The Oscars came to an end, and Peter Jackson took the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Return of the King" to the top, ending the 2oo3 awards season with a historical creation attitude; at the same time, the "City of God" directed by Lance won three small gold men and became the biggest dark horse, among which the Best Adapted Screenplay Award became the only shortcoming of the twelve nominations of "Return of the King" and became a hot topic in the media.`

Many people are curious about what impact will it have after winning the Oscar Little Golden Man?

Lance can say responsibly that there is almost no impact. Because life still has to continue, even Peter Jackson, he can take a break for a while, he can celebrate for a while, but... he still has to continue shooting works, otherwise relying solely on this little golden man, at least three years or as fast as one year, the subsequent effect will disappear, and he will be submerged in Hollywood with many talents. Oscars are only a part of people's lives.

In a blink of an eye, people have already started to get busy with the 2oo4 awards season.

"What? Are you planning this movie to be released in September? You're crazy!" Lance looked at Brad Gray in front of him, and his slightly frowning eyebrows revealed incredibleness. He waved his hand and rejected Brad's proposal.

"Why can't it?" Brad had no intention of giving up. "The day after tomorrow' was filmed in January and will be released in May. If we start shooting next week, it will be completed before June, and it will be possible to wait for the release in September."

Now Brad and Lance are talking about the cooperation of "killing people with a knife". After the Oscar ended, Lance read the script carefully - in addition to this, there are two other scripts. There is no doubt that "killing people with a knife" has successfully stood out. So Lance contacted Brad and expressed his tendency to cooperate, which led to today's meeting.

However, it is obvious that there are huge differences between the two sides.

"Have you written the script? The actors are found? The shooting venue is found? The storyboard is drawn? The crew is ready? The most important thing is that I haven't nodded to agree yet. "Lance has a series of words without giving in, even facing Brad. He has no intention of retreating. "So, don't tell me that the filming will start next week and will be completed before June. Now there is nothing to be confirmed in the entire project, and you plan to release it in September. This is completely crazy idea."

It’s not because Lance doesn’t care about Paramount’s collaboration, but because after experiencing the completely different shooting forms of the two works “City of God” and “After the Day”, Lance deeply realized that not to shoot movies for the sake of filming, otherwise it will eventually affect the quality of the work. The one who is hurt is Chaos Film, which has no foundation at the moment.

Brad was refuted by Lance, but he was not panicked. Instead, he smiled and slowly leaned on the back of the chair, asking, "Tell me about your conditions."

"You know my conditions." Lance said relaxed and natural when he saw Brad's movements.

"The final editing right?" Brad raised the ending sound slightly, and then saw Lance curling his lips. He showed a calm smile. Brad slowly shook his head, "Please, you know this is impossible." At present, Lance only has a representative work "City of God" and has not yet been released. The quality and achievements are unknown. "Borrowing a knife to kill" will ask Lance to direct it. Not only his talent, but also his newcomer qualifications - this means that the initiative is controlled by Paramount, so they are definitely unwilling to delegate power easily.

But here's the problem. Paramount was eager to shoot a commercial film, but Lance hoped that this work could go further on the road of combining business and art. Then the final editing rights are the core element, and Lance must be in his hands, otherwise even if he completes the shooting. Paramount finally edited another style version, and all Lance's efforts failed, which was too unprofitable.

Even worse, the final edited version of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" was extremely bad, and Lance's reputation accumulated through "City of God" was zeroed overnight. Paramount may have lost tens of millions of dollars, but Lance will be directly defeated back to its original form - after all, Lance is not an excellent director who has accumulated many wonderful works. He can only be regarded as a fledgling newcomer now.

This is a double-edged sword.

What Lance needs to do now is to make full use of the advantage of this double-edged sword and gain more initiative for himself. Compared with the simple and crude "acquired day", "borrowing a knife to kill people" can carry more hope, so Paramount is naturally more greedy. Greed always makes things more complicated.

"You can choose all the actors." Lance did not rush to reject all possibilities, but took the initiative to start throwing bait.

Brad smiled and shook his head, "This is not the point."

But Lance did not give up easily, "Tell me the actors you have in your hands now."

