Rebirth In Hollywood

Sparse sunlight fell in the woods. On the opposite side of the baffle, Sofia Coppola personally went into battle with a portable camera. After seeing Natalie and James Franco getting ready, she called to start.

James Franco, who played Gale, randomly picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into a bush not far away. Natalie opened her bow and arrow at the fastest speed and shot a soft arrow...

Then, a huge hare ran out of the bushes under the watchful eyes of everyone, and rushed into the depths of the woods like an arrow from a string.

"cut!"

Sofia Coppola handed the camera over to the assistant and shouted angrily, "Damn it! It's a damn rabbit again!"

Since the crew moved to the farm, the biggest problem when shooting in the wild was the hares that sprang out from time to time. These rabbits, who seemed not to be afraid of humans at all, became the protagonists of stealing the spotlight.

"Henry!" Sofia Coppola found the head of the crew's security, "Let someone search the nearby bushes, I don't want to see hares again!"

She cursed in a low voice as she passed Ryan, "I hate rabbits!"

The shooting is like this, there will always be all kinds of accidents. The flood of hares in Australia did cause some trouble to the crew, but it was not an unsolvable problem. From the second day, Gru joined the crew. Before shooting, just put It circled around the location, and basically never encountered the situation where the hare was stealing the spotlight.

"You have to pay Gru!" Tyler said to Ryan, who was sitting across from the small round table, patting Gru's head, who was lying beside the chair. "One hundred dollars a day is enough."

"Then who will keep its salary?"

Natalie's gaze moved to Taylor from the huge canopy of the eucalyptus above, and Taylor said as a matter of course, "Of course it's me. I saw Apple's new player a few days ago, but unfortunately..."

"It's a pity that all the pocket money is spent, right?" Ryan took off his sunglasses. He tapped the table lightly and said, "Honey, can you tell me what you bought?"

"It's nothing." Tyler threw a piece of jerky to Gru, and said after thinking about it, "I went to Brisbane and the Gold Coast with Hannah and Scarlett to play a few times, and then went to the Great Barrier Reef. Te, and... well, the others, bought some presents."

There was dust on the road outside the woods. A Chevrolet off-road vehicle was parked on the periphery of the filming site from far to near. Two middle-aged men quickly walked into the temporary set. After being questioned by the security staff of the crew,

Under the leadership of an assistant, he quickly walked towards this side.

"Is this the person Pat mentioned on the phone yesterday?" Natalie asked, looking at the two people getting closer. "The one in front seems familiar."

"It's them." Ryan nodded, "Ang Lee, the Chinese director."

Natalie waved to the other side. Ask the assistant to prepare black tea and coffee.

"Hello, Mr. Jenkins. Hello, Miss Portman."

"Hello, Mr. Li."

The two stood up. Shaking hands with Li An one after another, Ryan gestured to the two chairs opposite, "You're welcome, just sit down."

Then he turned to look at Taylor. "Let Gru go for a walk in the woods."

"I'll go with it."

Probably seeing something serious to talk about, Taylor politely greeted the guests and led Gru to the woods not far away. A bodyguard immediately followed.

Ryan can roughly guess the purpose of Li An's coming here. After the assistant of the crew brought the coffee, he asked, "Mr. Li, I didn't know you came to Australia..."

Having lived in the West for so many years, Ang Lee is also accustomed to this direct way of speaking, "Mr. Jenkins, I heard that the film copyright of "Brokeback Mountain" is in your hands?"

"It's not a secret, is it?" Ryan looked at him with interest, "Mr. Li is interested in this script?"

"Yes." Ang Lee admitted directly, "I want to direct this movie."

Things went round in a circle and returned to the road of the previous life.

For this, Ryan had already guessed it. After all, although Ang Lee did not take on "The Hulk", he took over another big commercial production, "The Mutant Dog". As a result, this movie that should not have existed in the previous life is better than "Green Giant". The consequences of Giants are even more serious.

How to say "Hulk" used a production cost of 130 million US dollars to exchange for more than 200 million US dollars at the box office from all over the world, but this film about the battle of dogs, but with an investment of 100 million US dollars, only Recovered more than $90 million at the box office.

It has also been proved that Ang Lee is indeed not suitable for fully commercialized films.

His current situation is very delicate. If an American director fails, he will be dormant for a period of time, and a Chinese director has suffered such a serious setback in Hollywood. If he does not take the initiative to find a way to prove himself, there is only one way to leave Hollywood.

