Chapter 461： Oscar nomination

Alan Horn, the president of Warner Bros., didn't know when he came to Dunn.

Tang En's eyes lit up and said with a smile, "Mr. Horn? Any advice?"

The biggest practitioner of the explosion strategy in Hollywood is Alan Horn. Many of Dunn's speeches came from him.

Alan Horn shook his head, "Advice? Forget it, the explosion strategy you advocate has made people stunned. I believe that in the next 30 years, Hollywood filmmakers will all take your theories as their guiding ideology."

Tang En smiled humbly, "Mr. Horn, you flatter me too much."

Alan Horn looked serious and said hesitantly: "But...you said that the era of superstars is over, I don't agree. Last year's "Life and Death 2", "Hannibal", "Unsinkable", "Unsinkable" Blockbuster films such as Mr.

Dunn pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I said that the era of superstars has passed, not to question the appeal of superstars, but to explain the truth of the replacement of film production methods. Take Warner's movie "The Lord of the Rings" for example. , The main force of production has changed from actors, cameramen, lighting, and props in the past to computer animators."

"For example, compositor, VFX artist, motion graphic artist, image modeler, image delivery engineer, software development engineer, motion image compositor, etc., these are occupations that have not appeared in the film crew in the past. These all illustrate a The truth is that the future of Hollywood will be far more reliant on computers than on cameras!"

Alan Horn pondered, "You mean...the halo of superstars will gradually fade, and computer effects will become the main body of the movie?"

Tang En said with a smile: "It's a commercial movie, a popcorn movie! In this type of movie, the protagonist may be a monster, an alien, or a masked Spider-Man, and a superstar can only play a supporting role, and the role is natural. It's not as important as it used to be."

Alan Horn pondered for a while and sighed: "Warner is preparing for "Terminator 3", Schwarzenegger's contract... Hey! Headache!"

Dunn couldn't help laughing.

This kind of sequel commercial blockbuster has no contract restrictions, and the actors will definitely charge sky-high prices!

"Did you sign it?"

"Signed." Alan Horn was also obviously dissatisfied, shaking his head again and again, "The "Terminator" series, without Schwarzenegger, can you still shoot?"

Tang En blinked and lowered his voice, "Is it convenient to disclose?"

Alan Horn hesitated for a moment, then said solemnly: "A fixed salary of $29.25 million, a matching allowance of $1.5 million, and a 20% bonus."

Tang En's eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, "20% bonus? Not box office profits?"

Alan Horn nodded heavily, "Well, including video tapes, DVDs, theater box office, TV rights and other peripheral profits."

Tang En took a deep breath and gritted his silver teeth, "Tumor! Cancer!"

He is also the boss of a film company, and he abhors this kind of industry "blackmail".

With Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting skills and appeal, if it weren't for the "Terminator" series, he would have earned a salary of up to $15 million in Hollywood!

Alan Horn gave Dunn a strange look, "What about you? Didn't you also start the sequel? "Spider-Man 2" is about to be released, so you haven't encountered this situation?"

"Me?" Tang En raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Of course I won't encounter this situation."

"Um?"

"If you want to sign my comic-modified super-English film, at least 10 contracts! If you don't agree, change people! I'm not used to them! As I said, the value of the film is greater than the value of the director and the value of the star. Marvel's comics are Greatest film value!"

"Maybe……"

Alan Horn is still not sure about Dunn's statement.

This is too far ahead.

Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, and Will Smith still have a very high appeal.

Tang En said lightly: "When "Terminator 3" is released, you will understand."

"Terminator 3" cost $200 million and announced $130 million, resulting in a North American box office of $150 million and a global total of $430 million. With peripheral income, it is not possible to lose money, but it is too difficult to make money, that is, to repay interest.

After a pause, Tang En said with a smile: "By the way, Mr. Horn, your contract with Warner is about to expire, right?"

Alan Horn glanced at him. "Three years."

"Oh, then when you renew your contract next time, you'd better let me know." Dunn didn't hide his thoughts, "I think Time Warner's position arrangement for you is very unfair!"

...

"The True Meaning of Commercial Movies - Explosive Strategies."

""Dawn Walker's First Lecture, Proposing New Ideas for Explosive Styles"."

""With the commercial thinking of explosive models, breaking the pace of the epoch"."

"The Pioneer of Film Theory: Dunn Walker, um! I like this title." Scarlett came to Dunn's office again, sitting on his lap, holding a few magazines and newspapers in her hands , read with great interest.

