In the film room of the embassy film, the company's senior management gathered together, and they all watched the film being shown intently.

Mel Gibson, who has a somewhat wild appearance, sits quietly in the sofa chair, and from time to time his gaze passes over Monica Bellucci next to him and falls on Ronan Anderson on the other side.

Whether the film can get the green light from the embassy film industry or not is all on this young man.

Although Mel Gibson is a grumpy savage, he is somewhat reliable when he doesn't drink.

Besides, in the recent period, for the sake of this film, the head is broken and bloody, which is related to the investment of 30 million US dollars, and I have to endure it for the time being.

For the U.S. market, it's a foreign-language film, and the dialogue is all in Latin and Aramaic, but fortunately there's subtitles.

To a certain extent, this is a very documentary and expressive film.

But the culture in it is also something that people like Ronan can't understand at all.

The understanding of Jesus basically stops at Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper".

The film was very bloody and large-scale, and if Embassy Pictures sent it to the rating committee, maybe there would be some trouble, but before the film pulling meeting began, he had a communication with Mel Gibson, and Aiken Film had sent it for rating, and the MPAA rated R.

If it is really cooperative, it also reduces some of the troubles of the embassy films.

After learning the basics with Mel Gibson, Ronan also roughly understood why he ran into walls everywhere before, and at the beginning, Mel Gibson didn't plan to add subtitles to the film!

Latin and Aramaic, how many people can understand it today?

Constantly hitting a wall, it also dispersed Mel Gibson's overly idealistic thoughts, and gradually became realistic.

I got this version screened by Embassy Pictures, not only adding English subtitles, but also appropriately cutting some scenes that were too bloody.

For directors and producers, compromise is also an art.

Monica Bellucci starred in the film as Mary Magdalene.

This name suddenly reminded Ronan of an overlooked - "The Da Vinci Code".

Speaking of which, the content of "The Da Vinci Code" is more sensitive than "The Passion of the Christ", which simply subverts the tradition of the church.

Go back and let people look for it, and see if this one has been published.

It seems that it has caused a sensation with the movie, and even involved the glass pyramid of the Louvre or something.

When the film is over, the lights are turned on, and the pull-out film will come to an end for the time being.

Mel Gibson immediately stood up, walked over to Ronan, and asked in a loud voice, "Mr. Anderson, is this film okay?"

This man spoke loudly, and his daily behavior was somewhat rude, and Ronan turned a blind eye, after all, he was just talking about business, and he didn't want to make friends with the other party.

"Very nice movie. Ronan said all formulaic words: "A very impactful work." ”

Mel Gibson was somewhat disappointed when he heard this, smiled, and said, "Hopefully we can work together." ”

For the sake of the later negotiations, Ronan would not give him much hope at this time, and said politely: "I hope so." He glanced at the senior executives of the embassy film industry who were walking out one after another: "Mr. Gibson, please wait a while, we will discuss." ”

Now in this situation, Mel Gibson was a little patient and said, "Okay, please. ”

Leaving the pull-sheet room, Ronan went directly to the conference room on the other side, where García Rodriguez, including Garcia, was discussing the film "The Passion of the Christ".

Ronan slapped his palm lightly: "Tell me what you think." ”

Alan Albert, Director of Overseas Distribution, was the first to speak: "It's very risky. This is a foreign-language film, and foreign-language films have always been poor at the box office in North America. ”

"R-rated films. Terry, director of offline distribution, said: "It's a disadvantage. ”

Ronan said, "These are my concerns, too. ”

Danny Donald spoke at this time: "Will the content of the film cause controversy. ”

"I'm afraid the film is not controversial. David Villa, director of publicity, said: "Regardless of the content of the film, it is a very selling film from a controversial point of view. ”

Ronan has made a lot of publicity suggestions with the publicity department in recent years, and is probably influenced by Ronan, and David Villa feels more and more that controversy is not a bad thing.

Thomas of the theatrical distribution department also thinks this is not a bad thing, saying: "If the film can bring controversy, even if there is no selling point, we can create a selling point. ”

Alan Albert is still more cautious: "Controversy is indeed not a bad thing, but in terms of the content of this film, will controversy turn into criticism?"

Ronan looked at Garcia Rodriguez: "What do you think?"

