Chapter 347: Digging into the corner of Avatar
Reese had seen that his gaze was pointing at Robert Jr. Downey is guessing in his heart that DD Pictures may have a new work to invite him to star, after "Ghost Omen", Downey restarted his Hollywood star path, this second-generation star became famous too early, success is too easy, and it is not surprising that he has embarked on a crooked path. Reese actually knows a lot more about these people in Hollywood than Daniel, which is also normal, Daniel actually has very few actors to care about, on the one hand, because of his MGM and DD Pictures' current plans, in addition to "Cheap Teacher" to invite Cameron. Diaz starred, "Black Swan" invited Natalie, the rest of the films are almost all newcomers, or at least newcomers on a certain theme. So, so far, MGM and DD don't need to be overly concerned about the big stars. As for the other hand, of course, Daniel himself is in charge, nominated three times in a row, consecutive actors, and since his debut, he has accumulated more than 5 billion box office worldwide, known as the "walking bank" and "humanoid money printing machine". Even the movies produced by him, in the current Hollywood, are newcomers who hope to soar into the sky and become the best choice for the second Bradley. For celebrities who have become famous, participating in Daniel's works is also the best choice to bless the coffee position and increase their value.
In general, in terms of casting, DD Pictures has long been not inferior to the Hollywood Seven.
Thinking of this, Reese glanced at Daniel again, this is also a teenager who became famous, and his fame is greater, and his achievements are more amazing, but he has never had any problems, he has been on a rapid rise, and to this day, he has become a member of the most powerful group of people in Hollywood. When Daniel starred in "Legally Blonde", although it was also an invitation from MGM, it was only 2 million basic sets, plus an unprecedented 5-point North American profit share. Speaking of which. This is the first time Daniel has enjoyed similar treatment, and it is entirely because MGM's lack of expectations of profits has allowed him to pick up a leak. Now it's completely different, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has a horror offer of 30 million, with a high rate of 20%, which is not even the most eye-catching. Becoming the big boss behind MGM and holding the copyright of the "Legally Blonde" series, this change of status is what makes Reese feel the most.
"Ryan takes care of the kids at home? I haven't met your two children yet. ”
Daniel beckoned the waiter to come over, exchanged two glasses of wine, and waved to Diaz in the distance.
As a landowner, he was quite busy today, but thankfully, Andrew . Stanton has a great sub in the animation interface. These animation giants who are coming today are all dealt with by him, and by the way, Sebastian of the DD animation department recognized the way, although Sebastian is the founder of animal logic, but "Happy Feet" is their first film, which has not yet been made, and of course it cannot be called a connection with the industry. It's inevitable, Hollywood is very particular about resumes. This resume includes your work, but also your relationships. The former, such as Blue Sky Studios, before "Ice Age", they were not known to many people in Hollywood, and no one was interested in them. The latter is like Sophia. Coppola, or Melissa Copola, the chief content officer of DD Pictures. Ryan, they have a family network. It's also part of their resumes. In many cases, the latter is even more important than the former, and Sofia was able to make a name for herself at the Oscars with "Lost in Translation", in addition to her own talent, the horrific influence of the Coppola family plays a large part of the work. Let's talk about Melissa. She started as an assistant to the big agent Tracy, worked at Fox for a while, and then came to Daniel's team, and over the years, her work has changed again and again, and each time she has done a great job, which is why she has been at the heart of Daniel's team. To be able to do this, the old Drake's face will definitely not help her a little bit.
Taking advantage of the time to change wines, Daniel's eyes swept around the venue.
Robert. Egger Yulang. Meyer personally accompanied, Andrew Murray. There were more than a dozen people around Stanton. Russett and other animation masters were next to him, probably discussing the "Wall-E" that had just been screened, and it was indeed a work that all those working in the animation industry who are working in the industry now.
