American fame and fortune

In the morning, in the studio of the studio.

There was an Asian man with a dark complexion sitting in the rest area, watching the filming with Graham.

The studio was filming and the two did not speak.

Martin stood in front of the iron table, deftly dismantling the firearm, oiling and maintaining it, then taking out the magazine and pressing the yellow-orange bullets into the magazine.

After filling three magazines in a row, Martin picked up one, mounted it on the wall, and made an aiming and shooting motion.

Director Villeneuve shouted: "Stop, this is passed."

Martin put his hands on the cold iron table, took a few deep breaths, smelled the familiar smell of gun oil, and immediately left the role.

Villeneuve came from behind the director's monitor and handed Martin a bag: "Your souvenir."

Martin took it and looked at it. It turned out to be the skull mask he wore when filming the bank robbery scene.

All the scenes of the male protagonist were filmed, and Martin said loudly: "I'll book the hotel cafeteria to finish work in the afternoon. Anyone who has time can go there."

Villeneuve said: "The director team will definitely be there."

The male protagonist's scene was finished filming, and the crew's filming will continue until this Friday. Martin took off his costume jacket, took the wipes handed over by Lao Bu, wiped the gun oil on his hands, and left the set.

The crew was about to change scenes and the studio was a little busy.

Graham saw Martin coming out and shouted: "Martin, this way."

As Martin walked that way, he looked at the dark-faced Asian. He saw that his complexion was not that of East Asian, but that he had the temperament of Ah San.

Just like the general inability to mistake sticks and little days, Martin's ability to distinguish Ah San is also particularly strong.

Past lives can be said to be the basic ability of many people.

When Martin approached, Graham introduced the two: "This is Martin, and this is Nate Shyamalan."

The latter took the initiative to shake hands with Martin: "I've seen you several times at award ceremonies, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to get to know you. You are one of my favorite actors."

The other party was very polite, and Martin spoke very politely: "Director Shyamalan, I like your work very much. "The Sixth Sense" is one of my favorite horror films."

After exchanging pleasantries, the three of them sat in the rest area and started chatting.

Nate Shyamalan kept his attitude low because he had a bad feeling that there was a big problem with "Back to Earth," which had just finished shooting in the Great Lakes region.

Of course, he doesn't think the problem is his.

But Will Smith was too anxious. In order to make his son famous, he intervened in everything from script to filming and post-production.

Night Shyamalan has changed partners one after another over the years. If "Back to Earth" is messed up, he will definitely not be able to cooperate with Will Smith and Sony Columbia.

He wants to find new producers and investors.

Thinking of this, Nate Shyamalan couldn't help but glance at Martin and found that Martin was smiling kindly at him.

Taking advantage of the presence of his old friend Graham, he quickly said: "I just filmed "Return to Earth" with Will Smith and his son, and I have a new project in hand. Martin, are you interested in collaborating again?"

Martin said with a smile: "I just finished shooting a film and I didn't even go out of the studio. I always had to take a breather."

The director of "The Sixth Sense" has just collaborated with Will Smith and his son on "Back to Earth", and Martin immediately connected with something that left a deep impression on him.

The director is notoriously inconsistent.

And unlike Ridley Scott's instability, as long as he leaves the epic genre, his other films are basically reliable.

Night Shyamalan occasionally delivers a masterpiece, but most of the time it's unreliable.

In Martin's past life, there were news reports that Nate Shyamalan was extremely rare and could trick directors from almost all large and medium-sized production companies in Hollywood.

Night Shyamalan then went to the bathroom.

Graham saw the man walking away and said softly: "If you can't cooperate with him, don't cooperate with him."

GK Pictures has cooperated with David Film and Television Studio one after another. Regardless of the interest disputes or the personal relationship, it is much deeper than Knight-Shyamalan.

Martin asked one more question: "The response to the recent films he directed has not been very good?"

"It's not the recent ones." Graham said very directly: "But after the success of "The Sixth Sense", none of the other films received a good response and all failed at the box office. However, a few DVDs sold reasonably well. Yes, we can let him hold on to the situation."

asked Martin: "I've heard he's worked with just about every mid- to large-scale production company."

Graham said: "It is rare in Hollywood to change partners when making a film."

He turned around and took a look, and then said: "He came to me this time because he wanted to attract investment from GK Pictures."

Martin nodded: "I understand."

Graham smiled: "I have a good personal relationship with him, but friendship is friendship and business is business. I can't afford to lose tens of millions of dollars of investment."

Martin was surprised: "With this situation, he can still continue to attract investment and continue to cooperate with big companies?"

