Chapter 32: The Hannah Project
"Well, at the moment, the script for Hannah Montana Season 4 is roughly out, but, Mr. Leon...... , you look at this. Lindsay's agent, Liz, handed over a copy of the information.
Sid glanced at it, and it turned out to be Fire Lion TV's budget for "Hannah Montana Season 4".
"They only gave 13 episodes to Hannah Montana Season 4! Liz said in a "miserable" tone, "You must know that we used to have at least 26 episodes, and we even filmed 30 episodes last year!"
Lindsay on the side said with a nonchalant expression: "Liz, you say this as if Brother Sid is bullying us." ”
Liz is a young and talented newcomer to Endeavour Elite, who has been working in the TV agency and has recently moved to the film department.
As Ali's henchman, her first customer is Lindsay, who was divided from Ali.
And she is also quite interested in Lindsay, and as soon as she takes over, she wants to "squeeze" more benefits from Sid.
Liz helplessly looked at Lindsay, who was sitting next to Sid with a nonchalant face, "Lindsay, where the hell are you?"
"Brother Sid, of course. Lindsay replied with a smile, then held up the popcorn in her hand, "Come, Brother Sid, ah-"
"You-" Seeing her client's distraction, Liz only felt a headache.
Sid smiled slightly, "Don't be so nervous, Liz, when will the filming of "Hannah Montana Season 4" start?"
"In June. Liz replied immediately, apparently having done her homework.
Although this year's "Hannah Montana Season 3" has not yet aired, Lindsay and Amanda and others will shoot the final season and the fourth season that will be broadcast next year in the first half of the year.
"There were only 13 episodes in the fourth season, and it was the result of my hi-oh from the TV station. Sid smiled slightly.
Liz was dumbfounded, and she asked eagerly, "But, why?"
"Well, two reasons. Sid held up two fingers, "First, our second half of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will start filming around October, so Lindsay only has the first half of this year. And in addition to "Hannah Montana Season 4", we have a little other plan for Lindsay. ”
With that, Sid turned around and rummaged through his desk, finding a document and bringing it over.
After Liz took it from Sid, she was immediately slightly taken aback, "The Hannah Montana Movie?" Mr. Leon, is Hannah Montana going to make a movie version?"
"Hehe, I've been preparing for a while on Fire Lion Pictures' side, and the storyline of this movie is between the third and fourth seasons, so from now until March, the preliminary preparations will begin, the filming will start in March and April, and then the filming will be completed before the fourth season. It's kind of back-to-back shooting with the fourth season. Sid said lightly.
Liz then realized that Sid had already planned this year's itinerary for Lindsay.
"Hannah Montana", as the only popular youth drama series that can be compared with "Youth Musical", has a high popularity among teenagers, and after the first two seasons of foreshadowing, the "Song and Dance Film Planning Committee" headed by Nancy Meyers also believes that it is time to shoot a film version of "Hannah Montana".
In addition to the TV broadcast, the original soundtrack album of the show has sold more than 7 million copies in two years, and more than 3 million copies have been sold in terms of singles alone. This not only dwarfed Disney's "New Growing Pains" at the same time, but also made Lindsay truly the number one idol among child stars of the same period.
In addition, Lindsay's successive starring roles or appearances in Sid's movies have made both the popularity of "Hannah Montana" and Lindsay's own popularity rise because of this.
"For specific things, you go and contact Nancy Meyers' people, they have a specific schedule there, I didn't say it before, I want Lindsay to relax and rest, and you're new to the job, so ......" Sid shrugged.
"Aside from the Fire Lion's resources, did you find any other opportunities for Lindsay?" Sid asked quickly.
"Well, Miramax's Cold Mountain, starring Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, had Lindsay invited to play a supporting role named Sarah, but because they were going to start shooting in July, it conflicted with the filming schedule of "Hannah Montana Season 4......," Liz said as she flipped through the small book.
"Anything else?" Although Lindsay's schedule for this year has been fully booked by the Fire Lion, Sid still asked with interest.
The number of film appointments an actor can receive every year can also reflect the popularity and strength of the actor.
"Well, Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" originally considered Lindsay when choosing the heroine, but because they went to Tokyo around November this year to start filming, it conflicted with the schedule of "Pirates of the Caribbean". Liz said that she was also helpless, although she carefully selected a lot of film appointments.
But the full schedule arranged by the Fire Lion has long made it unlikely that Lindsay will accept other companies' film contracts in the short term, not to mention musical series like "Hannah Montana", in addition to routine publicity, Fire Lion arranges dozens of concerts for Lindsay in Europe and the United States every year.
Although these concerts are small in scale, they have worked wonders to attract children, and this year's Hannah Montana concert will also be held in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, which is a bold expansion outside of North America and Europe.
But on the other hand, the number of concerts has been reduced to 35, because Lindsay still has to prepare for "Pirates of the Caribbean", and this year is also a busy year for Lindsay.
"Looks like you can't go anywhere else for a while, cutie. Sid turned to Lindsay and smiled.
"I don't want to go to anyone else!" said Lindsay, pouting.
At this time, Sid's assistant pressed the intercom, "Boss, Mr. Smith is here." ”
"Oh, looks like there's still a bit of finishing touches to be done. Sid clapped his hands and stood up, followed by Lindsay and Liz.
"Then I'll go first, Brother Sid. Lindsey obediently slapped Sid on the cheek and left Sid's office with Liz.
As they left, a tall, handsome black guy and his henchmen were waiting outside.
"Oh, Will, long time no see. As soon as the clever Lindsay saw the other party, he greeted him with a familiar smile.
"Oh, Miss Hannah Montana!" Will Smith, who had just arrived, laughed and joked.