Chapter 450: Black Material
The screenwriter of the script is called Bob Fisher, Ronan thought about it for a while, made sure that he had never heard of this name, and then searched the Internet, and the web page showed that there were many people named Bob Fisher, but none of them were engaged in the screenwriting industry.
On IMDB, there is no record of this screenwriter.
The full name of this website is called the Internet Movie Database, and user ratings are just one of them, and the website collects more films and information about people in the film industry than any other company.
Bob Fisher is undoubtedly a rookie screenwriter, and this script is most likely the first one he has written on his own.
Ronan determined this because he was really interested in the script and measured the difficulty of getting it.
The script is only one of the most basic factors of a film project, and getting the script does not mean that the project can be successful, and the cost must be considered.
This is a typical romantic comedy that tells the story of two guys who are keen on attending a wedding and pick up girls at the wedding.
The actor and the supporting actor are not only work partners, but also share the same hobby - attending weddings.
No matter who the wedding is taking place or what form the party takes, from Jewish, Italian, Irish, Indian to Oriental, the couple will always be able to mix in and make up a set of moving stories to tell to the guests, becoming the focus of the wedding party.
At the same time, they also specifically seduced single women who were touched by the wedding, especially the bridesmaids, and they were repeatedly successful. However, immediately after the wedding, they will evaporate from the world and disappear without a trace, which is the principle of "wedding pride".
Until they meet their respective daughters at a wedding......
The name of the script is "The Wedding Guest", which is a typical three-act structure, the plot is not novel, even a bit old-fashioned, and the theme is the most common love and family in Hollywood.
But such a script is precisely the one with the highest success rate in Hollywood movies.
Ronan put the script alone and looked at the remaining two, which were also of little value.
It's already a stroke of luck to meet someone who has had an impression before.
As soon as he got to work the next day, Ronan asked Connie to hand over the script to Robert Lee, and at the same time sent Robert Lee a work email asking his copyright legal department to talk to the screenwriter about buying the script.
As long as there is no competition from other film companies, it will cost at most $10,000 or 20,000 to buy the script, and even a few thousand dollars to buy a script for a rookie screenwriter.
With that done and the work at hand, Ronan looked at the latest New York Times bestseller list sent by Connie, didn't see the familiar title, and went to talk to Robert Iger for a while.
The two mainly talked about the work of Netflix, which has developed a more detailed and more executable streaming plan based on his plan, and is currently developing new website content.
In this part of the business, he and Robert Iger have maintained enough communication with Netflix.
Mark Randolph sent a new user interface design to the head office, which allows you to rent and buy DVDs directly, upload pictures and videos, interact with other user interfaces, share uploaded content and favorite movies, and so on.
If you choose to browse the videos uploaded by users, you can also enter the dedicated online video section of the website.
In this regard, there are already some rudimentary forms, like the synthesis of Facebook and YouTube in the early days.
Of course, this is only a preliminary design, and it needs to be further polished before it can be actually launched.
Ronan and Robert Iger have reached a consensus that after the business in this area is launched, if it wants to develop rapidly, it is inevitable to burn money, and Netflix will be split and listed in the future.
Running the company to go public, Ronan can only say that he understands, far from being professional, this aspect will be taken care of by Netflix and Robert Iger, and it will even be handed over to a professional company to operate in the future.
As long as Netflix is doing well and its future plans are attractive enough, it is not difficult to go public and raise funds.
Los Angeles, Century City, Beverly Hills, Tom Cruise sat in his office with an ugly face, and several newspapers in front of him were full of bad news for him.
"Tom Cruise, a life controlled by the black hand of the church!"
This is the media telling about his relationship with Scientology, which is basically the truth.
But the other "California Independent" is completely made up.
"Behind Tom Cruise's two marriages, there is a deeper mystery hidden in the divorce!"
The content of this report is all on the so-called black hand behind Tom Cruise's marriage.
Tom Cruise was good friends with Scientology leader David Miskiewigi, but their relationship deteriorated when he fell in love with and married Nicole Kidman. ”
"Scientology doesn't like Nicole Kidman because her father was a psychologist and he was influential with Tom Cruise. So the cultists went to great lengths to destroy their marriages. Miskevigi was very good at separating the couple, and he managed to get Tom Cruise's adopted children to work against Nicole, which led to the couple's divorce......"
