hollywood draw

After filming the movie with Wayne for three years and being an associate director for three years, the name Zach Schneider appeared on the subtitles of "The Joker", "The Joker Return" and "Batman: The Moment of War" three times in a row.

But these did not bring him more attention. The media, fans, critics and production companies still paid all his attention to the director.

In the past few years, Zach Schneider has been studying patiently, and he tries to imitate everything about Wayne.

In the crew, he is the deputy director who arranges specific shooting work. Wayne never suppresses his ideas and occasionally gives him the opportunity to take pictures with himself. As early as the production of "The Joker's Return", he shot a large number of shots with his own hands.

Gradually, the core creative team around Wayne also discovered that Zach Schneider was growing very fast. What’s important is that he almost passed down from shooting techniques to production concepts, especially the use of large-scale lenses.

Everyone knows that Wayne attaches great importance to this former commercial director. Sure enough, this guy didn't work hard for too long and had the opportunity to host the filming for the first time. He didn't start with a small-cost movie. As soon as the opportunity arose, he was a big-time science fiction film with a production cost of 80 million yuan.

Hollywood has never been separated from relationships and support, and fairness has always been relative. As a novice director who was a novice director who was taking the lead alone for the first time, Zach Schneider started his directorial career in this way.

When The Matrix held a new film launch conference, no one in the outside media, including producer Warner Bros., had too high expectations for him.

From the 40 million US dollars invested by Warner Bros., you can find out that the reason why the producers are willing to invest is mainly due to Wayne's face.

So from the beginning of the film preparations, Zach Schneider knew very well that the main investor of this film was Greenberg Studio, which means that the only person who is most confident and unwaveringly supports him is Wayne.

After the filming of the movie began, he kept breathing, trying to prove his ability to the outside world, and slapped all the media that looked down on him and teased him.

So when filming in Australia, despite the constant conflicts between the new crew, he never got angry, suppressed his personality, and tried hard to maintain the normal operation of the crew.

When all the work of "The Matrix" was completed and several consecutive internal previews were highly praised, although he was excited, he did not let go of all his concerns. In the past few years in Hollywood, he has seen too many box office tragedies that were praised before the release and were ignored after the release.

Not to mention the far-reaching, the work "Shawshank Redemption" which has been rising all the time with the fans' ratings, reminds him that the quality of the film is different from the performance of the theater market.

With the official launch of "The Matrix" officially launched a large-scale release, Wayne did not hesitate to personally lead public opinion, and Warner Bros. was forced to invest a lot of publicity resources. Zach Schneider's uneasiness also disappeared when he saw the box office statistics on the first day.

When he led the crew's creative team on a flight to New York to promote, he at least confirmed one thing: his film would not be paid to Wayne, and it was basically not difficult to recover investment from the theater market.

After removing the pressure, he realized that he had underestimated the box office potential of the film. When he flew from New York to Boston, there were sporadic media and fans waiting at the airport. When he flew from Boston to Phoenix, the main creators of the crew were already flooded by large-scale fans and media.

Everyone was shouting the cool Neo and screaming at the sexy and charming Trinity. As the box office of "The Matrix" rose all the way, the popularity of the main participants in the crew also exploded across North America in a few days.

Unlike the actor who stands in front of the stage, Zach Schneider did not receive much cheer from fans. No matter what, the public does not care who the film director is.

On the contrary, among the media and people working in the circle, his name is more important. This situation is particularly obvious when the publicity event ends and he flies back to Los Angeles.

His agent received countless calls and some people wanted to talk to him. Some companies sent him a project intention directly, and even six giants extended olive branches to him.

In the fierce competition of directing the film, North America alone, earned $170 million in box office and $320 million in global box office. How could this film director, whose opening score exceeded 99% of the film, not make the production company excited?

For the past two days, Zach Schneider has been fighting in his heart. Others don’t know that he certainly knows that the reason why Wayne is willing to train him, support him, and personally write, produce, and invest in movies to protect him is to let him grow up as soon as possible.

