Seeing Tom so out of shape, Mark asked strangely, "Is there a problem?"

Tom said: "Don't you know that except for Tim Burton's "Batman" in 1989, the production budget was 35 million, and the other four films did not fall below 70 million US dollars, and the production budget of Schumacher's bad film "Batman and Robin" reached an astonishing 130 million US dollars, and now the actors' salaries and various costs are increasing. ”

Mark interrupted him and said, "Eighty million dollars, the production budget of "Batman: Time to War" is eighty million dollars. ”

"Eighty million dollars! Do you dare to think it's eight thousand dollars?" Tom said to himself, and he asked, "Do you know what it takes to be qualified to make a movie with eighty million dollars?"

Mark said: "At least Beimi's works of more than 100 million are eligible." ”

Tom said: "North Mi's over 100 million is a hard standard, the billion club is qualified to shoot hundreds of millions of productions, "This Man is from Earth" and "Chainsaw" can't break 100 million in North America, but with your talent, you should be qualified at the age of thirty, which is also very remarkable." ”

Mark said: "Warner and I can't wait ten years, I hope that within two years, Kevin wants to be involved with the Ronaldson family, and it can't be done without showing enough strength and sincerity." ”

Tom smiled wryly, "Isn't that something I can ask?"

Mark said: "This is what Sophia taught me, if you want to enter her door, you have to show enough strength, and if you want to take some small things to please her, she can't look down on her." ”

Claire touched Tom and said, "These are not questions that you can care about, is it possible that Kevin just gave you a fifty percent increase in salary, and you worked hard for him?" ”

Tom smiled, he also thought so, wanted to tie up with the Ronaldson family like this, Kevin was too naïve, he just played for Kevin, and thought about him wholeheartedly, he said: "What are your plans for the second half of the year?"

Mark said: "I won't go to school anymore and I plan to take a year off from school to finish the post-production of "Saw" first, and if it is handed over to Warners, I will make a new movie." ”

Tom was a little used to his high speed and said, "Is that the Wedding Ace?"

"I wrote a new script the other day, inspired by the last episode of the fifth season of 'Friends,' which I called 'The Hangover,'" Mark said. ”

It just so happened that Blake brought some baked bread and ham sausages and fried eggs, and came over and said in surprise: "It seems that you can write a script than write an essay." ”

Mark said: "As soon as inspiration came, it was written quickly. "The drama has to be copied, and the composition has to be written by yourself, and the speed is of course different.

Tom said, "Can you show me the script?"

Mark said: "Of course, I have already registered with the Writers Guild, and this time I welcome Warner's investment, because the production cost of "The Hangover" will reach 30 million US dollars, they can invest half of it, and I will prepare the rest, and if they are not interested, I will have no problem raising all the funds myself." "Unlike other directors, they know the depth of this industry, and they generally don't dare to invest in their own works, and there are not many big directors who dare to invest in their own works out of their own pockets.

Blake brought food to Tom and Claire, and she sat down next to Mark, and she was surprised, "You're so rich?"

Mark said: "With bank financing, as long as there is a low pledge of assets, I can get a loan. ”

Tom said: "This is too risky, why don't you wait for the share of "This Man is from Earth" and "Saw Horror" to be paid before you are afraid, or convince Warner to invest?"

Mark said: "So I have a few months of idleness, there is nothing to do, I will be bored, and "The Hangover" is a good project, I can only get more rights and copyrights if I participate in the investment myself, I don't want to work for others, I want to quickly break into the fame and get the opportunity to direct superhero blockbusters." ”

This is on the one hand, and the main reason is that Mark watched the news a few days ago, superstar and famous director Mel. J. Puson is building momentum for his third film, The Passion of the Christ.

This Mel. J Pusen is the top cow in Hollywood, the top person in the 20 million club, it is said that as a superstar, one of Hollywood's rare resources, there is no 25 million US dollars plus 20% of the share, please don't move him, this 2520 is the top existence, compared to Arnold's "Terminator 3" 30 million salary plus dividends, because "Terminator 3" did not sell well, the producer cried, Arnold proved that he was not worth the price.

And Mel. J Pusen proved his worth with one work after another, as the best Australian in Hollywood, recognized as the boss of the Australian gang.

