American fame and fortune

Before Martin could respond, Anne Hathaway's agent Maha announced that love was a thing of the past.

The managers are very smart and know what to say and what not to say. To the outside world, they only disclose that Martin and Anne have a disagreement in personality, and they decide to break up after a big fight.

Naturally, Martin wouldn't say much, and didn't need to say much.

A peaceful breakup is the best choice for celebrity couples or husbands and wives. If there is a fight, both parties will have black material.

The paparazzi started chasing and intercepting again, trying to find out the real reason why the two broke up.

The entertainment newspapers and gossip media were bombarded again.

Sometimes, it doesn't matter whether the news is good or bad, what matters is the exposure.

Not to mention ordinary stars in Hollywood, even big stars have to eat traffic.

After the new weekend, the North American box office of "The Mountain Has Eyes" totaled US$71.51 million.

At the same time, the film was released in many countries and regions such as Latin America, Europe, East Asia, and Australia. Thanks to the knock-on effect of the North American box office, the overseas market responded well, earning 22.47 million US dollars in just one week.

As the number of viewers who watched "The Mountain Has Eyes" increased, the number of Martin's fans also increased.

Under the impetus of Martin and Thomas, the West Coast Fan Club was formally established.

Rachel became the leader, and Jessica and Emily got in as deputy leaders.

The base of events remains the fan section of Martin's blog.

Originally, Martin considered setting up his personal official website, but the website was a little bit decent, and in addition to the later maintenance, it required a lot of expenses.

At present, most of his funds are spent on the "Wanted Warrant" project, and he will wait until the funds return.

The director of the project also has a clue.

Ali Emmanuel personally recommended a candidate.

Martin made a special trip to WMA, and when he arrived at the door of Thomas' office, his assistant Natasha got up to welcome him.

Bruce came to her desk: "You're welcome, a cup of coffee."

Natasha went to get the coffee.

Martin entered the office, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Thomas said the good news first: "The company recommended you to the crew of "The Departed", and Ali Emmanuel personally interviewed Martin Scorsese about this matter."

From this aspect, WMA attaches great importance to Martin, and he said: "The company has invested a certain amount of human resources in you."

A big agency has its own advantages, and Martin knew this well, and asked, "How does the crew respond?"

Thomas said: "The crew has not yet selected actors. You have passed the preliminary screening and go directly to the second round of auditions." There are rounds of auditions, and without Scorsese’s own approval, it’s equally difficult to get a role.”

Martin already knew this: "Don't worry, I'm fully prepared."

Negotiations between Pacific Pictures and Warner Bros. have come to an end, and it is no problem for him to bring capital into the team.

This is Martin Scorsese's project, and there are certainly contenders.

Thomas is not worried about Martin's competitiveness, but is worried about another point: "This is a high-end game, and Scorsese attaches great importance to it. According to Ali's conversation with him, he has no hope for this Oscar. He is ready to hit the Oscar for Best Director again. , anyone who messes around with this project will only be an enemy of Martin Scorsese."

He warned: "It's not that you can't compete, but some methods are too low-level. In such a high-end bureau, they may bring negative effects. Scorsese has nearly 40 years of experience in the industry. What has he not seen?"

Martin nodded: "The competitors are much higher than me. Even if I succeed for a while by using bad methods to recruit people, it will have a very bad impact later on. Maybe the benefits brought by the role are not as good as the subsequent impact."

"That's right." As he got along with Martin, Thomas felt more and more that what happened during the audition and filming of the wax museum and the jeans crew was not accidental.

First, the biggest competitor was killed by Adrian, and then Adrian was finished in Australia, and it is even more impossible for the jeans crew to be a coincidence.

Who are the beneficiaries of these things?

Thomas glanced at the closed office door, deliberately lowered his voice, and warned: "Things like the wax museum and jeans happened to those people. The brokerage company gave up and gave up. After all, they are not real stars, but what happened to stars It is completely different to deal with super actors, stars are related to all aspects of interests, and relevant stakeholders will never let it go easily."

Martin certainly understood this, saying: "Your heart is in your chest, and I never intended to go astray in this role."

Those bad methods must not be used indiscriminately, he asked: "Who are the competitors now?"

Thomas shook his head: "We have inquired in many ways, but there is no news for the time being. So far, the crew has only confirmed one actor, Leonardo. The actor selection process for the rest of the roles has not yet started, so there is no way to inquire, but one thing is certain, Scorsese's film from There is no shortage of heavyweight star actors."

This matter has to start with Warner Bros. Martin should ask another project: "You called me and said that the company has a director who is willing to direct "Wanted Warrant"?"

