Chatty Hollywood

? In short, the matter of the characters of Miss Tianxian and Qiu Zhang was settled easily.

After attending the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," Charlotte was about to leave when she was stopped again by David Heyman.

But this matter has nothing to do with the "Harry Potter" series——

"Charlotte, after "Pirates of the Caribbean", are you preparing for a new movie? The cooperation between Warner and Spectre Studios has always been very pleasant. Look..."

I didn’t say anything else later, but since everyone is an industry insider, the meaning is already obvious.

"Well..."

Charlotte pondered for a while——

All the time, the movies Charlotte shot personally were shot using a cooperative investment model.

Among them, there is not only Spectre Studio or his own money, but also money from some companies in the circle - the most common of which is the investment from Jodie Foster's "Egg" company.

In addition, there is also a lot of money from outside the circle.

After all, filmmakers use various methods to defraud outsiders of their money, and many of them cannot be said to be illegal. As a master of deception, Charlotte will naturally not use them.

However, unlike many Hollywood companies who are greedy and eager to use outsiders' money to make movies and then take all the profits themselves, Charlotte knows enough is enough -

Although he can also do accounting, he will still leave part of the profits for investors outside the circle and will not do things too badly.

This is for future investment considerations.

After all, although investors outside the circle are wealthy, they are not fools. If they go too far, their reputation will be ruined, and it will be troublesome to find investment in the future.

In this regard, New Line Company, which had cheated Lao Qiang and others on profit sharing from their movies, can be said to be a complete negative example.

Especially in this time and space, because Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings came to Spectre Studio under the help of Mr. Westwood, New Line's current operations are even more difficult.

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In addition to money from outsiders and small companies within the industry, the seven major Hollywood production companies are also Charlotte's partners.

especially,

The films Charlotte has shot in recent years are all large-scale productions. Without the support of a large distributor, it is still not safe.

In this regard, Charlotte does not yet have the ability to eat alone, and has no such plans.

Therefore, his movies usually introduce one of the Seven Hollywood Movies - in fact, Paramount, Universal, Warner and Disney have all cooperated with him.

For example, the partner of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is Disney, and the previous partner of "Detective Sherlock Holmes" was Warner.

The publicity personnel of these two companies have made great contributions to these two movies that have exceeded one billion US dollars in global box office.

As for "Inception", which Charlotte has just begun to prepare, the publisher and collaborators have not yet been determined.

Therefore, after Charlotte heard David Heyman’s words, her heart moved...

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In contrast, David Heyman felt a little uneasy.

This time he invited Charlotte to attend the premiere. The issues mentioned above were all his own business, but the last one was what Warner executives asked him to bring -

Although Charlotte has collaborated with several of the six major Hollywood companies before, the one she has collaborated with the most is Warner Bros.

Whether it is "The Sixth Sense", "Hell Detective" or "Sherlock Holmes", they have all brought a lot of profits to Warner.

Not to mention the "Harry Potter" series that will last them twenty years...

In short, Warner previously wanted to achieve a deeper cooperation with Charlotte. It would be better if she could become Warner's official director.

However, Disney used a "Pirates of the Caribbean" series to directly win Charlotte over.

——You know, a movie trilogy is enough to keep a director motionless for four or five years.

Fortunately, Charlotte's filming speed is very fast, and the centralized production of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy saves time. Therefore, after learning through various connections that Charlotte was preparing a new film, the people at Warner immediately Running and flying...

After all, Hollywood has good abilities, and there are only a few great directors who have proven themselves through multiple films, let alone those who make money every time and have never failed.

This requires not only strong ability and abnormal market sense, but also sufficient luck.

——Take Ridley Scott for example!

This is also a well-known director. Most of the movies he makes are good for taking a leave of absence, but at the box office, he always makes one movie and loses two movies, so he can't get over that hurdle.

No, the recent "Black Hawk Down" is about to lose money again...

In particular, the quality of the movie this time is actually good, but the impact of 911 is not so easy to get rid of.

In contrast, Charlotte, which has never failed at the box office, reassures the bosses of Hollywood studios.

In fact, many producers have privately called him the "God of Box Office". This is a title that Spielberg only received at his peak!

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Of course, the "Box Office God" himself doesn't know his nickname.

After attending the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", he returned to his daily life——

During the day, he oversees the post-production of the second and third installments of "Pirates of the Caribbean", slowly prepares for "Inception", and handles various matters at Spectre Studios;

In the evening, I go home to spend time with my wife and daughter, practice magic, and study some information to prepare for the future.

It can be said that these days can be said to be the most comfortable days he has lived since time travel.

However, if he doesn’t look for trouble himself, trouble will come to him——

"A director named James Wong wants to meet you!"

Miss Valkyrie was very competent as a secretary. She reported to Charlotte,

"He brought a script over - Mr. Westwood has already read it and found it interesting, so he recommended James Huang to come to you and let you make a final judgment."

"Then let him in!"

Charlotte nodded.

Although the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy can only be regarded as an exception, it has been discovered that now, Spectre Studio is actually investing in movies directed by other than the studio.

However, because the projects within the studio have accounted for most of the working capital, they have always been very cautious about investing in external projects. They will not invest easily unless they are sure that projects are very promising and suitable for the studio.

And Charlotte is the final hurdle of the judging.

Therefore, Charlotte was not surprised that Mr. Westwood recommended the project she was interested in to her.

only--

"I feel like I've heard the name James Huang somewhere before..."

Charlotte muttered in her mind.