~： One hundred and eight - the love of the big man

Nicolas Cage! The name made Wayne in a trance for a while, this is one of the most familiar Hollywood superstars in my world.

When I watched his movies when I was a child, I thought each of them was very powerful. This must not be Wayne's personal feeling, but the feeling of that generation.

But when we grew up, we learned that Nicolas Cage has a nickname called "The King of Bad Movies"!

If Wayne remembers correctly, this big Hollywood star has not yet been exposed to commercial films, and is a standard literary artist. Yes, you read that right, Nicolas Cage was really a standard literary artist in the early 1990s.

He is still the kind of literary artist who disdains commercial films, and his Hollywood acting career can be regarded as a bumpy legend.

"John, who has such a big face to talk to Warner Bros." Wayne looked at his resume, raised his head and asked. "You should know my work style. Basically, I have nothing to talk about. Even the heroine I want, I have to audition step by step myself."

John also learned some of Wayne's character from the side. This is a genius director with a combination of contradictions. When he is not working, he is very good to the people around him, and he is also very good at talking.

If you start to work, you delay his work progress and cause trouble for his work, even if it is a close female star, he will turn his face and ignore him.

Like, that Naomi Watts.

She was scolded by the talented director more than once when she was filming "Get Out", but what John learned was that Naomi Watts had always had an affair with him.

If it wasn't for the big man who made it through to Kevin Tesuhara this time, he wouldn't be willing to help talk about it.

John said to Wayne, who was looking down at his resume, "Have you seen the "Godfather" trilogy?"

"what?"

"The director of the "Godfather" trilogy, the famous Francis Ford Coppola! From "General Patton" in 1970, after "The Godfather 1, 2, 3", "Conversation", "Apocalypse Now", There is also "Four Hundred Years of Vampire Zombies", which made a box office of 200 million the year before, no one is willing to sell this great director a face."

John was afraid that he could not figure it out, so he counted the achievements of this great director to illustrate the status of such a big man in the Hollywood circle.

"What's his relationship with Nicolas Cage?" Wayne put down the simple resume in his hand. Except for the few literary films he had made, there was almost no reference data. "Is it like the movie, he is Nicolas Cage's godfather?"

Wayne tapped the resume on the table, "My Heart is Wild", "Vegas Honeymoon" such literary films may have won awards, but he has never heard of it, and Nicolas Cage is not the protagonist, it is It doesn't make much sense.

"According to the normal name, his surname should be Coppola..." John also felt that this was a slap in the face, and he had to explain patiently. "The Coppola family has a good influence in the circle. After Nicolas Cage made his debut, he didn't want people to know that he came from this family, so it's just... literary youth, it's all such a twisted character!"

This makes sense. Nicolas Cage should be the nephew of the legendary Hollywood director, otherwise he would not sell favors to help him build relationships.

But don't say, Wayne really thinks that a literary artist like Cage might really be able to portray the role of the clown well.

His acting skills are definitely not a problem, the biggest problem is that this master was a **** when he was young. Few people who can roll in the independent literary and art circles are not **** characters. The circle they come into contact with every day is famous for chaos, promiscuity, drug abuse and drug "drugs".

Before seeing this resume, Wayne really ignored this potential stock with guaranteed acting skills.

"Set it up, if his agent calls and tells him that Nicolas Cage can go straight to the second round of auditions."

There was a relaxed look on John's face. He didn't want these things to affect his partnership with Wayne. The combination of a producer and director who matched each other was very rare.

"Thank you, Wayne, I will tell Kevin that he will remember your favor!"

"You're welcome, if the role of the clown is really his in the end, it will save me a lot of work time."

In his heart, Wayne has always been curious, wanting to see what the future wonderful Hollywood superstar can do now.

After all, there are not many superstars who can give themselves to bankruptcy, and there are not many superstars who can always repay their debts with bad movies, and lose their worth.

"That's it, I have to go back and prepare, and I have a shooting plan to do." Wayne thought that everything was over, stood up and handed the resume to Nina, ready to go back.

"There's one more thing. It was just a personal matter. This is the real business." John saw that he was about to leave, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Wayne, have you ever thought about when this film will be released? This is different from the small budget we made before, this is one of the top films of Warner Bros. next year, and the release time must be set in advance!

Warner Bros. needs to formulate a publicity plan in advance, and also negotiate with the cinema alliance in advance about the screening screen. There are many things, you must give me a time. "

It is obvious that this is different from the previous small cost. It is impossible to let him follow his temper. All plans must be made in advance and then pushed step by step according to the plan.

"let me see!"

Wayne leaned back in the chair, took out a cigarette and lit one, and began to sort out the shooting time in his mind, calculate the time required for post-production, and set aside time for recovery in the event of an accident.

According to the current progress, the film can be started by the end of September at the latest. The filming of this film is relatively complicated, and it should be possible to complete all the shots in three to four months at the slowest.

He pointed to Nina's briefcase, asked her for a pen and paper, and began to write and draw on it.

"John, this way, we can start this film in the summer, preferably mid-May, to give me enough time for post-production."

More than half an hour later, Wayne raised his head, crumpled up the scrawled paper, and stuffed it into Nina's briefcase together with the pen.

"Is it the same schedule as "Get Out"? We actually have a better choice. We can push the time back and put it in the middle of the summer schedule." As long as John can determine the time for the completion of the production, it is enough. Hearing that he could finish it before May, he wanted to find a good schedule for the film.

Coincidence? That's right, "Get Out" was also released in mid-May. Wayne touched the stubble on his chin with his left hand, thought for a moment and said:

"No, John, you communicate with Kevin or the distribution department. We will have a schedule in mid-May to see if there is any preemption of our own films."

"Are you sure, don't choose better?"

"I'm sure, since it's such a coincidence, I'll turn the mid-May schedule into a "Greenberg" time, and release films at this time every year to make it a brand that fans like. Do you think there is any hope?"

Wayne's ambitions are inflated, and this is an idea he has just thought of.

"As long as we can continue to succeed, nothing is impossible." John shrugged and stood up to end the conversation. He had a lot of work to do, even more than the director Wayne.

"That's it, let's do the immediate things first, this is a long-term goal!" Wayne smiled and walked out with John.

Francis Ford Coppola's favor is used up But his nephew may not appreciate it. After hearing that this film is a commercial film, Nicolas Cage instinctively wanted to reject it. thing.

It was not until the agent got through the relationship and got a copy of the script for the project called "Joker" that it aroused the interest of Nicolas Cage again.

"Susan, is this really a commercial movie? It's worth tens of millions of dollars?" This is the third time Nicolas Cage has finished reading the script, and the third time he has asked his agent the same question.

This script simply made him exclaim, if this is also a commercial production, what are the art films he made before?

"Wayne Greenberg is very different from other commercial film directors, Nikolai, his films are naturally heavy with artistry, and I suggest you watch "Get Out" and "Happy Death Day." "

Susan Millie, seeing that her client might change her mind, began to persuade him. She also felt helpless for such a client at the stall. She obviously had first-class contacts in Hollywood, but she wanted to play some art.

How much is art worth? In her eyes, such an art film is almost useless except for some small awards!