Ace Hollywood

Daniel quickly surveyed the woman in front of him.

A long tan hair is set aside, curled in big waves, her makeup is exquisite, and her eyebrows are serious.

"I'm glad we have the opportunity to cooperate."

Hearing this sentence when we first met, Rachel was stunned for a moment, and when she understood, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Daniel has no intention of giving her another assessment. Rachel performed very well in the original work, and it can even be said to be the best performance in her career. And since both Fernando and Simon recognized her, Daniel didn't think it was necessary to do more.

Rachel did not expect this at all.

She thought that today was the ultimate assessment. She was assessed by the investor, the actor, and Hollywood's super authority Daniel Sandler, but she didn't expect to say anything and was told that she was selected.

Sure enough, within the next three hours, they had a lunch together and talked about their understanding of Justin and Tessa, as well as the love between them.

Rachel did do quite a bit of homework.

It was inevitable that this encounter was photographed. Daniel appeared so swaggeringly now, and the paparazzi informants all over Los Angeles sold him long ago. Miller was able to protect his safety, but there was no way to hide him.

Andy, Ferguson, and others also suggested that they would take some better photos and provide them to newspapers and websites anonymously. No matter what, the fat and water would not flow to thousands of people, but they were suppressed by the cold eyes of Sally and Kusa. But Daniel knows that since then, Triver has secretly provided quite a few photos to partner media—not for personal gain, of course, but as a resource in exchange for each other's positions on certain events.

Once the heroine is finalized, the follow-up candidates are very simple.

Basically, it was handed over to the casting director. Fernando is known to like to use non-professional actors. This time he could not do so, but a large number of supporting roles and tricks must be played by local Kenyans. For him, Use the characteristics of the local people to emphasize the background of the story. is a great idea.

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Entering May, "The Hangover" officially entered the North American 200 million club at the end of the fifth week, a pace that is surprisingly similar to the original, although this "The Hangover" was released 4 years earlier. The schedules are also not exactly the same, but what is shocking is that the box office numbers have hardly changed at all, and Daniel is reluctant to think about it. When I'm just a person, I always unconsciously think that there may be some rules in this world that humans can't understand.

The direct impact of "The Hangover" entering 200 million, in addition to Bradley and other four actors becoming hot, the performance of dd film industry this year has also attracted much attention. The work must be to acquire MGM, and to complete the arrangement of resources and institutional arrangements, I am afraid it is unlikely to have the grand occasion of last year.

But at present, the North American box office of "The Hangover" has reached 200 million in just over a month. Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Colombia and more than a dozen countries were released simultaneously. The film was very popular in Australia and Belgium. With the release in France and Germany, it will obviously accumulate the box office rapidly. There is almost no suspense in the world for more than 400 million. This film will bring DD Pictures more than most independent studios, even an underperforming giant like Paramount. In addition, this year, dd film industry is bound to launch "Chainsaw 2". The investment of the second film is slightly higher than that of the first film, because James Wen's abdication leaves the virtuous - in fact, it can't be said to be active, in the first film The unfamiliarity and lack of ability he showed in the ministry were the main reasons. Of course, he still worked on the set, and Ray Warner was still the screenwriter, but he said goodbye to the lead character he didn't like much. New director Darren Bousman. A young director who is one year older than Daniel will take over, and the starring will be replaced by Donnie Wahlberg. The most famous movie he has acted is of course "The Sixth Sense". Cutting down 670 million red pieces is really a big plus for Downey's establishment.

dd gave the new team a budget of 6 million. Even if the previous work exceeded 100 million worldwide, the box office estimate for the second part of the series is still only 30 million to 50 million, which is an estimate made considering the reputation of the previous work. Although Daniel knows that the second installment in the series is not inferior to the first, there is no need to say it now.

Just "The Hangover" and "Chainsaw 2" can basically win a satisfactory annual box office for the dd film industry around the world. There are three films still under preparation by DD Films. "Wonderful Night at the Museum" is mainly the work of Fox. Among the films that DD Films is preparing to produce, "Invincible" needs Daniel to act, so it is in a state of slow progress, and Pretty much the same as last year's "Singer of Soul," a legendary singer's saga about the careers and love stories of John Cash and Joan Carter. Although the film is famous, it did come to you when the original character John Cash, a Grammy-winning singer who had not died, and his wife Joan hoped that the film would be played by Daniel and Reese Weiss. Thurspoon came to star in the film version of their biography.

