Chatty Hollywood

Of course, no matter how many weird and bizarre plans Charlotte has to kill two birds with one stone, the first thing he has to pass tonight is the beauty of Charlize.

——Moved by Charlotte's sacrifice for her daughter, the South African girl burst out with rare enthusiasm.

So, the next day for the Spectre studio meeting, Charlotte was not only late, but also had very heavy dark circles under her eyes.

"Take care of yourself!"

Lao Qiang patted Charlotte on the shoulder, looking like he understood.

"..."

This was true, and Charlotte didn't refute anything.

However, in order to avoid being ridiculed by his bad friends again, he started the topic straight to the point——

"Today's meeting is mainly about discussing the script of my next movie."

"Finally a script for the next movie!?"

Lao Qiang said "You're finally here", while photographer Addison Yang on the side also nodded,

"Yeah, with your habits, I thought you would come up with a new script within a week of the release of "Sherlock Holmes"! I didn't expect it to be delayed until now..."

"...So, do you feel that my script came out too late and you feel uncomfortable?"

Charlotte is incredible.

——He had heard these two complain more than once before, saying that he made movies too fast and too frequently, leaving the old guys no time to rest.

And now, listening to this meaning, it seems that he is too slow again! ?

"Of course it's not idle!"

Lao Qiang quickly clarified,

"It's just that we are used to your frequency of one movie a year, but now the pace has suddenly slowed down, and we are a little uncomfortable with it."

"...It's not too slow, right?"

"yes!"

Lao Qiang nodded and glanced at Addison Yang on the side with a wry smile on his face.

"So it can only be said that we have become accustomed to being abused..."

"..."

Regarding Lao Qiang's sudden misfortune, Charlotte could only be speechless.

"Let's read the script outline first!"

In the end, that was all Charlotte could say.

——He came up with the outline of the script last night.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" is not a complicated story, it is a bit difficult to complete the entire script in a few days.

Even if it’s a draft.

——After all, this is a movie script that needs to be revised carefully, not a network that is too fast to clean up.

However, it is still no problem to complete a basic outline including time, place, people and events.

This is exactly what Charlotte is giving Old Gun and Addison Young to look at now.

As Charlotte's part-time secretary and head of the special effects technical department, Alexis also attended the meeting.

But for some reason, Miss Valkyrie didn't speak for a long time. Even when she read the outline of Charlotte's script, she looked absent-minded.

"What's happening here!?"

Charlotte was a little confused, but didn't say anything.

On the other side, Lao Qiang and Addison Young didn't pay attention to this - after the two quickly read the script, Lao Qiang spoke first,

"A pirate story with fantasy elements. Charlotte, you are really a guy who likes to choose strange themes."

"You don't need to remind me of this."

Charlotte shrugged.

"The key question is what? Do you think it's fun?"

"Well..."

Lao Qiang pondered for a moment, while Addison Yang on the side said,

"The story still sounds very interesting, but in the past ten years, to be precise since Spielberg's "Captain Hook" in 1991, pirate-related movies have not been very popular in the market. You now Is it okay to go against the market? You know, there are fantasy elements in Captain Hook."

"The adult Peter Pan, played by Robin Williams, right?"

"Yes."

Seeing that Charlotte knew about this movie, Addison Young said directly,

""Captain Hook" has an investment of US$70 million, is directed by Steven Spielberg, and has a strong cast such as Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, and Julia Roberts. , but its total global box office is only more than 300 million U.S. dollars—it can barely make up for its losses."

"So you're worried that I'll fall into the same trap as Spielberg, right?"

Charlotte understood what Addison Yang meant, and the latter nodded without concealing it.

"Currently, our Spectre studio is undergoing significant expansion. At this moment, your undefeated box office record must not be broken. I think that instead of taking the risk of choosing a pirate theme that is not very popular with the market, it is better to simply give " It would be safer to make a sequel to Sherlock Holmes, Hellraiser or The Mummy."

"That makes sense."

Charlotte nodded and looked at Lao Qiang again,

"So, Lao Qiang, you also mean this?"

"Not really."

Lao Qiang shook his head,

"I do think it's a bit risky to make a pirate-themed movie, but the options Addison mentioned, I don't think they are good choices."

"Why!?"

Addison Yang was stunned for a moment, and Lao Qiang explained,

"First of all, the copyrights of "The Mummy" and "Hell Detective" are not in the hands of our studio. Although it is relatively safe to shoot sequels for these two movies, there is a lot of coordination work. After all, it is a collaboration!"

"Moreover, because the copyright is not in hand, no matter how well Charlotte shoots these two sequels, the benefits we can get are limited - from this perspective, shooting the sequels of these two movies is relatively safe and cost-effective. But not too high.”

"As for the sequel to Sherlock Holmes, to be honest, if the North American box office of this movie is only more than 300 million, then I would fully support the immediate filming of the sequel - but it is more than 500 million..."

"With so many box office numbers, why is there still a problem?"

Addison Yang muttered, but Charlotte on the side understood what Lao Qian meant,

"You want to make Sherlock Holmes the core product of our Spectre studio!?"

"Yes."

Lao Qiang nodded,

"500 million in North America and 1 billion globally. If we can maintain or even exceed this level for the sequel of "Sherlock Holmes", then this can definitely become another "Star Wars" series - with products like "Star Wars" in our hands I don’t need to explain what it means, right?”

"It's natural!"

Both Charlotte and Addison Young nodded.

Indeed, if you hold a movie like "Star Wars" in your hand, you can see what kind of peak life you will reach. Just look at the turbulent life of George Lucas.

——In Hollywood, how many commercial film directors don’t envy George Lucas?

"To make the sequel of "Sherlock Holmes" like the second "Star Wars" movie, "The Empire Strikes Back," meticulous craftsmanship is essential."

Lao Qiang concluded,

"As a result, the effect of continuous shooting is not good. Moreover, delaying it for one or two years will also help to increase the audience's expectations."

"Also, in the next year or so, I need to direct "The Island" independently. If Charlotte shoots the sequel to "Sherlock Holmes" at this time, wouldn't I have nothing to do!"

Lao Qiang thought secretly in his heart. (https:)

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