Hollywood Drawing

December 25, 1996, ushered in the grand festival of the entire Western tradition, Christmas. Although there is no snow in Los Angeles, which makes Christmas seem a little less traditional, the excitement of the annual North American "Spring Festival" has not been reduced at all because of the lack of white.

From a different perspective, Wayne became independent a few years ago. Since he separated from his parents and lived alone, work has become the focus of his life, and festivals are also like a struggling young man for him. People in general have become dispensable.

But things changed this year. The unexpected arrival of little Fundy Greenberg was like a bright light in his life. For the first time in two lifetimes, he experienced the feeling of being a father.

So he would rather put aside the busy things for the time being, and also want to participate in his first Christmas with his daughter. As a new father, he has been trying to recall the scene when the old Greenberg accompanied him when he was a child, and wanted to Leave your girlfriend a perfect childhood, even though the little guy basically doesn’t understand anything now.

One thing was beyond Naomi Watts's expectation. Little Fendi seemed to have inherited her father's dog-loving genes and was extremely close to the three little bully dogs that were like meatballs, even if she couldn't see them when she woke up. , will cause little Fendi to cry with dissatisfaction.

The safety issue that has always worried the Australian actress is obviously just her own fault. Although the three little meatballs are only less than three months old, if you look closely, you can find that the little guys have quite calm personalities. Importantly, He is very smart and patient, especially when facing Little Fendi. Even if he is scratched in pain, he will never make a threatening roar.

Just as Wayne expected, in just two days, a little girl who was still crawling on the ground became friends with three cute and cute puppies. If no big accident occurs, these three puppies The bully dog ​​will accompany little Fendi through childhood and youth until she grows into a big girl, just like the two golden retrievers accompanied Wayne.

The happy time is always short. Christmas passed quietly. Early the next morning, when the City of Angels woke up from the dark night again, the press groups of major media seemed to be attracted by a strong magnet. Generally, they begin to gather towards Beverly Century City.

The territory of Hollywood is actually not very large. After decades of development, the term Hollywood has long been separated from its regional attributes. Compared to Hollywood, which is not vast, Los Angeles is crowded with thousands of film and television companies, and it is these film and television companies that allow Hollywood to have new projects emerging almost every day.

As one of the six major Hollywood giants, 20th Century Fox, whether it is the company or its film and television subsidiaries, is constantly investing in the production of new film projects. Due to its strong media attributes and its well-known parent company News Corporation existence, their advantages in publicity and promotion are quite obvious.

As for 20th Century Fox's announcement and promotion of new projects, this kind of behavior has long been accustomed to media reporters who are familiar with the entertainment industry and Hollywood.

However, when 20th Century Fox suddenly announced that this cooperation partner was Wayne Greenberg, it still attracted a lot of media attention. As we all know, since the young director emerged in the early 1990s, he has basically never accepted invitations from other companies except Warner Brothers. This situation has become a situation after he officially became a shareholder of Warner Brothers. impossible.

Judging from the media conference information urgently announced by 20th Century Fox, the title was actually "Welcome the return of Wayne Greenberg." This not only caused countless media and insiders to begin to speculate that Wayne Greenberg Whether there is any rift between Ge and Warner Bros. that has not yet been revealed.

Basically, any well-informed insider knows that Wayne Greenberg’s random operations this summer made Warner Bros. the biggest winner of the summer season. In addition to the big winner Warner Bros., the other two Tenth Century Fox was also one of the winners with the last laugh because of the movie "Independence Day."

Is there any involvement of Wayne Greenberg in this? No one can answer this question clearly, but according to the earliest rumors leaked from 20th Century Fox, he must have played some kind of role in the temporary change of release date of the movie "Independence Day".

Another very important point is that anyone who has carefully studied Wayne's rise will clearly know that the distributor of his first film "Happy Death Day" was 20th Century Fox, and it was bought out at a sky-high price. Although the two parties parted ways in the end, there were no rumors of any disagreement.

It was precisely because of "Happy Death Day" that the young director discovered the first pot of gold in his life. The specific relationship between the two has always been the subject of speculation by major gossip media.

It is precisely because of all kinds of foggy rumors and speculations, coupled with 20th Century Fox's slogan welcoming the return, that it has completely attracted the attention of a large number of media reporters, and everyone wants to know what happened.

