Chapter 1456 Starting from scratch
Lucas:...
"Anson Wood! This is not funny." Lucas was full of black lines.
Anson hugged his stomach and laughed out his abdominal muscles, "Luca, you must admit that this is a bit funny, haha."
Lucas simply gave up the conversation.
Anson also realized Lucas's seriousness and did not keep laughing. "Luca, I mean, this is an inevitable part of Hollywood."
"Maybe it's not a coffee house, a Grammy celebration party, a successful movie box office party, a charity party, a Autumn and Winter Fashion Week scene, and various social occasions may eventually develop into cooperation negotiations and matchmaking."
"Of course, I understand your concerns. Once such a thing starts, bad habits may be developed in the future, and more and more people try to find me."
"But I think this is a good thing, at least not a bad thing."
"People are willing to contact me and believe me, which is largely a subversion of the vase label, and a helping for Forest Film."
"Otherwise, have you heard of any screenwriters who secretly took the project to the beach of Bora Bora Island to surround Leonardo?"
Through the phone, Anson seemed to be able to see Lucas rolling his eyes.
Lucas's voice was still stiff and rigid, and there was no sign of softening.
"So you just allow anyone to approach you casually and disturb you, ambush you, threaten you to destroy your vacation, invade your life, and disturb your privacy?"
Ansen laughed in silence, "So that's why you arranged the security team?"
Lucas, "Ask knowingly."
Anson, "No, of course no, Luca, I'm just an actor, but I'm not going to show my life to everyone without reservation."
"I just said, open a window and there is no need to block myself in the castle, let alone there is no real isolated castle now."
"If I don't like it, I'll tell them to contact Edgar or you; or leave Noah behind, and I'll run away with a gecko."
Lucas, "If you're hinting that I should cancel the security team, there's no room for negotiation."
Ansen was immediately seen through, and sighed to the sky with no desire to live, "Ah, Luca..."
Lucas didn't care about Ansen's complaints and protests at all, but instead took the initiative to pull the topic back, "So, what's going on with this project? I thought you were on vacation and were not ready for work for the time being. How long did you last for two weeks?"
Ansen took a deep breath, curled his lips, and hung his shoulders, "No, I'm still on vacation and have no plans to act. I think Forest Pictures should take over."
Lucas, "And?"
The cooperation negotiations for "City of Sin" have not yet been settled, and now Ansen has found a brand new project for Forest Pictures?
Anson, "Yes, again."
"This project is about the same, with an investment of about 30 million US dollars, which is very beneficial for Forest Pictures' initial layout."
To a certain extent, "City of Sin" and "Hangover" are two completely different projects; but they played a similar role in the early stages of Forest Pictures' development: on the one hand, they showcase the image of Forest Pictures' challenges and breakthroughs, and are willing to open their arms to accept different possibilities; on the other hand, they quickly achieve profits at a medium-to-small cost, complete the original accumulation, lay the foundation for the success of the box office of continuous works, and gain a preliminary foothold in Hollywood. "As you said, I'm on vacation, I haven't decided whether to star in the role yet, but for now, I still enjoy the holiday life."
"However, this is a comedy script, the plot and the role are very interesting, and the shooting atmosphere should be full of surprises and expectations."
"And, I have always wanted to star in a real comedy, pure comedy, use comedy to get rid of idol burdens and show different images."
The above is all the truth. Although "Princess Diary", "Cat and Mouse Game", "Warm Inside Light" and other works have comedy labels, they are not strictly a comedy, and Ansen has never really challenged the comedy performance; but Ansen never forgot that the starting point of everything:
"Friends", this is pure comedy.
When people have been tying Anson to the image of a vase, they completely forgot that the first character Anson appeared in front of everyone was the image of a comedy, and he enjoyed the performance of a comedy very much; Anson did not mind abandoning the burden of idols, breaking the image constraints, and showing more possibilities.
Of course, there is another very important reason here, that is, comedy movies are completely different from "Walking with Songs", and even two types that are completely different.
If Anson tries to get rid of the shadow of the character Johnny Cash, stays in the apartment and deals passively and passively, waiting patiently for the shadow to fade away; it is better to take the initiative to enter another role in another work and use performance to get rid of the shadow of performance.
Just like being in love, the way you forget the pain of a broken heart is always actively involved in another relationship.
Or the way to stop the brain from thinking randomly is to...assign more homework.
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So, Anson did not shy away.
"I think it's a good idea to star in this work; but it's not now, it's still a while. Let's wait and see."
"The key point is not whether I'm in this project, even if I don't, it doesn't matter. The key point is that I think Forest Pictures should win it."
"However, the situation is slightly different."
"For the 'City of Sin', the director, screenwriter, and even the actors, Robert and Quentin should have their own ideas. We are just responsible for investment, and signing a check can solve all problems. Hello, I, everyone, they should be happy to let go and give them creative freedom."
"But this project, I suggest you buy out the script directly. The subsequent script needs to be modified. We will pay for additional money. You can invite these two screenwriters to modify the script, or find other screenwriters to modify it. In short, if we buy out the script, we will decide everything."
"The script, director, cast, shooting location, investment scale, etc. are all decided by us. From scratch, we will create a work."
Forest Film, in the previous "Walking with Songs" and now the "City of Sin" is currently negotiating, Forest Film plays the role of signing checks and does not interfere with creation.
No doubt this is a cooperation model, and the top film companies in the Hollywood pyramid often have such projects, especially with major directors like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, which is generally the case.
But in the end it is still a few, and more projects are controlled by film companies, from scratch to everything. Film companies need to explore all aspects of Hollywood.
For example, "Spider-Man", Sony Columbia Pictures personally created every detail.
If Forest Films wants to truly enter Hollywood, it is not enough to just sit behind the desk and sign a check. Then they will be a wallet at most, with no influence on the film industry, and can be replaced, eliminated and forgotten at any time.
Obviously, Lucas' ambitions are more than that.
So, Forest Film must truly enter all aspects of "production". In Anson's view, "Hangover" is an opportunity, which is more important than whether he starred in this movie.
(This chapter ends)