hollywood draw

Despite doubting the news of Wayne's conflict with Warner Bros., the possibility of understanding the truth is very low, Townsend Rossman still did not give up.

But when he heard the other party speak out about the shares in his hand in a blunt manner, his heart was really cold.

According to the current shareholding ratio, Wayne can be said to be one of the major shareholders of Warner Bros. I'm afraid there is no reason to put aside his own company and cooperate with outsiders.

No matter what he was planning, Wayne did not go around in circles in terms of the special relationship between the other party and his family, and said directly: "Townsen, I have already determined my work plan for the rest of this year and will not direct any films again.

So, the rest of the year will focus on rest. Some projects may be launched in the middle. Even if the work of a part-time producer, at most it is to do planning things and will not go to the front-line crew to work."

"You want to take a vacation?!"

This news really surprised Townsend Rossman. As we all know, Wayne Greenberg is definitely one of the representative figures of Hollywood workaholics. He is like an iron man, constantly shooting one movie after another.

However, his work efficiency and performance are completely worthy of the title of workaholic.

"Yes." Nodded affirmatively, Wayne took a deep breath of cigarettes and glanced at his mother in a good mood. "So, Townsend, if you have anything to do, you can say directly. I will definitely help you. After all, you gave me the first chance to release "Happy Death Day"."

This is his truth, without any moisture. If you really want to thank anyone, Townsend Rossman, the first one he thought of.

Although the father is actually protecting the situation, the other party gave him a chance to show himself, which is an objective thing.

In addition, the other party tried his best to find the first batch of perfumes made by his mother's idol, which fulfilled her mother's fantasy when she was young.

Even though they immediately parted ways since the first movie, ended their short-term cooperative relationship and had some unpleasantness, it did not affect the other party's favor.

"Okay." Townsend Rossman crossed his hands together and leaned on the sofa to look at the people around him, including assistant Nina, who was sitting alone in a corner.

"Then I'll just say it, Wayne. Ms. Shirley Lansing of Paramount yesterday talked to me on the phone for a long time. Regarding the project we both invested in together, yes, it's the Titanic, which has become a joke in the circle.

The film has been preparing for the film since 1992, but now half of it has passed in 1995. In addition to chasing us for investment, James Cameron has postponed the shooting plan again and again. In more than three years, we have invested more than 150 million US dollars in this project, but we have not even seen a single lens material!

So, Shirley Lansing and I have always wanted to change directors! But we can't find a suitable candidate in the circle. If you are willing to take over this series, we can give you a sky-high share of the director and producers in this regard..."

"No, I won't take over other people's projects!"

Without listening to the other party's words or listening to the conditions that were about to be announced, Wayne directly interrupted him.

The fundamental reason is that the difficulty is too great. First of all, not to mention the production style. A project that has been planned for nearly four years and has been in the mind of the director team. Whoever takes over will definitely die.

No matter who takes over this hot potato, the first thing is to change the core team and then face the mess that hundreds of people have half of their work. After sorting out, it may take several years.

There is also the most important production style. Wayne himself is very sure that he will never be able to make such a warm movie. Such an enduring love story will completely change in his hands.

His family knows his own affairs, and every director is good at different aspects. Wayne himself is the same. Just like now, he will never overestimate himself and shoot comedy movies and pure love movies. This is completely different from him.

"You're sure you won't think about it anymore." Townsend Rossman's voice was not rushing. "Believe me, at the speed of your shots, this project that has been basically prepared should be able to complete all the shots in less than two or three months."

Wayne never shys away from his reputation as a fast gunner, but he really dares not touch this movie.

Townsend Rossman is a person in the circle, but he is not a director and he has no idea of ​​the difficulty.

"Townsen, I suggest you give up the idea of ​​changing directors." Wayne twisted the cigarette in the ashtray and tilted his head to give his sincere advice. "There are too many tasks involved, which are definitely beyond your imagination and Paramount. The effect may not be good. Director James Cameron is the most suitable candidate."

There are new projects in Hollywood every day, and countless people are involved in the replacement of people in the middle. It is normal to change actors and the like. The most taboo thing for the crew is probably to change directors.