García Rodriguez said: "The concern of criticism is that it may involve religious and some ethnic issues, and I am not good at judging the film, but we can put aside the criticism concern." ”

He looked at Alan Albert and said with a smile: "We are just the distributor and have nothing to do with the creation of the film, even if there is criticism, there are producers and Mel Gibson in front." ”

David Villa suddenly thought of the original "Blair the Witch" and said: "Even if there is criticism, you can push the main creative team to the front, this is what they deserve." ”

García Rodriguez added: "Even if there is a real criticism, even if we don't do anything, it won't get to our side. With Mel Gibson's personality and temper, if someone attacks this film, he will definitely be ignited with anger and steal everyone's attention. ”

Thomas continued: "So, don't worry about the objective conditions. ”

Alan Albert considered these words carefully and said, "None of these seem to be a problem, all that remains is whether we should win the film or not." ”

Ronan said directly: "Negotiate with Mel Gibson, it's better to buy out this film." ”

Garcia Rodriguez answered: "Strive for a buyout, but it's difficult to buy out a film like this. ”

Ronan picked up his phone: "The specific transaction method, you will decide according to the situation." ”

"Your absence also shows that the company doesn't pay attention to this film. David Thomas laughs and says, "Garcia is also prone to pushing down conditions. ”

Ronan smiled, didn't say anything, and left Embassy Pictures directly.

Before she could get out of the office building where Embassy Pictures was located, Monica Bellucci chased after her from behind.

"Ronan!" she beckoned.

"Miss Bellucci. Ronan turned to look at her, "Why are you here?"

Monica Bellucci was still with Mel Gibson when she left the pull-sheet room.

Monica Bellucci shook the phone in her hand and said with a smile: "I came out to make a call, and I happened to see you." ”

Ronan didn't reveal it, and said, "I have something to do today, and I'll talk about it when I have time." ”

Monica Bellucci asked tentatively, "Are you not talking to Director Gibson anymore?"

Ronan smiled apologetically, "I have an urgent matter to deal with. ”

Monica Bellucci, of course, would not believe Ronan's words, and immediately had a guess in her mind that Ronan did not attach much importance to Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ".

This is highly likely......

Ronan waved his hand: "I'll go first, goodbye." ”

Monica Bellucci smiled, "Goodbye." ”

Seeing Ronan out of the office building gate, Monica Bellucci hurriedly edited a text message and sent it to Mel Gibson.

The film has missed out on a lot of distributors, except for new market companies that she has never heard of, and only Relativity Entertainment is willing to talk to the producers.

Ronan returned to Relativity Entertainment and received a call from Tony Koch, Florian Donasma, recommended by Tony Koch during the Cannes Film Festival, with the assistance of producers hired by Sand Sea Entertainment, has completed the preparation of "Eavesdropping Storm" and is about to move to the filming stage, and it is expected that all filming will be completed by the end of the year, and all production will be completed by the end of April.

The director wants to participate in the three major European film festivals.

The operation of the Rush Award is Ronan's planned operation plan, and there is no better place for this typical political film or German film than the Berlin Film Festival.

Ronan sent an email to the overseas distribution department of Embassy Pictures, asking them to apply for "Eavesdropping Storm" to compete at next year's Berlinale.

Maybe you can bring back a Berlin Golden Bear for Relativity Entertainment.

After dealing with these, Ronan contacted the crew of "Survival in the Wild" in the Amazon again in the evening.

The reality show, destined to shape "the man at the top of the food chain," has traversed treacherous environments such as glaciers, deserts, swamps, and moors into the rainforests of South America.

Although they encountered various difficulties and were injured several times, the program team persevered, especially Bear Grylls's performance, which impressed many people.

After filming in the jungles of South America, the Survival in the Red crew will return to Los Angeles for the same intense post-production.

This is one of the opening dramas of Netflix's streaming business next year.

Another opening scene is "Prison Break".

The crew has now been formed, and the director has the right person, in order to ensure the success of the opening scene, Shahai Entertainment invested heavily and hired Bright Ratner, who had directed "Rush Hour" and "Red Dragon", as the director.

Breit-Ratner is not the top of the Hollywood pyramid, but he is the "backbone" of this solid industrial chain.

In addition, Bright Ratner does not have a very good reputation in some aspects and is said to often harass the actresses of the crew.

Of course, these are not a problem for the production company, the first thing the production company considers when looking at the director is the business ability, and now it is too far away from the rise of Mi Rabbit, and by that time, Shahai Entertainment will end its cooperation with Brett Ratner.

Besides, this crew is basically all actors.

And Ronan plans to use a strong actor as the leading actor.