Chapter 1219 The Speed Is Too Fast

, Hunt Hollywood! What Rachel McAdams didn't expect was that not only would she never get her face back, but she and Amy Acker were also quickly kicked out of the office.

Well, not really deportation, of course.

Someone also deliberately explained that it was necessary to discuss how to help them brew their emotions during the filming process, so it was not suitable to listen in, otherwise it would not be effective, and at the same time guaranteed that the measures taken would definitely not be dangerous.

Although the former Blair Witch looked rough, the production team still put a lot of thought into the filming process, such as the performance of the actors. In order for the actors to really enter a state of emotional collapse, the team directly threw several leading actors in the dense forest for several days and nights to play on their own, and finally brought the film at least a very high level of performance in terms of performance, and even the final heroine A classic shot of a monologue to the camera.

It is conceivable that if the actors in The Blair Witch are as exaggerated as the silicone breast vases in many low-quality B-movies, there will be no accidental explosions in the film.

For the new version of the Blair Witch, Simon's requirements must be higher.

However, the means of stimulating the emotions of the actors are actually nothing less than those, creating isolation, wantonly criticizing, and even deliberately promoting the confrontation between the opposing actors, and so on.

Let's talk about the new version of the Blair Witch. The atmosphere at the beginning of the story is very relaxed, which is not a problem for young actors and actresses who have a solid foundation in acting.

The key is the second half.

The further back, the more actors need to walk on the verge of collapse, or even truly collapse. After all, the protagonists are young, even if they are talented, it is difficult to build emotions by themselves, so the production team needs to use some unconventional methods.

After some discussion, the method of determination is not new.

During the shooting process, especially in the second half, try to minimize the contact with the actors, so that the actors feel isolated and helpless, and they have to live in a tent alone every day, keeping a distance, and absolutely not giving any items that may be used to pass the time at night , can only be boring and stiff.

In addition, it is necessary to reduce the sleep time of the actors, organize to watch horror movies, and even not provide too much food and water to create a real state of distress and anxiety.

Do all of this and the film can't be too bad.

Then again, a large reason why many actors have various mental problems is because of this tossing. Just like Heath Ledger who died young, in order to play a good clown, he really put I was pushed to the verge of a near-crazy collapse. Of course, some talents are good, but then they will only frown or growl or growl. Except, this will not have any other negative effects except that the face is more and more squared because of frequent grinning.

The last problem is publicity.

Pay attention to the official account: the base camp of book friends, pay attention to get cash and coins!

The new version of The Blair Witch is expected to start shooting in early November, wrap up in mid-December, participate in the Sundance Film Festival in mid-January, and be released in early February, just in time for the subsequent Valentine's Day schedule. Calculated, from the start of filming to the release, there are only three months. Therefore, it needs to be produced and announced at the same time.

The plan is actually ready-made.

viral marketing.

After a little discussion, the plan was quickly finalized.

In mid-December, when the film is finalized and enters post-production, the official website of the Blair Witch will be launched, and it will be promoted with the help of the network resources of the Westeros system.

The website will be very real, such as the missing person notices of five missing college students, various legends about the Blair Witch, and even a small number of "leaked" video clips, and so on. Then properly guide some public opinion and quickly spread the topic.

Afterwards, when the heat started to stir up, it was different from the fact that many people thought it was a real incident until the film was released. This time, Daenerys Entertainment will promptly clarify that the whole incident is just a marketing plan for a film, so as to eliminate some potential lawsuits in advance. Risk, and officially announced Daenerys' second mockumentary film project after Ghost Story.

Coupled with the subsequent Sundance premiere and a complete set of marketing combinations, it is estimated that not many people wonder if this movie is not.

Then, it will be released in February. Apart from the popularity accumulated in the early stage and some luck, it still depends more on the quality.

The meeting lasted for more than two hours, and it was already past 11 o'clock when it ended.

Simon didn't intend to keep anyone for dinner.

