Movie Master

Although Lance knows that the Oscar effect is manifested in all aspects, which is why everyone flocks to the statuette; but the effect returns so quickly, which is beyond Lance's expectation. Before the little golden man had time to warm up in his arms, the movie invitation had already come to him on his own initiative. This was a perfect start.

"Treasure hunting, did you mean 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' or 'mummy'?" Lance asked curiously. In his memory, there has always been a market for treasure hunting movies, but they gradually declined after entering the 21st century. Except for "National Treasure" and "The Da Vinci Code", they are almost lackluster.

"Is there any difference between these two series of movies? I don't know very well." Howard admitted his layman frankly, "I'm talking about Clive-Cussler, I got the 'Sahara Cavalry' adaptation rights, so I would like to ask if you are interested."

Lance frowned slightly, and thought about it seriously, "I remember that 'Sahara Cavalry' was about to start filming in the summer of 2001? Hugh-Jackman, right?" Lance felt that the memory in his mind was a little Confusion, on the one hand, he remembered that "Saharan Cavalry" was only released in 2005;

"Yes, Hugh Jackman." A hint of impatience flashed across Howard's simple and honest expression, but he hid it well, "Then the incident that we don't want to mention happened, didn't it?" After the September 11 incident, Lance suddenly realized that in 2001, "Jackman went to shoot 'X-Men 2' after that, so this project has been dragged down."

Obviously, Howard had reservations and didn't tell the truth. It was temporarily put on hold in 2001, but now it is the end of February 2004, and many things must have happened, which made the project procrastinate until now and have not been able to start filming.

However, Lance did not intend to break the casserole. He opened his mouth and was about to refuse, but after thinking about it, the rejection on the tip of his tongue became, "Of course, why not? You can email me the script, Or send it directly to me. After reading the script, we will know the follow-up."

Regarding Lance's perfectly normal request, Howard's words paused for a while, and then he said, "Of course, of course, no problem." The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Howard left.

In fact, Lance didn't have much impression of the work "Saharan Cavalry", and he had never read it. Later, he would know about this work because of a news report. The report stated that the "Sahara Cavalry" invested a total of 130 million US dollars, but the final loss reached a staggering 150 million US dollars, which was even higher than the book cost. This was the largest loss before 2010. One of the top ten movies.

This attracted Lance's interest and went to check the information.

The movie box office of "Sahara Cavalry" is actually not bad, with a North American box office of 68 million and a global box office of 120 million - of course, compared to the high cost, such performance can only be said to be mediocre - but at least The global box office is still over 100 million, and the loss is not too bad.

But here is the point, the production company of "Saharan Troopers" is a typical example of self-inflicted crimes. In addition to the book costs, there are some unheard of expenses, such as millions of dollars in bribes to officials in Morocco, where the film was shot. For example, the plane crash scene, which cost two million dollars to produce, was eventually cut out; another example is the overwhelming publicity, but there is no strategy, and the publicity effect is terrible... The entertainment effect of the movie can't keep up The extravagance of the producer, the production and promotion expenses of the final film are added up, as high as 240 million U.S. dollars!

This is simply burning money, and even the eight major film companies cannot afford such a toss. After the cost exceeds 200 million, this also means that the box office of "Saharan Cavalry" must be at least 400 million or even more than 500 million to recover the cost. As for achieving profitability, it needs better box office results, but the global box office is only 100 million taels Ten million.

So it's no surprise that a loss of $150 million was made.

Therefore, Lance's first reaction when he heard "Saharan Cavalry" was to refuse and get rid of this hot potato. But after thinking about it carefully, Lance nodded and agreed to read the script. The reason is actually very simple.

First, Howard was the first representative of the film studio to offer an olive branch to Lance. This is a good start. Refused; secondly, Lance was quite curious, how could Clive's novel be adapted beyond recognition?

The original novel of "Saharan Cavalry" was written by Clive, who can be called the king of American adventure novels, and his works have been on the list of best-selling books in the United States all year round.

Unknown is indeed a very interesting thing. On the one hand, I am curious about the script of "Saharan Cavalry", and on the other hand, I am also a little curious about which other director candidates Howard has taken a fancy to besides him.

