Chapter 347 Digging the Corner of "Avatar"

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Reese had already seen what his gaze was pointing at. It was Robert Downey Jr., and she was guessing that the film industry might invite him to star in a new film. After "Ghost Omens", Downey restarted his Hollywood stardom. The second generation of stars became famous too early, and it was too easy to succeed. It is not surprising that they went astray. .. Reese actually has a much more detailed understanding of these people in Hollywood than Daniel. Except for Cameron Diaz who was strongly invited to star in "Bad Teacher" and Natalie who was invited to "Black Swan", almost all other films use newcomers, or at least newcomers on a certain theme. So, so far, MGM and the big stars don't need to care too much. On the other hand, of course, Daniel himself sits in the town, nominated three times in a row, and has become the best actor. Since his debut, he has accumulated more than 5 billion box office worldwide, known as "a walking bank" and a "humanoid money printing machine". Even if the movie produced by him, in the current Hollywood, it is the best choice for newcomers who hope to take it to the sky and become the second Bradley. For celebrities who have already become famous, participating in Daniel's works is also a good choice to bless their status and increase their social status.

Generally speaking, in terms of casting, the film industry has long been no less inferior to the Big Seven in Hollywood.

Thinking of this, Reese glanced at Daniel again. This is also a teenager who became famous, and his fame is even greater, and his achievements are even more astonishing. However, he has not had any problems and has been rising rapidly. Today, he has become the most powerful person in Hollywood. Members of that group. When Daniel starred in "Legal Blonde", although it was also invited by MGM, it was only a mere 2 million basic studio, plus an unprecedented 5 points of North American profit sharing. Speaking of which, this share is the first time Daniel has enjoyed similar treatment, and it was entirely because MGM's expectations for profits were insufficient that he picked up a loophole. It's completely different now, the 30 million horror offer of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". The high rate of 20% is not even the most eye-catching condition. He has become the big boss behind MGM and holds the copyright of the "Legal Blonde" series. Where Reese felt deeply.

"Ryan is taking care of the children at home? I haven't seen your two children yet."

Daniel beckoned the waiter to come over and exchanged two glasses of wine. Waving with Diaz in the distance.

As a landlord, he is quite busy today. But fortunately, Andrew Stanton is very good in the animation industry. He will deal with all the giants in the animation industry who arrived today. They are the founders of Animal Logic, but "Happy Feet" is their first film, which has not yet been produced, so of course it cannot be called a connection with the industry. This is inevitable. Hollywood is very particular about resumes. This resume includes your work and your relationship. The former is like Blue Sky Studios. Before "Ice Age", they were not known in Hollywood, and no one was interested in them. The latter is like Sofia Coppola. Or Melissa Lane, the studio's chief content officer, who has a family connection that's part of their résumé.

In many cases, the latter is even more important than the former. Sophia was able to become famous at the Oscars with "Lost in Translation", except for her own talent. The terrifying influence of the Coppola family played a major role. Besides, Melissa, she started as an assistant to the big agent Tracy, worked at Fox for a while, and then came to Daniel's command. Over the years, her job content has changed again and again, and she has done very well every time. . That's why she has always been at the core of Daniel's team. To be able to achieve this level, the help of old Draco's face must not be a little bit.

Taking advantage of the time to change the wine, Daniel's eyes scanned the field.

Robert Iger was personally accompanied by Lon Meyer, a dozen people surrounded Andrew Stanton, and John Lasseter and other animation masters were all around him. They should be discussing the "Wall-E" that was just screened. This is a work worthy of discussion by all current animation industry workers.

Weta Digital technicians have applied some preliminary glasses-free 3 technologies on "WALL-E". Strictly speaking, it is not 3, but it looks visually different from 2. It is very difficult to do this. It was almost the last difficult point that the entire technical team had to overcome. If Daniel hadn't insisted on this, he would have been classified as a "future development" reserve technology research and development team. Even the current effect is only a small half of what was expected.

However, during the screening just now, when Wall-E followed the spaceship into space, the magnificent and graceful galaxies rushed towards us, as if they were real. As expected, it aroused everyone's exclamation and admiration.

This is almost the biggest change that Daniel brought to this new "Wall-E".

It is also a test of Daniel's 3 technology. The real explosion of 3 in the film field must be the "Avatar" that Fox is preparing to produce now. James Cameron's talent and talent, Daniel is also hard to come by. He doesn't think that the current Weta Digital has this ability. In fact, Weta will participate in the production of "Avatar", but only a part of it. It will do it together with Industrial Light and Magic and Cameron's own technology company. However, before that, it does not mean that Daniel is unwilling to test the market first to see if the 3 technology can release part of its appeal first. Before "Avatar" is released, the film industry might as well poach more on this. "Avatar" has a global value of 2.8 billion. As long as it is a fraction of it, it is enough for the film industry to eat.

Lasseter and the others will be interested in this part, Daniel is almost certain.

Paul Walker is chatting with Robert Auci, who is the screenwriter of "Transformers" and was recently scooped up by the film industry. He is a very important screenwriter and producer. Daniel is hesitating whether to let him directly serve as the Producer of Transformers. Previously, Auqi's most famous experience as a producer was "Double Spy", directed by J.J. Abrams. This Hollywood director took over the filming of Paramount's "Mission Impossible 3". When it was released, it was also in the limelight, and the relationship between the two was very good. Abrams even expressed his hope to take over "Transformers" through Auqi. But Daniel declined. Blastman Michael Bay's style is very obvious, and Daniel is completely unsure whether "Transformers" can achieve the expected success without him. And even Michael Bay has a very good relationship with Aoqi. They just collaborated on "Escape from Clone Island" starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Aoqi is the screenwriter.

