The heat wave of the summer file detonated everyone's focus, and the eyes of the whole Hollywood were cast towards the box office market, accompanied by the excellent performance of "the day after tomorrow", after the Oscars, the name "Lancelot Strello" once again became the center of attention, different from the talent shown by "City of God", this time people are more concerned about his rhythm control of commercial films, which is eye-catching.

A director with excellent commercial ability is always more likely to attract more attention than a good artistic director, because this is Hollywood, where profit comes first.

Indian director M. Knight Shyamalan, who was only 29 years old when he filmed "The Sixth Sense", was only his second solo film, but in the end it achieved a total of 293 million North American box office, the highest grossing horror film in film history, and became one of only four horror films in history to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, and since then, he has become a Hollywood darling.

But it's a pity that the "sixth sense" seems to have consumed all his talent, and after that, every work released failed miserably, but there were always studios who continued to vote for confidence without believing in evil - the end was still a fiasco, and the result of the director was that Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures and Disney, all six major Hollywood studios were hacked, and M-Knight also won the nickname "Big Six Killers".

It's a lace anecdote that has almost become an unforgettable laughing stock in Hollywood, where profit is paramount; But it can also be seen that Hollywood is obsessed with "profit".

After experiencing "City of God" and "The Day After Tomorrow", Lance became the hottest topic in Hollywood in one fell swoop. The major Hollywood studios don't care about Lance's young qualifications, nor do they care about Lance's young age, let alone the fledgling of Chaos Pictures, for them, Lance has successfully brought two almost doomed works to the market with his own hands, which is enough to prove Lance's ability. This also made Lance the preferred choice for many project director waitlists in an instant.

The name "Lancelot-Strello" has become a hot topic in the mouths of the executives of major Hollywood studios.

Disney's CEO, Michael Eisner, was at a meeting to discuss the 2006 development strategy when he suddenly asked directly and curiously, "Remind me." Why didn't 'The Chronicles of Narnia' use Lancelot as a director? ”

All the staff in the office looked at each other, because it was Michael who personally rejected the proposal in the first place, rejected the possibility of working with other production companies, and chose Disney to complete the production himself. The current director, Andrew-Adamson, was hand-picked by Michael - he directed the first two installments of "Shrek." "Shrek 2" is also very good at the moment, has been well received, Disney signed with Andrew early, and now "Chronicles of Narnia" is in full swing in the early preparations, which will start next month.

Faced with Michael's question. No one knew how to answer, and almost no one wanted to confront Michael's irascible and aggressive nature, and in the end, Robert Iger finally explained that "because Lance wanted us to work with Chaos Pictures to make this film, but we still wanted to do it independently and ensure quality." "It's obviously safer to put the blame on Reims.

Michael touched his lower lip and thought about it, then nodded and continued, "What would you think of him if the sequel to 'Pirates of the Caribbean' was given to him to direct?" ”

Robert looked at his colleagues. Everyone was still bowing their heads, no one was willing to speak, he could only take over, "Don't you need to ask Jerry about that side first?" "Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean", is also a hot-tempered guy.

After the words came out, the room fell silent again.

Barry Meyer was lost in thought, but the atmosphere in the Warner Bros. conference room was lively, with everyone discussing their opinions and everyone being active. Suddenly, he raised his voice and said, "You say, what about the idea of handing over the 'Goblet of Fire' to Lance to direct?" This is the next Harry Potter work. Barry thought about it for a moment, then nodded in affirmation, "The critics of 'Prisoner of Azkaban' have a good reputation, but the box office is far from meeting expectations, which is a serious problem. ”

Everyone in the conference room was lost in thought, and suddenly someone spoke. "But would Lance be willing?" The Warner Bros. hierarchy had no impression of the origin of "Harry Potter" and Lance, but with the recent rise of Lance, everyone's memory has been awakened - Warner Bros. almost forcibly took the series from Diorama. Pictures.

Barry couldn't help but be a little silent and raised his eyebrows, "What about 'Superman's Return'?" ”

"Isn't Brian already finalized?" We're talking about Bryan-Singer, the director of "X-Men."

