After Barry Mayer went back, sure enough, the next day Rick Rosen revealed that Hugo was preparing a new work recently, and this time Hugo will not only complete the script himself, but also has confirmed that he will play the leading role.

Although there was nothing substantial about the news about the work - the news about the work was close to zero, but even so, it made the whole of Hollywood lively. Hugo once again became the focus of attention of major production companies, and it was surging for a while, so it was not lively.

Hugo started a new project plan shortly after the completion of "The Sixth Sense", which means that Hugo has not been reluctant to accept new works recently, which is a surprise news for major production companies, they all have projects in their hands and want to cooperate with Hugo, even if they are not immediately put into filming, they also hope to be able to book Hugo's next schedule in advance, so impressing Hugo has become everyone's primary goal.

Not to mention Rick's new project, which would be a huge benefit for any production company if he could work with Hugo on this project. It's a 99 percent profitable project, and more importantly, it's close to Hugo, and no one wants to miss it.

Even if you are not interested in this project, you will take advantage of this momentum to join in the fun. It is best to be able to get Hugo's project; It's also good to be able to get Hugo interested in the project he is working on; Even if it doesn't work out, it's acceptable to have a good relationship with Hugo.

So...... The eight immortals crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers.

Universal's Ron Meyer brings the mysterious "The Mummy." Mummy", the film is an 80 million dollar investment and ambitious, hoping to be built into another "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series.

If you follow the historical development trajectory, "The Mummy" has indeed been built into a series of trilogy, but whether it is box office results or word-of-mouth feedback, including social impact, the "Mummy" series is far from comparable to "Raiders of the Lost Ark". However, from an objective point of view, the first part of "The Mummy" is still very good, with a wonderful story and just the right special effects, combined with the mysterious ancient Egyptian culture, it really makes people's blood boil.

However, after learning that Hugo's project was a biographical film, Lang shook his head, he obviously did not have much interest in biographical works.

Universal Pictures' positioning has always been comedy-oriented, occasionally dabbling in other commercial films, such as "Jurassic Park" is already a minority, and biographical films are precisely the areas they are not good at, and Lang does not want to be too adventurous. Of course, Lang also knew that in this competition, they didn't have an advantage, so it was better to sell a favor, ease the relationship, and be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so comfortable.

Robert Iger, Disney's new president of the international business unit, put "60 seconds in the top 60 seconds" (Gone. In。 60。 Seconds)" was presented to Hugo, an adaptation of the 1974 film of the same name, directed by the acclaimed producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Bruckheimer) was in charge of the remake, and the investment of $90 million marked his ambition.

Hugo had little impression of this work, and only vaguely remembered after Robert's reminder that it seemed that the protagonists should be Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie, but other than that, the memories in his mind were very limited. I don't know anything about the quality of the work, word-of-mouth feedback, and box office results.

However, Robert made Hugo interested in the work with a sentence, "They had to steal fifty cars in one night", which is how he summed up the story of the whole film. It reminded Hugo of the "Fast & Furious" series that later became popular all over the world.

Once again, Robert succeeded in keeping the script with Hugo, and expressed his appreciation for "A Beautiful Mind" - John Nash's inspirational, bumpy, and magical life experience has always been Disney's favorite genre of film. In Disney's film project, almost every year, there will be one or two places reserved for biographies, and especially favor inspirational sports stories, their purpose is not to box office or awards, but to rely on the accumulation of these works, after the movie theater is released, it will be re-screened on the Disney Channel, and then establish a positive image of Disney.

Therefore, Robert, the script of "A Beautiful Mind", couldn't be more intrigued, and he even joked that "I can't find a better partner than Disney".

Subsequently, Sony Columbia Pictures brought "The Patriot (The. The $110 million investment has already confirmed its intention to cooperate with Endeavour Elite Agency, the director has been determined to be Roland Emmerich, and Heath Ledger, Sandra Bullock, and Alexander Lorraine have all been confirmed to star in the upcoming role.

Even without the recent rumors of a "Beautiful Mind", it was only a matter of time before Mark Canton found Hugo, who had locked the male lead in Hugo from the start. Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who had worked together on "Independence Day" at the beginning, will be together again, and you can see Mark's careful preparation.

