Nicolas Cage.

The future bankrupt actor and the king of bad movies.

And now, Nicolas Cage's career is at its peak, and it is not surprising that Ovitz recommended him as the leading actor in "The Wandering Earth".

Jamie thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.

In his previous life, Nicolas Cage acted in many bad movies in order to repay his debts, but those movies were rotten, and Cage's acting skills were still online.

It must be said that Nicolas Cage's health bar is really thick.

replaced by other actors to take on so many bad movies, and I couldn't get along for a long time.

Nicolas Cage's bad movies are acting one after another, but the reputation can be maintained forever.

The most important thing is that although these bad movies are bad, most of them are not at a loss, which is why Cage has become the king of bad movies, and there are so many film companies lining up to invite him to make bad movies.

In Hollywood, this is also a unique class.

The reason for this is not only related to the national popularity of Cage's various outstanding works before bankruptcy, but also inseparable from Cage's identity as a "second generation star".

If it weren't for the surname "Coppola", Cage would not have been able to complete the picture of the blood wave.

The same experience is also experienced by Robert Downey Jr., if it weren't for Robert Downey Sr., he would never have had a chance to turn over again.

The only uncertainty now is Cameron.

According to the plan, Cameron will go to the sky to finish filming the space documentary first, and then start preparing for the filming of "The Wandering Earth" when he returns.

Although Jamie knows that Cameron's space dream will most likely be interrupted by the crash of the space shuttle Columbia a year later, it is still unknown when "The Wandering Earth" will be able to start filming.

Don't negotiate with Cage at that time, but because Cameron has delayed again and again, Cage resigned.

Warner's "Superman" project, which is still in the womb of difficult labor, is a lesson in the past.

Cage was initially interested in playing Superman, but was repeatedly released by Warner.

Cage was also not used to Warner, so he directly tore up the contract and resigned.

Warner knew that he was at a loss, and he didn't turn his face with Cage, but he secretly took a small notebook and wrote it down.

It wasn't until the release of "The Flash," which declared the complete failure of the DCEU more than two decades later, that Warners finally succeeded in retaliating.

There are several versions of Superman in the movie, including Superman played by Cage.

But after the movie was released, Cage publicly stated that Warner did not contact him at all to shoot this version of Superman.

The images that appear in the movie are all composited with CG.

But Cage couldn't sue Warner, because the agreement that he unilaterally tore up back then did have a clause authorizing Warner to use his portrait to shoot Superman.

Ovitz also knew the grind of Cameron's filming, so he offered to sign an intent contract with Cage first, and they would tell Cage the filming time at least a year in advance, so that Cage could vacate the schedule.

Jamie added.

The filming of the two "The Wandering Earth" had to end before 08, because after the subprime mortgage crisis, Cage was almost bankrupt.

If you can catch up with the release of "The Wandering Earth 1", maybe you can make Cage get back a mouthful of blood and avoid going back to the old path of the king of bad movies in his previous life.

Cameron agrees with this time requirement.

According to his plan, he went to space between 03 and 04, and after returning, he started shooting, which was more than enough time.

In the selection of the actor for the leading actor, the three happily reached a consensus.

However, when discussing the choice of the heroine, Cameron had a big disagreement with Ovitz.

Cameron still follows his usual aesthetics and wants to find an actress who looks strong on the outside.

Ovitz believes that times have changed, not to mention finding a beautiful vase actress to play it, at least it should be able to meet the aesthetic requirements of the audience.

Neither of the two could convince anyone, and in the end Jamie came up with a compromise.

"What do you guys think of Angelina Jolie? She has acted in several action movies recently, and she is the kind of actress who can both fight and act as a vase, and her acting skills are not bad. ”

"The most important thing is that she just collaborated with Cage this year on a "60 Seconds of Speed", and I think the two of them still have a sense of CP on the screen."

Cameron and Ovitz looked at each other, neither of them finding a reason to object.

