On the way back, Kate kept looking out the window of the car, looking a little depressed.

"I thought you wouldn't accept this movie."

Jude couldn't have imagined that the reason why Kate was unhappy was because of this.

"Do you think there's anything wrong with this movie?"

Kate shook her head, she herself didn't have any prejudice against commercial movies like "Mission Impossible", but she simply didn't like Jude's decision.

Jude thought of something from Kate's reaction and tried to ask, "Is it because of Nicole Kidman?" ”

Kate didn't speak, and Jude knew he had guessed correctly.

"I swear it had nothing to do with her, we just met in the hallway outside the bathroom and had a casual conversation."

Kate suddenly turned and threw herself into Jude's arms, hugging him tightly.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you."

Jude stroked Kate's long silky hair and joked, "If you don't doubt it, it's my turn to worry." ”

Kate looked up and glared at Jude before resting her head on his shoulder.

"Tell you a secret! Tom Cruise is definitely a jealous man, and it's funny how he looks when he sees you with Nicole Kidman. ”

Jude struggled to recall Tom's experience in his memory, and found that this man did not seem to have any major shortcomings other than his belief in Scientology and his divorce from Nicole Kidman.

"Maybe he's like you, because he cares too much about his lover, so he reacts like that."

"But he's a man!" Kate lifted her head off Jude's shoulders. Look into Jude's eyes and say, "Before you and Nicole Kidman showed up, Tom Cruise was very positive about asking you to be the director of Mission Impossible. But after you show up with Nicole Kidman, his attitude completely changes. ”

Jude frowned. I couldn't make up my mind for a while.

"Why don't you ask Ritter what he thinks about this? He was one of the first to come into contact with Tom Cruise, and he is definitely the most aware of Tom Cruise's change in attitude. ”

Kate only realizes when she reminds Jude that Leet is reacting strangely in this matter.

It's impossible that he didn't see Tom Cruise's change in attitude, and as an agent, he should have taken the initiative to remind Jude, but he didn't actually do that.

"I think he's avoiding his own suspicion!"

"What?" Kate didn't understand at all.

"Before the party began, Ritter and I went to meet Ovitz and they wanted me to work with Disney on my next film."

"So if you promised Tom Cruise to do Mission Impossible, the previous agreement with Mr. Ovitz would be nullified?"

Kate figured out the whole thing right away. Littlet is Mr. Ovitz's former assistant, and emotionally he certainly hopes that Jude can work with Ovitz, but reason tells him that going to shoot "Mission Impossible" is also a good choice for Jude, so he chose to remain silent about Tom Cruise's change of attitude.

"And what are you going to do now?"

"I need a little time." Jude rubbed his swollen temples.

The movie "Mission Impossible" has a more widely known name called "Mission Impossible" in another time and space, and as long as Tom Cruise is mentioned in later generations, almost everyone's first reaction will be to think of this movie series.

Tom Cruise invited Jude to be the first installment of the series, and the classic representative of the entire series. The film has both the exquisite layout and serial suspense of the original TV series, as well as the rollercoaster-like visual effects packaged by computer technology. The two fights hanging in the air to steal intelligence and the fight outside the high-speed train have become classic pictures in film history.

It is with this movie that Tom Cruise successfully jumped out of the idol stereotype of the cream boy, and super agent Ethan Hunter has become a benchmark image of spy movies comparable to James Bond under his interpretation.

If Jude's career as a director is likened to an online game, Mission: Impossible 1 is a highly rewarding and experienced dungeon. It is best suited for players like Jude with a respawn strategy to level up.

Of course, there is also a disadvantage of brushing such a copy that you can't practice skills.

Jude has always been reluctant to touch the commercial blockbusters in his memory, and it is for this reason.

Commercial action movies like Mission: Impossible. Generally, there is a fixed shooting process and mode, which is like a product on an industrial assembly line. The director's role in this is to put the pieces on and assemble them into a movie.

Many people have slammed commercial blockbusters for their weak plots. But in fact, this can't be entirely blamed on the director and screenwriter, because the inherent production model of the entire commercial blockbuster is placed there, and the director can't actually do anything under the whole rule.

