Charlotte knows that in Hollywood, there is actually a chain of transmission of scripts -

The heroes and heroines of many movies, after determining the specific age and character image positioning, will often be gradually passed from top to bottom from the stars of the same age, according to the level of achievement.

- This is actually a chain of selection of scripts

For example, at present, Julia Roberts occupies the first place in the script selection chain among Hollywood female stars born in the 60s of the 20th century.

It can be said that only movies that she can't watch, or don't have time to act, will be passed on to other actresses who are behind her.

As a director, Charlotte actually knows a lot about this chain of order.

- Although he has basically not referred to this chain of order since his debut.

In the early days, it was because he lacked fame and did not invest much in films, such as "Fatal Bend" and "Happy Death".

In this case, it makes no sense to send invitations to those well-known celebrities - they can't afford to hire people anyway - it is better to choose the cheapest and most suitable use, such as Charlize;

Later, after Charlotte was promoted to a first-line commercial film director through "Guillotte Valley", he began to grasp the production rights.

He has memories of the future, and he is too lazy to wait for the selection of actors from the beginning like many producers.

He often chooses the actors he thinks are the most suitable based on his own memory.

- In this way, the chain of selection of that script still doesn't mean much to him.

However, this does not mean that he was unaware of the existence of this chain of order.

In fact, the competition between Hollywood actors of the same age is largely about their place in this chain.

After all, life isn't a fair race.

Many times, people who are quick and fast, and who stand in the front position, will indeed have more opportunities.

As long as they don't make the wrong choice, it will form a positive cycle that will gradually open up more gaps between them and those behind them.

The gap between the rich and the poor in society has widened in this way, and the status gap between Hollywood stars has also widened in this way.

However, although Charlotte knew that there was such an invisible chain of order among actors, he never realized that in fact, there was also a similar chain of order among Hollywood directors.

After all, unlike actors, many directors write their own scripts.

And even if a director doesn't write his own script, he often has a few familiar screenwriters who write the script for him.

Like the future Christopher Nolan, that's the case - his royal screenwriter is his younger brother.

And Charlotte is about the same.

- Although, the source of his script, whether it is written by himself or by a special source, is rather strange.

In short, because of the nature of the director's work, most directors don't often need strangers to provide movie scripts, so Charlotte never thought that there was such a chain of scripts among Hollywood directors.

"Actually, it's not a chain of alignment!"

Jodie Foster explains,

"Emerging young directors like you tend to have a lot of their own ideas in their heads, and they don't often use scripts provided by others. ”

"But some of the directors who are older and have made a lot of movies often have already finished filming the stories in their heads, and at that time, they will use other people's stories. ”

Speaking of which, Miss Actress also gave an example,

"Like Spielberg, you don't think he made so many movies and wrote them all himself, right?"

"You're right!"

Charlotte nodded.

Comparing with veteran Hollywood directors such as Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, Charlotte understands what Miss Actress means,

"Judy, you're not saying that now if I'm willing to use someone else's script to make a movie, there will be a lot of scripts flying over for me to pick from, right?"

"Almost!"

Jodie Foster shrugged,

"But it's only about horror, the supernatural, the fantasy – after all, you've been able to do it for all to see. ”

Speaking of this, Miss Actress sighed,

"Actually, the first priority of the original fantasy genre belongs to Spielberg. But the old man has been shifting to reality since Schindler's List, and he's getting older — and Tim Burton and others are too personal and have inconsistent commercial results, so it's your turn. ”

"I see!"

Charlotte somewhat understood,

"Judy, is it also for this reason that you agreed to my conditions so simply just now?"

"Not really. ”

Jodie Foster shook her head,

"I've worked with you several times, and I'm confident in your abilities—that's why I promised you. As for the reason I just said, it is because I think the global side will agree to your conditions. ”

“...... All right. ”

Although limited to the acting skills of the actress lady, Charlotte doesn't know whether the other party's touching words are true or false.

Still, Charlotte chose to take it seriously.

- It doesn't hurt anyway.

But he is still a little hesitant about whether to take over the work of director of "The Mummy" because of this-

"Judy, you know, from a producer's point of view, I don't think it's a good idea to wait until I'm completely done with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone before I start working on this film about mummies. That would make the cost of production go up quite a bit—"

"I know. ”

Jodie Foster interrupted Charlotte,

"You're right, so we're not going to wait until you're done with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone before we start the film. ”

"You mean—"

"Charlotte, you should try to learn from Spielberg now. ”

Jodie Foster said with a smile,

"At the peak of that old man's life, he could operate in two lines - maintain the speed of preparing one and shooting one at the same time, so as to achieve a very fast production speed. ”

"But doesn't that make the quality of the movie deteriorate?"

"Spielberg was at his peak and managed not to let the quality of the film deteriorate, and I'm sure you can do the same!"

“......”

Encouraged by a beautiful blonde beauty with a "I adore you" tone, Charlotte really can't object.

In addition, he has a faint guess about the mysterious lord of hell in his heart, and in the words of the movie "The Mummy", it seems that he can test it.

- After all, mummies are representative of the understanding of the afterlife in ancient Egyptian culture......

In short, after looking at the script that was still far from the later version, Charlotte agreed to Jodie Foster's request-

He will be the producer, director and part-time screenwriter of the "Mummy" project initiated by Universal Pictures, and will be working on the preparation of "The Mummy" during the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone...... ()

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