Hollywood Hunter

Rachel Weisz and Kate Beckinsale planned to play in Seattle for a week, but unfortunately they were urgently recalled by their respective agencies three days later.

Opportunities fell from the sky.

When Rachel returned to Los Angeles, Todd Winterbottom, who was so excited that he was almost a gaffe, handed the two scripts to her.

Both are blockbuster projects coveted by Hollywood actresses of the right age: Daenerys and Fox's special effects blockbuster "The Mummy" and James Cameron's new film "Titanic".

The happiness came so suddenly that Rachel couldn't help feeling a little unreality.

When I was 15 years old, I started to play some small roles in the local film and television circles in the UK. I am 25 years old this year. I have been in this circle for 10 years. The more I have in this industry, the more I know how rare it is to get this opportunity. There is no fairness in this circle. Many small actors at the bottom may not even encounter a supporting role in this blockbuster movie in their lifetime.

And she got two in a blink of an eye.

Still all heroines.

Immediately is the Oscars ceremony at the end of the awards season. Hollywood stars and stars who have been busy for a year gather in Hollywood, so it is also the most active period of gossip in this circle.

Many people rushed for the opportunity they wanted to fight for. In a flash, they fell on two little-known British actresses. This kind of news was difficult to conceal and spread quickly.

Both Rachel Vichy’s agency C and Kate Beckinsale’s agency WMA responded at the first time, equipping the two women with the top brokerage, public relations and assistant teams. In this case, first The precaution is that some messy things will mess up the opportunity that is about to come.

In order to pursue the upper position, the women secretly tear up but do everything.

This is especially true for women in Hollywood.

In the days that followed, Rachel was surrounded by a bunch of people in the company and started busy day and night, spending a lot of time studying scripts, in-depth understanding of the relevant information of the two projects, meeting with the senior management of Daenerys Entertainment, and two The main creative communication of the project, repeated auditions for rehearsals, participation in contract negotiations with agents, diet and body shaping plans that started almost immediately, a series of media interviews to increase exposure, and so on.

Because of the suddenly tense schedule, Rachel had to take the initiative to give up the small role in the Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's new film "Stolen Fragrant", because the film is scheduled to be filmed in Italy in May, although her role is very good. Few, but then I can’t go to Italy.

After the news spread, Rachel also quickly learned that Kate Beckinsale was given the opportunity to be the heroine of "Charlie Girl".

Although it is a three-female lead movie, in Rachel’s opinion, the heroine of "Charlie Leak" is still stronger than "The Mummy" and "Titanic". The entertainment industry is ultimately dominated by men, with co-stars of both sexes. Under the circumstances, the male star must have more audiences, and correspondingly, the heroine often does not have much room to play.

Rachel’s heroine is finalized, and the three creative cores of "The Mummy" set for next summer are basically in place.

The director is the original Stephen Somos, the young director who graduated from the USC Film School is 33 years old this year. Six years ago, he relied on his well-known film debut to successfully enter Hollywood. The most recent Disney animation adaptation of the live-action film " After the "Prince of the Forest" was released on Christmas last year, the box office was quite impressive.

The actor finalized Fang Kimmer.

The Hollywood actor who emerged with Cruise in "Rising Aspirations" has not been very lucky these years. In fact, even after Simon’s memory has not happened, Fang Kimmer is not counted. There is no shortage of opportunities for a lucky actor, but whether it is George Lucas’s special effects blockbuster "The Meeting in the Wind" or Simon’s memory of "Batman Forever", to many and many films afterwards, Never let the actor ever try a big hit.

The failure of his career seems to be reflected in the appearance of the actor.

So later, Simon happened to see him in the film "Snowman" adapted from a Swedish thriller, and his appearance and body were out of shape to the point where you would not recognize him without looking at the cast.

Simon this big butterfly has changed the destiny of many people, and Fang Kimmer is another one.

If possible, Simon would prefer the original actor Brandon Fisher, but the actor is still just a 27-year-old little meat.

Yes, the same age as Simon.

