Heads Up Hollywood

Tang En was very surprised. When did Natalie know Mel Gibson?

Natalie seemed to feel Tang En's confusion on the other end of the phone, and said beamingly, "Just yesterday, Mr. Gibson came to the set."

Tang En was even more puzzled, "He went to your film crew? Why?"

"Come and see Nicole and Naomi," Natalie pursed her lips and smiled. "They are all Australians. Mr. Gibson is very warm-hearted."

Gudaoxin?

Tang En was a little funny.

Wait a few years and you won't know how to hate Mel Gibson after hearing his anti-Semitic comments.

But now...

Tang En raised his eyebrows.

Mel Gibson is known for his upbeat attitude and his love for justice.

Throughout the 1990s, a large number of Australian actors appeared in Hollywood, and their momentum even surpassed that of the United Kingdom. This is not unrelated to the promotion of Mel Gibson, the ace superstar.

He even established the "Australian Actors Foundation" to help Australian actors who go to Hollywood to find their dreams.

In the previous life, Naomi Watts had no chance to act, and was kicked out by the landlord because of insufficient income. It was Mel Gibson who helped her;

Robert Downey Jr. was imprisoned several times because of drug problems, and his reputation was ruined. It was Mel Gibson who did his part and helped him, giving him a chance to act again. This is how the "Iron Man" became famous all over the world;

Even Jodie Foster switched careers as a director, and Mel Gibson also participated for free to help old friends.

In Hollywood, where everything is based on profit, Mel Gibson is definitely a "big brother" figure!

However, the movie "The Passion of the Christ" encountered many obstacles and great difficulties in the process of project establishment, investment, and distribution. After the movie was released, the movie caused even more controversy, especially among the Jewish bosses in charge of Hollywood.

Jewish bigwigs generally believe that "The Passion of the Christ" is an anti-Semitic movie, and they began to target Mel Gibson everywhere.

But Mel Gibson is the most devout Catholic. He opposes the teachings of Judaism and shoots "Jesus" according to the Catholic view. What's wrong?

Finally, after a drunk in 2006, Mel Gibson uttered wild words and publicly insulted the Jews, and finally completely angered the Jewish bosses in Hollywood, and was driven back to Australia.

A generation of emperors and superstars has just fallen.

Tang En couldn't help sighing when he recalled it.

Now, Tang En understood the reason why Mel Gibson suddenly stood up for himself and attacked Bruce Willis. Not a conspiracy theory at all, but Mel Gibson thanking himself for taking care of two Australian actors, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts.

Regardless of the reason, Tang En still owed Mel Gibson a favor.

"Maybe……"

Tang En's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had a bold idea. Since Mel Gibson invited himself and Natalie to Australia as guests, it would be better to be obedient than respectful, so what?

You can have close contact with Mel Gibson. If this person is really generous, Tang En doesn't mind making a move and helping him.

Mel Gibson is definitely a rare genius. In commercial films, he has far more appeal than Tom Cruise. In literary films, he has acting skills no less than Tom Hanks, and his director talent... is also considered to be the next one. Martin Scorsese!

It is somewhat regrettable that such an all-rounder fell down sadly.

Besides, Tang En didn't have much affection for Jews.

...

On October 21st, "Spider-Man" was officially completed, and the crew was disbanded. Around January next year, the actors will go to the UK for post-dubbing work.

Tang En did not return to California immediately, but met a man in New York, Taylor Swift's father, Scott Swift.

a stockbroker.

The stock market crash is coming soon, Tang En will definitely fight, use the foresight to make a fortune.

Movies... It's okay to make a little money, but it's impossible to become a first-line rich man in the United States.

Although Tang En has learned some stock market operation techniques, he is still immature compared with real professionals. It happened that Scott Swift helped him to solve this difficulty.

Back in California, Tang En Pictures had a lot of work waiting for him to deal with.

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" DVD and VHS sales and rentals grossed $58.9 million.