"Hey, you're here." The voice behind him made Lance turn his head, and then saw Tom Cruise walking from the red carpet.

Realizing that he was still standing not far from the entrance, Lance couldn't help chuckling, "I'm looking for a corner that suits me." A joke made Tom chuckle, and Lance noticed that Tom's eyes were looking in one direction , he looked around from the corner of his eyes, and found that it was clearly where Nicole was, "I thought you would arrive later."

Tom and Nicole, Hollywood's golden couple, ended their eleven-year marriage in 2001 in an unhappy divorce.

Lance's plain words drew Tom's attention back, and he showed a charming smile, "I'm not the protagonist tonight, so the time to arrive at the scene is not the point." Tom patted Lance's arm, "I haven't congratulated you yet, you did a great job tonight, now it's my turn to be jealous of you."

This made Lance chuckle lightly. Last time in the Super Bowl, Lance’s proactive visit was warmly welcomed by Tom—as the most successful idol actor in movie history, Tom’s image project can be said to be perfect Flawless, but at that time Lance just stayed for a while, and then other people came to visit Tom, so Lance left, before leaving, Lance jokingly said, "It is such a popular box people are jealous".

Unexpectedly, Tom joked back today—the important thing is that Tom actually remembered this detail, which is obviously a very rare thing.

Lance said with a smile, "If you want, you can also stand on that stage."

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt are two of the most successful idol actors in the history of American movies - the "idol" mentioned here refers to their influence on the public, and then they create a perfect image through the public relations team. Of course, compared to their strength, their appearance is always too eye-catching. In fact, both of them have a very obvious desire for Oscar, and they have always been trying to win the recognition of the Academy, but unfortunately, until 2015, neither of them was able to make a breakthrough.

Tom heard the overtones of Lance's words, and couldn't help teasing with a chuckle, "You mean, follow in your footsteps?" Lance's "idol appearance" obviously didn't hinder his Oscar journey tonight-but this Quite special, Lance is acting as the director, not the protagonist.

Lance raised his tail and said curiously, "I can understand that this is your compliment to me?" referring specifically to the appearance part.

Tom was directly amused by Lance, at this time Penelope-Cruz (Penelope-Cruz) in a pink evening dress walked in, saw Tom, and greeted him with a clever smile. Tom smiled apologetically at Lance, "We'll talk later, and I won't disturb your exclusive time now."

After Tom and Nicole divorced, they have been dating Penelope. Gossip magazines have rumored that it was actually because Tom and Penelope accidentally shot while filming "Vanilla Sky", which led to the breakdown of their marriage. . However, only the parties involved will know the truth.

Lance was wondering, didn't he interrupt Tom and Penelope's time? How did it become Tom disturbing his exclusive time? Then you could see Brad Gray walking towards him, Tom and Brad nodded and said hello, they seemed to be acquaintances.

"I can tell that you are a very busy person tonight." Brad said with a smile. As a discerning Bole, it was Brad who made the decisive decision in Park City and snatched the money from Miramax Films. Previously, it was a great feat to win the "City of God" with the final decision. Just now Brad met Harvey Weinstein, seeing Harvey's calm expression made Brad feel happy.

"I wouldn't say that." Lance turned around and walked towards the swimming pool side by side with Brad, finally leaving the three-acre field at the entrance. "You are the third person I met tonight." Precise number.

"That's because you just arrived at the scene." Brad said with a smile, "Look, I haven't finished my sentence, there are visitors." Angelina-Jolie (Angelina-Jolie) walked towards him come over.

At the same time, in another corner of the Sunset Tower Hotel, Howard, who had just left Lance, welcomed another visitor, Tucker Toure and Ryan Kavanaugh. Obviously, Tucker and Ryan didn't notice Howard just now, and it took them a lot of effort to find Howard. Tucker raised his voice and said, "Come on! Hartford Whaler!"

This made Howard show a bright smile, "Tuck, I saw you again, I guessed that you will definitely not be absent tonight." Howard turned his head to look at the figure standing beside him, "So, this must be That's Ryan Kavanaugh, 'Lost in Translation' is a really good piece."

"Mr. Howard Baldwin, I don't know. Apart from ice hockey, you also have research on this kind of literary and artistic films." Ryan said modestly, making Howard smile.

The three of them talked happily.