hollywood draw

"Holland's $500 million director Wayne Greenberg is proud and still can't change his playboy's romantic nature. After the celebration specially held by Warner Bros., Wayne Greenberg and Harry Berry and an Australian actress left the hotel. The three of them acted intimately and boarded the iconic extended Rolles Phantom business car and returned to Greenberg Manor at the end of Mulholland Road for the night."

"The director of "Batman: The Dark Knight" Wayne Greenberg seems to be extremely fond of Australian female stars. There was Naomi Watts before, and now he spends a good night with Cate Blanchett again. According to the latest news from our reporter, as of noon today, Australian actresses Cate Blanchett and Harry Berry have not left Greenberg Manor..."

"The taste of the dude Wayne Greenberg is still the same, with a model's slim and hot figure, blonde hair, and a likable face. Obviously, Cate Blanchett has all these. This beautiful actress who came to Hollywood from Australia has obviously found a shortcut to success..."

The next morning, news about Wayne taking two beauties home for the night with black and white immediately filled all the entertainment media, and all kinds of gossip tabloids selling popular in North America, and even published secret photos.

The backgrounds in the photo are almost the same. They are all the back doors of the Four Seasons Hotel. Wayne's face was filled with a hint of drunkenness. He held a woman's waist with his hands and headed towards his car. Perhaps because of the tricky shooting angle, Cate Blanchett, who was holding his right hand, was basically photographed very clearly. What's more clearly was that a man was holding a palm in the protruding part of an Australian beauty.

It's the weekend off day. The emergence of this news immediately attracted the relish of countless movie fans. In addition, the blessing of "Batman: The Dark Knight" which was also screened in the theater, made Wayne Greenberg and Cate Blanchett the two names of the people's discussions in the past two days.

As for Harry Berry, it is the one that doesn't make ordinary movie fans feel the most strange, because a few years ago, there was news of their relationship, and then the breakup broke up. Since then, Wayne has never publicly admitted his official girlfriend.

Countless paparazzi monitored the manor for 24 hours at the entrance of Greenberg Manor for two days. During this period, they gained almost nothing, including Wayne and the two women, and did not take a step forward in the manor in the past two days.

Facing women, especially women who make themselves happy, Wayne at least sighed at this point. When Cate Blanchett consciously didn't mention leaving, he was not in a hurry to let the two women leave early. During these two rare holidays, he fully felt the relaxation that men should have.

Because the two women have never left, Greenberg Manor has been the focus of gossip media attention these two days. From the next night, all the information about Cate Blanchett was dug out by the media. At the same time, various tempting gossip stories appeared, and some tabloids even weaved and reported various details of the three people rolling the sheets again and again.

But when two days passed, as Wayne's car drove out of the manor early in the morning, the report on this gossip was slightly calmed down. To put it bluntly, the public had seen too much news about his playboy style, and the popularity of this matter could not be maintained. Mainstream public opinion is still the box office battle in the summer season. After the freshness, the public's reaction to this gossip was far less intense than imagined.

There are only these third- and fourth-tier tabloids who have been following them. Most mainstream media have long since the private life of Wayne has long since become the golden age. Since Hollywood entered the golden age, there have been countless shocking gossip and scandals. The so-called revelations about the private lives of celebrities are just that.

As early as the first year of entering Hollywood, Wayne knew very well that this place was completely different from the entertainment industry across the Pacific. Los Angeles is the most open and chaotic circle in North America. Ordinary people have a very high tolerance for the chaotic life of film and television workers. As long as they do not make those principled mistakes, fans who should support him will still support him. Fans who do not like his movie style will not hate him even more because of these private lives.

As for the gossip tabloids that make the public relish, the remarks on them will never have any impact on mainstream public opinion. Besides, the timeliness of gossip news is the lowest in the media industry. If it weren't for the hit "Batman: The Dark Knight", it might take less than three days, and the front page of the gossip tabloid would be replaced by the so-called revelations of other Hollywood stars.

