108-Favors of big men
Nicholas Cage! This name made Wayne feel dazed. This is the most familiar Hollywood superstar in my celestial dynasty.
When I was a child, I thought it was very powerful in each movie. This must not be Wayne's personal feelings, but the feelings of that generation.
But when we grew up, we realized that Nicholas Cage had a nickname called "King of Bad Movies"!
If Wayne remembers correctly, this Hollywood star has not yet been exposed to commercial films and is a standard literary celebrity. Yes, you read that right, Nicholas Cage was really a standard literary celebrity in the early 1990s.
He is still the kind of literary celebrity who disdains commercial films. His Hollywood acting career is also a bumpy legend.
"John, who has such a great face to impress Warner Brothers?" Wayne looked through the resume and looked up and asked. "You should know my work style. There is basically no favors to talk about. Even the heroine I want has to audition step by step."
John also learned some Wayne's personality from the side. This is a genius director who combines contradictions. When he is not working, he is very good to the people around him and is easy to talk to.
If you work, you delay his work progress and cause trouble for his work, even if you are close to female celebrities, he will turn against others.
For example, that Naomi Watts.
When filming "Escape from the Deadly Town", she was scolded by this genius director more than once, but what John learned was that Naomi Watts had always had an affair with him.
If this big shot hadn't made Kevin Tesuhara understand this time, he wouldn't have helped telling about this matter.
John said to Wayne, who looked down at his resume, “You have seen the Godfather trilogy?”
“What?”
"The director of the Godfather trilogy, the famous Francis Ford Coppola! Starting from General Patton in 1970, after "The Godfather 1, 2, 3", "Dialogue", "Apocalypse Modern", and "Four Hundred Years of Bloodsucking Zombies", which achieved a box office of 200 million yuan the previous year, no one is unwilling to sell this big director for a face."
John was afraid that he would not be able to figure it out, so he counted the achievements of this great director to illustrate the status of such a big man in the Hollywood circle.
"What is his relationship with Nicholas Cage?" Wayne put down his simple resume. Except for the several art films he had made, there was almost no reference data left. "Is it just like the movie, he is Nicholas Cage's godfather?"
Wayne lightly lit his resume on the table. Art films like "My Heart is Wild" and "Vegas Honeymoon" may have won awards, but he has never heard of them. Moreover, Nicholas Cage is not the protagonist, so it really makes no sense.
"If he is normal, his surname should be Coppola..." John also felt that this guy was twisted and he had to explain patiently. "The Coppola family has a great influence in the circle. After Nicholas Cage debuted, he didn't want people to know that he came from this family, so... literary youths are all this twisted personality!"
This makes sense. Nicholas Cage should be the nephew of the legendary Hollywood director, otherwise he would not have been favored to help him build relationships.
But let alone, Wayne really thinks that literary celebrities like Cage can really create a good role as a clown.
His acting skills are definitely not a problem. The biggest problem is that this master was a bastard when he was young. He rarely had a bastard character in the independent literary and artistic circles. The circle they come into contact with every day is famous for his confusion, promiscuity, abuse of drugs and drugs.
Before seeing this resume, Wayne really ignored this stock with guaranteed acting skills.
"Appoint him, if his agent calls him and tell him that Nicholas Cage can go directly to the second round of auditions."
John showed a relaxed look on his face. He didn't want these messy things to affect his cooperative relationship with Wayne. It was a very rare combination of a pair of producers and directors who were in line with each other.
"Thank you, Wayne, I will tell Kevin to let him remember you as a favor!"
"Don't be polite. If the clown's character is really his in the end, it will save me a lot of working time."
In my heart, Wayne has always been curious, wanting to see what performance this future weird Hollywood superstar can perform now.
After all, there are not many superstars who can play bankruptcy, and there are not many superstars who can just pay off their debts by bad movies, and there are not many superstars who can play with their own value.
"That's it, I have to go back and prepare, and there is still a shooting plan to do." Wayne thought that everything had been finished, so he stood up and handed the resume to Nina and prepared to go back.
"There is another thing, just a private matter just now, and this matter is the main business." Seeing that he was leaving, John quickly stopped him. The main business was not done yet.
"Wayne, have you ever wondered when this film will be released? This is different from the small cost we made before. This is one of the top Warner Bros. next year, the release time must be set in advance!
Warner Bros. has to formulate a promotional plan in advance and discuss screening with the theater alliance in advance. There are many things to do, and you have to give me a time."
Things are obvious. This is different from the previous small cost. It is impossible for him to do it by his own nature. He must make all plans in advance and then follow the plan step by step.
"I think about it!"
Wayne leaned on the back of the chair, took out a cigarette and lit it, and began to comb the shooting time in his mind, calculate the time required for post-production, and also set aside time to remedy after an accident.
According to the current progress, the film will be able to start at the end of September at the latest. The shooting of this film is relatively complicated, and all shots should be able to be shot in three to four months at a slowest time.
He pointed to Nina's briefcase, asked her to come over to pen and paper, and began to write and draw on it.
"John, so we can start this video in the summer, preferably in mid-May, giving me enough post-production time."
More than half an hour later, Wayne raised his head, crumpled the scratched paper into a ball, and stuffed it into Nina's briefcase with a pen.
"Is the same schedule as "Escape from the Deadly Town"? We actually have a better choice. We can push the time back and put it in the middle of the summer schedule." John only needs to determine the time to complete the production. He heard that he could complete it before May, so he wanted to find a good schedule for the film.
Is this a coincidence? That's right, "Escape from the Deadly Town" was also released in mid-May. Wayne touched the stubble on his chin with his left hand, thought for a while and said:
"No, John, if you communicate with Kevin or the distribution department, we will have a mid-May schedule to see if there are any videos you can grab."
"Are you sure, don't choose the better one?"
"I'm sure, since it's such a coincidence, I'll turn the mid-May schedule into the "Greenberg" time, and release movies every year at this time to make a brand that movie fans like. Do you think there is hope?"
Wayne's ambition was very inflated, and this was the idea he just thought of.
"As long as we can continue to succeed, there is nothing impossible." John shrugged and stood up to end the conversation. He had a lot of work, even more than director Wayne.
"Then that's it. Let's do what we are doing first. This is a long-term goal!" Wayne smiled and walked out with John.
Francis Ford Coppola has used his favor, but his nephew may not appreciate it. After hearing that this film is a commercial film, Nicholas Cage instinctively wanted to reject it.
It was not until the agent obtained a copy of the project script called "The Joker" through his relationship that it aroused Nicholas Cage's interest again.
"Susan, is this really a commercial movie? How many millions of dollars are invested?" This is the third time that Nicholas Cage has finished reading the script, and it is also the third time that he asked his agent the same question.
This script made him exclaim, if this was also considered commercial production, then what were the art films he had filmed before?
"Wayne Greenberg is very different from other commercial directors. Nikola, his films are naturally heavy in artistry. I suggest you take a look at "Escape from the Deadly Town" and "Happy Day of Death".
Seeing that her customers might change their minds, Susan Milly began to persuade him. She felt helpless about having such a customer. She obviously had first-class Hollywood connections, but she wanted to play some art.
How much money can art be worth? In her eyes, such art films are almost useless except for winning some small awards!
Chapter completed!