Chatty Hollywood

[Book title: Liao Zhai Hollywood Chapter 440: Number One in the World (Achieving 1 Million Words) Author: Magic Stone]

The latest chapter of Liaozhai Hollywood 2k novel website welcomes you! The domain name of this website: the complete pinyin of "2k Novel", it's easy to remember! Highly recommended novels for reading: Close Combat King, Counter Scale Master, Holy Ruins, Snow Eagle Lord, One Thought, Eternal Dragon King, Legend of the Ancient God King, Peak of Martial Arts, Five Elements, Heavenly Mysterious Realm Gate, Choosing Heaven. It turns out that in Hollywood, whenever a hit movie appears, Other production companies will naturally want to ride on the popularity and try to copy similar films.

To put it simply, it is just following the trend and copycatting.

If you succeed in following the trend, the natural scenery will be endless;

Even if it fails, as long as the cost is controlled, you can often make a small profit by riding on the popularity.

Therefore, those who think that there are no copycat movies in Hollywood are actually disturbed by illusions.

After all, when other countries import Hollywood movies, they naturally select them. Those copycat movies and bad movies are generally not even watched.

This also gives audiences in their own country the illusion that Hollywood movies are all high-quality movies.

In fact, Hollywood produces hundreds of thousands of movies every year, most of which are small-scale bad movies.

Among them, more than half are trying to copycat or ride on the popularity or follow the trend.

As one of the two highest-grossing movies in North America in 1997, "Hell Detective" was naturally among the copycats following suit.

You know, based on the box office of this movie, if "Titanic" didn't exist in 1997, it would definitely top the North American annual box office list.

Not only some small companies, but also some film companies affiliated with the seven major Hollywood companies are interested in following the trend of such movies.

Universal Pictures is one of them.

Of course, a company as big as Universal will not just copy it without any technical content.

But don't forget, Universal is the best company in Hollywood at making ghost movies, and they own the copyright to Van Helsing.

And Van Helsing is precisely the ancestor of Constantine and other exorcists.

Now that movies like "Hellfinder" that tell the story of exorcists are so popular, wouldn't it be great to make a movie based on the story of Van Helsing?

"So, Universal Pictures will focus on launching "Van Helsing" from 1998 to 1999!?"

Charlotte was a little confused.

He does know the movie "Van Helsing". But in his original world, that was already 2004.

And now, Universal Pictures actually wants to release this movie in advance because of the popularity of "Hell Detective"?

"Who is the hero and heroine?"

Charlotte asked curiously.

"The male protagonist is a newcomer from Australia, he seems to be named Hugh Jackman. As for the female protagonist, Kate Beckinsale, is that her name?"

"..."

Aren't these the same two male and female protagonists in his original world?

It seems that these two people have a really deep connection with "Van Helsing"!

Charlotte held back the frustration in her heart and continued to ask,

"Did Universal abandon Stephen Sommers' plan because they started the "Van Helsing" project and therefore lacked funds? Or was it that they were not optimistic about the plan from the beginning?"

"Have it both!"

Jodie Foster shrugged;

"The problem is that although Universal didn't see Stephen Sommers' plan, they appointed him as the director of "Van Helsing"!"

"..."

On the one hand, she rejected the other party's plan, and on the other hand, she entrusted the other party with important tasks. Charlotte felt that Universal's operation was a bit confusing.

Fortunately, the actress quickly gave a reasonable explanation,

"It should be said that Universal is still somewhat interested in Stephen Sommers' plan. However, they are not very optimistic about the desert fantasy adventure movie genre. After all, there has been the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series before, but because of this plan, they Recognizing the abilities of Stephen Sommers,

so……"

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded.

That makes sense!

Stephen Sommers prepared the project plan for "The Mummy" not because of his deep love for the Egyptian Pharaoh, but purely for a comeback.

So since Universal is willing to let him direct the big production of "Van Helsing", then "The Mummy" naturally doesn't matter.

After all, he is not Charlotte, and it is impossible to foresee what kind of brilliance the "Mummy" series can create...

However, if this happens

"The mummy movie that Sommers originally planned was shelved!?"

"Yes."

Jodie Foster nodded,

"However, as I said before, there are still some people at Universal who are somewhat interested in this project. One of them, a producer named Sean Daniel, wants to try to promote this plan, but as for Universal, this year His production budget was really running low, so he approached me.”

"This is normal."

Charlotte nodded.

Because of the uncertainty in the film industry, it's common sense in Hollywood not to make movies without your own money.

Not only ordinary directors and producers, but also the seven major film companies also adhere to this principle.

The only difference is that in the hands of the seven major companies, there are many projects with a high success rate that can be said to be bound to make money, such as the sequels of some popular movies.

In these projects, they will shrewdly use their own company's money to invest in order to ensure maximum profits.

For those film projects with unknown prospects and relatively high risks, they will widely absorb various investments from the society, including investment from many production companies owned by celebrities, to evenly share the risks.

What Jodie Foster is talking about now should be the latter situation.

"So, Judy, what do you mean by telling me this?"

Charlotte asked.

"I hope you can help me judge whether this film project is worth investing in?"

Jodie Foster finally revealed her purpose,

"If anything, I'd like you to direct this movie!"

"I!?"

After going around until now, Charlotte finally understood what the movie queen meant. He understood that this was the other party's attempt to persuade him in this way, but Charlotte remained silent for a while.

"Judy, you know, I am currently busy preparing for the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". In fact, your "Egg" company also has a part of the investment in it, right?"

Seeing Jodie Foster nod, Charlotte continued,

"Then you should know that I don't have time to shoot this movie in the short term. And you should also understand that I can no longer be a director who is only responsible for shooting without production rights, right?"

"I understand this!"

The actress smiled, with a bit of charm in her eyes.

"But, Charlotte, we can wait until you finish filming "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," or we can let you serve as the first producer while directing, or even participate in part of the investment."

"What!?"

Jodie Foster agreed so simply, but Charlotte was not expecting it.

"You may not fully realize it yet, but your status in Hollywood has changed a lot!"

The actress explained,

"Charlotte, you are now the number one director in Hollywood in the horror, supernatural, fantasy and other commercial film genres!!" 2k Novel Reading Network