However, Hugo is not very interested in the movie "Patriot", he knows this movie, and he also knows that the reputation and box office of the movie are good, although it cannot be said to be excellent, but it is really good. However, objectively speaking, the theme of "Patriot" is too fragmented, and the whole feels too greedy, so that in the end nothing is said well; Using the American Revolution as a vehicle to tell the story of human desire for freedom, the film failed to fit the grandeur and cruelty of war with the theme. Overall, it can only be regarded as a passing work.

War movies, which should be one of the most difficult subjects to shoot, are definitely not an easy task to surpass the peak of "Saving Private Ryan".

However, Mark does not mind, he hopes to cooperate with Hugo on the work "A Beautiful Mind", his sincerity is undoubted, and his trust in Hugo is also difficult for other companies to achieve. Mark even said he could give the green light as long as the cost was under $100 million.

Mark's example seemed to be a little anxious, and he showed his hole cards early. But this is precisely Mark's sincerity and urgency, combined with the countless little things that have happened in the past few years, I have to say that Mark has taken the lead in this cooperation.

Twentieth Century Fox's Kevin Pence was more of a walk-through, although he brought "Cast. Away", but "Desert Island Survivors" is actually a DreamWorks project, but DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox signed a cooperation agreement, the two sides co-produced, and the director decided on Robert Zemeckis of "Forrest Gump".

However, since DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox are currently in a critical period, the filming of "Desert Island Aftermath" is not in a hurry for the time being, and it is expected to start filming next summer and wait until 2000 to be released. The great success of the "Titanic" gave Twentieth Century Fox a breather, but Kevin still had a heavy burden on his shoulders, and he had to be cautious, if not frightened.

Kevin knew that Sony Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. were bound to make a big deal in the fight for "A Beautiful Mind", and it was difficult for him to form a rivalry, so like Lang, he chose to watch from the sidelines.

As for the actor in "Desert Island", Kevin does hope that Hugo can play, but this project is a little more complicated, Robert prefers to let Tom Hanks play, and he prefers Hugo, as for Steven Spielberg, the palms and backs of his hands are meat, so he did not express his opinion.

The success of "Desert Island Survivors" naturally needs no saying, this work has achieved success at the box office, word of mouth, awards and other aspects. The movie tells the story of the male protagonist who was stranded on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean because of a plane accident, and he must use his own hands to carve out a way to survive, and there is no other way.

This work is completely a one-man show for the actor, which poses the toughest test for the actor, Tom Hanks played the male lead, and won him another Oscar nomination for Best Actor, although he did not win the final award, but many people believe that Tom's performance has made another breakthrough and delivered a more outstanding performance than "Forrest Gump".

From the perspective of acting skills, "The Rest of My Life on a Desert Island" is definitely the top challenge, especially the performance of the whole one-man show, which increases the difficulty of the performance process. This also intrigued Hugo.

But the project "Desert Island Survivors" is really special, Hugo left the script, but it doesn't mean that Hugo can star, and then we have to see how everyone chooses. So Kevin was more of a formality, showing the attitude of Twentieth Century Fox, and then he didn't get too involved in this competition.

Paramount's Shirley Lansing never showed up, which can be said to be an unexpected but reasonable situation. Shirley fought with Rick Rosen several times in order to compete for control of "Truman's World", although she did not tear her face, the cooperation between the two sides was indeed not very pleasant, and in the end Hugo was not able to become the producer of "Truman's World".

Now, the huge success of the movie has brought Shirley fame and fortune, but it has also put her in a dilemma - Hugo's final salary is 39 million US dollars, although it has not been able to break the current record for Hugo's highest salary, but it can still be among the top three in Hugo's salary list. This means that Shirley carefully calculated a lot, but still paid a considerable price for the salary, and the result was a little unpleasant.

This time in the competition of "Beautiful Mind", Shirley wisely did not join the competition, because she knew that in the case of "Truman's World" that had not ended for long, if she wanted to ease the relationship, unless she was willing to pay more benefits, it would only be herself who would lose face in this cooperation. Rather than being a bystander, she would rather be a bystander, and then slowly ease their relationship, and then seek cooperation — this is the Hollywood of the best interests — after all, so that she doesn't have to pay more and doesn't have to keep her voice down.

At the end of the disturbance and excitement, it was Steven Spielberg who finally came to the door.