Rebirth In Hollywood

The rising sun hangs in the east, and through the sparse palm trees, the ground is covered with golden yellow. In front of the villa that has been re-laid with lawns and slates, a custom-made Rolls-Royce Phantom has started, slightly. The sound of the motor was like welcoming the owner.

The sound of crisp high-heeled shoes falling on the slate rang out. Nicole, who was wearing a professional dress, was so bright and radiant that she had just been nourished. She strode out of the villa, waited for the bodyguard to open the back door, and got into the car first. .

Afterwards, Ryan also walked out of the villa holding the document bag and briefcase. After he got into the same car, the convoy of three cars drove out of Nicole's manor in Beverly Hills.

"What did John send in the morning?" Nicole looked curiously at the file bag Ryan was holding, "What's the urgency?"

"It's not very important." Ryan opened the file bag, "Some information related to "Transformers"."

"Didn't we sign Michael Bay?"

Speaking of which, Nicole still had some doubts, "Are you sure he won't turn this series into a nondescript work like "Escape from the Clone Island"?"

"Of course!" Ryan nodded. "After this serious failure, Michael will understand what he is good at and what the audience likes."

Just two days ago, after more than a week of consideration and reflection, Michael Bay and Disney reached a preliminary agreement on the filming of the "Transformers" series. The golden combination of him and Jerry Bruckheimer will be launched as soon as possible. Preparatory work.

After taking out the not too thick stack of documents in the document bag, Ryan looked through it roughly, not to mention the text introduction, just a dozen photos were enough to attract people.

"what is this?"

Looking at the hot swimsuit photos in Ryan's hands, Nicole frowned slightly, "When did you become interested in underwear models?"

She is extremely familiar with the fashion world. Just after a few glances, I found that the photos are the makeup photos of the most popular angels in Victoria's Secret.

"This is a candidate sent by Victoria's Secret." Ryan handed Nicole the photo and information. Nicole took it and flipped through it and asked in confusion, "Does CT still want to enter the underwear industry? Her Ambition and footsteps are a bit too big."

"Hey, dear, don't get me wrong." Ryan leaned over, pulled out a few brief introductions from Nicole's hand, and pointed to her, "I had someone contact the management of Victoria's Secret some time ago. reached a consensus on cooperation,

One of their angels will be chosen to play the heroine. "

"So..." Nicole's brows gradually loosened.

"They're one of the sponsors of the film," Ryan continued, "and will pay for part of the cost of the film."

This is just a part of the placement of advertisements. Since the official announcement of this project, countless car manufacturers have found Disney and asked to become one of the Autobots. Various negotiations are still in progress, but the direct planners of the film and The producer is Ryan, even by the most conservative estimates. Advertising alone will also recoup $60 million.

"Which one do you prefer?" Nicole flipped through the photos of the angels, "Adriana Lima? Miranda Kerr? Giselle Bunchen? Alessandra Ambrosio ?"

"The heroine in the script is a high school student, and the actor must not be too old." Ryan took the information returned by Nicole and put it back in the file bag. "Disney wants Zac Efron to play the male lead. He is the youth idol that Disney is currently trying to create, and the female lead candidate should also be matched with him."

"Well... this kind of thing should be left to Michael Bay." Ryan shook his head. "It's just a supporting role for a few robots."

The hero and heroine in this movie. It is completely a foil, and there is only one real protagonist, and that is Optimus Prime!

Disney's preparations have long been ahead. Not only did it reach a toy sharing agreement related to the movie with Hasbro, but it also hired Peter Cullen to dub Optimus Prime, who was also the one who dubbed Optimus Prime in the American version of the cartoon.

In short, Ryan and Disney, on their part, are ready to assemble all the elements that are favorable and nostalgic for the film to evoke the memory of Transformers in the hearts of a generation.

Of course, in the hearts of die-hard fans, the live-action movie version will definitely become a model of ruining childhood.

In fact, the film versions of various childhood works have been released in these years and in the next few years, all of which are destroying childhood memories, but it is not unreasonable to shoot the film like this. Not only are the times changing, but the audience is changing. The psychology of fans is also changing, and the movie must change in line with it, otherwise it is destined to be eliminated by the times.

No matter how good a movie is, it is deeply affected by time, region, culture and social environment. Not all good works will be praised all over the world, and even Hollywood commercial films that seem to have swept the world are hard to come by. Make it happen.