This is Hollywood. Basically, celebrities and strange news appear every day that is more fresh, more eye-catching, and more surprised by ordinary people. It is just a simple chaotic private life. It can be considered as a cleansing person in this circle.

In a large conference room on the fourth floor of the 20th Century Fox Building in Century City, Beverly Hills, several staff members were setting up camera machines lightly. Even their actions of setting up tables seemed particularly careful at this time. When the staff were busy, they would secretly watch the man sitting in the corner from time to time.

"I found out that there is such a project. The production company is HBO Cable TV Network, which is now in the preparation stage."

Nina ignored the staff in the conference room and bent down to report Wayne, who was sitting in the chair. During the break, she took a special look at the opened record book in her hand and confirmed the information she found.

"Ha, it's a coincidence."

With a chuckle, Wayne threw the "X-Men" information aside and looked at his assistant lady with his head tilted.

"Yes, very coincidental."

Nodding, Nina also sighed softly. "According to the information found, the director of this project is Indian, named Shega Kepur, which can be regarded as his first work to officially enter Hollywood. It matches the basic conditions you mentioned, the production cost is not high, and the main body of the story is the life experience of Queen Yin Lisabeth I, from her youth to becoming a legend of the Iron Fist Queen. If nothing unexpected happens, that's right."

HBO TV Network invested and produced it, which provided Wayne with considerable convenience. This triple-level theater, known as the pornographic drama in the hearts of TV fans around the world, has always been one of Time Warner's most important assets.

The business strategy of this TV station is very unique. Since its birth, it has never sold advertisements, but relied on its unique business strategy to firmly occupy more than 90% of North American paid channels. This means that among every 100 North American residents who have the habit of watching TV, more than 90 subscribe to watch HBO.

When I think of this TV station, the first thing that appears in Wayne's mind is "The Soprano", "Sex and the City", "Game of Thrones", "Westworld", and countless restricted midnight American dramas. The influence of the pornographic outbreak is at least irreplaceable in the hearts of male audiences.

"so......"

Take out a cigarette and lit it. Wayne thought for a while and ordered to the assistant lady: "Help me call Kevin Tesuhara and say I want to give this project about Queen Yin Lisabeth, recommend a heroine, and tell him that I owe him a favor."

"no problem."

Seeing that the staff had already arranged the conference room, Nina took the initiative to get up and take out the mobile phone, and walked out the conference room while dialing.

In fact, this project went around in circles until early 1998, and the heroine was still Cate Blanchett. It can be said that she was the foundation work of this woman in the film industry and also allowed her, the legendary Australian actress, to completely start her Hollywood career.

Whether it is to follow the flow or deliberately show Cate Blanchett a hypocritical ability, Wayne was destined when he heard that the main investment producer of the movie was HBO. This matter is very simple for him. Kevin Tessulha, the current Time Warner CEO, has no reason not to be willing to sell him such a favor. Besides, this is not a big investment of Warner Brothers, but just a project of its TV station.

"How is it?"

Not long after, the door of the conference room was pushed open, Kevin Feige held a file bag in his hand, followed by a young white man with black-framed glasses. "Introduction, Wayne, this is Bourne Singer."

"Hello, Director Greenberg, I'm very honored to be able to work with you." The young man following Kevin Feige took two steps forward at the first time and stretched out his hand.

"I'm glad to know you, Blaine." Wayne stood up and shook hands with the other party, nodded secretly. This was a typical Jewish person. He looked a few years older than him. He was full of energy just by his appearance.

"Okay, there should be a lot of topics between you two." Kevin Feiqi asked everyone to sit down, put the file bag on the table, shrugged and said, "Brien's first step film "Media Storm" directed in 1993 was also taken to the St. Denis Film Festival. Is this career start very similar to you? However, Wayne, he is lucky than you. No one cares about your "Happy Death Day" back then, and he can't even find a publisher, but his "Media Storm" won the St. Denis Film Festival jury award."

