Made in Hollywood

70 million US dollars, which is the production cost of "Come to the City". There are also new generations of Rachel Weisz and Jude Law in the film. It looks very appealing, but after "Godzilla" and "Hacker" After the collision of "Empire", Michael Ovitz deeply realized that the exclusion of the North American film market is much more serious than he thought!

A World War II film about the Soviets and a World War II film about the attack on Pearl Harbor, which would American audiences choose?

While Disney will have to go through an evaluation to determine if Pearl Harbor is on this weekend, Michael Ovitz confirmed that Disney will make the same choice as he did.

Leaving the reception room, Michael Ovitz and Michael Bay walked out of the Disney building together.

He could see that Michael Bay had some opinions on changing the schedule of "Pearl Harbor", and it was not difficult to guess what the long-faced director was thinking.

Michael Bay is the director he just signed. It is extremely important to the entire artist management company. Although the company has a top director with such a reputation as Martin Scorsese, the old Martin's film business appeal is mediocre. The all-in-one package service is really limited.

Unlike Martin Scorsese, Michael Bay is not only known as a little bang maniac, but also has a style similar to Duke Rosenberg, which is extremely commercialized. Even Ovitz can't deny that it is a package business. The income of the film is far more than that of other types of films.

In any case, Ovitz takes Michael Bay very seriously.

"Don't worry, you will always face him one day."

Just after walking out of the Disney building and waiting for the car to come, Ovitz said to Michael Bay, "Don't forget, he also has a movie released in the summer next year. If "Pearl Harbor" can beat "The Lord of the Rings" in box office and word of mouth , enough for you to prove yourself."

Michael Bay nodded solemnly, he was full of confidence in himself!

Michael Bay here is fantasizing about being able to get rid of someone's No. 2 title in the summer next year, and Duke, who is far away in New Zealand, has been involved in filming again.

Back in Wellington, he reviewed the footage shot by Anna Prinz and parted ways with her again. Ana went to shoot the scene where Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas gathered the undead army, Duke came to the small town of Nelson again, and filmed Minas Tirith on the completed site near the mining field. lens.

Like the Clarion Fort, the Holy White City has also built different models, among which the smallest city model is specially used for panoramic shots.

The heat is over. In the autumn of New Zealand, the sky is blue and blue. On the temporary city wall, fully armed Gondor soldiers stood in a neat queue, looking straight ahead, as if the army of orcs was really under the city wall.

Orc armies, of course, do not exist. Standing not far from them are more than 20 crew members. This discordant scene looks like a time-travel has occurred.

More discordant, however. In the hands of all the staff members are holding the 'head' of a bloody Gondor soldier!

Sit under a large sun umbrella. Duke received the ready reply from each department, and gestured to the field recorder.

The field recorder put the field record board in front of the camera lens, "The four hundred and thirteenth game, the twenty-ninth scene. Start now!"

Those staff were already ready. After getting the unified password, they threw out bloody heads made of silicone one after another according to several previous drills. One head drew an irregular parabola and crossed the soldiers on the front wall. Towards the phalanx behind, the unknown Gondor soldiers raised their shields to block, and when they saw the heads of their colleagues fell, their faces gradually showed fear.

"Cut!" Duke looked away from the monitor, "This one is over."

The soldiers of Gondor need to regroup and shoot other scenes. Duke can only wait patiently. This is a situation that often occurs in filming. After a long preparation, there are only a few short shots, but the overall shooting of the film The progress is actually much faster than planned.

First of all, this is due to the long and sufficient preparatory work and the fact that Duke, the director, has never been out of preparation.

Duke sat under the umbrella and watched a few assistant directors directing the extras to make adjustments. These people who played Gondor soldiers, except for a few roles that needed to show their faces in front of the camera, were not actors or extras, but the crew. The army borrowed from the New Zealand side!

This is another major factor in the smooth shooting of the film. From the army to the taxation to the management of each location, they have given huge support to the crew.

Light footsteps came from behind, and Ivanka Trump, dressed in a relaxed suit, walked through a series of steps to the high platform where Duke was.

