Heads Up Hollywood

Beverly Hills is not a mountain villa, but a subordinate city of Los Angeles, where celebrities gather and the rich are everywhere.

The Cruise Manor in Nanshan has always been the focus of media and paparazzi.

Tom Cruise has good recuperation habits. After working out early in the morning, he came to lie down on the bamboo chair on the balcony, enjoying the sunbath, and picked up the newspapers and periodicals that had been prepared on the coffee table.

Recently, he is separating from Nicole Kidman, so that he particularly hates watching entertainment pages, but work needs and professionalism force him to do so.

When I opened the entertainment page of the "Los Angeles Times", what caught my eye was a few big characters - "12 days after release, \u003cMy Big Fat Greek Wedding\u003e had a North American box office of over 100 million! "

This is a movie starring his wife, but some rumors made him very repulsed by this movie.

But with such amazing results, people don't even feel jealous, only awe!

If "Titanic" was backed by huge investment and James Cameron at the helm, then the success of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is definitely a true portrayal of Tang En's personal ability.

Small and big success stories are not uncommon in Hollywood, but those directors are mostly niche genre film directors.

But Twain is different. He can control a love disaster movie like "Titanic" and a heartwarming drama movie like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". It even includes a sci-fi action movie that will be released next year...

Such an all-round director, looking at Hollywood, there are only a few people such as Spielberg and Kubrick, this is a master level! Not even James Cameron!

Tom Cruise had always had a bad impression of Tang En because of the rumors about his wife, but at this moment he put down the newspaper, half-closed his eyes and meditated.

"The rumor... is it true?"

Twain has been rumored to have affairs with many female stars. Based on Tom Cruise's experience, most of them are true, but between him and Nicole... Is it true?

"Twain is only twenty years old, but Nicole is already thirty!"

Tom Cruise's eyes suddenly opened, and he felt more and more that with Tang En's genius, no matter how flamboyant he was, it was impossible for him to make such a major mistake.

"He has only been in the industry for a few years? Dare to tease Mrs. Cruise?"

Tom Cruise instantly felt that his attitude towards Tang En in the past was a bit extreme.

Human nature is like this. When you are in a weak position or ask for something from others, you will always find enough excuses for your humbleness and the power of the high-ranking person.

Tom Cruise dialed a number, and Nicole's cold voice came across: "Is there something wrong?"

"Nicole, I think we need to talk."

"I don't think it's necessary!"

"No, no, Nicole, listen to me, I've thought about it a lot during this time, and found that there were too many misunderstandings and prejudices against you in the past." Tom Cruise's attitude was very humble.

Nicole's voice hesitated slightly, "Are you serious?"

"certainly!"

"I need a guarantee."

"Yes, I promise!" Tom Cruise's voice was sonorous and powerful, and he chatted with Nicole a few more times, finally dispelling a lot of ice, and then said, "By the way, Nicole, you and Twain Walker has cooperated before, can you ask him out?"

Nicole raised her delicate eyebrows slightly, "Twain?"

"Yes, the reports in the newspapers have caused too many misunderstandings. I think a face-to-face communication is needed to resolve the misunderstandings, so that the good relationship will not be provoked by the gossip tabloids."

"You worry too much, Tang En never cared about those gossips."

"No, no, honey, I think it's necessary."

"I don't think it's necessary!"

Nicole's attitude was very firm. She believed that Tang En's mind was one aspect. The main reason was that she didn't want Tang En and Tom to face each other, which would make her very uncomfortable.

Seeing her unquestionable attitude, Tom Cruise frowned and said in a low voice, "Nicole, you know, because of shooting "Eyes Wide Shut", my sequel to "Mission: Impossible" has been delayed for a long time!"

Nicole Kidman's annoyance, which had subsided a lot, resurfaced in an instant.

She finally understood his real intention of making this call today!

A kind of extreme disappointment poured into Nicole's heart.

She instinctively wanted to refuse, but she stopped when the words came to her lips.

She laughed at herself in her heart, and had an idea of ​​wanting to help him, even if it was to make up for her own debts and future mistakes.

With the box office hit of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and her widely acclaimed acting skills in the media, the commitment between her and Twain seems inevitable.

Especially recently, her film appointments have suddenly increased, and many of the four to five million film remunerations have been rejected by her agent, which was hard to imagine in the past.

Now, her asking price is eight million dollars!

Of course she understands all these changes and who is the biggest helper behind them.

"Okay, I'll make an appointment with him and see if he's free tomorrow night."

Nicole Kidman's voice is as clear as water, without the slightest emotion.

Mrs. Cruise's title, she's had enough!

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Hollywood movies are an industrialized process, and each position has a clear scope of work.

For directors, especially young directors, they don't even have the right to modify their lines during filming. Want to modify? Yes, communicate with the producer and get an extra salary for the screenwriter.

Director, in the final analysis, is the job of showing the producer's ideas and ideas through the lens of the camera, with very little authority.

The producer is the real heart of a movie.

The success of the Avengers series of movies in the previous life also fully demonstrated that in Hollywood assembly line movies, the position of a director is no different from that of a wage earner.

Producer, also called producer. As the name suggests, the post-production of a film is the scope of the producer's work, including rendering, film picking, editing, etc.

It's just that this work is too complicated, and producers usually supervise the production of multiple works at the same time, deliberately decentralizing. Of course, many producers are half-assed and must also delegate power.

And many directors are willing to enjoy part of the post-production power for the integrity of their works.

But for Tang En, this is not a problem at all!

His "carefully" selected assistant producer Morgan Carey in charge of post-production, "production" attribute 98!

With such a big guy in charge of Lucasfilm, Twain doesn't need to worry at all.

What's more, since the first producer of the film is George Lucas, Twain feels more at ease. With the supervision of this old guy, Twain is sure that even if he does not participate in the post-production of the entire film from beginning to end, the quality of the final film will not be too bad.

And Tang En's "decentralization" attitude of fishing for three days and posting on the Internet for two days even won the approval of George Lucas, saying that he is young and humble, knows how to advance and retreat, and knows how to measure, and his future achievements will inevitably be very high.

Tang En was very funny when he heard it.

He obviously wanted to be lazy, but in the eyes of Lucas, he became a humble young man who was not greedy for power, which was ridiculous.

"Giving money generously, what job is more satisfying than being a director?"

Tang En thought beautifully.

Of course he understands that the post-production of a movie is the key to its final presentation on the big screen, especially a movie like Star Wars that is almost full of special effects.

But Dunn doesn't care, some deviations in concept, aesthetics, and rhythm are not worth arguing with Lucas again, as long as the big frame is dominated by him-remove the younger age, reduce the lengthy foreshadowing, and add dazzling highlights fighting scenes.

Tang En's current focus, apart from the North American box office of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Group, and the industrial layout of "Harry Potter", there is also a very critical point - system loopholes!

According to the description of "Mirror Possession", Twain can "possess" another person's professional ability from the start of a movie to the completion of the final edited version of the movie.

In other words, from June to March next year, during the filming and production of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace", Twain will have the professional ability of Steve Spielberg.

But Tang En is very leisurely now, and it is only the beginning of September at this time, and there is still nearly half a year to go...

The ability of "Mirror Mirror Possession" is very precious. Tang En can only get it once if he has accumulated a global box office of 1 billion US dollars as a producer, director, or actor.

Twain doesn't have any leftovers at hand now, and if he wants to get them next time, he has to wait until the movie "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Man's Menace" is released.

That being the case, why not hurry up, take advantage of this system loophole, and use Steve Spielberg's professional ability to make another movie within half a year?

Tang En pondered for a long time, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was reliable!