atypical hollywood life

Forgive him for his limited knowledge. He dropped out of USC before graduating, but he really doesn’t understand that the performance in the camera is exactly the same after several times. How did those directors see the actor’s inner thoughts? ?Afterwards, he still stared at the film frame by frame, but he couldn’t tell the difference, not to mention the difficult and long long shots. David felt that there were only two outcomes for him to face this kind of film in the cinema, either Immediately lift your legs and walk in, and you will fall asleep directly. Can the inexplicable and raving works really win awards and box office?

David, who felt that he would probably miss the Oscars in his life, decided that it would be better to focus on more commercial works, at least he would not fall asleep while watching the films produced by his company.

But obviously, food needs to be eaten bite by bite, and the road needs to be walked step by step. If this little shrimp wants to make a fortune in Hollywood, he still needs to pay some tuition fees and work hard. Those experiences some time ago That's the lesson.But now there is a good project in front of my eyes. Margaret is also a big star in Hollywood, and the company she started has also gained a foothold. "Terminator" is a very famous IP. If it can be successful Working together will give his studio a very good start.

"It's very simple, two ways, copyright sharing, pull a group of small production companies to make their own, and then find a large studio to cooperate with distribution, just like the previous Heimdall Company, Carlock Company and C-2Pictures That; another way is to learn from the "Mission: Impossible" series and find a big producer to share the copyright and work together, which one do you think is better?" Margaret easily threw the question back.

In fact, she discussed this issue with Norman at her small party before. After all, the future of this IP is really not clear now. Both Andrew Vaina and Mario Casa are hesitating. If this IP can be obtained at this time, it may take a year or two to polish the script, and it may not be possible to make this series shine again.

What's more, Margaret has a good relationship with James Cameron and dares to delegate power. If he can be persuaded to come out and make this movie again, it will undoubtedly give this series whose vitality is dying.

"Have you already made a plan?" David leaned forward excitedly.

Just now they also talked about another film project developed by Wood Torch, "Transformers", and they are also interested in this film David, which will have a large number of airplane villains. A group of various fighter jets bombarded What a style of bombing.It's a pity that, like "The Aviator", he entered this movie a bit late. Universal has already intervened in the production of this movie. It is impossible for them to spit out the meat in their mouths, and there is a With Amblin Entertainment, Spielberg's production company, he's basically hopeless.

Therefore, he is really urgent about the project of "Terminator", and he has even considered whether to add some flying skills to Mr. Savior in the process of writing the script.This kind of thinking is also enough to make people speechless.

"If you join, the plan will go more smoothly." Margaret blinked and leaned forward.

She alone can't run this project. Norman will probably be sad because of the huge budget and James' great reputation and refuse to join this cheating plan.

"How do you calculate the investment ratio and copyright?" David asked a key question.

"If there are only two of us, then one and half. If there is a third party, the two of us combined must ensure that we can dominate the production. You know, James is not a person who likes others to dictate to him. ’ Margaret smiled.

Talking about other things in the business field is false, and only tangible benefits can move people's hearts.The current situation is the same, we don't come between those vain people, and we don't make any temptations to test things. Things that can be done in a few days have to be delayed for several months. We only talk about the most critical and core things. As long as the intention is decided, the rest will be handled by the relevant staff.Margaret's idea is very bachelor.

"Are you going to give James Cameron the final editing rights?" David rapped on the table in thought.

Even if he is still not an old bird, he is no longer that white guy who just entered Hollywood, and he understands the meaning of Margaret's words very well.

For things like the final editing rights, Hollywood has quite a few directors, but there are not many directors who can compete with major studios in commercial masterpieces, and they can be counted on ten fingers.

"Terminator" is undoubtedly a commercial masterpiece that is enough for the producer to deprive the director of the final editing rights. Is it too risky to do so?

"So do you think James would take over the film again if he didn't have the final editing rights?" Margaret asked.

If there was this possibility before "Titanic", then after "Titanic", this possibility has been buried in time forever.You don't give him the final editing rights for a director with a global box office of 18 billion, are you kidding?

"Okay, you are the proposer of the plan, so listen to you." David rubbed his nose, acquiescing to Margaret's approach.

