Chapter 323： victim

Brokerage firms, including CAA, moved quickly.

First, after the column in which Brad Pitt was interviewed was broadcast on TV, several other leading actors also participated in some talk shows or nightly variety shows. Basically, it was no different from what Pitt did. , oh no, put the pot on the director Wolfgang Petersen.

The words should be vague and not so penetrating, which is conducive to the spontaneous association of the audience.

Even some true love fans have long wanted to whitewash their idols, but they suffer from no topic breakthrough. Now they have taken the initiative to have a reason, and they have a good step down.

Just like a certain movie, the market failed miserably, but many fans said, "How is my idol, how good the performance is, compared to before, there is a lot of room for improvement...".

In short, the failure of the movie has nothing to do with my idol, you can't spray him.

Compared to this, it is almost the same.

Even the whitewashing procedure is so similar.

It can be seen that the entertainment industry in the whole world is indeed an egg.

At first glance, it is bright and beautiful, and it is thin and smoky.

Such a move.

Watching the actors come out and say, plus Pitt and Orlando Bloom are very good-looking.

The winds are showing signs of changing.

But that's not enough, it's even just the beginning.

Suddenly, although some mainstream newspapers were still judging and ridiculing the failure of "Troy", they gradually focused on the director.

Some say he changed the script temporarily; some say he quarreled with the assistant director during filming.

In short, how did the harmonious scene of the crew at the beginning of the release turn into all kinds of disagreements.

Isn't that slapping yourself in the face?

But this is not important, the important thing is that many of the original disadvantages about the actors have all been transferred to the director, and the movements are quite neat.

It's just a pity director Wolfgang Petersen.

He is so pitiful.

To say that he was not responsible for the failure of "Troy" would be nonsense.

But such a one-sided situation is obviously too cold.

People have worked hard for more than 20 years and made seven or eight movies that are not bad.

Just this time, it completely denied all the efforts.

Furthermore, if I really want to go into detail, how much can he influence as a director?

This is Hollywood. The reason is clear to everyone:

First, the producer-centered system is adopted in the circle. The script is written by the screenwriter. Where it can be filmed and where it should not be filmed, the producer has to intervene. .

Second, the most important post-editing is not the director's final say.

As far as the two most critical points in the creation of this film are concerned, the director does not have much right to speak. Can it really be said that he is responsible for it?

Wolfgang Peterson is like that.

He felt aggrieved.

When it was filming, he interfered in this and that, and if he failed, it was all his fault.

What a terrible word.

It's a pity, who made you the director.

Just as Wu Baige ran back to the mainland in a dreadful manner, after Li Press missed the "Hulk", he could only take over low-budget literary and artistic films. In many cases, the director was the first sacrifice.

There is neither truth nor fairness here.

After all, they have all failed, so who cares about the relationship.

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The office of Plan B Films.

Johnson Gray reported the latest situation, "Now the media and fans and audiences are scolding the people behind the scenes such as Wolfgang Peterson."

Brad Pitt was not very happy when he learned of this result.

Because no matter what, he will need to avoid the limelight and appear in the public eye as little as possible for the next few days.

Furthermore, his career has indeed been affected.

The footsteps of climbing up also stopped.

"Did those people say anything?"

Gray shook his head, "Even if Wolfgang Peterson was interviewed by the media, this kind of public opinion could not be reversed. Besides, they don't have a channel at all to speak out. Who cares what a director says?"

Well, very realistic.

After this incident, Peterson's future is over.

Unless he can rely on his works to return to the public eye like Li Press, but before that, what he needs more is to be able to find a suitable project.

Because many film companies will list such directors as uncooperative objects.

After all, if you don't pursue the winners, why don't you pursue the losers? It doesn't make sense either.

That's exactly what happened.

In the following years, Wolfgang-Petersen returned to his native Germany without any output.

It would have been hard for him to return to Hollywood in his life if it wasn't for the re-introduction of Akiva Goldsman, a well-reputed producer and writer in the industry, of which he wrote "A Beautiful Mind."

And the "Poseidon" that took over was just a medium-sized production with little investment.

In order to save money, most of the actors are also shallow.

As for why it is difficult for directors to have a voice channel.

And it's not because the power of the media is dominated by the Big Six in Hollywood.

Since Warner has unified the caliber with the brokerage company, will there be any mistakes?

In just a few days the most tormented is director Wolfgang Petersen.

Everyone is saving and protecting themselves, but he cannot save them.

Looking at the inexplicable media attack, and thinking about all the good things before it was released: the praise of the actors and the friendly attitude of Warners, all of a sudden it became a bubble.

It's not that he hasn't been to Warner's top executives.

But people didn't want to see him at all.

In those days, he called frantically.

Those film companies and investors who once wanted to work with him have also changed their tone.

The coping words of these people made him only feel physically and mentally exhausted.

The promises in the contract have long since been voided. When the movie was doomed to fail, he not only failed to get the promised box office rewards, but even some of the follow-up remunerations were harsh.

But he couldn't complain.

Because this is all stipulated in the contract, in black and white, or the shooting contract signed by him.

Why should the salary be divided into two or even more times to be paid.

For today's situation.

For the producers, compared with the distributors, they seem to have no advantage, but compared with directors and screenwriters who have no right to speak, they are also very powerful.

In many cases, the inequity comes step by step.

The distributor tried to recover the losses from the producer, and the producer also tried to find a way to make up for it from elsewhere.

In the end, it's still a failure.

If it succeeds, everyone will have money to make, and everyone is willing to share some small favors.

Wolfgang Peterson gave up.

After the negotiation failed again, in the face of this most realistic circle, I had to leave in despair.

Hollywood is still the same Hollywood, it has not changed.

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