Made in Hollywood

Although Duke and Warner Bros. have never officially announced the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, he has attracted media attention as a first-line director, and there are so many second- and third-tier actors in and out of New Zealand last year, some of whom I also got the character script, which is destined to spread the project.

The reaction of the media was very calm. After all, it is not uncommon for Hollywood to invest in such a film, it is just a routine report.

But there is a group that has never calmed down after getting the relevant news.

"He will destroy this magical world! He will destroy this masterpiece!"

While muttering, Brad Miller walked into the study, sat behind the desk and turned on the computer, but his brown brows were always tightly wrinkled, as if he had encountered an unsolvable problem.

Waiting for WIN98 to start, his eyes left the monitor and turned to the three thick tomes on the desk, which were Tolkien's magical masterpiece - "The Lord of the Rings".

Although he is not yet fifty years old, he is a die-hard Lord of the Rings fan. Ever since he read this series in his teens, he has been deeply attracted by Tolkien's depiction of Middle-earth, where every race, every A place name, every battle, he is so familiar with, even Legolas, who is the least described in the Lord of the Rings expedition, can tell everything he has done.

Now, the series is about to be brought to the big screen...

When such news came, Brad Miller did not have any joy, even if the director of the adaptation was a top director who had created several brilliance.

The reason is very simple. All the literary works adapted into movies are completely unrecognizable in the end. They are 50% to 60% consistent with the original content. Hollywood is very conscientious, and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy It's too long. There is so much content that it cannot be shown in a short film at all.

Many of them will inevitably be discarded. According to the consistent style of Hollywood, "The Lord of the Rings" will definitely be adapted beyond recognition. Is that kind of Lord of the Rings still the Lord of the Rings? He would rather not see such a movie that does not conform to the original.

If you don't want to see the movie version of The Lord of the Rings. Others may choose to ignore it, but Brad Miller, a die-hard fan of the original book, feels obligated to uphold the authority of the tome and stop Hollywood from ruining a classic.

So, from the moment the news of the movie version of The Lord of the Rings first appeared, he was protesting. And it's not just his own protests. In the past two decades, Brad Miller has participated in many exchanges of "Lord of the Rings" fans across the United States, and has met many people who share the same thoughts as him.

After the computer turned on, Brad Miller began sending and receiving emails. One after another with agitational emails spread to all directions on the Internet.

"We can't just sit back and watch this happen, we should join forces and do something for this masterpiece, we should call more people to New Zealand. Protest this adaptation!"

Every Hollywood adaptation of a classic has sparked protests from some die-hard book fans. Although the status of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is not as high as those handed down literary masterpieces, the audience of popular literature is wider, not to mention this is the foundation of Western magic.

These die-hard book fans. It takes a lot of time to unite to a number of people who can attract attention.

It will take time for die-hard fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy to unite in protest, but the CAA and Hollywood's famous agency giants are running out of time.

CAA's partners meeting is taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, and the partners who own the CAA shares and the company are tired of stagnant business and a spate of packaged projects.

They hope that a more powerful leader can sit on the throne of the CAA controller and lead them to gain more market share and earn more benefits.

Martin Bob sat in his seat, his calm face was ashen, but he couldn't stop Eno Martin, who had the right to speak, from speaking normally.

"Gentlemen, CAA's total revenue in 1998 was $165 million!"

CAA's partners also looked bad, but Eno Martin didn't mean to stop. "Compared to 163.5 million US dollars in 1997, CAA has not made any progress in the past year."

Standing in the center of the conference room, Eno Martin's sharp eyes swept over everyone, "While our clients' salaries have generally increased, our revenue has stagnated. Why? Because CAA is the most important revenue point. , the all-in-one packaged service keeps failing!"

"Last year our service focus was on DreamWorks' big production 'The Clash of Heaven and Earth'." His words were unpleasant, but there was no room for anyone to interject, "But so far, this film is a loss, and CAA can't get any money from it. Take it!"

His eyes turned to Martin Bob, "I think someone has to be responsible for this!"

"I will take the responsibilities I should take." Martin Bob said slowly, "In the past five years, the packaging projects I have operated have indeed had various problems, which have brought some bad effects to the company, but I Having secured a deal with Walt Disney, they are ready to…”

"Sorry, Mr. Bob."

