Made in Hollywood

"Jeff, I suggest you recommend it to the group board."

Despite what has been said before, Duke knows that he does not have a mentally retarded aura, "I personally think this will be a series no less than The Lord of the Rings."

If someone else said this, Jeff Robinoff would laugh and throw it aside, but Duke said so many words in such a solemn tone, which has attracted enough attention from him, "I will let people Do targeted research.”

He then asked, "So the copyright is already in your hands?"

"I'm a Warners shareholder, and Warners has always been my best partner," Duke said, spreading his hands. "Let's put it this way, Jeff. No one can guarantee the success of a series, and I'm no exception, but Harry There's no doubt about Potter's potential, what it needs is our co-promotion, and with the right media platforms and the right films, I think it can burst into incredible glory."

Knowing how important he is to Warner right now, Duke emphasized, "I think we need to build a closer relationship!"

Hearing Duke's obvious inclination, Jeff Robinoff smiled brightly, "This is exactly what Warners strives for."

Warner Bros. now has two major performance focus, one is the "Batman" series, the other is the Duke project.

Jeff Robinoff knows this very well, Duke knows it, and he also knows one thing Jeff Robinoff doesn't know, after this year's "Batman and Robin" comes out, Batman The Xia series will be temporarily over, and Warner Bros. urgently needs a new series of profit points. They used to choose the little wizard.

The Harry Potter series is a very rich cake. How terrifying is the effect once it is successful? However, Duke's mind is very clear, knowing that this cake is too big and requires huge and complex craftsmanship to make, and he and the Duke studio cannot swallow it alone.

Just pick up a small company with dozens or even hundreds of people. Or is it a small company that does not even have the support of any media platform behind it, can it detonate the craze of little wizards?

This is a very realistic business activity, not a fairy tale world!

Of course, although Duke's words now carry a lot of weight, Jeff Robinoff won't just listen to him and overstep his authority to make decisions for the entire Warners.

There are a lot of common interests on both sides. This is only the initial cooperation intention.

After the party, Duke quickly turned to the preparatory work. In addition to retaining Zach Schneider, John Schwartzman, Josh Williams and other key team members, many of them were sent to him one after another. New Zealand was established to assist Charles Rowan's work, and the Duke Studio also embarked on a massive recruitment drive to expand its own scale. Also looking for new suitable crew for Duke's.

Preparatory work in Los Angeles was extremely stressful because the entire crew had to be brought to Sydney as soon as possible.

However, Duke's appeal is far greater than it was a few years ago. There are a large number of candidates from various industries in Hollywood who want to squeeze into his crew. At one point, the candidates almost crowded the office building of Duke's studio. What he and Zach Snyder needed made. It's all about choosing the right people.

Under the same conditions, Duke will definitely give priority to the candidates recommended by acquaintances in the circle, such as art director and scene designer, he chose Geoff Darrow recommended by Tom Hanks, and the ordnance designer chose Warner Bros. Recommended John Pauling. These two are also veterans in the industry, and there is definitely no problem with their ability.

besides. Due to Sofia Coppola's departure, Duke handed over the work of developing the schedule and storyboard to Anna Prinz, who, as in the past, will review all completed scripts and plans in the end.

Although some team members went to New Zealand. Can't participate in the production of "The Matrix", but the backbone is still there, and the project is a sci-fi commercial film that the team is very familiar with. The whole preparatory work is smoother and smoother than that of "Chicago", and the preparatory work in Los Angeles is proceeding in an orderly manner among.

However, there is one aspect of the work that is similar to "Chicago", the actors must be in place in advance so that the follow-up kung fu training can be carried out for about three months.

Therefore, the actor audition also needs to go ahead of the preparations.

Since Duke has announced that he will return to the summer program and is producing a sci-fi film at the same time, anyone who has a say in the audition, or even speaks in front of Duke, has become an agent and many second- and third-tier players in a short period of time. The actor chases the target.

Even Tina Fei has become the focus of public relations for many actors' agents.

"So, someone played a handsome man's trick on you?"

Outside of work, Duke also jokes with his assistant, "Which role do you want to get?"

"I'm not interested in their masculine tricks."

