Chapter 863 Nolan’s New Project

From 2000 to 2012, too many Hollywood movies made money from DVDs.

Take Martin's Davis Studio for example. The regular DVDs of popular movies are priced at $15 to $20, and the Blu-ray HD version can be sold for about $30, while the cost of mass pressing is only one percent.

Excluding channel costs, the net profit of an ordinary DVD can exceed $10.

With the rise of Netflix, the online on-demand market has expanded rapidly, and it is likely to replace DVDs and become the first offline income after a movie's theater window period.

Davis Studio asked for $100 million for the first year.

This kind of negotiation may not reach an agreement in a short time, and may continue until "John Wick 3" is removed from North American theaters.

When Martin and his group returned from their vacation in Hawaii, Bruce immediately took people to Paris to meet Orina.

Lily and Elizabeth were not idle either. Through the publicity and public relations team of Davis Studio, they launched an action to discredit Martin.

A lot of negative information about Martin appeared on the Internet and in the entertainment media.

"Martin Davis, the No. 1 Playboy in Hollywood!"

The article describes in detail Martin's emotional experience since he came to Hollywood, every girlfriend since Elisha Cuthbert, and during the relationship with each girlfriend, he often fooled around with other beautiful actresses outside, etc.

There are also other examples, such as residents of the North Side of Sunset Boulevard accusing Martin of disturbing the community order, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening angrily accusing Martin, Leonardo and Nicholson of throwing fireworks at their house, and a small boss in Atlanta broke the news that Martin had been a fraud before he became famous, etc.

For Martin today, these are almost zero harm, but they can break the network filter and let people all over the world know that he is not a god, but a person with seven emotions and six desires who has done a lot of bastard things.

The god-making movement has not yet created the god, and the god has been automatically broken.

However, movie fans are still supporting Martin.

"I envy Martin's life."

"A member of the famous Hollywood asshole trio is undoubtedly also an asshole."

"I think Martin is a cute asshole."

"Yes, a cute asshole!"

The Coke Cult is a pan-faith organization without any constraints. Although the believers like and worship Martin, they will not regard him as the Pope of the Vatican.

In a luxurious villa in Malibu Hills.

Kevin Tsujihara put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at Jon Berg sitting on the sofa, and said: "Your deification movement failed. The other party's sense of smell is very keen."

Jon Berg held his mobile phone and kept browsing Twitter. He also saw a lot of hot news forwarded on the Internet.

Among them were some tweets that exposed Martin's black material.

As a practitioner in the media industry, Jon Berg only slightly distinguished and determined that these were deliberately released by someone.

He frowned and asked, "Could it be that the news leaked out?"

"Impossible." Kevin Tsujihara said, "Only five people, including you and me, knew about this god-making plan. The media we contacted didn't know what was going on. The box office of John Wick 3 was rising, and Martin Davis was very popular. Those media editors thought it was promoted by Disney or Davis Studio."

Jon Berg said, "Praise a person high and push him to the level of a god, then break the filter and let him fall from the highest point... I didn't expect it to go bankrupt so quickly."

Kevin Tsujihara analyzed, "It shouldn't be that the plan was leaked, but that Martin Davis realized the risks of such media publicity."

Jon Berg had a headache: "Does this bastard have paranoia?"

"Terminate this plan." Kevin Tsuji Yuan shook his head: "We originally thought that before the release of "Joker", we would push Martin's reputation to the peak, and then let him fall to the bottom after "Joker" made enough profits. Now that he has exposed these things, it is meaningless to push it further."

Jon Berg asked: "Can't we deal with him through the "Joker" project?"

Kevin Tsujihara was helpless: "Don't forget, I have strong competitors in the board of directors and Time Warner. If someone catches me in the business, it will be very troublesome. The authorization of "Joker" has long been given to Nolan and Martin, and the distribution is handled by Warner Pictures. Now the head of Warner Pictures is Daniel, who is not on the same line with us."

Hearing these words, Jon Berg hated Martin even more. He was originally the president of Warner Pictures. If Martin hadn't committed fraud, would he have fallen to the point where he couldn't make it in Hollywood?

