Hollywood Secret Garden

Sure enough, what's going on in your head.Angela raised her eyebrows, but her tone was still calm: "I think...Mr. Nakata seems to have misunderstood me, maybe because I didn't make it clear in the email?"

Nakata and Shimizu looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders, then Nakata smiled wryly: "Actually... well, this is just one of our thoughts, and it's okay if Miss Mason sticks to her own opinion."

Japanese pride?Think Americans can't master horror movies with this rhythm?Or just competition?Hey, who cares what the reason is, as long as "The Grudge" is a Hollywood production and has my name written on the screenplay and production, everything else is out of the question.Angela thought silently, in fact, if it wasn't that she couldn't arrange it, she would definitely direct it in person. Anyway, the essence of "The Grudge" is how to make Kayako's weird appearance suddenly appear in people's hearts, and it is very shocking. She is basically familiar with linear editing, but in order not to conflict with her main plan, she can only find a Japanese director who is familiar with this style to direct it. I don't know what Nakata thinks about it.

"So, does Mr. Nakata have any intention of being the director of this movie?" Angela asked bluntly.

"Actually..." Nakata showed a wry smile again on his square face, "By the time Mr. Sparrow contacted us, the office had already started preparations for "Midnight Ring"

It's the second episode...I don't know when Miss Mason plans to start filming? "

These guys are really smart.Angela calmly thought that if they can't get the production rights, they should focus on the distribution rights, and they are very sure, because they found Hideo Nakata directly, which means that they don't approve of Nakata in their hearts. Other Japanese directors.

Well, they did guess right, because "The Ring" is similar to "The Grudge" in some places, and Angela is really unfamiliar with Japanese film directors, so Hideo Nakata can only be responsible directed.In fact, Angela didn't mind handing over the distribution rights to them, but she didn't want the production time to be too long.But Nakata is now making it very clear: "Midnight Ring" is being produced

In the second episode, he can't let him put it down for a while and shoot "The Grudge" first, right?Angela is not the person in charge of their firm, let alone the Emperor of Japan, by the way, where is that person?

Angela suddenly looked at Takashi Shimizu who didn't say much with interest: "Mr. Shimizu has any directing experience?"

Hideo Nakata and Takashi Shimizu were stunned when they heard this sentence. They naturally understood what Angela said, and after looking at each other again, Shimizu coughed dryly, "Unfortunately, Miss Mason, I have only shot a 3-minute short film so far. .”

"A 3-minute short film?" Angela raised her eyebrows, "Can you briefly describe your filming experience?"

Takashi Shimizu thought carefully before opening his mouth again: "I liked movies very much when I was very young. I was deeply infected after watching Mr. Spielberg's "ET", so I made up my mind to use movies as my goal. , when I was a student, I studied under Shitang Shulang's seniors. After dropping out of university, I worked as an independent film and stage play writer. Last year, I participated in the first lecture on film technology aesthetics lectured by Mr. Kurosawa Kiyoshi. It was Mr. Kurosawa Kiyoshi who appreciated me. The 3-minute short film I shot recommended me to Mr. Takashige Ichinose, and then Mr. Nakata served as his assistant when he produced "Midnight Ring" in the later stage."

Although Angela nodded impatiently, she was actually confused by the long list of names in the other party's mouth. She felt that it was a mistake for this man in his 30s to introduce herself I decided that maybe I should be more direct, and then she heard the other party say: "Actually, I volunteered to come to America with Mr. Nakata this time. I like your idea very much. I think it can create a A whole new style of horror!"

Hearing this, Angela's eyes suddenly lit up, a new style of horror movie... Think about the question I wanted to ask again, could this guy with the stubble in front of me be the person I wanted to find but didn't know how to find it? ?

"Thanks for the compliment, so is Mr. Shimizu interested in directing this movie?" Angela asked with a smile, and then explained after the two of them showed astonished expressions: "I will say this because I found that Mr. Shimizu and Mr. My thoughts coincide in many ways."

Speaking of which, Angela made a gesture and called Annie to ask her to go to her bedroom to get the things. A few minutes later, some drawings were placed in front of Nakata and Shimizu.These are drawn intermittently by Angela in her spare time. There are character setting drafts for several characters, and there are also several shot scenes. Compared with the drafts that Shimizu took out before, Angela's drafts are more detailed. It can be used as a setting sketch for a movie.

Among them, the appearance of the heroine is directly drawn in the appearance of Sarah, and Kayako and Junxiong are painted in the shape of pale white with thick dark circles, instead of Qingshui Takashi's full body covered in blood, but they are drawn in separate shots It is Kayako who pulls a female character in from under the quilt, and the use of some colors is also very visually impactful.