"What's up with Tina?" Duke glanced back at her.

Ivanka left just now to answer a call from Tina Fey, "There's some news that Disney has changed the release date of "Pearl Harbor" two weekends ahead..."

Speaking of which, Ivanka's eyes showed sincere admiration. As a person who grew up in a business family and was influenced by her father since she was a child, what she admired most was successful people.

She is indeed not a movie lover, but she knows that Disney has completed its initial transformation into a media group, and they even took the initiative to compromise with a director, which is enough to prove how powerful and successful this director is!

Moreover, she has come to work on the crew twice, and she is very clear that the success of the director in front of her is not luck, not a fluke at all!

If it's just the movies, that's fine, but he's not as bad as he looks in the business world!

Originally, Ivanka thought he was a very successful director, but since Tina Fey frequently returned to North America, she gradually took over the position of personal assistant and came into contact with a lot of matters about his investments, only then did she find out that the opposite director was working in North America. What a terrifying achievement in business.

She hadn't calculated it carefully, but just from the documents she received one after another last December, it seemed that after his investment in IT stocks changed hands, he made at least $200 million.

For someone like her, money is more like a numbers game, but this number game represents success and failure!

Since she was determined to go into business, Ivanka never thought about failure.

There are not many directors in the world who can not only continue to be successful in movies, but also make a lot of money in business. If the age is reduced to about 30 years old, I am afraid that there is only this one in front of her in the world.

It's hard not to admire such a person.

The young director opposite is hard-working, determined, confident, elegant, cheerful, versatile, tall, handsome, brave...

Unconsciously, Ivanka used all the compliments on Duke. For girls of her age, mature and successful men are often the easiest objects to admire.

The idea of ​​a temporary assistant, Duke did not know, all he cared about was work.

"I remember Doug mentioning that the May slot is full."

To be precise, it is impossible to find a weekend with weak competitiveness in the fifth month or even the whole summer season, "Which movie is "Pearl Harbor" crowded with?"

Ivanka immediately came back to her senses, she was equally focused and hard-working on her work, "Originally this weekend, Paramount Pictures released "Barrier on the City", but after Disney announced the adjustment of the schedule, Paramount also adjusted the schedule and put the The film has been brought forward to March."

"They're not confused." Duke sighed secretly, still caring about aspects related to himself, "Which of the movies that have been announced so far will be released near Memorial Day next year?"

"After the release time of the first film of "The Lord of the Rings" was circulated, not only "Pearl Harbor", but also several films with higher investment in the same schedule adjusted the release time, Memorial Day weekend, we did not really have the same level or even lower An opponent of one or two levels."

Ivanka looked at Duke again, he was so strong and successful that he made his opponent give in voluntarily, "If nothing else, we were DreamWorks Animation Studio's Shrek the weekend before, and Pie the next weekend. Tomb Raider by Ramon Pictures.”

These two films are quite competitive, but Duke doesn't care much. This is a highly competitive summer program. How can you want the film to be released quietly and comfortably?

Entering the summer season not only means more audiences, but also extremely fierce market competition.

Do business activities without competition still exist in today's society?

"and also……"

Before the filming started, Ivanka took the time to say, "Tom Cruise officially sent a letter to invite you to the premiere of "Mission Impossible 2" in May."

Duke thought for a moment, then said, "Reply to him and I will participate."

In any case, this is the film he invested in, and the platform is a must.

It seems that there are a lot of things today, Ivanka has no intention of stopping, and continued, "Information from Nancy, the Organizing Committee of the Australian Open has sent you an invitation to participate in several charity events. ."

"Um……"

After pondering for a while, Duke remembered, as if last year, someone from the Australian Tennis Association invited him in person, and he vaguely dealt with it.

If it was a normal day, Duke wouldn't mind going for a spin, but he just gave the crew a vacation and couldn't leave again.

"Tell Nancy to have her send someone to represent me. Donations or charity auctions will be dealt with by her and Tina."

This kind of thing, sending an agent is enough, Duke told Ivanka a few more words, and then re-entered the shooting.

The Battle of Minas Tirith has only just begun. (To be continued ~^~)