Chapter 2405

Before returning to the studio, lanli calls Andy and learns about Rooney's success as Cannes best actress.

"Obviously, I'm out of society." Lan Li's smile is a little bitter.

Then, lanli tells Andy of his decision. In the next period of time, he is not ready to take over the performance work, including David finch's "mind Hunter", but is ready to return to the studio to record the next album. Next, he will further prepare for the folk music festival and focus on music work in a short time.

Andy didn't worry and object. Instead, he took a long breath and agreed. At least, it's much better than being depressed and not knowing the years at home; What's more, lanli can find enthusiasm in music, which is the best news. Everything else can be discussed slowly.

However, Langley also understands the dilemma of David finch. In the interview in Cannes not long ago, one of his favorite directors is David Finch, which is the truth; He sincerely hoped that the director could maintain strong creativity, so Langley nodded his head and agreed to the nominal producer, and Sisyphus pictures officially started the production of this work.

For Sisyphus pictures, which is in the initial stage of development, both "Strange Tales" and "running in the night of sin" are being produced. It's very risky to rashly start the production of the third series. No one knows whether the two series will succeed or not, and no one is sure whether "soul Hunter" will succeed.

Lanli "doesn't know" how to run a company, but only knows about artistic creation. A decision similar to that of layman is likely to destroy Sisyphus pictures.

But in fact, Andy nodded, and so did Andre and Arthur. After two years, the preparatory work of "mind Hunter" finally started again.

Part of the reason is Andre's unconditional trust in lenley. He believes in lenley's vision and judgment, and also in lenley's reason. Otherwise, with so many projects in Hollywood, lenley can't agree with every friend's project. There must be a reason for choosing David finch.

Part of the reason is that "female spies" have made money.

Maybe it's too early to say "make money". After all, the film has just been released, and the premiere weekend didn't show a "dark horse" style big bang posture, but the overall situation is very positive and optimistic——

The media rating is 75%, the fresh index of rotten tomatoes is 95%, the popcorn index is 81%, and the cinema rating is as high as "a". All the data are very popular. For comedy movies, it is a rare event. Although the popcorn index is slightly unfavorable to the box office prospects, the overall word-of-mouth feedback is still very gratifying, In the case of the lack of heavyweight movies before and after the summer season, the prospect is generally optimistic.

The box office of the premiere weekend is 29 million US dollars, which is not very popular, but the performance is still good, basically equal to the performance of comedy works such as "dragon and tiger youth team", "one night big belly", "evil boss", "Bridesmaid" and so on, which have performed well in recent years.

Of course, there are still uncertainties.

Compared with comedy movies, the production cost of 65 million US dollars is indeed a little high, which means that it is difficult to make profits only through box office. The global box office needs at least 200 million US dollars. Even if such a goal is achieved, the profit space is relatively narrow, but this is acceptable.

As the first commercial film of Sisyphus film, the loophole of cost control is very obvious. As we all said at the beginning, Andre is a "rich young master" and a layman. He doesn't know anything about the film production industry. With a stroke of his pen, he passed such a heavy project without considering the profit ratio. Andre has a lot to learn in the future.

However, "female spy" still has the possibility of income - the possibility is very high, coupled with the excellent word-of-mouth of the media, and even a wave of praise, which has once again proved one thing: Sisyphus film has withstood the first test in terms of finished product quality, and has continued its consistent level.

For investors, this will undoubtedly increase their confidence, further expand their investment and increase more chips for Sisyphus pictures; For the audience, it can also increase their interest. Even without Langley, Sisyphus's works are also worth entering the cinema.

From such a perspective, "female spy" has undoubtedly made a good start.

Because of this, Andre nodded his head and agreed that the preliminary operation procedure of "soul Hunter" was officially launched, and the third TV series of Sisyphus film was officially put on the agenda.

When David finch learned, his first reaction was consternation.

Although he looks for lanli through Andy, his essence is to hope that lanli can promote the progress of the project; But he never thought that it was so simple. The rapidity of the whole thing was unthinkable——

He has long been used to the long waiting time of one month and half a year, and the end of waiting may be perfunctory answers. Hollywood's production system is still profit oriented after all. It has already formed its own system. Even the assembly line operation is not so easy.