He sighed, "Warner Pictures is about to become a company independent of Warner Bros., can't you take Daniel down?"

"Not at this stage, the head office board doesn't trust me enough." Kevin Tsujihara said after thinking, "Now the entire Warner Bros. and Time Warner are focusing on the Justice League movie universe. As long as this series is as successful as the Avengers, I can use the results to demand more power and regain control of Warner Pictures."

Jon Berg understands the importance of the Justice League series. Once it achieves great word-of-mouth and commercial success, its profitability will far exceed that of ordinary movies because the scope of peripheral profits is wider.

Kevin Tsujihara added: "Martin has set up a trap to cheat us. Then we can use Warner Pictures to set up a trap to cheat Martin."

Jon Berg thought of his tragic experience and said: "If you need me, just ask."

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Warner Studios, Interstellar Studios.

Martin, Nolan, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain wore formal suits and stood in front of a black curtain, allowing photographers from Time to take pictures.

This sci-fi blockbuster will be released in mid-July. The three major producers DreamWorks, Paramount and Warner Bros. have invested heavily in publicity and promotion. Television and online advertisements are almost bombarded, and publicity gimmicks such as "The Poetry of Time, Space and the Universe" are endless.

As for the real shooting highlights, they are an indispensable part of the promotion and marketing of each of Nolan's films.

Nolan's usual marketing tricks include planting hundreds of hectares of corn and using his daughter's name as the code name for the film.

Warner Bros. contacted Time magazine and prepared to let Martin, Nolan and other four main creative staff appear on the cover of Time magazine in July.

The photographer kept pressing the shutter, and then politely asked Nolan and Martin to change their positions slightly, from the sides to the middle, and continue taking pictures.

After taking pictures, there was a short interview.

Martin, Nolan, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain sat in front of the spotlight and started the commercial mutual praise mode, appropriately revealing some "secrets" of the crew, etc.

These are the basic skills for stars and directors in publicity, not to mention that the crew had prepared the copy in advance.

The group was busy until the afternoon before the work was finished.

Martin went to the dressing room to change clothes. Just as he arrived at the door, Jessica Chastain next door came over from behind.

"Are you free tonight?" Living in Hollywood, the model sister has long been accustomed to these things: "Martin, we haven't spent the night together for a long time."

The official girlfriend is not in Los Angeles at the moment, so Martin certainly won't refuse such an invitation: "You know, I'm in the room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where are we having dinner together tonight?"

Maybe because of her fair skin, Jessica Chastain's face always looks red: "Okay, I'll be there before seven o'clock."

She winked at Martin and went into her dressing room.

Martin opened the door to change clothes and remove makeup. Just as he changed back to his casual clothes, there was a knock on the door.

The bodyguard went over to open the door, and Anne Hathaway, wearing a suit, stockings and high heels, was standing at the door.

Martin said, "Come in and sit down."

Anne entered the room and sat on a chair, with her legs side by side and her hands in front of her lower abdomen, like a lady.

She glanced at Martin opposite her, and the feeling of regret surged into her heart again, and her uncomfortable head was dizzy.

Seeing her pretending to be a pure lady without saying anything, Martin asked, "Annie, do you have something to ask me?"

Annie pursed her lips into a line, first showing a charming smile, and then said, "You have helped me a lot in the past two years. Can I treat you to dinner tonight?"

Martin thought of Jessica Chastain just now.

Seeing that he did not respond immediately, Anne hurriedly said, "Martin, you must give me a chance to express your gratitude." She clasped her protruding left breast with one hand: "Otherwise, I will always feel uneasy."

Martin thought for a while and said directly, "Jesse also asked me to go with her in the evening, and I promised her to go to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel."

Annie knew very well that Martin's long-term private room was in this hotel, and she also knew that Jessica Chastain had had an affair with Martin.

The purpose of asking Martin out in the evening is self-evident.

