Chatty Hollywood

In fact, Charlotte will consider filming the follow-up story of Will Turner's line because he feels that compared to the "Black Pearl", the "Flying Dutchman" may be more useful for him to explore the secrets of the Lord of the Abyss. helpful.

However, that is what happened later.

Currently, the most important job of Spectre Studio is to keep an eye on the screening of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1"——

According to Charlotte's prediction, they should try their best to speed up the payment of the movie to avoid waiting until "Pearl Harbor" is released. If Disney loses a lot of money, it will account for the income from "Pirates of the Caribbean 1"...

Of course, considering that Disney will at least cooperate with Specter Studio on the last two installments of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, as long as the other party is not stupid, it should not go too far.

But the problem is, sometimes there are more fools in this world than we think...

Anyway, Charlotte felt that it was necessary to be on guard against others.

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In addition to "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the previously mentioned "Island", Spectre Studio also talked about the post-production situation of "Lord of the Rings 1" in this internal meeting.

——In this regard, after the post-production of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" was completed, the post-production of "Lord of the Rings 1" became the focus of Spectre Studio, so the progress is still very smooth.

"Anyway, there is no problem in releasing it at the end of 2001!"

Fat Peter Jackson slapped his chest so hard,

"Actually, I think if we rush it, it won't be difficult to advance to September."

"...There's no need for this!"

Thinking of 911, Charlotte quickly stopped Fatty Peter who was seeking death.

"As an adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" and a fantasy epic blockbuster, I think it would be better to make it more precise!"

"That's okay too!"

Since Charlotte is not in a hurry as an investor, Peter Jackson is also happy to have more time...

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After that, several people discussed the plan to remake the Japanese version of "The Ring"——

After Charlotte proposed the plan, Mr. Westwood had negotiated and obtained the corresponding copyright.

"Actually, DreamWorks also has some ideas about remaking this movie."

Mr. Westwood said triumphantly,

"However, after my mediation, they gave up - after all, this was not a key project - so we didn't spend any more to buy the copyright!"

——Well, the last sentence is the key point.

In response, both Charlotte and Lao Qiang and others gave thumbs up in response.

--Only downward.

"As expected of a producer who insists on taking money!"

It was unclear whether Lao Qiang's tone was praise or criticism.

"But anyway, can I start the formal preparations now?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"In fact, after hearing that our studio was planning to remake Ring, Nicole Kidman once recommended an actress to me - a fellow Australian named Naomi Watts. "

"Watts!?"

Lao Qiang muttered, seeming to recall whether he had heard of this name before.

Addison Yang, who had been silent for a long time, asked,

"Have you slept?"

"What!?"

Charlotte was stunned.

But after taking a look at the person speaking, who was the most boring and arrogant photographer in the studio, he understood.

"How can it be?"

"Too,

After all, Sally is not the kind of woman who talks easily! "

Mr. Photographer smiled and said,

"But if she hasn't slept with her, just give her a chance to audition, right?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

“It’s better to follow the formal rules from now on!”

"That's no problem!"

Lao Qiang scratched his head,

"Actually, I'm not worried about normal roles. After all, this is just a horror movie, and the requirements for acting skills are not too high. The problem is that ghost Sadako-"

He glanced at Charlotte;

"I'm not sure how to portray her—"

"Is it the traditional way of American horror movies, or is it a little bit special and makes her beautiful, just like Charlotte you did in "The Turn" and "Happy Death Day."

"this……"

Charlotte understood that this was actually because Lao Qiang was under her influence.

——In traditional American horror films, ghosts and monsters are not considered to be pleasing to the eye. They are basically made as disgusting and scary as possible.

——The method of making ghosts, especially female ghosts, both beautiful and scary at the same time is actually the method of Eastern horror films.

Not to mention "A Chinese Ghost Story" and other romance films that are disguised as ghost films, just ordinary oriental horror films, there are many female ghosts and they are very beautiful.

Just like the "Midnight Ring" series, when the fourth part focused on Sadako's origin story, the actor who played Sadako was directly played by Yukie Nakama.

As a traveler from the other side of the Pacific, Charlotte was naturally affected by this tendency.

Therefore, in his movies, characters such as ghosts, witches, and murderers are often portrayed as very feminine by him——

Just like Charlize and Alexis in "The Turn", Jodie Foster in "Happy Death Day", etc...

Affected by his success, some Hollywood directors have gradually felt that pure horror is not enough for ghost characters.

——When it is scary, it still has a unique charm. It makes people scared but also wants to watch it. It is a higher state.

In this regard, Lao Qiang, who had been Charlotte's assistant director before, was naturally supportive.

——After seeing Charlotte’s technique, he also wanted to try to learn it, but he hadn’t figured out how to do it yet.

So, now he is going to ask Charlotte for advice.

And Charlotte agreed with him.

"If you want to shoot Sadako in a scary yet beautiful way, makeup is very important!"

Charlotte pointed at the old gun,

"In this regard, ordinary makeup won't work - you have to use dead makeup!"

"Death makeup!?"

"A unique way of applying makeup to the deceased!"

Charlotte explained,

"Ordinary makeup artists can't do it, but I can give Annika some pointers and let her achieve that effect!"

"This, let's forget about this!"

Lao Qiang laughed dryly,

"After giving birth to the child, Annika has been focusing more on her family recently. If you are willing to help, you can just come directly. There is no need to give Annika advice!"

——Who knows if you have any ghostly magic here! ?

The old gun who knew Charlotte muttered in his heart.

He didn't want his wife to master some special technique of applying makeup to the dead - it sounded scary!

Charlotte had no doubts about this.

He just nodded,

"In this case, when the time comes, I will come directly to help you with some shots and effects related to Sadako. I will definitely make her beautiful and scary!"

"..."

——You guys have actually seen too many ghosts, so you want to repay society! ?

An idea suddenly appeared in Lao Qiang's mind...