atypical hollywood life

As the director of the film, no one knows the prospect of this film better than him. For an investment of 6500 million yuan, if you want to pay back, at least the North American box office must be equal to the cost, and the global figure should exceed 2000 million yuan.Mike shook his head, unsure.

It's not that he doesn't have confidence in himself, but that he has self-knowledge. Mike has always known that he is not a very commercial director, and "Mona Lisa Smile" is not a mainstream commercial film.Perhaps the name of Julia Roberts will bring some audiences into the cinema, but it is not practical to want to sell well, and it is not bad to recover the cost.

Regarding the investment in his next work, Neville will of course analyze it seriously.But this theme and this lineup are not big-selling works anyway.

The most troubling thing is Hollywood, where not only the actors but also the director are behind the box office.

Whether or not the movie sells well is the weather vane for the investment and discourse power of the next work. If it sells well, the tide will naturally rise.Mike now regrets why he didn't insist on his own opinion. Who would like to watch a group of women discuss ideological issues in school these days!It's not as good as the gimmick and attractiveness of the feelings in World War II in "Quiet Like the Sea"!

"I hope there will be some gains at this year's Cannes Film Festival." Even so, Mike is not sure.

Thanks to SARS, everyone stayed at home as much as possible to reduce the chance of virus infection. Now the overall market environment is very deserted.Film festivals cannot survive without audiences, and there are many excellent works about women's emotions this year. The time for "Mona Lisa's Smile" to catch up is really not good.

Mike Neville is making trouble here, and the heroine of the movie, Julia Roberts, is actually quite troublesome.Since getting married last year, she has planned to shift her focus from career to family, and plans to have a child with her husband.

But this does not mean that she can calmly watch the films she starred in do not perform well, and Julia does not intend to permanently quit the film industry, just to reduce production for the family.Although there are more opportunities for first-line stars, the box office of "Mona Lisa Smile" may not be bad. Those film critics praised the film so that Sony Columbia's executives are very confident about it.

But after all, Julia Roberts has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, and film critics and audiences have different tastes most of the time.The past few years were fine, but now the Internet is more and more developed, and information is being disseminated more and more widely. The channels for people to obtain information are much wider than in the past.

The film "Mona Lisa's Smile" is a good film, and the quality is quite excellent.But the subject matter is not so mainstream and pleasing, and the number of viewers is now affected by SARS, the results are really not very optimistic.

She has a certain charisma, but it is also accumulated from the girl movies. "Never Compromise" consumes a part, and "Mona Lisa's Smile" will consume a lot?After going on like this, how many people will remember her after she returns after giving birth?

"Don't worry, you are the eternal box office queen, and you will not be forgotten even if you leave the screen for a year or two." Danny Moder kissed Julia and comforted her.

They are actively trying to conceive recently, don't let the bad mood affect this.

"I'm just not used to it." Julia, who was amused by her husband, rested her head on his shoulder.

It's just that I'm not used to being surpassed by younger generations all at once.Having been brilliant on the screen for so many years, it will take time to return to the family.But fortunately she has Danny by her side, for their family, everything is worth it.

"Otherwise, we'll go abroad for vacation after you finish the film in hand, and relax when the time comes..."

Some people are happy and some are sad. While Mike Neville and Julia Roberts are worried about the future of the movie, Angelina Jolie is having dinner with her agent in a happy mood.

Not only has she recently co-starred with Will Smith, Robert De Niro, and Renee Zellweger on the dubbing of an animation, but she has also won several film contracts, and she finally got rid of "Tomb Raider". sequelae.Good luck has begun, and of course it is worth rejoicing.

"Are things going well with you and Thornton?" Angelina's manager asked her, swallowing the food in her mouth.

During this period of time, the divorce between my employer and her husband made a lot of contributions to Hollywood's journalism.At the beginning, the passion of love, tattooing each other's name on the body, putting the blood in a bottle and hanging it on the neck seemed to disappear suddenly. Now the two people can't bear each other's arbitrary behavior at all, and they are going to divorce the point.

"We have reached an agreement and submitted an application to the court, and we will probably complete all the procedures next month." Taking a sip of wine, Julie said lightly.

"If there is anything that needs my help, just tell me." Laurent paused and said.

For this employer, he is really helpless. Angelina Jolie is a walking topic.After finally struggling out of the low tide, something went wrong again, and the divorce was still due to this reason, which made people don't know what to say.

"Don't worry, Billy and I have no disagreements on this matter, and nothing will happen."

Although she and her husband are always called a bloody marriage, they like to express their love in exciting and intense ways, but this does not mean that there will be violence between the two.There is really no need for Laurent to be so worried.

