Hollywood Starts with Animation

"What's the matter? Zucker, do you know these two young boys?"

Sitting next to Candy, he saw Zucker staring at the two young men with interest.

Hearing this, Zucker flatly denied it on the spot.

Just kidding, how could Zucker know them now?

Of course, the previous life does not count.

These two brothers are not famous now, but after ten years, no one in Hollywood will not know their names!

Brother is Christopher Nolan;

The younger brother is Jonathan Nolan.

Especially as the elder brother Christopher Nolan, his future is even more resounding around the world.

"Batman Dark Knight" trilogy, "Inception", "Interstellar" and other movies, which one is not a household name?

As a director, even in China, some netizens call him God Nolan.

Of course, for "Dunkirk" released in China, forget this, let alone mention it. It is basically a history of British men who were defeated and escaped. It was just filmed as a victory-like strategic retreat, which was resisted by many domestic netizens. Well, Zucker himself didn't like it either.

The younger brother, Jonathan Nolan, is a writer and screenwriter. Although his name is not as loud as his brother, the adaptation of "Batman The Dark Knight" by him also shows his extraordinary strength.

"what?"

"No, Zucker!"

"I know you, but you have a disinterested personality. These two brothers look like ordinary people. Can they attract your attention?"

"Could it be that they have a special identity?"

Candy, on the side, began to ramble and guess. Even Victor and Martha next to them became curious.

"Ha ha!"

Zucker deliberately looked at Candy with a rather disdainful look on his face, with a "you're very immature" expression on his face. This look made Candy half-dead.

At the moment, Zucker ignored Candy, but got up and walked straight to the Nolan brothers.

"Uh.... Hello sir, what's the matter?" Christopher Nolan looked at Zucker suspiciously.

"Hello you two, I'm Zucker Wald, the owner of a Hollywood film and television production company. I just heard you guys discussing movies and how to shoot them. If I'm not mistaken, you hope to be involved in film and television production in the future. This job. I don't mind offering jobs to both of you if you can. Oh, here's my business card with a phone number on it, don't look at me like that, I'm not a liar, you can call and check." Zucker said.

Hearing this, the Nolan brothers were all taken aback.

The boss of a Hollywood studio?

so young?

That's right, even if Zucker provided his business card, the two brothers still thought Zucker was a liar. No wonder they suspected that Zucker was too young.

As long as it is a normal person, there will be this vigilance.

"Uh, nice to meet you."

Even if the Nolan brothers suspected that Zucker was a liar, they did not directly expose it at the moment.

Afterwards, the three chatted awkwardly for a few more words, and until Victor, Candy, and Martha came over to explain, the two of them believed that Zucker was really the boss of a Hollywood film company.

Did not deceive them!

From the words, Zucker also knew why the Nolan brothers were at the airport.

Christopher Nolan, 25, is now studying English literature at University College London; as his 20-year-old brother, Jonathan Nolan is studying at Georgetown University in Washington. Look at his brother.

after awhile.

Martha suddenly reminded: "Boss, our plane is about to take off."

Hearing this, Zu Ke said regretfully, "Oh,

This damn plane took off at this time. It's a pity that we can't talk more, um, I take the liberty to ask, can you two leave a phone call? Of course, I mean, if the two of you are interested in entering Hollywood, please contact me! Remember! Remember! "

"thanks!"

Brother Nolan thanked him quickly, and his expression was a little excited.

The two of them are still young people, and they are not future gods. How can they not be excited when a Hollywood film company boss values ​​them so much?

If it weren't for Christopher Nolan, the older brother, who is currently filming the movie "Following" and has not graduated yet, it is estimated that he would have gone to Hollywood with Zucker.

"The movie "Follow"? After you finish the film, come to Hollywood to find me, and I'll help you arrange it." Zucker showed great generosity.

"Follow" is Nolan's Virgo.

Zucker had learned about it in his previous life, and the cost was less than $6,000, and the box office was not high, only more than $400,000.

However, after Nolan entered Hollywood in 2000, his first film "Memento", which cost $500, received more than $39 million at the global box office, and won the Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure Film, as well as two Oscars Nomination is an instant success.

In the face of Zucker, who performed generously, the Nolan brothers once again expressed their gratitude and stated that they would definitely go to Hollywood to find Zucker in the future.

......

After returning to Los Angeles, everyone went home.

Zucker is not idle either. In order to raise funds for the shooting of "Spider-Man", Zucker can be said to have worked his life out, using all available means to make money.

No, just ten days later, the rookie director Zhu Ke actually fiddled with four scripts in one go. They are "Deadly Bend", "The Sixth Sense", "Hardfruit" and "Juno".

Of course, the four scripts are rough versions, and the company's screenwriters need to further refine and supplement them.

The system pretended to be dead, and Zucker could only bite the bullet.

These ten days of retreating and fighting, almost didn't exhaust Zuke to death. The four films that Zucker chose have one thing in common, that is, low cost and suitable for the current Wald Films.

1. The "Deadly Bend" series of movies is a typical example of Hollywood plasma horror movies in the 21st century.

The content of this series of movies is roughly the same. It is nothing more than a group of dead American young people who go out to play in the wild, encounter forest ogres, and then are brutally tortured to death by tools such as wire, tree trunks, kitchen knives, and eaten.

"I remember that every film in the series would cost no more than $2 million, or less."

"It can be prioritized."

In fact, Zucker doesn't remember the box office after the release of "Fatal Bend 1", but before Zucker crossed, he watched eight films of the series.

Suffice it to say, the "Deadly Bend" series is making money!

"The Sixth Sense" is even better.

Although it cost a bit more to shoot, at $40 million, it was the second-highest-grossing film of the year in North America in 1999, with $293 million in North America and $670 million worldwide, and it won the Academy Award for Best Picture. nomination.

"The box office is eye-catching, but I have no money! Let's put it aside for now."

Hard Candy is also a low-budget film, estimated to cost less than $1 million to get it done.

The movie wasn't actually very well-known, and it ended up grossing just over $6 million at the box office. But as a niche movie, it also has a lot of influence. The movie is mainly similar to the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. However, in this film, Little Red Riding Hood kills the big bad wolf and implements castration.

"Well, the cost is low and the difficulty is small, so it can be considered."

"Juno", which is quite famous, mainly tells the story of an underage girl who is pregnant before marriage. Once it was released in 2007, it caused a lot of discussion.

The box office is crazy!

The filming of the film took only 35 days and the investment cost was 6.5 million US dollars, but it reaped 230 million US dollars at the global box office.

After some thought, Zucker packed up the four movie scripts and got up to go to Wald Pictures.