It's easy to make one look like Legally Blonde, but it's not.

The performance that moved John Cash was "Gladiator". The Roman emperor created by Daniel moved John. He felt that he was similar to this image in many ways when he was young, so he insisted on asking Daniel to act. As for Reese, it's also because the character traits she shows are very consistent with Joan Carter.

Fox was very interested in the story, but Daniel was going on vacation at the time and really had no plans to shoot the film.

In September 2003, when John was about to pass away, he entrusted this story to Daniel. Although nothing was known to the media, Daniel was still ready to film it as soon as possible, but this year he really did not have time, and next year he will obviously enter a new crazy filming stage. .

"Wonderful Night at the Museum", "Invincible" and "The Bourne Bourne 3", these three films have basically been set to be finished next year.

For Fox's "Avatar", Daniel actually didn't have much hope in return. For James Cameron, inviting a superstar to join him might not have much impact on the box office except for the sharp increase in cost. But "Avatar" is really a big piece of fat, and Daniel can only hold back his itchiness for a while.

In addition to "Forever", David is currently promoting the project "When Happiness Comes Knocking", which is also a work based on a true story. But it's very difficult to invite the right actors.

Everyone is almost unanimous but almost all doubt this choice - Will Smith!

Very contradictory.

In the process of promoting this project, everyone from Daniel himself, to David, Melissa, Ferguson, etc., hesitated on this point.

The male protagonist must be black, because the real protagonist of the story is a black investor, and of course he can't agree to a white person to play him - that's too funny.

Then there are not too many choices. If you only choose one who is almost suitable, of course, there are a lot of scripts in the union. In Hollywood, there is no real fairness, although there are some top black male stars, such as Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman, who won the Oscar and Best Supporting Actor this year, are the most famous among blacks. Actor, in addition, the Oscar winner Denzel Washington. But it's pretty hard to count more familiar names. Among them, Will Smith is the most suitable candidate in terms of box office appeal and age.

The only thing to doubt is that he's an action actor, and "Knock When Happiness" is a drama through and through.

Whether his acting skills are enough to bear the story, biopics have always been Hollywood's favorite, but the film is prone to problems, too serious and it becomes a documentary, too playful and it will become vulgar, if you want to make a good biopic, in addition to the script Well, the actors are also very important. If the performance is not heartwarming enough and moving enough, it is easy to be seen that the characters and actors are not in harmony - especially in the eyes of people in the circle, it is very obvious, you can see that there are two people standing there, one is The actor himself, the other is the character image given by the script. The two people seem to be one, but they are clearly separated from left to right. This extremely awkward movie-watching experience is fatal to the movie.

But this doesn't actually affect dd's invitation to Will Smith~www.readwn.com~ Because they can audition, Daniel has a complete version of Oscar-level vision-if Will can't meet the needs of this role, he can't escape their eyes.

But the problem arose in Will Smith's attitude.

"He hesitated for a long time, but still rejected us."

Daniel is a little disappointed by this, but there are not many accidents. As an action superstar, you need to be very cautious if you want to transform, because once you fail, you may be framed in action movies for life. Of course, it is not that action movies cannot give birth to superstars. , but no ambitious person would be willing to stop there. Moreover, as I get older, I will become unable to continue to shoot action movies, and it is difficult to maintain the torture-style body maintenance and physical training.

Rafael Alabama is one of the producers of "Knock When Happiness", and he is responsible for the work that contacts Will.

In the past few years, many talents have joined the dd film industry, and the dd film industry has a bad habit. The films produced by dd rarely invite outsiders to produce. This role is actually very important, but generally For example, some department heads within dd Films, or Ferguson, Melissa and even David, can get involved. Generally speaking, this helps the director to communicate with the management, especially when the management has a strong opinion on the film. under the circumstances of understanding. But this situation needs to change as the company gets bigger and bigger. Professional development in Hollywood has its own advantages. (To be continued.)

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