Ace Hollywood

He stood up and stretched himself.

Kusa, who was sitting behind Daniel, looked at his back, "Daniel, you are becoming more and more like... Well, how should I put it, anyway, you are no longer a pure actor anyway. Talk about his film projects and even industry trends Come on, like studio bosses."

Daniel laughed.

"By the way, what did Melanie say?"

A few days ago, Melanie Sloan, Scarlett Johansson's mother, intends to let Kusa become Scarlett's manager. At that time, Kusa also asked for Daniel’s opinion. As part of the work of the film project was assigned to DD Films, Melissa also grew up and took charge of part of the work. Although it is still Kusa who negotiates and cooperates with relevant important tasks Come to operate, but compared with before, his workload has been reduced a lot.

After all, he was just Daniel's big manager, and it was not his job to be involved in investment and studio work, and in terms of regulations, he could not intervene in the daily work of the studio. Therefore, taking this opportunity to expand one's own customer base is one of the development directions of Kusa's business.

"It's basically settled. What do you think of Scarlett's development?"

Daniel glanced at him, "She will do whatever you want. Isn't that how we got here at the beginning. Ask her if she is interested in Elizabeth in "Pirates of the Caribbean"? I can ask Jerry Recommend it."

"What you said is true?"

"It's just a recommendation, of course I can decide."

That being said, once Daniel decides to recommend a candidate, both Jerry and the new director Rob Marshall will pay attention to it, which is a matter of course. If Scarlett and the other candidates are similar, or slightly inferior, they are very likely to win this role.

This is the heroine of the billion-level investment, even if it is a vase, it is absolutely incredible.

Cusa was obviously moved. After talking about Scarlett, Elizabeth also flashed in his mind, but the situation is still different. There are quite a lot of people who want to fight for this role. Disney, some B-list up, A-list fringe actresses, have shown a lot of interest.

However, this kind of role that does not require much acting skills is often a good opportunity to be used as a favor.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, the two leading actresses in Rob Marshall's new film "Chicago", has relied on the veteran actor Michael Douglas. She is not very interested in this opportunity, but with the popularity of "BJ's Diary" No. Renee Zweig, who was nominated for an Oscar once, sent her resume through Rob.

But her looks are not enough, Daniel even expressed incomprehension that Rob chose her to play Roxy.

Roxie in "Chicago" may be able to make a living, but Elizabeth's identity background must require the actor to maintain a certain degree of innocence. In addition, beauty is essential. According to the design of the script, both Will and Elizabeth should It is an actor with good looks to play the role, otherwise, under the charm of Captain Jack, it will really be much weaker. Keira Knightley originally played this role. Her acting skills are more than enough for this role, but her appearance is not enough. Even if she puts on makeup, it depends on her foundation. With the help of a makeup artist, Scarlett Johansson is more suitable than Keira.

And Scarlett has another advantage. Jerry proposed Will's candidate, and the inertia of history came back at this time.

Orlando Bloom, who missed Legolas, only played soy sauce in a few British movies after graduation, but he was still spotted by Jerry. It can only be said that it should be his, after all, it is still his, Daniel did not stop His plan, and to be honest, Daniel thinks that starting with Will is definitely better than starting with Legolas. Although Will is not so eye-catching, he has some performances, which is more suitable than the elf prince who is purely showing off his face. The current Orlando, if he is serious enough, Orlando without the restriction of the elf prince, may become a well-developed Hollywood actor of this generation.

Now that Jerry has proposed a supporting actor candidate, Daniel will not stop him from selling the heroine's favor. As for Rob Marshall, to be honest, "Chicago" has not yet achieved those results. As a director who joined later, he really doesn't have much say in the starring role. After all, Jerry's company is a co-producer, and Daniel It is the second largest investor and a superstar in full swing.

Kusa also knows these things very well, so since Daniel speaks, as long as Scarlett is a bit more aggressive, I am afraid that a big leap will be ushered in immediately.

"I think she thanked you."

"So, are you pimping? For a 17-year-old girl."

"No, then I'd be worried that my little cash cow would get hit by a Porsche."

