Chapter 598： Schedule only 1

Hollywood is a place where every day is filled with parties and receptions held under various names.

If you have a wide enough network, you can run around the party continuously for several months and enjoy the anesthesia and pleasure of the cerebral cortex brought by alcohol.

The so-called drunken gold fans are not empty words.

Provided, of course, that you are willing to live this unmotivated party life.

Obviously, this kind of enjoyment can make people feel boring and even empty, and they don't understand why they waste time on this meaningless social interaction.

And if there is a purpose, the party is not a pleasure.

Some time ago, Mr. and Mrs. Smith's box office success, Paramount has held an official celebration and publicity cocktail party, but Lyman did not go.

He doesn't like the atmosphere very much, and certainly can't say he hates it. It doesn't matter if he is idle and bored, but he is very busy now, busy with his project "No Country For Old Men", busy with Zach Snyder and Scott. - Ross confirms the preparation of the special effects work for "Three Hundred Spartans". I was so busy that even my girlfriend Eva went to accept the role's shaping preparations, so I couldn't even take a look.

And today, he obviously couldn't turn down Shirley Lansing's invitation to a private reception.

The black Mercedes-Benz business stopped at a mansion halfway up the hill in Beverly Hills.

It was twilight.

Celebrities gather here in twos and threes.

Suddenly, there was movement from the gate, but Shirley Lansing appeared with Paramount's executives, causing everyone present to be excited and approached to chat.

Then, Lyman arrived.

He was wearing a winter black double-row suit, which attracted a lot of attention as soon as he entered the venue.

The ladies and ladies who were walking around a second ago were chattering around in front of the two most powerful people.

Shirley Lansing is a Paramount executive. Needless to say, she holds a lot of authority. Lehman is also a famous number one person in today's Hollywood, and many people are polite.

The two entered the hall surrounded by the crowd, and after a while, the dance began.

Shirley Lansing greeted a group of people, then walked up to Lyman, and said gently, "How does Paramount work on the "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" project?"

"The propagandists have worked hard." Lehmann had a smile on his face.

As a work that can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Paramount with the addition of peripheral DVDs and other income, Shirley Lansing is still very satisfied.

There are many words of appreciation.

After knowing that there is a project with a value of 70 million US dollars, and there is no issuer, of course, it will lead to the topic of temptation.

"I heard that you spent a lot of money to buy Cameron's special effects company. There are still important special effects in the follow-up shooting plan?"

——If the current special effects masterpiece is successful, the overseas box office guarantee will also exceed the domestic market, and the prospect is still great.

Of course, as soon as this question came up, Lyman immediately understood the subtext of Shirley Lansing's words. Paramount wanted to keep working together again and asked if there were any conditions.

"That's right, there's going to be movement in the digital realm."

"Then, I mean, if you still have a suitable project and haven't chosen a partner, Paramount is willing to take charge of the project's announcement. And you can rest assured that the sharing agreement we signed before is still the same."

Now that Shirley Lansing has opened up about the matter, Lyman is also thinking.

Of course, Lehman will definitely not hand over his own interests to others, but "Three Hundred Spartans" really eats up the resources on the announcement, and it is not something that Blue Butterfly Pictures can do well. Seeking a strong issuer is what it should be.

"This matter is still up for debate." Lehmann said bluntly: "You know that movie screenings need a good schedule, but I can't talk too much with the theater dealers. It's like Warner did something unfair in November this year. In that way, you each have your own project operations, how do you ensure the interests of us independent studios?"

"What do you mean? Sometimes the release of a movie is a plan made a month or two in advance to promote, and it is inevitable to have a choice."

"Christmas file, at least five weeks of the highest standard resource treatment, if you agree, everyone is happy to sign a release clause."

Shirley Lansing was silent.

The meaning of this is almost to ask Paramount to guarantee the only rights and interests of the Firefly-produced project next year's Christmas season, and Paramount's own schedule differentiation must allocate a prime time to Firefly.

To say that there is nothing to provide resource distribution, it is enough to make money, but I am afraid that if things change, Paramount will also need a Christmas file next year.

Shirley Lansing felt that it would take time to make a decision, and she also understood that Lehmann felt uncomfortable sitting on the Diaoyutai in her own way when she wanted to use the Firefly project against a competitor's masterpiece like Warner did.

——Even if there is no verbal expression, it is still a Heat fight with Warner, but it is not a family after all.

After the reception was over, Lehmann was busy preparing for "No Country for Old Men".

During the period, Zha's "Sparta" project also gained a group of actors.

Like starring Gerald Butler, in 2001, a "God of War" was the runner-up in the TV movie history, which broke the ratings in the TV movie. With the help of the role of the Hun King, it became popular, but TV movies are different from the screen movie circle. Therefore, the determined remuneration is only 4.5 million US dollars.

There is also the heroine Sienna Miller. She and Sylvia Kroka both competed for the Queen of Sparta in the final round of auditions. In the end, the former was cheaper and 900,000 was selected.

Then, a group of muscular men were selected.

Like Michael Fassbender, Vincent Reagan, David Wenham...

Of course, these guys aren't strong enough right now. Zach Snyder wants big muscles with the richest male hormones after stripping. Therefore, including the main actors, as long as they are men, they have to undergo three months of high-intensity physical fitness training before they can leave the customs.

Because the training is very hard, I am afraid that someone will back down.

Zha Dao went to tell all the spartan men who appeared on the scene, I only need bodybuilding champion-like actors in my shots, not all white-faced niches.

Then, he took out a training suit with the words "I died in the Battle of Hot Spring Pass" printed on it as an incentive.

And because the ancient war equipment is complete, the effect of shooting is like an iron turtle army fighting, which is not aesthetic enough.

Therefore, the costumes for the shooting are all dressed in scarlet shirts, leather shorts, and the upper body.

Of course, Director Zha will not say that this is for commercial reasons. Showing muscles is conducive to attracting female audiences to support the theater. After all, just like beautiful women and men on the screen will find it seductive, a large number of handsome muscular guys can definitely please female fans.

I have to say that Zach Snyder, who has been shooting MVs for more than ten years, can still start from the details.

Think very thoughtfully.

Now, with a group of affordable actors, the remuneration is only 13 million yuan. In addition, the director's salary offered by the crew for Zha Dao is 6 million yuan. The rest of the budget will still be spent on special effects to ensure the unique visual sense of the lens. .

At the same time, under the selection of the brokerage company, the fourth star of "No Country for Old Men" was finally determined.

That is to play the original Vietnam War veteran of the same name, Josh Brolin.

This second-tier American actor has starred in a variety of works.

What science fiction, comedy, crime, western, biography are involved.

But it can't be said that it is particularly brilliant It belongs to the kind of box office that has never been a big hit, has not lost a lot of money, and is occasionally nominated for a grand prize.

After a meeting and talk, Josh Brolin agreed to play without any thought.

The next day, he brought his agent over to sign the actor contract, agreeing to play the role of Selin, who had the most roles, and he was paid only $4.8 million.

Since then, the starring role of the lineup is only the killer Anton yet to be determined.

In other words, the starring of the original version has not made a name in Hollywood at all, and so many brokerage companies are like looking for a needle in a haystack and can't find it.

In the end, it was Lehmann who remembered that this is one of the few national quintessence actors in Spain in the future. Even if he does not have the status of later generations, he should always make a name for himself in his native country.

In this way, after the scope of screening is delineated, there is finally a glimpse.

Seeing the face with a sympathetic smile on his resume, the killer Anton is coming.