American Fame and Fortune Chapter 188

Chapter 188: Director confirmed, very human trafficker

 Before Martin could react, Anne Hathaway's agent Maha announced that love was a thing of the past.

Agents are very smart and know what to say and what not to say. They only publicly revealed that Martin and Anne had different personalities and decided to break up after a big fight.

 Martin naturally wouldn't say much, and there was no need to say much.

 Amicable breakup is the best option for celebrity couples or couples. If they really get into trouble, both parties will have dirt on them.

The paparazzi started chasing and intercepting her again, trying to find out the real reason why the two broke up.

Entertainment newspapers and gossip media are bombarding the news again.

 Sometimes, it doesn't matter whether the news is good or bad, what matters is exposure.

 In Hollywood, let alone ordinary stars, even big stars need traffic.

 After the new weekend, the North American box office of "The Mountain Has Eyes" has accumulated a total of 71.51 million US dollars.

At the same time, the film was successively released in many countries and regions such as Latin America, Europe, East Asia and Australia. Thanks to the cascading effect of the North American box office success, the film received a good response in overseas markets, taking in US$22.47 million in just one week.

As the number of viewers who have watched "The Mountain Has Eyes" has increased, so has the number of Martin's fans.

 With the impetus of Martin and Thomas, the West Coast Fan Club was officially established.

Rachel became the group leader, and Jessica and Emily sneaked in and became deputy group leaders.

 The activity base is still the fan section of Martin's blog.

 Originally, Martin considered setting up his personal official website, but the website was a bit unsatisfactory, and post-maintenance would require a lot of expenses.

At present, most of his funds are spent on the "Wanted" project, and he will wait until the funds return.

 The director of the project has also been identified.

 Ali-Emmanuel himself recommended a candidate.

 Martin made a special trip to WMA and arrived at the door of Thomas's office. His assistant Natasha quickly got up to greet him.

 Bruce came to her desk: "You're welcome, a cup of coffee."

 Natasha went to get the coffee.

 Martin entered the office, pulled out a chair and sat down.

 Thomas first told the good news: "The company recommended you to the crew of "The Departed", and Ali Emmanuel personally interviewed Martin Scorsese about this matter."

 From this aspect, WMA attaches great importance to Martin. He added: "The company has invested a certain amount of human resources in you."

 Large brokerage companies have their own advantages. Martin knew this well and asked: "How will the crew respond?"

Thomas said: "The crew has not selected the actors yet. You have passed the preliminary screening and will go directly to the second round of auditions." He specifically reminded: "Scorsese is not an ordinary director. There are certain procedures that are inevitable when you bring in investors. You must participate in the third round of auditions." It's also difficult to get a role without Scorsese's approval.”

 Martin knew this all along: “Don't worry, I'm well prepared.”

Negotiations between Pacific Pictures and Warner Bros. have entered the final stages, and he will have no problem bringing capital into the group.

 This is a Martin Scorsese project, so there are definitely competitors.

Thomas is not worried about Martin's competitiveness, but is worried about another point: "This is a high-end game, and Scorsese takes it very seriously. According to Ali's conversation with him, he has no hope for this Oscar. He is ready to once again challenge for the Oscar for Best Director." , Anyone who messes with this project will only become an enemy of Martin Scorsese.”

He warned: "It's not that you can't compete, but some low-level methods may bring negative effects in such a high-end game. Scorsese has nearly 40 years of experience in the industry, what hasn't he seen?"

Martin nodded: "The competitors are much higher than me. Even if I succeed in using bad methods to get people, it will have a very bad impact later. The benefits brought by the character may not be as good as the subsequent impact."

“That's right.” As he got along with Martin, Thomas felt more and more that what happened during the audition and filming of the Wax Museum and Jeans crew was no accident.

First, the biggest competitor was killed by Adrian, and then Adrian was killed in Australia. The incident with the jeans crew is even more unlikely to be a coincidence.

Who are the beneficiaries of these things?

Thomas glanced at the closed office door, deliberately lowered his voice, and warned: "Things like the wax museum and jeans happened to those people. If the agency said they would give up, they would give up. After all, they are not real stars, but what happened to stars It's completely different to deal with a top-notch actor. Stars are related to the interests of all parties, and relevant stakeholders will never let them go easily."

Martin certainly knew this, saying: "You have your heart in your chest, and I never intended to go astray with this role."

Those bad methods must not be used indiscriminately. He asked: "Who are the competitors now?"

Thomas shook his head: "We have inquired in many ways, but there is no news yet. So far, the crew has only confirmed Leonardo as an actor. The actor selection process for the other roles has not yet started, so there is no way to find out. But one thing is certain, Scorsese's film will never be cast. There is no shortage of heavyweight star actors.”