Twentieth Century Fox deducted 15% of distribution costs of 8.8 million US dollars, 1.2 million US dollars of publicity costs, 1.3 million US dollars of production, copying, and transportation costs, and Twain Pictures received another income of more than 47 million US dollars.

Naturally, this sum of money will not be used to pay taxes or repay loans, which solves the current shortage of Dun En Pictures' capital chain.

Twain also specially approved $5 million to Andrew O'Hare. He has mentioned it to Twain many times. He has reached an agreement with the copyright owner for the novel "The Chronicles of Narnia" for $5 million, plus Acquisition at the consideration of 5% future profit dividend.

In order to balance Manola Daggis' mood, Tang En gave her another special approval of 5 million US dollars, allowing her to buy the copyright of novels with potential for adaptation in the market as much as she wanted.

After all, the chances of an original story winning an Oscar are far less than that of a classic or an adaptation of a real person.

"By the way, Warner sent a message asking when we will start the "Harry Potter" project." Manola Daggis added.

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up, a little sarcastically, "They really know how to find time!"

Manola Daggis smiled slightly, "I have already politely declined. Anyway, the contract stipulates that we only need to start the "Harry Potter" project within three years. By the way, there is one more thing, Disney A warning is sent."

"What?" Tang En thought he heard it wrong, "Warning?"

Manola Daggis sighed, "Disney's tone... is quite harsh, thinking that your remarks about Bruce Willis have seriously broken the rules of Hollywood and caused them immeasurable losses."

Tang En directly laughed angrily, "I broke the rules, is it possible to allow them to smear my movie? What kind of shit Disney, let them go!"

In recent years, Disney's ambitions have grown, and it has successively acquired Muppets, Miramax, ABC and other companies, and is transforming from an animation studio to a media group.

They even poached Michael Ovitz, the head of CAA, which almost led to the collapse of CAA. However, due to internal power struggles, Michael Ovitz resigned sadly with a liquidated damages of 200 million US dollars.

But Tang En was never afraid.

Because of his ambition, bigger than Disney!

"Twain, I think...it's better to keep a low profile. We are destined to have trouble with Warner about the "Harry Potter" project. If we add Disney, even if we have the friendship of 20th Century Fox, we won't be able to survive. .” Manola Daggis said earnestly.

Of course her words made sense, Tang En pondered for a long time, narrowed his eyes, "I know about this, tell Andrew to get the copyright of "The Chronicles of Narnia" as soon as possible, and we will start this project next summer at the latest !"

"Ah?" Manola Daggis was stunned for a moment, "Boss, "The Chronicles of Narnia" is a big project, and the investment is only a lot more than that of "Spider-Man". If we start the "Narnia Chronicles" "This film series, I am afraid that there is no extra energy to invest in "Harry Potter."

Tang En smiled lightly, "To avoid risks, postponing the "Harry Potter" project is the best way to avoid Warner's conflicts."

"But……"

"I've got a whole plan in place, and you'll understand when the time comes."

"Okay." Manola Daggis sighed, thought of something, and smiled, "Tang En, you are the big boss of Tang En Pictures, Reese will definitely go out to film frequently in the future, and you have to hire another Secretary."

Tang En looked at Manola's half-smile expression, and coughed dryly, "I'll talk about it later! By the way, what is the box office of "Wedding Crashers"?"

"190 million in North America, 68 million overseas, it is estimated... the global box office should be around 300 million US dollars."

"What about Star Wars?"

"It's over $1.1 billion."

Tang En showed a proud smile.

"Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Man's Menace" directed by George Lucas in the previous life had a global box office of less than 900 million U.S. dollars, and it barely exceeded 1 billion with the subsequent 3D transformation.

But Twain's version of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Man's Menace" grossed 1.1 billion at the box office, and even headed towards 1.2 billion!

"My appearance is not to repeat, but to create!"

Tang En looked into the distance with far-reaching eyes.

"Twain?"

Manola Daggis was stunned, thinking that the big boss was inflated again.