Heads Up Hollywood

Natalie Portman, still a sophomore in high school, has returned to New York to study for her final exams.

Tang En made a phone call and wanted to ask her out to get to know each other better, but her mother, Shirley Hershler, answered the call, which was a little embarrassing.

This Jewish mother is very strict with her daughter.

Tang En couldn't even get her personal contact information.

Since Twain and George Lucas had a fierce conflict of ideas that day, Twain Walker, as the director, has not appeared in the Star Wars crew, and the preparations for the crew were completely controlled by Lucas.

He has already figured it out, if George Lucas is stubborn, then he will do his job well, finish the movie, take the money and leave, and in the future...well water will not violate river water.

Different road non-phase plan!

It's late April, and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" has been released overseas one after another, and the box office...is not good.

Among the 5 countries that have been released, Austria has a box office of 1.02 million US dollars, Brazil has a box office of 1.23 million US dollars, Chile has a box office of 170,000 US dollars, and Finland has a box office of 430,000 US dollars. Fortunately, Nicole Kidman’s home country Australia has gained a lot, reaching $12.8 million.

With the arrival of May, the movie will gradually be released on a large scale.

But overall, the box office trend is not optimistic.

After all, it is a comedy film, because of the cultural differences in various places, it is difficult to be popular all over the world like a commercial blockbuster.

Fortunately, the English-speaking region and the European region have shown a good box office trend.

By May 15th, Australia's cumulative box office had reached 21 million US dollars, and the box office in the UK that had just been released for 9 days also had 15 million US dollars, France's 5 million US dollars, Germany's 8 million US dollars, and Italy's 7.5 million US dollars...

There is still half a month before the start of Star Wars, and the overseas box office of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" has accumulated to 65 million US dollars.

Tang En's worries are getting heavier and heavier. Britain and Australia have already passed the hot period. Relying on other non-English-speaking regions, can they accumulate another 55 million US dollars in box office within this month?

At this time, Tang En, who had disappeared from the Star Wars crew for half a month, finally received a call from George Lucas.

"Boy, don't you forget that you are my film director?"

"How? I will appear before the movie starts."

Lucas laughed and scolded: "Stinky boy, are you still losing your temper with me? Forget it, you can come here some time, I have something to tell you."

Tang En's heart skipped a beat. Judging from Lucas' attitude, he... seems to have flinched?

When Tang En drove to Lucasfilm in the outskirts of California, he heard the good news.

George Lucas approved Dunn's modification of the script, and at the same time acquiesced in him increasing the number and intensity of action scenes.

And Lucas also gave a gift——

"I watched the movie "Follow" that you gave me, and it was pretty good. I contacted two small theaters for you, less than a hundred. Let's try to release it first, and there is no publicity. If the effect is good, Maybe a dozen more theaters.”

Tang En raised his eyebrows, amused in his heart: "Is this an apology?"

However, he is not optimistic about the box office market of the film "Following". A film of less than 70 minutes, in terms of length alone, cannot attract enough fans, let alone a black and white film.

"Thank you then."

For such a small matter, Tang En understood that with George Lucas' influence, it would not be difficult to do it.

...

On May 27, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", the global box office finally exceeded 100 million US dollars.

As of May 31, the global box office is 112.7 million US dollars!

There is still six to seven million short of Tang En's request!

According to the requirements of the crew of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Man's Menace", they will join the crew on June 1st, and the film will be officially filmed on June 3rd.

Tang En didn't have the ability of "Mirror Mirror Possession" at this time, so it was naturally impossible to join the group, so he quickly found an excuse, saying that he was sick and had a fever, and he would wait two days before joining the group.

On June 1, the distance from the goal was still 5.4 million US dollars;

On June 2, it was still $1.2 million short of the goal.

...

"Twain, how is your health?"

Tomorrow the crew will officially start filming, and George Lucas personally made a phone call to express condolences.

The production crew will not wait for Tang En to arrive before officially starting the production. With Lucas in charge and seven or eight assistant directors, they can adjust the sequence and shoot some insignificant shots such as framing first.

Tang En was so anxious that he could only grit his teeth, "It's much better, at most... two days, I will definitely be there!"

Fortunately, most of the movies were shot in Lucasfilm's studios, which took only forty minutes by car.

"Well, that's good, I'll let them take some scattered shots first." Lukas paused for a moment, "By the way, there is one thing I forgot to tell you, your movie "Following" has been largely removed from theaters. It's showing."

""Follow"?" Tang En's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help feeling a little excited when he thought of something, "George, how much is the box office? Uh...I haven't been in good health recently, so I haven't paid much attention to these little things."

Because "Follow" was produced by Tang En Pictures, Tang En naturally added his name to the position of producer.

Lucas thought for a while, "I didn't pay much attention, anyway, it's less than two million dollars, you can check it yourself."

Two million dollars?

Tang En almost jumped up in excitement.

It's done!

The goal of 120 million has been achieved!

After hanging up the phone, Tang En immediately put on his sunglasses, turned on the system, and sure enough, in the package on the upper right, he found a brand new icon - Mirror Possession.

"Haha! It's really not easy!"

During this period of time, the mountain that had weighed on Tang En's body finally disappeared. Tang En felt relieved and was extremely excited.

"Which director's ability should I choose to possess?"

Tang En thought for a long time, and finally selected three people—James Cameron, Steve Spielberg, and Ridley Scott.

Needless to say the first two, Ridley Scott is also a great director. He has directed the science fiction film "Blade Runner" and the action films "Black Rain" and "The Wave".

Tang En did not make a decision right away, but called George Lucas and told him that he would be there as scheduled tomorrow morning.

Lucas was naturally very happy. Twain is a film director, so it would be a bit embarrassing not to show up at the opening ceremony.

"By the way, George, if the director of this movie had to choose between James Cameron, Steve Spielberg, and Ridley Scott, who would you choose?"

Lucas said without hesitation: "Of course it's Steve!"

"Oh why?"

Lucas smiled and said: "Didn't you say that the script I wrote is too young? If you want to make a film with depth, you must choose Steve! However, you are also good, I am very optimistic about it."

"Haha, with your good words, George, I won't let you down!"

Tang En's mood suddenly brightened, he hung up the phone, and calmly clicked on the character attributes of "Steve Spielberg".

"Are you sure about Dunn Walker's 'mirror image possession' Steve Spielberg's professional skills?"

"Sure!"

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