Chapter 581 Cherishing Talent
“Do I have such qualifications?”
Anson asked: Like Bill Murray, he single-handedly becomes the protagonist of a movie and drives the box office.
A smile appeared in Jeff's eyes, "Yes, of course, you are fully qualified now."
Now, Jeff finally understands Anson's plan——
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Reject large-scale projects like "Troy" to prevent yourself from being involved in the vortex of large-scale projects again and again, and truly become an idol; focus on small and medium-sized projects, but do not concentrate on studying acting skills, but establish yourself through these commercial projects His image as an actor not only appeals to the box office, but also pave the way for the actor's transformation.
In recent times, with "Elephant" and another album, Anson has been at the forefront of the storm. Many public opinions believe that this overnight celebrity has been dazzled by Vanity Fair and is looking for it in a daze. Not to the north.
But now it seems that they were all wrong.
Including Jeff himself.
Involuntarily, Jeff cherished his talent.
Jeff himself has been working in Hollywood for many years. He knows that most actors are a commodity, a commodity created jointly by agents and film companies. Like Barbie dolls, they have no mind or soul, and eventually become one after another on the assembly line. Copy and paste the product.
This is Hollywood -
They try their best to find successful models that can be copied and repeated over and over again.
Only a very small number of actors can break away from the Barbie suit and have a life of their own.
In Jeff’s view, the top A-list actors and actresses currently on the market include Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, etc. This is the case for all of them. They still have no vitality as actors of their own.
Tom Hanks has broken free, Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp are breaking free but have not found their way yet.
Rarely, Jeff saw Anson also start to "break away" and start trying before the Barbie suit really controlled him.
Although Jeff can't tell whether Anson can succeed now, this calmness and wisdom give Jeff some hope.
From a purely factual perspective, Anson currently has no so-called box office appeal. There are many other reasons behind the success of "Spider-Man"; if Anson is solely responsible for the project now, he may not be able to attract audiences to enter the cinema. , but at least Anson dared to take risks and try. Between the options of continuing to be a pawn in a large-scale project or changing his position and becoming a chess player, he bravely chose the latter.
Just because of this, Jeff wants to win this project——
A gut feeling.
All along, Jeff has always believed that those who achieve great things need not only rationality, but also a little impulsiveness and risk-taking. In his opinion, people who follow the steps steadily will never be able to conquer the world.
Pause for a moment, and his thoughts went around in his mind.
Jeff has made his decision.
“You go to New Line Cinema, this project is more suitable for them to handle.”
New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, initially focused on distributing European and local low-cost horror films for schools. After more than ten years of hard work, it began to get involved in the production field, still focusing on the production of low-cost horror films.
In 1990, New Line Cinema purchased the rights to the Golden Harvest film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from 20th Century Fox, which they were afraid to release, and pushed it to theaters. It was a great success and became one of the top independent films in North America. company.
In 1993, it was acquired by Time Warner and became a film company under Time Warner; but because the president of New Line Cinema still holds a majority of the shares, they still maintain independent operations.
New Line and Warner Bros. are also part of Time Warner, but have nothing to do with each other.
Of course, they are said to be unrelated, but the two companies are also helping each other.
Over the years, New Line Cinema's business has been booming, and Warner Bros.'s help in distribution and marketing is indispensable. For their latest work, the "Lord of the Rings" series, Warner Bros. is working together to help with the Academy's public relations, and they are looking forward to the film being successful at the Oscars. Capture.
When Jeff was considering planning the next development plan of Warner Bros., he did not ignore the existence of "Lord of the Rings". Overall, Warner Bros. still focuses on the development of large-scale investment projects, while New Line Cinema is relatively small-scale. Many people do not believe that the investment cost of "Lord of the Rings" is not high:
The first part, 903 million U.S. dollars; the second part, 94 million U.S. dollars.
It has not yet exceeded the 100 million threshold.
Therefore, Anson's project, although Jeff can greenlight it at Warner Bros., is afraid that this project will not receive much attention and resources.
Especially considering Anson's rejection of "Troy".
Jeff is a down-to-earth person. Compared with other senior leaders, he is less ostentatious about vanity fair and more down-to-earth as an artistic creator.
“You can choose to cooperate with Warner Bros. I estimate the budget can be in the range of 20 million US dollars to 25 million US dollars, but the price is a strict management, completely following the genre film production template, Producers who may interfere with the filming of your movie, such as Chris Bender."
"Also, resources may be squeezed when the movie is released."
"Sorry, you shouldn't refuse 'Troy'."
"Of course, if you join 'Troy' in exchange for this project, that's another matter."
>Anson raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, his face full of innocence and sadness.
Jeff chuckled.
“Alternatively, you can choose to cooperate with New Line, and I can contact you. You may need to call over and have another interview.”
"Their budget is not that big. It should be around US$8 million to US$15 million. It depends on your personal charm."
"However, they are willing to give small and medium-sized science fiction projects An opportunity for you to develop your own edges and colors, and I'm sure you have your own ideas for this project and this character, and they'll give you more space."
"Just a reminder, their publishing resources are bigger than that. Not as good as Warner Bros., but they have more experience than us in releasing such small and medium-sized projects.”
There are pros and cons.
The key point is how to position Anson and choose.
To be honest, Anson did not expect to receive such a frank and true answer——
This is the second time Anson owes Jeff a favor.
Although Anson deliberately changed places when they first met and said he was using this project to repay a favor, Anson himself knew that Jeff introduced himself to Steven without any entanglement of interests or asking for anything in return, no matter what. , I already owe this favor.
Now it seems that one favor has not been repaid, and a second favor is owed.
This is different from the Hollywood in Anson’s impression.
Didn’t he say that he wouldn’t be able to get up early if there was no profit, and didn’t he say that he was intrigued and plotted secretly?
But apparently, that's not the case with Jeff.
On the contrary, Anson looked slightly embarrassed.
However, expressing gratitude with words at this moment seemed cheap. Anson secretly wrote down the favor, but said jokingly, "Jeff, your company boss knows that you are slandering them behind their backs." "?"
Jeff tilted his head, his face serious, "If they knew, I would know who leaked the news."
(End of this chapter)