"Jeff, I recommend you to the board of directors of the group."

Despite all the foregoing, Duke knew he didn't have an aura of retardation, "Personally, I think this would be a series that would be no less than The Lord of the Rings." ”

If someone else said it, Jeff? Robinoff smiled and threw it aside, but Duke said so many words in such a solemn tone that he had already paid enough attention to it, "I will have people do targeted research." ”

He then asked, "So the copyright is already in your hands?" ”

"I am a shareholder of Warner, and Warner has always been my best partner." Duke spread his hands and said, "Say so, Jeff. No one can guarantee the success of a series, and I'm no exception, but Harry Potter's potential is undeniable, and what it needs is our joint promotion, with the right media platform and the right movie, I think it can burst into incredible brilliance. ”

Duke knows how important he is to Warner right now, so he emphasized, "I think we need to build a closer partnership!" ”

Hear Duke's inclination very obvious, Jeff? Robinov smiled brightly, "That's exactly what Warner is trying to ask for." ”

Warner Bros. now has two major performance priorities, one is the "Batman" series, and the other is the Duke project.

Jeff? Robinoff knows this very well, Duke knows this, and he also knows Jeff? One thing Robinoff doesn't know is that after the release of "Batman and Robin" this year, the Batman series will be temporarily over, and Warner Bros. urgently needs a new profit point for the series. Once they had chosen the little wizard.

The Harry Potter series is a very rich piece of cake, how terrifying is the effect once it succeeds? But Duke was very clear-headed and knew that the cake was too big. Moreover, the production of zuò required a huge and complex process, and he and the Duke's studio simply could not swallow it alone.

Just pull a small company with dozens or even hundreds of people, or a small company that doesn't even have the support of any media platform behind it, can detonate the craze of little wizards?

This is a very realistic business activity, not a fairy tale world!

Of course, although Duke's words now carry a lot of weight, Jeff? Robinov, however, would not just listen to him. Just slap your head and overstep your authority to make decisions for the entire Warners.

The two sides have a lot of common interests, and this is only the most preliminary intention of cooperation.

After the end of the pie. Duke quickly moved into the early preparations, in addition to retaining Zack? Schneider, John? Schwartzman, Josh? In addition to William and other key members of the team, many people have been sent to New Zealand by him one after another to assist Charles? Rowan's work. The Duke Studio has also begun to conduct large-scale recruitment, both to expand its own scale and to find new suitable crew members for Duke.

Because the whole crew had to be brought to Sydney, the preparations in Los Angeles were extremely intense.

However, Duke's appeal now is far greater than a few years ago, and there are a large number of candidates from various industries in Hollywood who want to squeeze into his crew, and the applicants once almost crowded the office building of Duke Studios. All Schneider needs to do is choose the right manpower.

Under all equal conditions, Duke will definitely give preference to candidates recommended by acquaintances in the circle. For example, the art director and scenographer, he chose Tom? Jove recommended by Hanks? Darlow, the ordnance designer chose John recommended by Warner Bros.? Boryeong, these two are also veterans in the industry. There is certainly no problem with competence.

In addition to this, thanks to Sophia? Coppola leaves, and Duke hands over the work of developing the schedule and storyboard to Anna? Prinz is in charge of all completed scripts and plans, as in the past, and he reviews them at the end.

Although some of the team members went to New Zealand, they could not participate in the production of The Matrix. But the backbone is still there, and the project is a sci-fi commercial film that the team is very familiar with. The whole preparation seems smooth and smooth compared to "Chicago", and the preparation work in Los Angeles is in an orderly manner.

However, there is one aspect of the work that is more similar to "Chicago", where the actors have to be in place in advance so that they can continue to train for about three months.

Therefore, actor auditions also need to be ahead of the preparations.

Since Duke has announced that he will return to the summer file, and at the same time he is still producing science fiction films, anyone in the crew who has a little say in the audition, and can even speak in front of Duke, has become the target of the agent and many second- and third-tier actors in a short period of time.

Even Tina? Fei has become the focus of many actors' agency public relations.

"So, someone has played a beautiful man's trick on you?"

Outside of work, Duke would joke with his assistant, "Which role do you want to get?" ”

"I'm not interested in their beautiful men."

