Chapter 1350 1350 Goodbye Duel
"Trainspotting" is that kind of script. Compared with the characters, the whole movie exudes a charming charm, making people want to be part of it involuntarily. The residence sighed at the whimsy of the film industry.
But when Hugo asked Rick about the script, Rick's words broke all of Hugo's illusions, "This is a script that no one cares about, and even we ignore it and don't even want to give Other artists in the company, how do you think they might want to find you?"
Indeed, although cost is also an important issue, what is more important is that a movie like "Trainspotting" with a rebellious rock flavor in its marrow disdain to use a "top star" like Hugo to make Hugo a movie Part of it was a big failure. Hugo's reputation, popularity and appeal would make the movie lose its original flavor and distract the audience's attention from the story itself, which is a disaster.
Hugo knew that fact, too, so Rick was forgiven for saying that Trainspotting didn't give him an invitation at all.
Although Hugo knew this was the case, he also knew that "Trainspotting" was more suitable for Ewan McGregor, and that "Trainspotting" had already been completed, but Hugo was still full of regrets.
Looking at "Trainspotting" in his hand, Hugo reluctantly put it aside after all, his eyes fell on "Clockwork Orange" on the beach chair, Hugo thought to himself, after reading this book, he should Find out the original book of "Trainspotting" and read it carefully.
After reluctantly giving up on "Trainspotting", Hugo looked at the large box of scripts in a loss, and couldn't help but sighed deeply. It really wasn't that the more scripts, the better. Choosing a script also requires fate and luck, and the perfect script that suits you is not so easy to come across.
After nearly forty scripts, only "First Degree Fear" and "The English Patient" remained in front of Hugo.
"First Degree Fear" is actually Hugo's personal appreciation and his favorite work, but the repetition of the characters is too high, so Hugo can't get much interest. He is more looking forward to Edward Norton's debut in this work. It was born in the middle of the sky, shining on the big screen. Although Edward has never been a first-line superstar in Hollywood, his talent cannot be ignored, especially his humility, his low-keyness, and his dedication to work are always admirable.
As for "The English Patient", objectively speaking, this is a good work. Apart from the affirmation of the Oscars, Anthony Minghella also gave it many stylized features, which are all worthy of recognition. However, after reading so many scripts, and after missing "Trainspotting", Hugo was also quite indifferent and lost interest.
But after thinking about it, after all, I stayed and let's see what happens next.
In this way, Hugo's next work is likely to be born between "The English Patient" and "Independence Day", which is a very interesting thing, one is the academic work that swept the Oscars, and the other is The commercial popcorn work that swept the box office, although the "British Patient" was confirmed by the Oscars, the box office almost doubled, with 78 million box office in North America and 230 million worldwide. An exceptionally outstanding work at the box office has brought its own epic characteristics and Oscar effect to the extreme, but the own attributes of these two works are fundamentally different.
But that's not necessarily the case. The "British Patient" should not put Hugo as the first choice, and he is indeed not the best candidate; and the situation of "Independence Day" depends on the follow-up development. Maybe these two works are raining. If I missed it all, I chose another work instead, which is not impossible.
This is Hollywood, after all, and anything is possible.
Interestingly, the script that Rick handed over this time almost didn’t talk about the remuneration, and Rick didn’t discuss this topic with Hugo in particular. It can also be seen from here that after the waves of "Mission Impossible", major Hollywood film companies are now very cautious.
On the one hand, everyone is quite sure that Hugo's salary is more than 15 million, but works that can afford this price are often commercial blockbusters. They are not sure what kind of commercial blockbuster can impress Hugo. Including 20th Century Fox, the same is true for Kevin's temptation and foreshadowing in the previous few months, and he walked around Hugo like a fox. In fact, this is the mentality.
But on the other hand, Hugo does not reject independent films, and he does not mind the ultra-low pay, which makes it impossible for film companies to directly abandon their infatuation with art films, just like "away from the casino", if you can invite When Hugo starred, 20th Century Fox must have invested with the intention of impacting the awards.
Therefore, the attitude of the film company seems to be ambiguous, and they do not intend to impress Hugo with the remuneration, and everything speaks with the script. This also led to a variety of scripts submitted.
