Chapter 567 Dinner Invitation
After securing the copyright of the novel, little Gilbert was thinking about how to start adapting the project.
“For this project, we need to find a female director.” Little Gilbert said.
“Female director?” Ivanka asked: “Why must it be a female director?”
“It’s very simple,” little Gilbert explained: “Female directors are usually very delicate. There is a unique way to deal with this kind of youth campus love movie."
Ivanka nodded slightly: "If you put it this way, I think Sophia is very suitable, but I don't think she will direct such a movie. "
"Indeed," little Gilbert shrugged: "Sofia has a dream of pursuing film art, but she doesn't like movies like this.
But don't worry, wait. Let’s go back to Los Angeles and do this slowly!”
Obtaining the rights to “The Twilight Saga” is not complicated. It was already Christmas Eve when the contract was signed, and the crew of “The Last of Us” also Officially announced, we returned to Los Angeles.
The filming went very smoothly and was even completed more than 20 days in advance, which is extremely fast.
But the completion of filming does not mean the end of film production. There is still a lot of post-production work to be done.
During this period, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" swept the global market, earning a box office of US$294 million in North America. It is not a big problem to exceed US$300 million.
The global box office has also reached the level of 884 million US dollars, once again achieving a box office explosion.
The box office accumulation rate is not bad, and it may eventually exceed one billion US dollars in box office.
However, it is not this movie that is showing off after December, but another fantasy movie "The Chronicles of Narnia".
This movie, starring Anne Hathaway, took in a box office of US$65.56 million in its first week of release, which was not as good as the first week of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
However, the box office trend of "The Chronicles of Narnia" is very strong, and its reputation is quite excellent, which means that the latecomers will catch up.
Since Anne Hathaway played Princess Arwen in the "Lord of the Rings" series, she finally has another blockbuster commercial film masterpiece.
Because of her popularity, "The Chronicles of Narnia" added a lot of scenes to her. Although she is the second female lead, she has almost as many roles as the lead female lead.
Little Gilbert helped promote the movie on his personal social account. "The Chronicles of Narnia" is very sensible. He thanked little Gilbert on his social account and gave many gifts to little Gilbert's children. Peripheral toys.
Incidentally, "The Chronicles of Narnia" was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney.
So this is actually a Disney project. As a director of Disney, Gilbert Jr. is naturally considered a member of the crew, although only the creator of "The Chronicles of Narnia" thinks so.
Besides, Anne Hathaway, the second female lead in the film, has a close relationship with little Gilbert!
Due to its relatively late release, "The Chronicles of Narnia" has a North American box office of 206 million as of December 24, temporarily ranking behind "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and ranking first in North America. Nine position.
This year's North American box office champion is George Lucas' "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith", which took in US$380 million.
It seems that the slogan of George Lucas's last "Star Wars" movie is still strong. If the quality of the film is better, maybe it can get a box office of 400 to 500 million US dollars in North America.
But George Lucas said this was his last "Star Wars" movie, but he didn't say it was the last "Star Wars" movie. There is still a difference between the two.
After finishing this project, George Lucas decided to live a retired life. He felt that he was no longer suitable to stay in Hollywood.
The Lucasfilm and Industrial Light and Magic under his name have become the favorites of major Hollywood giants.
But Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic are huge, and any company that wants to win one of them will need to spend huge amounts of money.
This is destined to mean that there are only a few companies that can participate in this acquisition war. The few that do exist are the seven major Hollywood giants, plus second-tier film companies with financial support from Wall Street.
David Ellison’s Sky Studio also wants to participate. Although Sky Studio does not have that much money, David Ellison can seek support from Larry Ellison and can also contact Investors from Silicon Valley.
But to be honest, Sky Studios is not competitive enough. It's mainly a matter of looking at who George Lucas is, and who he prefers. The ones who are competitive enough are undoubtedly the seven giants of Hollywood.
The simple truth is that the giants have broad distribution channels and advantages in peripheral resources, which are incomparable to second-tier film companies.
So for some time, various rumors have been circulating in Hollywood.
When we talk about the US$4 billion that MGM’s new boss, Prince Abdullah from the Middle East, plans to acquire Lucasfilm, people can’t help but sigh that they are indeed sitting on black gold. of wealthy people.
After a while, it was said that Sony, Columbia’s parent company, was considering acquiring Lucasfilm, and Columbia Pictures had already contacted George Lucas.
Then there are rumors that 20th Century Fox and George Lucas are playing the emotional card. After all, they have been working together for so many years.
Universal and Paramount have all reported various ambiguous news about their relationship with George Lucas.
It was against this backdrop that the younger Gilbert returned to Los Angeles and received an invitation from George Lucas to be a guest before diving into post-production.
Naomi Watts happened to be at home, and little Gilbert said to her: "Naomi, come with me to a private party."
"Okay, whose party is it? "
"It's George's," little Gilbert said after watching Naomi Watts choose a dress: "The private party doesn't need to be so formal, just be casual."
"Okay. Let's go." Naomi Watts simply put on makeup and followed little Gilbert to George Lucas's home.
Little Gilbert and Naomi Watts happily went to the appointment, he thought it was a party. But when he got there, he discovered that he and Naomi Watts were the only ones attending the appointment.
"No doubt, I came here specifically to treat you to this meal." George Lucas looked at the two people dressed up and smiled: "Fortunately, I didn't come in formal clothes, otherwise it would be a bit restrained. "
"It doesn't matter, George." Little Gilbert waved his hand and said, "But I'm afraid it's not as simple as just inviting me to dinner, right?"
"Of course," George. Lucas made an invitation gesture: "Please come in, Catherine has prepared dinner. Let's chat while eating."
Entering the restaurant, George Lucas's girlfriend Catherine has prepared dinner. Dinner is served.
She smiled and said: "George's friend got a bluefin tuna and gave it to George. It is the main dish today. There is also the apple pie I made.
George knows you love Chinese food, so he specially ordered it I brought some Chinese food over."
Little Gilbert and Naomi Watts thanked them: "It's so rich. Thank you for your hospitality."
"You're welcome, sit down. "Sit down, just treat yourself as your own home, don't be restrained." George Lucas turned to Catherine and said, "Bring me the bottle of wine that I have collected, let me and little Gilbert have a few drinks." >Naomi, do you want a drink?”
“No,” Naomi Watts said, “I’ll just have a drink with Catherine.”
“Watermelon. Juice?”
“Okay.”
“Okay, I’ll get it.”
“Okay!” Catherine brought over a bottle of wine and two wine glasses. Then he brought two glasses of freshly squeezed watermelon juice, one for each of Naomi Watts.
It was a very sumptuous dinner, but not much for four people. After dinner, the servant came to take away the dinner, and then several people came to the living room to chat.
Over there, Naomi Watts and Catherine chatted about daily life, while George Lucas chatted with little Gilbert about the Lucasfilm acquisition that has been a hot topic recently.
(End of this chapter)