Sitting across from it, Tina? Fei shrugged playfully, "They're all short-sighted fools. ”

Tina? Fei is a smart person, she knows that she has won Duke's trust with her long-standing appearance, and of course she will not take the initiative to destroy this trust, and she can see that the future development of her employer is far more than that, and she is one of the people he trusts the most, and the future is infinitely broad.

What's more, where to find a contract with good pay and benefits like the current one?

After a few small talks, the topic of the two returned to work, and Duke said directly to her, "Tina, you pay attention to the audition list, if not, remember to Hugo?" Weaving, Lawrence? Fishburne and Joe? Pantoriano sends an invitation to audition. ”

Tina? Fei nodded and wrote it down in her work log.

"Also, remember to inform Gray."

Gray was the casting director of the crew and a veteran member of Duke's team, "The auditions for the male and female lead roles were pushed to the end. ”

The former heroine is a model, and her acting skills don't need to be detailed, it's a terrible mess, and her appearance is too low, and her figure can only be said to be okay, and she doesn't play the role of a vase in too many commercial blockbusters at all.

In fact, anyone who has studied a little Hollywood knows that a qualified vase is quite important for a commercial blockbuster, and if it is good enough in the film, it can attract a large number of hormonal teenagers.

Therefore, Duke didn't even think about it, and automatically filtered out the original heroine.

Strictly calculated, in addition to kung fu, Trinity's role only needs the most basic acting skills, on the basis of ensuring basic acting skills, beauty and sexiness are necessary selection conditions, and the character itself needs to have a tight face, plus the film is interpreting the meaning of "cool" from beginning to end, the actress who has a cold and cool face and a strong enough aura, and does not affect her beautiful sexiness is undoubtedly the most suitable choice.

Just like Annie's character in "Life and Death" chooses a typical American girl, the vase is not chosen randomly, and must meet the actual needs of the film.

As for a random beautiful female vase stripped naked and shouted, "You can get a role, looking at the entire mainstream commercial film industry, that's just a joke, which director or producer would risk tens of millions of dollars with an investment?" How many actresses are worth so much investment?

Maybe Judy in her prime? Foster or Julia? Roberts is worth it, but even Duke can't deny a fact that Tom, for example? Hanks, Tom? Cruise and Julia back on the right track? Roberts, it may be difficult to meet a book or role that suits him very well, but in the hands of these popular A-level stars or super A stars, there will never be a shortage of scripts and invitations!

Julia, for example? Roberts and Judy? Foster, almost all of the former's disgraceful audition scandals occurred at the beginning of the actor's career, and in her heyday, with her status, she didn't need to use her body to meet any director, producer or even production company, while the latter happened when she grew up from a child star and was in urgent need of transformation.

The kind of throwing a book and a character.,A and super A will come up and use it as someone else's plaything.,It's not a fantasy.,It's crazy things that people in the madhouse say.。

Superstar and actor are completely two creatures, as long as you climb to the position of superstar, a qiē will be different.

These people will not hesitate to mess with people because of the right eyes, momentary emotion or physiological needs, but take a book or role to lure. Confusing A or super-A to be someone's plaything, that's just a joke, to put it mildly, even Spielberg and James? I'm afraid that Cameron can't do that.

When actors, especially actresses, compete, it is a group of bichi, yes, but this is the norm of all commercial competition, just as the face and dignity of successful directors and producers cannot be violated, superstars also need face and dignity.

The only superstar Duke has ever worked with is Tom? Hanks and Tom? Cruise, whether it is the former with a relatively peaceful personality or the latter with contradictions, he as a director paid enough attention to it when filming the production of Zuò, even the latter, on the surface.

The choice of Duke's crew by the two is itself in line with their needs, rather than some other messy reason.

Yes, Duke likes to make beautiful female stars, and he is no different from other men in this regard, but he has never been stupid enough to use a script or character to seduce a certain A or super A actress.

Of course, for cost reasons, he doesn't use superstars unless necessary.

Disperse these unreliable thoughts, Duke has already thought of a suitable actress candidate, and presumably the other party will not refuse.

In the end, it's the actor's choice, Keanu? Reeves is the first choice, but Duke does not plan to send out an invitation now, the current Reeves salary is still at a relatively high stage, and it is already May, and the summer file has kicked off. Reeves and Sandra? "Life and Death Speed 2" starring Bullock is about to be released! (To be continued) R655