"Chris, I didn't expect it."

In the banquet hall, Ronan shook hands with Christopher Nolan: "I didn't expect you to join the caa too."

Christopher Nolan just entered the banquet hall and said with a smile: "I signed the contract two days ago."

Brian Lord added next to him: "This is what our three partners talked about in person. Chris has a bright future."

"I've been too awarded, I've been too awarded." Christopher Nolan said a few modesty.

Then, Brian Lord said a few simple words, and Ronan also roughly understood.

After the release of "White Night Chase", Christopher Nolan attracted the attention of many people in the circle, and the performance of two consecutive official feature films was pretty good, which also aroused the interest of Caa.

In fact, Christopher Nolan's directorial journey was very unsuccessful. In the late 1990s, in order to complete a film, he did not hesitate to raise money from the audience on the spot during the screening.

It is difficult for ordinary people to think that they are very talented to do such things.

If you don’t have enough background and network of personal connections, sometimes even the director has to use some extraordinary means.

Brian Lord went somewhere else, Ronan chatted with Christopher Nolan for a few words, turned to the main business, and asked, "The last time we were on the phone, you said that the script framework had been completed. What's the progress now?"

Christopher Nolan knew that Ronan was asking about Batman and said, "As soon as next week, the first draft script will be completed."

Ronan nodded slightly: "Then I'm going to have a preliminary contact with Warner Bros. and DC Comics."

"Yes." Christopher Nolan was particularly confident: "I can finish this weekend."

He reminded: "Ronan, you have to be prepared, Warner Bros. and the top executives of DC Comics are not so easy to convince."

Ronan smiled and said, "It might have been difficult before, but the big sale of "Spider-Man" will give Warner Bros. and DC Comics new ideas. Superman and Batman are their most influential superheroes."

Christopher Nolan said: "The success of Spider-Man can also pave a way for us."

"Warner Bros. has started filming Catwoman," Ronan said simply: "They may not have no intention of continuing to film Batman."

He whispered, "Besides, we're not shooting indoor drag shows."

Christopher Nolan knew that the look and costumes of the last "Batman and Robin" were really hard to complain.

"We're shooting in the dark realism type, and I've already downplayed the comics and superhero backgrounds as much as possible in the script and setting," he said.

Ronan agrees with this approach: "Just treat Bruce Wayne as a reality person. I think the last Batman movie failed, the darker we are, the more realistic we are, the more likely we are to impress Warner Bros. and the DC comics."

Having said that, some of the superhero comics of DC are themselves dark.

In this superhero world where rich people rely on technology and poor people rely on mutated, the master's superpower is enough to have money.

And the darker the better, the more realistic the better. Once Warner Bros. gives the green light, the future Justice League universe will inevitably be affected.

Christopher Nolan chatted with Ronan for a while, found Brian Lord, and went to say hello to the senior management of Caa and some heavyweight customers.

For Christopher Nolan now, interpersonal relationships are very important, and he is far from the stage where he can ignore this aspect.

Ronan looked at Christopher Nolan and suddenly thought of the news between him and Caa that he had seen in his previous life.

I vaguely remember that after the completion of "The Dark Knight Rises", Christopher Nolan decided to leave Caa and jump to William Morris. For a director of his magnitude, kicking Caa is not a big deal, but it triggered a lawsuit between Caa, Nolan and William Morris.

It is said that the cause was that after the Dark Knight Rises was obtained, Christopher Nolan wanted to pay the broker's commission, but he didn't know which company to pay.

William Morris believes that Christopher Nolan belongs to his own company and should be paid to him; while Caa believes that the project takes place during the contract between Nolan and Caa, and this part of the commission should belong to Caa.

So the two families sued each other and went to court.

According to common sense, Christopher Nolan can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then talk about other things after the lawsuit has a result.

But this involves the regulations of the directors' union. Due to the differences in the brokerage contract, Christopher Nolan, a member of the directors' union, was unable to take on new films in the program.

Later, Nolan and his wife made mistakes and sued Caa and William Morris at the same time.

Ronan is not very clear about how to solve the problem in the end, but according to Hollywood practice, the three parties may have reached an out-of-court settlement.

This kind of thing had little impact on Christopher Nolan. Stars such as Kim Carrey and Joseph Gordon Levitt also changed jobs that year.

