The angel agency moved very quickly, and just a few days later, the information of a group of young actors was transmitted to Matthew, and Helen Herman asked the company to select these candidates with certain acting experience.

Although it can't be compared with several major brokerage giants, Angel Brokerage is already a leader in medium-sized entertainment brokerage companies, and it is not difficult to find some potential customer profiles.

Matthew took the time to look at the profiles of these people, and several of them looked very good.

The first thing that caught his attention was an old acquaintance, Kaia Gerber, who had been in contact with several faces, that is, the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford.

Born in 2001, this second-generation star is eight years old this year, which fully meets the age requirements of "Latent" and "Twilight" for young actors, and Kaiya Gerber not only often attends many entertainment industry events with her mother, but also has been the spokesperson of a children's clothing brand since the age of six, and has filmed a lot of print media and TV commercials.

It can be said that Kaia Gerber has a wealth of acting experience that others can't match, and it is estimated that he will not be afraid of the camera lens.

The only concern is that the Cindy Crawfords are wealthy and it is difficult to impress Kaeya Jaybert's guardian with money.

So, while Matthew was ready to send out an audition invitation to the Cindy Crawfords, he didn't give up on the other candidates.

There are three other candidates, and Matthew thinks they can do the same.

The first is a young actor named McKenzie Foy, she is a year older than Kaiya Jayber, she has been working as a children's print advertising model for some magazines since 2004, and she also played a little girl in the TV series "Until Death" at the beginning of this year.

This is her advantage, filming film and television roles is completely different from playing advertising roles.

Another Elle Fanning who also has this advantage, she has more acting experience, is the sister of the famous child star Dakota Fanning, who has entered Hollywood since she participated in "I Am Sam" in 2001, and has starred in more than ten movies so far, although she is not as famous as her sister Dakota Fanning, but it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a child star.

Elle Fanning's problem is age, born in 1998 and European and American actresses developed early, and the appearance of such an eight or nine-year-old girl is a bit unconvincing.

The last one is called Morgan Lilly, who was pushed in front of the camera by his parents when he was four months old, and was already a well-known children's graphic model in the United States at the age of four, and began to enter Hollywood in 2005, and has now played roles in three or four TV or movies.

Three post-zeros, one post-95s, this is Matthew's pick.

He then communicated with James Wen and Sofia Coppola on the phone, sent the candidate information to their mailbox, and when the crew auditioned, he sent an audition invitation to the guardians of these child stars.

Seeing the information collected by the angel agency, Matthew discovered that there are really many young actors who have been in Hollywood since they were a few months old or even a few years old, and the vast market that Hollywood has in the world has provided many opportunities for young actors and attracted countless parents.

After all, once the young actors become famous, the salary they earn is not much more than that of the famous stars.

The second generation of stars like Kaiya Jabber naturally has an advantage, and the chances of success on this path are much greater than those in other industries, and their parents may have paved the way for them early on.

Matthew suddenly thought of another person, Johnny Depp once said that Lily Depp also likes to be an actor and model.

He was an incompetent godfather at all!

Then, Matthew called Johnny Depp and mentioned to him that "Twilight" and "Latent" need child actors around ten years old, and Johnny Depp can't make the decision, and has to talk to Lily Depp and her mother Vanessa.

Audition position, Matthew will definitely leave one for Lily Depp.

Regardless, Lily Depp is his goddaughter.

Having said that, if Lily Depp wants to develop in Hollywood, she has such a big advantage that she can kill 99% of people who are in the entertainment industry.

His father is the famous Johnny Depp, his mother Vanessa is a famous French singer, his godfather is a superstar like Matthew, and his godmother Keira Knightley should not be underestimated......

If such a person does not develop towards the actor, it is definitely a waste of resources.

Compared with Lily Depp, Kaiya Jaber has a certain advantage in modeling, but she is simply too poor in terms of actors.

In connection with these, Matthew also felt Johnny Depp's strong fatherly love for his daughter, and Depp originally proposed to make him Lily Depp's godfather, I am afraid that he thought of the future.

He didn't care either, after all, Johnny Depp also helped him a lot.

When he goes back to France, perhaps he should pay a visit to his goddaughter, who he has almost forgotten.

