Chapter 393: Twilight Begins

A big guy like Will Smith, with super appeal, as one of the top box office superstars, is courteous and touted there, although "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is his favorite test of the waters, if Columbia does not PR for him and seeks one or two nominations at the Oscars, it will definitely cause unhappiness, and he will not cooperate again in the future.

Any superstar who works with a film company is valued for the fame and benefits they will bring him, and if there is no such benefit, it is certain that he will switch to someone else.

Now everyone can be sure that whether the Oscar wins or not, it all depends on public relations and operation, and a fool will believe that it depends on strength and luck, and the amount of money invested determines the scale of public relations operation, the general film company is 250,000, and the large company is 5 million, like Mark, who smashed 20 million to "Infernal Affairs", and 10 million to "The Devil Wears Prada" and "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", "Little Sunshine Beauty", very few, even the Weinstein brothers dare not play so crazy.

"The Demon Wears Prada" and "Little Sunshine Beauty" are good to say, the box office has exceeded 100 million, and they will never lose, the question of earning more and earning less, while "Infernal Affairs" and "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" are not easy to say, their positioning is a literary film, and the degree of audience liking is limited, that is to say, the box office is limited, and this Scorsese movie has always been low at the box office, and after 30 years in the industry, the box office obtained by North Mi Global is not as good as Mark.

Mark now smashed 20 million before the movie was released, which is recognized as a risky move, but several other bigwigs did not object, they have their business experience, and now MM is performing well, as part of the eyeball economy, as long as they are famous, they are not afraid of not being able to earn back the money, and now MM, money has to be earned, and the little golden man has to earn, so that they can kill two birds with one stone.

Will Smith received Mark's strong support and left satisfied, he made this movie, he had the intention of getting involved in the little golden man, MM knew and was interested, he couldn't be more satisfied, he was an old fritter in the circle, he knew the depth of this pool of water, Mark Hao threw 10 million, this is very generous, even if he loses, he can't blame them.

Everyone else feels risky, only Mark knows that these four movies are all classic movies that are big hits, even if they fail to compete for the Oscars, it is just a matter of making a little less, and there is no such thing as a loss.

In Mark's plan, 2006 and 2007 are the years when MM will stand on it, they will complete the restructuring and industrial restructuring in these two years, in 2008 the subprime mortgage crisis hit, the global financial tsunami, they will face the financial tsunami with sufficient spirit and capital, counterattack in the crisis, usher in another industrial blowout, they will pay off their debts at this time, and develop again.

Mark will be on the Twilight crew in mid-August, where they will be filming and playing at Madison High School and Calama High School so as not to interfere with the normal teaching life of the school.

A "High School Musical" made Salt Lake City Eastern High School in Utah a nationally renowned high school, countless "High School Musical" fans came to make a pilgrimage here, and became a star high school for students in more than a dozen nearby communities to sign up for.

Mark's famous masterpiece "The Twilight Zone" was going to be filmed on location, and nearly 100 middle schools rushed to be the first to invite, and the selected Madison High School and Kalama High School were as happy as if they had won the award, they started school in September, but they all asked nearby students to return to school early to cooperate with the crew's filming, and they provided housing and meals for the crew for free.

In fact, there is no need for the school to call for it, I heard that the super director Mark led the popular crew to shoot here, and the students came spontaneously, rushing to participate in the group performance, for these high school students with excessive hormones, there is nothing cooler.

Although the five leading actors of "Twilight" have not yet made any representatives, after the promotion of "Supernova", all of them have considerable popularity and fan groups.

"Twilight" is a fan movie like "Harry Potter", all rely on fans to support the box office, the attitude of fans determines the success or failure of the movie, before the start, they set up an official website, released a large number of makeup photos, the evil and handsome Edward, the pure and cold Bella, and a large number of handsome men and beautiful women composed of a vampire family, immediately attracted countless fans, and their opening ceremony also began in the form of a fan meeting.

"Twilight" series, there are four in total, if it is successful, it is a cash cow and a gold mine, Mark's departure is recognized as reliable and Dinghaishen, as a super director, Mark's directing and control ability is recognized as first-class, and he is the author of the original book, which can ensure that he can extract the essence of the original work and transform it into movie shots.