The most typical example is "The Hunger Games". This film was released in North America less than 2 months ago, and it received a box office of 425.61 million US dollars. The positive rate of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 85%. Even Imdb, which has always discriminated against commercial films, also has a score of 7.6, but what about overseas?

This film has been released in all major overseas markets including mainland China, and the overseas box office has not reached 200 million US dollars so far. Except for the English five base friends, most overseas markets have identified it as an unknown film. The so-called bad movie, according to the predictions of several professional institutions on Wall Street, the final overseas box office is about 270 million US dollars. For a commercial masterpiece, such an overseas box office can only be said to be average.

You must know that since the end of the last century, the overseas box office of Hollywood's commercial masterpieces has completely crushed the North American box office. Most of the big-selling movies, the overseas box office can even be close to twice the North American box office, and like "The Hunger Games", It is rare for a commercial blockbuster that sells very well in North America but has a mediocre response overseas.

It can be said that different cultural backgrounds, social openness and the development of the feminist movement have determined the huge differences between this film in North America and overseas.

The black Rolls-Royce Phantom drove all the way into Malibu and ended up in front of a beach house, one of Ryan's few properties. There are only a few properties in possession, even Lanai Island, Hawaii, was originally purchased for Nicole, but was later placed in his name by Nicole.

Maybe Nicole likes to shop around, inheriting the tradition of the Kidman family?

Also, Ryan reminded Nicole that she is also transferring most of the properties in her hands one after another, and then through the foundation under the two names, Scott will invest in the it industry, which is developing faster and faster in the future.

This villa, plus the beach and gardens, covers an area of ​​twelve acres. It may not be the most luxurious villa in Malibu, but it is definitely one of the most luxurious villas, and this is Tony Stark's mansion in the movie. .

That's right, "Iron Man" borrowed Ryan's mansion to shoot the location. There are only some life scenes left in this film, and most of the other shots were shot in the studio.

Walking into the villa, you can see the busy crew everywhere, in the spacious first floor lobby, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Coutts and Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark Walking around surrounded by cameras, occasionally showing some expressions of intimacy or argument.

Of course, as an amazing superhero movie full of black technology, green screen is inevitable when shooting.

"I heard that Robert Downey Jr. succeeded in detoxification?"

After the crew called to stop, Nicole held Ryan and asked in a low voice, "His mental state looks much better than when he was filming "Argo".

"Who knows."

Ryan doesn't care whether the other party has quit drugs or not, as long as he doesn't interfere with the filming, not to mention the contract signed by Surprise with him is the same as when Ryan was filming "Argo", which is extremely strict in this regard. limits.

Besides, how many stars in Hollywood secretly take drugs or become addicted to drugs? I am afraid it is a very scary number.

Even he and Nicole occasionally try marijuana. Of course, it's not addiction or relaxation, but as a spice for love.

After they were reconciled, there would always be two or three times a year when they would give everyone in Nicole's family a holiday, and then the two of them took a few breaths and used the entire villa as a battlefield. No more strength.

It is no different from other people. Love will always wear down with time. If you want to maintain this relationship, in addition to the inseparable entanglements between each other, you must maintain enough freshness. Both Ryan and Nicole understand this. , and sometimes are looking for some other kind of stimulation.

"Hi Ryan, Nicole."

"Hi, Gwyneth."

Gwyneth Paltrow, who was holding her daughter, came over. The two were old friends. Ryan and Nicole were not polite, and walked over to tease the baby who was blinking curiously.

"Aipel, remember me?" Nicole took the girl from Gwyneth Paltrow's hand.

The little girl didn't even recognize her birth, her little hand grabbed Nicole's skirt, and the corners of her mouth curved up.

"Your role is over?" Ryan looked at Nicole and turned his eyes to Gwyneth, who had already removed her makeup.

"Today's show is over." Gwyneth pointed to the resting crew in the distance, "The rest are Robert's one-man show."

Just now, Ryan also had a few words with Jon Favreau. The filming will end at the end of this month and move on to more tedious post-production. If there is no accident, the first film of "Iron Man" will be completed. Completely in time for next year's summer vacation.

"Ryan, can I make a request?"

The two sides have been friends for more than ten years, and Gwyneth Paltrow said it politely, "Can you fuck Poole's godfather?" (To be continued..) ()