Chapter 1383: 1383
Hollywood has been on the verge of a storm lately, and all forces are on the move. Warner Bros., Paramount, and Disney are all planning to invest about $100 million in major projects; Columbia Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Pictures is even more aggressive. At the same time, it has embarked on a number of projects with a cost of more than 80 million yuan, hoping to reverse its current sluggish performance; even MGM and New Line Pictures, which have been quiet, have frequently made small moves.
It seems that everyone feels the looming sense of history moving forward, and the failure of "Future Water World" has made the eight major film companies begin to reflect and argue.
On the other hand, James Cameron submitted another mega project that he had planned for nearly three years to Twentieth Century Fox. It was rumored that James Lion had asked for a budget of $200 million. Twentieth Century Fox was hesitant to "Future Water World" fiasco.
At the same time, Columbia Pictures, who were forced into a corner, can be seen everywhere. Mark Canton has become the busiest figure in Hollywood recently, but no one knows what he is planning. Mark has visited the three leading brokerage companies and the two leaders of medium-sized brokerage companies, and then has successively with Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others met once or several times, and of course Hugo was one of them.
People are speculating about Mark's plans. Many high-investment projects in Columbia Pictures obviously need actors with box office appeal to play the role. It's just that Mark's actions are too frequent, and instead reveal a hint of impetuousness and unease.
In this busy hustle and bustle, Hugo is naturally one of the focal points. The high attention of "Death Ramble" has pushed the momentum accumulated by the previous "Seven Deadly Sins" to a new height, and everyone knows clearly that Hugo It's been more than three months since I have read the new script, and Glory to the Dead has also stayed put during this time, which seems to imply that Hugo should be a bystander in this storm. Is it really so?
Long before the release of "Death Row", there were rumors in the circle that 20th Century Fox was seeking cooperation with Hugo. For this reason, Kevin Pence ran around and mobilized all possible resources. But whether Kevin's goal is a commercial film or an art film, no one knows.
As the topic of "Death Penalty Walk" has become increasingly popular, and rumors have developed further, 20th Century Fox seems to be hoping to get the production rights of Hugo's second script creation, which has also attracted the attention of many people. Later, this rumor gradually became richer and developed branches. Some people said that Hugo wrote a script about a rock band. Some people said that Hugo planned to challenge the theme of comedy this time. Some people said that Hugo planned to write, direct and act. Some people say that Hugo is in contact with Tom Hanks, and Tom is very interested in the directing tube; some people say that Hugo is very confident in this script, and believes that the difficulty of the role is no less than "Death Ramble"...
There are various opinions, but no official confirmation has been obtained. Even the major film companies seem to have been standing still, and these news have always been spread among the people behind the scenes.
Just last week, there were rumors that 20th Century Fox planned to cooperate with Hugo on an independent literary film, and Kevin hoped to use Hugo's excellent acting skills to impact next year's Oscars. This rumor has nose and eyes, and some people even say that the script is a biographical film about Alan Turing, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. Hugo will show the struggle and pain of Turing in the last ten years of his life.
As we all know, Turing was forced to undergo treatment for homosexual tendencies after being found out as a homosexual, experienced a humiliating encounter with female hormone injections, and finally chose to consume an apple soaked in **** and committed suicide.
The proposal was so realistic that it even attracted official reports from a few newspapers, and it was so convincing and lifelike. In the "Austin Pravda" news report, they simply announced the entire cast directly. They believe that David Fincher will direct this biographical film, a second cooperation with Hugo, and the film The most important female role is currently contested by Charlize Theron, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts. As for Alan Turing's same-sex partner, Leonardo DiCaprio is currently locked.
The report of the "Austin Pravda" has almost been reported as a fact. After its publication, it caused an uproar. Many people have high expectations for this movie, which is still being planned. The sales of that issue of the newspaper were exceptional. Presumably no one remembers the difference between the newspaper's reviews of "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "Twelve Monkeys."
After the news came out, almost everyone focused on Alan Turing's biography, and many reporters called Rick and Joseph's mobile phones to confirm, but both Rick and Joseph denied it. . This left reporters confused, is this true or false?