Everyone got up to say goodbye, the others went out first, Lena Kane slowed down, and when everyone left, she threw herself into Simon's arms like a bird returning home, kissed and hugged the man's waist, raised her face and said in anticipation : "Simon, can I stay today?"

Simon held Lena's slender waist in his arms, shook his head and said, "Not this time."

Lena immediately added: "You can also add Rachel and Amy, the three of us."

Simon raised his hand and patted the buttocks of the cunning little manager, and said with a smile, "Go back, I'll please you if you finish the project well. Just like this time, the screenwriter you found is very good."

Lina blinked again: "Well, it's okay to add Annika, four."

Then got another hit.

Lina knew that there was no play this time, so her tone was a little more serious, and she explained: "Anika is an alumnus of mine at USC, one year older than me. We were good friends before. She used to work at Warner. Last time I just let her try to write it, but I didn't expect you to like it, Simon."

Simon smiled: "If you can think of it, your friends will not be too bad."

Still divided into groups.

After pestering and talking for a while, Lina reluctantly bid farewell.

Simon can judge whether this ambitious little elf is more coquettish with him or intentionally, but he will not expose it. When he went out with Lena, everyone was still waiting. When the group arrived in the morning, they didn't show up because they didn't get up. Ulyana Meretskova also appeared at this time and saw off the guests with Simon.

Before Lena Kane came, she thought she could stay today. After all, with two vases and even an Annika, the four girls together can always make someone's heart flutter, right?

This is a man's preference.

However, when she first arrived in the morning and saw Maria, Lena felt that her thoughts were a little suspended. When she left and saw Ulyana, who was even more stunning in terms of appearance, figure and makeup, she completely lost any thoughts.

If Maria's appearance and temperament belong to the kind that people can't help but get close to, Ulyana, the flawless face of an Eastern European woman combined with a perfect and plump figure, coupled with the graceful aura cultivated by her previous family background, is definitely the kind that makes most people A woman feels ashamed at a glance.

Even though Lina didn't think that she could occupy a place next to a certain man by virtue of her appearance and body, she still felt a little inferior when she saw two stunning women in a row. Everyone finally said goodbye and got in the car until they left the manor. , she barely gave birth to a small idea of ​​self-comfort.

I am young!

On the way back to the city, it wasn't Rachel McAdams or Amy Acker who sat next to Lena, but the light-haired Blair Witch screenwriter Anika Settle.

Indeed, people are divided into groups.

Although they have different majors and different grades, the two met not long after Lina entered the school. They were equally outstanding and ambitious, and they quickly became good friends.

Annika graduated from USC a year earlier, was directly admitted by Warner Bros., and became a staff member in the script procurement department of Warner Bros.

The reason why she didn't choose Daenerys, who is hot in Hollywood, is not because Annika is not strong enough, but because the girl is deliberate. The main reason is that Daenerys's internal competition is too fierce, and Warner, who is firmly ranked second in Hollywood, has continued to win over the years. Turbulence, on the contrary, can give newcomers a chance to stand out.

Annika's judgment was indeed correct.

After only two years in Warner Bros. script acquisitions, Annika got a promotion for helping to select a low-budget blockbuster and received further attention from Warner Bros. executives, who had already talked to her and planned to transfer her to To the more core production department.

Around the same time, good friend Lena Kane approached her and said that there was a script for a low-budget horror film project that she could try to write, and the idea came from Simon Westeros.

Annika made her choice without hesitation.

Even if she is confident enough in her abilities, under normal circumstances, Annika knows that she will have to work for at least another five years before she can get the chance to get in touch with the senior management of Time Warner and even the higher-level parent company General Electric.

Now, a fool would give up if there was a direct chance to link to Simon Westeros.

Annika worked during the day, stayed up for three consecutive nights after get off work, and quickly came up with a sample script. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a writing major, and she has never let go of her skills. The sample script was sent to New World Pictures by Lina There, who was quickly hired, was confirmed as the screenwriter of The Blair Witch, assisting Paul Greenglass to write the script together.

