“… I think everyone is a bit too much, I play "Carol", many people care about my sexuality, so I act in martial arts movies, why don't you care if I can fly? ”

"I'm still quite speechless, as an actor, I saw a good role, I played it, I think I can play it well, why do you care about my sexuality?"

At the airport, Gong Li was stopped by a group of media, and the questions she asked made her quite helpless...

"Acting, the most important thing is to find resonance with the character, I did check a lot of information, and I did research, and our crew's costume designer Sandy Powell knows a lot about these and has helped me a lot, but after all, acting is to show other people's experiences, not to act..."

"I'm more than willing to play roles that go beyond my experience..."

"Thanks to Xudong, Hollywood believes that the audience will not be interested in a female-led small and medium-budget film, that is to say, there will be no market for the film "Carol", and it was he who persuaded Christine to make "Carol" together..."

Director Todd Hines was initially not interested in Carol, and he felt that these stories were often unsatisfactory because of the various external forces that broke up the love... But "Carol", written by Xudong, he puts the story in love itself, and Todd likes this genre very much... From the very beginning, we wanted it to be a film that was suitable for everyone to watch, regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation. ”

"Domestic release... It shouldn't be easy to do, the rating is R..."

"It depends on what they do..."

"What's next? Keep making movies, "Golden Armor" hasn't finished filming yet! ”

After saying this, under the protection of the staff, Gong Li got in the car and left the airport...

By the way, Shen Xudong did not return to China, he went to the United States!

Looking for a partner.

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Nowadays, domestic producers are generally people from xxx film studios or their parents were born in the film industry, with rich connections and exquisite production, and they are basically producers and producers.

For the time being, a producer-centric system is unlikely!

Our film system has led to the fact that the directors themselves are very famous because of historical reasons.

Investors are more willing to trust a director than a producer.

Actors are more likely to work with directors than producers.

Screenwriters prefer to communicate with the director rather than the producer.

At this time, if you deliberately imitate the system of coming to the dock, and blindly pursue the so-called producer-centric system before there is a clear purpose, then the system will often not be established, but will increase the ridicule, and even lead to the result of laymen guiding insiders.

Shen Xudong also knew about this situation.

Therefore, even if "Carol" wins the award, the circle may admire his vision, and the outside world will think that he has taken shit luck!

After all, he is only a screenwriter and producer, and the general opinion is that the success of the film depends on the director and actors.

Shen Xudong wants to speak loudly in the circle, unless he is willing to be a director...

Gong Li also suggested to him that day, 'You can be a director'...

Shen Xudong is unwilling...

He's going to be a big producer!

The so-called big producers in China, most of them are ticket holders, at most they are the ones who pay for it, such as Zhang Weiping and Huang Zhongjun, who invest in a movie in one or two years, and they regard themselves as big producers, and they will compete with Haolaiwu, and they will build a Chinese film aircraft carrier...

It doesn't make sense!

Is the producer-centric system perfect?

Definitely not, after the success of "Superman", Warner's producers and directors had a big disagreement, and then directly changed the director and replaced him with a more obedient one, and the result went all the way from 2 to 4.

After Tim Burton's two Batmans achieved a good box office reputation, the producers disliked his style and directly replaced him, and then the superhero movie "Batman and Robin" was born.

Shen Xudong doesn't need to worry about this, he has a plug-in!

His idea was: since "Carol" is not enough, let's have a few more!

"Juno", "Fault in the Stars", "Twilight"...

Why are they all American films?

Nonsense, earn a knife to become famous in the country...

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As the relationship between independent films and the Oscars is getting closer and closer, Hollywood's big producers have also begun to set their sights on independent films.

In 2003, Warner launched its own independent film company; In 2005, Sony acquired United Arts Pictures, an independent film label; Paramount and Universal have also concocted the same method over the years, and have their own affiliated independent film subsidiaries.

At present, there are several real independent film companies in North America, Lionsgate, Focus Pictures, Overture Films, Magnolia Pictures, Lakeshore Pictures, and of course, Weinstein Pictures.

Except for Focus and Weinstein Pictures, they basically became famous by relying on R-rated horror films.

It's normal, because if independent film companies want to develop, they can only do some themes that big companies disdain.

Horror movies are the best option...

Shen Xudong met with the head of Lionsgate, Michael Burns...

To be honest, quite unexpectedly, Michael Burns is the head of Lionsgate Films, and actually met a Chinese?

He didn't know that the story of "Little Sunshine Beauty" had spread throughout Hollywood...

Harvey Bai picked up a hit project and paid only $1.8 million!

However, Michael Burns clearly has little interest in "Juno".

It's normal, not to mention that Lionsgate rarely does other genres, even if they are willing to do it, "Juno" is neither cult nor literary film, it is difficult to find a fixed audience...

Very few companies are willing to do it!

The genre of North American films is very mature, and the most important thing before a production company makes a movie is to classify it, and estimate the box office of the genre...

"Juno" belongs to the typical positioning, which is not obvious...