Logically speaking, since both the agent and the manager have denied it, it means that the news is unreliable. However, a sentence from the "Austin Pravda" that "both sides appear to be conservative until things are actually implemented" adds to the suspense. As they say, before the signing in black and white, everything changed, so the denials of Rick and Joseph instead became synonymous with caution, which deepened the credibility of the matter.
It really makes me cry.
However, 20th Century Fox did not stop the spread of these news, and they never issued a positive statement to clarify, which is also the fundamental reason why the rumors never dissipated. At this time, everyone thought that Hugo's new work was a biographical film, and even many film production companies thought so, but at this level, a paparazzi broke the news:
The project that Hugo and 20th Century Fox are negotiating is not a biography at all, or even a literary film, but a commercial masterpiece. Hugo will star in the first real high-investment commercial film of his career.
After the news came out, many people didn't believe it at first, because Alan Turing's biography was too true, and under preconceived notions, people refused to believe that Hugo's next work would be a commercial film . But this news has attracted the attention of many professionals in the circle: because the whistleblower of the news is Dawes-Carter!
Dawes Carter, the paparazzi who has been in the limelight this year is no stranger to the insiders. At the end of last year, he broke the news that Mr. Bond and Adam Lancaster confronted the truth; this year, the Michael Jackson incident was revealed. The truth; in the summer's sensational Hugo incident, although Dawes was not the focus of attention, Mr. Bond almost stole all the attention, but many details about the incident were revealed by Dawes, so that the truth is little by little presented in front of people.
In addition to Hugo-related news, Dawes has also reported on many events in the past year, including the Hugh Grant scandal, the Charlie Sheen scandal, and more.
It can be said that Dawes is a well-deserved leader in the current paparazzi field. His sources are very reliable, and he has dedicated a lot of exclusive and real news. Compared with the negative focus of Anthony - Bond - Stewart, Dawes can be called the current king of paparazzi.
Now, Dawes actually broke the news of Hugo's new work, which made people in the circle have to think for a while, because Dawes's news sources are often much more real than other paparazzi.
While the insiders were still watching, Dawes took a photo of Rick and Kevin eating alone, followed by a photo of Kevin, Roland Emmerich meeting with a computer effects company, and then another shot. To Kevin personally going to Malibu to look for Hugo's photos... A series of actions is a complete chain reaction, each time more powerful, each more sensational.
While the rumored Alan Turing biography is also a Twentieth Century Fox project, Kevin's recent flurry of moves is clearly more than an art film. Of course, maybe these photos are not related at all, and are completely different projects. For example, Kevin and Roland are preparing another commercial film, and Kevin, Rick and Hugo are talking about the biography. Movie. This possibility cannot be denied.
But in any case, the series of photos that Dawes broke the news has cast a layer of fog on the truth.
After experiencing "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death Ramble", people have always been curious about Hugo's next work, especially after seeing Hugo's wonderful performance in "Death Ramble" , which also brought curiosity to a climax: what if Hugo played a different type of role?
That's why there's a lot of buzz around when the news about biographical films comes out. Now, not only commercial films, but even art films, there is a lot of interest in Hugo's next work. However, now Dawes's revelations have changed things again, and people's curiosity has been directly pushed to a new high.
The layman naturally didn't find out, why is Hugo's new work always associated with 20th Century Fox? But the insiders were sensitively aware that something was wrong, especially when Dawes broke the news and follow-up reports, he came fully prepared, whether it was Kevin who deliberately let the paparazzi film it secretly, or Dawes simply arranged for them to shoot. , but to be sure, things are not that simple at all. Especially in the recent turmoil in Hollywood, there is a hidden murderous intention, which makes people feel more and more depressed and restless before the storm.
However, 20th Century Fox, which had taken the lead, took a step ahead. When everyone's suspicions had just begun to emerge, they lifted the veil of mystery and announced the truth, which instantly caused a sensation in the United States and the entire film market. The earth is shaking, the mountains are shaking, and the mountains are shaking!