Thomas said: "Ali and Jim jointly issued a related announcement, and several agents recommended their director clients."

He handed over some information to Martin: "Pierre, a photographer, has no experience of directing alone before. Michael Davis, a screenwriter-turned-director, his most recent film is "Devil Truck."

Martin looked carefully, and found that these two directors were very strange. He had been in Hollywood for so long and had never heard of them.

Thomas added: "There is another one, the French director Louis Leterrier, whose previous film "Danny the Wolfdog" was just released in Europe in early February, and the response was relatively average."

Martin had heard the director's name before, looked through his past information, and saw a series of movies - "Very Human Trafficker"!

Director of the first two films.

Martin carefully recalled these two movies, and it seems that apart from Audi, only Jason Statham left an impression, and he couldn't remember the rest.

The series took three films, establishing Statham's status as an action movie star. It seems that he excels with action and coolness, which is more suitable for "Wanted".

Martin pondered again. In his impression, this guy had also made other films, but when he watched the films, he didn't pay much attention to the directors, unless he was a top Hollywood director.

There is no doubt that this is a director who is good at shooting action movies.

Martin glanced at the Europa Company marked on the back of "Very Human Traffickers" and asked, "Letterier is currently in Los Angeles?"

Thomas simply said: "After the completion of "Danny the Wolf Dog", his focus of development turned to Hollywood. Before shooting Danny's movie, he had already signed a brokerage contract with the company."

Martin flipped through Leterrier's information, took the phone on Thomas's desk, and dialed Ajia's number.

Ajia filmed Geshan Youshou only came to North America from France to develop, so I should know something about it.

When the connection was made over there, Martin roughly talked about the relevant situation.

Ajia said directly: "You saw it when shooting Geshan Youyan. I'm not very good at action scenes, but Leterrier is just the opposite. His narrative ability is relatively poor, but he is very good at controlling the design of big scenes, paying attention to visual enjoyment and The picture is cool, and the French film industry has recognized him as a director who can hold action scenes and play cool styles."

After the phone call, Thomas said, "I think he is more suitable."

Martin needed a director with proven success in this area, and Leterrier happened to be that.

He said: "You should contact Leterier's agent, if he is interested, ask him to go to the "Wanted" studio as soon as possible, Louise, I, as well as the screenwriter and action director will have to interview him. "

Thomas dragged the phone back, directly dialed the number of a senior agent, talked in detail for a while, then covered the receiver, and asked Martin: "What time is suitable?"

Martin said, "This afternoon or tomorrow morning."

"This afternoon," Thomas said into the phone.

The other side replied: "Yes, at two o'clock in the afternoon, I will go to the studio with Louis."

Thomas hung up the phone: "It's done, it's two o'clock this afternoon."

Martin glanced at his watch and took the initiative to invite: "You can go together then."

Although the law stipulates that agents cannot participate in film preparation and production, observing and understanding the whole process is of great benefit to agents. Being the top entertainment agent will often leave the brokerage industry and become an executive of the six major companies .

Brokers can only be counted as downstream service industries in Hollywood.

Martin originally wanted to visit Ali Emmanuel, but the other party was on a business trip and visited another agent in front of the current Thomas. It was a bit scumbag. He called Ali specifically to express his thanks.

Wait for Ali to come back and visit him quietly.

With a suitable director candidate, Martin was in a good mood. When he went out of the office, he found that Bruce was having a lively chat with Thomas' assistant Natasha.

He took a special look and found that Natasha wasn't very curvy, just average.

The two went downstairs, and Martin asked, "Are you interested in Natasha?"

Bruce shook his head: "She's too peaceful, she's not my type." Someone came in front, and he waited for the person to leave before explaining: "Natasha is Thomas' assistant, she has a lot of information about Thomas, I tried it out, this woman She is very ambitious and has a good relationship with her. If Thomas really wants to do something special, we can also have multiple channels for news."

"Old Bu, it's you!" Martin admired this rotten guy, "Sure enough, he's a professional."

Bruce snorted coldly: "I said to guard your back, and I will guard your back."

In the afternoon, Martin called Louise, together with screenwriter Bradt and action director Chad Stalski, to meet with French director Leterrier.

The two sides exchanged their understanding and vision of action and cool scenes. Leterrier also read the first version of the script of "Wanted" and had a full exchange on filming.

It is impossible to say that the ideas and concepts are completely consistent, but the difference is not very big, and it is not difficult to seek common ground while reserving differences.

Both parties had the idea of ​​cooperation, and the experienced Louise made the decision on the spot, using Leterrier as the director of the film.