The Oscars came to an end, and Peter Jackson carried the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" to the top, bringing the 2003 awards season to an end with a gesture of making Zào history; At the same time, "City of God" directed by Lance won three golden statuettes to become the biggest dark horse, among which the Best Adapted Screenplay Award became the only flaw among the twelve nominations of "Return of the King", and it became a hot topic in the media.

Many people are curious, what will be the impact after winning the Oscar?

Lance can be quite responsibly said that it had little impact. Because life still has to go on, even Peter Jackson, he can take a vacation for a while, he can celebrate for a while, but ...... He still has to continue to shoot works, otherwise just relying on this little golden man, three years at the slowest and one year at the earliest, the follow-up effect will disappear, and he will be drowned in Hollywood, which is full of talents. The Oscars are just a part of people's lives.

In the blink of an eye, people are already busy for the 2004 awards season.

"What? Are you planning to release the film in September? You're crazy! Lance looked at Brad Gray in front of him, his slightly frowning eyebrows revealed incredibleness, and he directly waved his hand and rejected Brad's proposal.

"Why not?" Brad has no intention of giving up, "'The Day After Tomorrow' is filmed today in January, and it will be released in May." If we start filming next week and finish it before June, it's entirely possible to wait for the release in September. ”

Now Brad and Lance are talking about the "Kill with a Knife" collaboration, and after the Oscars are over, Lance reads the script carefully - in addition to two other scripts, there is no doubt that "Kill with a Knife" stands out. So Lance contacted Brad and expressed his inclination to cooperate. That's where we come today.

However, it is clear that there are huge differences between the two sides.

"Have you written the script? Have you found an actor? Got a shooting location? Storyboard diagram drawn? Is the crew ready? On top of that, I haven't nodded in agreement yet. Lance's barrage of words did not back down. Even in the face of Brad, he had no intention of backing down. "So. Don't tell me that filming starts next week and will be completed by June, and now that nothing has been decided on the whole project, you are going to release it in September, which is a completely crazy idea. ”

It's not because Lance doesn't care about Paramount's collaboration, but because after experiencing the completely different shooting forms of the two works "City of God" and "The Day After Tomorrow", Lance deeply realized that he should not make a film for the sake of making a film, otherwise it will eventually affect the quality of the work. After all, it is Chaos Pictures, which has no foundation, that is hurt.

Brad was retorted by Lance, but instead of panicking, he showed a smile, slowly leaned back in his chair, and asked, "Tell me about your conditions." ”

"You know my conditions." Lance saw Brad's movements, and he was not in a hurry, his hands were still on the table, and he said relaxed and natural.

"Final editing rights?" Brad raised his tail note slightly, and then saw Lance hook the corners of his mouth. A calm smile was revealed, but Brad shook his head slowly, "Please." You know it's impossible. At present, Lance only has one "City of God" as a masterpiece, "The Day After Tomorrow" has not yet been released, and the quality and results are not yet known, "Killing with a Knife" will find Lance to direct, not only for his talent, but also for his rookie qualifications - this means that the initiative is in the hands of Paramount, so they are definitely not willing to give up power.

But herein lies the problem, Paramount is eager to make a commercial film, but Lance hopes that this work can go further on the road of combining business and art. Then the final editing right is the core element. Lance had to get his hands on it, or else even if he finished shooting. Eventually, Paramount cut out another style version, and all of Lance's efforts came to naught. It's not worth it.

To make matters worse, the final cut of "Murder by a Knife" was terrible, and the reputation of Ranstone Guò "City of God" was wiped out overnight. Paramount may have only lost tens of millions of dollars, but Lance will be beaten back to square one - after all, Lance is not one of those great directors with many wonderful works, he can only be regarded as a fledgling genius now.

This is a double-edged sword.

What Lance needs to do now is to make the most of the advantages of this double-edged sword and gain more initiative for himself. Compared with the simple and crude "acquired day", "borrowing a knife to kill" can carry more hope, and Paramount is naturally more greedy. Greed always complicates things.

"It's up to you to choose all the actors." Instead of rushing to veto all possibilities, Lance took the initiative to start throwing bait.

