Chapter 625： Sophia

When Blake heard this, the plan for this project became clearer in his heart.

According to Lehman, plus the structure problems of the script itself, it is estimated that the cost of shooting a single episode will not exceed 450,000, which is a low-cost drama.

Moreover, although many luxury sponsorships are not available, it is still possible to find suitable brands.

Blake thought of the RV that appeared in the script, and said casually: "For that du-manufactured vehicle, you can ask Ford to discuss the implantation plan, and it should be able to pull one or two million. Plus other piecemeal sponsorships, take back one. The small half of the investment should be feasible.”

"Well, if it's appropriate, I'm not against giving some conveniences, even close-up shots. You'll be in charge of these."

Anyway, it’s a very small thing to waste a few seconds of footage for commercials, Lehman affirmed.

Afterwards, Blake went to prepare the "Breaking Bad" sponsorship and build a cooperative filming team.

In that case, the only thing missing is a director with good ability to carry out this shooting work. In this regard, we need to do a good job of screening.

After all, several of Firefly's co-directors are either working on projects, or their personal style is too strong to be suitable for slightly realistic themes, and they need to be found from outside.

But it's not too much trouble. Hollywood is not short of directors, and there is enough room for selection.

Putting this matter down, Layman gathered up the work he was doing a little bit, gave simple advice on how to deal with it, and then stood up and walked out.

In the editing room, the final version of "No Country For Old Men" has been finalized. The main feature is about 105 minutes long, which is slightly more compact than the original film of the same name. On the side, Ryan and Thomas are teasing that they are physically and mentally exhausted and are going to take a vacation.

Lehman also found it funny. As soon as these two goods got together, they felt that they had added a funny buff, and they didn't have the usual serious attitude at all.

Thinking back over the content of this edition just now, the overall feeling is very good, and Lehman himself is quite satisfied.

It's good to have that lawless temperament and style.

As for the box office, who knows.

Anyway, it will not be more popular than commercial movies, because this movie needs patience to watch, it is not so refreshing, and of course it will not be a money-sucking weapon at the box office.

However, Lehmann didn't go to the market at first, he just wanted to make such a movie.

After leaving the company, I drove home.

On the way, I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This year, Firefly already has plans for 6 movie projects and 1 TV series, which can catch up with nearly half of the project output of large studios. A long way to go.

I am also fortunate that I have made friends with so many talented directors. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for him to have such energy and time to produce.

Think about it, if it weren't for the company's popularity, so many scripts and producers would not be willing to cooperate - it is difficult for small studios to even buy copyrights, because you are not famous, and who is willing to put their own projects to you? Without distribution, without strong production capabilities, everything is illusory.

In the evening, Lyman returned to his mansion in Beverly Hills.

In the distance, I saw a strange figure in my living room chatting with Eva.

Laiman was puzzled. After approaching, the man turned around when he heard the movement, but it was a tough-looking woman in her thirties.

She was wearing a very masculine style, a jeans jacket and short hair, no wonder Lehmann didn't notice it for a while.

She stood up and greeted, "Director Lehman, do you remember the last time we met?"

Oh it's you......

Lyman recognized the person, it was Francis Coppola's daughter Sofia Coppola.

After a friendly reception, I took my seat again.

Sophia looked curiously at the famous director in front of her.

She has heard many things about him from her cousin Cage and from her father.

The first one was when he was filming "Fury", what he said when he invited Cage, he couldn't stop touching similar themes because of a failure of a war theme, it was because he denied himself. Later, "Fury" was a big hit, and Cage recovered his career decline.

The second one was when he was filming "Bad Guy". At that time, Lehmann was already a cutting-edge director who won the Best Foreign Language Golden Man and made some achievements, but he was not too outstanding in Hollywood. Later, "Bad Guy" swept more than 400 million worldwide, saving the most outstanding business qualifications.

The third one was filming "Million Dollar Baby". At that time, Lehmann had become the hottest director in Hollywood by virtue of his many successes, and he also became the owner of a film and television company, but he was still willing to make some meaningful films. Later, after the film won the Palme d'Or, it was nominated for the Oscar for best director, but the best picture failed one after another. I heard from my father that it was because the organizing committee deliberately left out. At least, one will also be compensated. But he didn't get it.

Now that I see Lehman again, Sophia only feels that he is more imposing than the last time we met at home.

Maybe she no longer plays the role of a junior. She feels that it is very different from the last time she met. This kind of temperament is unclear. Maybe this is the temperament of the so-called successful people. Sophia thought. It's a little hard to put words into your mouth.

According to the tacit agreement between Lehman and Francis, he actually liked Sophia very well—a woman who is attractive, has a personality, and seductive eyes can always get more attention from men, although Lehman thinks of her as a junior. of.

After talking and laughing for a while, the relationship gradually became harmonious.

After all, the two of them are fairly close. Whether it's Cage or Francis Coppola, there is a lot of friendship in it, and it's not embarrassing.

Leading her to chat, I turned left and right, but I didn't find out what was going on—there must be something to visit at such a time.

Eva on the side saw this, and while the coffee was being served, she leaned into Lyman's ear and muttered, "She's here to make a movie. You've been there for over an hour before you came back."

Sophia was really grateful to know that Eva was helping her.

Somehow, I was full of confidence before I came here, but when I met someone, I didn't know what to say.

After Lyman heard this, his heart did not fluctuate.

What he agreed with Francis Coppola was to help Coppola's younger generation to develop a situation in the film and television industry to a certain extent, and the key person was to help Sofia.

And Sophia is the director - she originally wanted to be an actress, but a Golden Raspberry Award broke the girl's heart and cast a shadow on her performance. After all, in those days, I was miserable, and I was scolded by the newspapers all the time.

Since it's a movie project, Lehmann said seriously: "Do you have some arrangements for the script, the shooting budget, and the production plan?"

Sophia nodded, and took out the prepared script from the satchel beside her.

In other words, there is a great director who is his father, and he helps him wholeheartedly. Sophia's road to directing is still very smooth.

In 1999, the debut film "Angel with Broken Wings" won the Hollywood Young Director Award, which is similar to the Actor Rookie Award. The second "Lost in Translation" was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and many other awards, and also won Best Original Screenplay, making her the first American female director nominated for Best Director.

It stands to reason that a famous female director like her has no shortage of investment. Whether it is the influence of the Coppola family or her personal success, there will be people rushing to send money to make movies.

In fact, it does.

After she got the script, a number of studios expressed that they could shoot, distribute, and provide one-stop service.

But isn't that her father, Francis, who is very optimistic about the future development of Firefly, and especially appreciates Lehman's film concept. After meeting and talking, he wanted to owe his daughter's project to a personal relationship - there are back and forth , entanglement of interests, only in line with the change from verbal agreement to actual cooperation between the two parties.

So, Sophia, who had just finished the script, ran to Beverly Hills under her father's urging.

Therefore, Sophia, who detonated the movie market with "Lost in Translation", really does not lack people to send money, but there is a lack of such a person who can **** the family's interests for a long time.

And this candidate was initially identified as Lehmann.

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