Chapter 872： Just discovered

December 15, 2008, two weeks have passed this month.

After spending time to determine the starring lineup of The Hangover a few days ago, the crew with Black Cole as the main producer of the project officially entered the New Line studio to prepare and set up scenes, but Lehman still couldn't be idle.

In addition to the new projects, the shooting progress of Captain America and Thor is moving forward as planned, and it may even be completed ahead of schedule in early January and transferred to the later stage, and the other is the twilight series.

Lionsgate operates in the ninth district of the overseas market, which is almost at the final stage of drawing down. Naturally, it is time to consider the business next year.

After thinking about it, after the madness of the youth market in 2007, the same whirlwind should blow in 2009. Based on the schedule, it is time to prepare the second part of The Twilight Saga.

Because this series has a limit on the age of the actors, you can't expect an actor in his 40s to be young and show off his youth on the screen, so both Lionsgate and Firefly feel that the Twilight series should learn the routine of the Harry Potter series. , to push a movie every other year, or even push a movie a year, and always mobilize the fans' desire to watch movies.

You know, the author of the novel, Stephanie Meyer, has published the third Eclipse, and is still writing it down. Under the stimulation of the movie, the book fans have increased and they have made a lot of money, which can inspire creative inspiration. Even if there is no, Random House editors will help her too.

Everyone doesn't want this series to end quickly, do they?

In the past, those who were unhappy in the adaptation copyright also because of Firefly's ability to show production, the relationship between the two sides has been greatly eased, although Mel still feels that the sales are low, but at least the attitude is in the first movie that sold more than 400 million worldwide. Under the results, it softened a lot.

After all, if she didn't rely on movies to stimulate the market, her book fans could increase so much quickly, and she herself was reported by the media in more regions, and she became a writer's celebrity. These are all brought about by the spread of the movie. dividend.

The actual situation is indeed the same, and the first film also gave her 5% of the project profits of more than 21 million. Although this money cannot be compared with the income paid to Rowling for the subsequent production of Harry Potter series by Warner, but it is popular in the world. The writers are definitely near the middle reaches, and they are not badly treated. Who let the copyright of the book be taken away before it exploded.

Jon Feilermei made an appointment, talked to Lehmann about the matter generously, and urged the establishment of the project.

Lehmann also readily agreed, "Don't worry, the crew will be ready by the beginning of March at the latest."

All the actors and creators have signed long-term contracts, and they just need to inform the brokerage company to set the schedule. The salary is not high, and it must be incomparable with the popularity. That is, the fans of Pattinson and Stewart do not know that Firefly is so "squeezing" Their idols, or they will definitely kill them in the company building to make trouble. starter

But from another point of view, there is no Twilight series, and these two are not famous. In terms of appearance, there are a lot of handsome men and beautiful women in Hollywood, and even the outside is of high quality. Anyway, those brokerage companies are very polite to Lehman, and they understand that it is the movie. If they are popular, they won't make a fuss when their minds are hot, and they are all reasonable and well-founded to fight for their own artists within the scope.

After successive contacts, when Lyman returned home, Lionsgate was not the only publisher interested in the sequel to Twilight, but Eva was also excited.

She is following the script adaptation of the second part, and she is also a member of the production team of the first part, and has long regarded this as her second career.

"Didn't you say you would find a suitable director? Are you ready?" Sitting on top of him, Eva reminded.

"Of course, don't you feel at ease with my vision?" Since he was put on the production schedule, Lehmann definitely had a consideration. Speaking of which, those actors are generally 19 or 20 now, and they can't afford to delay the young ones. age.

Furthermore, Twilight's shooting is not very difficult, just not the kind of real-life madman, and the selection range is not small.

For example, Chris Weitz.

Well, it was the director of the Golden Compass, the one who was pitted by New Line.

People have the ability, otherwise they will not be selected by the new line, give them their trust, but the direction of the movie is wrong at the beginning, playing with children's magic, both ends are not flattering, you let Cameron come blind, of course, the truck The driver may not listen to the transfer at all, and will not shoot according to the meaning of the new line...

And one of the advantages of Chris Weitz is that he has a good understanding of special effects production and scene scheduling. In addition, after he finished filming the Golden Compass, he was blocked by major studios. Recently, he has no job to find him. If Firefly handed over the invitation, they would definitely give 12% of their energy to save the business, and it would be better to lower the price.

This kind of truth, chasing down and killing up Eva is not very understandable, but it did not directly nail people to death.

Since getting into the production field, she has also been slowly learning and improving. If she only considers cost control and expansion of profit space, then Chris Weitz is definitely suitable, because before the Golden Compass, people relied on American Pie, Single Men and other movies. He has been recognized by the management in the circle, that is, he has planted a big hole and people are afraid that he will not be able to get out.

There are many similar examples in the circle...

"Aren't you worried that his mentality is out of balance?"

Lehman smiled. Could it be that New Moon created a new high in the series after Chris Weitz took over, and the story of the second part was better than the first, and the audience recognized it more.

"He's been filming for 11 years It's not like Nate Shyamalan's debut is the peak, he can't get into the past glory of Sixth Sense, but he can still be trusted."

Lehman touched Eva's face, and then expressed his views on Chris Weitz, "Who can not encounter any setbacks, do you see me pushing hard? I really think about him. The shooting style and the processing of the picture are very suitable for the new moon, and the scene of the golden compass is also beautiful when it is singled out."

"That's true." Eva frowned, showing a look of memory.

That masterpiece is a typical example for many filmmakers to study to prevent future pitfalls. Speaking of which, if there is no support for those exquisite shots, the box office will definitely be pushed to the next level.

From this point of view, Chris Weitz is really unlucky, and it cannot be said that he did not seize the opportunity, because he himself does not have the editing rights, and the filming of the material is completed by New Line and Warner. ..

"So, you can understand what I mean." Lyman quickly ended the topic, "It's time to rest, go to sleep, and then negotiate with the actors. I will let you learn more from Johnson how to use leverage to lower prices."

"I'm also an actor." Eva replied amusingly.

"This is Hollywood, girl, and actors are just one part of it."

"You are becoming more and more like a capitalist."

"I just found out." Genius remembers 噺バ一Chinese m.x/8/1/z/w.c/o/m/

"Well......."

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