"Miss Mason's thoughts are really different from ordinary people," Nakata couldn't help but exclaimed and praised, "Just these few sketches of the sub-cameras can already make people shudder."

Angela, who smiled and said nothing, kept her eyes on Shimizu Takashi. The man flipping through the sketches and thinking, his eyes were full of excitement after the initial surprise, and he seemed to have figured out a lot of things.It wasn't until Nakata coughed twice that Shimizu, who was concentrating on it, finally woke up, and put down the drawing with a reluctant expression.

"So, do the two gentlemen have any suitable opinions on my proposal?" Angela sat up straight.

Nakata pondered for a while and exchanged glances with Shimizu before opening his mouth: "I'm sorry, Ms. Mason, although I believe that Shimizu-kun has the ability, and he is definitely willing to work as a director, but we must communicate with the agency first. "

"I understand, so let's stop here for now, and hope we can reach a consensus soon." Angela nodded and stood up, and Nakata and Shimizu also stood up and bowed to her: "I'm sorry to trouble you .”

After the two Japanese left, Angela stretched without image, and said half-complaint and half-joking to Sparrow: "You brought two Japanese directors over just after the Halloween holiday, you really know how to choose time."

"Didn't you ask Japan to notify you as soon as there is any movement?" Mr. Broker shrugged.

"Yeah, you still remember that you notified me the first time, and you called me as soon as you got on the plane." Angela rolled her eyes, then waved her hand: "Okay, let's not talk about this, for these two Japanese What do you think?"

"Hmm... It's very polite to be humble and cautious, and it's too succinct, that's it, what's wrong?" Sparrow was a little puzzled.

"Nothing?" Angela thought for a few seconds and finally shook her head. Forget it, there are some things that you don't need to take care of yourself, just make a plan. For international students, there should be some of them who can speak Japanese, so it’s better to find someone to help translate.

"Angie, I still have something here, do you plan to read it now or tomorrow?" Sparrow spoke again at this moment.

"What?" Angela blinked.

"Some movie role invitations and script review, and John is very dissatisfied with your behavior of letting them go." Said Sparrow's tone at the end turned into ridicule.

"Oh, damn it," Angela rolled her eyes, waved her hands and shouted angrily, "It's not my fault, who made me go to the east coast to go to college, and besides supervising one movie, I have to take care of another one. "

Speaking of this, she suddenly stopped, and sighed after a few seconds: "Well, there is indeed a little responsibility, then you remember to tell John and them, I promise to come back to be the cowgirl in "Toy Story" during the summer vacation next year." Qian dubbing."

Following Angela, he changed the subject: "Isn't Edwin in charge of the selection of the script? I only occasionally go to the editorial team to check, even if there is something difficult to decide, they will tell me by email instead of handing it to you? Let I'm guessing it's a play that someone I know recommended, right?"

"Basically so." Sparrow nodded with a smile, "Do you still remember Andrew Nicole?"

Angela turned her head and thought carefully: "You mean Andrew Nicole who bought the adaptation rights of my science fiction novel and finally made it into the movie "Virtual Idol"?!"

"Yes, he came up with a new script this time, and after reading it, all major companies have received good reviews, but he really wanted to be the director by himself, so it has not been negotiated." Sparrow said from the package Take out a floppy disk.

"So he came to me to see if I could give him this chance, right?" Angela put the floppy disk into the computer, and then said with a sigh: "It seems that I have become a big shot."

"Is there anyone who doesn't think so?" Sparrow said jokingly, Angela shrugged and did not continue the topic: "To be honest, I don't think Andrew is suitable to be a director. He can be an excellent screenwriter or an excellent director." Producer, but he should not be a director. I don’t want to say bad things about him, but from the fact that he always likes to write very rich scripts, it can be seen that if he is a director, it is difficult to make choices about important content, so he does not Great for directing your own script...especially this one!"

Looking at the name of the script, Angela didn't know whether to sigh or smile bitterly. Although she said so, she still decided that if the script was not bad and didn't cost much money, it would be okay to let Andrew try it, but she didn't expect the script The name turned out to be "The Truman Show"!

Quickly browsed through the content, Angela sighed and covered her forehead, and spoke after a while: "Jack, you and McKinley and the others discuss how to get this script, and tell Andrew that we can compensate him in other ways, For example, let him be the executive producer, etc., in short, sell the script while declining his director's request."

"Okay, I understand." Sparrow nodded without any extra words.

"Also, tell him that I know someone who is very suitable to play Truman," Angela thought about it carefully, "Specifically, it's up to you and McKinley to discuss and decide whether to say it or not. Well, that's it."

It's a pity Andrew, everything else is fine and this movie isn't.Angela shook her head and stood up, ready to go upstairs to see Alizee, but Sparrow immediately stopped her: "Wait, Angie, you still need to make a decision."