Barry thought for a moment and flicked his fingers, as if sorting out the chaotic thoughts in his head. The failure of "Troy" will not affect Warner Bros.'s decision-making in the future, but it does require further consideration in the selection of directors. Lance is clearly a good pawn.

Chess pieces, indeed. Now for major film companies, Lance is a chess piece, a chess piece that can win by surprise. But it is undeniable that many film companies have shown a strong interest in this chess piece table. However, the major studios have received unpleasant news that Lance's next work has been confirmed.

This is really surprising news, Chaos Pictures will join forces with Paramount Pictures to produce a production, and Lance will not only take over the lead, but also shoulder the main responsibility of writing the screenplay. What's more, Tom Cruise has been identified as the leading actor.

This news is undoubtedly very sensational and interesting.

Paramount's first strike is also a rare wise choice in recent years, and after the "City of God", Paramount once again showed its foresight. Regardless of whether this work succeeds or fails in the end, at least on the cusp of the summer file, it has indeed successfully launched free publicity - relying on the direction of Lance and the joining of Tom, this work has attracted a lot of media attention and sparked heated discussions at the beginning of the project.

After entering the 21st century, Tom is also facing a similar situation to Brad Pitt, "Vanilla Sky", "Minority Report", and "The Last Samurai" are all acclaimed, and Tom's last work that achieved a box office of more than 100 million was "Mission Impossible 2" in 2000, which is undoubtedly very rare for the top box office superstars in the United States.

Now, Tom has teamed up with Lance, the fastest-rising new director in the past year, and it's set off a ripple effect. It's as if Brad teamed up with Wolfgang Petersen to shoot "Troy", at least in terms of topicality.

But Paramount then released the relevant information about the tentatively named "Murder by Knife", with a budget of only 60 million US dollars, far from the 100 million US dollars in the big production zuò as people speculated, and the medium zuò plus the crime theme, which suddenly cast a dark shadow on the movie.

As we all know, thriller crime movies are very difficult to grasp, and the difficulty is all-round.

On the one hand, because such films have severe requirements for the control of rhythm, the control of characters, and the excavation of the core, even master directors like Martin Scorsese, "New York Gangsters" have been criticized by film critics in every way, and it is difficult to say that it is wonderful, in fact, since the crime movies led by "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Los Angeles Confidential" set off a frenzy in the late nineties, the genre has begun to decline generally after entering the 21st century.

On the one hand, because the subject matter of the film is too heavy and dark, and at the same time lacks enough visual explosion to stimulate adrenaline, so the box office pull is often unsatisfactory, since the "Seven Deadly Sins" achieved 100 million box office, no thriller crime movie in the past nine years can win 100 million box office, the best of the table is last year's "Mystic River", which swept the main award nominations at the Oscars, and the box office was only 90 million US dollars.

Therefore, challenging a thriller crime movie is a tricky task for any director.

Although "City of God" is also a crime movie in a sense, Lance is only a novice who has made two movies after all, which still makes people sweat; At the same time, what Tom urgently needs most now is self-proof at the box office, but "killing people with a knife", whether in terms of subject matter or investment, does not have the potential to become a box office hit, which is really confusing.

From "City of God" to "The Day After Tomorrow", Lance's choices have always followed the usual route, but with unexpected surprises. "City of God" is a Portuguese-language film that has taken the lead from the best foreign language film category; "The Day After Tomorrow" is a disaster movie, which can be said to be one of the most unflattering genres in commercial films this year, but it won as a dark horse.

Now it's the turn of "borrowing a knife to kill", a theme that tests the director's skills, the actors' skills, and the script's skills, so can Lance continue his magical journey this time? It's really interesting, and aside from Paramount's success, other Hollywood companies are starting to look at the work – and maybe it could be a whetstone.

Due to the box office success of "The Day After Tomorrow", even the "borrowing a knife to kill" in preparation has attracted a lot of attention, which is really an unexpected surprise. But for Lance, he doesn't have the heart to care about this qiē now, because he still faces a final problem before "borrowing a knife to kill" can be officially put into preparation. (To be continued.) )

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