The news that Sophie Marceau was the heroine of "Spy" officially surfaced the film, and the media with a keen sense of smell soon found that this film has many similarities with the recent high-profile publicity of "Mission Impossible": the same spy movie, one adapted from a famous novel in the 80s, and the other adapted from a classic TV series in the 70s, both have a wide audience base; At the same time, both films chose well-known French actors as the heroines.

One or two things alone can be said to be a coincidence, but with so many coincidences coming together, stupid people can see that the two movies are targeting each other.

But just when the media was about to do further interviews, they found that the crew of "Spy Shadows" had completely "disappeared" from the public eye, and the explanation given by the producer was that the crew was filming in Europe, and the specific filming location was not disclosed.

Jude's agency later confirmed the news, and Leeter further explained in an interview why the film was shot in Europe.

"The Spy is based on Robert Rudrum's famous novel The Identity of Byrne, written during the Cold War. In fact, before Locke decided to adapt the story into a movie, countless readers around the world were already very familiar with the character of Jason Bourne, who is a mysterious hero in the pen of Mr. Robert Rudrum, and adapting this story is a challenge for any filmmaker, because the original story is set during the Cold War and the notorious international terrorist Carlos looms, but the world has changed dramatically since the publication of the novel. Even the background of the Cold War no longer exists, so Locke rewrote the original story. The characters, the situations, and the feel of the story are retained, making it a story that takes place after the Cold War. ”

The crew chose to shoot in the Cold War Center, the Spy City and the European Center mentioned in the original book. Mainly to pay a small tribute to the Cold War setting in Mr. Rudrum's novel. Berlin and Moscow, in particular, were at the forefront of the Cold War, and the story in the film is as exciting as it is dangerous and unpredictable. Of course, in the entire "Spy Shadow" trilogy, the protagonist's footsteps will be all over Europe, and even some countries and regions in East Asia will appear in the film, of course, fans in the United States do not need to be disappointed, New York is the beginning and end of the entire series, and there will also be wonderful stories happening here. ”

This was not an official press conference, and Litte was ready to leave after explaining the whereabouts of the crew of "Spy Shadow". Suddenly, a reporter stood up.

"Mr. Rhett, the main filming location of "Mission Impossible" is also in Europe, do you think it is possible for the two crews to meet?"

Litt stopped, turned around and told the reporter with great certainty: "The two crews will definitely meet in the end, but definitely not in Europe." ”

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Ovitz closed the newspaper in his hand and glanced at Little, who was sitting across from him and drinking coffee with his head down

"Is it too early to declare war on the other side?"

"Sooner or later, you have to face it, it's better to take the initiative in your own hands." Litt put down the coffee in his hand and added, "It wasn't my idea, it was Locke who made me do it." ”

Ovitz pouted noncommittally and said, "It seems that you have a lot of confidence in this movie." But I have to warn you. It's a good thing to have confidence in your film as a director, but you should be sane enough as an agent. ”

In Ovitz's view, the real purpose of Columbia's Samsung investment in "Spy Shadow" is to snipe at the new line company, and they themselves may not see this three-part plan very much.

Originally, the senior management of major Hollywood film companies have formed a certain tacit understanding on this issue. No one accepted Jude's plan to make a three-part set, and finally forced him to make the film honestly according to the requirements of the studio.

If Jude doesn't compromise, he will end up working with New Line. And this just gives the major film companies a reason to suppress the new line company.

The rise of the new line company in the last year or so has caused unease among several major film companies, and they will never allow a new film company to come forward to carve up the market share that originally belonged to them. Therefore, joint suppression has become an inevitable trend.

Warner, which is also part of the Turner Group, is also the driving force behind the plan.

Warner had always hoped to be able to annex the New Line Company. And a stronger new line company will obviously add more resistance to their plans, so when other companies make plans to join forces to suppress the new line, Warner's attitude is even more positive than the others.

Columbia's three-star unconventional play disrupted not only the plans of the studios to "tame" Jude's wild horse, but also the loss of a chance to do something on the new line, which is why Ovitz is dissatisfied.

More insiders, Ovitz did not explain to Little, but his attitude of not being optimistic about "Spy" is very clear.

"You know, a person's success, in fact, luck accounts for a big component, and that's the case with Locke, and a large part of the reason why his three films have been successful in quick succession is because his luck has always been good, but can you guarantee that this luck will not run out one day? As his agent, you should stop his risky moves, Hollywood can accept countless successes, but never accept a single failure, if you miss on "Spy", have you really considered the consequences? ”

Litt shrugged and said, "No matter how bad it is, it can't be worse than when he came out of prison, right?" ”

Ovitz snorted coldly, "It seems that you really have a lot of faith in him." ”

Litt shook his head and said: "It's not a matter of confidence, but Mr. Ovitz ignores an important issue like many people, that is, Locke is only twenty-two years old now, and other directors only started to shoot their first movies in their thirties, and a failure is an irreparable blow to them, but Locke is different, he has more squandering capital than others, and failure is nothing more than slowly accumulating seniority from small-budget films, I know that what he is doing now is not in line with the rules of the game in Hollywood, But what if he succeeds? ”

Ovitz was silent and did not speak, in fact, if Jude really succeeded this time, then the current rules of the game in Hollywood would no longer be binding on him, and he could do whatever he wanted in the future, until he suffered a defeat and would be beaten back into the rules.

At the thought that such a thing was really possible, Ovitz's attitude immediately became cautious.

"When you mean success, do you mean box office success, or do you beat the rival of Mission Impossible?"

Leete asked rhetorically, "Is there a difference between the two?" ”

"Isn't there a difference?" The corners of Ovitz's mouth turned down disapprerovantly: "Playing against Tom Cruise as an unknown actor, although I don't know where he came from, but I'm looking forward to the final result!" (To be continued.) )

PS: This chapter is made up for yesterday, I'm really sorry!