Rebirth In Hollywood

This is a celebration party held within Disney. There are two protagonists. One is "The Avengers", which is raging in the North American and overseas film markets, and the other is "Avatar", which has just rolled off the assembly line in North America and other parts of the world.

Among them, the global box office of the latter has reached as high as 3.04566 billion US dollars. Although there are still a small number of overseas screenings, they basically belong to the regions that buy out the screening rights, and the box office generated has nothing to do with Disney.

Joss Whedon and James Cameron are naturally the focus of tonight. Although the latter's great success is a bit unexpected, some people can always think of it. After all, the king of the world has had crazy precedents; They successfully merged in one place, and created the third masterpiece in North America with a box office of more than 500 million US dollars, but it is very surprising.

"Alison."

After a round of entertainment, Ryan found a place where a group of children played. This was a celebration party inside Disney, and many people attended with their families. "Look out for these little guys."

"There's Lily here..." Taylor, who was sitting on a chair, pointed to Lily Mo Xin, the oldest of the group of children, "Don't worry."

"godfather……"

Probably found Ryan, a little guy ran over suddenly, Ryan rubbed her forehead, "Apple, where's your mommy?"

"Talking with the godmother."

April Martin, who is about to enter elementary school, pointed to the other side, curled his lips and said, "None of them play with me."

"godfather……"

Lily led Sandy and walked over, "Dad..."

"Hey dears."

Seeing George Lucas walking this way, Ryan said, "Go on."

After speaking, he left here.

"Ryan."

"Hello, George."

After shaking hands with George Lucas, Ryan gestured please to the chair beside him. "I heard that you traveled around the world some time ago?"

"Yeah, I haven't been this relaxed in a long time."

George Lucas is a wise man,

Now that he chose to withdraw from Lucasfilm, in order not to affect Disney and Katherine Kennedy's optimization of Lucasfilm, he simply left North America.

"Interested in serving as special advisor to the new Star Wars?"

The two talked a few words, and Ryan brought the topic to the preparations for the seventh part of "Star Wars", which will start in the second half of the year, "Maybe you can give some suggestions."

"Forget it." George Lucas shook his head, "Ryan, I really want to quit commercial production."

"Oh well."

Ryan didn't insist, these words were more polite. George Lucas is good at setting the background and the structure of the world view, but he is clumsy at dealing with details. This has been fully demonstrated in the Star Wars series, and Star Wars has already formed a complete world view in the hearts of movie fans in thirty years. , if the next few sequels want to continue to be successful, optimization of details is essential.

These are precisely the weaknesses of George Lucas.

After talking to George Lucas, many people came over and sat around. Speaking of some recent topics about Disney, even the battle between Disney and News Corporation has become the content of Disney's internal discussions, as a complete winner. Disney employees also have the privilege of belittling their opponents.

"How are you thinking about the sequel?" Ryan discussed "Avatar" with James Cameron, "Any ideas?"

"I just hope you can prepare a huge check." James? Cameron is always concerned about technical and financial issues.

"I don't think anyone at Disney would object." Neither would Ryan himself.

With the huge success of "Avatar". The production cost of the sequel will definitely increase, but correspondingly, a considerable part of the later publicity costs will be saved. These can all be classified as production costs.

During the recent period, many people or companies have been in contact with James Cameron, and they all have the same idea. On the premise that James Cameron is settled, they will join the sequel project of "Avatar". in order to get a share of it.

However, the truck driver ignored them. After all, his cooperation with Ryan has always been pleasant, and Disney will provide him with sufficient production costs, as well as sufficient studio and post-production rights. Who knows if the new investor will become a constraint .

"dad……"

Sandy's voice suddenly sounded from behind, Ryan turned his head, and she walked over a few steps, "Hello, Godfather."

"Hey, little guy."

James Cameron stroked Sandy's blond hair, "I thought you didn't remember me."

Sandy smiled sweetly at him, then took Ryan's hand, "Dad, I want to find Mommy."

"Where's sister?" Ryan asked a little strangely.

"Taylor is talking to Scarlett." Sandy pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "She ignored me."

"Okay, let's go find Mommy."

Ryan stood up and said to Cameron, "Jim, we'll talk when we have time."

