One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Four Step by Step

The frequent actions of Sisyphus Pictures have indeed attracted a lot of attention in Hollywood, but things seem to be a little different than imagined. Work selection and development guidelines are slightly deviated from the expected trajectory.

However, after careful consideration, things can still find certain patterns.

The investment budget of "The Female Spy" is slightly larger than expected, but overall, it is still a medium-sized investment, and it is a comedy, which has similarities with the horror movie "It's Behind", both of which have a certain group of fans, often able to To create a small and broad miracle, even if the box office figures are mediocre, relying on the support of exclusive fans will not be too embarrassing. This is the best choice for independent film companies at the beginning of their establishment.

"The Revenant" is a work that breaks the rules and breaks the guesswork, but it has a similar pattern as "Nightcrawler": it fits Renly's artistic taste; in addition, there are friendship bonuses.

"Nightcrawler" is Jake Gyllenhaal, "The Revenant" is Leonardo DiCaprio, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inaritu also passes Fonso Cuaron completed the line, which added further leverage to convince Renly. Although the investment cost of "The Revenant" is indeed outrageous, many notches higher than that of "Nightcrawler", but this is not a problem for Renly.

It is worth mentioning that "The Revenant" is only officially established in Sisyphus Films, and there are still many issues that need to be discussed. At present, it is only in the early preparations, and Alejandro is choosing a suitable shooting location for different shooting locations. The cost budget of the film is different, which has an important impact on the overall budget of the crew.

Why do many crews like to go to Atlanta and Pittsburgh or simply go to Canada for filming? The state/government where the former is located has introduced tax-free policies for film and television crews, while the latter has a slightly lower overall price. Don't underestimate these small reductions. For the crew, it's a cost savings of tens of millions; for the state where the filming is located, it can create more jobs and generate revenue through tourism, which is a win-win strategy.

Later, the state of California also introduced relevant tax-free policies, in the hope that more crews can continue to stay. The state government/government will draw lots for alternate TV series projects every year, and randomly select the projects that can be exempted from tax. For some episodes, the TV station had already decided to cancel it, but because they were selected for tax exemption, the cost could be greatly reduced. The TV station decided to renew the subscription and give the series another chance, which also allowed many episodes to survive.

In short, the location of the shoot is a critical component of the budget. This also means that there are still many variables in "The Revenant". Obviously, Sisyphus Films also needs to be cautious about the investment cost of 100 million US dollars. Before it is officially put into filming, everything is possible.

As a result, things went back to the original predictions of industry insiders: Sisyphus Films was founded and existed, in the final analysis, so that Renly could freely choose film projects.

Although people in the industry have noticed the frequent actions of Sisyphus Films, but because of Renly's relationship, everyone has a preconceived idea, and it is taken for granted that Sisyphus Films is equated with Brad- Pitt's Plan A Pictures, Tom Cruise's Tom Cruise Pictures, naturally, this also led to the deviation of the follow-up ideas.

In this way, whether it is "Female Spy" and "It's Behind", or "The Revenant" and "Night Walker", they have indeed created a lot of waves, and they have also sparked a lot of discussions, but they have not been able to really In a meaningful sense, it triggered the vigilance of the film company, and no one could fully connect the series of actions at the previous Sundance Film Festival.

Even Andre, Andy, and others didn't expect Renly's grand blueprint and unparalleled execution, how could other people in the industry easily see through it?

But in fact, under the cover of "The Female Spy", "The Revenant", "It's Behind" and other works,

Sisyphus Pictures is still secretly working on something that hasn't been spotted.

The first is the official establishment of Hall Ventures in Silicon Valley. In the entire Silicon Valley, there are countless venture capital funds. Almost every day, old players quit the game and new players join the game. Before the new players make waves, few people will pay close attention to them. Robin Helzer officially took office and started the preliminary work.

The second is the transformation of the online play platform "Crack". In the past two months, Arthur has frequently traveled between the North American continent and the European continent, quietly formed a team, officially established the online broadcasting platform department under Sisyphus Pictures, and started " Reconstruction and renovation of the Don Quixote channel.

These actions are all happening under the eyes of Hollywood, but because they are all in the preparatory stage and all actions are happening behind the scenes, there has not been much substantial progress for the time being, and even the movement is not very obvious, so there is no such thing as yet. capable of attracting any attention.