Adaptation has always been a difficult job, often first-class works, third-rate movies, "The Da Vinci Code" hit the global box office of 780 million US dollars, but it was still sprayed by the original party, and Peter the Great's Lord of the Rings trilogy is good enough, right? The same was sprayed by Christopher, the son of the original author Tolkien, so that fans misinterpreted Middle-earth, and he also tried to convince the new line not to make "The Hobbit".

Mark's presence made this small and medium-sized film gain great attention from the beginning, and they attracted more than 50 media and reporters to report on the day they started, and their own MM TV network even set up a special feature to cover the whole process.

They first held a kick-off ceremony at Madison High School, which was a huge scene that attracted the attention of a large number of fans and fans, and more than 1,000 people arrived at the scene.

Last time, Audi launched in-depth cooperation with Mark in "Iron Man", the effect is unimaginably good, "Iron Man" car became popular on the screen, becoming the most popular new model, they tasted the sweetness of this time again with Mark's "Twilight City", providing 15 million dollars in advertising sponsorship plus sending four of the latest sports cars, becoming the only advertising sponsor, Edward's car from Volvo to Audi.

Four new Audi sports cars, one for Mark, one for the hero and one for the lead actor, Mark told the assistant director Catherine that if it could still be used after filming, the car would belong to her.

So the crew entered Madison High School, starting with four Audi sports cars, which drove into the school under the welcome of nearly 1,000 teachers and students, followed by two buses carrying the crew, and four large trucks, pulling the crew's equipment and instruments, and two helicopters circling in the air, which were used for aerial photography.

This kind of grandeur made these rural Oregon students feel high-end and high-end, and they screamed and cheered constantly.

The auditorium of the school has been arranged, and as soon as they entered, they immediately began to organize an event, mainly to promote and introduce the movie, this auditorium, which can only accommodate more than 400 people, is crowded with more than 1,000 people, and it is extremely lively, it can be said that it is a rare event in this remote rural town, and their mayor has come to join in the fun.

And there was one person in this event, which almost made the audience laugh, this is Robert Downey Jr., the actor of the recently popular Iron Man Donnie Stark, who caused a sensation in the audience as soon as he appeared, and they cheered and screamed: "Donnie Stark, Donnie Stark, Donnie Stark!"

Donnie took the microphone and responded with a smile, saying, "Yes, it's me! But I'm Robert Downey Jr., not Donnie Stark, today is the day of my friend Mark's new film, and it's a great honor to be invited to play the role of Bella's dad Sheriff Swan! I love you!"

As an idol-level superstar, Donnie received a warm response with a casual expression, a casual action, and an expression, with constant applause and cheers, and now when it comes to popularity and appeal, he kills a little fresh meat and traffic flowers in seconds, and with his respect today, to play a role with only a few lines, which is naturally to repay Mark's support.

Sure enough, Downey said: "It's not easy for newcomers, I'm here to stand on the platform for newcomers and escort!"

Donnie is purple with Iron Man, and now he has regained the confidence and style of a superstar, talking eloquently and confidently.

"Yes, Robert is a nostalgic guy, and when he heard that I was starting a new movie, he immediately offered to make a free cameo, and I was very touched. ”

Donnie was surprised, "Oh my God! Did I say it's free?"

The audience burst into laughter .......

Then there is the interaction between Kristen Stewart and Robert Burdingson, and Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone, who will be so awesome in the future, are now just soy sauce parties, playing two soy sauce roles, but they are not resistant, but very excited, they just debuted in such a movie, and also signed with MM, it can be said that the future is limitless.

As the rising stars of MM TV Network, Stewart and Burdingson are super popular among boys and girls, and they just sang a song and did some interactive games, and they received applause and applause from the audience.

After the event, the main actors and the crew moved into the rooms provided by the school, and began to set up offices, debug equipment and instruments, and prepare for work, while the main actors began rehearsals and rehearsals after the break.

Mark is now putting on a show, loudly asking the protagonists to practice their lines and rehearse by themselves, once the filming starts, whoever drops the chain will get out, his time is precious, and not anyone can waste it.

They preemptively finished filming the scenes of Bella and Edward in the school and classroom, and waited for the school year to shoot the outside, while the indoor scenes were completed on the set of MGM, and the shooting time is expected to be two months, and in two months Mark will yearn for Texas and prepare to shoot "No Country for Old Men", and he is now preparing for "No Country for Old Men" while filming "Twilight".