Chapter 167 Oscar is coming
Tom Rothman tried his best to look more sincere, and what he said was entirely for the sake of the movie.
"Cao, my opinion is, please ask Johnny Depp to play the leading role. You should be very familiar with him, and he will be happy to cooperate with you again."
Tom Roseman raised a finger first.
"First, you just helped him win the Golden Globe Award and get an Oscar nomination. Both he and his agency will be very happy to cooperate with you, and the salary will be discounted."
Then Tom Roseman raised a second finger.
"Secondly, this is a critical moment for him to win the Oscar. If there is news that he will cooperate with you again, it will be a good thing for him, and it will also play a very good publicity role for our movie."
Tom Roseman raised a third finger.
"Third, he hasn't won the Oscar winner yet. It's best for us to sign him in advance before he gets a salary increase. Maybe our movie will have an Oscar winner joining him. ”
Cao Yang has actually thought about this problem. If the male protagonist does not cast a Chinese, he will definitely find a Chinese actor for the role of the commander.
The character of the Commander seems to be a villain at first glance. He is so cruel to the aliens who have no resistance, and he pursues the mutated male protagonist mercilessly.
However, if this role were played by a domestic actor, it would be very simple to change the villain's senses. As long as a sentence appears in his lines from time to time, at least we people in China will be able to understand everything he does.
"People who are not of my race must have different hearts!"
With this sentence, can the cruelty of the commander be called cruel?
You know, although aliens look disgusting and won't resist, they have very advanced weapons and spacecraft that can come to Earth from extraterrestrials - just because they don't resist now doesn't mean they won't resist in the future.
It’s extremely awesome that the mutated male protagonist can control alien weapons without seeing it.
As long as he is portrayed as a cold-blooded soldier, and he tells many people that "people who are not of my race will have different hearts," and slightly changes his lines, the character will stand up.
In terms of publicity, it can also be said that there are two male protagonists.
Cao Yang frowned, indicating that this was a bit unacceptable.
Even if there are countermeasures, we cannot easily agree to it.
"Mr. Rothman, I think you made a mistake. Those three international movie queens have nothing to do with me. Why should I make an exchange with you for their affairs?"
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This time it was Tom Roseman's turn to frown, and he tried his best to persuade.
"Didn't you bring these three up? The more successful they are, the more they can prove your ability. Besides, you can also use this in exchange for them? I think no one can refuse 8000 no matter what conditions you put forward. A $10,000 Hollywood blockbuster.”
"I'm sorry Rothman, I am religious about movies, and I will not trade roles in movies."
Cao Yang shook his head, Lao Deng, you may not know that I don’t need any conditions for them.
"Cao, I'm really thinking about this movie. Depp is also very suitable to be the leading actor, not to mention that he will probably win the Oscar for Best Actor in a few days. What a good time it is."
Tom Rothman urged.
"Rothman, this is a co-production," Cao Yang reminded.
"I know that you can choose a few Chinese to play the remaining roles in the film, including the role of the commander. Colombia will never interfere."
Tom Roseman said sincerely.
Cao Yang sighed, looked at Tom Roseman and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Mr. Rothman, I really can't do anything to you.
In addition to what you mentioned, I will arrange for one of my people to be the production director, and the chief cinematographer will also be Gu Changwei, who has been nominated for an Oscar. In addition, I will arrange for some Nortel students to intern for this film. ”
Tom Roseman breathed a sigh of relief and thought it was no big deal. These were all small things.
"You are the producer and director, you have the final say."
Johnny Depp has been very proud of himself since he won the Golden Globe Award.
Under the arrangement of his agency, he attended many cocktail parties and met many Oscar judges. As far as he knew, the company was making every effort to conquer the Oscars and was determined to push him to become the Oscar winner.
To this end, a lot of money was spent and many thoughtful "little gifts" were given out.
Of course, the premise of all this is that the movie you participate in must have the ability to win awards. Otherwise, it will be doubly difficult and you will have to spend money desperately, which may not be effective.
Therefore, Depp is very grateful to Cao Yang and wants to continue to cooperate with Cao Yang.
Looking back now, he feels that under Cao Yang's guidance, his performance was simply great. There has never been any director who can make actors enter the role unconsciously like Cao Yang, making acting feel as simple as re-walking the same path.
This includes his guide, Tim Burton, who also does not have this ability.
"Johnny, did Director Cao Yang tell you that he has a new movie and wants to collaborate with you again?"
The agent called and asked.
"Yes, buddy, I have received it. Just today, he said that Colombia will contact you, just let me wait."