On the other hand, the ability of directors who have made too many commercial blockbusters in some aspects will slowly deteriorate, and if they are used to the shooting mode of commercial blockbusters, they will definitely not be able to bear to make other movies, the most typical of which is the "explosion maniac" Michael Bay, who rarely misses shooting commercial blockbusters, but you never have to expect him to make a movie with a little depth.

From "This Man Is From Earth" to "Two Big Smoking Guns" to "The Seven Deadly Sins", Jude has learned a lot from filming each film, which is a big reason why he has grown rapidly from a rookie to now a master of the entire crew.

"Mission Impossible 1" obviously can't provide more nourishment for Jude's continued growth, at best, it is a stroke of brilliance on his directorial resume, but after the copyright of the original book has been taken by Tom Cruise, the richest piece of this big cake has been taken away, and the remaining little benefit is really dispensable for Jude now.

Of course, this is the pioneering work of the "Mission Impossible" series after all, as one of the few spy films in later generations that can be compared with the "007 series", directing this movie can indeed satisfy the little vanity in Jude's heart.

It is precisely for this reason that Jude has a difficult choice for a while.

What Jude didn't expect was that the person who helped him make up his mind in the end was not himself, but Tom Cruise.

"This is this morning's newspaper, with the latest news about Mission Impossible, read it for yourself!" Leet threw a copy of the Los Angeles Times on the table and nearly knocked over Jude's milk.

"Wow, let me guess who you off?" Jude put down the uneaten bread in his hand, took out a tissue and wiped his hands, and looked at Ritt with his hands folded: "Kate and I ruled out first, Nicolas Cage and Kevin Spacey are also impossible, and it seems that there is only Charlize Theron left." As I mentioned earlier, that South African girl has a wild nature that has been cultivated in the African savannah, and I wouldn't be surprised that she would do anything on the "National Treasure" crew. ”

"This matter has nothing to do with Charlize, it's about you!" Leeter stressed loudly.

Jude didn't look at the joke anymore, picked up the newspaper and read it.

A candid photo clearly shows Tom Cruise and a bearded man coming out of a café one after the other, and the caption of the picture is actually "The director of "Mission Impossible" is finalized, and Brian De Palma is expected to take over the tube".

Jude looked up at Leete.

"What's going on?"

"I couldn't make a phone call to Wagner this morning, and that bastard didn't answer at all!" Li Te spread his hands, looked at Jude with a blank face and said, "Obviously, we have been tricked!" ”

"No explanation?" Jude's voice grew colder.

Litt shook his head.

Jude threw the newspaper in his hand and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Good! ”

Under the calm tone, there is an irrepressible anger!

What Leeter fears most is to see Jude's reaction like this, which is definitely the last calm before the storm.

"Listen, I know you're angry right now, but we don't have any evidence for the whole thing, and even if we poke this thing out, it is impossible for public opinion to favor us in the end."

"Tom Cruise probably thinks the same way, he thinks we can't retaliate, so he doesn't take us seriously!"

Jude's gaze fell on the newspaper just now, and a contemptuous smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Brian De Palma, known as "American Hitchcock" and "master of contemporary suspense", Tom Cruise is not very bad at finding such a person to replace him.

It's a pity that Tom Cruise messed with the wrong person this time!

"You go to the Screen Actors Guild right away and find an actor named Matt Damon, no matter what method you use, anyway, you have to sign him, because he will be the male lead in my next movie!"

"The next movie?" Litt found that his brain was a little underwhelmed all of a sudden, "Wait, didn't you say that you haven't thought about what you want to make in the next movie yet?" ”

"I didn't think about it before, but now someone has helped me think about it!"

Jude pointed to the newspaper in front of him, his intention was very obvious.

"You're going to make a disc war movie?" What Litt feared most finally happened.

"You can rest assured, I will keep my previous promises, and as long as Disney can meet my conditions, I will give priority to cooperating with them." Jude is really determined to go toe-to-toe with Tom Cruise.

Litt pulled out a chair in front of Jude and sat down, "I'm not worried about the problem, but do you really know what you're doing?" ”

"I know exactly who my opponent is this time, don't worry, I didn't come up with this idea on the spur of the moment! This movie has been planned in my mind for a long time, and now it's just a matter of planning ahead! (To be continued......)