If this set is changed to someone else, even Ridley Scott will have no problem. Who told this great director to have too much connotation and come up with a movie version of more than three hours at every turn?Besides, "Blade Runner", which he had the final editing right at the beginning, lost a lot of money. Even if it was praised by the fans of later generations, it was useless. The big studios looked at the box office without looking at the connotation!But it would be a pity to switch to James Cameron. Except for "The Abyss", this director has not done any money-losing business yet, but the problem is that "The Abyss" is originally an experimental movie. The embodiment of technology and technology even directly contributed to the big sales of "Terminator 2", coupled with the global 18 billion that no one can break so far, David himself felt that it would be too much without such conditions.

"The current plan is only verbal. Whether those two are willing to sell the copyright is still a question. Don't be too happy." Margaret leaned back in her chair.

Everything is just an unknown, and it is too early to say anything.

"I don't think C-2Pictures will hold on to it. As long as there is no James Cameron and our Mr. Governor, this film can only be a dead end. The only thing we need to care about is money. Are we short of money? ?” David also leaned back and said with an understatement.

Fuck it's finally my turn to throw money at people!Naive rookie David Ellison thought.

There's no way, even if he wanted to throw money at people before, he couldn't spend it, he was so frightfully aggrieved, but now that he finally managed to be so bold, he couldn't be too happy in his heart!

Even if he pays the tuition fee, he recognizes that the big Hollywood pattern has been formed, unless he can acquire one of the several major studios.But leaving aside financial issues, even with the full support of his father Larry Ellison, it is impossible for him to raise enough money.And to put it bluntly, no matter which government cares about public opinion, the person in charge of this kind of thing must have a deep political background, either a senior Republican or a senior Democrat, and their family's qualifications are very junior, not so Great voice.

Don't mention Sony Columbia, this cannot be calculated according to the routine. The US-Japan relationship and various economic factors at that time were the result of this reason. I didn't see that in the next few decades, this company was almost cheated by the US government and Hollywood. Is it about to turn yellow?If it weren't for the "Spider-Man" series to turn the tide, Sony headquarters still doesn't know how many companies it will sell to fill this hole.It turned out to be a good thing. Just after recovering a little bit of breath, I encountered the big pit of MGM again.David really couldn't figure out why such a shell subsidiary, worthless things other than the 007 copyright, could be sold for a high price of 50 billion?What the hell is Time Warner competing for?Are the Japanese brains filled with water?

Under such a big environment, unless he encounters special circumstances, it is almost impossible for him to flex his muscles, so he can only suffer slowly.Just like many small production companies, depending on a large studio, division of labor, a little bit of our qualifications, a few years later, we will be able to independently produce films, and then ten or eight years later Yes, it can almost reach the level of Margaret's company.

It's not that he is too pessimistic, they are also the children of the rich, and Margaret's foundation in Hollywood is much better than his.But even so, she did not directly start from scratch, but chose a company that had existed for almost ten years to continue to operate, and then it took several years to develop the wooden torch to this point. Consider yourself lucky.

But now someone has given him an opportunity, it's no different from a pie in the sky, "Terminator", what a good springboard?

"You don't lack money, what you lack is brains. How much have you suffered in this period of time, why don't you have a long memory?" Luke frowned and said unceremoniously.

In the past six months or so, David has probably suffered more than he has suffered in the past 20 years. If we talk about the reasons, then most of the blame can be attributed to him being too careless and too arrogant.Larry Ellison had a deep influence on him, not only in his dropout from USC, but also in his behavior. This guy is too arrogant.

Nothing in the world is guaranteed, everything can change the moment before the contract is signed, and the same is true in Hollywood.Here, lying is the basic technology, turning faces is a common tool, and selling for a price is the norm. The two companies must not be the only ones staring at the "Terminator" project. It will account for a certain proportion, who knows whose hands this delicate and charming rose will fall into in the end?As long as there is no signing and finalization for one day, then anything is possible!

"Okay okay, my fault. You're too nervous, Luke. I promise I'll throw this sentence in the trash when I get out of this door." David admitted his mistake.

Luke was right, he was too carried away, he always looked at Hollywood the way he used to in Silicon Valley, thinking he could do anything with money.But in this movie world, some things are not only money, but also other more important things, which is why he suffered so much in the first place.He is not familiar with these ways, and he doesn't have enough energy, who will kill others if he doesn't kill him?It seems that we should be more cautious in the future, Hollywood has too many twists and turns, and he can no longer use that rough and direct way to deal with it.