Ridley Scott's health bar is so thick that he doesn't dare to make epic movies one after another, and he has to shoot science fiction movies in between to replenish his health.

Knight Shyamalan has screwed over the Big Six in Hollywood.

Compared to Martin, Graham, an old friend, knew Nate Shyamalan too well. After thinking about it for a while, he said: ""The Sixth Sense" was so successful at the time, with a production cost of 40 million U.S. dollars, which was exchanged for nearly 300 million U.S. dollars in North America. , with a global box office of nearly 700 million U.S. dollars, ranking second in the box office and video sales charts that year, making Disney a huge profit, who doesn’t like it?”

He changed his tone: "Furthermore, Shyamalan is a weirdo among geniuses. He can always use his imagination when writing scripts and come up with ingenious ideas to impress the producers. Medium and large production companies often invest in They are all platters, with the business miracle of "The Sixth Sense" at the forefront. Once the project succeeds, the profits will be huge. If it fails, most of the losses will be the money of other investors."

Martin thought of Warner Pictures, which has failed in so many major production projects over the past year or so. Although the company's capital chain is tight, it is far from a crisis point.

Megan Ellison, who invests her own money in movies, on the other hand, can no longer hold on.

Graham added: "From a producer's point of view, Shyamalan has the biggest problem. He can create unparalleled ideas and construct wonderful scenes at the story level, but he always fails to execute them properly. All kinds of discounts were made to end a story that should have been amazing."

Martin was slightly taken aback by these words, because he remembered a movie he had watched. It started out very amazingly but ended anticlimactically, but the movie had a sequel. The new Professor X, Zhan Yimei, once again shaved his head in the movie.

The film seems to be directed by Nate Shyamalan.

These are relatively recent to the time Martin came to North America, so he remembers them relatively clearly.

For example, the heroine of the film, he remembers later filming a series about chess for Netflix.

This film is very interesting. It seems to have been promoted and hyped, and it was adapted from facts.

Just as Martin was thinking about it, Night Shyamalan came back from the bathroom and talked about cooperation again.

Graham said: "I'm still working on this project and can't get away from it for the time being. So, if you have any projects on hand, send me a copy of the script and plan."

"No problem." Nate Shyamalan didn't want to give up on Martin. He thought that by working with Martin, he might be able to turn over, and said, "I'm planning a project here, and the male lead is very suitable for you?"

Martin tentatively asked: "What type of character? Wouldn't he have mental problems like Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense"?"

Night Shyamalan said: "It's not this kind of role. I filmed this type of role in 2000, but the project failed miserably. I don't want to do it anymore for the time being. This project is a science fiction film. It's hard to say exactly now."

Martin responded: "Whenever you think is appropriate, send the script to Davis Studio and I will make a decision after I have read the script and the characters."

It was a reasonable request, and Shyamalan responded: "I'll have someone send it over as soon as possible."

The three of them chatted for a while. The crew transition was over and filming was about to begin. Martin left the studio first.

Not long after, Night Shyamalan also said goodbye.

In the car going to the hotel, the director was quite satisfied with this trip. If everything goes well with GK Films and Davis Film and Television Studio, he will have two more opportunities to try.

Night Shyamalan believes that he can still make a hit movie, just like "The Sixth Sense" back then.

As for what to do if the project fails? Nate Shyamalan didn't think too much about it. After all, he was losing other people's money.

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Returning to the makeup trailer, Martin took off his makeup and changed back into his own clothes, got into the Escalade driven by Bruce, and returned to the Hilton Garden Inn.

It was still early for dinner and he returned to his room to carefully recall the news reports he had read.

Martin watched the movie starring Zhan Yimei in his previous life. It seemed that the male protagonist had more than 20 personalities, some of which were very dangerous and had kidnapped several girls.

The film claims to be based on true events.

Martin asked Bruce: "Have you ever heard of a vicious crime in which the murderer was a schizophrenic with multiple personalities?"

Bruce thought for a while and said, "It seems there is, right? There should be several similar cases in the past few years."

Martin asked again: "What about the 20 multiple personalities?"

"More than 20?" Bruce shook his head: "I've never heard of it. It's too exaggerated."

Martin took out his mobile phone and called Thomas and Jessica respectively, telling similar questions and asking them to look for relevant events or news.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Thomas called back and said, "I checked carefully and found that there was a similar case, and it was very typical. A man named Billy Milligan was convicted of murder at Ohio State in 1977. The university was arrested for three rapes. During the trial, Billy was diagnosed with a rare form of multiple personality disorder and he was acquitted."

He paused slightly: "A documentary biography published in 1981 was based on this incident, called "24 Billys."