Simon has seen the film demos that the other party participated in. Compared with the mature temperament of Simon II, Brandon Fisher can still be described as beautiful and tender at the moment. Most of the films in which he participated are high school students, and his appearance is still very good. The kind that tends to arouse the coveting of some Hollywood bigwigs with special sexual orientation, and it will not match the image of the shaggy prodigal in "The Mummy" a few years later, and the acting is quite jerky.

In comparison, Fang Kimmer, who has enough coffee qualifications and good age, image and temperament, is just right, and this Hollywood actor who has just regained a lot of popularity with last year's "The Wire" is also willing to sign The trilogy is a long deal, and the two sides hit it off.

In the past, because Hollywood was a producer-responsibility system, related projects still required some big-name producers to take the helm.

Daenerys Entertainment has gradually changed this pattern.

Traditional Hollywood producers often have to control the production ideas and content direction of a project. The most typical one is Spielberg. This is basically determined by Simon on Daenerys’s side, which is actually a status. A transcendent executive producer, but Simon rarely makes a name for himself.

Therefore, Daenerys Entertainment's series of blockbuster producers are mainly responsible for logistics work, helping directors and actors to solve all aspects of the problems encountered during the shooting process. In terms of creation, Simon, the behind-the-scenes BOSS, and the director jointly control the creation. .

After so many years, Daenerys Entertainment also has a very stable team of producers.

Just because the controlling core is usually Simon himself, these people don't have the reputation of the gold medal producers such as Jerry Bruckheimer and Joe Silver who need to control the overall situation.

Among the three external cooperation projects, "The Mummy" is planned to be released first, and the production team is formed the fastest. The script is basically finalized at the same time as the casting, and the scene and special effects planning has begun. The project is expected to start in June. In order to save costs as much as possible, Simon plans to shoot the main scenes in Morocco just like the original. Morocco in North Africa is not far from the United Kingdom, so that it will be convenient for the crew to shoot some related shots in the UK.

From Janet’s birthday to the Oscars ceremony at the end of March, Igreat continued to promote its own IPO process. The employee stock ownership plan that reached 25% of the total share capital was implemented very smoothly. Simon stayed in Los Angeles to deal with Dan. A series of important projects for Nilis.

The Easter and summer archives of "Anti-Wild Stars 3", "Jurassic Park 2" and "Apollo 13" and other films have been completed. They were in the marketing stage before the release. "Game", the 3D animated version of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" are still being produced, and Simon needs to pay enough attention.

Then came a series of project preparation and production from 1996 to 1997.

Not only blockbusters such as "Guillotine", "Mission Impossible 2", "The Mummy", "Game of the Brave", and "Wonder Woman 2", there are also new films from the "Himming Film Universe" and "The Rush Hour" 》Series and Kim Carey’s new movie that shined last year, and other medium-scale but equally important projects.

Among them, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is being filmed in Australia, and Simon also plans to go to Australia after the Oscars ceremony to personally follow up for a while.

Also this month, many things related to the Westeros system are happening.

Last year's midterm elections resolved many political obstacles to the Westeros system in Washington, and the advancement of a series of bills began to accelerate.

Following the lifting of the'media integration ban', in mid-March, the US Congress and the White House once again successfully passed the "Digital Copyright Act" that had been blocked last year. The most important of the "safe harbor regulations" made the entire Internet no longer need to worry about it. Encountered a large-scale infringement lawsuit.

Of course, inevitably, the promulgation of this bill also makes piracy more prevalent on Internet platforms.

The other "Communication Weathering Act" has also entered the final stage of deliberation. Not surprisingly, a vote will be held in April, and unless there are major unforeseen changes, it will almost certainly be passed.

As for the "Telecom Act" that will affect the entire telecommunications industry, even if the Westeros system and other telecommunications industry giants are working from it, the obstacles are still not small. After all, it is different from the lifting of the "media integration ban". The Telecommunications Act will be a complete loosening of the information industry.

Finally, there is a capital gains tax reform bill.

The two parties are very tacitly trying to pass this bill. They only took into account the reactions of the media and the public and have been procrastinating.

After Clinton came to power, he formulated a lot of tax increase policies for all people, such as the'gasoline tax.' Now starting to reduce taxes, it is still a capital gains tax that makes it difficult for the general public to directly enjoy the benefits. I can imagine how everyone will react. .

Fortunately, last year's midterm elections gave Clinton an excuse to throw the pot away.

