It turns out that in Hollywood, whenever a hit film appears, other production companies will naturally think of taking advantage of the popularity and try to copy similar films.

- To put it simply, it is to follow the trend and copycat.

Following the trend has succeeded, and the natural scenery is unlimited;

Even if it is not successful, as long as the cost is controlled, it can often make a small profit by taking advantage of the popularity.

Therefore, those who think that there are no copycat movies in Hollywood are actually disturbed by illusions.

After all, when other countries import Hollywood movies, they are naturally selected and introduced, and those copycat movies and bad movies are generally not even watched.

This also gave the audience in his own country the illusion that Hollywood movies are all high-quality products.

In fact, Hollywood produces hundreds or thousands of movies every year, most of which are bad movies made in small productions.

Among them, those who tried to copycat or rub off on the popularity and follow the trend accounted for more than half.

As one of the two highest-grossing movies in North America in 1997, "Hell Detective" is naturally among the ranks of copycats.

- You must know that with the box office of this movie, if there is no pervert of "Titanic" in 97, it will definitely be able to top the annual box office list in North America.

For such movies, not only some small companies, but even some film companies affiliated with the seven major Hollywood companies have also started to follow the trend.

Universal Pictures is one of them.

Of course, a company as big as Universal would not be such a direct copycat with no technical content.

But don't forget, Universal is the best company in Hollywood at making ghost movies, and they have the rights to Van Helsing.

And Van Helsing is precisely the grandfather of exorcists such as Konstantin.

Now that a movie like "Hell Detective" that tells the story of the exorcist has become a hit, wouldn't it be nice to simply take out the story of Van Helsing and make a movie!

"So, Universal Pictures will focus on 'Van Helsing' in 1998 and 1999!?"

Charlotte was a little confused.

He did know the movie "Van Helsing". But in his original world, it was already 2004.

And now, Universal Pictures wants to get this movie out in advance because of the hit of "Detective Hell"?

"Who are the heroes and heroines?"

Charlotte asked curiously.

"The actor is a newcomer from Australia, who seems to be called Hugh Jackman. As for the heroine, Kate Beckinsale, that's the name, right?"

“......”

- Aren't these still the two heroes and heroines in their original world?

- It seems that these two people have a really deep relationship with "Van Helsing"!

Charlotte held back the groove in her heart and continued to ask,

"Did the Universal side not have enough money to start the Van Helsing project and gave up on Stephen Sommers' plan? Or did they not like it in the first place?"

"Both!"

Jodie Foster shrugged,

"The problem is that Universal, although it doesn't see Stephen Sommers' plan, has appointed him as the director of Van Helsing!"

“......”

On the one hand, she vetoed the other party's plan, and on the other hand, entrusted the other party with important tasks - Charlotte felt that the operation of Universal was a bit confused.

Fortunately, Miss Actress quickly gave a reasonable explanation,

It should be said that the Universal side is still somewhat interested in Stephen Sommers' plan. It's just that they are not very optimistic about the genre of desert fantasy adventure movies - after all, there has been a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series before - but because of this plan, they recognized Stephen Sommos's ability, so ......"

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded.

- That makes sense!

Stephen Sommours prepares the project plan for "The Mummy" not because of his deep love for the Egyptian pharaohs, but purely for the sake of a comeback.

So since Universal is willing to let him direct the big production of "Van Helsing", then "The Mummy" or something, naturally it doesn't matter.

After all, he is not Charlotte, and it is impossible to foresee what kind of glory the "Mummy" series can create......

It's just that, in this case-

"That mummified movie that Somos originally planned was stranded!?"

"Yes. ”

Jodie Foster nodded,

"But, as I said before, there are still some people around the world who are a little bit interested in this project. One of them, Sean Daniel, wanted to try to push the project forward, but Universal's budget for this year's production was really not enough, so he approached me. ”

"That's normal. ”

Charlotte nodded.

Because of the uncertainty of the film industry, in Hollywood, it is common sense not to make movies with your own money.

Not only ordinary directors and producers, but also the seven major film companies also abide by this principle.

The difference is only that in the hands of the seven major companies, there are many projects with a high success rate and can be said to be bound to make money - such as sequels to some popular movies.

For these projects, they will shrewdly invest their own company's money to ensure maximum profits.

For those film projects with unknown prospects and relatively high risks, they will widely absorb various investments from the society, including the investment of many celebrity-owned leather bag production companies, in order to share the risks evenly.

What Jodie Foster is talking about now should be the latter case.

"So, Judy, what do you mean by telling me about it?"

Charlotte asked.

"I hope you can help me judge whether this film project is worth investing in?"

Jodie Foster finally said what she was trying to do,

"If anything, I'd like you to direct the film!"

"Me!?"

Until now, Charlotte finally understood what Miss Actress meant. He understood that this was the other party's attempt to convince him in this way, but Charlotte was silent for a while,

"Judy, you know, I'm currently busy preparing for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - actually, your "egg" company has a part of the investment in it, right?"

Seeing that Jodie Foster nodded, Charlotte continued,

"Then you should know that I don't have time to shoot this film in the short term - and you should also understand that I can't be a director who is only in charge of filming and has no production rights now, right?"

"I understand this!"

The actress smiled, with a little charm in her eyes,

"But, Charlotte, we can wait for you to finish Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, or we can let you be the first producer at the same time as you direct, or even participate in some of the investment. ”

"What!?"

Jodie Foster agreed so simply, but Charlotte didn't expect it.

"You may not be fully aware of it, but your status in Hollywood has changed a lot!"

Miss Actress explained,

"Charlotte, you are now the number one director in the entire Hollywood, in the horror, supernatural, fantasy and other commercial film genres!!"