Rebirth In Hollywood

As in previous years, Ryan did not attend the nominees luncheon, and besides, there were no personal nominations for him this time.

In this list of nominations, the first part of "The Lord of the Rings" undoubtedly became the biggest winner, with a total of 13 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Art Direction and Best Original Song.

According to past practice, the more nominated a film is, the more likely it is to win the best picture, but the first part of "The Lord of the Rings" is definitely not in this ranks, after all, there are still two films that have not yet been released.

Another winner is "Moulin Rouge" invested by Nicole. This film released by 20th Century Fox has achieved the best performance of musical films in recent years. Recognized, won eight nominations including Best Picture, Best Makeup, Best Editing, Best Actress and Best Costume Design.

In the past few years, the competition between Oscar, DreamWorks and Jenkins Films has almost become the theme of the stage, and this year is no exception.

Produced by DreamWorks and starring Russell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind" won eight nominations including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture.

And the focus of Ryan's public relations, "The Devil" lived up to expectations and helped Charlize Theron win her second Oscar nomination for Best Actress in her life.

Of course, that's the only nomination the film has ever received.

Sitting in the new office in the Disney headquarters building, Ryan saw the list of nominations and realized that he had overlooked too many things. It was quite difficult for Charlize Theron to get the best actress.

Needless to say, the pressure from Nicole, the Australian girl has no intention of backing down. Since the screening of "Moulin Rouge", Pai Kingsley and others have been doing their best to publicize her. Will become the first choice of the judges, but her many years of contacts and relationships far exceed those of her previous life, and it is not impossible to win an upset award.

But the biggest threat comes from the color of skin. Ryan saw several extremely familiar names from the nomination list, Will Smith from "King Ali", Denzel Washington from "Training Day", Haha from "Dance of Death Row" Leigh Berry.

This seems to be the first time since 1972 that three black film stars have been shortlisted for the best actor and actress at the same time.

Then, Ryan gradually remembered the Oscars in his previous life. Whether he was the best actor or the best actress, he was later criticized by many people as one of the biggest parallel importers.

Because skin color has become the biggest booster for them to win awards.

Change to any term,

Their skin color will only bring the effect of reducing points, but 911 has just passed, and unity is now the mainstream voice, and the black actor and actress is undoubtedly the best embodiment of the mainstream voice.

What a hassle!

Ryan couldn't help scratching his head a little. The fairness and justice of the Oscars are always relative. Movies and roles are only the most basic conditions for determining the award.

Thinking of this, he called Spielberg and David Geffen, presumably these two would have the same feelings.

From some perspectives, black movie stars may win, but if the voice and force of opposition are large enough, they can also be eliminated.

The two parties quickly reached an agreement, and Ryan called the heads of Disney's various media outlets, trying his best to support Charlize and others.

As the phone calls were made, not only Disney, but also the network of relationships he had woven over the years gradually activated. For example, in the following two weeks, Charlize became the cover character of Time Magazine for the first time, citing In the original words of Roger Ebert, she called her performance in "The Devil Head" the greatest performance in film history.

Although the canvassing party could not be held, under Ryan's instruction, there were still people running in secret. His public relations team were all experienced veterans, and they would never touch the sensitive bottom line of the academy.

As for the actor and actress in the previous life, Ryan didn't care, who made them not his friends.

Besides, if Halle Berry wins the Best Actress award, her salary may rise to astronomical figures when the third episode of "X-Men" is produced.

If such a ensemble show requires an Oscar queen, Jean Gray is more suitable than the soy sauced Storm.

After assigning a special person to be responsible for handling public relations matters, Ryan put the Oscar matter aside for the time being. There is still some time before the awards ceremony, so enough publicity must be maintained.

For judges like him who are used to voting with their feet, high-profile comments from the media are the best way to influence.

It's not right to say that, he often votes by looking at the relationship first, and then recalling the impressions of his previous life. As for movies and characters, they will hardly be used as a basis for reference.

After becoming Disney's creative director, Ryan has the right to directly intervene in all matters of the film.

After the merger and acquisition, typical teenage idol films like "Princess Diaries" were fully transferred from Jenkins Films to Disney Pictures. As the most important department of Disney, in addition to preparing "Pirates of the Caribbean", there will Preparations for "Very Small Spy".