Daniel's mind easily revolved around Robert Orchi. form a dense network.

"Double Agent", written and produced by Aoqi. Director Abrams, Bradley Cooper's famous work. "Escape from Clone Island", directed by Michael Bay, written by Auqi, is Scarlett's new work. "The Legend of Zorro" was beaten all the way by "Saw 2", and lost the bottom line. It was also written by Auqi and directed by Martin Campbell. Then came Transformers. It is written by Auqi, directed by Michael Bay, starring Paul Walker, and the new 007 movie can be mentioned further down, directed by Martin Campbell. Such a relationship context, one connected to another, is intricate. In many cases, you can see a lot of things from it, and you can also use it to choose and determine the team. The boss of any studio or the person in charge of the production department has this densely packed big and small, independent or connected, forming Daniel and others' understanding and grasp of these human resources in Hollywood.

Scanning these three or five groups of people talking together, Daniel almost spontaneously rolled a lot of information in his mind.

Pick up a glass of champagne. Daniel turned to look at Reese Witherspoon again.

Reese was slightly embarrassed to hear him talk about his children. Daniel knew everything about her and Ryan Philip. Reese wanted to join forces with Daniel to make a hype, but Kusa rejected it. Now that she and Ryan have two children, the difference feels somewhat unnatural to her.

"When the time comes, children are always needed. Women are different from you men. Once you are over thirty, you will grow old soon."

Reese simply turned the conversation to her own age. She was born in 1976 and is exactly 30 years old this year. This tone sounded natural, but it was a little more delicate.

Daniel nodded with a smile.

"Breakthrough" will start filming in April next year, she currently has no other work in hand, and is fully preparing for this film. It took a lot of effort for Reese to play a talented female singer. Daniel is much busier than her, and his role in "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be at least in the middle of February, around the time of the Oscars. This is still taking his time into account when making the shooting plan. After finishing the filming of "Pirate 2", Daniel will immediately join the group of "Night at the Museum". This film will not take him much time, but there will be scenes of cutscenes in the middle and "Advance".

Among the top star groups in Hollywood, it is rare to have sex, unless there is a problem with the arrangement. On the one hand, because of the high salary, the direct impact is that the requirements of the film studio will be very high, that is to say, the film studio will not allow you to cut the show, resulting in the inability to concentrate on giving in the work. On the other hand, it is also due to the habit of casting. The casting of the crew must consider the schedule. If you can't arrange the schedule, you will find someone else. In Hollywood, no one is completely irreplaceable. Even the current Daniel can be replaced by someone else. The difference lies in the balance of pros and cons. Waiting for him, or allowing him to shoot several works at the same time, may have only one point of impact, so the choice made by the film crew is also a matter of course.

What the actors want is to increase the cost and loss of the film studio to replace themselves.

However, for Daniel, it is different, because "Indomitable Action" was appointed by the characters in the original work, and it was invested by his company. Although "Night at the Museum" is Fox's team, most of its interests have already been taken away. Transferring to the film industry, of course, it is impossible to refuse Daniel's arrangement.

Daniel and Reese chatted a few words about the plot of "Moving Forward", and also said a few words about the problems and interesting things they encountered in training. It was not until Melissa waved to him that he said goodbye to Reese and looked at her. Walking into Diaz's group of people, he blended in smoothly, and soon showed a seemingly sincere smile.

Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills.

This joke suddenly popped up in Daniel's mind, he shook his head with a smile, and Daniel walked over to Melissa.

"Daniel, you haven't seen them yet, have you?"

Melissa's brokerage habits haven't changed yet, it looks like she's selling her own clients.

Daniel knew that Melissa planned to let several newcomers from "High School Musical" and "Magic Mike" come to meet the world, and it would be beneficial to push them out earlier, and cooperate with the film promotion later.

He has never met these young people. Although these few low-budget films have pinned the hope of MGM's phoenix nirvana, Daniel really has not met a few leading actors for various reasons.

Standing in front of him now, a few restrained young people, wearing evening gowns, couldn't hide their youthful radiance. The boys all wore Burberry dresses—although Daniel did not renew his contract with Burberry, the two parties still maintained a relatively good relationship. The film industry helped them communicate with the sponsorship, and Burberry was also very face-saving, although it was not custom-made. But it was also given to the autumn and winter models of last year's show, which is the same treatment for ordinary B-level actors.

Channing Tatum from Magic Mike, Zac Efron from High School Musical, Vanessa Hudgens, and a few girls.

"I should have met you long ago, but it's always a coincidence. Thank you for coming to "Wall-E" today."

Daniel knew in person what kind of attitude would make these boys and girls feel more relaxed. Well, in fact, Tatum and Daniel are the same age, and Zac Efron is indeed much younger, only 19 years old. However, judging from the fact that they wore the same brand of dresses but showed completely different styles, it is understandable that Daniel unconsciously called them boys and girls.

"Wall-E is great, cute, and touching."

Instead of dwelling on topics he hadn't seen before, Tatum began to praise "Wall-E". Efron and Vanessa are a bit like little movie fans, with sparkling eyes, and it took a long time for them to have the courage to ask Tatum to take a photo with Daniel and find a photographer from the company's publicity department.

"Don't leave after the end, I invite you to eat." Daniel greeted Melissa and asked her to make arrangements, and he went to other places by himself. Meyer and Stanton each take care of a share, but he has to turn around. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)