Ace Hollywood - Chapter 392

It was a pleasure to communicate with the creators of “When Happiness Comes Knocking”. Everyone’s ideas are very similar, and their understanding of movies is almost the same. They even had time to call Will Smith, who was training for the new film as far away as New York – the new film is an apocalyptic sci-fi action film, and Will returned to Warner Bros. action after a brief transition. Obviously, Will has some apprehension and unease after leaving the action genre.

Daniel’s approval reassured everyone, including Gabridge, who were concerned about the summer box office whirlwind set off by MGM and DD.

“Bad Teacher” 130 million, “High School Musical” 180 million, “Magic Mike” 54.42 million, and “Pirates of the Caribbean 2”, which has now reached 210 million – these are all North American box office, and they are all in the middle of the hit, even “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” “Bad Teacher”, there are still nearly 2 million in income on weekdays, and it is not very difficult to exceed 16 million throughout the week. As for “High School Musical”, it is currently an accepted opinion that its final number is predicted to exceed 200 million. Whether it is 250 million or 280 million – and it is impossible to reach 300 million, how can it expand the miracle to? degree? “Magic Mike” still performed well against the invincible whirlwind of “Pirates 2”, which shows that it is also a high probability event that it will eventually break through 100 million.

Don’t think that breaking 100 million is an easy thing.

In the whole year of 2005, there were only 21 works that exceeded 100 million at the North American box office – and there were more than 21 production companies in North America, not to mention, these 21 films all belonged to the six major Hollywood studios except MGM. , dd Pictures and DreamWorks, if Warner’s independently operated new lines are counted, then there are 9.

Now, all three MGM films with an investment of less than 20 million have all broken through 100 million, especially “High School Musical”, which has even exceeded 200 million – easily accumulating the annual North American box office to more than 400 million! Considering that at the end of the year, MGM still has the only new film in the “007” series, it is not a big problem for the North American box office to reach 700-800 million. , with more projects launched, especially this batch of low-cost sequels, MGM’s prospects can be expected.

therefore. MGM’s stunning performance in the summer is worthy of a big book anyway.

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When they arrived at Karst Cave Town by car from Tiangang Airport, it was 1:40 pm, 50 minutes before their agreed time.

This allowed Daniel to take a leisurely look at the scenery of Phoenix. This city was founded 25 years ago. It is the fifth largest city in the United States, although it has only 1.5 million people. The climate is dry and hot – that’s why it’s called Phoenix. As the capital of Arizona, Phoenix is ​​not far from Los Angeles, after all, California and Arizona are adjacent.

But this is indeed the first time Daniel has arrived in this inland city, and his actions are extremely secretive. Most of the people who pay attention to him should keep their eyes on DD Films with his Mercedes-Benz car – when the car drives directly into the underground garage, no one will know whether there is anyone in it or not, and Daniel’s office is independent One thing, ordinary dd film employees can’t be sure whether Daniel is in the company, and they have nothing to communicate with Daniel directly – as for David, Ferguson, and Melissa, if they can be bribed by reporters, then Daniel will not. These ridiculous cover-ups are necessary.

Mel and Christian, and their three children, welcomed guests at the door.

Daniel is casual. Step out of the car with Melissa.

Love and career are the two treasures to maintain a woman’s brilliance. This sentence is definitely good for Mel. Daniel just glanced at this 30-year-old full-time mother with 3 children, who is much younger than most of her peers – not how good her figure is or how tender her skin is, but you can Feel the breath in her – hope and enthusiasm for life.

“Wow, a happy family.”

Daniel reached out and shook hands with Christian first, then hugged Mel, and then squatted down to meet Mel’s three children. The youngest Allie hid behind her mother, grabbed her by the foot, and peeked at Daniel from the side.

“Welcome, Daniel.”

The host is obviously proud of Daniel’s visit in person.

Neither Mel nor Christian. Both were curious and in awe of the famed superstar – and now when he arrives at their residence and takes a fancy to the novel they have, it’s an unspeakable experience.

The home is very warm. It can be seen that Mel did not take care of her small family because of writing, even though she is now the most profitable person in the family.

“Try it. These are coffee beans sent to me by my friend.”

Mel put a few cups of coffee on the coffee table.

Daniel beckoned to Airy, who had relaxed a lot. Little Airy looked at his smiling parents and squeezed into Daniel’s side. It needs to be said that Mel’s house is not a mansion, although it can’t be said. The narrow, but separated living room is not that big, and it is a bit cramped for eight people, even with three children.