It was rare for Depp to have free time this morning, but he had to attend a cocktail party in the evening. At this time, he couldn't relax any more.
"Yes, I am with people from Colombia now. What do you think?"
"Of course I have no problem. Being able to work with Director Cao Yang again is what I dream of."
The agent was silent for a moment. Is this still the difficult bad boy?
He remembered that every time this guy took on a role, he had to first understand the script, the director, and who he wanted to work with. The agency had a headache every time.
Since when did this guy start getting things done with just a phone call?
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He bet that Depp had never read the script and knew nothing about it other than working with Cao Yang, but he just agreed.
Of course, the agency is also willing to cooperate with Depp and Cao Yang again, and will hype it up - the Golden Globe Best Director and the Golden Globe Best Actor are collaborating again. This is big news and is very beneficial to the Oscars. matter.
Even if it is a strategy judge, there are thousands of Oscar judges, and it is impossible to cover everything. There are always some that cannot be taken into consideration.
And hot news will make them have a deep impression on the actors, which will help them make key decisions when they don't know how to choose.
"Johnny, this movie is an adaptation of a novel. I have already read the novel. It is a literary film disguised as science fiction, and the main theme is racial discrimination."
The agent explained a few words, and then said: "The reason why I say this is to ask for your opinion on how to collect the remuneration? Since you won the Golden Globe Award, the external quotation has been increased to 12 million."< br>
"Is this something difficult to decide? Since it has literary and artistic attributes, the remuneration should be discounted in half."
Depp said without hesitation.
The agent was speechless for a while. Although this movie has literary and artistic attributes, it is obviously based on a commercial film. It would be better for you to fold it in half when you open your mouth. Do you know how much this half price is?
"Let's do this. I'll give Columbia a 30% discount and let's see what they say."
Depp hesitated for a moment and then said: "I'll give you a 40% discount, it's just a small amount of money. I want to give Director Cao Yang face, and I can't leave the impression of being greedy."
The agent was speechless again. These damn literary guys are just so difficult to deal with. Their brain circuits are all different. How can they be different from each other? How can a 30% discount leave the impression of being greedy?
I don’t understand!
At 5:30 pm on February 29, 2004, Western Time, and at 9:30 am on March 1, 2004, Beijing time, the 76th Academy Awards ceremony was grandly unveiled at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Fans are eagerly awaiting the major awards ceremony. The awards will also be revealed one by one.
After broadcasting the Oscar ceremony last year, CCTV 6 will still be the mainland's TV organization that can broadcast the entire Oscar ceremony this year. It will broadcast the world's film feast live at 21:30 on the evening of March 1.
As the only mainland media authorized by the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to broadcast the entire award ceremony, CCTV Movie Channel will broadcast the entire event live for up to 4 hours at 21:30 that evening.
As for why the broadcast was delayed by twelve hours, according to the person in charge of the editor-in-chief of CCTV Movie Channel, it was mainly due to the time difference.
The live broadcast in the United States is exactly 9 a.m. in my country. For most viewers, they are at work and school. If it is broadcast live, it will not be conducive to the audience's timely viewing. Due to language problems, it will not be able to achieve the best viewing effect.
Well, here's a reason.
According to rumors, due to the experience of last year's broadcast and the guarantee of ratings, this year's Oscar broadcast was decided as early as two months ago, and the bidding for advertising spaces was successfully completed.
The ratings are guaranteed at night. If it is broadcast in real time at 9:30 in the morning, the ratings will be shitty, and the ads will not be sold at a high price.
This year's advertising space was sold at a very good price, and the leaders are very satisfied.
However, this satisfaction was short-lived - soon Cao Yang's "Despicable Milk" received ten Oscar nominations.
As a result, the relevant person in charge slapped his thigh in annoyance. The advertising space was sold too early!
It is said that the information was revealed by an insider. The relevant person in charge tried his best to "squeeze out" two advertising spaces of a few seconds during that time period, and sold a large amount of advertising revenue.
Different from last year, CCTV 6 also made a big deal this time. The front-line reporting team sent by the movie channel became the only 12 media in the world allowed to set up cameras on the red carpet.
This shows that the movie channel will shoot more original footage this year, rather than just sticking to the rebroadcast materials provided by ABC TV.
Moreover, since Cao Yang's "Despicable Milk" is one of the biggest hits this year, the movie channel has already announced that it will focus more on Cao Yang and his crew.
There will also be a brief interview with Director Cao Yang on site.
For a time, many people were looking forward to it, wondering whether Cao Yang would still be successful at the Oscars.
(End of chapter)