Sitting opposite, Tina Fei shrugged playfully, "They're all short-sighted idiots."

Tina Fey is a smart person. She knows that she has won Duke's trust with her long-term performance. Of course, she will not take the initiative to destroy this trust, and she can see that the future development of her employer is much more than that. One of the people he trusts the most, and the road ahead is infinitely broad.

What's more, where can I find a contract with good salary and benefits like now?

After chatting for a while, the topic of the two returned to work, Duke said directly to her, "Tina, you pay attention to the audition list, if not, remember to ask Hugo Weaving, Lawrence Fishburne and Joe Pantoliano sent out an audition invitation."

Tina Fey nodded and wrote it down in her work log.

"Also, remember to notify Gray."

Gray is the casting director of the cast and a long-time member of the Duke team. "The audition for the male and female leads is pushed to the end."

The former heroine was a model, and I don't need to go into details about her acting skills. She was a terrible mess, and her appearance was too low.

In fact, anyone who has studied Hollywood a little knows that a qualified vase is very important to a commercial blockbuster. If it performs well enough in the film, it can attract a large number of hormonal teenage audiences.

Therefore, without even thinking about it, Duke automatically filtered out the original heroine.

Strictly speaking, in addition to kung fu, the role of Trinity only needs the most basic acting skills. On the basis of ensuring basic acting skills, beauty and sexiness are the necessary selection conditions, and the character itself needs to have a tight face, plus The last film interprets the meaning of "cool" from beginning to end. An actress whose face is cold and cool enough, and whose aura is strong enough, without affecting her beauty and sensuality, is undoubtedly the most suitable choice.

Just like Annie's character in "Speed ​​of Life" chooses a typical American girl, the vase is not chosen at random, but must meet the actual needs of the film.

As for any beautiful female vase who takes off her clothes and shouts '', she can get a role. Looking at the entire mainstream commercial film industry, it is just a joke. Which director or producer will take tens of millions of dollars of investment risk? How many actresses are worth so much investment?

Maybe Jodie Foster or Julia Roberts in their prime, but even Duke can't deny the fact that Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, and Julia getting back on track ?Roberts, it may be difficult to find a book and or role that suits him very well, but in the hands of these popular A-level stars or super-A stars, they will never lack scripts and invitations!

For example, Julia Roberts and Jodie Foster, the former's disgraceful audition scandals almost all happened at the beginning of her acting career, and when she was in her prime, she didn't need to use her body to please any director, producer. The filmmaker and even the production company, and the latter happened when he grew up from a child star and was in urgent need of transformation. After becoming a famous celebrity, he became a well-known superficial clean-up. These A and super A themselves mean great value.

That kind of throwing a book and a role, A and Super A will come together and treat it as someone else's plaything, not a fantasy, but the crazy words of people in the madhouse.

Superstars and actors are two completely different creatures, as long as you climb the superstar's position, everything will be different.

These people will not hesitate to mess with people because of looking at the eyes, emotional or physical needs, but to use a book or role to seduce. A or super A to be someone's plaything, it is simply a joke, say something Not an exaggeration, even Spielberg and James Cameron may not be able to do this.

When actors, especially actresses, compete with each other, it’s true that they are a group of bigots, but this is the normal state of all business competition. Just as the face and dignity of successful directors and producers cannot be violated, superstars also need face and dignity.

The only superstars Duke has worked with are Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. Whether it's the former with a relatively peaceful personality or the latter with a conflict, he, the director, paid enough attention to the filming and production. , even the latter, has eased the relationship on the surface.

The two chose Duke's crew for their own needs, not some other messy reason.

Yes, Duke likes to pick up beautiful female stars, and he is no different from other men in this regard, but he has never been stupid enough to use scripts or characters to seduce an A or super A actress.

Of course, for cost considerations, unless necessary, he will not use the superstar.

Dispelling these unreliable thoughts, Duke has already thought of suitable actress candidates, and presumably the other party will not refuse.

The final choice is the actor, Keanu Reeves is the first choice, but Duke does not plan to issue an invitation now, and the current Reeves' remuneration is still at a relatively high stage, and now it is May Well, the summer season has already kicked off, and "Speed ​​2" starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is about to be released! (To be continued ~^~)