Holding little Allie in his arms.

“Honestly, Mel, I was really happy when I heard that Paramount dropped Twilight — it might be a little rude, sorry.”

“No, no.”

Mel apparently didn’t care.

“However, Daniel, I didn’t think you would be interested in it.”

“Of course, why not? So many readers love Isabella and Edward so much, and of course I love them too.” Daniel glanced at Melissa.

Melissa clearly took out a report from her bag.

“We even made a simple plan for this, you can take a look.”

Christian motioned to Mel to look first.

The above is the budget amount, work positioning, script creation ideas, and performance expectations. It wasn’t too long. Mel read it and handed it over to Christian. It took less than half an hour in total.

“To be honest, Mel, if I hadn’t been optimistic about Twilight, I wouldn’t have appeared in Phoenix, because before I came, I didn’t know you had such lovely three children.” Daniel slightly flattered his arms “I think this is an infectious story. It hits the true meaning of love directly, and the setting of vampires, although not new, can even be called old-fashioned. But in a movie that focuses on youth love In the movie. Definitely going to make Edward one of the most charismatic male leads. I can almost guarantee you that young people will love it and even go crazy for Edward.”

Daniel went off the stage and communicated with Stephanie Meyer about how he would deal with this outstanding work if dd Pictures got the adaptation rights.

As a satisfied full-time housewife. Money wasn’t the most important factor that moved Mel. Because selling books has paid off enough for her, and she’s really not a greedy person, she now wants her work to be better represented – and no one thinks that spending $1 million will get you ” Twilight, isn’t it?

Mel kept her cool until she got a little excited when Daniel suggested that a group of ladies would be making the work.

“Really?”

“Yes, in addition to the male actors! The screenwriter will be you, I will also invite an outstanding female screenwriter to help you, and the director will also be a woman. The producer will be Melissa herself.”

“Oh no no, the script should be written by professionals, I can participate in it.” Mel was obviously a little excited, she was not a pure feminist. But the birth of this work was originally the self-salvation and awakening of a married woman who was depressed and doubted about love-if it could be produced by a purely female team, it would be too meaningful.

Christian patted his wife on the shoulder.

“Looks like you’ve reached an agreement.”

It has been nearly 3 hours since Daniel entered the house, and the communication can be said to be quite sufficient.

“What do you think, Chris. I think everything is great.”

Compared to the more emotional Mel, Christian is much calmer, but fortunately, he has no objection. “To be honest, I think there are advantages and disadvantages to handing over ‘Twilight’ to big companies like Paramount and Universal, but some smaller studios may be more appropriate – they Will put more emphasis on the original and take Stephanie’s opinion. They may also put more attention and energy than those big companies – after all, compared to “Batman”, “Pirates of the Caribbean” This kind of large-scale works. “Twilight” The possible attention that “City” might get worried us. But now I think dd Pictures may be the best fit – you have produced a lot of excellent small and medium budget works in the past few years, you have a lot of experience, and you have never tried your hand, this will It gives us a lot of peace of mind.”

“You won’t regret today’s decision, I promise.”

“Daniel, although I know it’s unlikely~www.mtlnovel.com~, if you can play Edward, I will definitely be very excited.” Mel suddenly said excitedly.

Christian was stunned and looked at his wife helplessly, “It’s not easy, she finally revealed her true nature after we reached an agreement. Daniel, she is your loyal movie fan – in our bedroom, we have kept you up to this day. Blu-ray dvds of all the works, plus lots of peripherals.”

“My elf prince!” Little Allie suddenly called out.

That should be Legolas’ figure.

Daniel and Melissa looked at each other, which was a pleasant surprise.

“Daniel, can you sign a few names for me on the DVD later?” Mel began to become a real movie fan.

“Well, of course, no problem.”

So, Melissa continued to negotiate with Christian, while Mel led Daniel upstairs and into the room of Little Airy and his brother. He saw the toy in the image of Legolas at a glance – and then Mel dragged A small box came in.

“School Blues”, “The Fellowship of the Ring”, “The Two Towers”, “The Return of the King”, “Gladiator”, “Legal Blonde”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Bourne Bourne” – indeed, whether it’s a leading role or a supporting role, all Daniel’s participation All the performances are in it. He also saw a lot of movies produced by dd film, but he did not star in. (To be continued.)

ps: There is always half a day every day, all data is motionless, this is the performance of no recommendation. .