In July, the "Star Wars Episode 1: Ghost Man Menace" craze finally subsided, and the market began to have the power of other studios to speak.

Under the market squeeze of many movies such as "Tarzan" and "Ace Cheap Spy 2", the weekly box office of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" has been less than $20 million. However, after more than 40 days of screening, the North American box office has accumulated more than 480 million US dollars!

The North American box office record of "Titanic" seems to be in jeopardy.

Throughout June, the overseas box office of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" received $140 million, which is relatively calm compared to the popularity of the North American market.

However, the distributor Twentieth Century Fox is very confident that July is the release month of the box office in Britain, Germany, France, Australia, Japan and other box office positions, and there will be a big rebound in overseas markets.

Even if the Star Wars culture has a mediocre response overseas, with the wonderful special effects and hearty action scenes of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace", it is enough to gain a lot of box office.

It is impossible to play a triumphant song like "Titanic", but at least the global box office will exceed one billion, and it seems that it is just around the corner to become another film in history after "Titanic" that has a global box office of more than $1 billion.

Don doesn't care about this movie anymore, just waiting to collect the money, he is paying attention to the two movies that Tang En Pictures has made.

Because of the funding, "Soul Shifter" will have to wait until the tax refund for "Spider-Man" arrives before it can be started, but this does not prevent "Soul Shifter" from working on it.

Natalie, Nicole, and even Naomi Watts have also been given the role of a female number three, and are reading and pondering their role.

Because of this, Natalie also stepped into Donn's house for the first time to discuss characters with Nicole Kidman.

Watching Natalie talk and laugh with Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, and Jessica Alba, Don sometimes hallucinates.

I have to admit that Natalie's heart is quite big.

The script of "Soul Shifting Girl" has been revised for the fifth time and will be officially finalized soon, and several leading actors of the movie have been confirmed internally, so the selection of the film director is particularly difficult.

If you choose some young directors who are not famous, I am afraid that they are not capable and inexperienced enough, and they will not be able to control such a complex movie as "Soul Shifting Girl", and I am afraid that they will be made into the original version.

However, if you choose an experienced and well-known director, I am afraid that the other party will not be willing to be completely controlled by the producer, and the right to revise the script and choose actors will be completely deprived.

After nearly a month of research, Glenn Feyero recommended four people to Donn: Ron Howard, Jonathan Demmy, Pedro Almodóvar and Lesse Holstum.

Lesse Holstrom was the first to veto because of his inexperience and tear-jerking films, while Pedro Almodóvar was a master of European cinema who was overly stylized and did not fit the trend of the Oscars, and was rejected.

Subsequently, Donn Film sent a copy of the script to the agents of Ron Howard and Jonathan Demmy.

Three days later, Donn Pictures was the first to receive a reply from Ron Howard, who was working on Universal's $120 million A-grade production "Grinch Christmas," and the schedule was staggered.

Two days later, Jonathan Demy's agent came to Don Pictures in person, and director Demi was very interested in the project!

However, the conditions given by Don Pictures made the other party collapse!

Jonathan is the best director at the Oscar, he directed "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Philadelphia Story", and he is the best feature film director in Hollywood! In terms of script, we are very satisfied, but the actors have to be chosen by Jonathan, and in terms of salary, we don't want to be less than $8 million. ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Parton, but it seems that we have lost the possibility of working together. ”

Don En sighed, a little helpless.

is still not strong enough, if it is Warner or Paramount, even if the other party is an Oscar-winning director, but after so many years of dormancy, no decent works have come out, and they have to bow their heads and submit to softness.

Although Don has made two box office masterpieces in a row, his influence in feature films is not enough to control a Hollywood A-list director.

When I got home, I saw Natalie sitting across from Nicole with her hair messy, with strange eyes and a little rebellious in a trance, looking at her with a strange look.

Nicole's condition was equally frightening, her face was pale as if she was sick, and she was trembling all over.