Therefore, he once again took a fancy to the sensitive subject of "Brokeback Mountain".

Originally, Ryan took the script and wanted to give it to Natalie, maybe she would use it in the future, but Natalie didn't accept it.

Ryan ignores a very important issue, Natalie's family and her father.

Although due to his reasons, the relationship between Natalie and her parents was not particularly good, but it did not break down. She must be concerned about the impact of this sensitive subject on her family's thoughts.

Therefore, this script has been shelved in his hands. If it is not for no choice, who would the average director take the initiative to touch on this theme that is completely from the perspective of gay men?

"Mr. Li, we had a great time working together on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

That film did bring him a lot of profits. If this one works well, it will be no exception. Ryan raised his right hand and stretched out two momentums, "Two conditions."

Li An nodded and waited for Ryan to continue talking. After all, if there are conditions, there is something to talk about.

"First." Ryan put down his middle finger, "The film is entirely invested by Flower Pictures, and the production cost must be compressed within 15 million US dollars."

"I can give up all the director's salary." Ang Lee said without hesitation.

"No need." Ryan waved his hand, "I have studied the script, and fifteen million dollars is enough for this film."

He didn't bother to deduct the director's remuneration or something like that.

"Second." Ryan put down his index finger again, "You have to finish it as soon as possible, I want this film to appear at the Cannes Film Festival next year."

"This..." Li An frowned, "Time is a little tight."

"Let's put it this way, Mr. Li." Ryan looked at Natalie beside him, "This script was originally prepared for Miss Portman. I have investigated many situations in advance, including the location and actors, which are in the script. All are marked, I believe it will provide you with some help."

By the same token, how many male actors would be willing to play Jack and Ennis if they weren't in a hurry to transform?

Actresses don't matter. It seems that there is no movie star named Anne Hathaway in Hollywood until now.

It is now August, and the Cannes Film Festival is in May. The film was prepared, shot, and completed in more than eight months. However, Ang Lee responded.

The script was at his home in Los Angeles, and Ryan gave Lisa's phone number to Ang Lee and asked him to contact the housekeeper directly after returning to Los Angeles.

After talking about business, Li An didn't even drink coffee and left in a hurry.

"Why do you have to go to the Cannes Film Festival?"

Looking at the distant back, Natalie asked curiously, "Don't you think the time is too tight?"

"Forgot to tell you."

After drinking the coffee in the cup, Ryan remembered the invitation he received before he came to Los Angeles, "Cannes would like to invite me to be the chairman of the jury for next year's film festival."

"You agreed?" Natalie looked at him with a look of disbelief.

"No." Ryan shook his head, "I'm still thinking about it, but now there is one more reason to agree."

"That's why you asked Drew's Flower Films to invest." Natalie immediately figured it out, "so that this movie doesn't seem to be directly related to you, right?"

"Sure enough, Nat understands me."

Pulling Natalie's hand, Ryan kissed the back of his hand lightly, "If Li can shoot the effect I want, it is not impossible to get a Palme d'Or, and the box office of the movie will be more guaranteed. "

"The effect you expected?" Natalie turned her head and looked him up and down carefully. Ryan spread his hands and said, "Dear, didn't I say, this was originally a script prepared for you, But I'm ignoring your family factor."

"Compared to being gay." Natalie filled him with coffee, "I'm more interested in Dilemma."

"Then after you finish the movie."

In that case, invest it yourself, "Let's go to Utah and see."

The arrival of Ang Lee is just a small episode in the filming. In the location scenes filmed here, although Ryan is one of the last players in the Hunger Games, he has not many scenes, except for a fight with Natalie, At other times, it is basically a standard soy sauce male vase.

In her spare time, Sofia Coppola also shot Taylor's first MV. Taylor, who was five feet ten inches tall, put on a gauze skirt and looked as beautiful as a female elf from Middle-earth.

Sofia Coppola finished the video in just two days, and then it was time for Ryan to leave.

Although the film is still early, he is unlikely to stay in Australia for long, and with August coming to an end, there is still a lot of summer work to do.

Another year's hottest movie schedule has passed, and some movies have made enough profits from the market, such as "Spider-Man 2" and "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith", etc.; there are also movies destined to rely on long-term Only the copyright of the later period can be recovered, such as "Troy"; there are also movies that may have huge losses, the most typical of which is "King Arthur". (To be continued..) ()