Back in Los Angeles, Matthew left the "Inception" crew and began to deal with other aspects of work, and he will not go to the "Inception" crew to participate in the filming for the next month, and will use this time to take care of the business of Studio 13.

At present, Studio 13 has planned and filmed a total of four projects.

Matthew first asked James Wynn to meet, and James Wynne showed him the latest script for the horror film project, and because new ideas are constantly emerging, James Wynn is constantly revising the script, but on the new script, James Wynn has added an official name - "Latent".

This name seems to have been heard somewhere, Matthew saw the script and thought for a while, and gradually had a little memory, there used to be a TV series on the other side of the Pacific, called "Latent".

I vaguely remember that it was a spy war movie, and it had nothing to do with James Win's "Latent".

Although he can't remember seeing such a movie, Matthew still made up his mind to invest in James Wing, after all, an investment of $1.5 million is really nothing to him.

If this number is multiplied by ten, he will have to think about it.

Usually a director who has made a name for himself will also be burdened by this, but this problem is completely absent for James Win, "Latent" and "Chainsaw" are completely different genres.

In addition, James Wynne even has a preliminary cast candidate, and the intended actors and actresses are Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, the latter Matthew vaguely remembers playing with Brad Pitt in "Troy", the former is more well-known for his encounter in "Hard Candy", and was tormented by a Lori.

In terms of actors, Matthew doesn't have many opinions, but after the project starts to prepare, he has to see the effect of the audition on the spot.

Just like he promised James Win, he won't interfere with James Win's work casually, but he also won't let James Wynn become a kite with a broken string.

After so many years of hard work, Matthew understands a truth, the power of the director must be given, and there must be appropriate constraints.

Not to mention James Wing, even Christopher Nolan will now be subject to Warner Bros. restrictions as well.

Regardless, Matthew is very much looking forward to James Winnable making a horror film that surpasses "Chainsaw".

The so-called transcendence in his case, of course, refers to the commercial.

Matthew opened Studio 13 to make money, and there is no need to shy away from this, let alone put some tall shell on himself.

That's also unnecessary, why deceive yourself about this kind of thing.

The day after meeting James Win, Matthew went to the post-production studio at Disney Studios, where "Twilight 2: New Moon" had finished filming and Sofia Coppola was in post-production.

Compared to the first part, this "New Moon" went smoothly from preparation to shooting to post-production, and Sofia Coppola was able to complete all the post-production at the end of August.

Matthew negotiated with distributor Disney Studios, and when the later stage was completed, Sophia Coppola would take "New Moon" to Canada to participate in the Toronto Film Festival in September to promote the North American release on Thanksgiving in November.

When the first part was filmed, many people were still wondering, do the audience still love to watch vampire stories now? The results accurately show that a considerable part of the audience likes this kind of 'harmless' vampire movie.

Matthew and Sofia Coppola have long had this consensus about 'harmlessness', and they felt that Twilight was a clean film, it told the story of a group of young men and women, with a positive theme, and it was not child-friendly like other vampire movies.

In fact, this story is not about vampires as a selling point, but more on showing the bloody love of the hero and heroine of the story.

For Matthew, "Twilight" is a beautiful start, Sofia Coppola has created a debut that is difficult to choose, and everyone knows that there will be a second and a third, so the responsibility of the second part is to connect the first and third parts.

Sofia Coppola made a very successful start, which laid a solid foundation for the entire series, and how important the first film in the series is, anyone who knows even a little about the industry knows very well.

What Matthew wants is that "Crescent Moon" will be more successful on the basis of "Twilight", and can get more box office and more peripheral income than "Twilight".

His expected goal is to increase the profits of "New Moon" by about 20 percent.

It's not easy to do that.

Fortunately, when Matthew first ran the project, he had the intention of continuing filming, and at his request, Sofia Coppola also laid a lot of foreshadowing in "Twilight", and the story has just begun, so the crew can give the sequel many possibilities, including how to set the core direction of the story.

In addition, in the preliminary preparations, the crew also duly listened to the opinions of many book fans and audiences, plus the personal efforts of the original author Stephanie Mayer, which are all important supporting forces for "Twilight 2: New Moon".