After saying that, he deliberately blinked at Wayne and spread his hands open. Another thing he didn't say directly was that this is Bourne Singer is a Jewish, which means he is the so-called self-person. With the character of joining the group with Jewish people in Hollywood, this will cause much less trouble in his directorial work.

"Hey, Kevin, my movie cannot be compared with director Greenberg." Although Bourne Singer was also laughing, he expressed his respect for Wayne at the first time. He understood more than anyone else that if the director wants to go smoothly in his next work, he will inevitably ask the first producer of "X-Men" to nod and support him.

"I believe in Bolean's ability."

Wayne spread his hands in the face of Kevin Feige's joke, then looked straight, and said, "Okay, there are still many opportunities to contact in the future. Let's talk about things. Kevin, you should know that I have three projects to be responsible for now, not only Fox's "X-Men", but also "Charlie's Angels" in my own studio, and Warner Bros.'s top work next year's "Flash". So, after we discuss the specific work of the crew, we still have to rely on you two to cooperate to complete it. I can only provide a big direction."

Blaine Singer and Kevin Feich looked at each other and nodded silently. Of course, they knew that the other party would not have much energy to put on the project "X-Men", and they still had to complete their daily work.

Although this project is extremely valued by 20th Century Fox, even the parent company News Group is watching, the importance of the man opposite is definitely not as important as Warner Bros. "The Flash" and perhaps even the other party's independent investment in "Charlie's Angels".

"Let me talk about the specific situation first." Kevin Feige didn't say nonsense, and reached out to pick up the file bag on the table, bypassed the checkpoint, took out a few prepared documents and handed them to the two men around him. "The total budget of "X-Men" is 75 million US dollars, and now the first fund is 30 million. Fox has already been transferred to the account of a third-party guarantee company by him. The behind-the-scenes shooting team is all good players in the circle. As long as the audition work is over, you can enter the shooting work immediately..."

Wayne silently listened to the other party's narration about the project, compared with the information in his hand, nodded from time to time. If nothing unexpected happens, the risk of this project is much lower than what the outside world imagines. At least in his opinion, the risk of this film is not high, as long as everything is planned, there is no trouble in the middle.

"Wolverine, the actor who plays this role, was personally recommended by Mr. Rupert Murdoch. Wayne, my personal suggestion is to give priority to this candidate."

When talking about the specific audition candidates, Kevin Feige's voice fell down. Of course, he knew better than anyone else that the relationships in the Hollywood crew have always existed, but the man opposite is the first producer of "X-Men". Even if Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, personally recommended it, if the man is unhappy and misunderstood, it is provoking his authority in the crew, which will turn into a big trouble that makes people feel extremely troublesome.

So when talking about the specific candidate for Wolverine, his speech slowed down a lot, and he also observed the change of his face while saying.

Brann Singer was obviously not a rookie in Hollywood, and of course he understood the same principle, so when the topic talked about the cast, he immediately closed his mouth tightly, like an irrelevant person who was out of the matter, staring at the information on the table without saying a word.

"Speak."

With his head tilted, there was no emotional fluctuation in Wayne's voice, signaling Kevin Feige to continue. "X-Men" was produced three years in advance, and he actually had no obsession with the original actors. If the reasons are sufficient and his acting skills are qualified, he would not mind selling the head of News Corp for face.

"Uh..." Kevin Feige paused for a moment and thrust into the arranged conference room. "We can meet this actor today, and now he is waiting in the temporary dressing room."

Wayne nodded. "Okay, I have no problem, notify the actors to come."

He felt relieved in his heart. Kevin Feige immediately got up and walked towards the conference room door, waved to inform the staff, and after a few instructions, the two deputy directors in charge of camera equipment also walked in from outside, nodded politely with Wayne and others, and sat behind the camera.

Not long after, the door of the conference room was gently knocked, and a young man with a strong and thin figure walked in. According to Wayne's vision, the actor's height was not less than 1.85 meters. The moment he saw the other person, his smile hung on his face.

"I'm Hugh Jackman, from Australia..."