Angelina Jolie's proposal to play the lead actress went through.

Cameron raised his hand to look at the time, and before he knew it, the three of them had been chatting for more than three hours.

Cameron was going to a drinking party in the evening, so he got up and said goodbye.

Jamie is going to attend a celebratory reception at the CS Esports tournament next, and he is going to have a bite to eat first.

"Together?"

Jamie extended an invitation to Ovitz.

Ovitz now has a backlog of two film projects, "The Adventures of Cheng Long" and "The Wandering Earth", and there is so much on hand that it stands to reason that he doesn't have time to accompany Jamie to dinner.

Especially if it's just a casual one.

Surprisingly, Ovitz agreed.

He used the reason that he happened to be hungry, but Jamie didn't want to believe it.

Seeing that the lie was exposed, Ovitz had no choice but to tell the truth.

"You know, I was the CEO of Disney for a while, and while that was the biggest failure of my career, it wasn't without its rewards."

Jamie made a gesture of patient listening.

He knew that Ovitz was worth the gain, and it was certainly not the $120 million severance compensation that Disney paid him.

"A Disney executive who I had a good relationship with at the time, just left some time ago, and he called me yesterday and wanted to meet you."

"Me?"

Jamie was a little surprised.

If the other party is still a high-ranking Disney official, it is reasonable to be interested in him, but the other party has left Disney, and the purpose of coming to him at this time is very debatable.

Still, Jamie agreed.

Jamie calls Betty to book a table at the restaurant, and Ovitz contacts the former Disney executive.

Eventually, the two met at a Subway restaurant near the hotel.

Betty and Penny, who came here first to order a meal and occupy a seat, looked through the glass window at the three men shaking hands outside the restaurant door.

"Who is he?"

Petunia was the first to ask.

Betty shook her head, and Jamie only told her on the phone to order a meal for three, and she thought the third person was Cameron.

Penny immediately changed the question.

"Does Jamie often come to this kind of fast food restaurant to eat? It's a little different from what I imagined the life of a rich kid on New York's Upper East Side. ”

Betty shrugged and replied:

"He's really different from other rich kids, and of course he doesn't often go to this kind of civilian restaurant, at least not when he's dating his girlfriend."

"Girlfriend...... Guys? ”

Penny looked at Betty in shock.

She felt as if she had heard something terrible.

Betty knew that she had lost her words, and immediately made Penny forget what she had just said.

Penny nodded understandingly, but a raging fire of gossip quietly ignited in her heart.

That's when Jamie, Ovitz, and the strange man they hadn't seen before pushed the door open and walked in.

Betty and Penny immediately stood up from their seats.

Betty led the three to their seats, and soon Penny arrived with a plate full of sandwiches, salads, and burritos.

After putting down the food, Penny and Betty walked together to the next seat and sat down.

This location is not far away, so there is no suspicion of eavesdropping on Jamie's conversation, and it is convenient to call them over immediately if Jamie needs them.

Jamie looked at the middle-aged man across from his seat and shrugged apologetically.

"Mr. Messer, in a hurry, I can only invite you to dinner here."

The middle-aged man immediately shook his head, saying that he also frequented this kind of fast food restaurant, especially this dining atmosphere, which reminded him of the experience of struggle when he was young.

His name is David Messer and he is currently the chief operating officer of Marvel Studios.

For Messer to re-employ so quickly, not to mention Jamie, who met for the first time, even Ovitz, who knew Messer well, was surprised.

Major Messer hadn't mentioned his new job on the phone before, which led Ovitz into thinking that Messer had just come to see Jamie to try his luck and see if he could get a new job offer from Jamie.

"David, how did you come up with the idea of working for that miser in Palmart?" Before the meal, Ovitz asked the question that had been hidden in his heart since the meeting.

Malpat is the executive chairman of Marvel, a Jew who is recognized as a miser in the industry.

The various superhero rights that Marvel has sold over the years are Palmart's masterpieces.