Sisyphus Films is preparing and laying out step by step. The most rare thing is that although the grandeur and exaggeration of the blueprint has far exceeded expectations, Andre is still not too impatient and strides to try to catch up. The progress, on the contrary, is to adjust the development plan step by step after calming down, and carry out the implementation in a relaxed and moderate manner, which is far from the "outsider" and "stupid people with a lot of money" in the mainstream impression of Hollywood.

In fact, after the first round of financing from Andre and Arthur, and the second round of financing from Renly and a group of friends, including Rooney Mara, Jessica Chastain, Ryan Goss Lin, Paul Walker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rami Malek, Robert Redford, Alfonso Cuaron, Chris Evans, the Coen brothers, etc., Hall wind Funds invested on the books have exceeded $500 million.

In other words, if Robin Helzer agrees, if Andre Hamilton wants to, Sisyphus has the ability to throw off his arms and go full speed ahead, let alone a "The Revenant", they can. Radically carry out comprehensive investment and comprehensive development.

But they didn't.

Because they knew exactly how big Renly's plan was, there was no need to rush it now. Instead of competing for a momentary glory, it is better to lay a solid foundation in the early stage, just like the foundation of a high-rise building. Only when the foundation is laid can the future development be fully advanced at a high speed and efficiency.

Therefore, in addition to the "Nightcrawler" that is being filmed, only one work "The Female Spy" has been put into production. "It's Behind" and "The Revenant" are just projects for the time being, and they didn't rush into the production process immediately. In addition to this, Sisyphus Pictures has quietly finalized several other projects.

Movies, including "Spotlight," "Orange," "Patterson," "Border Slayer," "Carol," "Me and Earl and Dying Girl", "Cool" and " After turning off the lights" and so on.

In terms of quantity, there are quite a few, but in fact, the investment cost is not high, and the cost budget is higher than 10 million. There are only three projects, "Border Killer", "Focus" and "Carol", three The budget structure of the works is relatively similar. The first is the on-site shooting, and the second is the cast, which increases the cost. The cost estimates for other projects are all less than five million, and the cheapest "orange" is only four hundred thousand.

In terms of TV series, it includes two projects, "Stranger Things" and "Sin Night Run".

Although there are only two projects, the preparatory work is extremely cumbersome, because Sisyphus Films needs to start from scratch. They do not have their own studio, their own shooting team, and their own casting channels. Everything must be done from scratch. Start building slowly. Of course, once the situation is opened, the follow-up shooting of the TV series will proceed smoothly, and things will not be so complicated.

Among them, the cost budget of "Stranger Things" is about 20 million, and the cost budget of "Sin Night Run" is controlled between 25 million and 30 million. The difference lies in the production team. The lineup of screenwriters for "Sin Night Run" is extremely strong, including two top names, Steven Zellian and Richard-Press. The former created "Sin" Dele's List," who wrote the screenplay for "The Wire."

But now TV dramas are still on paper, and the budget cost is only an estimate and may change at any time.

It is worth mentioning that "Sin Night Run" was a project that Arthur Hall personally took out and grabbed from hbo's hands. Even under the name of Renly, they didn't know how Arthur completed it. , just vaguely heard that Steven Spielberg played an important role in it.

Eight film projects, two TV projects, all of which are now in the project stage, but ten are well on their way. There may still be a lot of work to be done slowly before it is officially put into production, and even before the cast lineup is officially selected, and there are still many variables, but Sisyphus Pictures still shows a thriving busy scene.

Not only in March after the Oscars ended, in fact, from January to June, throughout the first half of 2014, Sisyphus Pictures did a lot of action.

However, because of the preconceived fixed thinking mode, Hollywood industry insiders have paid close attention, but they have never really been vigilant; in addition, before June, Sisyphus Films only had "Nightcrawler" and "Female Spy" The three works of "It's Behind" and "It's Behind" have been put into the production process. The "Revenant", which has been rumored to have been set up, has not moved. Alejandro is still tirelessly looking for a suitable shooting location, which makes people in the industry more and more. They are at ease.

As a result, although it has attracted much attention and is under the eyes of the entire Hollywood, Sisyphus Pictures was able to start the preliminary preparations at its own pace.

None of these things seem to have anything to do with Renly, though.

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