Chapter Seventy-One: Truman's World
Thirty years ago, Omnicom Television Productions adopted a baby and deliberately groomed him to be the protagonist of the world's most popular documentary soap opera, Truman's Shijie, and the company was a huge success. However, only one person does not know all this, and he is the only protagonist of the play - Truman. Truman has been living in a small city called Taoyuan Island since he was a child (actually a huge studio), he is an insurance company agent in this small town, Truman seems to live exactly the same life as ordinary people, but he doesn't know that there are thousands of cameras pointed at him every second of his life, all shijie is watching him all the time, and he doesn't know that everyone around him, including his wife and friends, is an actor in "Truman's Shijie......"
Jerry sipped his tea with a smile on his face, and Scott Rudin sat in front of him, slowly sketching the script for him, which was named "Truman's Shijie". Andrew Nichole sat next to Scott Rudin, he grabbed the brimmed hat with both hands and pressed it tightly against his legs, Andrew Nichol was now nervous and his legs were shaking a little.
Perhaps, it was not nervousness, but excitement.
The excitement of having the opportunity to be a film director.
As the screenwriter of "Truman's Shijie", he really wants to become the director of this movie, but so far, his most experience is only the director of commercials, and if he wants to be the director of "Truman's Shijie", even he feels that his experience is a little lacking. Just to build the huge studio of "Truman's Shijie", the budget required is not small. Paramount's budget for the film is $6,000W, and investors will not be willing to hand over a $6,000W investment in a film to a new director. Although he wants to be Michael Bay, he is not Michael Bay, he is not a commercial film director. So Andrew Nicol also considered taking on the role of assistant director and honing his skills. He even thought about the director of the film, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Barry Sonenfeld, Steven Spielberg or Peter Weir, any director who, in his opinion, could handle the film very well.
It's just Scott Rudin's suggestion that still makes him heartbroken.
Jerry put down his teacup, "The script is excellent, if you want to, I think whether it's Paramount, Warner, MGM, Universal, or DreamWorks, they'll be willing to invest." But Weishenme came to me? ”
"Because you know the script better than they do."
Jerry smiled. After the Queen's Road Drag Racing incident, the Royal Victoria Square incident and the Seine terrorist attacks, he is a supernova who understands the horrors of being put in the spotlight all day long.
In order to get rid of these damn paparazzi and their films, he even bought Draghi and formed NETGATE to make a blog in advance, but this still can't stop the paparazzi.
However, this does not constitute a reason for Scott Rudin to come to him for investment.
Jerry doesn't believe that the Big Eight studios are so clumsy that they can't see the value of the script at all.
"I heard that Mr. Rudin approached Paramount?"
Scott Rudin didn't deny it.
"Paramount's investment can't meet Mr. Rudin's requirements?"
"Paramount and I had a disagreement over who to choose the director."
"Oh? Mr. Rudin's idea was ......"
"I wish Andrew could be the director of this film." Scott Rudin patted Andrew Nichol on the shoulder, "He's the writer of Truman's Shijie." ”
Jerry looked at Andrew Nichol, who was sitting on the side, still clutching his small-brimmed hat. Asked, "What film did Mr. Nicol direct?" ”
"Nope." Andrew Nicol shook his head, then said, "In the London period. I used to shoot commercials. ”
"Oh, is that so? I haven't seen the commercials shot by Mr. Nichol, so it's hard to tell if Mr. Nichol has what it takes to handle the film. Mr. Nicole would be a good idea to provide footage of the commercials that I have filmed, and I will help submit them to DreamWorks. If the directorial department at DreamWorks thinks there is no problem with your abilities. You'll be the go-to director of this movie. The details of the investment are still handled by a professional person. If the script is to be written, I will also pass it on to DreamWorks. Although I don't know what the outcome will be on the DreamWorks side. Still, Mr. Rudin, Mr. Nichol, I'm bullish on the story. ”
To be able to get a recommendation from Magic J, Andrew Nicol and Scott Rudin's purpose is also considered to have been achieved, JR investment or DreamWorks investment, this is not the most important thing. Everyone knows the relationship between DreamWorks and Fantastic J, and if the investment is promised, the production cost of this movie will definitely not be low. The point is, DreamWorks will definitely give more consideration when considering Andrew Nicol at the helm of "Truman's Shijie".
Besides, they already have Paramount's guarantee, how bad will it be?
As long as Andrew Nicol can be a director.
Andrew Nicol looked at the old guy standing beside him and held his hand tightly, "Xiexie! ”
Scott Rudin patted Nichole on the shoulder and said, "It's not too late to thank me when you get your first film director's salary." ”
……
"How's the talk?" Amy's phone call came in the middle of the evening.
At this point, Jerry was in the Xero room, fooling around with Mike Nobuta and Chavez Bennington. After two years of grinding, the band Xero has matured, with Chavez-Bennington's explosive-like rant and Mike Nobuta's rap complementing each other, and the concept of hybrid theory and the metal rap style born under the influence of the song "Stay With Me" have become more and more refined. With the help of CBGB's underground stage and Jerry's new album "Choas1996", Xero's fame began to rise throughout the shijie range. All they need now is an album of their own.
"Ich-Bin-Der-Brennende-Komet" is for Chavez Bennington, but classical gothic is not Xero's position. What kind of song is suitable for them, this is also only known to them, no, Mike Nobuta, Chavez Bennington, Rob Bardem, Brad Delson and Jerry, are pouting their butts together. (To be continued......)