At ten o'clock in the morning, witnessed by hundreds of media reporters, Wayne and Twentieth Century Fox CEO Townsend Rothman signed their names on the producer contract, and the two exchanged contracts as a routine. After displaying the contract and taking photos, the media conference that the reporters had been thinking about officially began.

It is obvious that 29th Century Fox has completely used clickbait this time in order to attract the attention of the media and the attention of movie fans.

Unlike what most people imagine, this is just a producer contract and has nothing to do with directing work. However, the content announced by the organizer Fox at the press conference still caused quite a stir.

"X-Men" is a superhero series under Marvel Comics. 20th Century Fox has officially announced the project. The first producer of the film is Wayne Greenberg. This is completely reasonable. After all, these years In the field of superhero film and television, only he can be regarded as a real winner.

After the project is launched, preparations will be carried out within the next two years, and it will meet the audience in the summer of 1999 at the latest. Faced with repeated questions from reporters, Townsend-Rosman did not shy away from singing praises to Wayne, claiming that as early as Even before "Batman Begins" was released, the non-stop pursuit of it had already begun. Although it is a little later than expected and the cooperation method is different, it is still a quite pleasant collaboration.

What shocked the reporters even more was not Wayne sitting there with a sunny smile and saying nothing. After all, the specific details of the "X-Men" movie will definitely have to be released at the launch conference in a long time, or It was only revealed at the specific preparation press conference that what interested them was the sky-high producer contract.

At least on the surface, 20th Century Fox readily disclosed the details of the cooperation between the two parties, especially the terms of Wayne's personal treatment.

As the first producer of the first film in the "X-Men" series, remuneration is what everyone is most concerned about. When they heard that the basic salary was as high as 20 million U.S. dollars, everyone's first reaction was that 20th Century Fox was paying The success rate of superhero movies is that they are really willing to spend a lot of money and money.

When they learned that there was a box office sharing clause, and it was as high as 20% of the global box office, everyone felt numb to the money figures. Because everyone knows that this is completely different from a director who has to perform specific work. I am afraid that this number will not be surpassed for many years to come.

In this circle, although the upper and lower limits of salary and benefits for practitioners are quite wide, the minimum range is still popular among people in the circle. It is indeed a producer-centered system here, but it is the actors and directors who are the laborers who often get sky-high remunerations.

Even leaving aside the box office share, there are producers in the industry who can earn more than $2 million, such as Jerry Bruckheimer, Scott Rudin, Brian Grazer and Daniel H. Murray I and others, this range is not limited to the 1990s, but extends to the next twenty years or so. Those who can get a basic salary of 200 US dollars are very rare, and they can be counted on ten fingers.

The top earner among these people, take Daniel H. Moretz as an example. His contract in the "Fast and Furious 7" project received US$2.5 million plus a 7.5% box office share.

Of course, everyone knows that for producers as an employer, these are only apparent earnings. In fact, the Producers Guild of North America (PGA) has never announced the average earnings of its members like other labor unions. and real income, because as we all know, successful producers are filled with a large number of film company bosses, and their income cannot be calculated at all.

However, according to surveys collected by some reporters, excluding some popular movie stars and major directors who work as part-time producers, a novice producer who has just entered Hollywood generally earns a salary of only between US$250,000 and US$350,000.

The entire press conference didn't last long. Wayne was like a smiling mascot, sitting behind a long table and listening to the press spokesperson of 20th Century Fox constantly answering reporters' questions.

Unless there was a question he couldn't avoid, he always remained silent, even if some reporters deliberately stirred up trouble and asked whether he would go too far to cooperate with 20th Century Fox because of a rift with Warner Bros. He returned the smile without explaining.

It wasn't until the press conference ended and the reporters left unwillingly that he put away the formulaic smile on his face and said to Townsend Rothman: "I've been really busy during this time. The overall planning of the series of movies , as well as the specific script of the first part, I will take the time to complete it as soon as possible. You know, after the Oscar ceremony at the end of March, I will adjust part of my focus here."

With a smile on his face, Townsend Roseman reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, script and plan, you can communicate with Avi Adela at any time. Believe me, he will be your best choice on this project." He is a good partner, and you can leave all specific tasks to him, such as building the crew framework."

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