Rebirth In Hollywood

After leaving the hotel where the party was, the brand new black Rolls-Royce was already waiting at the door. After Ryan and the two got into the car, the car slowly drove south.

Regarding "Wonder Woman", Ryan did not express much opinion. In his opinion, Tim Burton handled it quite safely. This typical model of superhero movies may not cause a sensation, but it is successful. It should not even be a problem to recover huge costs through the box office.

At least this "Wonder Woman" is no worse than "X-Men 3: The Last Stand", which he also watched the demo, and even slightly better. Although the Greek gods appeared in it, it was in the original comics. The setting, and the main scenes are almost all placed in New York and Washington, even if Princess Diana takes off the star and stripes, she is still fighting for America.

"It's still early." Ryan looked at his watch and asked Natalie next to him, "Let's go home, shall we?"

"Go to Universal Studios." Natalie pressed the communicator, said something to the driver in front, and then looked at Ryan, "Let's go to visit, where Scarlett is filming "Escape from Clone Island."

This film, which carries the hope of DreamWorks, has entered the final stage of shooting. Ryan also heard from Scarlett that after returning from the Detroit location, they concentrated in the studio of Universal Studios for the final stage. A shot of the clone base.

As one of the most famous studios in Hollywood, the studio area of ​​Universal Studios is a bit deserted compared to the tourist area. In recent years, more and more crews have been outflowing, which has led to a serious shortage of studios in the Los Angeles area. If If the California state government does not introduce relevant preferential policies to make changes, the large studios in California will gradually become exhibition halls, and the small studios will only be broken down.

In fact, not only Hollywood, but even video companies in the San Fernando Valley are exodus, and the latest regulations in California, when shooting those films. Condoms must be used, and sales of films that use condoms are clearly declining.

As a result, many companies are moving to Las Vegas, and if this continues, the San Fernando Valley will lose its reputation.

After changing to a battery car at the entrance of the studio, Ryan drove through more than a dozen deserted studios, and finally saw the scene of people coming and going in the past.

The crew of "Escape from Clone Island" rented three huge soundstages here, and Ryan and Natalie, led by the staff, walked into one of them. It's all about futuristic clone base scenes, and a slew of extras in tight-fitting suits.

The crew seemed to be resting, and when Ryan walked to the lounge, Scarlett Johansson was sitting in a chair, chatting with Ewan McGregor next to him.

"Hi,

Ryan, and Nat. "

"Long time no see, Ivan."

Scarlett just waved to the two of them, and Ewan McGregor stood up politely. He winked, and after greeting Ryan a few words, he took the initiative to leave here.

"Aren't you working on a movie with Kate and Sophia?".

After Ryan and the two sat down, Scarlett asked her assistant to bring coffee. Looking at Natalie, he said, "Why do you have time today?"

"After the holiday on Sunday, they went to Australia to inspect the progress of the set up." Natalie handed the coffee to Ryan first, and then took another cup. "I accompanied Ryan to a screening meeting, and I stopped by to see you."

Then, Natalie looked at Scarlett carefully. "Honey, you are so sexy and beautiful now."

"Then..." Scarlett Johansson turned her eyes from Ryan, and suddenly took Natalie's hand, "Nate, why don't... let me be your girlfriend, and then let's run away."

Hearing this, Ryan shook his head and laughed.

Natalie just took a sip of coffee and almost choked in her throat. She glared at the blond girl opposite, "You better keep telling Alison this kind of joke."

"Actually, we've already discussed it." Scarlett suddenly changed her tone of voice, "If... well, we're going to go to Africa, a place that no one can find, where there are lions, antelopes, and cheetahs. And elephants, just thinking about it makes me romantic."

"Trust me, Scarlett."

These two guys have been used to making trouble since they were young, and Ryan doesn't care about their madness in private, "In three days at most, you will come back because you can't stand the hard life."

Since Scott Swift and Melanie Sloan joined his team, Taylor and Scarlett's daily life can only be described as opulent and luxurious.

"We all have trust funds."

After Scarlett said this, she just smiled when she saw Ryan, flattened her mouth and said, "Okay, I admit, it's okay to visit occasionally in places like the African savannah, if you live there, it will definitely make you feel better. People go crazy."

"Maybe you haven't gone crazy yet." Natalie joked a few words, "it was eaten by a lion or a hyena, oh... sexy Scarlett sandwich..."

