Rebirth In Hollywood

The vacation was short-lived. A week later, Ryan left Queensland on a private jet to Sydney in the south, while Nicole and Taylor stayed on the farm and continued to enjoy their leisure life.

In the plan tentatively named the first phase of the Marvel Universe, following the opening film "Captain America", Marvel has launched the second work that has a direct connection. After a long period of preparation, "Hulk" has been It was officially launched in a studio in the suburbs of Sydney.

Ryan won't stay in Australia for long, and after getting off the plane, he went straight to the Fox studio where the crew is located.

"Hi Ryan."

After entering the studio, Ryan saw an old acquaintance, hugged him gently, and said, "Long time no see, Annie."

"Yeah." James Cameron's ex-wife sighed, "The little guy back then became the handsome guy now."

"You are welcome to join the surprise." Ryan didn't answer her, but said seriously, "We finally have an excellent executive producer."

"Overwhelmed, Ryan."

Anne Hurd made a gesture of invitation and walked towards the studio with her head in front of her head, "Director Louis Leterrier is filming, we should speak in a low voice."

"no problem."

Nodding, Ryan looked into the distance as he walked. The studio was almost full of green curtains, and he could vaguely see a somewhat unfamiliar actor wearing motion capture equipment, making some angry movements.

Standing far from the periphery, Anne Hurd introduced some of the crew to Ryan, "Our favorite actor candidate is Mr. Andy Serkis, but he wants to shoot "King Kong" with director Peter Jackson , we had to choose the current one."

"He seems to be very experienced with motion capture, too," Ryan said with one hand on his chest and his chin on his back.

"It's okay." Anne Hurd smiled, "Of course, there is still a gap between Mr. Serkis and Mr. Serkis."

It's not easy to find actors similar to Andy Serkis in this age when motion capture isn't particularly popular. The Gollum portrayed by the other party is definitely the greatest computer-generated character in history. Even before the Oscars, many media agreed that he deserves a Best Supporting Actor nomination. Unfortunately, the Academy chose to be conservative in the end.

Andy Serkis would choose King Kong over Hulk.

Not surprisingly, after all, he and Peter Jackson are absolute good friends.

In addition, the director selected by the crew is one of the few French directors who can make achievements in commercial films, except for Luc Besson. Although the "Extraordinary Trafficker" directed by Louis Leterrier is average in terms of box office, But relative to the investment, it's not bad. This is also a film that Jenkins Films has cooperated with Luc Besson's Montage Studio.

As early as a few years ago for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the Cannes Film Festival, Ryan and Luc Besson finalized the cooperation plan.

After watching the filming for about half an hour, Ryan went to her office with Anne Hurd. After waiting for an assistant to deliver coffee, they chatted about the situation of the crew again.

"We had an upfront budget of $100 million for the film." Annie Hurd, the executive producer, obviously had trouble controlling costs, "but the film was only a quarter of the way through, and we spent it. After 30 million US dollars, I am afraid that additional investment will be required in the future.”

"You communicate with Surprise for the specific situation." Ryan laughed. "Don't worry too much, this is Australia."

"Fortunately, the Australian government will pay for part of the investment in the film." Anne Hurd nodded in agreement, "Otherwise, it would be a headache."

"So, except for the necessary exteriors." Ryan took a sip of coffee, which didn't suit his taste, so he put down the cup. "Our big production selection is a must overseas."

"If the California government doesn't make some changes, studios in the Los Angeles area will soon die."

"It depends on what our old friend Arnold does."

Schwarzenegger was elected as the new governor of California last year. This position is not easy to do, especially the outflow of the film and television industry is a very troublesome problem. This year, the state government has also introduced some new improvement measures. The effect is not obvious.

Although the newly introduced California film tax incentives have increased the amount of tax incentives and increased the annual tax exemption to $200 million, compared to Hollywood movies that invest hundreds of millions of dollars, they can only be better than nothing.

Not only can the tax credit only be used to pay for the film's offline costs -- which means it doesn't include payments to actors, producers, directors and writers -- but the film must start within four months of filing a tax credit claim. , from the actual situation. This restriction made filming difficult, as film locations, cast schedules and other details were often difficult to pin down during this time.