Daniel's tongue trembled rapidly in his mouth, making an inexplicable sound. Kousa understood what that meant, which was roughly equivalent to: Your gibberish wins.

"I have to go to DD in the afternoon. I'm not very satisfied with the version of "Greek Wedding". There are some materials that are more suitable. I asked David to ask Nia and Joey. We need a meeting to make a decision."

Kusa nodded, and suddenly remembered that among the pile of scripts and emails he had seen last night, he needed to discuss it with Daniel.

"Miramax's new film is said to have a lot of investment. The title is temporarily called "Cold Mountain", which tells the story of a deserter during the Civil War. It is said that Nicole Kidman has been chosen as the heroine." Kusa simply said Described the story of the script carefully, and then mentioned a gossip, "Tom Cruise originally intended to play your role, but later gave up."

"Because of Nicole?"

"Probably not, Nicole didn't decide on a heroine at the time."

Daniel nodded. In any case, the two of them will definitely not be able to appear in the same movie now, and they may not be able to clear up their suspicions after more than ten years.

He also understands why Cusa brought up "Cold Mountain" alone. He and Harvey have a pretty good relationship. The Weinstein brothers are among the producers of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy". Needless to say, the two parties had collaborated on Daniel's Oscar back then. Of course, it's not a matter of who owes anyone. It's a business exchange, paid in US dollars.

After thinking about it with his head down, Daniel still shook his head, "Forget it, I'll call Harvey later and talk to him. The time is not too late, and I still need to be there for the release and promotion of "Greek Wedding". "

This time, Tom Hanks and Daniel decided not to hand over the release of "Greek Wedding" to the Big Six. Instead, IFC and DD will jointly do it. IFC has the background of CNN, while DD is much weaker. , and Tom Hanks' influence in the industry is much stronger than that of Daniel Sandler. From this point of view, the two are actually quite unequal.

However, this kind of cooperation can only be carried out based on the recognition of the reality on both sides. In terms of the conversion of popularity to box office, Daniel, who is popular and has continued to produce excellent works, is establishing his own golden brand. His appeal to consumer groups, especially young people, will not be weaker than that of Tom Hanks. This is not a joke, Fox News recently conducted a social survey involving more than 14,000 people, selected ten popular Hollywood actors, and asked people of all ages to choose who they would enter the movie theater for. Fox did not do a general summary of the results because random selection was not done in proportion to the actual proportion of each age group in the population. The results show that in the group of teenagers aged 13-17, Daniel is the best. He has stewed the old soup and the good soup. Matt Damon is slightly inferior to him, and Brad Pitt is ranked third. . Among the 17-21 age group, Jim Carrey moved up to the third place, while the top two remained unchanged. It wasn't until the 35-45 age group that Tom Hanks beat Daniel's fourth place in second place, and Russell Crowe in first place.

With just this statistic, Daniel can speak for himself in theaters. In the final analysis, Hollywood is a place where interests are paramount. Of course, it can give you Tom Hanks a face at ordinary times, but when it comes to your own performance, even The top seven distributors of this level in Hollywood don't have much to do with the three major theaters.

This is also a good opportunity for DD Films to form its own distribution team.

After the training this time, the next time "Hotel Rwanda" is released, it will be calibrated with MGM and Lionsgate. After two experiences, DD should be able to afford an independent release of a low-cost movie. As for foreign issuance, at least in Europe, at present, we can only rely on cooperation with local companies to transfer part of the profits. This is a last resort, otherwise, with the scale of DD, it would be too expensive to arrange distribution personnel in dozens of ticket warehouses. , It is better to cooperate with others to issue.

Kusa got Daniel's attitude, so "Cold Mountain" naturally doesn't have to worry about it anymore. Although Daniel's cooperation is often the key films of major companies, a competent agent can't throw those small screenwriters and small companies over. Ignore the script, not to mention, now that there is a Daniel in the hands of DD Films, the requirements for the script are different. Although DD himself has a channel to receive scripts, it's not like no one threw them into his hands.

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Ten thousand words, tomorrow is the weekend, keep updating, but there is only one chapter.

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