hollywood draw

The car began to slowly approach the China Grand Theater, and Naomi Watts was also ready to let the media shoot enough. The ones ahead of them were a group of young actors and Li Guohao Auto.

Although this group of people is not very famous yet, the fans and reporters on both sides are still very proud of their face. They scream when they should be screaming, applaud when they should be applauding, and the flash lights are also flashing from time to time.

The production cost of "The Joker Returns" is only more than 20 million yuan, and relatively speaking, the promotional investment is not much. Warner Brothers' main promotional funds were invested one week before the film was released.

Everyone in the circle understands that no matter what type of film it sells, it is inseparable from high-density promotion. A week before today's premiere, several young actors and Lee Guohao began to participate in various programs, interviews and activities.

Warner Bros. newspapers with good relationships, various types of entertainment magazines, large posters that appear in cinemas in advance, local TV stations' conversation programs, and various large billboards outdoors, are all regular promotional methods before the movie is released.

What’s hard to do is that the young actors in the crew are basically underage, otherwise the Warner Bros.'s public relations department would have long hyped up their relationship in the entertainment tabloids.

The only exception is director Wayne. Because of his work, he did not stand in front of the stage in person this time, and the distribution department of Warner Bros. did not customize similar plans for him.

Compared with the investment scale of this film, it is obvious that the project with an investment of over 100 million cannot be delayed.

It was not until all the work was done, such as contacting theaters, distributing movie copies in cities across North America, and confirming the premiere theater, that Warner Bros. notified Wayne and asked him to attend the premiere on time.

Backed by a giant-level media group, it can be said that everything that has nothing to do with the production of movies is not to worry about. Warner Brothers has complete professional departments and personnel, and also has very complete promotional channels and upstream and downstream operation capabilities. What he needs to do is to continuously produce high-quality content.

This is also what makes him most comfortable. As long as his value continues to improve, Warner Bros. and his honeymoon period will be infinitely extended, and he can save countless energy to use it in film and television production.

After this video, Wayne will quickly invest in Warner Bros. Collin Howard has contacted more than five large banks. Now he can confirm that he has loaned hundreds of millions of dollars. Wayne's credit and income are absolutely fine.

This is an important transition from a "worker" to a boss. However, in the outside world's evaluation of Wayne, he never admits that he is a simple film director, and normal people will not treat him that way. With the name Wayne Greenberg, they are usually producers and film directors.

The media and people in the circle generally evaluate him similar to Steven Spielberg. ‘Pick up the camera and you are a top genius director. Put down the camera and Wayne is a movie businessman.’

This is related to the rights and benefits he has generally obtained. He can decide the rights of crew members, all actors, and host movie post-production. Even in Hollywood, few directors can get it.

All this comes from uninterrupted success, which is constantly higher than everyone expects. This circle is so realistic. Whoever can create greater benefits is the winner and is a winner-takes-all game.

"These little actors are so unfortunate!"

Before getting off the car, Naomi Watts looked at Drew Barrymore last walking on the red carpet and said with great emotion.

"What? They will become famous with this. You are too sentimental, Nami!" Wayne put on the buttons of his suit jacket, opened the car door and walked out of the car, turned around and reached out, and helped the Australian beauty down.

As the only big name in the film, after watching him walk on the red carpet, the reporter area on the left instantly burst into full enthusiasm, and the dazzling flash lights were like daytime.

"I mean, after walking the red carpet, these little actors can't watch their own videos. Isn't that unfortunate enough?"

While smiling and asking various media to take photos, Naomi Watts explained in a low voice.

"They can see it as long as they want, and as long as they don't watch it in public, it's OK. This is an R-rated film!"

Wayne usually walks the red carpet very quickly. He is not a star standing in front of the stage, so there is no need to maintain this exposure. However, this time, because he is the only promotional point and in order to take care of Australian beauty, he deliberately slowed down.

"Wayne! Wayne..."

"Hey, Wayne, look here!"

"Ah, ah..."

Seeing him walking to the middle of the red carpet, some fans screamed loudly, and some shouted his name hard. The film will be officially released tomorrow Friday. Today, there are only about 2,000 early stages in the United States. Those who can come here to premiere can all be regarded as his hardcore movie fans.

"Don't you go and sign them? Damn it, why do you, as a director, have so many hardcore fans, that's unscientific!"