Now it's so easy and easy to get promoted in Sisyphus film. No matter what the reason, David has to accept this feeling.

From "drummer" and "Night Walker", to "night rush", and then to "soul Hunter", Sisyphus is really following its own principles:

We should really focus on those projects with ideas and creativity, get rid of the influence of Hollywood industry, and make a modest contribution to the field of independent art. Although there are some mainstream projects like "female spy" and "strange stories", they still can't change Sisyphus' insistence.

The elders of Sundance, such as Robert Redford and the Cohen brothers, have always stressed that Langley is not Steven Spielberg - it doesn't mean commendatory or derogatory. It's just that there were too many interference factors when DreamWorks was established, which led to the failure of the three men's ideas; Now lanli is more pure and more focused. Sisyphus may really be able to create a miracle.

Now, David finally understood the meaning of this sentence - and he finally understood why even Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks were willing to stand for lenley.

Maybe he should tell David Lynch to try his luck with lenley, too?

David Lynch is almost idle now. He has been trying to start the "twin peaks" TV series project, and tell the story that he didn't finish in those years with slow pace and slow mind. However, his ideas and ideas are incompatible with the increasingly fast-paced social network. How can any company be willing to invest?

Even cable TV stations like HBO are tied.

Does this mean that... There is still a glimmer of hope for the Hollywood film industry?

David finch doesn't want to jump to the conclusion simply, otherwise the final disappointment will only come faster and fiercer, but... Langley? Maybe it's worth watching.

Naturally, Langley has no way to know David finch's complex ideas, nor that the "soul Hunter" project has quietly pried a corner of Hollywood. Some changes have taken place quietly, and then the wheel of history has moved forward. After hanging up Andy, Langley dials Rooney's cell phone.

Rooney is on holiday, too.

After leaving Cannes, Rooney took the train or bus all the way, slowly headed north, and finally stopped at Copenhagen. Stay away from the noise of magnesium lamp and the entanglement of work, so that you can relax and enjoy a rare moment of leisure time.

Lanli's belated "award-winning blessing" made Rooney laugh happily. "Dear Mr. lanli hall, I thought we didn't care about it at all." At the beginning of the year, when Langley won the Oscar, Rooney didn't express any special blessing. Everything was normal.

Obviously, Rooney does not care, she is more worried about the recent state of Langley, "maybe, you should divert your attention." She thinks that it's the right choice for Langley, Paul and Ryan to go to Tahiti for a surfing holiday. It's the right choice to let the whole person relax. Movies are not the whole life.

LUNI is more in favor of lanli's previous life style. Between each work and each work, lanli often gives himself a long vacation to relax, such as rock climbing, surfing, skydiving, hiking, etc; But in recent years, lanli's work has become more and more busy, especially with the establishment of Sisyphus film, which has occupied lanli's leisure time, which also makes lanli more and more tense. Rooney still hopes lanli can slow down again.

For example, there's no need to rush back to New York this time.

When she learned that lanli was about to return to the studio, her nervous tension relaxed completely. "I'll look forward to it."

Although it's also a job, Langley's attention has been temporarily diverted. He lets himself leave the film environment in a short time, which helps to relax and think.

"You have a good recording in New York, I have a good holiday in northern Europe. When I get back, I'll help you prepare for the folk music festival. I think it's a good plan. " Rooney's voice was a little cheerful.

In this way, studio life began.

At this time, four years have passed since the release of Don Quixote. It seems that it has been a matter of the last life. It's really too far away.

Although I decided to start recording my second album immediately, I can't roll up my sleeves and go to the studio directly. Before entering the studio, there are still very important tasks to be completed

Set the tone and concept of the album.

In fact, it is the idea of creation. Only after an artistic idea is integrated can we begin to organize the repertoire. This is equivalent to the soul of the whole album, which is similar to the concept of Don Quixote; Lack of soul, even if the whole album is recorded, it is just a common saliva song. This is definitely not the album that lanli hopes to create.

There is a lot of preparatory work.