Heads Up Hollywood

Ann Lee can definitely be regarded as a director trained by Universal Pictures.

As early as 1999, his movie "Ride with the Devil" was a well-known and huge failure.

It failed at the box office and was not recognized for its artistic merit.

However, in the production process of the film, Universal Pictures still gave Ann Lee enough "luxury".

The film studio had strongly suggested using Leonardo DiCaprio to guarantee the box office.

However, after Ann Lee auditioned, she chose Tobey Maguire instead of the world-renowned youngster who had just finished filming "Titanic".

Universal Pictures respected Ann Lee's casting opinions.

The villages in the movie are neither studio shots nor special effects, but villages that have just been hit by floods in reality.

How much trust is this in Ann Lee?

As a result, he famously screwed up Ride With the Devil.

Then, he returned to Asia and made the martial arts masterpiece "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

Later, he was favored by Tang En and selected as the director of the "The Chronicles of Narnia" series.

It can be said that the two have a deep relationship.

However, with the release of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2", the "Ann Lee Effect" following "Oscar Best Foreign Language Film" "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" came to an end on the first weekend of the film's release.

The audience who walked into the cinema next, were either fans of Ann Lee, or had never read film reviews, or planned to see how the Chinese destroyed the epic legend of the British.

As you can imagine, at this stage, he is under a lot of pressure!

Anxiety!

This is an even more tragic failure than "Riding with the Devil"!

Could it be...do you want to go back to Asia again and make a movie to prove yourself again?

It's hard!

The failure of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" made him physically and mentally exhausted and encountered a major bottleneck in his career.

As a result, his manager called, and he couldn't hide his excitement in his words: "Ann, maybe... your career can still be saved!"

"I?"

Ann Lee shook his head mockingly. The production cost of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" was as high as 225 million US dollars. This is the most expensive movie in Hollywood history!

After screwing up such a big project, how could he, a foreigner, still have a chance of surviving in Hollywood?

I'm afraid I'm going to get out of here in despair!

"You have to be steady! Really, I just heard a piece of good news here. This is an opportunity! If you can grasp it, maybe... you can continue your Hollywood film career!"

"Opportunity?" Ann Li blinked, brow raised slightly, "What opportunity?"

The manager said, "Dawn Walker wants to see you."

"ah?"

Ann Lee was shocked.

...

Twain just settled Lionel Wigram.

After the fiasco of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2", the producer of Warner Bros. suffered a severe blow, not only professional ridicule, but also psychological torture.

Even if he has worked in Warner for more than ten years and screwed up such a big project, Warner will never give him any more chances.

It would be nice not to be fired!

However, Warner's failure to fire does not mean that Lionel Wigram will sit back and eat.

People move to death, trees move to live.

He knew that his mission in Warner was over.

With the help of his good friend David Heyman, he got in touch with another big backer—Dawn Walker, the big boss of New Universal Group!

The two met this time and talked very happily.

Twain showed the humility of a high-ranking corporal, completely indifferent to the fiasco of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2", and sincerely invited him to work at Twain Films under New Universal.

How could Lionel Wigram not agree?

"The failure of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2"...the factors are multi-layered. In my opinion, next, you can join hands with David Heyman to finish the post-production of "Harry Potter 3" first , and prepare for the preliminary work of "Harry Potter 4". After you get out of the shadow of the failure of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2", there will be more important tasks for you."

Tang En's words made him feel like a spring breeze.

Very moved.

"A more... more important task?"

Lionel Wigram is not stupid, of course he can feel the sincerity in Tang En's words.

In fact, with Tang En's current status, there is no need to treat a small producer like him in a way of coaxing and cheating.

Tang En said with a smile: "After Michael Barnathan and Chris Columbus have produced several "Harry Potter" movies, they plan to bring another children's story "Night at the Museum" to the big screen. The director is Shaw En Levy. This project will start next year, and I plan to let you participate in the production of this project as the official spokesperson of Dunn Films."

Lionel Wigram's face changed in surprise, revealing a flattered panic.

Usually, a big commercial film will have many producers.

Among them, there must be one or two producers, representing the interests of investors, that is, representing the film company, and exercising the leading control over the project.

One can imagine how much power such a producer will have in a film project!

When filming "Titanic", Twain was thwarted by the team headed by James Cameron. In the end, it was the strong support of Twentieth Century Fox's official producer, Grant Hill, that allowed Twain to save himself from danger repeatedly.

At this time, Tang En gave Lionel Wigram the greatest trust, which was enough for him to pass on his loyalty to Warner Bros. over the past ten years to Tang En Pictures.

However, this is not enough!

Tang En asked: "By the way, didn't you draw a cartoon?"

Lionel Wigram replied: "Well, Sherlock Holmes."

The series of "Detective Sherlock Holmes" has become a public copyright, and people all over the world can use this copyright for free. This is why Conan Doyle's detective seems to be more famous than Agatha's.

The main reason is that there are too many movies and TV series related to "Sherlock Holmes"!

No copyright fees are required.

But when it comes to the essence of a detective, Agatha's is the real king.

Tang En smiled, "Do you want to make it into a movie?"

"Make a movie? What to make?" Lionel Wigram was so happy that he didn't even react.

"Your cartoon!" Tang En pointed to his chest, "Don't forget, I'm also a cartoonist. The hit TV series "The Walking Dead" is based on my comic of the same name."

Lionel Wigram felt like he was about to have a heart attack, which was full of happiness!

"I... can my comics be adapted into movies?"

Such a huge surprise is even more exciting than winning the lottery.

Tang En said firmly: "I say yes, and I will definitely do it!"

At this time, Isla Fisher came to report, "Director Ann Lee is here."

"welcome!"

In the living room, Tang En waved his hand and immediately extended a warm invitation.

Then, he picked up the prepared script from the coffee table next to him.

Lionel Wigram narrowed his eyes, and saw exactly the title on the title page of the script—"Brokeback Mountain"!

"Is this a movie script?"

A light flashed in his mind.

Who Ann Lee was, he knew all too well.

It was they who collaborated to create the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia 2"!

Then, mess up the project together.

We fell into the bottom of our career together!

What is Tang En doing here?

After pulling yourself out of the abyss, do you want to save "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" director Ann Lee?

Isn't this boldness too great?

This heart is too good, right?

This side of emphasizing love and righteousness is too touching, isn't it?

Lionel Wigram knew that Tang En had chosen Ann Lee to direct "The Chronicles of Narnia" back then.

Three years later, Tang En didn't seem to have forgotten those old people back then!

Blessings are shared, and difficulties are shared!

What a good boss!

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