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"Let's talk about Disney Studios' Olympic promotion. ”

In the office of the Angel Agency, Helen Herman said to Matthew seriously, "You have to be there, we have an agreement with Disney Pictures." ”

Matthew nodded, "Well, I know. ”

Helen Herman continued, "On December 2nd, tomorrow night, Disney Studios has a thank-you reception with a lot of film critics and veterans in the industry. On December 4th, Johnny Depp had a canvassing party in Beverly Hills. On December 6, Disney Studios held a "Pirates of the Caribbean" pull film and sequel discussion at the Lacarde Theater in Santa Monica. On December 9th, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards will announce the winners, and you and Depp will need to attend......"

Disney Studios has arranged a very intensive event, apparently in full swing to prepare for the Olympics.

Listening to this long list of activities, Matthew didn't say anything, after getting paid by the crew, he had to serve a series of activities for the film, and Hollywood's film remuneration never refers only to shooting remuneration.

Bell Bell Bell –

Before Helen Herman finished her long list of activities, the office phone on her desk suddenly rang, and she quickly picked it up, only to hear a few words inside, and her face hidden under the black-rimmed glasses showed a little surprise and surprise.

"What?" her voice clearly reflected the emotion, "James Franco's agent aborted negotiations with Jerry Bruckheimer?

It immediately occurred to Matthew that there must have been another unexpected situation in "National Treasure".

This film started with Jerry Bruckheimer's idea, and various situations were frequent, and he encountered script and funding problems successively, especially the script, according to the news that Anderson Martinez revealed to them after the audition, from the start of the script to the nine months of his audition, it has been overturned many times, just the setting of the male lead, Jerry Bruckheimer has been swaying between the two genres of middle age and youth, if there is news now, that the project will be canceled tomorrow, he will not be surprised.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about the actor candidate, Anderson Martinez told Helen Herman that Jerry Bruckheimer had initially considered him, and then he liked Nicolas Cage, and after a while, he thought he was suitable, but he was rejected during the audition and chose James Franco, and now James Franco seems to have a surprise......

Matthew is sure that this is definitely the most repetitive and procrastinating project he has encountered since he entered Hollywood.

Of course, in Disney Studios, this film, which has dragged on for a year and is uncertain in many aspects, is actually not a delay.

After a few years, Matthew actually understands very well that most of Hollywood's first-line big productions have a cycle of three years, the first year includes various preliminary preparations including script creation, the second year of casting, filming and post-production, and the third year of publicity and release.

Actors often start working in the second year, and it usually takes a few months to prepare, and the crew will start filming in a few short weeks.

Therefore, actors are often very prolific, it is common for some actors to star in two or three movies in a year, and the works of film directors are relatively few, and directors who make a film in two years can be classified as prolific directors, and the director of one film a year can already be described as crazy.

Producers are generally not much different from directors, but there are always exceptions, such as Jerry Bruckheimer, who has maintained the rhythm of one film a year, or sometimes two films, since the nineties, and such a high-intensity production for such a long time is also unique in Hollywood.

Jerry Bruckheimer is, in some ways, very similar to Spielberg in the world of directing, leading projects that are fast, accurate, and extremely successful.

They are all representatives of Hollywood's assembly line.

It can be said that it is quite normal for "National Treasure" to drag on for so long.

As for the abnormal situation, Matthew had heard that Disney Studios had an antique-level project within the studio.

Edgar Rice Butler's famous sci-fi "Martian Princess" has been a target for early Disney Studios since the thirties and forties of the last century, and Disney was ready to adapt it into an animated film like Snow White, but for various reasons, it was delayed.

This dragged on for decades, and at the end of the seventies, Disney Studios decided to restart the film project and found Robert Zemeckis, who had just debuted at the time, and the film entered the substantive planning stage, but I don't know what happened in the middle, Robert Zemeckis resigned as director, and the project was once again stranded.

In the mid-eighties, Michael Eisner, who was in charge of Disney for the first time, also took a fancy to the project, hired John McTiernan as a director, and started formal actor negotiations with Tom Cruise, who had just become popular, but the two sides had a conflict in the negotiations, Tom Cruise refused to play the leading role, and the project was suspended again.

