Chatty Hollywood

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Charlotte knows that in Hollywood, there is actually a chain of script transmission——

Many heroes and heroines in movies, after determining the specific age and role image positioning, will often be separated from the stars of the same age, according to the level of achievement, gradually passed from top to bottom.

——This is actually a selection chain of the script

Like currently, Julia Roberts is at the top of the script selection chain among Hollywood female stars born in the 1960s.

It can be said that only movies that she doesn't like or don't have time to act in will be passed on to other actresses behind her.

As a director, Charlotte has a better understanding of this sequence chain.

——Although since his debut, he has basically never referred to this sequence chain.

In the early days, it was because of his lack of fame and investment in films such as "Deadly Turn" and "Happy Death".

In this case, it doesn’t make sense to send invitations to well-known celebrities — I can’t afford to invite others anyway — it’s better to choose the cheapest and suitable one, such as Charlize;

Later, after Charlotte was promoted to the first-line commercial film director through "Decapitation", he began to control the production rights.

With future memories, he is too lazy to wait for the selection of actors from the beginning like many producers do.

He often chooses the most suitable actor based on his memory.

——In this way, the selection chain of the script still doesn't make much sense to him.

However, this does not mean that he did not know the existence of this sequence chain.

In fact, the competition between actors of the same age in Hollywood is largely for their position in this chain.

After all, life is not actually a fair race.

In many cases, one step is fast, one step is fast, and those who stand in the front position will indeed have more opportunities.

As long as they don't choose to make mistakes, it will form a positive cycle, gradually allowing them to open more gaps with those behind them.

The gap between the rich and the poor in society is widened in this way, and the status gap between Hollywood stars is also widened in this way.

However, although Charlotte knew that there is such an invisible sequence chain among actors, he never realized that in fact, there is a similar sequence chain among Hollywood directors.

After all, unlike actors, many directors write their own scripts.

And even if the director does not write the script himself, there are often several familiar screenwriters who write the script for him.

Like the future Christopher Nolan, this is the case-his queen screenwriter is his younger brother.

And Charlotte is similar.

——Although, the source of his script, whether it was written by himself, or whether it was from a special source, is rather strange.

In short, because of the nature of the work of directors, most directors do not often need to provide movie scripts by strangers, so Charlotte never thought that there is such a script among Hollywood directors. Sequence chain.

"Actually, it's not a sequence chain!"

Judy Foster explained,

"A young director like you who is emerging, often has a lot of his own ideas in his mind, and usually doesn't often use scripts provided by others."

"But some directors who have made a lot of materials with older materials have often finished filming the stories in their minds. At that time, they will use other people's stories."

Having said that, Miss Shadow Queen also gave an example,

"Like Spielberg, you don't think he has made so many movies, all of which are written by him himself?"

"You're right!"

Charlotte nodded.

Comparing with veteran Hollywood directors such as Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, Charlotte will understand what the queen queen means.

"Judy, you don't mean that if I am willing to use someone else's script to make a movie, then there will be a large number of scripts flying over for me to choose?"

"more or less!"

Judy Foster shrugged.

"However, it is limited to horror, spiritual, and fantasy themes-after all, your achievements in this area are obvious to all."

Having said that, Miss Shadow Queen sighed.

"Actually, the number one overall in the fantasy genre belonged to Spielberg. But the old man has shifted to reality since "Schindler's List", and he has also grown older— And Tim Burton and others are too personal and their business results are unstable, so it's your turn to take the lead."

"I see!"

Charlotte understood a bit.

"Judy, you just promised my terms so simply, is it also for this reason?"

"That's not it."

Judy Foster shook his head.

"I have worked with you several times, and I believe in your abilities-this is the reason why I agreed to you. As for the reason I just said, it is the reason why I think the global side will agree to your terms."

"……All right."

Although limited to the actress' acting skills, Charlotte didn't know whether the other party's very touching words were true or false.

However, Charlotte chose to deal with it seriously.

——It doesn't hurt anyway.

But he still hesitated whether to take over the job of director of "The Mummy"~www.readwn.com~

"Judy, you know, from the perspective of the producer, I don’t think it’s a good idea to start preparing this movie about mummies after I have finished filming "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." The cost of the film has risen a lot—"

"I know."

Judy Foster interrupted Charlotte,

"You are right, so we are not going to wait for you to finish filming "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" before starting the preparations for the movie."

"You mean—"

"Charlotte, you should try to learn from Spielberg now."

Judy Foster smiled.

"At the peak of that old man, you can operate in two lines-keep preparing one, and shoot one at the same time, so as to achieve a very fast production speed."

"But won't this reduce the quality of the movie?"

"In Spielberg's peak period, he did not let the film quality drop. I believe you can do it too!"

"..."

Encouraged by a pretty blonde beauty in the tone of "I admire you", Charlotte is really hard to oppose.

In addition, he had a vague guess about the mysterious lord of **** in his heart, and he seemed to be able to test it with the movie "The Mummy".

——After all, the mummy is the representative object of the ancient Egyptian culture, the understanding of the world after death...

In short, after reading a script that was far from the later version, Charlotte agreed to Judy Foster's request.

He will be the producer and director of the "The Mummy" project initiated by Universal Pictures, and will direct the screenwriter work part-time. During the filming of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", he will simultaneously carry out the preparatory work for "The Mummy"...

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