Like Ryan, who has a script, prepares quickly, and then starts shooting in a hurry is only a few of the few.

Compared to overseas regions and other states, the cost of each film crew in California is significantly higher.

Not only big productions, but even some high-end film productions that rarely leave California, gradually choose to shoot in other places.

This is also related to the tax-free policy. Under the circumstance that the big studios are standing in the front, the tax-free amount that the ** movie can receive from this policy is 5% of the total quota, which is the sum of all ** movies. The tax-free limit is only $10 million.

Although the discounts of ** movies in other regions are also extremely limited, they are always better than California, and those big productions with hundreds of millions of dollars have become delicious delicacies that other regions are competing for.

Movies can turn inconspicuous places into gold mines, especially the role of "The Lord of the Rings" in boosting New Zealand's economy, which has been fully seen in many overseas filming locations in Hollywood.

Over the years, Australia and New Zealand have learned valuable lessons from Hollywood. With the influx of Hollywood funding, Australian film and television production has tripled since the 1990s, and more and more of the top-grossing films in film history are All shot in Australia.

Since the Fox Studios of 20th Century Fox opened in the suburbs of Sydney in the 1990s, it has immediately become a Hollywood filming mecca.

A well-trained team, abundant attractions, and reasonable shooting expenses are the main reasons for attracting Hollywood studios. There are also tax concessions of up to 12.5% ​​for foreign filming of feature films and short films, and even Hollywood of film and television practitioners are concerned about unfairness to local Australian crews.

Ryan has obtained a professional investigation report. In the past year, nearly 30% of the financing of the Hollywood film and television industry has been invested in Australian filming. Especially in the past two months, investment from Hollywood has reached as high as 220 million US dollars, an increase of 33% over the previous month.

The report estimates that the US entertainment industry will lose 25,000 jobs this year due to rising Hollywood investment in Australia, causing at least $15 billion in damage to the US economy.

Hollywood studios don't care about that, and business opportunities are on the way. A Warners studio on the Gold Coast is about to expand, and a new studio is set to open in Melbourne's Docklands.

Not only these, the Australian government will also make some more favorable measures in order to attract investment.

For example, the "Hulk Hulk" filmed now, when the news that Amazed is considering to be filmed in Australia, the Australian Prime Minister's Office immediately issued a statement to strive for an investment that may exceed US$100 million to settle in Australia.

"While the cast and location of The Hulk have yet to be finalized, the film will undoubtedly provide Australia's film talent with the opportunity to work alongside some of the industry's top professionals - both on camera and on-camera," the statement said. behind the scenes."

In order to attract this big production to Australia to shoot, the Australian government will provide a one-time subsidy of 15 million Australian dollars to the producers, because the filming of this film will bring a lot of new investment to Australia and create about 2,000 jobs. , and it is expected that there will be as many as thousands of Australian merchants providing goods and services for this film.

"The Hulk" was filmed in Australia, saving at least 20 million US dollars in funds, and it is conceivable what choices will be made in terms of surprise.

Although the Australian government's decision has been criticized by many domestic organizations, Ryan doesn't care about it. As long as the Australian authorities can provide discounts, Ryan doesn't mind moving all suitable films to Australia for filming in the future.

I stayed in Sydney for a day and watched some shooting situations. After all, this is related to an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars.

"Hulk Hulk" is naturally no longer the smash hit of Ang Lee in the previous life. Surprise redesigned the plot according to the needs of the first stage of the universe plan, which deliberately reduced the plot of the unscrupulous destruction after Bruce Banner's transformation. Not many audiences will like a superhero who only knows how to be violent, and at the end of the script, the Hulk will definitely fight to the death to maintain the stability and prosperity of America.

Of course, there are also other superhero cameos in the easter eggs. This time it will be Iron Man. Surprise has already negotiated a contract with Robert Downey Jr. The two sides signed a contract for seven movies at one time.

I remember that the hammer brother in the previous life was also an Australian. I don’t know if he is going to Hollywood to develop now?

Ryan was still thinking about this when he got on the plane back to Los Angeles, but Hollywood has never been short of muscular men, and it's not hard to find the right person.

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