Now that both houses of the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by the Republican Party, and this bill is submitted and passed, the Democratic Party will have to bear much less pressure from public opinion.

The White House can actually refuse the visa.

However, with this general trend, Mr. President is powerless, isn't it?

As expected, the capital gains tax reform bill will probably be voted in Congress around May.

It happened to be followed by the listing of Yigrete.

In order to avoid being too ugly for everyone to do, this IPO will still be based on additional issuance. However, Simon can quietly start to cash in other technology stocks. With his holding years in many technology stocks, he will be enough to enjoy it. The 15% minimum capital gains tax rate, 15% tax rate is much easier to accept than the current 28%.

Daenerys Studios.

Simon’s queen casting supervisor Linda Vargas waited patiently in the lounge for more than ten minutes, and finally opened the door of her boss’s office.

Sending the two screenwriters of "Game of the Brave" away, Simon motioned to Linda Vargas to come in.

Sitting down at the desk, opening the latest version of the "Game of the Brave" script that I had just discussed with the two screenwriters, Simon asked, "How was the result?"

Linda Vargas shook her head: "Schwarzenegger's agent still insists on signing only one-off contracts."

The two discussed the casting of "Game of the Brave".

After finalizing the story of the 2017 version in memory, it is naturally impossible for the former actor Dashi Johnson to use the original version. Johnson's current situation is similar to Brandon Fisher, and he simply can't support this role.

Picking it up, Simon found that Arnold Schwarzenegger was more suitable for Dr. Spencer in the film.

There are many comedy elements in the 2017 version of "Game of the Brave", and it happens that Arnold is the only superstar who has developed his own comedy route among several action stars at this stage.

In addition, Stallone is more suitable for tragic roles. The images of Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and others do not match at all. Simon also considered the second-line Duff Ronger and Shange Yunton, and then discovered that these The reason why action men can only shoot B-level action movies is not without reason. Arnold’s acting skills are already hard to compliment, but Duf Longer is even worse.

In the face of Daenerys Entertainment's contact, Schwarzenegger's feedback was actually very positive, saying that he would be happy to star in this movie.

However, you can participate in the performance, and the long-term appointment is free.

After the continuous tepid projects such as "Cannonball Expert" and "Zhe Ling Xiong Feng", Stallone has begun to go downhill obviously. Relying on the success of "Terminator 2" and last year's "True Lies", Arnold still maintains Pinnacle, now I have enough confidence to negotiate terms with Daenerys.

For the series of movies, especially blockbuster, Simon likes to use relatively cheap actors, but he never refuses suitable first-line celebrities.

Although positioning the long-term series, Simon has always been thinking of doing the first part as much as possible, and never let the first part become a non-embarrassing series, which will often only make the whole series impossible.

Because of this consideration, Simon is very inclined to Schwarzenegger.

At the same time, Simon couldn't let the first episode succeed, because the two sides were arguing about the pay to make the sequel unable to go on, or fell into the situation of working for the star.

Trouble.

Seeing her boss tapping on the table and thinking, Linda Vargas hesitated and said, "Boss, Bruce Willis contacted me yesterday. He is also very interested in this role. He also shot a sample performance in private. Do you want to take a look?"

Simon heard Willis’s name and shook his head without thinking: “Willis doesn’t fit this character at all. He lacks the sturdy temperament I want, and he is too short.”

Linda Vargas knows that Willis's height is 183cm, which is actually taller than Stallone's 178cm.

However, just mentioning that it was already a favor, I realized that there was no room for negotiation in my boss's tone, so I stopped talking.

From the beginning of "Lola Run", she has been the head of Simon's queen casting for so many years, and now she still enjoys the treatment of the vice president of Daenerys Group. Linda Vargas cherishes her job very much. Be cautious, knowing that this young boss is not someone who can be easily influenced.

I just mentioned Willis, it’s a gift, and my boss knows that he’s a gift, and allows it. After all, Hollywood is a personal love circle, but if I try to persuade my boss to change her mind, she will touch her as a casting role. The person in charge should not be involved in the red line.

The job of the casting staff is to select actors strictly in accordance with the ideas of the project leader, and they should never have their own thoughts.