Made in Hollywood

"Da He, how can you do this?"

All the way into Dahe Ren's office, Michael Ovitz sat opposite him and asked in a stern tone, "Why did Sony Columbia Pictures cancel the preparations for the sequel to "Godzilla"?"

Dahe Ren looked at Michael Ovitz with a cold look, "Don't you know why, Michael?"

He no longer had the smiling face he used to greet Ovitz, but his face was tense.

"Yes, I know, 'Godzilla' isn't going as well as expected."

Michael Ovitz didn't know how many times he had faced such a look, and his cheekiness was completely immune, "But I want to remind you that the North American box office of "Godzilla" is close to 100 million US dollars, and it will break 100 million in the past few days. , we still have overseas box office and peripherals, and it will not be a problem to recover the cost or even make a profit in the next one to two years.”

Just as he was talking, Dahe Ren's eyes gradually changed from indifference to ridicule.

Michael Ovitz turned a blind eye and continued, "Now that the first part of "Godzilla" has achieved a certain popularity in North America, the possibility of the success of the sequel will greatly increase, and we should not stop at this time..."

Everyone in Hollywood knows that Sony Entertainment has ambitious plans to make Godzilla a Jurassic Park-like franchise, and contracted him to Michael Ovitz, and if the sequel is interrupted, it will undoubtedly tell everyone in the industry Man, he failed to pack this time, this is a situation he doesn't want to see.

After listening to Michael Ovitz Datong's very convincing words, Dahe Ren was unmoved, and just asked lightly, "Michael, directly state your purpose."

"Continue the "Godzilla" series." Michael Ovitz said in a loud voice, "Continue to give it to me to pack and operate!"

Dahe Ren suddenly laughed. He tapped the desk lightly and said, "Actually, at the high-level meeting of Sony Entertainment, this project was not completely rejected. The chairman's opinion is very clear."

"What opinion?" Michael Ovitz asked impatiently.

"Michael."

Da He Ren stared at him closely, and said very seriously. "As long as you can hire Duke Rosenberg as the director of the sequel, Sony Entertainment will not only continue the "Godzilla" sequel, but also give you the package!"

To invite Duke Rosenberg? Michael Ovitz frowned.

Agents don't need such a thing as face, so he pulls his face to beg Duke Rosenberg, it's nothing to him at all, but who doesn't know in Hollywood. Now that the other party is preparing the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, such a grand masterpiece and Duke Rosenberg's consistent style will inevitably take a lot of time and energy. How could he take over "Godzilla" or a sequel?

Turn around. Things went back to the original point. The answer Michael Ovitz finally got was to find the person who brought him failure to solve the problem.

Are you going to New Zealand?

Michael Ovitz thought so when he left Sony Columbia Pictures.

Whether or not Michael Ovitz came to New Zealand. Duke's busyness in New Zealand will not be cut by half after returning from North America. He first went to see a villa introduced by a real estate agent, and then bought it. He will be based in New Zealand for the next few years, and it will be crazy to live in a hotel every day.

Get a place to stay. He returned to the studio in the suburbs of Wellington. This small studio has been fully contracted by the "Lord of the Rings" crew and Weta Studio. All kinds of preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner. Due to Duke's frequent trips here, he can Said that he was involved in the whole process, and he will make adjustments in due course according to the actual situation.

For example, the crew will not use Queenstown as the shooting base, but will use Wellington as the main shooting location, and the location of framing will also give priority to the surrounding areas of Wellington.

As it has been for over a year, all preparations for the Lord of the Rings trilogy will eventually come together in the hands of Charles Rowan and Tina Fey, with Duke making the final call.

If Duke came to Weta Studios, more than a year has passed since the preparation of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but the huge and complicated work is only halfway through.

After Duke returned to Wellington, the first thing to do was to determine the main actors of the two projects, especially the members of the "Lord of the Rings" expedition. Jimmy Carter has recruited a Western-style swordsman and an archery coach from Scotland. , will be responsible for training Aragorn and Legolas for the next half a year.

The cast of The Lord of the Rings is generally not difficult to determine. There won't be any first-line actors, and the group show doesn't need super big names. Moreover, Tina Fey gave him the news that all the actors who have been invited to audition are nowhere to be found. All exceptions are accepted, and from this week onwards, they will be flown to New Zealand to participate in auditions.

Strictly speaking, except for Orlando Bloom, including Elijah Wood, an underage actor, all of them have relatively rich acting experience, and their acting skills are definitely above the standard line, while Orlando? Bloom is from a standard academic background. Even if his acting skills are average, he won't be so bad that he can't be seen. What Legolas Luye needs most is to be cool and handsome.

