Made in Hollywood

Most of the crew is composed of old members. Compared with the just-concluded Lord of the Rings trilogy, "Hurricane Rescue" can only be regarded as a small project. According to the plan of the project, the crew will go to Paris for outdoor scenes, but all the indoor scenes , Duke does not plan to go to Paris to shoot, there are no tax incentives in France, and the labor cost in Paris is higher than that in Los Angeles. This drama will be filmed in Warner Studios in Burbank.

It only took less than a week for Charles Rowan to negotiate with Liam Neeson, and the other party became the first actor officially confirmed by the crew.

As always, Duke will be involved in the whole process of preparation and control the progress of the entire project, and the specific work will be in charge of Charles Rowan, Anna Prinz and Wallace Lee respectively.

There are not many main actors needed for the film. Duke's two most important roles are undoubtedly the father and daughter.

First, he could not remember the name of the other party; secondly, as an important vase, the appearance should be beautiful enough.

Duke never minds the appearance of his film as a vase actor for foil and decoration.

However, his requirements for vases are also relatively high, and vases also have the style of vases. Finding a vase that does not match the film will not work at all.

For example, for this daughter role, Duke asked the crew to issue a notice to select through auditions. Although there was no explanation, all Latino, African-American and Asian actors would not be considered.

Liam Neeson's identity as a father has determined that it is impossible for his daughter to pull a vase to act.

Due to her white nature, Duke set the age of actor candidates at the stage of 16 to 21 years old. The role of this daughter is not very good, and it is impossible to attract the best actresses in this age group.

The first audition Duke was completely thrown to Anna Prinz and Wallace Lee, and he was good enough for the final check.

The preparation period for the project is four months. It's just the beginning, don't worry too much, and with Duke's status and appeal in Hollywood, you don't have to worry about finding a suitable actor. From mid-July to the end of the month, Wallace Lee auditioned Nearly sixty young actresses. Also identified some candidates for second auditions.

In addition to reviewing the work of various departments, Duke pays more attention to the commercial development of the film. This is an action film closely connected with modern society. From mobile phones to players to cars, etc., frequent appeared in large numbers.

Choosing the right brand sponsorship, Duke has no psychological pressure at all. And in the face of the new work of a director whose three consecutive films have exceeded one billion dollars at the global box office, even if the production cost is only 40 million dollars, the price of any product placement advertisement starts from 3 million dollars.

And as the focus of the mobile phone will be one of the most important.

Today, although camera phones are not as popular as in the future, they have also become a must-have for many high-end mobile phone manufacturers. A number of manufacturers, including Nokia, Philips, Siemens, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, all want to win the mobile phone advertising placement of the film.

Duke has been working with Nokia since The Matrix, and this time was no exception. Nokia got four mobile phone placements for $6 million. Sony Electronics paid $5 million to package all of the playback electronics that appeared in the film, and Audi paid $4 million to advertise in the automotive category.

If the film's global box office exceeds 500 million US dollars, the advertiser will also add 20% of the advertising cost.

The film has not yet started shooting, and it has been determined that it can recover $15 million.

in addition. There are still several ads placed in the negotiation, and after the advertiser is finalized, the conservative can also recover the 20 million US dollars.

Now Duke, no longer a small director who once hit a wall, has become one of the hottest people in Hollywood and even the United States.

By the beginning of August, preparations for the new project were progressing smoothly, and "The Return of the King", which was still in theaters, had grossed nearly $40 million at the box office throughout July, with a cumulative North American box office of $554.25 million.

The overseas side is also slowing down. At the same time, the harvest is close to 50 million US dollars, and the global box office of the film adds up to 1.444218 billion US dollars.

Another Duke-related work, "Matrix Revolution," grossed $262.74 million at the North American box office and over $500 million at the global box office, which is definitely a success.

So, when August came, Warner Bros. once again held a huge celebratory party, Duke and Zach? Snyder two, still the protagonists of the party.

Of course, it's not just people who are already in Hollywood who are at the party, but people who want to be in Hollywood.

"James, are you familiar with him?"