"That's good, next week is the audition for "Alexander the Great", don't do anything to distract yourself at this time." Laurent reminded Julie.

Her chaotic emotional state must not cause any problems at this time, otherwise the character who is about to get it may fly away.At the beginning, because of the chaotic state of life and the relationship between Thornton, she won a Best Supporting Actress. If the current role is handled well, it may bring her an Oscar statuette. If she misses it again I don't know when such a good thing will happen again.

There are not great directors like Oliver Stone everywhere. If you miss the opportunity, don’t come again. Don’t play dead!He's really tired of having to deal with her weird public relations incidents every now and then, and it's really exhausting because she's a drug addict and a third party.

"OK." Julie raised her eyebrows and smiled.

She really doesn't have any new love life now, maybe the filming of "Alexander the Great" will give her some surprises?

"So you turned down Oliver Stone in the end?" Margaret asked Leonardo.

After two months of torment, she finally finished her part of the show, successfully separated from the crew of "Revenge of the Sith", and returned home after being quarantined.Then I started to run non-stop for the promotional action of "Kill Bill".

However, probably because of SARS, the promotional work of the film was not spread out too much. Her life was not as busy as it was when promoting "The Matrix" and "The Mummy", and it was much easier.

It's just that the premiere of the movie ushered in an unexpected guest, Leonardo DiCaprio.

Margaret still finds it strange, isn't this guy filming blood diamonds in Africa?How could he run back to North America at this time?

And Leonardo's answer is also ridiculous. The movie "Blood Diamond" is probably really infected by the content of the movie, and it is simply a disaster.First, Leonard himself was in the hospital because of the fall, and then Jennifer Connelly suffered a neck injury while filming a car chase scene.South Africa, where the movie was filmed, escaped SARS, but the crew did not escape the resistance of the local people.

This film was boycotted and protested by all the diamond industries in South Africa because of the subject matter. It was probably because of SARS that the hearts of the people were unstable. Many local residents were incited, and even a large number of extras on the crew began to be infected by this atmosphere.

In the end, it turned into a riot, and many people in the crew were injured.After this situation happened, of course the crew of "Blood Diamond" couldn't continue to work locally. As a last resort, they returned to the United States and planned to choose another more suitable location for filming.

In this case, of course the leading actor Leonardo returned from Africa along with him.

Margaret was taken aback by seeing his tanned rough look. Could this be the way to finish filming "The Aviator"?Howard has never had a hobby of tanning.

But Leonardo himself doesn't really care about this, there are still several months left, and his skin can be whitened by covering himself at home every day, so there is no need to worry.

"Yeah, I declined. I don't think this role is suitable for me, and you know, there are scheduling issues. Why did so many things happen during the preparation of his film?" Leonardo showed a Sly smile.

When filming "American Psycho", Oliver Stone mentioned to him that he wanted to film a story reflecting the famous warlike emperor in history, and the other party strongly invited him to participate in this project.

At that time, Leonardo hesitated, but the preparation of this film was not very smooth, and it could even be called bumps and bumps.The later script also made Leonardo feel unreliable, and then he took over the filming of "Blood Diamond", booked "The Aviator", and rejected "Alexander the Great".

Of course, in terms of contact time, "The Aviator" is still ahead of "Blood Diamond".

Hollywood is a circle, and no one knows who will cooperate with them in the future. Everyone will do this when encountering inappropriate scripts, such as unsuitable schedules and so on. It is simply too easy to use.

If neither "Blood Diamond" nor "The Aviator" can bring him a statuette, then maybe there will be a chance to cooperate with Oliver Stone in the future?Of course Leonardo would not simply tell old Stone that your script looks like a big hit at first glance, and the characterization is not good enough, and the audience and film critics might scold him after the filming.It's better for people to be a little more tactful.

"Hehe." Margaret felt nothing in her heart.

In recent years, Hollywood has probably been frightened by the achievements of "Gladiator" and "Lord of the Rings", and a swarm of bees has begun to follow suit.Movies such as "Alexander the Great", "King Arthur", and "Troy" have been launched one after another, and I don't know if they can all reproduce the glory of "Gladiator" and "Lord of the Rings".

Huh, so it seems that the "Kingdom of Heaven" she missed is also an epic movie?Margaret thought she smelled something.Are these films really making money instead of losing money?

But even though she had such an idea inexplicably, Margaret didn't say it was annoying, so it's better not to talk cheap.It was another matter that concerned her more.

"Which director was chosen for "The Aviator"?" It's already June, and the filming will start in November. What does the director want to do if he doesn't decide?