 This matter has to start with Warner Bros. Martin should ask another project: "You called me and said that there is a director in the company willing to direct "Wanted"?"

Thomas said: "Ali and Jim jointly issued relevant announcements, and several agents recommended their director clients." He handed some information to Martin: "Pierre, a photographer, has no previous resume of directing alone. . Michael Davis, a screenwriter-turned-director, whose latest film is "The Devil's Truck."

 Martin looked through it carefully and found that these two directors were very unfamiliar to him. He had never heard of them after being in Hollywood for so long.

Thomas added: "There is another one, the French director Louis Leterrier, whose previous film "Danny the Wolf Dog" was just released in Europe in early February, and the response was relatively average."

 Martin has heard of this director's name, looked through his past information, and saw a series of movies—“Trafficker”!

 Director of the first two films.

 Martin recalled the two movies carefully. It seems that except for Audi, only Jason Statham left an impression, and the rest cannot be remembered clearly.

Three parts of the series have been made, establishing Statham's status as an action movie star. He seems to excel in action and cool play, which is more in line with "Wanted".

 Martin thought carefully again. He had the impression that this guy had made other films, but when he watched movies, he didn't pay much attention to the director, unless he was a big director in Hollywood.

 There is no doubt that this is a director who is good at shooting action movies.

 Martin glanced at the Europa Company marked at the back of "Extraordinary Human Trafficking" and asked: "Leterrier is currently in Los Angeles?"

Thomas simply said: "After the completion of "Danny the Wolf Dog", his development focus turned to Hollywood. Before filming the movie Danny, he had already signed an agency contract with the company."

 Martin looked through Leterrier's information, took the phone on Thomas's desk, and dialed Ajia's number.

  Ajia came to North America from France to develop in front of the mountain, so you should know something about it.

 When the call was connected, Martin briefly talked about the relevant situation.

Ajia said directly: "As you saw during the filming of "The Mountain Has Eyes", I am not very good at action scenes, but Leterrier is just the opposite. His narrative ability is relatively poor, but he is very good at controlling the design of large scenes, focusing on visual enjoyment and The picture is cool, and the French film circle is recognized as a director who can hold action scenes and play with a cool style.”

After the call was over, Thomas said: "I think he is more suitable."

 Martin needed a director with successful experience in this area, and Leterrier was just that.

He said: "You should contact Leterrier's agent. If he is interested, ask him to go to the "Wanted" studio as soon as possible. Louise and I, as well as the screenwriter and action director, will have to interview him. "

Thomas dragged the phone back and dialed the number of a senior agent directly. He spoke in detail for a while, then covered the phone and asked Martin: "What time is suitable?"

Martin said: "This afternoon or tomorrow morning."

 Thomas said into the phone: "This afternoon."

 The other side replied: "Okay, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Louis and I will go to the studio together."

Thomas hung up the phone: "It's done, it's two o'clock this afternoon."

 Martin looked at his watch and actively invited: "You can come with us then."

Although the law stipulates that agents cannot participate in film preparation, shooting and production, there are many benefits for agents to observe and understand the entire process. The top entertainment agents often leave the agency industry and join the six major companies as senior executives. .

Agents can only be considered a downstream service industry in Hollywood.

Martin originally wanted to visit Ali Emmanuel, but he was on a business trip out of town, and it would be a bit scumbag to visit another agent in front of the current Thomas. He called Ali specifically to express his gratitude.

 Let's wait until Ali comes back and then visit quietly.

 With the right director, Martin was in a good mood. When he left the office, he found Bruce chatting animatedly with Thomas's assistant Natasha.

He made a special observation and found that Natasha was not very sexy, just average.

 The two went downstairs, and Martin asked: "Are you interested in Natasha?"

Bruce shook his head: "She is too ordinary, not my type." Someone came over in front, and he waited for them to leave before explaining: "Natasha is Thomas' assistant and can have a lot of information about Thomas. I tested it out, this woman She is very ambitious and has a good relationship with her. If Thomas really wants to do something special, we can have multiple channels of information."

“Old Bu, it's you!” Martin admired this bad guy: “You are indeed a professional.”

 Bruce snorted coldly: "I told you to guard your back, and I will guard your back."

In the afternoon, Martin called Louise, screenwriter Bradt and action director Chad Starsky to meet with French director Leterrier.

 The two parties exchanged their respective understandings and ideas about action and cool scenes. Leterrier also read the first version of the script of "Wanted" and had a full exchange on the filming of the film.

 It is impossible to say that the vision and the concept are completely consistent, but the difference is not very big, and it is not difficult to seek common ground while reserving differences.

Both parties had the idea of ​​cooperation, and the experienced Louise made the decision on the spot to use Leterrier as the director of the film.

 (End of this chapter)

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