Chapter 495： Mexico 3 Jay

Entrusting Scott Ross with coordinating shares in the digital realm won't come to fruition any time soon.

The shortage of funds in the digital field is a shortage, but it is also a trouble to introduce too many large and small shareholders, which can only be solved internally by them.

Probably the only good news is that the board of directors welcomes Lehmann. After all, these people are all trying to reap the rewards in the digital field. Now the environment is not good, the competition in the visual effects field is fierce, and there is a studio behind it. The investment in protecting their assets anyway is value-added.

Therefore, during this time, Lehmann ignored Cameron in addition to being in charge of the post-production of "The Mist". He believed that his offer was the most favorable, and it was difficult for the other party not to agree.

Moreover, what he wants is absolute control in the digital field, and he must occupy a dominant position in the company. Then, if Scott does not cooperate, it will not be beneficial for Cameron to acquire the shares first.

In other words, the digital field is not the focus, the focus is a special effects studio that can be controlled. Even if there is something wrong with it, can he still have money to dig other special effects technicians?

It is nothing more than that the digital field is the best choice, but it is not an inevitable choice.

On January 20, the final edited version of "The Mist" was confirmed, with a duration of 115 minutes, which is more refined than the original version, and the viewing experience is still prosperous.

The most important thing is that the ending of his movie version is based on the original version of the novel, which is a blank ending, not the anti-heroic ending of the original version.

According to the original version, it is too controversial. Although the theme is sublimated, it is very annoying.

Some audience members were so angry that they burned all the theaters - the truth is, two theaters in Ohio have their screens burned down.

After all, when anyone saw the climax, the protagonist used a pistol in desperation to kill several fellow survivors who rushed into the thick fog together, including his own son. It was suffering as a human lair, only to find that the fog had dissipated, the army rescued along the way, and none of the devils in the supermarket died, but stared at him with pity...

It's normal to be unbearable and unacceptable to this ending.

For example, in "The Shawshank Redemption", Andy spent twenty years digging for escape, and as soon as he got out, the warden stood by and said, "surprise, Andy."

Fine, you fine, who can bear this.

Of course, Director Frank has always liked to play with shock, which is why his director's works, even if they are well received, have never been high at the box office.

I can't rejoice in the grievances, and the characters are so aggrieved, passers-by and audiences can't bear this anger, and they won't watch it again after watching it.

Even if it is "The Mist", if there is no big reversal at the end, depending on the quality, the rating may be lower, but the box office will definitely be much higher.

After all, many viewers just heard that watching this movie was irritating, and then they didn't watch it.

Afterwards, Lyman spent another two days staying up late to edit a 50-second Super Bowl preview, which Blake took with him to negotiate with the TV station.

After being busy for a while, even though Lehman is still energetic, he can relax and take a leisurely rest.

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After finishing the first four episodes of "The Walking Dead", Top left the crew.

After all, he prefers to make movies rather than TV series, but he has no inspiration for new works recently.

So, he still looks for various scripts to read every day, or reads some novels, comics and the like.

One day, he was working in the studio, and the front desk led a person up.

But it was the Mexican director Alessandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

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The top was dressed in casual clothes and poured coffee enthusiastically.

Sitting on the sofa, Alessandro was quite at a loss. He occasionally looked at the surrounding layout with a little envy in his eyes.

He knew the spinning top, but not very familiar with it.

But the Mexican director circle is so big, and even fewer can work in Hollywood, and almost all of them can be made friends.

After a while, Alejandro said quickly, watching the top come over to serve coffee, "I'm really sorry that I took the liberty to come here and delay your work this time."

The spinning top smiled indifferently, "There's no need for that." This sentence was spoken in Spanish.

The two were originally from the same place. They talked and talked about hometown topics, but they gradually became acquainted with each other.

Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, Alessandro asked, "Top, are you familiar with Director Lyman?"

Top has cooperated with Firefly Films several times. Needless to say, the relationship is not a secret in the circle.

Speaking of him, Top nodded, "My current works are all about Firefly Pictures helping to prepare and distribute the business, and they get along very well."

Alejandro waited for these words, and he immediately said: "I have a script in hand now, and I want Firefly Pictures to help, but I didn't have the chance to meet him, so can you please make an appointment? "

Firefly Pictures has a good performance. I don’t know how many filmmakers want to discuss cooperation, but there are many people who want to cheat the project. It’s hard to tell the difference. Lehman basically only let the script be cast, and he seldom sees it. Unless the script is chosen.

But there are too many scripts, everyone has the dream of becoming famous, and Firefly Pictures probably doesn't have time to review them one by one.

This is a very common thing in the industry Gyro immediately understood what Alessandro meant, nothing more than to attract investment.

For this hometown director, Top has some recognition from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't agree directly, "I can invite, but I can't guarantee whether I can agree or not."

"Thank you, thank you, as long as I can meet Director Lyman, I will talk about these things." Alejandro heaved a sigh of relief.

He made "21 Grams" the year before last, which made him famous internationally. He was also shortlisted for the official competition in Venice, and the two leading actors and actresses won the Venice Actor Award.

But even so, he is an independent film maker, and his box office is really limited, so he can barely make money, and he still relies on the distribution capability of the channel.

So when he took the new script to attract investment, it was still a little difficult, he still found his old friend Alfonso Cuaron first.

Alfonso was the first Mexican director to make a name for himself in Hollywood. He liked the script and introduced it to the production departments of Warner Bros. and Universal. However, these companies did not like non-English works, but they were literary and artistic, so he rejected them directly. Well, in the end, Alfonso suggested to find the top to find a way.

Of course, the more important point is that although he lacks investment, he can make it together, and the more important thing is the distribution channel.

Alejandro is used to the loss of distribution channels, and he also thinks of Hollywood to seek development. Mexico's plate is also less for him, which requires a powerful film company to accept it.

For several months before and after, the attitude of the Sixth Congress was very unclear, so I had to ask Firefly Pictures to try...

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