Hollywood Starts with Animation

Los Angeles.

The first time Zucker returned to the company, he asked Victor to arrange for Christopher Nolan to sign a three-director contract, and recommended him to be the director of "Deadly Bend 2".

For this, Nolan is of course extremely grateful.

Thinking about his predecessors, when they first arrived in Hollywood, how many people were able to start as directors?

Except for a very few people, many well-known directors in Hollywood also started from small roles in the crew, and the bitter daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law!

At the same time, Zucker did not let go of Nolan's $6,000 film "Following."

Purchased the full copyright for $30,000.

"Boss, from my professional point of view, the box office expectations of the movie "Follow" will not be very good." Victor objected to Zucker's move.

Wouldn't the box office be good?

Of course not!

In the history of the original time and space, the global box office of "Follow" was less than 300,000 US dollars.

Zuke nodded: "Victor, the movie is not in a hurry, you arrange for someone to bring it to the New York Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Festival to test the water. The effect is not bad, just arrange it with our cooperative cinema, It's a small release. Then it's just offline DVD sales. In short, we don't expect this movie to make much money."

"Okay, I see." Victor responded.

The next specific operation, Zu Ke will not be too concerned about, after all, how to operate the film, Victor is the professional.

For the movie "Follow," Zucker's purpose is clear.

I don't expect this film to make any money, mainly to win over Nolan. Of course, after the establishment of Jinshuguang Entertainment Group, the company has expanded the distribution network in several states in North America. Zhu Ke has the intention to let the company's employees try more distribution methods, re-experience the experience, and rehearse for the future operation and distribution of high-cost blockbusters.

the next day.

Zucker woke up early and set off for the filming site of "The Human Removal Project".

When we arrived at the scene, the crew had not yet started filming. The film's producer, Kevin Feige, was discussing today's shooting plan with director Zack. When he saw Zucker coming, Ku stopped working and greeted him warmly.

"How is it, didn't bother you?"

"I brought you hamburgers."

Zhu Keyang picked up the two big bags full of hamburgers in Yang's hands. Not only that, but the bodyguards Sun Lei and Zhao Wushuang also had big bags in their hands, with a lot of hamburgers in them.

"What can we say other than thanks?"

Zach said with a smile.

Kevin Feige and several assistant directors of the crew, Ku Shi expressed their gratitude.

"The boss came in person, it is already the greatest goodwill." Kevin Feige said.

Although Zu Ke deducted a little, it was not too much. The money that should be given has never been less, and there has been no delay. Well, similar to the act of giving hamburgers a small favor, Zucker came at his fingertips!

Montesquieu said: "In the relationship between people, small details are often crucial. Whether it is unintentional or deliberate."

For this sentence, Zu Ke absolutely agrees.

In the ensuing time, Zhu Ke, Zha Dao, and Feige exchanged some questions about the "Human Removal Plan", and also asked if they needed help.

Feige said: "Boss, the director is professional in filming, and there is no big problem. The actors of the main crew are relatively low-known. In the early stage of publicity, if the group can give some support, it would be great."

"No problem, I will explain Victor's arrangement."

Zuke nodded: "And don't forget, I am a major shareholder of icq, I will contact icq company, at an ultra-low internal price,

Arrange a wave of pop-up advertisements for the Human Removal Project. "

Icq?

Kevin Feige was overjoyed when he heard this.

Being able to let icq arrange pop-up advertisements is definitely beyond his expectations.

You must know that in this day and age, if you don't know icq, you will be out!

I have to say that after the A round of financing, several new shareholders of icq are really powerful. Big companies such as Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, News Corp, and Sequoia Capital just used part of their power to promote icq, which made icq achieve leap-forward development in just one month.

There are 8 million registered users in North America and 4 million overseas users.

This is the current data of icq.

Under the understanding that the global Internet population can exceed 300 million, it is already very remarkable that icq can have 12 million users in a short period of time. No, or it's not an exaggeration to describe it as stunning.

After Kevin Feige's problem was solved, it didn't take long before it was time for today's shooting.

Zucker also finally met the relevant actors of "Human Removal Project".

Well, Zucker didn't even know one of his mother's.

Of course, this did not affect the filming and box office performance of "Human Clearance Project" in the slightest. After all, the point of the film is not the popularity of the actors, but the creativity of the film.

Otherwise, why do you think 1/2/3/4 of the series have different actors?

The film mainly tells that in 2022, due to the overpopulation of the earth, the American government launched a plan to allow all criminal acts within 12 hours to reduce a certain number of human beings. The ugliness of human nature, false faces, and all kinds of violent catharsis are the highlights of this film.

The box office performance of every film in this series is quite good.

The box office of the first film is close to 100 million US dollars worldwide, and although the word of mouth of the next few films has declined, the box office is more than 100 million US dollars.

"The box office doesn't seem to be high, and it can't compare to popular movies like "Spider-Man", but it's cheap!"

The average production cost of each film is at most 10 million US dollars

There is no doubt that Wald Pictures, which owns the "Human Clearance Project" series, will be difficult to grow in the next few years.

Zhu Ke is now the chairman of Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group, with a net worth of more than 200 million US dollars. While his career is rising, his work is also becoming more and more busy. He can't continue to spend the whole day in the crew like before.

Therefore, not being the producer of the film will be the norm in the future!

Of course, Zucker, the producer of high-cost blockbusters such as "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter", will undoubtedly have to personally intervene. After all, the interests involved are too huge.

"I'm busy, maybe when I have free time, I may be able to relive the addiction of being a director again."

For a time, Zhu Ke couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

As the director of the film, although it is more tiring and relatively less profitable, Zu Ke has a sense of accomplishment in the process of serving as the director.

"Even if time doesn't allow me to make feature films, I can make short films!"

"For example, "Blind Tuner" is perfectly fine!"

There is no doubt that "Blind Tuner" is a masterpiece among short films, not to mention the popularity in overseas countries, even if it is placed in the Great Celestial Dynasty, many netizens are amazed and sought after by it.

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For the next few days, Zucker was largely immersed in his work at the UPN network.

The production of "America's Got Talent" has become the top priority of Zucker's work.

As for the little wizard who just got the copyright, Zhu Ke was not in a hurry to promote it, but only carried out a small promotion on the Amazon mall. Perhaps, after a period of time, arrangements will be made to contact book sales giants such as Penguin Books and Random House for further promotion.

"Donna, you are in charge of the production of the "Talent Show" project, and I will contact the judges, okay?" Zucker said.

"No problem, boss!"

Donna's answer was straightforward, but she knew that Zucker attached great importance to this project. Well, or rather, do your best!

Can Zucker ignore this project?

You must know that in 2007, Fox TV paid a copyright price of 70 million US dollars in order to obtain the North American production rights of "The Talent Show", which is not counting the advertising share for the British company.

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