The entire story of "New Moon" is still basically based on the original book, and in order to better fit the movie, Sofia Coppola has drastically changed the dialogue between the characters to make it more concise and powerful.

And in terms of story and scene setting, the second part is far more atmospheric than the first.

In the first part, Isabella and Edward can only be regarded as just acquaintance, the story between them has not yet unfolded, the internal grievances of vampires, the struggle with werewolves, and the various mentalities of normal humans towards vampires and werewolves will be shown in "Twilight 2: New Moon", the crew has designed a lot of bridges in the movie, and organically spliced them together, so that the audience can have a clearer understanding of the worldview of the entire "Twilight" series.

Due to the success of the first installment, Disney Studios has taken the series very seriously, and although post-production is not yet complete, it has already begun to work on the publicity side, with the leading actors of Nina Dubrev, Liam Hemsworth and Lily Collins now scattered across the country for DVD and Twilight book signings in preparation for November's film release.

As for Disney Studios, there are more than 4,000 theaters in North America that have been confirmed to show "New Moon", and according to the current momentum, it is not a problem for this film to open in North America with 4,200 theaters.

In addition, there are more than 50 countries and regions that have been released simultaneously with North America, and it is expected to surpass 70 overseas markets in the end.

"Twilight: New Moon" is basically not much of a problem here, Matthew stayed on the set for two days, and specially informed Bella Anderson that if the film is still a box office hit, the distribution contract with Disney will have to be negotiated.

If nothing else, the issuance commission will definitely overwhelm the lowest percentage in the circle.

The distribution company is in the absolute upper reaches of the industrial chain, but the sequel to a blockbuster series like "Twilight", especially after two consecutive blockbuster films, is not a problem at all.

In fact, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and Twentieth Century Fox have all contacted him behind his back, hoping to get the distribution rights for the later installments of the series.

These can be used as capital for negotiations.

Of course, Matthew's first choice is still Disney, and Disney Studios does have a unique way of operating works in the teen genre.

"Twilight" can be said to have opened the door to the hot sale of teen movies in the North American film market, and "The Hunger Games" that Matthew got his hands on is also in full swing.

At present, the early planning of this project is nearing the end, and the first draft of the script has been produced, but the script is really finalized, and it will have to go through many revisions and adjustments.

Then there are actors, Patty Jenkins has high requirements for actors, especially the heroine Katniss.

On this issue, she specifically discussed with Matthew, for the character of Katniss, it is almost impossible to find such an actor who can not only depict this character in the performance, but also the age of teenagers.

Judging from the current situation, no one can meet the requirements in terms of performance level, appearance characteristics and box office appeal in their teens.

After several discussions, Matthew and Patty Jenkins came to a consensus to appropriately tune up Katnis's age in the film, and the character was no longer a young girl, but a young woman.

In this way, the choice is also larger.

But Patty Jenkins still has high requirements for the female lead, and the actor who can play Katniss in the future must be calm and natural, and explosive.

Hearing this, Matthew thought of two possible candidates, one was the original Milk Girl and the other was Gal Gadot.

The original milk girl selling character design is very successful, and it is also a people-friendly route, so it can be said that it is the teenager's own person.

Gal Gadot is tall and has long legs, and his military resume is also a rare advantage, and his appearance conditions are much better than that of the milk girl, especially the two long legs, which is estimated to fascinate many people.

But she's a little older, which is something that can't be left unconsidered.

In contrast, Milk Girl's age is a big plus, and if she goes well in the next few years, it will be good for the appeal of the whole series.

After thinking about it, Matthew plans to send an audition invitation to Milkgirl and Gal Gadot each for future auditions.

By the way, there is also Lily Collins, she is also okay, but she looks a little sweeter.

It's never too late to see how their auditions look before making a decision.

After dealing with the three crews of "Latent", "Twilight: New Moon" and "The Hunger Games", Matthew's energy turned to the promotion of the film "Fast and Furious 4".

Compared to him, the other main actors of the crew have already made a lot of announcements in North America and overseas.

The film is now less than 20 days away from its release, and Matthew has to seize the last time to wave the flag and shout hard to attract more people's attention.