Made in Hollywood

"Beautiful Miss Theron, in fact, I have always wanted to cooperate with you."

On this occasion, David Ellison still showed a certain upbringing. He briefly greeted Duke and others, pulled out a chair and sat down, and first looked at Charlize Theron opposite. .

If you are a small Hollywood actor or a second- and third-tier star, you may post David Ellison's words, but for an actor of Charlize's level, such words are basically not attractive. Moreover, the South American diamond squinted at Duke, and although the words he said were polite, they were not very polite.

"Sorry, Mr. Ellison, my work plan for the next few years is already full." She refused directly.

David Ellison's eyes twitched, but as if Duke would not be rude to drive him away on such an occasion, he couldn't say anything more, so he had to withdraw his gaze from Charlize and turned to Duke. .

"Do you know?" He showed a mysterious smile, "I have signed a transfer agreement with Relativity and Dune Capital!"

Duke couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Before he could say anything, David Ellison said with a bit of arrogance, "I have already bought Relativity and Dune Capital in "Tron Wars", "Robin Hood", "Alien Battlefield" and "Super Battleship". "Investment shares in four projects..."

Having said that, he turned to Tina Fey, "I suggest you fire this assistant, she is too slow."

"You..." Tina Fei showed a bit of anger, "If the bid wasn't 30% higher than mine, would you be able to sign an agreement with them?"

David Ellison laughed, looking very happy.

He was also really happy. The other party had always been determined to win the four projects, but in the end he snatched them.

"Congratulations, David." Duke still looked indifferent, as if he didn't take these things to heart at all, "Your working capital is all on these projects, and the risk is a bit high."

"I don't deny it, I don't have as much money as you do."

Looking at Duke, David Ellison ignored his expression. As he got to know more, he gradually realized how determined the person sitting across from him was, and this was just a normal behavior, "These four projects have indeed consumed a lot of working capital, and I may not be able to stop you from relativity and several other projects. A film fund has investment shares in other films, but I have collected the remaining funds in my hands and prepared a good gift for you."

"For me?" Duke pointed to himself. Asked slightly surprised, "Or a gift?"

David Ellison patted the armrest of the chair lightly and asked, "I heard that your new movie is about to start preparations?"

It's no secret, Duke admitted with a nod. He deliberately suddenly realized, "Could it be that you are also preparing for a new project, don't you want to release it at the same time as my new film?"

"Exactly!" David Ellison leaned his upper body forward, closing the distance between him and Duke. He said mysteriously, "I have also prepared an opponent of the same weight for you!"

A director at the same level as Duke. The whole of Hollywood can be counted on one hand.

"The opponent of the same weight you mentioned..." Charlize Theron took David Ellison's words, "Could it be today's master?"

David Ellison opened his mouth and laughed, and then said, "Steven Spielberg has agreed to be the director of the new film I invested in."

"It seems that I really want to congratulate you this time." Duke was not surprised at all.

Hollywood is in a cash crunch. The same is true of Spielberg's DreamWorks. In order to solve the funding problem, he even asked the Indians. When he was still in London, Duke got the news that David Ellison's foundation made a move to help Spielberg. Pierberg solved DreamWorks' financial crisis.

Now it seems that Spielberg's new film directed by David Ellison must be part of the agreement.

The name Spielberg represents not only a simple director, but also a huge network of contacts. When he dissipates the idea of ​​competing with the six major companies, these networks of contacts can exert a huge effect.

Duke also has to admit that David Ellison is really good at taking advantage of the situation.

"What's your new project?" David Ellison asked suddenly.

After pondering for a while, Duke said directly, "Sci-fi type."

"I'm investing in comic book adaptations." David Ellison's tone was somewhat smug, "Spielberg's first comic book adaptation movie, just this one, how many people's attention can it attract? "

Hearing about the manga adaptation, Duke couldn't help but tentatively asked, "Would it be "The Adventures of Tintin"?"

Many people in Hollywood know that Steven Spielberg obtained the film copyright of "The Adventures of Tintin" in 1983, and the film entered the stage of preparation for shooting in 1984. At that time, Spielberg Hope Jack Nicholson plays Captain Haddock.

