Chapter 700： Jason Reitman

On a warm afternoon, the Firefly Films Building.

Garcia saw Lehman's assistant Mace staying outside the office and asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong with the boss?"

Mace nodded calmly.

Although her salary is not high, and her company status is not comparable to that of a real power figure like Garcia, but because she often follows Laiman, no one will offend her.

What's more, Lehman's work arrangement and schedule actions, Mace will also be responsible for reminding and receiving guests.

Therefore, even executives like Joseph would be very polite to her throughout the company.

Seeing Metz nodding, Garcia asked with some interest, "Do you know who it is?"

"It seems to be a director. The boss has been waiting for him for a while."

"Director..." Garcia felt like he knew something.

After all, he also received an internal call just now, and it was the boss who asked him to come over.

And now to see a director, does that mean that the company has a new project?

I thought it wasn't a big deal, but considering this situation, there may be new actions. As a producer, Garcia quickly thought of it.

Because, Firefly usually seldom deal with the director.

To put it bluntly, directors are generally not invited to the company if there is no project, but once invited, there is basically a shooting plan.

"I don't know who the director is and what is he good at?" Garcia asked curiously.

"What's Reitman called?" Mace recalled seriously, and then said, "Jason Reitman."

"Oh, it's him." Garcia may understand.

Unlike Metz, who has little contact with industry personnel and has limited familiarity, Garcia often deals with such personnel.

And being able to receive a more intimate interview with Lehman, it is impossible to have no success.

Excluding some with the same name, a very clear image quickly emerged.

After all, there are always few capable people, especially in places like Hollywood where achievements are the most important.

......

Jason Reitman, born in 1977, Canadian.

In 1988, he made his debut in "Dragon Brothers and Tigers" directed by his father Ivan Reitman;

In 1989, he once again participated in his father's movie "Ghostbusters";

In 1990, he began to move from an actor to behind the scenes as a studio assistant;

In 2000, he filmed the first official feature film "We Believe in God", which is a thriller-themed work.

Because of his dad's sake and personal struggles, Jason Reitman is very qualified in the director's circle, and he travels around major studios in the form of studios, mixing very well.

But even so, the boss of Firefly, Laiman, who has higher grades and qualifications than him, took the initiative to invite and greet him, and waited for him for several months. What kind of courtesy is this?

Of course, the reason for waiting is because he has no schedule. Some time ago, he was busy directing and producing the TV series "The Office", which was a project he cooperated with NBC, and he needed to ensure the quality of the project.

As soon as the project ended, he came to Firefly.

After meeting, they also take the initiative to release closeness.

No one in the industry now knows the name of Firefly. This studio already has the strength to control the schedule.

As a director, he is naturally willing to befriend.

This not only means cooperation opportunities, but also one more path and one more choice.

After greeting each other, Lyman sat down on the sofa opposite him.

This director, who is similar in age to him, is worth waiting for.

Of course, in all fairness, Jason Reitman is well-known in the circle, but it is not big enough to be known to everyone. Even if it is divided into layers, he should only be regarded as a second-tier director, not even a second-tier top.

And the reason for this attitude is that the film "Juno" is one of his masterpieces.

This product is very different from the action comedy style that his father Ivan Reitman focused on. Most of the films he shoots favor a more three-dimensional, more modern, and sharper perspective, with humorous and witty ridicule, in a way that makes the audience smile. In the meantime, inject some thought.

In other words, most of Jason Reitman's films focus on the current real problems of American society, choose relatively marginal occupations or themes, shape characters through complex and significant value conflicts or psychological crises, and show non-mainstream characters. The fusion of values ​​and mainstream life philosophy.

The characters in his films can be divided into "physical teenagers" and "psychological teenagers" who face life crises or severe value contradictions, and then analyze and explore the problems of American society through their experiences and choices. In order to express these serious subjects with ease, his film language is distinctive in the use of close-up shots, triangular compositions, music and quick editing.

In short, if "Juno" wants to achieve the dark horse attitude of the previous life and swept a lot of box office while being highly topical, the most suitable director is him.

After all, if you just shoot from the script, it will undoubtedly make the movie "too".

The subject matter focuses on the social status quo of teenage pregnancy and inability to support it.

And this kind of heaviness is not the type that the market can accept.

Humans have a rebellious mentality. The more bb you are, the less everyone likes to listen to.

Not to mention the beginning of a story like underage sex.

Therefore, how to reduce the sharpness without falling into vulgar comedy routines, and still use a relaxed tone to warn young people, it is not easy to achieve this level.

The original time and space, this film was invested by Searchlight, this studio has always liked to dig out low-cost works.

Well, "Little Miss Sunshine" is also here...

After inviting Jason Reitman, with a budget of 6.5 million US dollars, it took more than a month of production time, and the world has harvested more than 230 million...

All kinds of things made Lehman willing to wait for him to free up time.

After turning to the topic, Lehmann naturally took out the script project and invited him to take over the director position.

And Jason Reitman also knew that Firefly had a project looking for him, so he roughly read the script and felt pretty good, so he readily agreed: "Director Rust, I really like the movie you made. "Daydreamer", I watched it several times, and I hoped to cooperate with you for a long time. I didn't have a chance before, now, I have no reason to refuse."

Lyman smiled and let Mace serve coffee.

He had specifically inquired about this person before. After all, he had to intervene in a director's shooting trajectory. If it was too early, it was likely to change.

But in 2005, this guy filmed a humorous comedy "Thank You for Smoking", a story about the spokesperson of an association that advocates tobacco culture.

In terms of style, this film is a bit sharper than "Juno". It satirizes the inside story of the three most lucrative industries of guns, tobacco and alcohol, but it is also funny.

In addition, this product is just like his movie style, and the interpersonal relationship is maintained very well.

In other words, his temper is not very violent. Generally speaking, when a director is a director, he always has a bigger temper. If he is not strong, he cannot overwhelm the crew members.

However, there are always differences.

Jason Reitman is a director who is more casual and doesn't like to be restrained. It can be seen from his behavior that he cooperates with many studios and never binds with any one.

So, don't look at Jason seems to be very talkative, and proposed that he can be the director of "Juno", but if the cooperation plan given by Firefly is too harsh, she will definitely turn her head and leave.

Now everyone is waiting.

With the support of Firefly, in terms of style, he should be able to achieve results that are not too far from his previous life.

And his own director salary is very good to talk about, just follow the rules.

He made less than $4.5 million for the film "Thank You for Smoking" including the share, UU reading www. It must be interesting that uukanshu.com "Juno" gave him a base salary of 5 million.

But this one is just the most basic.

In Lyman's opinion, no one but him could predict the box office so accurately before the box office was released.

Jason Reitman certainly didn't know the movie could get that kind of audience support.

Then, the division of interests requires some thought.

It can not only satisfy Jason, but also let Firefly get the big head.

After thinking for a while, Lehman said: "I am very sure that you will be the director. After the project is approved, the shooting will give you some support. Well, 6 million basic salary plus 10% of the North American net box office share. ,what do you think?"

How about it?

That was so satisfying.

Jason Reitman's heart throbbed after hearing this, he said politely, and almost fell down and hugged Firefly's thigh.