The Greatest Showman

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Picking the right project from a huge mountain of scripts, Renly knew it was not an easy task, but the actual process was more difficult than imagined - to be precise, picking potential projects for film production companies, Things to consider are obviously different from individual circumstances.

If Renly chooses works for himself, personal preference is the only criterion. Aside from the awards season and box office, just select the works that you like, such as "Crazy Love", "Transcendence", "Drunken Country Ballad" and so on. In this way, the box office explosions including "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Gravity" can also be said to be unexpected.

But now for the selection for Sisyphus Films:

If the Oscar series is selected, then the bond between Sisyphus Pictures and Sony’s classics will become deeper and deeper, and they must face the encirclement and suppression of Weinstein Pictures. Possess the ability to join the academy's public relations game - after all, all the opponents are old fritters, and if you are a little careless, even the works that won the nomination in the last life may also be tragically eliminated due to the operation of supplementary files.

If you choose a box-office work, then the investment cost will be the key issue. With Sisyphus Films’ current capability, investing in a work of $100 million is the limit. It is not a question of capital flow, but a follow-up risk-taking issue. . Even if Renly can guarantee that the project script and cast are on the right path, there are thousands of possibilities that the filming process of a work will go in the wrong direction, which is not part of what he can guarantee.

If you choose works from the art department, obviously, the ratio of investment and income will become the biggest problem for Sisyphus Films. They can't expect the Sundance Film Festival to accept all works, nor can they expect the streaming media that has no shadow for the time being. The platform is bound to struggle in the early stage of operation.

In fact, the core reason is that ambition and ability cannot match.

When Brad Pitt, George Clooney and others set up a film production company, they basically started around themselves, starring or directing one or two works, slowly and orderly, and then seeking cooperation, So no matter what type and style of work it is, they don't have to worry about it. With their reputation and resources, they can find channels for subsequent releases and publicity.

The same is true for the productions of "Boom Drummer" and "Nightcrawler."

But now Sisyphus needs to go a step further, so things get tricky, and more and more things need to be considered, measured, and planned.

However, in the end, Renly found a relatively simple way to temporarily select those works with "potential", and then conduct the second and third rounds of screening to select the ones that are suitable for Sisyphus Films' production at this stage. Works, awards season, streaming media, etc. are all put aside, and even Sundance is not taken into account, purely from the standpoint of Sisyphus Pictures.

At the end of the day, Sisyphus Pictures was established to make great works, and that was the original intention.

No wonder everyone says Vanity Fair is easy to get lost.

Rao is Ren Li, who has gone through countless storms and waves, but when he really stands on the top of the pyramid, it is inevitable that his eyes will be lost. His ambitions gradually expand without knowing it. It's all about "interests, awards, success, box office, honor, fame, popularity, and brilliance" and the like, and then just lost yourself.

When he first read the script, Renly couldn't help being impetuous. Because he thought too much, he worried too much. Instead, he lost his original intention of appreciating the script. Although the cooperation failed to be candid, Renly gradually calmed down.

This is an unfortunate surprise.

After calming down, the action of screening the script gradually became clear and clear, and the speed and efficiency of listing the list were also significantly improved, and this was the list in Andre's hands.

Undoubtedly, the selection of Oscar-related works is the easiest, not because Renly targeted the Oscars, but because the works that won Oscar nominations and even awards in the last life are always more impressive, so after browsing When writing the script, it is inevitable to pay more attention to the eyes.

But even Oscar-related works can be divided into two types. One is the works specially tailored for Oscars such as "The King's Speech" and "The Artist", as is the case with many biopic films; the other is the artistic value orientation. Works that are more suitable for mainstream thinking, such as equal rights for minority groups, including women and race, etc., such as justice, inspirational life.

In addition, in addition to these two types, there is another type that cannot be regarded as a type, that is, the type that is unintentionally inserted into willows and willows. As such, they are not typical academy styles, but they won unexpectedly well after their release, and then under the effective academy PR operation, they made it all the way to the ranks of awards season.