At that time, Christopher Nolan didn't care much about the agents and agency companies. The director, screenwriter and producers all took care of them, and even had their own company.

Brokerage companies are just tools for negotiation.

For celebrities, if the agent works well, he can cooperate for a lifetime, and anyway, the three-year contract will be renewed when it expires.

If the cooperation is not good, then it will be fired. The penalty for compensation is too small compared to the income.

That night, Ronan took Anne Hathaway back to the Future World Manor.

For some reason, Anne Hathaway was particularly proactive and even took the initiative to use some of the previous half-rejection and half-rejection postures and places.

The next day, Ronan personally sent Anne Hathaway to the airport. When the two of them were together face to face, he always acted like a perfect lover.

For example, before going to the airport, I went to the boutique on Rodeo Avenue and spent nearly $200,000 to give Anne Hathaway a set of the latest Cartier jewelry.

When Anne Hathaway left, she looked reluctant to leave.

Ronan also carefully considered his relationship with Anne Hathaway. At present, this way of dating is very good. Everyone can be friends with each other and go to bed.

Back at the company, Sofia Coppola came to visit her with the script. Ronan talked with her for nearly an afternoon and finalized the main cooperation matters. It was confirmed that Shahai Entertainment would invest in the production of Sofia Coppola's new film, and Embassy Films was responsible for the global distribution.

After reading the full version of the script, Ronan confirmed that this was the best "Lost Tokyo" filmed by Sofia Coppola.

Ronan asked Sofia Coppola: "When are you going to start shooting?"

"Shooting starts around November." Sofia Coppola generally said of her plan: "The shooting is finished before the New Year."

Ronan nodded and said, "Then I will ask the Embassy Film Company to make a release plan for next year." He paused for a while and said, "I plan to take the film festival route."

Sofia Coppola said with a smile: "I think so too."

The film has not started yet, and Ronan did not say much: "We will discuss it in detail after you finish making the movie."

If you want to make a profit from this type of film, you must follow the film festival's winning route.

Starting with the Cannes Film Festival or the Venice Film Festival, we will go to the Toronto Film Festival in the middle, and finally officially release it in the North American Awards Season.

Since returning last night, Ronan has had many ideas. Sofia Coppola's starting point is too high and her natural advantages are too great. As long as the film is made a little better, it is still very promising to apply for an Oscar and get a nomination or something.

Who asked her surname to Coppola?

After Sofia Coppola left, Ronan flipped through the script and searched the information about Sofia Coppola and her father online, hoping to find places to promote and utilize.

After all, such a good resource and such a good one, I will definitely have the opportunity to support my daughter. If I don’t know how to use it, that would be too stupid.

Yes, Sofia Coppola also has a cousin, the famous Nicholas Cage.

An old friend from the East in his previous life, the king of film making.

After reading the information about the Coppola family, Ronan looked up the news about Sofia Coppola. Combined with the script that had just been read, he found that "Lost Tokyo" seemed to be a portrayal of Sofia Coppola.

The heroine Charlotte clearly casts the shadow of Sofia Coppola. The sadness of being neglected by her husband is a portrayal of her past mood: just like the workaholic in the film.

According to the news, Sofia Coppola has taken on one job after another since her marriage...

Ronan remembers it very clearly that the heroine of this film seems to be Scarlett Johnson.

Think about the age of the male and female protagonists in this film, and then think about the uncle complexes of Scarlett Johnson in the early days that were so messy that people couldn't understand. Could it be that this film was influenced by this film?

Or, Sophia Coppola saw Scarlett Johnson’s uncle complex and asked her to play it?

A few days later, Shahai Entertainment officially signed a contract with Sofia Coppola, and Sofia Coppola also officially notified Ronan as the producer that the male lead is Bill Murray, who has been finalized, and the female lead tends to let Scarlett Johnson play.

Ronan agreed.

He did not invest much energy in this project and directly handed over to Sofia Coppola. To a certain extent, this belongs to Sofia Coppola's semi-autobiographical film. It seems that shooting the author's film is more conducive to winning the award.

Of course, after the crew is officially established, Ronan will also take time to go to the crew to see it. It is said that Scarlett Johnson was very fierce when he was young.

It seems very open, too.

Having said that, compared to Scarlett Johnson's age, he, a twenty-four man, can be classified as an uncle, right?

Ronan's main energy is focused on linking with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.
Chapter completed!