Weta Digital's technicians have applied some preliminary glasses-free 3D technology on "Wall-E", strictly speaking, it is not 3D, but it looks visually significantly different from 2D, it is very difficult to do this, almost a difficulty that the entire technical team finally overcome, if it were not for Daniel's insistence, I am afraid it would have been classified as "future development" reserve technology research and development ranks. Even the current effect is only half of what is expected.
However, when WALL-E followed the spacecraft into space, the magnificent galaxy came to the fore, as if it were real. Unsurprisingly, it sparked exclamations and admiration from everyone.
This is almost the biggest change Daniel has brought to this new "Wall-E".
It is also a test of Daniel's 3D technology, and the real explosion of 3D in the film field must be the "Avatar" that Fox is now preparing to make. James. Cameron's talent and talent, Daniel is also hard to match. He doesn't think that the current Weta Digital has this ability, in fact, Weta will participate in the production of "Avatar", but only partially, together with ILM and Cameron's own technology company. However, before that, it doesn't mean that Daniel is unwilling to test the market first to see if 3D technology can release some of the attraction first - if "Wall-E" can get a significant box office boost with these semi-3D technologies, then before the release of "Avatar", DD Pictures might as well dig more into it, "Avatar" is 2.8 billion worldwide, as long as it digs a fraction of it, it will be enough for DD Pictures to eat.
Lasseter, they're going to be interested in this part, and Daniel is pretty much sure.
Paul. Walker is working with Robert. Ochie chatted, the latter is the screenwriter of "Transformers", and it was also recently dug up by DD Pictures, a quite important screenwriter and producer, Daniel is hesitating to let him directly serve as the producer of "Transformers". Previously, Och's most well-known experience as a producer was "Double Spy", directed by J.J. Abrams, the Hollywood director who took over the shooting of Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 3". will be released next year, and it will also be in the limelight, and the relationship between the two is very good. Abrams even expressed his desire to take on "Transformers" through Och, but Daniel politely declined. Explosive Maniac Michael. Bey's style is very obvious, and Daniel is completely unsure. Without him, will "Transformers" still achieve the expected success? And even Michael. Bey, and Ochie also have a very good relationship, and they have just teamed up by Ivan. McGregor and Scarlett. Johnson starred in "Escape from Clone Island", and Occhi was the screenwriter.
Daniel's mind easily revolves around Robert. Och, forming a dense network.
"Two-Faced Espion", written and produced by Auge, directed by Abrams, and Bradley. Cooper's fame. "Escape from Clone Island". Michael. Directed by Bey, written by Oakie, Scarlett's new work. "The Legend of Zorro", which was pressed and beaten all the way by "Saw 2", lost the bottom of the loss, and was also written by Aoqi, Martin. Directed by Campbell. Then came "Transformers", written by Aoqi. Michael. Director Bei, Paul. Starring Walker. Further down can you get the new 007 movie, Martin. Directed by Campbell. Such a relationship is one after the other, intricate, and many times you can see a lot of things from this, and you can also use this to select and determine the team. The owner of any studio, the head of the production department. The brains are all such dense nets and small nets, independent or connected, forming Daniel and others' cognition and grasp of these human resources in Hollywood.
His eyes swept over the group of people who were gathered to talk, and Daniel's mind was almost spontaneously scrolling with a large amount of information.
Picking up a glass of champagne, Daniel turned to look at Reese again. Witherspoon.
Reese listened to him talk about his children. Slightly embarrassing. She and Ryan. Daniel's matter of Philip is clear, and Reese wanted to join forces with Daniel to hype it once, but was rejected by Kusa. Now that she and Ryan have two children, the difference feels somewhat unnatural to her.
"When the time comes, you always need children, women are different from you men, once you are thirty years old, you will soon get old."
Reese simply turned the conversation around her age, she was born in 76 and is exactly 30 years old this year. This tone sounds, naturally, but it is a little more squeamish.
Daniel smiled and nodded.