Annika immediately resigned from Warner decisively to focus on this project.

A few days ago, Annika and Paul Greenglass traveled all over several southern states non-stop with a small team of few people in order to observe the scenery. It can be said that Annika has contributed a lot to the smooth progress of the project.

This is also the reason why he was allowed to come and see Simon today.

Inside the compartment.

When the car left the manor, Annika let out a long sigh of relief, and looked at Lina beside her: "How did I behave in the morning?"

Lina is looking down at the minutes of the meeting in the morning, and she will also participate in the production as an agent. It's not her job, but for the future, even without extra pay, it's an important qualification, along with solid work experience.

Hearing Annika's question suddenly, Lena looked up at her, then lowered her head again, and said with a smile: "When Simon is working, he usually doesn't care what a woman looks like."

Annika also smiled: "What I'm asking is how is my work performance, what did you think?"

"If your performance is not good enough, it is impossible to appear here today," Lina affirmed, and then said: "I was just wondering, what are the exact ages of those two women?"

When Annika heard Lina's confirmation, she relaxed a bit, and then began to gossip: "I guess" she reacted, glanced at the two servants of the Wei family who were following Lina in the front row, lowered her voice, and approached Li Na's ear: "I guess, their daughters are old enough to climb into the bed in Westeros."

Lena tilted her head to push away Annika's head. She was not as cautious as her friend. She continued to flip through the documents in front of her and said, "Simon didn't hide this. Why are you so careful?"

Annika still didn't say much, but instead said with some expectation: "It would be great if I can still have the maintenance level of those two women when I'm 40 years old."

Even if Annika is a career-oriented woman, it is impossible not to care about her appearance and figure.

Lina glanced at her sideways, and couldn't help teasing: "I'm afraid it's not easy, women of your Nordic origin are more likely to age."

Annika immediately feigned displeasure: "Hey, are you racist?"

Annika's pale hair and light blue eyes, again

Coupled with the overly fair complexion, and even her name, it is an obvious Nordic style.

Lina smiled and said, "I'm a little Latin mixed race, how dare I discriminate against you white noble ladies."

"It seems so." Annika brushed her hair coquettishly, and raised her head slightly: "Westeros likes girls with fairer skin, and you are not as good as me in this regard."

Lina heard that Annika was beautiful, and gave her a blank look: "People's preferences will change, not to mention, Simon prefers girls with soft faces like us, your face is too three-dimensional, and your mouth is not small enough, Simon definitely doesn't like it. "

"Hey, who just said that people's preferences can change?" General Annika said, gossip again, and leaned into Lina's ear again: "Why does he like women with small mouths, doesn't he?"

Lina smiled and pushed a certain female hooligan away: "You can see for yourself if you have a chance in the future."

"Then you call me next time."

"I wanted to call you this time, but I was rejected by Simon just now."

"Then you are really stupid. Just looking at those two women, you can tell that the timing is wrong." Annika looked very disappointed, and then it was obvious that she hadn't forgotten what happened just now, and she opened herself slightly, which is not really counted. With a big mouth, he mumbled, "Is this enough?"

Lina smiled and stared over again: "If you want a man, go to the bar to find one tonight."

"I don't want a man, my boyfriend hasn't changed the battery for a long time."

Lina was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and slapped Annika with a smile: "If you are a hooligan again, I will drive you out of the car."

Annika and Lena came and went a few times, and after joking around, they finally became a little more serious and said, "Have you noticed that Hollywood is now developing towards a matriarchal society?"

This turning point is a bit big, Lena is curious: "What do you mean?"

"Let's make a list," Annika said, "Hollywood Seven, Daenerys' Amy Pascal, and MGM's Shirley Lansing, although there are only two, it is actually equivalent to more than half of them." Hollywood. Oh, and Nancy Brill, as well as many female executives who have emerged in recent years, including the two of us. By the way, there is one of the three major Hollywood agencies, Nancy Josephson of icm, you see , is there such a trend?"