"Would you like to take a bite?". Scarlett approached Natalie, "Nate!"

The giggles of the two women rang out.

Only in front of these friends who grew up together can Natalie show the other side of her youthful and straightforward nature. For example, some time ago, at Scarlett's house, she and Taylor sweared r\u0026b on the jukebox...

In recent months, Natalie has not only received specialized bow and arrow training, but also fitness and practice a lot of set movements.

While enjoying the glamorous beauty, Hollywood stars are also faced with unimaginable pressures. They always have to have a suitable way of venting. Unfortunately, some people choose alcoholism, drug addiction and sex by mistake.

About ten minutes later, the filming resumed. Ryan stood with the enthusiastic Natalie on the periphery, watching Michael Bay command and dispatch. For Natalie, who aspired to become an outstanding female director, she would not let her go. any opportunity to learn.

However, Ryan is more interested in props than Natalie, such as the Nokia concept phone provided by advertisers, such as some concept cars costing up to two million dollars, if he remembers correctly, these seem to be later Not officially released.

Of course, it may also be that the high-end circle was not accessible in the previous life, and these luxurious top-notch products are not aimed at ordinary consumers.

The current Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor are both standard literary and artistic youths, and it seems very easy to deal with the scenes in this movie. Ryan also faintly saw Michael Johansson from their dialogue and some scenes. Bei's thoughts seem to be not much different from the previous life.

A director who is good at fast switching between explosions and mv-style short shots, changing to long shots and literary connotations is destined to be a very scary thing.

Taking advantage of the gap between filming, Ryan also had a few words with Michael Bay, who was behind the camera. Although the latter experienced the setbacks of "Pearl Harbor", he was still full of confidence. Back to the fully commercial route that suits him.

As for "Transformers", Ryan did not mention it, after all, the other party has not completed the current work.

The script of this movie, on the premise that he provided a very brief outline, has already started to write the script, the general plot is still the story of a boy and his car, but under his advice, the appearance of Optimus Prime The time will be as early as possible, and the rhythm of the foreshadowing will be slightly accelerated.

And in order to complement the sequels that follow, Optimus Prime's combat effectiveness will not be as bad as in the previous life. Facing Megatron, the combat effectiveness of the two leaders is basically the same.

In addition, Disney is also contacting the Pentagon to gain necessary support. Although a team of American soldiers killed a Decepticon is very bloody, but for the consideration of the North American box office, this kind of plot that North American audiences like to see will still appear.

To put it bluntly, this is just the most typical popcorn movie. The producer will shoot it as the audience thinks it is cool.

After staying here for about an hour, Ryan and Natalie left. After all, this is a busy crew.

"Is DreamWorks running out of time?" Natalie asked curiously on the way back to the car.

Staying by Ryan's side, she can be considered well-informed, and it is not surprising to see that DreamWorks is bright on the surface, but in fact, there are many internal crises.

"If it's just a financial problem..." Ryan shook his head at her, "Perhaps it's easy to solve, but as the debt burden of DreamWorks increases, David Geffen, Jerefer Katzenberg and Stephen have The contradictions between them also began to sharpen.”

The collapse of DreamWorks is not only because of debt problems, but also because of the relationship between the Big Three.

Now DreamWorks is like a wooden boat with a hole in the bottom, and the only tinkerer, Steven Spielberg, is beginning to have problems, and his films can no longer guarantee every success.

For example, "Happy Terminal", which was released not long ago, even if it is the combination of Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones, only got a box office of 19.05 million US dollars in the first week, and it has been released ten times now. It's been a few days, and the North American box office is only $40 million.

Perhaps the only thing left in this movie is the classic movie line, "I've been waiting all my life, but I don't know who I'm waiting for".

In contrast, "Superman," which was released two weeks before the film, grossed nearly $250 million at the North American box office in a month.

As for "King Arthur", the weekly box office has fallen to about 3 million US dollars, and whether the North American box office can exceed 40 million US dollars is a big question.

Of course, the most successful film so far this year is still "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith". After the first day of the 1960s, the film's North American box office totaled as high as more than 390 million US dollars, and it will definitely become the first North American film this year. Movies that grossed over 400 million at the box office.

This movie not only brought huge benefits to Lucasfilm and the distributor 20th Century Fox, but Ryan, one of the leading actors, also benefited a lot. (To be continued...) ()