While introducing himself, the actor's eyes directly skipped the deputy director in front and looked at the three people sitting side by side in the back, especially the producer in the middle. He knew better than anyone else that whether he could play Wolverine and officially embarked on the Hollywood fantasy journey was almost entirely based on the producer sitting in the middle. He had learned about Hollywood and understood that even if Mr. Rupert Murdoch's recommendation was not necessarily insurance. In the crew, the producer's power reserve is always the producer.

"Clang, Clang, Clang."

Surprisingly, Hugh Jackman had just finished introducing himself. Before the assistant director who was in charge of the audition was spoken, Wayne reached out and tapped the table, attracting the attention of everyone in the conference room.

"Mr. Jackman, please take off your top. I want to see your figure, don't mind?"

When Hugh Jackman subconsciously wanted to celebrate when he heard Wayne's voice sound. He endured the ecstasy in his heart and immediately nodded in agreement. "Of course, I mean of course I don't mind."

The tall and thin man unbuttoned the suit in a neat manner, then stuffed it into his shirt, and took off his top, revealing his strong muscles. Unlike the mainstream muscular men in North America, this man may be because of his size. In fact, he is not thin. After taking off his clothes, his upper body, which is full of strength, is always emitting strong hormones.

In addition to taking off his shirt at the beginning, Wayne did not say a word during the subsequent audition. The audition assistant director directed Hugh Jackman to proceed step by step. The various movements he made during this period were clearly captured by the monitor in front of Wayne and the other two.

"What do you think?"

When the audition was about to end, Kevin Feige tilted his head and asked in a low voice: "This guy has a good camera feel, and the recognition of the whole face is the highlight. Well, this muscle is also his advantage. As for his acting skills..."

"I've seen the information."

Wayne nodded slightly. Apart from being a little immature, if he adds a big beard, it will be almost no different from Uncle Wolf in his mind.

The most troublesome acting is the least worrying thing. The data shows that this actor has been performing stage dramas in Australia. Not to mention how good his acting skills are, but at least it is enough to deal with this role. Besides, the facial paralysis character in a superhero commercial film is definitely the kind that the actors are best dealt with.

"Okay, let's just get here."

The assistant director turned around and received a gesture from Kevin Feige and announced that the brief audition had ended. While the other party was wearing clothes, he said: "Mr. Jackman, the audition results will be notified to your agent within three days after the end. Thank you very much for coming to this audition."

"OK."

After putting on his shirt, Hugh Jackman bent down slightly at the three people sitting behind him again, and turned to leave the conference room.

"How is the result?"

Just as he walked out of the corner of the conference room corridor, a middle-aged white man in an obviously agent costume greeted him and asked with expectant expressions on his face.

"I think I'm doing pretty well." Hugh Jackman followed the agent to the dressing room, glanced at the surrounding corridor, and replied in a low voice: "It seems that Wayne Greenberg shouldn't hate my image, and I don't know anything else."

"Go to the dressing room and say."

The agent nodded and did not continue to ask about the audition process. The two of them walked silently towards the dressing room, politely rejected the makeup artist's makeup removal service. After closing the door and leaving only the two of them, they continued to discuss this topic.

"Mr. Murdoch admires you very much and personally recommends you to Twentieth Century Fox. This is your biggest advantage. Even Wayne Greenberg should give Mr. Murdoch some face. What's left depends on your image and whether it fits the character settings in the script."

The room was quiet, Hugh Jackman kept recalling the entire audition process. Although the person who could decide to stay and stay was just saying a word at the beginning, he was sure that the other party's eyes had never left the monitor during the whole process, and it was obviously not a perfunctory matter.

What made him care even more was that during the whole process, the other party had a faint smile on his face, which was obviously a signal that he did not hate his image.

"This is?"

While bowing his head, Hugh Jackman saw a magazine that was opened several pages. On the left page of the magazine, there was a close-up photo of Wayne holding two women in black and white, and on the right was a serious box office news.

The agent glanced at the magazine. "Today is Monday, yes, the latest box office news."

