Chapter 279: Back to the pot

Over the weekend, Donn left the Boston crew as usual, and this time, he was heading to New York.

"It's been an interesting story lately. Nicole Kidman buttoning Don's shirt.

She was wearing an almost transparent silk pajamas, her charming face was full of laziness after excitement, and there was indescribable satisfaction in her deep eyes.

Don straightened his belt and casually asked, "Another joke?"

Nicole Kidman pursed her lips and smiled, "No, I heard...... Bruce Willis couldn't satisfy his little girlfriend and broke up. ”

"Oh?" Don shook his head and smiled, "I'm afraid I'm going to take the blame again." ”

"You?"

"yes!" Donn sighed, "the whole of Hollywood knows that I have a grudge against him, and now that the big guy has made a scandal, Disney must think that I did it behind it." ”

"It's not you, is it?" asked Nicole Kidman after a moment's hesitation, blinking her amorous eyes.

"This is someone fishing in troubled waters and fanning the flames!" Don pursed his lips disdainfully, his face indifferent.

"Huh?"

Nicole Kidman stared into Donn's eyes and realized, "You mean...... Someone is deliberately stirring up?"

Tang En smiled and waved his hand casually, "It's not a provocation, it's a reasonable little trick." ”

In the face of a woman, there are some things he does not say explicitly.

The matter of Bruce Willis, Donn can see it at a glance, and the shadow behind it must be Tom Rothman of Twentieth Century Fox!

Tom Rothman likes to play with this kind of small means, and the pattern is not large, which is related to the fact that he was born in an independent company like Fox Searchlight, and will pursue the slightest profit.

This kind of personality and philosophy, the interpersonal circle will naturally not be too high, but it can please the board of directors.

"X-Men" and "Undead" were released on the same day, and suppressing Bruce Willis is helping "X-Men". And if you act now, you can still cause trouble and let Don En be a scapegoat, why not?

Regarding this kind of "black cauldron" thing, Don's reaction was very indifferent.

Or rather, he has disdained such little tricks.

Tom Rothman likes to play, so let him play.

The contradiction between Donn and Disney, whether there is this black pot or not, does not matter.

If Tom Rothman can really suppress the box office of "Immortal", Donn will also be happy to see it.

Of course, Don will not allow others to take advantage of him in vain.

On the plane to New York, Donn called Tom Rothman, "Tom, Bruce Willis thing...... You made it, right?"

"How is that possible?" Tom Rothman said righteously, "Donn, we're filmmakers, not gossip paparazzi. ”

Of course, Don didn't believe this kind of, and smiled, "There's a lot of pressure on my side, Bruce Willis is the star of "Immortal", and Disney is furious about it." ”

Tom Rothman snorted, "If there is no evidence, even Disney can't mess around, right?"

"I'm afraid Disney will play hard with me again!" Donn sighed worriedly.

Tom Rothman secretly despised in his heart, just you kid, are you afraid of Disney? pouted, pretending to be enthusiastic and said: "Oh, we are filmmakers, and making a good movie comes first, I heard that you participated in the screenwriting of the horror film...... It's called "Chainsaw", and the box office is very good! "Blair the Witch 2", which is in the same schedule, can completely compete with mainstream commercial films. ”

Tang En sighed: "Yes, according to the current box office trend, the scale of the screening of "Chainsaw" next week will definitely be further expanded. It's just that...... Lack of publicity!"

Tom Rothman's face distorted slightly, and he pondered for a moment before he said slowly, "If you need it, I can do a little help." ”

"Yes, thank you so much!" Donn's tone was a little surprised.

Tom Rothman's heart was like a mirror, and he asked quietly: "What about Bruce Willis?"

Don laughed, "I don't pay attention to a little bit of Disney's pressure! It's okay, just let the storm come more violently, I can bear it!"

"Donne, you...... The whole of Hollywood, that's why you dare to provoke Disney like this, haha!"

Tom Rothman laughed happily.

It's just an exchange of interests, and he's looking forward to watching "X-Men" crush "Immortal".

……

The Victoria's Secret show on November 15 is about to start, and Don came to New York to dredge up the relationship first.

With his current identity and status, and two more Brazilian supermodels have been introduced, it is not a problem at all to get the ticket to the Victoria's Secret show, and it is even ...... He also received the inside privilege of backstage tours.

Done's main purpose is to help with an action scene in Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

It's a drag racing shootout scene that takes place in a New York City neighborhood, and it's filled with tons of explosion shots.

So before the filming started, under the arrangement of the local police station, a two-kilometer section of the road was blocked.

There were hundreds of crew members, and there were more than 100 stunt crews alone, which was definitely a challenging shot.

Don stood beside Luc Besson with a sigh in his heart.

With such a large action shooting scene, Hollywood will become less and less in the future, and it will gradually be replaced by safe, convenient, and easy-to-control green screen shooting.

Filmmaking has become completely computer-based.

I can't tell if it's good or bad, but the texture of the movie's action scenes is missing, and the indisputable facts are missing.

"Why don't you shoot with a green screen?"

Luc Besson shook his head, "I have asked people to calculate that the cost of green screen shooting and post-production of special effects is about the same as the cost of real shooting on site. In this case, it is better to pick up the scene on the spot. Even if it can't be compared to Kenji Mizoguchi, at least there must be a pursuit. ”

Kenji Mizoguchi and Akira Kurosawa are equally famous film masters, and their pursuit of "texture" is almost harsh, and antiques must be used to show the truth of the film when filming costume scenes and even props.

Tang En was also a little surprised that the special effects were very expensive until now, "So many explosion scenes, will they cause damage to the streets, right?"

Luc Besson smiled, "It's up to you to save face, the city government heard that it was a film from Towne Pictures, so it opened a green channel." ”

Tang En was a little helpless, "You're witty!"

However, he is also a little relieved that after several years of hard work, his name finally has enough weight.

Ten minutes later, the explosion began.

"Boom! boom!"

Stuntmen drive flying cars and rampage through the streets of New York.

Excluding the water-like flow of green banknotes, the scene is truly spectacular!

……

Over the weekend, 3 days, 867 theaters, a total of $6.38 million at the box office for "Saw Horror"!

So far, the total box office of "Chainsaw" has exceeded $10 million!

At this time, even if Harvey Weinstein can become Satan, it is impossible to prevent "Chainsaw" from being fully released next week.

On Monday, November 13th, theaters in North America finally made the right choice and expanded the screening scale of "Saw Horror" to 2,674 stores!

If it weren't for the fact that this film is R-rated, the scale of the screening would probably be even larger if the viewing age is restricted.

Donn once again threw out $2 million in publicity expenses, and Twentieth Century Fox's propaganda machine was fully activated, doing round after round of bombardment propaganda for this epoch-making horror film.

After nearly half a month of accumulation of test screenings and small-scale screenings, and with the support of Twentieth Century Fox, "Chainsaw" finally got out of control, like a dam that discharges floods, ready to go, unstoppable!

The name of "Saw Horror" spread all over North America!

Film director Zack Schneider has also become a popular figure, participating in the recording of many talk shows, and in the absence of a big star in "Chainsaw", his dream search process has become the best publicity topic for the film.

Struggle, hard work, hard work, pursuit, the American dream!

Overnight, Zack Schneider became the poster child for inspirational figures.

And when Zack Schneider is interviewed, he will naturally mention the same sentence: "I want to thank Donne, he is my friend and my benefactor!"

When Christopher Nolan heard this, he would also show the same emotion, why wouldn't he?

In order to release "Following", he went through hardships.

Until he met Done, it seemed that ...... The door of life has finally opened.

In Hollywood now, Donn seems to be everywhere.