Chapter 345 [It's a fool not to take advantage of it]
NBA All-Star Weekend this season is from February 7th to 10th, and Yang Jian can take the opportunity to promote the movie. As soon as his interview news was broadcast, people knew that "Fifty First Dates" would be released on Valentine's Day.
There will definitely be a large number of reporters interviewing Yang Jian. He is a star among stars. Not only will he become the All-Star vote winner, there will also be activities about the top 50 superstars during Star Weekend. Yang Jian will take photos and interact with basketball celebrities.
He doesn't have to worry about retired celebrities ignoring him, at least his neighbor Bill Russell publicly supports his selection.
The Sonics players had the next day off. Yang Jian stayed in the hotel with Drew Barrymore in the morning, and invited Derek Kroft and Jon Favreau to have dinner with him at noon.
They met not only to chat but also to make plans for the next movie. Favreau was not suitable to direct the horror film "The Ring". Barrymore would continue to be the producer and had to find a suitable director. There was no one available for the time being.
"Look for Gore Verbinski. He will definitely be available. Contact him as soon as possible." Yang Jian suggested.
"Who?" Favreau boasted that he knew a lot of people in the entertainment industry, but he had never heard of this person.
Barrymore happened to know about it and asked curiously: "How do you know this person? He has not made a feature film yet. Recently, DreamWorks is inspecting him and wants him to make a movie about catching mice."
Can such a new director make a horror film? Barrymore doubted Verbinski's ability, even though Spielberg thought highly of him.
"I heard by chance that his short films were pretty good." Yang Jian immediately found a reason. In fact, he had never seen Verbinski's short films at all.
Yang Jian couldn't explain in detail. He couldn't say that he was a fan of Verbinski. He really liked his "Pirates of the Caribbean", right? In a parallel world, the American version of "The Ring" is Verbinski's role in "Pirates of the Caribbean"
"It was filmed before and was a box office hit.
Yang Jian also knew that the mouse-catching movie DreamWorks was going to make was Verbinski's masterpiece "Ratcatcher". The script of the film not only referenced the "Home Alone" series of movies, but also the animated "Cat and Cat".
Part of the plot of "Mouse" is very interesting.
Children all like this movie because the protagonist who drives the plot is actually the funny little mouse. In North America, the movie has a box office of 62 million US dollars, and the global box office has exceeded 100 million, becoming a super dark horse. "Capture"
"Rat" beat big-budget films such as "Spawn" and "Alien 4", ranking 25th on the 1997 box office list.
For Verbinski to achieve such results in his first feature film, he is definitely a genius.
Yang Jian doesn't want to change someone to direct. "It may be better for him to cooperate with DreamWorks. You said to make a movie with him first and try his level. If he does a good job, it will be easier for DreamWorks to make the decision to use him."
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It would be a fool not to take advantage of it. Verbinski is not just talented. Yang Jian is worried that another director will ruin the filming of "The Ring". This kind of thing is very likely to happen, and Chinese directors have proven this countless times.
.They shared a script with the Korean director and filmed it together. South Korea produced a record-breaking classic, and domestic directors could directly film it.
When Verbinski shoots "Ratcatcher", his net worth will definitely increase significantly, and it will be more difficult to find him to film. The most important thing is that Yang Jian cannot let Naomi wait for a year for the director. Film first
"Ratcatcher" God knows when it will be finished.
"Midnight Ring" must be filmed as soon as possible and released before the Japanese version, so that it will be more classic. Compared with the dull Japanese version, Yang Jian prefers the American version and does not want Naomi to go down the road of a parallel world.
What a remake queen.
"You think so highly of him? He has no experience." Barrymore asked.
"Isn't Jon also experienced? How good was the filming of "Fifty First Dates"?" Yang Jian pointed to the side.
Jon Favreau immediately put down his knife and fork, puffed out his chest and squinted his eyes, pretending to be very proud. Yang Jian's compliment made him feel so good.
Barrymore laughed: "Okay, I'll contact him immediately to try. What if he's not interested in the script?"