Lina understood, but shook her head: "You are too optimistic, Annie, Hollywood is still dominated by men, or in other words, Hollywood is almost dominated by men, and we are all just his vassals."

"I know," Annika said, "but, Westeros has started to recede more and more behind the scenes now, maybe one day he will completely lose interest in Hollywood and let it go completely. By then, Hollywood will be our women You have to know that some trends, once formed, are difficult to reverse."

Lina thought about it for a moment, but couldn't refute it, so she asked with a smile: "Even so, what do you want to do at that time, start a feminist movement, and drive more men out of Hollywood?"

"Well, I haven't thought that far."

"Then don't think about it, the Blair Witch will start filming in a week, so let's think about how to do this project well."

Annika did not object, she and Lena reviewed the morning meeting, and said after a while: "I have recently quietly studied the case of Ghost Story, and it can only be called a miracle, Lena, what do you think the witch Blair will do next? How much is the box office?"

"Since it is still the idea provided by Simon himself, the box office of 50 million US dollars is the bottom line that Daenerys can accept. I think it is not a big problem. If it is lower, it will be our failure. And if it can break through 100 million, I am in Simon You can stand there.”

Annika looked disappointed: "So you haven't stood still?"

"Yeah, you'd be naive if you thought you could please Simon with just one face."

Annika raised a slender hand and gestured slightly, with a bad smile: "Actually, I just want to ask, can you sit still?"

Lena: ""

Annie's truck was going too fast, and Lena was thrown into a ditch by a big bend before she realized it. Then she threw away the folder in her hand, pressed Annika on the seat, and cleaned it up hard.

Lena's physical fitness after exercising every day is obviously better than Annika's. In the end, Annika had to beg for mercy before she was let go.

Everyone's time is precious.

Since she was not able to stay overnight with a certain man, and returned to downtown Boston, Lena boarded a plane with the others and flew back to Los Angeles to prepare for the final filming of the Blair Witch.

Back in Los Angeles, the team immediately began to make final revisions to the script according to the results of the discussion at the meeting, and to find a suitable photographer. In fact, Paul Greenglass had already searched for it in advance, but compared to the Blair Witch project, It was a bit expensive, and the team officially signed with the other party only after obtaining Simon's permission.

Simon didn't object to that either.

Because the photographer's name is Oliver Wood.

The photographer and Paul Greengrass are also British, both of them are middle-aged, they met very early, and had some cooperation in the early years.

In the 1980s, Oliver Wood took the lead to develop in Hollywood, and successfully became one of the first-line photographers. He has shot Die Hard 2 and other films. The latest big production is John Wu's face change. However, although he is first-line, because he has been shooting TV dramas or commercial films for more than 20 years since his debut, Oliver Wood has not yet been nominated for an Oscar.

This also kept the other party's worth within the acceptable range of the witch Blair's budget.

Moreover, there is another reason why Simon has no opinion.

Oliver Wood was the original cinematographer for the original Bourne trilogy.

Looking at it now, this is obviously also because Wood and Greenglass have known each other for a long time, and it also proves that the two are quite a perfect pair of partners.

Therefore, Simon understands that there is no need for him to deliberately promote anything next. This time, Blair the Witch has a run-in, and the subsequent Public Enemy, directed by Paul Greenglass, will naturally fall into the hands of Oliver Wood, which is just right.

Simon spent the weekend in Boston to entertain guests and flew back to Los Angeles on Monday morning.

The recent Daenerys Entertainment is not just the new annual financial report just released, due to a series of large and small movies such as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix, Public Enemy, The Blair Witch, High School Musical, Celebrities, Elizabeth, etc. The projects are advancing intensively, and people from all walks of life in the circle are also making frequent moves.

Simon left for a week, returned to Hollywood, and immediately became the center of attention.

Malibu, Daenerys Studios.

Time comes to October 17th, Monday afternoon on the West Coast.

An audition was going on in an office building in the administrative area of ​​the film city. About the heroine of High School Musical, the long corridors and the vacated waiting room were full of teenagers and girls in their youth.