After the decision was made, Hugo was not in a hurry to tell Rick his conclusion. After all, he only spent a few hours reading nearly forty scripts. This was really shocking, so let Rick first. Go talk to Roland Emmerich and the others after they're done talking.
Just as Hugo began to choose his next works, the screening of "Death Ramble" was quietly approaching.
As the most topical work in the second half of this year, "Death Convict Walk" really had no "hot spots" before that. No one could have expected that such an independent work with an indifferent theme would actually surpass "Toy Story". . Story)", "Jumanji" and other commercial blockbusters have become the most anticipated works at the end of the year, which is also an unprecedented situation.
Everyone is wondering what kind of work made Hugo schizophrenic during the performance, and what a wonderful performance Hugo gave in the movie to force him into a corner!
Although it is a spot-on screening, after the broadcast of "The Tonight Show", "Death Ramble" has undoubtedly become the most anticipated work in recent times.
Hidden behind the dazzling halo of "Death Walk", "Twelve Monkeys" was also officially screened in the same week, and the two films chose three theaters for screening.
Although there is suspicion of hype, people still have to sigh that Hugo and Brad are like fateful rivals. Unlike Tom Cruise, who became famous at a young age, Hugo and Brad both really started the road to superstardom in 1992. The previous small fights were more like the media deliberately placed the two on the opposite side of the competition in order to hype the news. On the Internet, similar competitors will be artificially created by the media almost every three or five times to attract the focus.
But unexpectedly, Hugo and Brad actually collided with sparks, and both rose up, first Hugo and then Brad. At the end of last year, "Pulp Fiction" was successively associated with "Interview with the Vampire" and "Burning Love". The showdown of "Years" pushed the showdown to a whole new level, and reached its peak among the "Seven Deadly Sins".
These two competitors are undoubtedly the best representatives of the current Hollywood "Yu Liang complex", even surpassing the two rivals of Hugo and Tom Cruise, Brad and Tom Cruise, and the level of attention Break the table directly.
This time, "Death Ramble" and "Twelve Monkeys" will be screened in the same theater on the same day, which will undoubtedly be a showdown of Mars hitting the earth.
Objectively speaking, "Twelve Monkeys" should be regarded as a commercial movie at all. This movie, which is classified as a suspense and thriller work like "Seven Deadly Sins", has a different charm after adding science fiction elements. , the investment cost of US$29 million shows the ambition of Universal Pictures, which is completely different from the "Death Ramble" with an investment cost of only 11 million US dollars. From planning to conception to target groups and box office Expectations are completely different works.
"Twelve Monkeys" is clearly hoping to make a difference at the box office. Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt's new partner, and invited the industry's well-known Terry Gilliam (Terry. Gilliam) Directing shows Universal Pictures' desire for the box office and confidence in this work, and they even hope to replicate the success of "Seven Deadly Sins".
However, out of a cautious point of view, Universal Pictures also chose to test the waters in the first week, hoping to formulate a follow-up full release plan based on the feedback of professional film critics and viewers.
However, regardless of the follow-up plan and ultimate goal, "Twelve Monkeys" is the antithesis of "Death Walk" in its first week, and the two films will be held simultaneously in three theaters in Los Angeles on December 15th. Pointing, not to mention the rumors in the circle that the script of "Twelve Monkeys" was first found by Hugo. After Hugo refused, it fell into Brad's hands. Such rumors added a lot of gunpowder flavor.
This means that the two films will be compared in all directions, and the performance of Hugo and Brad is bound to set off all the attention, once again igniting the end of the year.
No matter whether the parties are willing to admit it or not, it is undeniable that Hugo and Brad are the real fateful opponents, and the two are bound to be compared and discussed by the media in all directions. This is already an established destiny. For this, Brad has never shied away from it, since the audition of "Big River Love", he has been so determined; and Hugo has never been afraid of competition, although he does not like hype, but he will not shrink back , healthy competition will only make him full of motivation.
From the beginning of the showdown with Brad having the upper hand, to Hugo taking the lead and Brad struggling to catch up, to recently Hugo completely suppressing Brad, these two competitors are writing history, so this time " What will be the outcome of the first-week showdown between Death Row and Twelve Monkeys?
Not to mention how it performed at the box office or how the film critics rated it, at least in terms of the attention of the screenings, "Death Ramble" has already taken a lead by half!