Then into the twenty-first century, Robert Egg remembered this decades-old antique again, and also wanted to restart the film adaptation of "Martian Princess", and found Joe Hamm to write the script and serve as the director, and the script changed six times, and finally Joe Hamm took the initiative to withdraw from the project on the grounds that "the most wonderful sci-fi elements in the original book were all 'borrowed' by George Lucas in "Star Wars".

Finally, until now, the adaptation of "Princess Mars" is still stuck in the plans of Disney Studios.

The reason why Matthew heard about this old antique is because Andrew Stanton of Pixar Studio is said to have taken a fancy to this project, but unfortunately Pixar Studio is in conflict with Disney and resists Disney's merger and acquisition, and cannot get the adaptation rights for the time being.

Helen Herman answered the phone at this time, and made several more calls in quick succession, and when she finished these calls, Matthew asked, "Jerry Bruckheimer's accident?"

"From the audition in early November to now, James Franco has been negotiating with Jerry Bruckheimer for nearly a month, and has never been able to reach an agreement. Helen Herman said directly, "Then, James Franco turned down the project. ”

Matthew was curious, but didn't speak, knowing that Helen Herman would explain in detail.

Helen Herman didn't let him wait, saying, "James Franco asked for $10 million, Disney Pictures and Jerry Brookhead agreed that he wasn't worth the price, and the two sides have been tugging at each other." ”

"It's not going to be a mess, is it?" asked Matthew.

It's not uncommon for Hollywood to talk about film pay for the last few months.

"I can only say that James Franco has a lot of ideas. Helen Herman suddenly laughed, "He wrote a script himself, and he always wanted to be a director, but he couldn't get investment." Before Thanksgiving, he is said to have met with Larry Ellison's son, David Ellison, who was ready to enter Hollywood and decided to invest in James Franco's project called "The Ape King" on the condition that James Franco star in another air combat movie he had invested in. ”

"Larry Ellison?" said Matthew, who had seen the name while reading the newspaper, "Is it the one who has been fighting with Bill Gates?"

Helen Herman nodded, "That's right, David Ellison is his son, the super rich second generation, and money is just a numbers game for them." She added, "James Franco voluntarily suspended the negotiations after receiving an investment from David Ellison. ”

Matthew understood, "Little Green Goblin wants to be a director." ”

"I got the word ...... Helen Herman just called, apparently hearing a lot of relevant information," James Franco prepares to direct and act on his own. ”

Matthew nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and asked, "Do I still have a chance?"

"So to speak. Helen Herman tapped her fingers on the table and said, "The person who called was Anderson Martinez, after the audition, the crew has already begun preparations, the film will be released during next year's holidays, and Jerry Bruckheimer needs to determine the actor as soon as possible." ”

She looked at Matthew, "You're now one of Jerry Bruckheimer's and Disney Studios' spare tires. ”

Matthew was a little skeptical, "Last time I auditioned, didn't Jerry Bruckheimer say that my personal temperament didn't match the main character's setting?"

"Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney Studios are ready to change the main character setting again. Helen Herman shrugged slightly, "In the past nine months, they have changed the script and character settings nearly ten times, and it is not a big deal to change it again. ”

She stopped tapping her fingers and said, "I just called a senior executive at Disney Pictures, and he said that the review committee of Disney Pictures was originally a little dissatisfied with the script submitted by Jerry Bruckheimer, thinking that the film has too many cumbersome decryptions and too few action-adventure scenes, which will affect the audience's perception, and if he hadn't been Jerry Bruckheimer, the last script would have been redone long ago." ”

Matthew suddenly thought of Anderson Martinez who called, with his person, if it weren't for Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney Pictures having the intention of adjusting the script again, it would not have been possible to take the initiative to call Helen Herman.

Helen Herman stood up and walked back and forth in front of the window a few times, and based on all the news, Matthew, who was originally out, had another chance to revitalize.

She turned around, looked at Matthew, and said, "So, I'll accompany you to Disney Studios' Olympic reception tomorrow night." ”

"What do I need to do?" Matthew understood what Helen Herman meant.

"You just have to do your best to work with Disney Studios! Keep showing them that you're a good actor who is serious and dedicated and still wants to work with them." Helen Herman said calmly, "For the rest, let me talk to Robert Iger and Jerry Bruckheimer." ”

She knew that as Matthew became famous, her mind gradually became more, and she, as an agent, had to show her ability accordingly.