Rebirth In Hollywood

Although "Finding Nemo" mentions that the clownfish is a saltwater fish, and the cleaning and maintenance of saltwater tanks is cumbersome and expensive, it still caused a stir in the United States after its release because of its high popularity. There is a boom in the purchase of pet clownfish, and many pet stores have put this fish in the most conspicuous position on the storefront.

In cities with large populations such as New York and Los Angeles, there have also been cases of clownfish being sold out.

Faced with the sudden rise of clownfish breeding among teenagers and the consequent shortage of supply, pet store owners in North America saw a huge business opportunity, and they tried their best to contact fishmongers in the South Pacific region, in order to meet this demand. There is enough profit in the boom.

In North America, the price of pet clownfish has tripled to fivefold.

High profits naturally stimulate people's enthusiasm. In several areas near Australia, clownfish groups have been caught and sold in large numbers for the pet demand brought about by this movie.

Fortunately, this is not a treasured fish, otherwise there is a possibility of extinction, but this has also attracted protests from many animal protection organizations. Some guys who love animals more than humans even ran to the Pixar studio in Burbank. Sit in protest.

However, even if their protests have never stopped, in the face of huge interests, businesses will only choose to ignore them.

Ryan will definitely not miss any opportunity to hype and promote the movie. Disney's follow-up promotion activities have not stopped. With the help of either negative or positive news, "Finding Nemo" continues to make great progress in the animation film market. There is an ocean craze all over the world.

In the following three weeks, the film earned $45.3 million, $35.6 million, and $19.72 million in North America, and in just over a month, the North American box office totaled more than $250 million!

At the same time, the global box office has accumulated close to 500 million US dollars, and regions such as South America, Hong Kong, South Korea and Eastern Europe have just begun to show, and there is still huge potential to be tapped at the box office.

Like New Zealand in The Lord of the Rings, the worldwide popularity of Finding Nemo has boosted Australia's tourism industry.

In the past month or so, the tourism revenue of Australia's east coast has increased by 155% compared with the same period of time. Most tourists visiting Australia hope to go to the east coast of Australia to dive and go to 'Find Nemo' '.

In addition, the Australian Tourism Commission, through Nicole's relationship, quickly reached an agreement with Disney to buy out the tourism use rights of "Finding Nemo" at a high price, and the promotion of sightseeing tours in regions including China and the United States in the next few months. , these clips will be used to promote tourism in Australia.

The news was quickly learned by the media, and they were also happy to hype such news to attract attention. A well-known travel magazine even wrote about it in a report.

"Are those scenic but lesser-known tourist areas still struggling with the lack of tourists? Go to Ryan Jenkins, as long as he can conceive a movie about it, these will not be a problem!"

While the hype is a bit exaggerated, Finding Nemo has really boosted tourism in Australia.

In addition to the film's praise for Pixar Studios, many media also set their sights on Ryan, such as "The Hollywood Reporter".

“Think about the greatness of Ryan, in addition to his founding of the prestigious Jenkins film industry and the legend of the youngest Oscar winner, and his prescient purchase of Pixar Studios, together with him, he became the creator of 3D computer animation. The founder, Ryan's unique charisma like a prophet makes people sigh! The animation films such as "Toy Story" that he promoted created a precedent for 3D animation. Since then, this 3D whirlwind has swept the world, capturing all ages It has won the hearts of thousands of children's parents and animation fans!"

Compared with the warm summer atmosphere, in the period after the release of "Finding Nemo", except for dating and dealing with necessary work, Ryan almost buried himself in the material pile.

Disney's licensing negotiations with the CIA have resulted in a final result, with the other party agreeing to adapt the Iranian hostage rescue into a movie, but the movie must accept their recommendations.

Ryan happily agreed. After all, this is almost the most classic case, and it is also a masterpiece of cooperation between Hollywood and the Central Intelligence Agency. The most important thing is that the other party will not only send professional consultants throughout the filming of the film, but also will not Charge any fees including adaptation rights.

You must know that the 9/11 incident made the CIA a talking point for public opinion. For a period of time, the CIA has been attacked frequently in the United States, and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security has weakened their position.

The CIA desperately needs to reshape its image in the public mind, and in their opinion, working with Ryan on the film must be a wise choice.