Brad smiled and shook his head, "That's not the point. ”

Lance didn't give up lightly, "Sue me for the actor candidates you have now." ”

Brad didn't quite understand the meaning of Lance's move, frowned slightly, and looked at Lance carefully, but it was difficult to find any flaws on Lance's smiling face, which made Brad a little unsure of Lance's thoughts, hesitated for a moment, but he still spoke, "The professional killer had already negotiated Russell Crowe, but he decided to shoot a new work with Nicole Kidman, so he gave up the contract, and our goal now is Colin Farrell Lin-Arrell or Edward Norton." ”

"You really don't want to give up the 'sniper phone booth' style." Colin is the male protagonist of "Sniper Phone Booth", Lance's answer made Brad spread his hands slightly, not denying Paramount's idea, Lance smiled and expressed his helplessness.

Edward has no problem, his performances have always been delicate and explosive, and the depth of the character's soul is always eye-catching, but in the work "Killing with a Knife", Edward is more suitable for a role like a taxi driver than a professional killer.

As for Colin, he is a wonderful flower in Hollywood, he has won countless opportunities but he has always not become popular, he has screwed up all opportunities again and again because of alcoholism, drug addiction, and sex addiction, but the magic is that he can always find opportunities again, and then screw them again, he has talent, but he doesn't know how to use it, and he is not suitable for a professional killer because his performance is too tendonous.

"Have you considered Tom Cruise?" Lance's proposal made Brad stunned directly.

Lance knew that Paramount wanted to "kill with a knife" to become a commercial film, and if there was a box office appeal like Tom, it would indeed be the best choice.

However, there is a strict problem with inviting Tom - Tom is now a member of the Hollywood Club of 20 million, and his salary cannot be lowered at all; Moreover, a closer look at Tom's films reveals that he is the only big name in his films, and the others are unknown newcomers or value-for-money backbone actors, because these actors cannot participate in box office dividends, which ensures that Tom's interests are maximized - in addition to big directors like Steven Spielberg, even the directorial position Tom is inclined to those who are not well-known but have excellent strength.

In other words, if the actor chooses Tom, the arrangement of the entire crew of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" needs to be adjusted.

Brad had to admit that when he heard Lance's proposal, his first thought was - perfect idea! But then he vetoed, "You know we can't afford to invite him." The script of "Murder with a Knife" does not involve any special effects, and it can be said to be a crime noir movie, so the cost is not destined to be high, and 60 million to 65 million is the limit of Paramount's budget. Just one Tom can cost one-third of the crew's budget, and even Lance's dividends have to be ceded to a part.

"You sue me, if I can convince Tom to join, are you willing to hand over the final editing rights to me, and I can try to get the movie out in December." Lance sold off at this time.

Brad's eyes flashed slightly, it turned out that Lance took the initiative to give up the "right to choose actors", and it was such an idea, but Brad vaguely felt that things must not be so simple, because Tom's joining would make Lance lose most of his interests, and he would even fall into passivity, just for a final editing right, which is not an equal deal.

However, Brad also knew that Lance would definitely not show his hole cards lightly, so he avoided the important and said lightly, "If Tom joins, he is bound to be one of the makers, do you know his control over the crew, right?" In order to ensure the quality of the movie, Tom is also the kind of personality that must be in charge of everything, and when the time comes, Tom and Lance have a conflict...... "Are you sure it can be released in December?" Maybe it will be postponed to next summer. ”

However, Lance also knows that Tom is a smart man, and he is an expert when it comes to commercial action movies, so he is bound to have a firm grip on control; But for art films, especially those involving acting, Tom's posture has always been high, and even independent films like "Magnolia" are under the direction of Paul Thomas Anderson.

"This is my business, you just need to sue me, can you give me the final editing rights." Lance followed Brad's example and got back to the point.

This time, Brad was silent, in fact, Paramount's insistence still lies in the quality of the work - I hope that the film can have more achievements at the box office, outsiders don't know, but Brad knows that Paramount is now unbalanced internally, they need such a medium investment but can be exchanged for a work with super high returns, "Killing with a knife" is obviously a good project, with the help of a director like Lance who is not very qualified but has excellent strength, starting from word of mouth, coupled with the right publicity, the movie is half the success. If you add Tom's words......

Thinking of this, Brad also left the back of the chair, slowly approached the table, looked at Lance intently, the thoughts in his head turned twice, and put forward his own conditions, "If you are willing to play the taxi driver." "To be continued.

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