Chapter 104: List of Difficult Persuasions

"Ritter?" Scott's soft call pulled Leet back from his distraction.

Facing the camera lenses and flashes in the audience, Leet's expression was somewhat unnatural, but at the moment the attention of the reporters was all focused on Denzel Washington and Shay White, who were shaking hands, and no one noticed the anomaly.

Denzel Washington officially reached an agreement with New Line to join the crew of "The Seven Deadly Sins" for $15 million, and the entire huge shooting plan of the film was also revealed.

The North American box office of "Two Big Smoking Guns" has exceeded $50 million, and many media are speculating about when Jude's next movie will start shooting, but no one expected that he has quietly taken over a film made by A-grade productions, and his name and girlfriend Kate Beckinsale appeared on the starring list.

Jude directed and acted by himself, and Denzel Washington joined the film at a sky-high salary...... The reporters on the scene were busy digesting this information, and no one had come to trouble Litte for the time being.

"Are you free later? Let's go for a drink. Scott turned his head and whispered in Littlet's ear.

"Next time, I have other arrangements for today."

Leet rejected Scott's offer, and he left the scene in a hurry as soon as the press conference was over, causing Shay, who had been approached by reporters, to pounce.

"He just left, without saying anything?"

Shay looked at Scott, the last person in the room to see Lee, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Scott shrugged his shoulders and said, "He's not quite right today, probably hasn't recovered from the news that Ovitz is leaving CAA." ”

Shay was skeptical of this statement, but he didn't dig deeper, and turned his head and began to call Jude to confirm the official start of filming of "The Seven Deadly Sins".

Driving out of the parking lot, Leett's mind was full of the names of the two men Jude had mentioned to him.

Stephen Sommers, Nicolas Cage...... Damn it! Why would Jude recommend this two!

Litt slapped the steering wheel in exasperation.

It's not because these two people are not suitable, but because they are too suitable, that's why Litte feels difficult.

After driving to the director's union and the actors' union, Li Tet had two extra file bags in his hand, and after getting in the car, he was not in a hurry to light the fire, but sat on the seat and looked at the two files seriously.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

Seeing that it was Jude calling, Leet directly pressed the connect button.

"Did you find the information about those two people?"

"I'm watching." Li Teh clipped his phone between his face and right shoulder, and continued to look through the various documents in the file with both hands.

"How about these two people I recommended to you?"

Jude's tone on the other end of the phone was a little smug, which made Li Tee very unhappy, and the key was that he couldn't refute it now.

"I didn't know that Stephen Sommos actually went to university in Spain, and after graduation, he worked as an actor and an agent for a rock band, which is really rich experience."

Leeter was referring only to Stephen Sommers' experience before he was admitted to the Southern California Film School, where he earned a master's degree after spending three years at the academy that had produced great directors such as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Coppola, and his graduation work, Alibi, won him a generous scholarship.

After graduating, he worked as a screenwriter for a period of time, and was selected by Disney in 92 to be the director of a comedy-adventure film called "Little Devil", which is based on the novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by American writer Mark Twain, which tells the touching story of a young boy Huck who helps black slaves regain their freedom, and takes the warm family route, which won $24 million at the box office after its release.

The success of his first film gave Stephen Sommers the opportunity to continue working with the Disney Company, this time his film "Little Tarzan" is based on the world-famous film "Tarzan", the film has made great changes in the plot, the director only retains the details of Tarzan's life in the forest, and the other action and adventure scenes are completed by Sommers's imagination. After its Christmas release in 1994, it earned $43 million at the North American box office, breaking Stephen Sommers' personal record.

also made two films, Stephen Sommers's directorial resume almost completely exploded Jude, if it weren't for the box office performance of "Two Big Smoking Guns" in the United Kingdom, and the promotion and topic hype in North America to earn more than 50 million US dollars, the gap between the two would have been further widened.

Jude didn't have much thought about this, and continued to joke on the phone: "As former colleagues, you should have a lot of common language, don't you feel like you are one step closer to convincing him?" ”

"On the contrary, the fact that Sommos has been an agent makes him more cautious in choosing an agent." "I was sure to convince him to be the director of 'National Treasure,' but I wasn't sure to convince him to accept me as his agent." ”

"I don't want to despise you, but if Ovitz heard his most valued assistant say such things, I'm sure he would be disappointed, I don't know how much more resources you have at your disposal than the CAA at the time of drafting. You have the script I gave you, and I can guarantee that Stephen Sommers will get a lot more at the box office if he makes it into a movie than his first two films combined. ”

In the face of Jude's questioning, Leeter was not powerless.

"I'd like to believe you when you say that, but will Stephen Sommers believe it?"

"Whether he believes it or not, he has to admit that this is a script that can bring in a high box office, and don't forget his relationship with Disney, your relationship with Ovitz, and the relationship between Ovitz and Disney, don't you think there's a lot of room for maneuvering?"

Littlet understood Jude's point, of course, but he disagreed.

"I will never do anything with Mr. Ovitz's reputation without his permission!"

Jude laughed at Ritt's stubbornness, "Then do you want to call Ovitz immediately and ask him if he allows you to do this?" Please, what you're doing now is also to help Ovitz, and as long as he stays in the position of president of Disney, one day you will be rivals at the negotiating table, will you live under his influence for the rest of your life? ”