The plot is just one sentence: What should a 16-year-old girl do if she gets pregnant unexpectedly?

If the scale was bigger, Lionsgate might have done it — they did "Irrevocable," "Fahrenheit 911"...

Shen Xudong doesn't care, if they don't do it, they won't do it!

It's not for nothing, Shen Xudong negotiated with Lionsgate about the production, distribution and profit sharing of "Human Eradication Plan"...

Just by looking at the script concept, Lionsgate decided to make...

"Human Eradication Project" belongs to the typical setting film - "Killing Night: Every year in the 12 hours from 7 p.m. on March 21 to 7 p.m. on March 22, in the United States, any illegal behavior, including murder, is allowed: through the annual fixed killing night, the people's desire for violence is released in exchange for a year of stability." ”

This kind of setting is enough to attract a large number of audiences to the theater to watch the movie!

Yes, the story is retarded, but who cares?

Focusing the story in one small environment can be done in a few million dollars.

It definitely belongs to a movie with commercial prospects, and Lionsgate won it directly...

Before leaving, Michael Burns suggested that Shen Xudong go to Joseph Drake...

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Joseph Drake, a well-known producer in Hollywood.

He had a good relationship with Michael Burns.

Lionsgate was founded in '97, and at first it was not favored, there were no films to shoot, and it made a living by manufacturing filming equipment.

Since then, he has participated in "Buffalo 66", "Suffering", "Gods and Beasts", etc., and has lost every film. It wasn't until 2000 that "American Psycho" made a little profit.

The producer of "American Psycho" is none other than Joseph Drake.

Later, the "American Version of the Grudge" trilogy was also made, but the production company was changed to Columbia...

Most of the producers in the United States have fixed cooperative companies and co-directors, such as Katherine Kennedy and Frank Marshall, both of whom are senior executives of Lucasfilm, and have a good relationship with Spielberg and Lucas, so there are "Star Wars", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series...

Will Shen Xudong listen to Michael Burns?

Besides, he's going to meet Roger Birnbaum and Scott Rudin...

Well, he changed his mind - instead of looking for a production company, he directly looked for a discerning producer to work with!

Roger Birnbaum, the nobleman of Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan starred in 9 Hollywood movies in the United States as a Chinese, among which "Rush Hour" made Big Brother enter the $20 million club. And Roger Birnbaum is in charge of 5 films, namely "Rush Hour", "Rush Hour 2", "Rush Hour 3", "Shanghai Noon 2: Shanghai Knight", and "Shanghai Noon".

In addition, Roger Birnbaum is also the producer of Memoirs of a Geisha!

Scott Rudin is also famous.

Shen Xudong knows that he has done "Truman's World", "Social Network", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "No Country for Old Men", "Blood is Coming", "All the Time"...

That's right, Rudin is also a producer who takes the Olympic route!

So, his relationship with the Weinstein brothers speaks for themselves!

In fact, the feud between Rudin and the Weinstein brothers has been around since the last century, with Rudin being Paramount's gold producer and the Weinstein brothers calling for trouble in Hollywood with their Mira Max.

The two sides have cooperated, and finally broke off because of the Oscar...

In 2005, the Harvey brothers left Mira Max, which they had created, to form Weinstein Pictures, which bears their own name.

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Rudin, on the other hand, turned around to Disney due to the departure of his benefactors for many years at Paramount, Durgan and Lansing. Coincidentally, his new role at Disney is none other than the head of Miramax.

The Weinstein brothers' "The King's Speech" relied on strong public relations skills to win the Oscar for Best Film, beating Rudin's Facebook saga "Social Network Warfare".

And the confrontation between the two sides about the ownership and control of the movies "All the Time" and "The Reader" has attracted the attention of the world because of the reports of the gossip media.

And in Hollywood, there are only a handful of producers who dare to go straight to the Weinstein brothers, and Rudin is undoubtedly the most eye-catching.

Shen Xudong visited them one by one...

Of course, the reason why the new line spent a huge amount of money to buy "Hurricane Rescue" is the opinion of Roger Birnbaum, who is ready to follow the example of the release of "Red Fan Zone" and "Tom Yum Gong" that year, which will be released in September...

"Red Fan Zone" grossed $32.39 million in North America, and "Tom Yum Gong" $12.04 million...

He felt that "Hurricane Rescue" also had such potential!

Knowing that Shen Xudong was preparing to produce "Hurricane Rescue 2", he wanted to invest...

Of course, Shen Xudong did not directly agree - Xudong is also looking forward to the North American box office of "Hurricane Rescue"...

The specific investment ratio, profit sharing, etc., will be talked about when "Hurricane Rescue" is released!

Scott Rudin's meeting was a bit unsmooth, he was quite optimistic about "Juno", but... He wants to spend money to buy out the script...

Shen Xudong couldn't have agreed!

I wanted to meet Joseph Drake, but I didn't have time...

It's mid-June - "Crazy Stone" is going to be released, and he has to return to China to support the show.