In the corner of the banquet hall, a young man in his twenties asked the actor standing beside him, "When will you introduce me?"

The rebelliousness of the young man's rebellious face has not disappeared, and the short golden brown hair standing on his head, just like his words, is full of confidence, as if the whole world is in his hands.

James Franco, despite being much older, has great respect for young people. Looking at Duke surrounded by many people, he said, "I only met him once on the set of "Spider-Man". Very familiar. David, there are too many people now, and it is not the time to talk about things, we will wait a while and then go over."

The young man named David frowned. Although he was infected with a lot of his father's arrogance, he also understood what to do on any occasion. He asked the waiter for two glasses of champagne. James Franco chatting.

"David, if you want to invest in Hollywood, or if you want to invest in Hollywood projects," James Franco is obviously very dedicated, "the projects of famous directors are the first choice, which means more success, even if it is a film If it can’t sell well, or even fail at the box office, it can often recover its investment through the surrounding market.”

"I understand this," David nodded. "Don't forget, I'm a student at the USC Film School now, and I still know something about this circle."

His words were full of confidence.

James Franco smiled helplessly, and had to remind him slightly, "Hollywood investors divide directors into different levels, and determine the reliability of their investment based on their performance in the past few years. Duke Rosenberg is undoubtedly one of the best."

"Indeed!" David nodded in approval.

"What you need to do now, David..." James Franco touched his glass with him, "how do you impress Duke Rosenberg so that he can agree to your investment."

"Isn't his new film budget only $40 million?" David said of course, "As long as I accept my investment, I can completely increase the production budget to $80 million, and his director and producer remuneration can also be doubled. times!"

Hearing this, James Frank rolled his eyes without a trace, and then said, "Investing in movies is not just about money, Duke Rosenberg and Warner Bros. are not short of money..."

"Is that a personal problem?" David twitched his lips and smiled. "Limited-edition sports cars, luxury yachts, seaside holiday villas, beautiful models, and even business jets, what does he like? These are not problems!"

Speaking of which, he raised his chin slightly, "The most important thing is that if he cooperates with me, he will win David Ellison's friendship!"

James Franco closed his mouth. He didn't know what to say anymore. The other party has a super rich dad who can be ranked among the top five in the world. He has lived a smooth life since he was a child, and his character is still contaminated Given the self-confidence and arrogance of that super dad, it's not easy for others to make changes with just a few words.

Rich, inexperienced, but full of self-confidence, and still the most competitive age, James Franco is not a fool.

David Ellison looked at Duke over there, who was still socializing.

This is a celebratory party, and the invited guests are naturally carefully selected candidates by Duke and Warner Bros. Most of them are members of the Academy, and some of Duke's Jewish identity invites are very influential. powerful person.

Although these people are very old and have already reached the age of retirement, they firmly hold the status of senior members of the academy and will never give up until the day they die. It has become more and more conservative. In recent years, the academy seems to be showing an attitude of change to the outside world and has absorbed many young members. However, the average age of the academy members has been increasing, even approaching 55 years old.

From this aspect, the reform of the academy is basically ineffective, and those who really hold the power of the academy do not want this reform to be effective.

The reason is actually very simple. Compared with the thriving and enterprising young generation in Hollywood, these sullen old men, except to show their authority in the academy, have no sense of existence at other times. Many of them used to be famous and famous. How can you give up the last fame and fortune so easily?

The core of these academies, composed of people in their 60s or even 70s, can no longer develop their careers in directing, producing, or acting. The so-called rapid retirement in which industry is basically too idealistic.

"Hi Duke,"

Just when there were fewer people around, George Lucas came over, "Good job!"

"Thank you." Duke raised his glass to touch him, and said unceremoniously, "I need your help, George."

"I know what to do," George Lucas said before leaving after having a drink with Duke. "Although most of them don't like me, I can still talk to some of them."

As soon as George Lucas left, Duke got a reminder from Ivanka, turned around to look, and saw the little Green Goblin in Spider-Man and another young man walking over. (To be continued ~^~)

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