Made in Hollywood

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"Why put a party in a studio?"

Sitting in the battery car, Sophia asked Duke in the driver's seat puzzled, "Wouldn't it be better to have a hotel banquet hall or a nightclub?"

"I do not know why either."

Waved his hand to the back, Duke said helplessly, "This is a decision made by the two production managers Robin and Charles after consulting many people in the crew. It seems that they miss life in the studio very much. "

"maybe."

The battery car passed through the front area of ​​Warner Studios and slowly approached the main studio used for filming "Brave Island". Sophia pointed to the warehouse opposite the studio and said to Duke, "The rental equipment is temporarily classified. It was sealed in the warehouse, and the film was taken by me..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by the whistle of a battery car coming from the side intersection. She saw Nicolas Cage driving a six-seater battery car with five young women of different hair colors sitting on it. They drove past and stopped in front of the studio.

"Hi, Duke."

Cage, who jumped off the battery car, shouted to this side, "Your speed is too slow!"

"Because I have a distinguished guest in my car." Duke turned his head and gave Sophia a look behind him. Sophia was accustomed to her cousin's absurd behavior. "Who are you talking about, it seems that it has nothing to do with me?"

After parking the battery car, Duke walked to the vicinity of Cage and looked at the five women around him. They had long legs and slender waists and tall statures. They should be some models.

"Ed and Li said they wouldn't come." Cage took two of them and greeted Duke and they walked to the studio together, "I heard that many people in the crew couldn't find a female companion, so they brought a few more on purpose. Come here."

There was a chorus of laughter all around him.

Seeing Sophia's helpless look beside him, Duke slowed down a little, followed behind Cage with her, and walked into the studio.

The huge studio is brightly lit, and the scenes that were built in the past have been dismantled. There are several long dining tables in the venue, which are filled with various foods and drinks. The position close to the left was set up as a dance floor. Probably because the noise had been endured for the past two months or so, soothing music was played at this time.

"You have a magic power."

When accompanying Duke to the lounge area, Sophia sarcastically said, "Duke, you can change the hobby of heavy metal music fans."

"Thank you!" Duke generously accepted this 'compliment'.

"Your golden cat is over there, can't you go over there?"

Pulling out a chair, Sophia sat on it and pointed to Duke opposite where a dining table was, Naomi Watts was talking to a plump blonde.

"I think it's easier to sit with you." Duke decided to fight back, and tapped Sophia's top with his chin. "This dress really doesn't suit you. The tight design exposes all the shortcomings of your figure."

"Men's eyes will only focus on this?" Sophia didn't seem to care about Duke's innuendo with a flat chest. "As you said, as long as you like it, you can, why care about other people's eyes."

After speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Duke.

Tilt her head, Duke didn't bother to say that if she didn't care about other people's eyes and comments, Sophia would quit the cast because of the critics' abuse?

"Anything to drink?" Duke asked, standing up.

"Whiskey or brandy." Sophia was not polite at all, "Also, bring some fruit back."

Walking to the table where the fruit was placed, Duke found a tray, took some fruit that Sophia often eats, took two more glasses and a bottle of whiskey, went back to the table just now, and poured some for each of them.

"Hi..." A pleasant female voice came from the side, "You don't mind if I sit here."

"random……"

Sophia sat down with a gesture of invitation, Naomi Watts sat next to Duke, and the blond woman who was with her smiled at a few people and pulled away the chair next to Sophia.

"This is Miss Jennifer Aniston." Naomi briefly introduced Duke to the two of them. "She is Nancy's new client..."

"You can call me Jenny..."

While Jennifer Aniston greeted Sophia, Naomi Watts quietly approached Duke and lowered her voice, "She's going to be the role of Nancy and Warner's "Six Men" ... well, it's now called "Friends" ”, she will be the heroine.”

In fact, this situation is not unexpected. Since Nancy is the packaging person in charge of "Friends", she will definitely not let go of the main actors who may become popular in it.

As for Jennifer Aniston, she probably hasn't lost weight yet. From her appearance, she is estimated to be at least 150 pounds. For actresses who pursue photogenic effects, she is a standard fat girl.

"I've been following Nancy's request to lose weight recently." She was not shy about her weight, and declined alcohol and food. "She warned me that if I didn't meet the standards, she would kick me out."

Zach Snyder passed by, holding a clear plastic bag and shaking it over, "Hey, Duke, don't you want some?"

"Enjoy yourself." Duke waved his hand casually.