Throughout August, Matthew was mainly busy preparing several investment projects under his hands, "Fast and Furious 4" and "The Hobbit" are first-line big productions, "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" series are medium-sized investments, and "Latent" is a standard small-budget small production.

The studio operates or has invested in five projects at the same time, which also makes it a bit stretched thin.

Fortunately, Bella Anderson returned to Los Angeles from across the Pacific to take over the studio's operations before September.

The auditions for actors on the other side of the Pacific have begun, and the preliminary publicity is currently underway, and it will be officially launched in November, and the official actors will be determined before the arrival of the new year.

James Win's "Latent" project, after the studio's $150 funding was in place, the crew was in full swing, and Matthew met with Warner Bros. in mid-August and solemnly recommended the horror film to them.

Thanks to the great success of "Twilight" and the consistent vision, Warner Bros. still attaches more importance to the project recommended by Matthew, especially let the distribution department follow up, and after the two parties sign the distribution contract, the release date will be determined as soon as possible.

The film will officially hit North American theaters the weekend before Halloween next year.

For horror films, this is undoubtedly the best schedule.

Of course, the best schedule also means that it is one of the most competitive schedules for horror films.

This is the traditional prime time for horror films in North America, and there are often as many as ten or more horror films released around Halloween every year.

Similar to "Latent", most of these horror films are small productions, and there are basically horror movies that invest millions of dollars and can grossify tens of millions of dollars every year.

Occasionally, there are horror films that cost millions of dollars to produce, and the North American box office exceeds $100 million.

But there are very few such films, one is to form an audience word-of-mouth effect at the beginning of the release, and the other is that the audience word-of-mouth effect must be increased when the audience's word-of-mouth effect appears.

Therefore, these low-cost films with very low production costs but a box office of over 100 million yuan actually have a lot of investment in the end, and the cost of publicity will basically exceed tens of millions of dollars or more.

For the project "Latent", Matthew has no intention of hitting the luck, as long as the film has a good reputation with the audience, he will invest much more than $1.5 million in promotion.

After entering September, "Fast and Furious 4" officially dropped from North America after more than four months of screening, and the final box office in North America stayed at $368.5 million.

Although overseas screenings are not over yet, overseas box office growth has also been sluggish, and after reaching $777.8 million worldwide, the rate of increase is not much faster than that of Turtle Run.

Matthew saw very clearly that the global box office of "Fast and Furious 4" should stay at around $780 million.

Although the global box office did not exceed $800 million, the film was still a huge success.

Taking advantage of the film's residual heat, Sky Dance Pictures and Studio 13 have negotiated licensing with many parties.

In terms of TV rights, Walt Disney's ABC TV bought the exclusive TV rights to "Fast and Furious 4" for the next ten years for $15 million.

In terms of online copyright, Netflix purchased the right to watch and lease the film online at a high price of $13 million for ten years, and Matthew and David Ellison, as the copyright owners, will automatically receive a 5% commission every time the user is on demand or rental.

After Matthew and David Ellison negotiated the sale and rental of the disc, they were packaged and sold to Walt Disney for a 10-year license in North America for a whopping $40 million plus a 10% dividend.

Although the box office share has not yet arrived, the global box office share is enough for Matthew and David Ellison to recoup their investment, and these rights revenues are almost pure profits.

And that's just a portion of North America's peripheral income.

According to Matthew and David Ellison's private estimates, all the profits of "Fast and Furious 4" may be more than 100 million US dollars, and the two of them can basically achieve a 100% investment-to-profit ratio.

Not only in Hollywood, but even in the business circles of the United States, such a return on investment ratio is still terrifying.

Of course, Sky Dance Pictures' announced profits are much lower than that, and Hollywood has its own set of cost and profit calculations.

At the same time, the screening of "Special Forces: The Rise of the Cobra" has also entered the final stage, and the North American box office is worth more than 300 million US dollars, and now the popularity is gradually decreasing, and Paramount Pictures expects the final North American box office to be around 315 million US dollars.

The film's global box office has successfully exceeded the $600 million mark, and it is firmly moving towards $700 million, and all parties predict that the global box office will fall in the early $700 million.

In any case, the two films starring Matthew this year have been very successful, and many media outlets have begun to praise him.