If Tom Cruise carried forward the concept of the male vase, then Legolas, played by Orlando Bloom, pushed the pulling effect of the male vase on the film to a peak.

After the release of the first movie, Peter Jackson deliberately summoned the crew members to make up for the filming. Nearly half of the scenes were all Legolas pulling a bow and shooting arrows...

In the course of a week, Duke watched the auditions of these invited people one after another, and quickly settled on Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, Orlando Bloom as Legolas, and Elijah Wood as the incarnation. Frodo Baggins and more.

Then, he temporarily threw the audition to casting director John and associate director Anna Prinz, who, along with two other producers, picked other small roles, and threw himself into auditions for the new project.

The name of the project has been determined, it is called "One Hundred Thousand Fire Emergency", which has two meanings, one is the emergency situation with the police when the gangster robs the bank, and the other is the tense relationship between each character and family members...

According to Duke's idea, this will be a film that reflects the impact of family on people under the guise of robbery.

"Don. If you were a policeman."

In the audition room, Duke asked the black man in front of the camera, "What would you do with two gangsters armed with automatic rifles?"

"Find a way to protect yourself." Don Cheadle said without hesitation, "and call for help."

It's not the first time Don Cheadle has worked with him, having starred in "Independence Day" a few years ago. But it is a soy sauce crowd with only a few frontal shots. The other party has been ups and downs in Hollywood in recent years. Compared with black comedians such as Will Smith, his acting skills are very good.

Duke nodded to Tina Fey next to him, and the heroine immediately said, "Mr. Cheadle, the audition is here. We will notify your agent of the results as soon as possible."

After Don Cheadle left, Tina Fey asked in a low voice, "Is that him?"

"Remember to tell Dalio to negotiate with his agent." The person Duke said was the production manager assigned to the project by Warner Bros.

Since the film is a multi-line narrative, it will inevitably be a group play. Black cops will be one of the many protagonists.

In most mainstream Hollywood-style films, black characters are indispensable, often a considerable weight.

In fact, it is not difficult to find that it is not difficult to find that Hollywood is an assembly line factory. The stylization of the crew setting is very prominent, for example, in commercial production. Generally, there will be a male protagonist who will not die no matter how he beats it, a female vase with big breasts and no brains and a high value, one or two little brats who will drag his legs, and one who always plays a role at a critical moment but does not dead black...

In short. If you don't want to turn the film into a cult or non-mainstream, some stylized things are inevitable.

Afterwards, Duke met Liam Neeson who came to audition again, and had a detailed talk. This tall actor can be said to be one of the most famous actors in the crew. His acting skills are not a problem at all. In order to play Du Gram's film, also agreed to reduce the pay.

Although his reduced salary was still $1.5 million, Duke decided to use him for the most important police role.

"The script will be in your hands soon."

Standing on the set, looking at the Los Angeles branch of Bank of America under construction, Duke and Liam Neeson talked about the cooperation, and the two could be said to be old acquaintances, "Your character is a family crisis. A single father with a rebellious daughter."

"Then what is my prototype?" Liam Neeson also knew about the famous robbery.

"I'll give you his information along with the script." Duke thought for a while, and then said, "This is just a movie based on the North Hollywood bank robbery. There must be some discrepancies between the characters and the real story. The information is just for reference. ."

Hollywood has made countless biographies or movies based on real events, for their respective purposes and to attract audiences, which one is really true?

Fifty percent of this type of film can be derived from facts, even if it is very rare.

Even, quite a few of them are completely based on the names of people or events, and then recreate them according to the rules of Hollywood.

"And, Liam."

When the other party was about to leave, Duke reminded him again, "After the contract is confirmed, I hope you return to Wellington as soon as possible. You need to receive professional police training."

Although it is far away from New Zealand, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has responded with great enthusiasm to the film and provided professional firearms technicians and trainers. Their purpose is very simple, and they want to influence the media and the public through this film. And the state government, for ordinary police officers to be equipped with semi-automatic and even automatic weapons.

Most states in the U.S. outlaw the possession of automatic weapons, but the North Hollywood robbery wasn’t the first, and definitely not the last, incident in a gun-riddled country where gangsters overwhelmed dozens of police officers with automatic fire.

When walking towards the studio office meeting, Duke suddenly thought of another thing, "Tina, go back and contact the management of Victoria's Secret, I hope the angels can appear in my film." (To be continued~ ^~)

PS:   Da Jinan is finally cool~~ Tears are running~