The Greatest Showman

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It's another ordinary morning, and even for Hollywood, full of wonders and possibilities, day after day, year after year, office life is equally boring, buried in the midst of countless boring paperwork. In this way, the passion and enthusiasm are worn out bit by bit.

Miracles exist, but they are not the norm after all.

As is customary, Barry Mayer arrived at the office at ten o'clock in the morning, spread out the newspaper on his desk, and took advantage of the free time with a cup of coffee to start browsing the industry news every day, and grasp all the dynamics of the industry. Unearth potential connections and trends from information.

After reading the paper, Barry began to unpack his letters.

Now in the 21st century, e-mail has become mainstream, and all information exchange and conversations are done through online channels; but the traditional letter model is still preserved, especially "The Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety". The frequent use of printed and handwritten professional magazines in the industry shows the precipitation of cultural heritage.

At the same time, the preservation of the traditional letter mode also makes the tradition of the mail room preserved.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the mail room was a stage that every new employee had to go through, from brokerage companies to film companies. The space on the first floor is for the purpose of polishing one's heart, on the other hand, to be familiar with the rules of the industry; of course, it is more to distinguish the gap between seniority and grade.

Now that tradition has faded away, but large production companies still retain mailrooms, partly to polish up newcomers or to put them out of the limelight, and partly to open up the vast majority of amateur screenwriters and producers to submit manuscripts to Another form of expanding your own data repository.

Of course, the letter ended up on Barry's desk, apparently after layers of sifting, and spam definitely wouldn't appear here.

Opening a thick kraft paper envelope in front of him, Barry pulled it out. It was a USB flash drive and a script, and his brows could not help frowning: Why was the script delivered to his desktop? This should be pushed to the production department, where there are professionals who look at scripts and screen projects, which is not his strength, nor his job.

Heavy, Barry threw the script on the desk, picked up the phone habitually, connected the secretary's internal line, and said in a harsh and irritable tone, "What the hell is going on with the script on my desk? This shouldn't appear. On my desk. You have to review mistakes like this, I don't want to waste time on such a boring thing. Do your job!"

"Sir. That's the script that Andy Rogers personally sent me. I told you that it must be handed over to you personally, saying that it was a project that Renly liked." The secretary's voice was a little tense, you could feel her nervousness, and she waited for a while. For a moment, without waiting for Barry's response, she didn't know if she should continue.

"anything else?"

Barry's voice finally came from the other end of the phone, and the secretary breathed a sigh of relief, "Also, Andy not only came to us, he also went to Universal Pictures."

Universal Pictures?

Everyone knows that Ron Mayer never let go of his body and refused to compromise with Renly. The relationship between the two sides was not awkward or awkward, not far or near, but Andy took the initiative to send it to the door at this time. Go, what is this for? I carefully recalled everything that happened on Oscar night, but there were too many trivial details at the end, and it was impossible to sort out the clues for a while.

The fingertips tapped lightly on the desk for a while, and Barry hung up the phone after making sure that the secretary had nothing else to explain.

There are too many potential possibilities, and too few puzzle clues to figure it out in a short time, so Barry temporarily put down all his thoughts, inserted the USB flash drive into the computer, and started to play the short video; Opened the script, and started to browse with a dual purpose.

In just a few minutes, the short video has been played, and the original script has only been flipped through a few pages, and I probably have an understanding of the outline and structure. Barry is not interested in the artistic attainments and thematic ideas of "Booming Drummer" because he is not an artist; and for the commercial interests of this work, Barry has made a judgment early on——

Obviously, this is not a work that can make money.

Strictly speaking, even if you can make money, it will only make a few million dollars at most. After all, it is just an independent art work project and cannot make a lot of money; as for the impact of the awards season, Barry does not have the ability to appreciate, that is another consideration. not on his radar.

For Warner Bros., such a small project, they have a certain amount every year, and they are bound to invest in a few to ensure that they will not disappear during the awards season, and then go to major film festivals to buy some independent art works. The right to further participate in the competition for the awards season.