"Unstoppable" will start filming in April next year, and she currently has no other work on her hands, and she is preparing for this film wholeheartedly. To play a talented female singer, it takes quite a bit of effort for Reese. Daniel is much busier than her, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" will not end his role until at least mid-2, before and after the Oscars, and this is still when making the shooting plan, taking into account his time. After the filming of "Pirates 2", Daniel will immediately join the group of "Wonderful Night at the Museum", which will not take him much time, but there will be a scene in the middle and "Unstoppable".
In the entire Hollywood group of top stars, rolling dramas is a rare thing, unless there is a problem with the arrangement. On the one hand, because the salary is very high, the direct impact is that the requirements of the filmmaker will be very high, that is to say, the producer will not allow you to roll the scene, resulting in no way to pay full attention in the work. On the other hand, it is also due to casting habits, the casting of the crew has to consider the schedule, and if you can't arrange the schedule, you will go to someone else. In Hollywood, no one is completely irreplaceable, even the current Daniel, can be replaced by someone else, the difference is only in the balance of pros and cons brought by this, replacing Daniel may make the movie lose three points, and wait for him, or allow him to shoot several works at the same time, maybe the impact is only one point, then the choice made by the filmmaker is also a matter of course.
What the actors want is to increase the cost and loss of the filmmaker to replace themselves.
However, for Daniel, it is different, because "Unstoppable" was designated by the original characters to be filmed, and it was invested by his company, although "Wonderful Night at the Museum" is Fox's team, most of its interests have long been transferred to DD Pictures, of course, it is impossible to refuse Daniel's arrangement.
Daniel and Reese chatted a few words about the plot of "Unstoppable", and also talked a few questions and interesting facts about each other's training encounters, until Melissa waved at him, he said goodbye to Reese, watched her walk into Diaz's group, smoothly blended in, and soon showed a seemingly sincere smile.
Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills.
The joke popped out of Daniel's head, and with a smile and shaking his head, Daniel walked over to Melissa's side.
"Daniel, you haven't seen them yet, have you?"
Melissa's agent habit hasn't gotten rid of it, and it looks like she's selling her own clients.
Daniel knew that Melissa planned to let a few newcomers from "Youth Musical" and "Magic Mike" come to meet the world, and it would be beneficial to push them out earlier, and then cooperate with the promotion of the movie.
He really hasn't seen these young people, although these small-budget films pinned the hopes of MGM Phoenix Nirvana, Daniel really hasn't met a few leading actors for one reason or another.
Now standing in front of him, a few restrained young people, wearing evening dresses, couldn't hide their youthful exuberance. The boys wore Burberry dresses - although Daniel did not renew his contract with Burberry, the two sides still maintained a good relationship, DD Pictures helped them communicate with them about sponsorship, Burberry is also very face-saving, although it is not customized, but it also gave the autumn and winter style of the show last year, the average B-level actor, that is, this treatment.
Channing of "Magic Mike". Tatum, Zach from "Youth Musical". Efron, Vanessa. Huggins, and a couple of girls.
"I should have met you a long time ago, but it's always a coincidence, thank you for coming to support "WALL-E" today."
Daniel knew face-to-face what kind of attitude could make these lads and girls a little more relaxed, uh, in fact, Tatum and Daniel were the same age, and Zack. Efron is indeed much younger, only 19 years old. However, judging from the fact that they wore a brand of dresses and showed completely different styles, it is understandable that Daniel unconsciously called them lads and girls.
"'Wal-E' is great, it's cute, it's very moving."
Tatum didn't dwell on topics he hadn't seen before, but began to praise "Wall-E". Efron and Vanessa are a bit like little movie fans, their eyes are shining, and it took a long time to get Tatum to help them take a photo with Daniel and find a photographer from the company's publicity department.
"Don't leave first when it's over, please eat." Daniel beckoned Melissa to make arrangements, and he himself moved elsewhere. Meyer and Stanton are in charge of each other, and he has to turn the whole game. (To be continued......)