To what extent is this guy slamming the door?

After acquiring Marvel that year, he felt that the million-dollar annual salary of Marvel founder Stan Lee was too expensive, and wanted to cut it in half.

In the end, under the persuasion of the high-level, only $800,000 was cut.

For the father of Marvel, it can be seen that his stingy style is still so.

David Messer shrugged with a wry smile and explained:

"Because I promised Palmat that I wouldn't get paid, just give me a portion of Marvel's stock options."

This approach, which is close to working in a day, made Ovitz exclaim on the spot.

"Are you crazy? With Marvel's current half-dead state, there's a good chance you'll be busy in vain. ”

Messer pouted disapprovingly.

"Perhaps, but I'd rather think of it as a glamorous adventure."

Ovitz also calmed down, with his knowledge of Messer, the other party said this is definitely not unreasonable.

"So does all this have anything to do with you seeing Jamie today?"

Messer turned to look at Jamie.

"Mr. Dutton must have guessed that, right? You've got something I'm really interested in, or rather Marvel. ”

In an instant, Jamie guessed Messer's intention.

Then he laughed.

"Is it Iron Man?"

Messer was about to nod when Jamie's voice rang out again.

"I understand very well that Marvel wants to take back the copyright of "Iron Man", but can Palmat guy, or the current Marvel, afford it?"

Messer was obviously aware of this, but he came to the door anyway.

Jamie didn't even have to think about it to guess Messer's plan.

This guy has just finished prostituting Palmat with his front foot, and he is ready to prostitute himself with his back foot.

Anyway, this guy is a talent!

He deserved to make a lot of money with Marvel Studios in his previous life!

When mentioning the success of Marvel movies in the previous life, most people's first reaction would be to think of Kevin Feige, the man who single-handedly created the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But in fact, the first person to propose the Marvel Cinematic Universe was not Kevin Feige, but David Messer, who was sitting opposite Jamie at the moment.

Faced with the object of this white prostitute, Messer began to talk as eloquently as he had last met Palmart.

"After leaving Disney, I was looking for an opportunity to take the helm of an independent film company, and I was thinking about this at the time."

"Why do the vast majority of Hollywood movies have to follow the trilogy model, and after a movie is successful, there will be two sequels at most."

"If I can make a movie that I can trust, every movie after that will be a sequel or a spin-off — and keep having the same characters on the scene, and it's basically going on and on."

"Because it's not 30 new films, it's a movie and 29 sequels, and I'm willing to call it a cinematic universe."

"At this point, you may have to ask, if a character is repeated so many times, the audience will definitely get tired of it, and my solution is to use a character to constantly introduce new characters so that the audience can keep it fresh."

"And the appearance of the same character in different sequels is not a repetition of his position in previous movies, the audience can see that this character is constantly growing and changing in different sequels."

"It's like planting a fruit and finally blossoming and bearing fruit, and the whole process will be exciting."

"I know it sounds a bit whimsical, how can there be so many new characters and character growth arcs to tap into in a normal movie?"

"But superhero movies can do that, and when we make enough sequels and bring in enough characters, we can also bring those characters together and team up to fight monsters."

"To use an inappropriate analogy, if one day Superman and Batman appear in the same movie at the same time, the scene will definitely cause no less sensation than Warner's first time bringing Superman to the big screen."

Looking at Messer, who was speaking excitedly in front of him, Jamie complained silently in his heart.

That's what Warner thought in his previous life, but "Batman v Superman" almost hit the street.

Of course, there are reasons why Warner's senior management interfered with the director's creation, but it is more mainly because the film was released too late.

The Marvel Avengers next door have filmed the second part, and Warner has only begun to arrange for two top heroes to fight.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of Marvel movies one after another, the audience has long lost its freshness to the superhero smash brawl on the screen.

And it's only 2001, and Messer's ability to say this is absolutely shocking.

(End of chapter)