Chapter 965 - Useful for a lifetime
In Hollywood films, there is an unimaginable amount of behind-the-scenes personnel involved.
The writing of a script has never been something that the screenwriter can do with a single brain, especially in a commercial production, where all the executives and supervisors of the film company will participate in it, brainstorm and make suggestions.
Then, coordinated by the producer, a team of screenwriters is formed, either two or three people, or twenty or thirty people, to complete the script in rich detail.
The script outline of "Ghost Rider 2" was completed, and everyone was very interested.
Nina Jacobson, however, looked uncertain, and after the meeting, invited Donn to his office.
"Something?" Don asked with a smile.
Nina Jacobson hesitated, "About the structural design of Ghost Rider 2...... I have some concerns. Of course, it's not about the plot, in fact, everyone's creativity and profound theme performance at the end of "Ghost Rider 2" are enough to surprise people. ”
"And what are you?"
"Is it really appropriate to have Daredevil make a cameo?"
"Huh?"
Donn raised an eyebrow.
That's right!
It's so suitable!
All kinds of reasons have been explained by everyone in the conference room.
Daredevil is an ordinary person who doesn't have many super powers, and his abilities are much worse than Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Hulk. However, he has a strong will and willpower that surpasses the gods, how surprising would such a setting be?
Otherwise, it would be illogical to juxtapose the chicken-like superhero of Daredevil with some superheroes such as Spider-Man, Thor, Ant-Man, Deadpool, and Ghost Rider.
He has the strongest heart and is the mainstay of critical moments, which will further highlight the value of Daredevil's existence.
Nina Jacobson shook her head, "No, that's not what I said. "Ghost Rider 2" is scheduled for the summer of 2007. However, in the summer of 2006, "Daredevil 2" will be released. If everything goes well, that's fine, and the appearance of Daredevil will add luster to Ghost Rider 2. But if there is an unexpected ......"
Don suddenly realized.
That's what it means!
"Daredevil 2" will be released a year earlier than "Ghost Rider 2". If the film has a gratifying box office performance and an excellent reputation, and "Daredevil" has become a recognized superhero in the hearts of fans, then letting Daredevil appear in "Ghost Rider 2" will form a positive promotion.
However, once the box office failure of "Daredevil 2" and the failure of word-of-mouth caused the popularity of the superhero "Daredevil" to plummet, and then let him make a cameo appearance in "Ghost Rider 2", it will form a counter-effect and will implicate the box office and reputation of "Ghost Rider 2".
For example, the big bad movies in the previous life, "Regeneration", "Daredevil", "Green Lantern", etc., only one was filmed, which led to the death of the entire series.
Don smiled, "Don't worry, there won't be any problems with Daredevil 2! ”
"Huh?" Nina Jacobson was stunned for a moment, quite surprised, Christopher Nolan's first commercial production "Daredevil 1", cost $150 million, and the global box office was $360 million, which is really not much, frowned and said, "I have seen the filming materials of "Daredevil 2", to be honest, it is not as good as imagined. ”
Don said disapprerovingly: "Daredevil 2 will be the first Hollywood movie to be shot with an IMAX camera, and the plot is ups and downs, the idea is profound, and it is very difficult to shoot. It's normal for some minor issues to occur. There is still time, and next year we can make up some more for repairs and supplements. ”
The theme of "Daredevil 2" is the same as that of "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" in the previous life, and the director and screenwriter are both Nolan brothers. Even if there are slight gaps in the plot, the overall quality of the movie will not be too much of a problem.
Don is confident that the film will do well at the box office.
Seeing that he was so determined, Nina Jacobson didn't bother much and changed the subject, "Boss, I'm going on vacation." ”
Don glanced at her bulging belly and smiled, "How many weeks?"
"27 weeks. ”
"Well, it's time to rest. The Marvel Studios business can be called to Kevin to deal with, and when you are busy next summer, you will come back to work. ”
Don is not a black-hearted boss.
For old employees, especially those who started a business with him very early, he has always given preferential treatment as much as he can.
Fortunately, women in the United States do not have the habit of confinement after giving birth, and the uterine abdomen is restored, and they can go to work.
I took this opportunity to hone Kevin Feige's ability to manage the company. In another year or two, he will hand over Marvel Studios to him.
Don was very optimistic about him.
……
At the end of November, a Japanese movie suddenly became popular in Hollywood, the final chapter of the "Godzilla" series, "Godzilla's Final Battle".
In the history of world cinema, Japan has made very important contributions.
Born in 1954, the first "Godzilla" was a pioneer of stunt movies. When Hollywood was still sweeping the world with song and dance films, it was Japanese films that led the trend of disaster movies, action movies, and science fiction films.