Don quickly interrupted, "What are you two doing? Is this an experiential faction? Beware of mental problems with you two!"

Natalie saw Done, her face turned slightly red, she quickly sorted out her makeup, and ran over with a smile, smiling and raising her white chin, "You're back?"

Don hugged her with some distress, "As for being so hard?"

Natalie pursed her lips and said, "The script is very good, the characters are also very good, and I hope to bring Lisa to life." ”

Don sighed, "Isn't the method school bad?"

Naomi Watts, who was wearing an apron next to him, came over at some point, without the awareness that he was Natalie's boyfriend, "Since Marlon Brando created the methodology, it has become a target for Hollywood actors to learn, but it is not suitable for actresses, at least...... Not for us newcomers. ”

Don pulled Natalie to sit on the couch, he wasn't so idiotic as to make out with another woman in front of her, and looked at Nicole, "You're a newcomer too?"

Nicole Kidman shook her head slightly, "Naomi is only saying part of it, in fact...... Hollywood can calmly use methodological actresses, and I only know Ms. Meryl Streep. ”

It's the first time Donn has heard, "Why?"

"Women are sensual, and when they perform, they move with their hearts a lot of the time. Methodology, on the other hand, is rational, and generally speaking, only extremely controlling actors can control it. Nicole Kidman sighed.

Don stroked Natalie's hair distressedly, "Methodist...... It's too hard. ”

Natalie raised her head and said dissatisfiedly: "I'm not an experiential, I'm an expressionist, I was taught to me by director Luc Besson, he said that after the French New Wave, expressionism is the mainstream!"

Don smiled dumbly, "Yes, my Nat is the best!"

In any case, the expressivists are always better than the experiential ones.

Devoting oneself to the role in the play is too damaging to the actor himself.

For example, the famous Daniel Day Lewis is the most famous experiential actor, every time he acts, he has to enter the role half a year in advance, and after filming, he can't get out of it in half a year.

It's so painful!

There is no accident in success, if such an actor is not successful, it will definitely be intolerable.

"By the way, who did you choose to be the director of "Soul Shifting Girl"?"

Compared with Nicole Kidman, Natalie is still young and naïve, and she doesn't bother with experientialism or expressionism at all, but asks curious questions.

Tang En stretched and sighed, "I haven't chosen it yet, the few alternative directors are not suitable." ”

"Ahh Natalie muttered heartlessly, and when she saw Donn's disgusted eyes, she stuck out her tongue and grinned, "I'm kidding you, he's a commercial film director, I know." ”

Naomi Watts didn't have Nicole's consciousness, and she came to Donn's side very inappropriately, "Why don't you choose a female director?"

Female directors?

Don's eyes lit up, and the first thing he remembered was Sofia Coppola.

She filmed "Winged Angel" just in the first year of this year, but the technique is still very jerky, which is very inconsistent with Done's ambitions. But he still remembered another female director, Patty Jenkins.

The director who made "The Devil" and "Wonder Woman".

It's just that the current Patty Jenkins doesn't seem to have any experience in the camera.

Nicole Kidman saw Donn's thoughtfulness and said softly, "Donn, I want to recommend someone." ”

"Oh?

Nicole is very mature and knows how to measure, especially compared to Naomi Watts, who makes judgments, and Don values her opinion very much.

"Sam Mendes. ”

"Sam Mendes?" Donn's face was a little stunned.

Nicole said slowly: "I once starred in a stage play, "Blue Room", he is the director, very capable. ”

Natalie didn't know why, frowning slightly, "Stage director, this is not the same as making a movie." ”

Nicole bowed, "I know, in fact, he directed his first feature film "American Beauty" last year, and if nothing else, the movie will be released this year. ”

"Oh. ”

Natalie hates Naomi Watts, who doesn't know the times, and has a pretty good impression of Nicole. After all, she made Don En's female companion, and it was not her fault.

"Sam Mendes ......"

Don suddenly stood up, his face a little excited.