Picking up the magazine that was opened on the table, Hugh Jackman took a look at the cover first, with the shiny "Premiere" on it, muttering. "When did this authoritative entertainment media start chasing gossip news..."

"There's no way." The agent shrugged. "All the information related to Wayne Greenberg is now the key news reported by the media, including which female star has climbed onto his bed again in the past two days."

"The weekend just passed is the most incredible weekend in the summer." Hugh Jackman heard the agent's joke, smiled and shook his head without saying a word, and continued to look at the "Premiere" in his hand. "The North American market continued to remain at a high level. After three days of this weekend, the result was quite unexpected.

Faced with the release of a number of new films, "Batman: The Dark Knight" directed by Wayne Greenberg seems to have not been affected. Although the scale of screenings this weekend has shrunk to a certain extent, it still surpasses many newly released films and won the box office championship this weekend. It is worth mentioning that this is the fourth consecutive weekend box office championship of "Batman: The Dark Knight".

After winning $22.03 million in working days last Thursday, Friday came, "Batman: The Dark Knight" rebounded on the day, with a box office of $7.57 million, successfully winning the box office championship of the day. On the day that Friday, the film's North American box office officially exceeded $500 million, reaching an unprecedented $56.19 million. Wayne Greenberg continues to create his box office miracle!

After three days of the weekend, according to the latest box office statistics, even though the screening scale was reduced last weekend, "Batman: The Dark Knight" still won US$7.57 million, US$10.52 million and US$8.03 million respectively. The three days of the weekend won the single-day box office championship with a slight advantage, and the total box office of US$26.12 million on the weekend made it sit as the throne of the weekend box office champion for the fourth time in a row.

So far, the North American box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight" has $524.74 million. Although the trend of harvesting box office has slowed significantly, it is still firmly pulling the record to an unattainable level.

The second place in the box office rankings this weekend is the new film "My Best Friend's Wedding" produced and released by Sony Columbia Pictures. This romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts has received a good reputation as soon as it was released. It closed at $21 million in three days on the first weekend, and has announced that it has broken the premiere record of romantic love films.

It is worth mentioning that Cameron Diaz, another main actor of the film, has some relationship with the great director Wayne Greenberg. Just a while ago, several media reported that this hot hot female star stayed overnight in Greenberg Manor.

In the third place is Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park 2". The box office of this film is strong and has earned nearly 200 million US dollars so far..."

"See it." The agent saw Hugh Jackman put down the magazine in his hand, reached out and patted his shoulder, with emotion in his tone. "This is the reason why you must work hard to join the X-Men project. As long as you participate in the project led by Wayne Greenberg, success will become a matter of course!"

"I understand." Hugh Jackman now has only $524.74 million left in his head. Such a terrifying box office means that participants will be firmly engraved in film history. "X-Men" has reached half of this number, even if it can reach one-third of this number, it will be enough to make itself completely famous.

What they didn't know was that good news was coming soon. At the gate of the 20th Century Fox Building, Wayne was having a final exchange with Kevin Feige and Bourne Singer.

"The candidate for Wolverine is determined to be a waitress Jackman, the audition for other major characters. I will only participate in the last round. You need to do the previous work, Kevin, the role of Storm..." He paused in detail when he said this.

Kevin Feige nodded tacitly. "I understand that as long as Jimmy's customer meets the basic requirements..."

"Okay, then that's it, you guys continue, call me any time you have something to do." Wayne shook hands with the two again, lowered his head and got into the car door opened by Sergey. "I'm going to rush to Warner Studios, and there are still a lot of headache-producing work waiting for me, you know."

Until the Phantom of Rolles disappeared on the street corner, Kevin Feiz and Bourne Singer looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Although Wayne was quite approachable for the whole half day, neither of them was fools. Their age would only bring greater pressure to them.

"You go and inform Hugh Jackman's agent." The two turned around and walked towards the building elevator. Kevin Feige whispered: "I'll report to Townsend."

"Ok!"