However, the reason why it is said to be a "type that is not a type" is because such works are available but not available. It is difficult for them to find a stable pattern or template, and they cannot be mass-produced, let alone streamlined production, which also makes various The big studios are languid and unwilling to take risks.

For Sisyphus Films, work outside the third genre is instead an opportunity.

Whether it is the first or the second, most of the scripts have been controlled by the mainstream film production companies. In addition to the Hollywood six, Weinstein Pictures, Lionsgate Pictures, Roadside Scenery Films

They have all formed their own mature production systems, and every year they must mass-produce some types of works for the Oscars. These script projects cannot escape the scope of biography, equality, inspiration, etc., and occasionally swords Attempts to go sideways are ultimately limited.

But the third type of script, like "Drunken Country Ballad" and "Booming Drummer", has been handled by major labels more or less once or twice, but after all, it still lacks the courage to invest in production, and now it has become a Opportunity for Sisyphus Pictures.

In addition to "Carol" and "Brooklyn" mentioned by Renly and Rooney, he picked out eight titles.

"Nocturnal Animals," directed by Tom Ford, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

"Border Slayer," directed by Dennis Villeneuve, starring Emily Blunt, and three Oscar nominees.

"Manchester by the Sea," starring Casey Affleck, was nominated for six Oscars and won Best Actor.

"Spotlight," directed by Tom-mccarthy, was nominated for six Oscars and won best picture.

"Room," starring Brie-Larson, was nominated for four Oscars and won Best Actress.

"The Big Short", directed by Adam McKay, starring Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, and five Oscar nominations.

"The Revenant," directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was nominated for twelve Oscars and won Best Director and Best Actor.

"45th Anniversary", directed by Andrew Haigh (andrew-haigh), nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.

The above eight works all have one thing in common: they are not typical academic works, but they are also in line with the overall trend of academy's value orientation. Relying on excellent word of mouth and strong public relations, they finally managed to win a place at the Oscars. , cut a bloody path out of awards season.

Add in "Carroll" and "Brooklyn," and you've got ten works in total.

Sisyphus Pictures should not be greedy, they only need to produce two to three of them, four at most, which is enough for them to gain a firm foothold in the next two years. You can build your own reputation, just like Renly, and win a place in the industry with a sophisticated and high-quality brand image.

In fact, among the ten projects, there were still small surprises.

"The Big Short" is a Paramount project based on the non-fiction work of Michael-Lewis, whose previous works "Weakness" and "Moneyball" have been adapted into films and have both won Oscars The nomination stage can be described as a hot awards season project, which can be seen from the strong cast-

According to the trajectory of the previous life, this work was produced by Brad Pitt, and the production company he owned by Plan B participated in the production; but at present, Paramount has still not approved the shooting, and even came to Sisyphus Films. In the hands of the industry, this is quite interesting.

Renly's confusion found its answer in Andy: Paramount thought the work was too risky, revealing the truth about the 2008 US subprime financial crisis in a playful and ironic way, which may sting Wall Street's pride, It ended up being a fiasco, so they refused to let it go, requiring director Adam McKay to agree to shoot a sequel to "Ace Announcer" before he was willing to give the green light.

Adam McKay, who was born in comedy, is trying to complete the transformation through the "big short", but now he is forced to return to the habitual routine by Paramount again. To be honest, he is not very happy; and "ace announcer" The previous work was already ten years ago, and now restarting the sequel sounds like a bad idea——

Paramount, like Universal Pictures, has been in a trough in recent years, and the shackles of the capital chain have formed a vicious circle, which has caused their market share to decline all the way. many possibilities.

Now, Adam McKay and Paramount are at a standoff, and at the same time, the "big short" project has begun to change hands between other studios, and no company has stepped forward to take over.

In addition, the emergence of the two projects "Focus" and "The Revenant" is also a surprise.

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