After starring in a large number of films and working as a producer, J Pusen began to prepare to be a director who "acted and directed" It is very common in the film and television industry, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Jodie Foster have achieved great success in this regard, J Pusen has long been prepared for this, as an actor he has rich acting experience, as a producer he is also familiar with the backstage and behind-the-scenes work, and the close cooperation with three famous directors, mutual learning also makes him quite familiar with the work of the director, he is also engaged in directing work can be said to be familiar with the road, twice the result with half the effort, after producing several blockbuster works, with his own self-acting and self-directed "Braveheart" won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Actor, became a world-class superstar, and successfully became a god.

Combining actors and directors, this is not uncommon in the entertainment industry, but there are only a handful of real successes, Clint Eastwood was also favored by the Oscars, but the most stable and best on the road of "directing" and "acting" is none other than Mel, J Puson.

He was born in the United States, grew up in Australia, and is popular all over the world, with the Oscar title for Best Director, among the "100 Greatest Actors in Film History" by "Empire" magazine, and is worth as much as 2.5 million Meili Mel. J Puson is a well-deserved Hollywood superstar and one of the sexiest men in the world, and it has been described that his blue eyes can melt steel.

But after this guy succeeded, he obviously floated, or arrogant, and there was no one in his eyes, and he dared to shoot a taboo subject like "The Passion of the Christ", which was simply revealing the scars of the Jews, slapping them in the face, and the suppression followed, and now Mark knows that this guy is so famous, at that time in 2017, he was famous all over the world for a "Hacksaw Collar", and before that, he only played a supporting role in some small movies.

The movie "The Passion of the Christ" has been a huge success, with 370 million US dollars in North Milan and 600 million US dollars in the world, ranking third in the year, but Mel is happy and sad, the Jews have huge power in Hollywood, and under their full suppression, Mel's career fell into a trough, his wife divorced, and the company went bankrupt.

"The Passion of the Christ" was one of the top three grossing films in '04 because of its religion and taboos, and the original title of the film was "Passion", but Miramax was working on a film of the same name, and Mel Gibson immediately changed the title to "The Passion of the Christ".

Hollywood has always held a mocking attitude towards religion, and even more scorns movies about religion. When J. Pusen announced that he planned to make a film about the crucifixion of Jesus, he was immediately criticized and hindered by various forces.

Mel. J Busson is the most conservative actor and the most devout director, he is a Catholic, he has acted in more than forty influential films, he lives a relatively conservative life, he gives all the sincerity to directing films, he likes to shoot the essence of the crucifixion, and he is completely faithful to history.

In 1988, the great director Martin Scorsese launched "The Last Temptation of Christ", which caused huge controversy after its release because of its bold touch on Catholic doctrine, and finally the box office of the film was only 8.4 million US dollars.

In the movie, Jesus was subjected to all kinds of discrimination and defilement and abuse by the Jews, and in order to get a more shocking feeling, many horrific torture instruments were arranged on the scene, which stimulated the sensitive nerves of the Jews.

Although Mel was pressured to re-edit the film to give the Jewish characters more sympathetic elements, and invited Colorado Springs' evangelicals, Pennsylvania's religious leaders, and HSD socialites to watch the unfinished **, many believe that the film was a deliberate act of madness by Mel or an impulse to bring the offspring of sinners to face the facts again.

The Jews were believed to have killed Jesus, so they were stigmatized and persecuted for thousands of years, and the Nazi persecution during World War II terrified all Jews, and made them extremely united and sensitive, and any incitement to Jewish hatred was not approved by them.

As early as 1965, the Holy See formally pardoned the Jews' "crimes" at the second Vatican Council, and since then, they no longer need to bear the heavy charge of "killing Jesus", which has made all Jews put down a big stone in their hearts, but Mel's move is tantamount to revealing scars and turning over old accounts, and it is strange that they are not jealous and hateful, so it is only "The Passion of Christ" This name, like a hot taro, discouraged many studios, and Mel had to rely on his own foundation, and all parties raised about $30 million to shoot.

Even after the production of the film was completed, he could not find a film company to dare to release it, even after the test screening, the excellent reviews from all parties cheered him up, and many religious people who had seen the film praised his work, but now no one dares to take over.