Seeing that the large group of movie fans were about to pass by, Naomi Watts looked at the security officer who had worked hard to stop him, and kept smiling and said to him in a low voice.

"I don't go anymore. I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary chaos. I still remember what happened last year very clearly!"

After Wayne said that, he ignored the screaming fans and pulled Naomi Watts to speed up and walked towards the entrance of the theater, preparing to finish the routine interview quickly so that he could enter the theater.

Unlike the previous interview format, Bella Grant, who is already the editor-in-chief of the Entertainment of the Los Angeles Times, was waiting directly in the interview area. Her current status finally doesn't have to be squeezed into the reporter area.

There are only two media outlets that can wait at the entrance of the theater, and the other one is owned by Warner Bros. Unlike TV stations, paper media like the Los Angeles Times pay more attention to the timeliness of text and want much simpler information than they do.

As soon as Naomi Watts entered the interview area, the two women looked at each other and quickly shifted their eyes from each other's face.

"Your fierce "good friend" is here too. I often see her in gossip tabloids. Wayne, how could you like a cow? I remember you don't like model figures? This taste has become a little..."

"Nami, let's go sign."

Wayne seemed to have not heard her words. This tactic made Naomi Watts very well. She just complained a few times, and at least she would keep her decency. In this regard, Wayne was so tightly controlled by her.

After signing the autograph on the signature board, Bella Grant came up with the microphone directly.

"Mr. Greenberg, can you talk about your expectations for this video?"

Wayne said with a tense face and said directly: "The Joker Returns to the Souls will be the box office champion this weekend!"

"Okay, is Ms. Naomi Watts your girlfriend? Every important event you have is her female companion. When did you start dating?"

"Hey, Bella, please ask questions about the movie." Wayne shrugged, but still explained with a smile. "We have always been good friends, don't harm me, those male fans of Nami will kill me!"

Bella Grant continued: "Okay, the last question, Mr. Greenberg, this is a story about several teenagers. As the main planner of the film, what was your original intention of filming this story?"

When he returned to the movie after returning to the question, Wayne breathed a sigh of relief, thought about the microphone for a while before saying, "Although this is a horror movie, it is also the growth history of a teenager.

Pure, heartbreaking teenagers face their inner fears and go from losing to lovers. Whether it is friendship or hazy teenage love, it is a must-have path for growth! Sorry, I can't reveal too much, but more of it is to find fans in the film!"

Bella Grant took back the microphone. "Okay, thanks Director Greenberg for sharing!"

After receiving the routine interview, the two entered the theater and met Jimmy and Nina who came in early, and walked to the VIP lounge area on the second floor.

But as soon as he arrived on the second floor, Wayne saw an unexpected person. He remembered that Warner Bros. did not inform him that this person would come to the premiere.

Nina deliberately lags behind a few steps and whispers in her boss's ear. "Boss, he comes in from the employee channel. He has been waiting for you. It's probably the matter of "The Lord of the Rings". This is really persevering!"

Wayne nodded and took the initiative to walk to the fat man to say hello. After all, no matter what, he could come to support the film.

"Good evening, Harvey, I'm glad you can come."

"Good evening, Wayne, I wish your new film will continue to be a big hit at the box office!"

The two shook hands, walked to the rest area and sat down together. Before the fat man could speak first, Wayne said directly: "Harvey, if you want to talk about the film and television copyright of that masterpiece, then forget it, my meaning will not change."

"Wayne, don't be too busy to refuse." Harvey Weinstein's fat face smiled and glanced at Naomi Watts and assistant Nina who were sitting next to the young director. After waiting for a while, they didn't mean to leave, they looked at him and said:

"I have an idea, you can consider it. The copyright of this masterpiece is yours. Miramax can produce it with you. We can jointly set up a studio and then shoot the film according to the investment ratio.

Of course, all the problems in the preliminary preparation and shooting can be left to Miramax to solve. You just need to take out the copyright, so that even if you don’t invest the production funds, you can still get profits in proportion. We can discuss this ratio together!”

Wayne stretched out his hand to Nina, and the little assistant consciously took out his cigarette from his bag. Everyone around him knew him. As long as he needed to think carefully, he would definitely be in the clouds of smoke.

Harvey Weinstein's proposal is not bad for him now. The copyright cannot create value even if it is held in his hands. If it can be sold with the other party's money and handed over to Warner Bros. for distribution, it means that most of the profits are obtained by himself, and there is no need to pay for the copyright.