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On the first day of 2008, the Burbank Disney Studios was crowded, and countless reporters squeezed into the studio doors to witness another mega-production in Hollywood history with a production budget of more than $250 million. Birth, the first non-sequel film with a budget of more than $250 million.

Not to mention other, just the figure of 250 million US dollars is enough to shock the eye.

What's more, this project is co-produced by Disney Pictures and Plan B Studio, produced and directed by the famous Andrew Stanton of Pixar Studio, and the hero and heroine are also luxurious - Brad Pitt and Natalie Poe Terman.

"Over the past 80 years, many people have tried to translate this story into the world of images in a more vivid and lively way, and Andrew has spent the 10 years of waiting..."

In the office of David Ellison of Skydance Films, Matthew watched Brad Pitt on the TV and sat in front of hundreds of reporters and talked eloquently. At this moment, the super idol of middle-aged and elderly housewives It seems to have been reborn, and it seems to be in high spirits.

"Mr. Andrew Stanton and I will tell the audience a new good story and create a fantasy world that has never been seen before."

There was thunderous applause from the television, with executives representing Disney Studios, Andrew Stanton and Natalie Portman, and reporters applauding.

Matthew and David Ellison sat quietly in the office, neither spoke, just watching the press conference continue.

Later, representatives of Disney Pictures and Natalie Portman, who played the heroine, also said something to the camera, but the representatives of Disney Pictures spoke briefly, which seemed to be in line with their investment in the film.

Andrew - Stanton's speech is not long, the Pixar studio boss is better at doing things than talking.

So Brad Pitt finally delivered a confident tirade.

"It's an incredible excitement to be able to change this film because what we're conveying with this film is not just a perfectly framed original material, but it's going to accompany it into an undiscovered place. film field.”

In terms of bullshit, all Hollywood stars are good at it, and Brad Pitt is no exception. "That's my belief and dream since I was a little boy."

"My ultimate goal, with this film, is to leave an authentic aftertaste to the audience, convincing them that this is really possible, and looking forward to it," he declared out loud. "It feels a lot like reading. The illusion created by science fiction, when you let yourself fully integrate into such a world, there will naturally be a bizarre trance."

Applause erupted again from the television, and Brad Pitt was back on center stage in Hollywood.

After the press conference, David Ellison picked up the remote control and turned off the TV.

"Matthew, Brad Pitt and Andrew Stanton are the ones who helped us make it happen." David Ellison is still a little worried, "If the global box office of "Alien Battle" finally exceeds one billion US dollars , the two of us can go to the Pacific Ocean."

"It seems that I have to prepare a life jacket in advance." Matthew said deliberately.

David Ellison added, "Now that the hole is dug, Brad Pitt has jumped, and the rest is waiting for the final result."

Matthew nodded, "I hope a miracle doesn't happen."

As far as he has observed over the years, those failed movies that were once famous on the list continue to fail without exception. Will "Alien Battlefield" be an exception?

David Ellison took a cup and took a sip, and said, "Cloud Atlas will start filming in February, and it will be released in the summer next year, gathering a lot of famous actors."

"I know." Matthew had already obtained relevant information.

"Battlefield will be a bit later." David Ellison has reliable sources on Plan B. "There's still some finishing touches to be done on Pixar's Wall-E, Andrew - After Stanton is completed, the pre-production of "Alien Battlefield" will begin in full, but the filming will not be completed until "Robot Wall-E" is released."

Matthew's fingers slowly tapped the armrest of the chair. "Once the film starts, Brad Pitt's chances of quitting are very small."

"I have some news here, I'm sure you will be interested." David Ellison suddenly laughed, "Most of the interior scenes of "Cloud Atlas" and "Alien Battlefield" will be placed in Disney Studios Shooting, the studios determined by these two crews, are not very far away from us.”

Matthew also smiled, "It's right under our noses."

Due to the cooperation agreement with Walt Disney, the interior scenes of the two crews of "Twilight" and "Fast and Furious 4" are also placed in the Disney studio, and since the signing of a distribution agreement with Disney , some of the crew of the crew decided on the studio, busy with scene design and construction.

The auditions to be conducted by the next two crews are also conducted in Disney studios.