The person in charge of the latter set his sights on Taylor and Kristen Stewart and other little guys, but Taylor didn't have any interest in movies starring non-Ryan, so he refused without thinking.

Of course, Disney is good at operating this type of film, and finding the right actors is a no-brainer.

There is also the animation part of Disney. Although Ed Kammle and John Lasseter have the power to control all of Disney's animation companies, Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Studios are still clearly separated.

Ryan also didn't want Pixar to become just another Disney animation, producing productions that were all musicals and the cloyingly sweet genre.

It is enough for this type of production to be produced by one Disney animation studio. In order to boost the development speed of Disney animation, 200 former Disney employees of Pixar returned to Disney and became one of the backbone of Disney computer animation.

But Disney animation is too far away from its former glory, and it is impossible to revive it without several years of hard work.

Then there is the "Harry Potter" series. After obtaining a full range of authorizations, Disney's performance last month has seen explosive growth. At present, it has reached an agreement with Ryan. Starting from the second part, it will fully Involved in the production and distribution of films and the sales of peripheral products in the later stage.

Afterwards, Ryan came to Disney Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney, to participate in the preparatory meeting for his first big production "Pirates of the Caribbean" after joining Disney.

Today's Disney Pictures has also undergone personnel turnover. Julius Stewart has become the head of this famous film company, and Jenkins Pictures has been completely handed over to Mario Casa and Melanie Sloan.

Of course, this film company is completely different from Jenkins Films, mainly producing G-rated or PG-rated movies.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" used the original cast, and they all signed contracts for three parts. Naturally, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley agreed immediately after receiving Ryan's invitation. down.

And Johnny Depp didn't think about it for too long. The analysis of Captain Jack Sparrow in the script deeply attracted him.

Besides, this guy is also old, and his development has not been smooth in recent years, and he is eager to get rid of the current state of being red but not purple.

"Jerry, a few minutes."

In the conference room, after all affairs were unified, Ryan stood up and reminded Jerry Bruckheimer, the executive producer, "Try to build a real Black Pearl and recruit some people who are more in appearance. Characteristic actors play pirates, I believe the effect will be better..."

Hearing what he said, everyone sitting around the conference table laughed.

"Depp, you'd better get some gold teeth." Ryan patted the future Captain Sparrow next to him, "You still need to learn how to walk on the catwalk."

Johnny Depp smiled and shrugged.

The first trilogy of the film will be filmed at one time, and Ryan set out a total production budget of more than 400 million US dollars. After the initial funds arrived, director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry ? Bruckheimer, has found a suitable filming location for the movie.

The location is in Rosario, Baja California, where Titanic was filmed.

After the filming of "Titanic" ended, Ryan had to sell the model ship as scrap, but the artificial lake and studio remained and became the preferred shooting location for many sea movies, and the rental fees brought by these , is also a considerable amount of income.

After several years of development, Rosario has also become one of Hollywood's important filming bases.

"A reminder to everyone."

At the end of the preparatory meeting, Ryan stood at the front of the conference table and said seriously, "Prepare enough seasickness medicine."

He pointed to himself, "I have experienced it myself."

Because she was only sixteen years old, Keira Knightley's mother accompanied her to the preparatory meeting, and she came to Ryan when the others were about to leave.

"Thank you, Ryan." She shook Ryan's hand and said quite sincerely, "Thank you for giving Kayla this opportunity."

"You're welcome, Ms. Sharman."

The other party moved a lot during the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Ryan waved his hands casually, "It is necessary to help each other."

"Ryan, isn't Taylor in Los Angeles?"

Hearing Keira Knightley's question, Ryan shook hands with her and said hello, "Emma Watson is here. They went to sea together, and they probably will be back in a few days."

"When she comes back, I'll visit her again." Building relationships is the most common way in Hollywood, and few people who can become famous are stupid.

Once the preliminary preparations for "Pirates of the Caribbean" are completed, Ryan is about to devote himself to his new movie. Marvel Pictures' preparations for "Captain America" ​​are also completed and will soon enter the shooting stage. rs ()