But at the end of the day, this is not the main line of development for Warner Bros., and Barry won't spend a lot of energy.

Focus Pictures under Universal Pictures, Fox Searchlight under Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Pictures under Disney, Paramount Classics under Paramount, and so on, are all committed to discovering more Independent art film, creating its own brand.

Warner Bros. is different. Although they also have subsidiaries such as New Line Pictures and Warner Independent Pictures, the company's policies have never spent much energy on independent art.

Above the movie, it can only be regarded as a small branch at most.

At other times, Barry wouldn't be interested in projects like this, not even the Coen Brothers or Renly's. Barry is very willing to cooperate. He is willing to hand over the project to the professional department, and generously and generously allocate funds to ensure the stability of the network, but he will not spend more energy on the details of the project.

On the whole, super projects are the focus of their development, especially now that the company is standing at a crossroads of development, which is likely to affect the development plan for the next ten years. But on the other hand, and because of this, Barry had to think more carefully about Renly's proposal.

Barry's intuition tells him that timing is clearly an important factor when the entire project appears on his desk. Even if it wasn't Renly's idea, it must have been Andy's idea - otherwise, Andy wouldn't have come to Warner Bros. to leave the script.

The decision to invest in an independent project couldn't be easier. For a project like "Breaking Drummer," $10 million was enough. For Warner Bros., it wasn't difficult at all.

The point is that this is the first time that Renly has acted as an independent producer. What kind of position does the project have in Renly's mind, and what is the height of Renly's expectations for the project?

Going a step further, won't it mean that in the long run, the cooperation of Renly's other works will also increase?

Or to put it another way, as an actor, Renly has already proven his worth--maybe further proof is needed, so as a producer, is Renly's vision for film selection also a guarantee of success? Also, in terms of screenwriting and production, is Renly's word-of-mouth guarantee also trustworthy?

In short, is Renly Hall a long-term investment like Christopher Nolan?

Not long ago, on Oscar night, Barry was rejoicing that the relationship between Warner Bros. and Renly was on the right track, in a virtuous circle from Edge of Tomorrow to Gravity. In this regard, they are already ahead of other studios.

Now, the opportunity for in-depth cooperation has really come. It is not a commercial project that makes money, but an independent project of art. From a certain point of view, this is a choice in the style of Renly, but not in the style of Warner Bros.

If the long-term cooperation continues, can Renly give the commercial attribute bonus that Warner Bros. expects? In other words, is Renly's weight enough to push Warner Bros. a step further?

Plus, Barry knew that Andy left clues that Warner Bros. wasn't the only option. This is Yang Conspiracy, which clearly shows the Yang Conspiracy to be sold, but it is also a Yang Conspiracy that makes people helpless.

So how should he decide?

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After the Oscars night ended, the hustle and bustle of the awards season officially came to an end. The major film companies began to work in an orderly manner for the new film production cycle. The Cannes Film Festival is coming, and the summer season is about to be unveiled. There are many, but March and April are still relatively deserted, and the busyness is temporarily quiet.

Among them, the name "Renly-Hall" was like a small pebble thrown into a calm lake, and ripples appeared, and gradually became more and more intense, and finally set off a stormy sea.

According to the internal information of the creative artist agency, Renly is preparing an independent art work. This will be the first time that Renly participates in the whole production of a work as a producer!

Prior to this, Renly appeared on the producer list of Edge of Tomorrow and Gravity as a nominal producer, but people in the industry know that Renly was not really involved in the production process of the project. In the film, I only participated in the part of character creation and script polishing, and more traveled my responsibilities as an actor.

So, whether it's Paul Greengrass or Alfonso Cuaron, they're full of praise for Renly.

But this time is different. Renly has been involved in the project since the establishment stage, and actively prepared funds for the project. Obviously, he has taken the responsibility of a producer more actively. So, what does this mean?

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