Chatty Hollywood

Charlotte and Neil Gaiman have kept in touch since meeting at the Saturn Awards.

The two have a lot in common in the field of myths and legends about various countries.

Neil Gaiman even invited Charlotte to collaborate with him on a book he was developing -

"American Gods."

The concept of this story is extremely grand, involving countless myths and legends, and it is like a completely independent fantasy world.

Neil Gaiman felt that he could not perfectly complete the conception of this world on his own, so he wanted to bring Charlotte along.

Charlotte agreed.

Not only because the two have a good relationship, but also because he also discovered that the worldview of this story designed by Neil Gaiman is actually somewhat similar to his magic theory from a certain perspective.

——There is a sense that magic comes from the human heart.

Charlotte felt that there might be room for him to operate.

However, he did not expect that Neil Gaiman would commit suicide for no reason after writing only part of "American Gods".

And the other party still wrote a suicide note, asking Charlotte to continue completing the "American Gods".

——This is obviously not right.

If the previous suicide of Erin Wuornos only made Charlotte a little worried, then the death of Neil Gaiman really sounded the alarm in his heart.

"Speaking of which, the way Neil Gaiman committed suicide had something to do with you."

David Heyman on the other side didn’t know what Charlotte was thinking. He just continued,

"He sat on the bathroom floor and cut his wrist artery with broken glass - just like your Constantine in Hellraiser."

"Speaking of which, it was thanks to Neil Gaiman that you were able to collaborate with Warner Bros. on the Hellraiser movie..."

Charlotte no longer listened carefully to what David Heyman said because he captured a hidden key point——

The way Neil Gaiman committed suicide is very similar to the way Constantine committed suicide when he rescued the heroine Angela in the movie "Hell Detective".

Thinking about who Constantine met after that, Charlotte felt that the cause of Neil Gaiman's death became even more mysterious...

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In comparison, Alexis's past few days have been relatively smooth.

Although she is slightly dissatisfied with Charlotte for using her as a trustworthy person from time to time, Miss Valkyrie also knows where her advantages lie, and she still conscientiously completes the work entrusted to her——

As soon as she returned to the United States, she immediately contacted Patty Jenkins and informed him that he had been selected as the director of the "Devil" project, so that he could start preparations immediately.

Patty Jenkins didn't doubt or say no.

After all, although she receives orders directly from Charlize most of the time, the people who came to her in the first place were indeed people from the Spectre studio.

So it wasn't all that strange for Patty Jenkins to receive orders from Spectre Studios.

Especially the relationship between Charlotte and Charlize, many people in Hollywood also know...

In short, Patty Jenkins' cooperation made Alexis's work much easier.

The two of them quickly identified relevant staff members and even supporting actors. Even the script, Patty Jenkins immediately came up with a version.

"I wrote this in advance and have already filed it with the Writers Guild."

The female director who just took office said a little embarrassedly,

"I have been following the case of Erin Wuornos for several years, and I have also done some other preparation work during this period."

"I see!"

Alexis nodded.

Based on this situation, she felt that the project "The Devil Wears Prada" might be completed quickly. After all, Patty Jenkins and Charlize had prepared too many things in the past few years...

Of course, no matter how fast we go, we won’t be able to catch up with the Oscars in early 1999.

After all, Christmas 1998 is coming soon.

——In such a short time, let alone a movie, it is difficult to finish filming even an episode of a TV series.

"Charlize and Charlotte's goal should be to film and release it in 1999, and try to make a difference at the 2000 Oscars!"

Alexis thought about it and felt that there was a lot of hope...

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However, no matter what the future holds, at least at the Oscars in early 1999, it will be difficult for Charlotte to do much.

No way, who made him produce and release only one movie, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in 1998?

Even though this movie still continues Charlotte's box office explosion characteristics and suppressed Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan", once again allowing Charlotte to win the North American annual box office championship, the science and art of film The Academy's judges hate this kind of purely commercial blockbusters but their mentality has never changed.

Especially last year, James Cameron made the Oscar, which has always despised commercial films, kneel down and sing a conquest with an epic commercial blockbuster "Titanic"...

Now, under the influence of reverse psychology, the judges will definitely ignore most commercial blockbusters.

——"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is naturally no exception.

Of course, Charlotte didn't expect to win an Oscar with "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

For him, apart from some magical purposes, this is a movie purely for making money.

The same goes for "The Mummy" he is currently producing.

Although she feels that the recent situation is a bit strange, until the specific reason is figured out, Charlotte can only slowly supervise the post-production of "The Mummy".

After discussions with Universal, the schedule for "The Mummy" was set in May 1999.

——This is plenty of time for Charlotte.

So much so that while he took this opportunity to investigate issues related to the Lord of Hell and Jack the Ripper, he also prepared a draft of the script for "Detective Sherlock Holmes".

"You really can't take any time off!"

When he showed this draft of the script to Lao Qiang, the other party couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking about it, from the beginning of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to the current "The Mummy", the entire Spectre studio has been running at a high speed and has not had a good rest for a long time.

In this case, members like Lao Qiang who are older and have families will naturally complain.

Charlotte understands this very well.

In fact, when he and Charlize were together some time ago, they both wanted to give up their jobs completely. From then on, the king would not come to court early, let alone other people?

This is the natural burnout that comes with not taking a vacation for a long time.

In response, Charlotte could only smile awkwardly,

"This is just a new plan. There is still a long time before it officially starts. Before that, I will let everyone have a good rest! I am showing it to you now, just to ask for your opinion."

"That's it!"

Lao Qiang nodded,

"The story is quite good, but if it involves a classic character like Sherlock Holmes, points will be deducted if the actor is not charming enough. Who are you going to cast?"

"Well..."