games are much better.

In addition, Charlotte has also discussed with EA people about the issue of video game linkage, and EA people are also very interested in this.

However, considering the speed of production, EA estimates that it will be difficult to complete the production of the game before the release of the "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" movie.

Therefore, the linkage between the two cannot be very close.

This made Charlotte a little regretful. At the same time, he also had the idea of ​​starting a subsidiary game studio of his own...

Especially, if the 3D models given to EA, especially the 3D models of Hogwarts, can really help him collect magic power——

You know, from the time she first met Joanna Rowling two years ago, Charlotte had planned to use the digital version of Hogwarts to collect magic.

This is also an important reason why he agreed to cooperate with EA this time.

——What he wants is not just money, but also something that can help him enhance the magic power of his spells.

Charlotte took the opportunity to experiment with whether games can collect magic from players (audiences) like movies.

If it is feasible, then Charlotte can also produce many games to match the movies she shoots in the future.

After all, he mainly shoots movies with certain fantasy or horror elements, and these movies are very suitable for adaptation into games.

——In this case, it will be much more convenient to have its own game studio.

Not only can they enjoy more profits exclusively, but the various design plans prepared during the preparation of the movie are also completely open to the game studio for secondary use.

In particular, some 3D models and special effects resources can be directly simplified and reused in games.

This can naturally save a lot of costs, and the cooperation between game production and film shooting will also be easier - they are one family!

At that time, Charlotte could have released the game at the same time as the movie was released, and the effect of the movie-game linkage would naturally be better.

What's more, having a game studio of his own would be more conducive for him to stuff his personal goods.

——After all, collecting magic power through games is his ultimate goal.

Therefore, some real magic circles may need to be designed in the game.

In this case, it is very important to have your own and obedient game studio.

However, all this needs to be based on the premise that this experiment can be successful.

At present, all Charlotte can do is wait for EA's game to be released to see what the final effect will be.

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Of course, when she returned to the United States, these were not the only things Charlotte did.

At least, he took the opportunity to take a break and spend two days with Charlize.

By the way, I also discussed the preparations for the "Mummy" movie with Sean Daniel, the second producer assigned to him by Universal Pictures——()

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