Another big partner suddenly interrupted him, "Now is not the time to discuss business, I think CAA has come to the moment when it has to make changes."

"That's right."

"The CAA really should be reformed."

"We need people of great ability to lead CAA forward."

Several partners who held more than 5% of the shares in a row spoke up, and Martin Bob's face became even more ugly.

It is true that he is the largest shareholder of CAA, but CAA implements the partnership system, and his shares are less than 25%. If these partners cast a vote of no confidence in him in the subsequent proposal , he has no choice but to step down.

"I think everyone has overlooked something."

Pat Kingsley, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up, her eyes pointed directly at Martin Bob, "I want to remind everyone, don't forget the worst decision-making mistake in the history of CAA."

"Yeah, we shouldn't have given up on Duke Rosenberg."

A partner immediately agreed.

"If CAA had Duke Rosenberg around, it would have been different."

"Think about the profitability of Duke's films. If he belongs to the CAA, our packaging policy will take 10% of it!"

Hearing this, a sneer appeared on Martin Bob's face. Why didn't CAA sign back to Duke? Packaging policy? If a CAA agent dared to approach Duke to sell the packing policy, he would be kicked out immediately...

But he didn't want to say anything, because even if he said it, it wouldn't change the current situation.

Even if he leaves CAA, he has a chance to rise again.

The partner meeting continued, and each proposal was thrown out. Eno Martin was in high spirits. After waiting for so many years, he finally got the best opportunity.

The final result was not what he expected. A partner representing 65% of the shares voted Martin Bob a vote of no confidence, and Martin Bob could only resign.

Walking out of the Four Seasons Hotel, Martin Bob sighed, stood at the door of the hotel, and waited for his car to come over. From then on, he would become a passenger of CAA like Michael Ovitz. gradually away from him.

In Hollywood, everyone's trend is up and down, and how many people continue to be brilliant?

Although it was inevitable that he was depressed before, but after all, he had experienced wind and rain, and he could always make timely adjustments. At least from the outside, he looked calm.

The car came over, and Martin Bob got into the car and told the driver, "Go home and go to North Hollywood."

As soon as he finished speaking, before the car drove down the avenue, the cell phone rang. Martin Bob took out his cell phone, glanced at the displayed number, and frowned.

What is he calling for? laugh at yourself? Or congratulate yourself for being the same disheartened step down as him?

Pressing the answer button, the phone rang an unusually familiar voice, it was his old friend and partner.

"Martin, is the meeting over?"

Michael Ovitz's voice was as loud as it had been in years past. "Any plans? Do you want to retire?"

Martin Bob was not at all surprised that Ovitz learned that he was stepping down so quickly, he just said lightly, "I never thought about retiring."

"Are you interested in coming to an artist management agency?" Michael Ovitz's voice came from the receiver again, "When we founded CAA together, we could grab half of the entertainment agency market share from Hollywood, and now we can do it all over again. !"

Do it all over again?

Martin Bob frowned, but did not answer immediately. After thinking for a few seconds, he said, "Michael, I need to think about it."

The car enters Hollywood, Martin Bob is still considering Michael Ovitz's suggestion, maybe this really is a chance to re-emerge?

Laurier Valley Avenue was still as crowded as before. When the car approached the Los Angeles branch of Bank of America, it had to stop because of traffic jams. Martin Bob looked out the window and was carried by a group near Bank of America. Cameras and people with microphones caught the eye, where a media event appeared to be taking place.

"This is a commemorative event sponsored by Warner Bros."

The assistant sitting in the co-pilot said a few words at the right time, "Today is the second anniversary of the North Hollywood robbery. Warner Bros., Bank of America and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jointly convened this commemorative ceremony."

He pointed to the large poster hanging in front of the Bank of America for Martin Bob, "Warner Bros. is involved to promote their new movie, Duke Rosenberg based a movie on North Hollywood events..."

Looking at the large poster, as well as several actors and police surrounded by reporters, Martin Bob sighed secretly, the new film of the opponent who pushed him into trouble is about to be released! (To be continued ~^~)