"Let's go, let's dance." Naomi tugged at his sleeve, Duke was about to stand up, and found production manager Charles Rowan walking towards him, so he shook his head, "Charles seems to be looking for me. "

Sure enough, after Charles Rowan came over, he sat directly on the other side of Sophia and handed a file bag to Duke.

"I'm sorry to bother you at this time," he said with a smile. "You said that Warner Bros. has drawn up a detailed promotional sheet to notify you immediately."

"thanks!"

Seeing that Duke and Charles Rowan had work to discuss, Naomi winked at Jennifer Aniston, whispered a few more words to Duke, and left.

There is nothing special about the pre-screening publicity plan formulated by Warner Bros. It is the usual publicity means such as test screenings, newspapers, posters, trailers, TV stations, etc., which specially highlights the real experience of Christopher Lee. If there is a media release about Sean ·Connery's news, then Warner will build momentum for Lee, if not, then wait for the film to be released as an important means of post-screening publicity.

"Can post-production time be compressed?"

Charles was obviously also a workaholic, so he simply regarded it as an office. Fortunately, no one came to disturb him. Even if someone occasionally passed by and saw Sophia's eyes, he would choose to detour.

"At least two months." Duke shook his head, took a sip from the glass, felt that the taste was not right, and put the whiskey aside, "Although there is no particularly complicated post-production special effects, this is the shortest and most compact I can come up with. time is planned."

If you want to ensure the quality of the film, you cannot save time in post-production.

"Okay then." Charles didn't hold out much hope, "Duke, the trial screening is scheduled for mid-April, and it's only half a month before the official release in May. You must finish it before that, we can't compress any further. The time between test screenings and public screenings.”

"I see."

Seeing Duke nod, Charles Rowan mentioned another matter, "Interview with the Vampire will be transferred to the post-production stage in ten days at most. If there is no accident, CAA and 20th Century Fox will collaborate on this project. A new film will also be released in May.”

"It will definitely be released in May." Duke said with certainty.

There have been successive conflicts of ideas and interests between him and CAA, plus the rejection of two of CAA's biggest customers, Tom Cruise and Sean Connery, presumably CAA will not be like "Life and Death" again. The most common way to sit back and watch "Brave on the Deadly Island" is to suppress his movie with a masterpiece released at the same time, and I am afraid that private means are also indispensable.

Although Duke initially thought that Lovett had signed Rick Solomon inexplicably, now analyzed, CAA is clearly pointing at Robert Solomon, wanting to promote its packaging service to the blank territory of Warner, Warner is willing to cooperate with him, It is because he is optimistic about the prospects and potential of "Brave to the Dead Island", and is investing in his future, otherwise he would not have signed a 1+2 contract.

If "Brave to the Dead Island" fails or even fails to meet expectations, then the cooperation between him and Warner will inevitably end, and the strong CAA will have more opportunities to intervene in Warner's projects, coupled with the promotion of Warner's internal executives, say no It will take Warner in one fell swoop.

In any way, CAA will not wait for "Brave Island" to become a big hit.

With a sigh, Duke understands that Hollywood is more complicated than he thought, and now he is still holding the super thigh of Warner. If he is an independent producer, he can easily be killed by these giants.

And Sean Connery, a standard old ruffian who almost got mad at himself last time, who knows what he can do.

Duke will not continue to have a good feeling for certain characters because of his good feelings for certain characters in the past...

Talking about work, the two obviously forgot the time. When Sophia said her goodbye, the whole studio was in a mess, and there were not many people to be seen. Those men and women who had fun had already changed to a more private place. .

"I'll go first, there are still people waiting for you over there."

Sophia pointed to the corner of the lounge area, where Naomi Watts was sitting, and Duke waved goodbye to her and Charles Rowan, and walked straight over.

"have a drink?"

When Duke sat in the chair, Naomi pushed a wine glass and poured champagne for herself and Duke. "We seem to be at the end."

Holding the cup, Duke raised Naomi and took a sip, "The crew has disbanded, we are the last members."

The two chatted and laughed for a while, drank two glasses of champagne one after another, and walked towards the entrance of the studio after about ten minutes. Before they had gone far, Duke's smelled the smell of fireworks.

"Where's the fire?" He frowned.

During the conversation, the two turned to the position facing the door of the studio, and Naomi Watts immediately screamed, "Duke!"

Her finger pointed to the place where the sparks and the smoke came out. It was the... Warehouse across from the studio where the equipment and film were temporarily sealed!