Of course, according to Hollywood's current genre classification conventions, movies like "Godzilla", "Jurassic Park", "Spider-Man", and "The Avengers" cannot be called science fiction films, but are action-adventure films.
Science fiction films are movies like Star Wars and Interstellar.
The former is a space opera, and the latter is hard sci-fi.
Because of the lack of monster movies in the United States that year, the "Godzilla" series amazed the United States, so the monster "Godzilla" has a great reputation in the United States.
"Godzilla's Last Stand" is the final version of the series, so Hollywood has held a big event, and even "Godzilla" was honored to win its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is the only third non-human film character in the world to win this award after Disney's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. An award ceremony was held in front of the Rauman Chinese Theatre.
On the night of the awards ceremony, "Godzilla's Last Showdown" had its world premiere at the Graumann Chinese Theatre in front of an audience of about 1,200 people.
This was the first Japanese film to premiere at the Graumann Chinese Theatre since 1927.
Produced by Sony Pictures and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, the film is a Japanese film through and through that has nothing to do with Donn.
Still, Don attended the film's premiere.
Because Masami Nagasawa played a small role in "Godzilla's Final Showdown", she was the female number three.
Now Masami Nagasawa is the most brilliant and wonderful age, full of collagen full of youthful feeling, and the innocent and hearty smile is like the daughter next door, beautiful and wonderful.
As her patron father, Don has the responsibility to take care of her when she comes to the United States.
At the beginning of the movie, a big monster appeared, and Don couldn't stand it anymore.
What kind of special effect is this?
Litter!
"How much does this film cost to make?" asked Don in a low voice as he sat next to Masami Nagasawa, holding her soft little hand.
Masami Nagasawa said softly: "It's a lot, it seems to be ...... It seems like there are more than 2 billion!"
More than 2 billion?
Yen, right?
Converted to US dollars, this is about $20 million.
With this amount of money, making an action monster adventure special effects film will indeed have a feeling of powerlessness.
After watching it for a while, Don En guessed the plot of this film.
In the movie, there is an epilogue in which a Hollywood version of Godzilla (called Zilla) is hired as a killer by an alien named "Xiliens" who wants to conquer Earth. The real Godzilla fights to the death with Zilla and various monsters that appeared in previous Godzilla movies, such as Gigan and Rodan.
Basically, there's no plot.,It's just a few big monsters fighting non-stop.,After fighting this and that.,The coherence is very poor.,It's boring.。
Tang En couldn't stand it anymore, leaned over, and whispered in Masami Nagasawa's ear: "Masami, do you miss me?"
"I thought about it. ”
"When I get home in the evening, I will love you well. ”
Masami Nagasawa's ears were slightly red, and she glanced at Tang En quickly with shame and joy, and lowered her head and said softly.
Donn's eyes didn't fall on the big screen, his gaze wandered around the crew of "Godzilla's Final Battle".
He was a guest, so he was in an excellent position, sitting in a row with the crew, and the line of sight was good.
In "Godzilla's Final Battle", there are mainly 4 female characters, in addition to Masami Nagasawa, there are Rei Kikukawa, Maki Mizuno and Chihiro Otsuka.
Among them, Mizuno Maki is older and a little old, and Chihiro Otsuka doesn't look good.
Rei Kikukawa is very good, her face is a little baby fat, and she has a bit of the amorous feeling of a Hong Kong female star in the 80s.
"Who's that woman?"
"She is Sister Kikukawa, our female number one. ”
"Kikukawa Ren?" Tang En touched his chin and nodded, "It's good, you go talk to her, and go back with us in the evening." ”
Masami Nagasawa's eyes widened, and she looked at Don in surprise, "Odu-chan, you...... Are you going to take Sister Kikukawa as your daughter......? She seems to be the same age as you, and she's older than you for her birthday in February. ”
Tang En glared at her, "She wants to be my daughter, and I won't accept it yet!"
Masami Nagasawa covered her mouth and snickered.
Don said lightly: "You tell her, I'll take her back at night and have fun!"
Masami Nagasawa hesitated and said, "But...... But Sister Kikukawa is a big star, the most popular female star in Japan now, she may not be ......"
Tang En said disapprerovingly: "Just because she is popular, she will be more sensible." You go and tell her, if she refuses, I'll ask Zhou Fang Yuxiong to call her. ”
"Oh, okay. Masami Nagasawa nodded obediently, and then looked up at Don again, "She won't want to live with our sisters in the future, will she?"
Tang En said indifferently: "No, playing with her once is enough for her to use for a lifetime." ”
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