Anne asked, "Can I go?" She looked at the wall that separated the dressing room: "I'll go talk to Jesse, she won't refuse."

Martin looked at the time: "Director Nolan wants to see me, it's almost time, I'm going over now, if you guys have no problem, we'll meet at the Ritz-Carlton at 7pm."

"Okay, I'll go find Jesse." Anne got up and went to the next door.

Martin took his belongings and left the dressing room and went to the director's office.

Nolan was waiting for him, and said with a smile: "I have good news for you."

Martin sat on the sofa next to him: "The pre-sale box office is high?" His salary includes a tiered box office share: "I hope the pre-sale box office can reach 50 million US dollars."

"Currently, there are only 18.5 million US dollars in pre-sales." Nolan is very clear about the market prospects of the film: "This is an original and hard science fiction film. It is impossible to be a super hit like your "John Wick 3".

Martin agreed: "That is the final chapter of the trilogy. The first two films laid the audience foundation."

The market that original films have to face, especially when they are just released, is much narrower than that of adaptations and sequels.

Nolan said: "It will only take half of "John Wick 3" in North America."

Martin smiled and said, "I think $300 million is no problem." He turned and asked, "What good news are you talking about?"

Nolan briefly said, "Spielberg and I invited many directors in the industry, including Ridley Scott, James Cameron, George Lucas and David Fincher, to hold an internal private preview."

He added, "We were going to invite you, but you were in Hawaii at that time. The preview was pretty good, and they all spoke highly of the film."

Martin has worked with Nolan many times, and this is the first time he has invited many colleagues to hold an internal preview.

He immediately grasped the key to Nolan's words and asked, "Chris, are you going to let "Interstellar" impact the Oscars?"

Nolan said, "Yes, I have communicated with the film company, mainly to impact the nominations of three awards, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture."

Martin has already gained both fame and fortune, and so has Nolan, but compared to Martin, he lacks one key: the recognition of heavyweight awards.

Nolan has never won an Oscar, the three major European film awards, or even the British Academy Film Awards.

Although not having these awards will not affect the status in the industry, it is still missing something.

Nolan asked directly: "Do you have any special suggestions for public relations?"

"Not yet." Martin did not think about these at all, and said: "Just normal publicity and public relations. With our accumulated reputation, it is not difficult to get a nomination."

He said honestly: "It may be difficult to win an award."

Nolan expected this and said: "I will get a nomination this time, and I will go all out for the award in my next film."

Martin had a memory and was not surprised. He just asked: "Do you have a new project?"

Nolan opened the office drawer, took out a thin text, and handed it to Martin: "The script story outline and setting, these two were just written."

Martin took it and looked at the cover. There was a place name written on it - Dunkirk!

Nolan said: "This is an ensemble play, the protagonists are all British, there is no important role."

Martin understood what he meant, and after briefly looking through the story outline, he said: "This is really not suitable for me, you should use British actors."

This is a movie that broke his filter of Hollywood movies and Nolan movies in his previous life. Needless to say, the beach in Dunkirk is cleaner than a dog licking, which is simply speechless.

If you don't know, you might think that the British beat the Germans and went home.

The decline of Hollywood movies is not without reason.

Nolan continued: "It's too difficult for science fiction films to win Oscars. Films adapted from real events are more suitable for Oscars."

Martin nodded: "Indeed, the Dunkirk evacuation is world-famous, almost as famous as the Normandy Landing, and it naturally attracts people's attention."

Nolan said: "The theme of this film, I plan to focus on humanistic care and civilian rescue, rather than a grand retreat."

In Martin's impression, this was a big escape after the British appeasement failed. He didn't know much about other aspects, so he didn't comment much.

In contrast, he believed that the key to the European battlefield of World War II was Stalingrad and the former Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.

But the right to speak in this world is in the hands of the Western world. After all, American soldiers saved everything.

Martin only talked to Nolan about Oscars and didn't comment on his new project.

The two chatted for more than an hour, and Martin left Warner Studios and went to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

What World War II, East and West, etc., were quickly thrown behind him.

Martin enjoys the present.