Taking his daughter by the hand, Ryan walked around the banquet hall for a while, and found Nicole's place. There were not many people in the place where she was sitting, and the atmosphere was quite cold. No one would be so stupid as to say hello at such a time. Say hello, because the person sitting across from Nicole is... Charlize Theron.

"Mommy..."

Breaking free from Ryan's hand, Sandy ran directly to her mother, and shouted to the opposite side, "Hello, godmother."

Ryan could see that Nicole's face seemed a little unsightly.

"Mommy..."

The little guy seemed to notice something, she looked at Nicole, then at Charlize, "Did you quarrel?"

"How come, dear."

It was Charlize who spoke. Sandy bit her finger and said seriously, "This is how Mummy and Dad quarrel."

"What are you talking about?"

After pulling out a chair, Ryan sat in the outer seat between the two, "Can you tell me?"

"Isn't your script finished?" Charlize tilted her head, teasing Sandy with her eyes, and said to Ryan, "I think Nicole might be interested in the characters in it."

"Is that so?" Ryan turned his head, "Nicole?"

Nicole didn't answer, but stared closely at Charlize, South African diamond did not show any weakness, and looked at Nicole with almost the same eyes.

"You two..." Ryan couldn't help frowning.

Then, the eyes of the two turned to him at the same time, as sharp as a knife.

"Who are you going to find as the director?" Nicole asked suddenly.

"Natalie..." Ryan didn't mean to hide anything, "She has agreed to be the director of this series."

Nodding her head, Nicole said clearly, "Have you planned for a long time?"

"Not too long." Ryan tilted his head and looked at Nicole, "I just have this idea, and it depends on your opinions."

If a few people object, Ryan will not force it. He just wants to use this to ease the relationship between the few people a little bit, not like now, every time they meet, it's like seeing a life-and-death enemy.

Nicole treats Charlize fairly well, but the trouble is with Natalie. How many years have they not spoken to each other? It's as if he can't even remember.

"Studio Kidman can afford part of the investment."

Suddenly, Nicole changed to a business attitude, "One-third or half is fine. I can be a producer, but I won't play any roles."

It is simply impossible for her to perform under the command of "Director Portman". In turn, the producer can restrict the director in many places.

"You stop thinking about it."

Before Ryan could speak, Charlize Theron said, "The opportunity is rare."

"Let's leave this opportunity to others." Nicole's attitude was very firm.

Then, she stood up and walked to the other side, while giving her daughter a wink, Sandy waved to Charlize, and tacitly came over to hold Ryan, "Dad, let's go."

After waving to Charlize, Charlize made a gesture of nothing, Ryan took Sandy and walked out of the banquet hall.

On the car back to Malibu, Ryan was arranging Sandy's somewhat messy hair. Nicole, who was opposite, kept looking out the window and didn't say much after getting in the car.

"Mummy seems to be angry." Sandy whispered in Ryan's ear, "I'm still angry with you, Dad."

"Honey." Ryan looked at Nicole, "What are you thinking?"

"In this regard..." Nicole's eyes turned back from the car window, "You are more naive than I thought."

Ryan gestured to Nicole to go ahead.

"You want to play Arthas Menethil, don't you?"

Seeing Ryan nodding, Nicole continued, "Will I play Jaina Proudmoore or Sylvanas? Windrunner?"

"It just ruins the movie."

Regardless of Ryan's thoughts, Nicole took a few deep breaths, and her tone turned calm, "Don't be naive, Ryan, this is the best situation, if you insist on your own ideas, it will only turn the set into a battlefield, Charlie Z Theron is smart and tactful, maybe she can make some compromises, but don't forget, Natalie Portman is as proud as I am."

Hearing Nicole's words, Ryan couldn't help pinching the center of his brows. Maybe it feels good to control Disney all these years. He gradually had more ideas, but he forgot another point, they are not Disney after all!

Like Nicole said, Charlize may not be the problem. The problem is that Nicole and Natalie, who used to have a great relationship and then hated each other, really only treat this movie with a working attitude?

Maybe what I think is really too simple and naive.

He could almost foresee the tit-for-tat scene between Nicole and Natalie, one of the heroines.

For the rest of the time, the silent person became Ryan. This matter was obviously not what Charlize thought, and it was far from what he expected, and he couldn't ask for more from them.

It seems that giving up is the best choice? (to be continued...)

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