In the end, due to technical problems, the filming plan of "The Adventures of Tintin" had to be "hidden" temporarily.

It now appears that David? Ellison may have invested in this project.

David Ellison hesitated for a while, because of his own personality, and the film will soon be officially approved, so there is no need to hide it, and said, "It is "The Adventures of Tintin", which will be released next summer."

Duke nodded, "My film is also for next year's summer vacation."

Duke is not afraid if the other party really wants to compete with him. Over the years, his films have basically been selected in popular schedules. Which one wants to stand out without facing fierce competition?

Although Spielberg is indeed a formidable opponent, he is not without his misses.

Besides, if a film wants to detonate the market, the competition is not as simple as the quality of the film, but also the comprehensive strength of many links from production to publicity.

As long as you shoot a good enough film or a good enough film, you should achieve good commercial results. Not to mention that Duke would not believe this, even David Ellison would scoff at it.

David Ellison stood up. "I'm looking forward to next summer."

Duke smiled and shook his head, but he didn't say anything, and there was no need to continue. In his belief, practical actions are always more powerful than face-to-face ridicule.

After tidying up his white shirt, David Ellison turned and left contentedly, leaving the three of Duke with a haughty back.

"He teamed up with Spielberg..."

Seeing David Ellison go away, Charlize Theron couldn't help showing some concern, "I'm afraid he will be a very strong opponent."

This is inevitable. Both Duke and Tina Fey nodded cautiously.

Although Duke did not say the release date of his new film, he believes that David Ellison will wait for Warner Bros. to announce the release date before setting the release date of "The Adventures of Tintin".

Unlike Duke and Charlize Theron, Tina Fey's cautious face suddenly turned into curiosity, "Is the comic "The Adventures of Tintin" itself famous?"

Duke looked at her in surprise, and then he figured it out. Needless to say, he himself had a special experience. Charlize Theron was a South African who had lived in Europe for a long time, but Tina Fey was a local Authentic, native American!

According to the inherent concept of Americans, it is very normal to not understand the situation of foreign comics.

Of course, if you want to say how much you know about "The Adventures of Tintin", Duke can't talk about it. He just explained, "It seems to be a French and Belgian cartoon, which has a certain influence in the entire Western world."

Seeming to have thought of the same point as Duke, Charlize Theron first complained in his heart about Americans who don’t care about the world, then rolled his eyes indistinctly, and said in detail, “The Adventures of Tintin is a Belgian Hergé's works, the whole comic story is mainly based on exploration and discovery, supplemented by science fiction content, and at the same time advocates anti-war, peace and humanitarian ideas, and is very famous all over the world. It still has considerable fans and commemorators today, and as far as I know, in Europe, its comic series is still being reprinted."

"So..." Tina Fey associated the project with the film, "After the film is completed, there will be no lack of the most basic audience."

This can be said to be a natural advantage of comics or novel adaptations, and it is also an important reason why Hollywood is unwilling to spend more effort on original works, but favors adaptations.

"Your new project belongs to the ranks of originality," Charlize Theron turned to Duke, ""The Adventures of Tintin" is Spielberg's best adventure carnival, and the most rated is PG-13. And what about your new work?"

Charlize Theron has already read the script, not to mention that the content of the script tends to be cult, and there are still a large number of large-scale scenes. No matter how you look at it, the MPAA will definitely be included in the ranks of R-rated movies.

R-rated movies are inherently insufficient for PG-13 adventure family carnivals.

Of course Duke is aware of this. In today's world, the movies that can really hit the box office are all PG or PG-13.

"According to what you said..."

Although I can't remember the box office of "The Adventures of Tintin", which I haven't seen, Duke is still relatively optimistic, "I will be defeated by David Ellison next year?"

"If you fail," Charlize Theron said deliberately and seriously, "I will definitely not let you go, I put my image and future on you!"

Tina Fey just smiled faintly, she has always been full of confidence in Duke.

Duke didn't say much, raised his hand to look at his watch, and stood up first, "It's getting late, I'm going to leave, how about you?"

Charlize Theron and Tina Fey also stood up one after another, and followed Duke to the banquet hall.

"When does it begin?"

Hearing Charlize's words, Duke replied casually, "When I finish my vacation." (To be continued~^~)