"In the USC Film Forum speech, the famous Hollywood director Dunn Walker proposed a brand-new film concept - blockbuster strategy. This is a standard process for large-scale commercial films. The secret to amazing success in cinema... Hey, why don't you listen?"

Seeing Dunn closed his eyes, Scarlett protested in dissatisfaction.

Tang En smiled, stretched out his hand and hugged her tightly, and said softly: "This kind of article is similar, let them go to the public opinion hype, let's calm down and don't be disturbed by the public opinion, it will affect ourselves. Judgment. When you become a big star in the future, don't be too concerned about the comments of the world."

Scarlett's beautiful eyes flashed and she was a little surprised, "Can I really be a big star?"

"You're my girlfriend. If you want to be a star, can I still work hard?" Tang En dotingly pinched her nose.

Scarlett shook her head in protest, and then asked excitedly, "When will I be as famous as Natalie?"

Tang En glared at her, "How old are you? Hone your acting skills first, and talk about it in a few years!"

"Oh." Scarlett pouted, "Can I also be nominated for an Oscar?"

"meeting."

"Hee hee, so Natalie's Oscar nomination is no problem?"

Scarlett leaned into Tang En's arms, raised her head to look at him, her breath was hot, her beautiful face was a bit lush, but she revealed a bit of a charming aura that could not be concealed.

In a few years, will this be worth it?

Especially when she was on her thigh, twisting her waist constantly.

This is ignition!

"Sit tight, don't move around, be careful I will rectify the Fa on the spot!"

"The Fa-rectification is the Fa-rectification, who is afraid of whom?"

Unlike Natalie, Scarlett doesn't care if this is an office or not.

Tang En was defeated, "Okay, don't make trouble, I have a meeting in a while to decide on the director of Ant-Man."

Scarlett shouted dissatisfiedly: "You haven't answered the question yet, will Natalie get the nomination?"

Tang En pondered a little, "It shouldn't be a big problem, the feedback from caa is good. And after I finished the speech, after I said the principle of the explosion strategy, the major film companies have expressed goodwill, and the nomination of Nat should not be would be too obstructive."

Scarlett blinked, confused, "Where's Kirk Douglas?"

Tang En said contemptuously: "My relationship has all reached the White House, and the six giants have all shown goodwill to me. Is he an old guy?"

"You're talking dirty!"

Scarlett smiled.

Tang En teased: "By the way, "The Saw 2" is about to be released. I'll take a copy and go home. Let's watch it in advance at night?"

"I don't watch it, I'm scared to death!"

Scarlett refused directly without thinking.

Tomorrow is February.

Saw 2, produced by Furious Pictures, is on the way, and Oscar nominations are closing.

Natalie... always got an Oscar nomination, right?

Unexpectedly, only 1 hour has passed.

When Dunn was in a meeting with the staff of the production department, screenwriter department, market analysis department, and Marvel Studios to decide on the director of "Ant-Man", he received a short message.

Brian Lord from caa, very simple only three words: "all the best!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Dunn laughed.

All the staff in the conference room were stunned.

Boss, what's the matter?

Dunn was a little embarrassed. It's inconvenient to say this kind of thing. Brian Lord must have had an extremely secret relationship before he got the news.

After hesitating for a while, he said decisively: "That's fine, that's it, let's choose Doug Liman! He made "Bourne Bourne", I saw the sample, it's very good! The method of fast editing, Very old-fashioned. I only have one requirement, the storyline should be interesting and the style should be consistent with Spider-Man.”

""Spider-Man" and "Ant-Man" take a humorous route, "Daredevil" and "Ghost Rider" are a serious epic style, and Marvel Studios has planned it for a long time." Nina Jacobson nodded, but his face was serious. "But now there is a new problem."

"what?"

"Nicolas Cage doesn't want to be in Ghost Rider!"

"what?"

Dunn was very surprised.

Bill McNick said indifferently: "It's normal, Nicholas is an action star, he won't star in superhero movies to confine his position."

Nina Jacobson said: "That's right, especially since he can't accept multiple contracts, he doesn't want his personal image to be marked as a 'Ghost Rider'."

Dunn immediately had a headache.

Nicolas Cage is currently popular, and he is arrogant and arrogant. He must be very picky in the choice of script. This is very different from when he was in a bankruptcy crisis in his previous life when he took the film.

"Forget it, if he doesn't want to act, let's replace him!" Tang En rubbed his temples, feeling rather helpless, "Find a second- and third-tier actor and sign a long-term contract, we can pay less for the film, and more it is good!"

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