"An invitation to a movie role? I'm sorry, I'm not interested at the moment. In the future, unless there are people who have a good relationship with me, I will refuse them all." Angela said without turning her head.

"Did you refuse to invite you to play Legolas?" Sparrow's voice sounded again immediately.

"Just ask me to play Gandalf...Wait, what are you talking about?" Angela turned around abruptly, staring at her agent with wide eyes in surprise, "Invite me to play Legolas?"

"Yes, Legolas in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, obviously, they watched the live broadcast of the Halloween parade." Sparrow shrugged.

"Damn it, stop joking, Jack! This year is 98!" Angela hesitated in both belief and disbelief.

"Is there any connection between 98 and the movie version of "Lord of the Rings"?" Sparrow was at a loss.

"Ah, of course... no," Angela immediately changed her words after realizing her mistake, "I'm asking... which company and which director are going to put "Lord of the Rings" on the screen?"

"New Line Pictures invested in the filming, and the director was a New Zealander named Peter Jackson." Sparrow recalled carefully.

"You mean that a New Zealand director named Peter Jackson is going to make "Lord of the Rings" into a movie with the support of New Line Films, is that right?" Angela stared at Sparrow and repeated the previous content.

"That's right," Sparrow nodded, "I have to say that they are very courageous. They invested 3 million yuan to make a trilogy, but it's hard to say what the end result will be. It's a terrible thing."

"It won't happen," Angela murmured, she seemed to be still immersed in the news that "The Lord of the Rings" might be about to start filming, and she didn't recover, "I just want to say that it's unbelievable to invite... "

She finally raised her head: "What did they say? They invited me to play Legolas again?"

"They didn't specify, they just asked if you would like to audition for this role. I think it should be to invite you to cross-dress. After all, you did dress up in reverse at the parade, and they issued an invitation to audition."

"It's just an audition?" Angela couldn't help pinching her chin. "Is there any news? For example, when will the filming start, where will it be filmed, and what is the expected filming cycle."

"These questions have not yet been answered. They have just started preparations and are still discussing how to choose the cast. It is estimated that the official shooting will take a long time," Sparrow analyzed for her. "Before I came to Boston, I asked New Line a little After understanding the situation, they plan to shoot the trilogy in one go, so the shooting cycle may be very long."

"Shooting all at once? Three books are going to be shot for $3 million?" Angela didn't know whether to laugh or be surprised, but her memory told her that it seemed to be the case.

So do you want to take this role?Angela didn't pursue the truth, but thought about the question before her. Gradually, the corners of her mouth curled up: "Obviously, I can't refuse this, so why don't I agree?"

"so……"

"Yes, tell them that I am willing to participate in the audition, but if you can, please try to delay it as much as possible. If you are not in a hurry, please arrange it after the New Year, because only then will I have time." Angela smiled and folded her arms. "Maybe I can surprise them then."

As she spoke, she took a deep breath and waved her arms vigorously: "It seems that the era of mature use of CG in movies is coming. After "Lord of the Rings", there will be..."

Speaking of which, Angela stopped suddenly and then turned her head with a strange expression, looking with interest at her manager who was packing up her things and was about to leave.

"Anything else?" Sparrow stopped his movements.

"I think...you might be able to change jobs, Jack." Angela said with a half-smile.

"You mean..." The agent had a clear expression, "You want to unilaterally terminate the contract and let me go home to retire, right?"

"What do you think—" Angela dragged her voice, "How about going to the Caribbean to be a pirate?"

"Being a pirate?" Sparrow, who was joking just now, was completely stunned this time.

"Yes, I went to be a pirate in the Caribbean Sea four or five hundred years ago." Angela smiled and pinched her chin and looked at Sparrow, "Let me think about what to equip Captain Jack Sparrow with." Okay? Like the Black Pearl, the only ship at sea that can rival Davy Jones' Flying Dutchman in terms of speed? And a compass that can point to the place you want to go? In this way, when Captain Sparrow wants to If he wants to escape, he can escape very quickly, and when he is full of courage and wants to rescue his friends, he can easily find the place! No, no, let’s forget it, he is heroic, weird, and greedy for life and fear of death, although he is afraid of death for his friends It’s not bad, but it’s all based on the fact that there is no conflict of interest, it’s better to ask friends to rescue him…Damn it, I’m done talking.”

Speaking of which, Angela clapped her hands fiercely: "Okay, for the time being, Captain Sparrow is about to set sail, but before that, I have to go upstairs to write down all these points. Goodbye, Captain Sparrow."

Seeing her giggling and running upstairs, Sparrow was still in a daze and couldn't understand what Angela was talking about, oh no, at least one thing he knew, Miss Genius had a script about pirates Conceived.