That's exactly what happened, at least on the surface, and it's a completely positive image in this case.

After the cooperation agreement was reached, a large number of declassified materials were escorted from the CIA headquarters in Virginia to the Disney headquarters in Burbank. Antonio Mendez, who personally participated in the formulation and implementation of the plan, It was also received by Ryan, and the first draft of his memoir was also handed over to Ryan.

In the past month, in addition to leading several important members of the screenwriting team to review these materials, Ryan also discussed with Antonio Mendez no less than 20 times. After all, he was going to play the nameless or The legendary hero will also stage the most bizarre rescue operation - by disguising as a Hollywood film crew, he went to Iran to rescue the trapped Americans, and finally succeeded.

And the name of this movie was named after the name of the script that was bought at that time - "Argo"!

Movies are not reality, and Antonio Mendez understands this, and some changes and processing are also necessary.

Now Iran is undoubtedly one of the hostile countries of the United States, which determines the most basic position of the film. From this position, looking at this incident from a sympathetic or relatively fair perspective can also highlight the The attitude of a great country.

As for the views of the Iranians, who cares about them, it is almost impossible for Hollywood movies to enter that market.

And the movie must meet the tastes of North American audiences and Hollywood. In this case, Antonio Mendez, the protagonist, must become a lone hero living in a hidden front. Especially after entering Iran, this point must be highlighted, personal heroism It will never go out of fashion in North America or even worldwide movies.

In addition, there must be a few pig teammates, the kind who always make trouble at critical moments, um... It seems that there is no more suitable person than the staff members around the president, right?

The plot can't be as bland and unremarkable as the material reflects. It must be tense and exciting enough to escape from the evil armed men at a critical moment.

You can also add some Hollywood-style self-deprecation, which is also a plot that audiences love to see.

Of course, the theme of the film must be clear, and the most basic political correctness must be maintained.

It took about two weeks for Ryan to determine the theme and ideas of the movie, and organize the outline of the script. Although some simple scenes were handed over to other screenwriters, he would complete most of the main content by himself.

The Jenkins Manor was unusually quiet under the night, except for the footsteps of the frequent patrolling security personnel, almost no other sound could be heard.

On the brightly lit terrace, Ryan sat in the rattan chair. After thinking occasionally, he would rest his hands on the keyboard of the laptop and type the next line of text.

Scene: Embassy Visa Office.

While visa waiters were overwhelmed, six Americans walked into the lobby, targeting the back door, where there were no Shiite Iranians…

Writing here, Ryan stopped, thought about it for about half a minute, and then revised it again.

After the six Americans entered the lobby, the embassy assistant who knew Iranian language shouted to the Iranians waiting for visas, "Evacuate the embassy building, immediately leave the embassy building!"

Another helped maintain order while saying, "Let the Iranians go first."

He pointed to the passage of the back door, "Come on, get out of here now!"

Scenario change: The Iranians are in front and the Americans are in the back, fleeing the embassy through the back door.

This kind of film that is deeply involved in politics can show great Americanism in some appropriate places, and consider it from another way of thinking, that is, the big brother will definitely protect the little brother who is behind his ass.

Looking at the time on the laptop screen, Ryan closed the script's documentation and thought about other issues.

The most important thing is the director, actors and prop investment. For him and Disney, it is not a problem at all. Choosing a suitable director is undoubtedly the focus of the next work.

In the last week, Ryan has tried to get in touch with a few directors with a script outline and some drafts of Antonio Mendez's memoir.

For example, David Fincher, who is preparing for "Thriller Room", which was delayed because of directing "Captain America", will not take the job. It is still unknown.

And Martin Scorsese, the old Martin is really interested in this subject, but he has doubts about the cooperation with Ryan, not whether it can be successful, but not wanting to face such a strong actor and producer in the crew .

Then there is Stephen Soderbergh, but this is the last choice. Now Soderbergh's filming style is more and more experimental, and there is a clear distance from Ryan's goal.

Maybe let Ben Affleck try it?

As soon as the idea came up, Ryan rejected it himself. In that case, it would be better to find Natalie directly.

The people in his team not only contacted these people, anyway, the script has not been completed, there is enough time to find a suitable director, Ryan is not too anxious, and the three most important candidates have not yet clearly expressed their rejection. rs

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