"If both of their projects succeed, ours fails," David Ellison said, shaking his head. "Matthew, we're going to make a big joke."

Matthew said indifferently, "It doesn't matter, we are thick-skinned."

No. 13 Film Studio has been tied to Sky Dance Films, so it can be said to be a community of interests.

"By the way." Matthew thought of the key question and asked, "David, do you know the specific investment situation of "Alien Battlefield"?"

David Ellison nodded, "I was just about to say." He went on to elaborate, "The production budget for this project is as high as 250 million US dollars, and the main reason why Disney Pictures can give Andrew Stanton the green light is because They don’t have to be responsible for as much investment.”

He cleared his throat and continued, "Disney Pictures is now pushing **** two of your good friend Johnny Depp's projects - Pirates of the Caribbean 4 and Alice in Wonderland, which are limited in their own money. , so only $30 million will be injected into the "Alien Battlefield" project."

Matthew continued, "The six major Hollywood companies have always been shrewd. If this project is a great success, they will benefit enormously as producers and distributors. If they fail, they will basically lose other people's money."

"Yeah." David Ellison sighed, "The strategy of big Hollywood studios to raise money and borrow other people's chickens to lay eggs for their own is really clever."

He returned to the topic just now, "In the plan of the "Alien Battlefield" crew, in addition to Disney's $30 million, $70 million will be solved by pre-sale, platters and advertising sponsorship, and the remaining $150 million will be It's Brad Pitt and the Plan B studio that are responsible for solving that part, and that's the main reason why Andrew Stanton left us and went into Brad Pitt's arms."

"Brad Pitt can solve the most critical financial problem for him." Matthew is well aware of this, "and we can't."

David Ellison added, "I don't know yet what Brad Pitt is going to do, run both "Cloud Atlas" and "Alien Battlefield" at the same time, even if he can solve part of it through financing, I'm afraid he himself It is also necessary to spend a lot of money, it is said that part of the source of funds for "Cloud Atlas" is that he mortgaged the equity loan of Plan B, and "Alien Battlefield" is estimated to need more loans."

Matthew laughed. "Obviously, he wasn't as lucky as me and didn't meet David Ellison."

"Come on." David Ellison shrugged. "It's my luck that you met me. If it weren't for you, I'd still be throwing money around to pave the way."

Matthew didn't take his word again, and frankly, without David Ellison's funding and the highly paid professionals Sky Dance has recruited, he simply couldn't have been able to try to run Twilight and Twilight at the same time. Fast and Furious 4 projects.

The financial problem alone will make him more stressed.

As a relatively cautious person, it is impossible for him to smash all the liquidity in his hand.

The two then discussed the two projects of "Twilight" and "Fast and Furious 4" for a while~www.readwn.com~ The scripts of the two crews have been finalized, and the director and recruited behind-the-scenes work are basically in place. , the studio layout and location inspections are also in progress, and the focus of the next stage of work is undoubtedly the actor audition.

The main actors of "Speed ​​​​and Passion 4" are basically finalized, and there are potential first candidates for Jewish female characters and Asian male protagonists. As long as the effect of the audition with makeup is OK, it can be confirmed.

All the main characters on the Twilight side have to be solved through auditions later on.

Near noon, Matthew was about to leave, and David Ellison stopped him again before he left.

"One more thing, please help me with reference." He took out a stack of comics from the drawer and said, "Some time ago, people from Warners came to me, aren't they shooting the "Batman" series of movies? ? They are intentionally taking advantage of the heat that the movie can generate to make a TV series about the city of Gotham.”

"Oh?" Matthew didn't leave, took out a comic and flipped through it, "When will filming start?"

David Ellison shook his head, "It's just intentions for now, there's no time to prepare." He asked, "Can this series be invested?"

Matthew didn't watch American TV much at all. After thinking about it, he said, "I don't know much about TV series."

He opened the comic in his hand and looked through it, and the characters in it were very familiar. When David Heyman told him that Nolan was interested in inviting him to play the role of the Joker, he specifically read the comics about Batman.

"I'll take a look at this comic." Matthew stood up and said goodbye, "I have an appointment at noon, so I'll go first."

David Ellison is curious and gossip, "Which beauty asked you out?"

"Lily Collins, you don't know."

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