The original two actresses, Christina Aguilera has signed, Britney Spears was replaced.

Not just High School Musical, a certain girl’s father was arrested by the police on the spot because he was involved in a very vile case of raping a 13-year-old girl. Girls have nothing to do, and it is impossible for Daenerys Entertainment to train each other, so Daenerys Records also terminated the contract with the girl, and there will be no more singles and the like.

Lynn Spears, who had been in fear for a long time because her husband insisted on doing something, could easily guess what was going on when it happened. The poor woman was called to the police station that night and watched in a daze. The rescued underage girl and the deep bite marks on the arms of the black policeman, after one night, the tense nerves relaxed instead.

It was like some kind of relief.

The day after the incident, George Norman came to the door. He did not mention what happened the previous night at all, but signed a secret agreement with the Spears family.

200 million is definitely not there, but here is still a compensation worth 2 million US dollars, which will be paid in 30 years in the form of a secret trust. The beneficiary is Lynn Spears, who can receive about 5,000 US dollars per month US dollars, enough for a family to live a decent life.

Then the Spears family would need to promise to leave L.A. and move anywhere else as if nothing had happened. George Norman also directly showed Lynn Spears the original recording evidence here, saying that it is okay for the other party to continue to make trouble. Not only is it impossible to get anything, even she herself will go to prison for extortion.

Lynn Spears signed the deal without any struggles.

Then, a stranger came to the door and sent another divorce agreement. Lynn Spears continued to sign, and was reminded by the other party, as if he never remembered Jamie Spears. As for other relatives of Jamie Spears, this side will be responsible for notifying them.

The supernatural stranger also helped the Spears family change their new identity and surname. Lynn Spears picked a little on a map of the United States. Three days later, the family of six moved to a small town in northern Florida, Lynn Spears Pierce also got a job as a music teacher at a local school.

And then there is no more then.

The other children were fine, and Britney obviously couldn't accept the sudden change. After crying and making noise, the little girl even guessed some of the inside story, and had a big fight with her mother, but it didn't help. Even if she came out of that small town in the future, there would be no room for her in the North American entertainment industry.

On the whole matter, Simon listened to Neil Bennett's verbal report a few follow-ups, and only said that he knew it, and ignored it.

Occasionally just thought of.

In the past, Britney Spears was imprisoned by her father as a mental patient for more than ten years. This time, she may not be famous, but she will be ordinary, at least she will have a different life from before.

Of course, Simon didn't mean to excuse himself when he thought so.

Good people need psychological comfort.

Even if the final ending of a little girl in the new timeline would be even worse, he would not bother about it. From where Simon stood at this moment, the whole thing was just a very inconspicuous little ripple in his life.

As for the absence of a Britney Spear in the history of North American music, it is also irrelevant.

There is no problem in this world without anyone.

Another follow-up of the incident was an unnamed gossip in the circle that someone wanted to blackmail a certain bigwig in Hollywood with his daughter. As a result, not only did he end up miserable, but his daughter was completely expelled from Hollywood. The chance to stand up.

The spread of the matter is not widespread, and all kinds of ambiguity, but for the people in the game, it is easy to get in the seat, so some unknown vigilance and introspection are inevitable.

The bustling audition scene.

Linda Vargas, Simon's queen casting director, had to leave after staring here for an hour. She didn't have that much time to follow up the whole process, and she had to report some projects to her boss later.

The reason why it appeared here was Simon's order.

According to Simon's request, projects involving similar themes must be supervised by Linda

Vargas is personally in charge, including the final say on the character.

The main purpose is to avoid some situations that are too bad to be dealt with to the greatest extent.

Except for occasionally cultivating it on a whim, Simon is really not interested in little girls who want nothing, and little boys are even less interested. But in the Hollywood circle, there are not a few people with certain special hobbies, or, because of certain deep-rooted concepts, this is a common phenomenon in the entire Western society. Simon boasted that he didn't have the ability to eliminate it, so he could only reduce it as much as possible.