"He will be interested because this script is very exciting." Yang Jian is very sure. Because Verbinski's parallel world is very interested in this script.
Everyone talked about other things. Favreau is going to make a guest appearance on a TV series and dub cartoons, so he won't have a directing job for the time being. This is his first time directing a feature film, and he won't have anyone until he achieves good box office results.
Find him to film.
Drake said he wanted to go to Europe.
"Why are you going to Europe?" Yang Jian asked.
"To learn something, director Paul Verhoeven is going to Europe. I will go with him to gain some experience." Drake was looking forward to the trip to Europe.
"You learn from him and want to make movies like "Basic Instinct" in the future? I don't think his movies are suitable for Huaer Pictures," Barrymore said with a smile.
"No, his last movie was a science fiction film, and we had a great time working together," Drake said.
Favreau has watched many movies and of course knows Verhoeven. "His science fiction films must have a strong taste."
Drake nodded. "Yes, so after the filming of this movie, it has not been determined when it will be released. It was filmed earlier than "Fifty First Dates"."
Verhoeven is a famous director with a very strong personal style. "RoboCop" and "Mighty Dragon" are all his works, heavy-flavored plasma movies. "Instinct" is his masterpiece, and everyone knows what it is about.
What Drake was talking about was the filming of "Starship Troopers" in the first half of this year. He worked on the crew for a while and did not participate in the subsequent reshoots. Drake admires this director very much. He also wants to make action movies and
Science fiction film.
Yang Jian has a lot of movie stories in his mind, and he also wants to make action movies and science fiction movies. If he wants to get high box office, he has to take this road in the future. When Drake comes back from Europe, he plans to discuss ideas with him and start the whole process.
A wonderful script came out.
After dinner, Barrymore went to work. She has been very busy recently.
Yang Jian called Jennifer Aniston again to make an appointment. Now he is free to live his own life as he pleases, regardless of whether he will be photographed by the paparazzi.
Everyone can judge him casually, but he is not less controversial than that. He had no intention of establishing a perfect image.
It turned out that Jennifer didn't have time and was attending an event out of town. She really didn't have time. As a popular female star and America's sweetheart, she had constant film appointments, many invitations to events, and she often shot commercials and did exclusive interviews.
The six leading actors of "Friends" all became popular because of one TV series, which is very rare in the history of the entertainment industry. Only when "Friends" is completed can their popularity decrease.
Yang Jian decided to stay in the hotel room with the curtains open and bask in the sun. This was definitely bad news for the Lakers. If he stayed in the sun for a while, he would be in full condition to participate in the game and his physical strength would be unlimited.
He stayed in the room bored for an hour, too lazy to watch TV. He was too bored. At this time, Leonardo DiCaprio called and asked if he was free to play with him and wanted to introduce someone to him.
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Yang Jian told her hotel room number, and Leonardo arrived soon.
Yang Jian thought Leonardo would bring a long-legged girlfriend, or a "Fat Wen", but in the end he brought "Spider-Man".
"Hey, you're not with your girlfriend today?" Leonardo entered the room and first looked to see if there was anyone else.
"I'm busy with work. I'm bored in the hotel." Yang Jian reached out to the side and smiled: "You must be Tobey Maguire, he told me about you."
"Hello...nice to meet you." Toby took a deep breath and looked a little dazed with his straight eyes.
Toby was very nervous. He didn't want to come because he didn't feel good about it, but he came because of Leonardo's insistence.
As a street actor, how could he not be nervous when his friends took him to meet sports superstars? However, Leonardo called him over regardless of whether it was good or not, and wanted him to have more connections.
Leonardo's reason was that a friend wanted to get Yang Jian's autograph and take a photo, and he wanted to give it as a gift. Yang Jian's reputation is now at the top in the sports circle. Indeed, many people wanted to ask for his autograph but had no chance to meet him.
Leonardo didn't foolishly suggest playing poker. He had just met Yang Jian. Bringing a card player here would cause misunderstanding. Is this a group to win money?