Regardless of whether there are producers or not, the director is always the leader in filming work. The normal work of everyone in the crew will always revolve around the director's creativity.

However, Hollywood has always had the final say. Even if they know the various disadvantages of changing directors, they sometimes have to change them. For example, if there is a conflict between big-name stars and directors, making the work unable to proceed normally, and if the producer has an objection to the director, it may cause more than half of the film to be filmed but the director is unemployed.

Just like the classic "Gone with the Wind", during the film preparation stage, the filming work was finally started due to the actor's pay issue. The male lead Clark Gable flipped with director George Cook again because of a trivial matter.

The producer chose to stand on the side of the big stars and accused George Cook of the filming progress and other issues. MGM founder Louis Mayer weighed the pros and cons, and finally fired half of the director, and replaced it with the well-known big director Victor Fleming.

Poor George Cook worked hard for more than two years and only took more than three weeks of filming before being fired.

There is another more famous thing. After the formation of Marvel Dafa, Disney announced that Edgar Wright will direct the latest movie "Ant-Man". A large number of movie fans and media around the world think that this film must be the best in the Marvel universe.

But things went against my wishes. Edgar Wright's strong personal style was not harmonious with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with the media, he said helplessly: 'I want to make a Marvel movie, but Marvel does not want to make an Edgar Wright-style movie.';

Finally, when the film was about to be filmed, the two sides had an unhappy relationship and parted ways.

The situation Wayne encountered was not much different from Edgar Wright. Directors like theirs, who had a strong personal style, were most afraid of such a difficult situation.

So even though he knew the potential of "Titanic", he never had any thoughts.

"Okay, then we won't talk about this topic." Townsend Rossman saw that he was determined and did not continue to stick to it. Instead, he took out a stack of comic books from his bag.

"Look at this, I think you'll be interested."

This time, even though he knew that the hope was not too great, he was fully prepared. "Batman: The War Moment" is now all over the world, with a dark hurricane storm, and whether it is North America or overseas theater markets, they are also trembling under this dark and serious film.

What is even more jealous is the peripheral income of Warner Bros. The 20th Century Fox Marketing Department made an estimate. I am afraid that I will not be able to wait for the release of "Batman: The Moment of War" in North America, and the production cost of this film will be earned back from the peripherals!

The revenue created by this kind of video is so terrifying. I don’t know how many companies are jealous, but Twentieth Century Fox is lucky. They also hold a treasure in their hands, which is this set of comic books.

"Aha, "X-Men"!" Wayne exclaimed and opened the top book casually. It was the first issue of "X-Men" published in 1969. The creators were Stan Lee and Jack Kobe.

Others don’t know about this series, but he understands it very well. This is a big gold mine. Even if the 20th Century Fox has no overall plan at all, he can keep a successful series after taking a few shots.

Since Townsend Rossman and Wayne talked about their serious business, the Greenbergs have never spoken, and they don't want to influence their son's decisions because of themselves.

Seeing him focus on the comics, several people continued to communicate and kept recalling the past when they were young.

"The new line is almost impossible to support it. I have heard more than once that Shay intends to sell his shares to Time Warner. This year they only invested in a big production, including Warner Brothers' participation, and David Fincher invited to direct the "Seven Deadly Sins."

Even if Ruben and Anna didn't ask, Townsend Rossman talked about the recent situation of the new line with a sigh. He knew that Old Greenberg would want to listen to this.

"No, the new line will not fall so easily." Ruben Greenberg shook his head, leaned against the sofa with his big belly, and said confidently: "Shay's personality is not that fragile. As long as this movie called "The Seven Deadly Sins" is successfully bet by him, the new line will be resurrected."

Old Greenberg believes that he knows his former partner, and that person has a strong desire for power and will never be willing to sell the company completely.

Shrugging, Townsend Rossman said, "Who knows, investing in movies is like gambling unless..."

Speaking of this, he immediately looked at the young man opposite him. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth and was flipping through the old comic.

Anna Greenberg also looked at her son at the same time. They knew in their hearts that the person who could turn movie investment into a must-win bet is the young man opposite, who is also the director with the most terrifying success rate in Hollywood in recent years.

The media reported more than once a long time ago that the name Wayne Greenberg represents success!