From the earliest learning Wayne's working style and shooting style to the beginning of his own ideas, his fundamental production style is still relatively close to Wayne. He is also willing to follow this path and join the DC comic reform plan in the future.

This is no secret. He has long known that he is suitable for the DC comic series.

However, in the past few days after returning to Los Angeles, his thoughts were also loosened a little, and his agent also clearly pointed out various advantages and disadvantages in his career planning opinions.

It’s not Zach Schneider’s heart is not firm. Some people have given too much, much more than his worth.

During the party tonight, he received another message from his agent, an extremely touching message.

He could not continue to stay in that manor. Every time he saw Wayne's figure, he felt like a despicable betrayer. His inner hesitation was like a thorn, reminding him that he should pursue his own path.

"Zach, stay by Wayne Greenberg's side, and people will always see his dazzling and great light. Even if you perform well, it will be just a foil after all, unless you are willing to do so in your heart."

The voice of agent Frank came from the phone. He understood that what the agent said made sense. All this was for his own career development, but he still felt uncomfortable.

Sitting by the window of the apartment, Zach Schneider looked at the dark night in Los Angeles, holding the phone in one hand and taking out a pack of cigarettes from his pants pocket with the other.

When the blue smoke rose, he suddenly realized that he was imitating Wayne even smoking, especially the cigarette brand in his hand.

"No, Frank, since I have proved my ability, I will host all the projects I will shoot in the future." Zach Schneider suddenly spoke to the phone, breaking the long silence. "Warner Brothers and Wayne will not restrict me, I can still guarantee this. We don't need to leave the Warner Brothers platform."

Despite his inner struggle, he was still trying to convince his agent, or rather trying to convince himself.

"Don't be stupid, Zach." The agent's persuasion came immediately on the phone, and his voice was full of sharp pains. "Only by leaving Warner Brothers can you get a similar status and rights to Wayne Greenberg in another big company. The opportunity now is very important to you..."

The agent's probability, similar words, and the career prospects depicted by the agent are really touching at some point. As a film director with pursuit, who doesn't want to make his own project like Wayne, and if he wants to shoot any film, the company will rush to pay for it!

If you count them throughout Hollywood, there are not many directors who can obtain such rights. The only few are part of capital and have long since left the circle of migrant workers.

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow, let's talk first."

Zach Schneider interrupted his agent, paused on the other end of the phone, and a voice came immediately. "Don't worry, I will arrange everything. We can listen to the treatment they give you first. The worst thing is to keep the status quo, right?"

Yes, the worst thing is to keep the status quo. He hung up the phone, picked up the beer on the table and drank it all in one sip, and finally looked at the quiet night sky outside the window, turned around and walked towards the bedroom.

The night passed quietly, Los Angeles returned to the hustle and bustle again, and the fierce competition in the summer season continued. The main movie-watching choices for fans this weekend are mainly three films: "Mission: Impossible", "Tornado" and "The Matrix".

A Bentley business car parked in front of a club department in Beverly. Michael Orwitz got off the car and raised his wrist to take a look at the time, tidied up his suit and walked in.

When he came to a private room, while waiting, he turned his eyes to the newspaper on the table.

This is a good place for most business meetings. Good privacy and quiet environment naturally give people a sense of security.

"At around five o'clock last night, Tom Cruise and his wife appeared at the entrance of Greenberg Manor on the top of Beverly Hills. Our reporter learned that they were here to attend Wayne Greenberg's private party this time.

Last night's Greenberg Manor was full of stars, not only Tom Cruise, but also the celebrities who have been photographed now include Christian Bale, Ralph Fiennes, Will Smith and others…”

"Warner Bros. CEO's car appeared in front of Greenberg Manor, and the celebrities gathered here last night..."

"Black actor Will Smith, drive..."

Originally, Michael Orwitz only wanted to read the reports on the box office of the summer season. After flipping through a few newspapers, he was helpless to find that today's entertainment industry headlines were almost dominated by the party last night.

Even though he had sold all CAA shares, he still felt a pity that the idiots could let big customers like Wayne Greenberg go in order to compete for the rights of their departure.

Just look at his current influence and you can find out how much CAA has lost.