Chapter 592: Choosing a Director

The distributor Universal can share money from all aspects of the box office revenue, but it itself has been losing money year after year. After all, maintaining the global distribution network requires tens of thousands of employees alone, and just remembering that thieves eat meat cannot help remembering that thieves are beaten. Movies are expensive. In the risky industry, when investing in a big production, the distributor not only loses money, but also has to bear the loss of hidden costs such as waste of schedules, and a huge loss of a big movie must be postponed for at least two years.

But Universal itself does not make money, which does not mean that the industries surrounding it do not make money. At least those production companies, insurance companies that have completed the guarantee, banks that provide financial services, film equipment, film, printing, box office and word-of-mouth survey services Consulting company for public relations film critics, advertising companies and media for publicity, special effects companies for special effects, record companies for soundtracks, chain stores for selling peripherals and video tapes, and Universal Pictures for tourism income. The city itself, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

This industry has supported a large number of peripheral companies and well-managed distribution companies. Many of these peripheral industries are inextricably linked with the capital behind the distribution companies, and profits naturally flow back to the capital through these channels silently. Those with poor management, such as the original Universal and Columbia Pictures, are cheaper than professional managers. So when Spielberg learned that his Jewish compatriots were going to enter Universal, he was anxious to settle the settlement. Everyone knew that Schinberger It's almost impossible to cover the chain of interests under the water.

This is also the reason why Song Ya was ambitious to establish a global distribution channel when he first entered the record industry, but it has not been mentioned at all in the past two years. It is useless to win a huge distribution company. Let's face the burden of tens of thousands of employees waiting to be fed. The multinational companies with strong management capabilities are losing their pants. How can I be better than them.

It's better to honestly revolve around the enlightenment of the apocalypse, and fight steadily.

With 26 million in hand, Song Ya is in a good mood. The competition for the position of director of the two projects in his hands has quietly started. He is now Xiangmomo. As soon as the news of his arrival in Los Angeles spread, he received many invitations to dinner .

"Amy Adams is very beautiful, but her acting skills are not enough. Her manager, who is also your manager, Mr. Hayden, refuses to accept other roles besides the heroine, so I can't make up my mind yet..."

The first face is naturally for Amy. Of course, Amy will not appear at the same dinner table as him. What he met was the screenwriter and director. One of the few successful women in Hollywood, Amy Heklin, also named Amy . Dominance was written and directed by herself, and she has a lot of say in that project.

"If it's an art film, Amy can play a supporting role, but not in a youth school film."

Don't look at Hayden's obedience in front of himself, he already has a certain majesty in front of others, he directly extinguished the exchange conditions implied by the other party, "Who is her competitor?"

"Alicia Silverstone, Katherine Heigl, Brittany Murphy..."

Hai Kelin reported a lot of girls' names, none of which was famous for Amy. Song Ya only had an impression of the most popular Alicia Silverstone. It seems to be the flesh and blood of the rock band Aerosmith, who played a lot of single MVs of that band.

"I personally prefer you to be the director of the sequel to my life, Ms. Heikelin." Song Ya also hinted.

"Let me think about it again." The other party didn't immediately agree.

Then Stephen Gyllenhaal's wife, Naomi Forna also met with him through Harley. In fact, her status in Hollywood is much higher than that of the director's husband. In addition, she is Jewish and has a relationship with Yeremov. Not bad.

"Naomi took good care of me."

While helping the producer say good things, Harley picked up a vegetable leaf from the salad with a fork, stuffed it into her mouth and tasted it slowly, with a satisfied expression on her face as if she was eating some big meal. If this self-discipline ability were exchanged for herself Fiancee would be perfect...

Forget it, think far away, "Thank you Ms. Verna, Halle and I are very good friends.

"Song Ya shook her head, throwing away the messy thoughts.

"Haley's acting is amazing and I love that you're dancing the shows, dances and songs of my life."

The two sides touted each other for a while, and the sincerity of the other party was much higher than that of Heckling, but sure enough, Naomi hinted that she wanted her daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal to play the heroine of the sequel.

"I also heard about your cat and mouse game project, maybe my son can audition for the male lead?"

This family... the family and their children never miss a chance in Hollywood.

"Audition? No problem, I'll just say hello to Hollywood Pictures."

Song Ya doesn't know what her son and daughter look like, but judging from the looks of their parents, they shouldn't be ugly. Besides, it's an audition, which is easy.

Then Stephen Gyllenhaal is a candidate for the director, but he needs to limit the casting power.

He then went to see Adam Shankman, and that guy hired Anne Fletcher to help him establish a relationship. Song Ya was perfunctory, but Anne Fletcher's help was not sincere, and she wanted to be the director of the sequel herself. He has already left the Shankman Dance Troupe to fly solo, and he is hiding from Adam Shankman.

So now there are five directors who have entered the candidate list, the two Universal and Song Ya can accept, plus the three accompanying runners Adam Shankman, Zack Schneider and Anne Fletcher, of course the three of them don’t know yet I'm already out.

"Amblin Entertainment has shares in Universal, and Spielberg may put more energy into DreamWorks. His honeymoon period with Universal is almost over."

As for the director of the cat-and-mouse game, Linton, the president of Hollywood Pictures, is pulling people around with his ever-improving script. Now he has some clues. David Fincher has read the script and likes it very much. He intends to direct, but he has to be busy. Another project, Seven Deadly Sins, will be available in the second half of 1995.

It is acceptable to start filming Song Ya later, Linton, who was gloating over Spielberg's encounter, asked, "Is David Fincher the biggest director we can find?"

"Yes." Linton nodded, "Directors with higher status are not interested, and we can't pay the salary."

"He only made Alien 3, and the box office was okay, but the film reviews were not good..." Song Ya asked worriedly, "Alien 3 is a special effects film, and there is no need for cat and mouse games at all. What is needed is the acting skills of the actors."

"I'm not in a hurry to make a decision yet, I will invite more people to try, but at the moment it is only him."

Linton said: "You know, he was born in MV shooting, at least he will be able to guarantee the expressiveness of the lens. He has dabbled in various industries in Hollywood, such as special effects, documentaries, etc., and has the ability to lead large-scale productions. He is currently filming "The Seven Deadly Sins" starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, the production cost should not be small, and it must be a movie that focuses on the acting skills of the main actors. At that time, I will try to find a way to inquire about the crew of the Seven Deadly Sins. If the movie is good, Then we will use him, but we must win the film contract as soon as possible, lest he take advantage of the performance of the Seven Deadly Sins to increase the price."

"Intelligence work is really important, okay." Song Ya nodded, "What about the hero?"

"Male lead, hehe..."

Linton took out a bunch of actor resumes and spread them on the table, "Look, they are all young and handsome boys, be careful not to slobber, APLUS."

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