There is also a copy of "Vanity Fair", which directly points out that Tom Cruise is just a puppet controlled by Scientology, and even his family cannot shelter.
"The top brass of Scientology kept Tom Cruise tightly locked up in the Scientology enclosure, giving Tom Cruise lessons to find possible sources of trouble and oppressors. And when this long-scheduled lesson finally convinces Cruise that the source of his trouble is his wife, Nicole, no one can stop the divorce. ”
The other two magazines reported that Tom Cruise's two marriages and divorces were completely done under the control of Scientology.
And an assistant he hired in the late '80s and early '90s came forward to give a newspaper interview saying that his marriage to Nicole Kidman was a fake and that it was all a play controlled by Scientology.
The more Tom Cruise looked at it, the darker it became, and the more grim his expression became.
In fact, since two days ago, there have been revelations about him in the media, but Tom Cruise is preparing to work with Spielberg on "War of the Worlds", and usually does not pay attention to this news at all, and no one can expect a superstar to pay attention to the entertainment gossip news in the newspaper all day long.
It wasn't until this morning that Tom Cruise's assistant found out about the situation, and when he reacted to Tom Cruise, it was found that the situation was much more serious than expected.
Entertainment magazines such as Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, and The Hollywood Reporter all have coverage of the issue.
These larger print media outlets are more responsible, and their coverage focuses on Tom Cruise's relationship with Scientology.
There is a lot of content, and even Tom Cruise can't pick out the thorns.
After all, since joining Scientology, his life has been intervened by Scientology in all aspects, and even some film resources have even been obtained through Scientology.
Tom Cruise was powerless to refute even if he wanted to.
But the gossip newspapers were completely irresponsible, even saying that he was a homosexual!
Tom Cruise is very angry, and the straight man of steel is said to be a crooked, and a man will be angry.
There are so many beautiful women in Hollywood to enjoy, is there a comfortable waterway to go to the dry road instead of going off? What are you kidding......
Tom Cruise held a copy of Newsweek, a high-sounding name, but one of the most famous gossip tabloids in the country.
Newsweek not only slandered him as gay, but also mentioned two names, one of a male assistant in '96 or '97, and the other of a current assistant.
said that both of them were his homosexual partners, and the former led to the breakdown of his relationship with Nicole Kidman in '97.
Putting down "US Newsweek", Tom Cruise's face was still grim, but he gradually realized something.
He's just been busy lately, but he's not stupid at all.
After more than 20 years of hard work in Hollywood, what kind of bad things hasn't Tom Cruise seen?
These sudden reports are likely to be directed at him.
Tom Cruise thought about the fame of the two assistants mentioned in Newsweek, as well as another newspaper interview with that assistant in the early nineties, and a speculation grew in his mind.
There must be people who know him very well who break the news to the media, and even the people around him!
If the current assistant can be cared for by the media, why did the assistant in the early nineties suddenly jump out?
Tom Cruise's head flashed with a name in an instant - Nicole Kidman!
There is no doubt that ex-wife Nicole Kidman knows a lot about him, and Nicole Kidman has always hated him very much and has enough reasons to take revenge on him.
After thinking for a while, Tom Cruise slowly shook his head, he was indeed sorry for Nicole Kidman, so since the divorce, even if Nicole Kidman kept dragging him out and whipping the corpse, he never refuted a word.
But this way of breaking the news in the media doesn't look like Nicole Kidman's handiwork, that Australian woman shouldn't have so much energy to connect so many newspapers and magazines at the same time.
Who else? Who would do that? who knew him and contradicted him?
Tom Cruise remembered another person, a woman, his former agent - Pat Kingsley!
From the time he got engaged to Nicole Kidman, Pat Kingsley has been acting as an agent for both of them, and Pat Kingsley knows him even better than Nicole Kidman.
Also, Pat Kingsley has the ability and resources to do so!
The most important thing is that he just fired Pat Kingsley's squid two months ago!
Tom Cruise considers himself to be the most righteous to Pat Kingsley, not only paid the liquidated damages in full, but also did not say a bad word about her to the CAA.
But women go crazy, and who knows what they will do?