Hollywood New Century

Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, inside the SLS five-star hotel, a unique dance is being held.

After the Golden Globe Awards, the Oscar party is about to be held, and filmmakers not only work hard to promote their films, but also want to use the Oscar spring breeze to promote their films.

The films "District 9", "The Hurt Locker" and "Weakness" released by Xinghai Pictures are all shortlisted for Oscar performance awards.

Ashley Brax, President of Star Ocean, is reporting with Simon: "This year, there are no projects for the studio, but a French film "Untouchable" and Nicole Kidman's "Rabbit Hole" are currently being released. Woolen cloth!"

"Last year, there were more films released, and the channels were perfected, and the cost was relatively high. In addition, the development projects did not pay much attention to the art film market. This year, it is estimated that more attention should be paid to those domestic and foreign film festivals," Simon also said. Nodding in response.

"At present, two projects have been confirmed, one is the R-rated comedy film "Bad Teacher" starring Cameron Diaz, and the other is the literary film "Double-Faced Martha" about cult girls, both of which are small costs The movie, "Bad Teacher" has Cameron Diaz in the lead, the box office is promising, and the movie budget is only 20 million US dollars!" Ashley Brax stroked his hair again, and continued,

"Tomorrow I'll fly to Park City, go to see the Saint Denis festival, there may be some surprises!"

Simon nodded. If "Bad Teacher" starred Cameron Diaz, and it was an R-rated comedy, the actors must have split the bill. As for Double Sided Martha, Simon doesn't know, but Ashley Brax is optimistic, at least it's a low-budget movie aimed at winning awards.

"Not only the St. Denis Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival abroad, the Montreal Film Festival or the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, etc., all need attention this year, you can pay more attention!" Simon Jean Ashley Brax To manage Venus, of course, is to trust her vision, right? Venus can decide a movie budget of no more than 25 million US dollars, or else it will be reported.

As for Aurora Pictures, the budget card is less than 15 million US dollars. After all, the cost of B-level films is really low. Really optimistic projects, if the budget is not enough, it is possible to cooperate with the parent company Xinghai Pictures.

"By the way, is the filming of "Smart: Ghost Story 2" finished?" Simon asked. Although "Smart: Ghost Story" was released in a few theaters last year, although the scale was small, it was released on DVD after all. , and the sales are very good, and the reputation is also very good!

Isn't the sequel of "Smart 2: Ghost Record" a certainty?

"It's still in production, the sequel is no longer a family studio shooter, and a new director has been found to re-shoot in industrial mode. The schedule is scheduled for Halloween, 10.22!" Ashley Brax is also one of the producers. It is still clear, "Also, the director of "Smart: Ghost Record 2" was originally Kevin Groot, the director of "Chainsaw 6", but Lionsgate sent a lawyer's letter, and it was still Moving on to Kevin Groot directing the next Chainsaw, so we found Todd Williams to direct Animate 2."

"Well, Lionsgate's "The Chainsaw" is the seventh this year?" Simon said with a smile when he heard it.

Ashley Brax laughed: "It's the seventh year, coming out on 10.29, and it's been scary on Halloween for seven years in a row!"

Afterwards, the two went to chat with others separately.

"Simon, good evening!" Simon met the famous Hollywood director Gary Marshall and chatted.

"Good evening," Simon said, taking a glass of wine from the waiter's tray.

Gary Marshall, in his 70s, is a major director of Hollywood romance films. The famous "Pretty Woman", "Running Bride", "The Princess Diaries" series, and "Modern Love Story" are all from him.

"The "Valentine's Day" that will be released early next month seems to be very powerful!" "Valentine's Day" has a lot of stars, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, A Shton Kutcher, Taylor Swift, Jessica Alba, Taylor Lautner, Jennifer Garner and Eric Dean, Jamie Foxx, Patrick Dempsey, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts and more than a dozen others.

Simon and Gary Marshall touched wine glasses and smiled slightly.

"Simon, if you are willing to participate in the movie, I really hope you can make a cameo in the movie," Gary Marshall also took a sip of wine and laughed,

"After all, I like to shoot romantic dramas with handsome guys and beauties. You are Prince Charming in every way!"

"Haha," Simon shook his head and responded with a smile, "How can I act in movies, I can only write scripts!"

Romance is dead after the madness of Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts in the 80s and 90s.

Anne Hathaway is also not a successor, and the heroine of a romantic film after Julia Roberts should be Drew Barrymore.

However, it is now 2010, romance films have long been a niche film, and the madness of "Pretty Woman" is gone forever.

"Hey, Hollywood belongs to you young people after all. We old guys really can't keep up," Gary Marshall said with a helpless smile. After all, it's not very good to have made several similar movies in a row.

"Valentine's Day" also sought investment from Xinghai Pictures at the time, but it was rejected, at least the budget was not that high.

Gary Marshall basically relies on his personal connections to draw so many stars, and the salary is not much.

Simon is also helpless. Times are changing, right? He stepped forward and patted Gary Marshall on the shoulder, and said softly: "Hollywood is just more commercialized now. Young people can shoot whatever they like!"

After that, Simon left. After all, Hollywood is now dominated by all kinds of special effects blockbusters, comic hero series, fantasy technology, magic myth, etc., all special effects.

Now Hollywood is the era of special effects blockbuster series, original script? Fewer and fewer people are filming, at least it is also a novel adaptation.

The sequel movie is the king. There are not a few series copyrights in hand, so I am embarrassed to say that I am a Hollywood blockbuster.

It's time for Hollywood to abandon some filmmakers. Let's cherish the glory of the past in memory!

Xinghai Pictures now has Marvel, the "Twilight" series, the "Hangover" series, it seems that it is not enough.