Brad didn't quite understand the significance of Lance's move, and frowned slightly and looked at Lance carefully, but it was difficult to find any flaws on Lance's smiling face. This made Brad a little confused about Lance's thoughts. After hesitating, he still said, "The professional killer had already agreed to Russell Crowe, but he decided to shoot a new work with Nicole Kidman, so he gave up signing. Our current target is Colin Ferrell (-farre11) or Edward Norton."

"You really don't want to give up the 'sniper phone booth' style." Colin is the male protagonist of the "sniper phone booth". Lance's answer made Brad spread his hands slightly and did not deny Paramount's idea. Lance smiled and expressed his helplessness.

Edward has no problem. His performance has always been delicate and explosive, and the depth of the character's soul is always eye-catching. However, in the work "Borrowing a Knife to Kill", Edward is more suitable for a taxi driver than a professional killer.

As for Colin, he is a weird flower in Hollywood, winning countless opportunities but never becoming popular. He has messed up all opportunities again and again because of alcoholism, drug abuse, sex addiction. But the magical thing is that he always finds opportunities again and then messes up again. He has talent, but does not know how to use them. He is not suitable for professional killers because his performance is too stubborn.

"Have you considered Tom Cruise?" Lance's proposal made Brad stunned.

Lance knew that Paramount wanted to "kill someone by borrowing a knife" to make a commercial film. If Tom had a box office appeal like this, it was indeed the best choice.

However, there is a serious problem with inviting Tom - Tom is a member of the 20 million club in Hollywood, and his pay cannot be reduced at all; and if you look closely at Tom's movies, you will find that his movies are only a big name, and the others are unknown newcomers or backbone actors who are worth the money, because these actors cannot participate in box office dividends, which can ensure that Tom's interests are maximized - in addition to big directors like Steven Spielberg, even the director's position Tom tends to be directors with low reputation but strong strength.

In other words, if the male protagonist chooses Tom, the arrangements for the entire crew of "killing with a knife" need to be adjusted.

Brad had to admit that when he heard Lance's proposal, his first idea was a perfect idea! But then he rejected it, "You know we can't afford to invite him." The script "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" did not involve any special effects. It can be said to be a black crime movie, so the cost is not high. 60 million to 65 million is Paramount's budget limit. Just Tom can spend one-third of the crew's budget, and even Lance's dividends have to be cedeed.

"Tell me, if I can convince Tom to join, are you willing to hand over the final editing rights to me, and I can work hard to get the movie released in December." Lance was at this time, but he kept it in a silence.

Brad's eyes flashed slightly. It turned out that Lance took the initiative to give up the "actor selection right" and made such an idea, but Brad vaguely felt that things were not that simple, because Tom's joining would cause Lance to lose most of his interests and even fall into a passive position, just for the final editing right, which is not an equal transaction.

However, Brad also knew that Lance would not show his trump card easily, so he avoided the important words, "If Tom joined, he would definitely be one of the producers. Do you know his control over the crew? "In order to ensure the quality of the movie, Tom also has the personality of doing everything. If Tom and Lance have a conflict... "Are you sure it can be released in December? Maybe it will be postponed to next summer."

However, Lance also knew that Tom was a smart man and an expert in commercial action movies, so he would definitely hold firm control; but for art movies, especially films involving performance, Tom's posture has never been high. Even for movies like "Magnolia", he allowed Paul Thomas Anderson to direct.

"This is my business. Just tell me if the editing power can be given to me in the end." Lance also learned from Brad's way of doing a great job and returned to the core topic.

This time, Brad was silent. In fact, Paramount's insistence lies in the quality of his work - he hopes that the movie can make more achievements in box office. Outsiders don't know, but Brad knows that Paramount's internal income and expenditure are now seriously unbalanced, and they need such moderate investment but can be exchanged for high returns. "Borrowing a knife to kill" is obviously a good project. With a director like Lance who has low qualifications but strong strength, starting from reputation and correct publicity, the movie will be half successful. If Tom is added...

Thinking of this, Brad also left the back of the chair and slowly approached the table. He looked at Lance intently. The thoughts in his head turned twice and put forward his own conditions, "If you are willing to play a taxi driver."

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