Chapter 637： Time is limited

The sparse sunlight fell in the woods. On the opposite side of the light barrier, Sophia Coppola carried the camcorder in person, and when she saw Natalie and James Franco were ready, she shouted to start.

James Franco, who plays Gale, picked a rock from the ground at random and threw it into the bushes not far away. Natalie opened her bow and arrows at the fastest speed, shooting a soft arrow...

Then, a huge hare ran out of the bushes in full view, and rushed into the depths of the woods like an arrow from a string.

"Cut!"

Sophia Coppola handed the camera to the assistant and shouted angrily, "Damn! Damn rabbit again!"

Since the crew moved to the farm, when shooting in the wild, the biggest problem they faced was the hares that sprang out from time to time. These rabbits, who seemed not afraid of humans at all, became the protagonists of stealing the spotlight.

"Henry!" Sophia Coppola found the person in charge of the security of the crew. "Take someone to search the nearby bushes. I don't want to see hares again!"

When she passed by Ryan, she cursed in a low voice, "I hate rabbits!"

Shooting is like this. There will always be various accidents. The proliferation of wild rabbits in Australia has indeed caused some troubles to the crew, but it is not an unsolvable problem. Starting from the second day, Gru joined the crew. Before shooting, just release It turns around on location, and basically won't encounter the situation of hare stealing the spotlight again.

"You have to pay for Gelug!" Taped the head of Gelug who was lying on the side of the chair, Taylor said to Ryan, who was sitting across the small round table, "One hundred dollars a day will do."

"Then who will keep its salary?"

Natalie moved her gaze from the huge canopy of the eucalyptus tree above to Taylor, and Taylor said naturally, "Of course it is me. I saw Apple's new player a few days ago. It's a pity..."

"It's a pity that all the pocket money is spent, right?" Ryan took off his sunglasses. He tapped the table lightly and said, "My dear, can you tell me what you bought?"

"It's nothing." Tyler threw a piece of dried meat to Glu, and said after thinking about it. "I went to Brisbane and the Gold Coast with Hannah and Scarlett a few times, and then went to the Great Barrier Reef to give you and Na Especially, and...well, others bought some gifts."

Dust was raised on the road outside the woods. A Chevrolet SUV stopped at the periphery of the shooting location from far and near. Two middle-aged men quickly walked into the temporary studio. After being questioned by the crew’s security staff, under the leadership of an assistant, quickly Step towards this side.

"Is this the person Pat mentioned when he called yesterday?" Natalie asked as she looked at the two people who were getting closer and closer. "The one in front seems familiar."

"It's them." Ryan nodded, "Ang Lee, the Chinese director."

Natalie waved her hand to the other side. Ask the assistant to prepare black tea and coffee.

"Hello, Mr. Jenkins. Hello, Miss Portman."

"Hello, Mr. Li."

The two stood up. After shook hands with Li Ang one after another, Ryan motioned to the two opposite chairs, "You are welcome, just sit down."

Then turned to look at Taylor. "Let Gru go around in the woods."

"I'll go with it."

Probably when he saw that there was something to discuss, Taylor politely greeted the guests and led Gru to the woods not far away. Bodyguards followed immediately.

Ryan could roughly guess the purpose of Ang Lee's coming here, and after waiting for the assistant of the crew to deliver coffee, he asked, "Mr. Lee, I don't know you are coming to Australia..."

Having lived in the West for so many years, Ang Lee is also accustomed to this straight-forward way of speaking, "Mr. Jenkins, I heard that the movie copyright of Brokeback Mountain is in your hands?"

"It's not a secret." Ryan looked at him with interest. "Mr. Li is interested in this script?"

"Yes." Ang Lee directly admitted, "I want to direct this movie."

Things went around in a circle and returned to the path of the previous life.

Regarding this point, Ryan had already guessed it. After all, although Ang Lee did not take the "Hulk", he took on another commercial production "Mutated Dogs". As a result, this movie that should not exist in the previous life is better than the "Green Giant". The consequences of "Giant" are even more serious.

How can "Hulk" cost 130 million U.S. dollars to produce more than 200 million U.S. dollars in box office from around the world. However, this movie about the war between humans and dogs, with an investment of 100 million U.S. dollars, only Collected more than 90 million US dollars in the box office.

Things have also proved that Ang Lee is indeed not suitable for fully commercialized movies.

His current situation is very delicate. If an American director fails, he will dormant for a while, and a Chinese director suffered such a serious setback in Hollywood. If he does not take the initiative to find a way to prove himself, he can only leave Hollywood.

Therefore, he once again fell in love with the sensitive subject of Brokeback Mountain.

Originally, Ryan took the script to give it to Natalie, maybe she will use it in the future, but Natalie didn't accept it.

Ryan ignored a very important issue, Natalie's family and her father.

Although the relationship between Natalie and her parents is not particularly good because of him, it has not broken down. She must be concerned about the impact of this sensitive subject on the thinking of her family.

Therefore, this script has always been shelved in his hands. If it were not for no choice, who would take the initiative to touch this kind of subject matter from the perspective of **** men?

"Mr. Li, we are very happy working together on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"."

That film did bring him a lot of profits. If this film works well, it will be no exception. Ryan raised his right hand and extended two momentum, "Two conditions."

Ang Li nodded and waited for Ryan to continue speaking. After all, if there were conditions, there was something to talk about.

"First." Ryan put down his middle finger, "The film is entirely invested by Flower Pictures, and the production cost must be compressed within 15 million US dollars."

"I can give up all the director's pay." Li Ang said without hesitation.

"No need." Ryan waved his hand. "I have studied the script, and 15 million dollars is enough for this film."

He didn't even bother to do things like deducting the director's remuneration.

"Second." Ryan put down his index finger again, "You have to finish it as soon as possible. I want this film to appear at the Cannes Film Festival next year."

"This..." Li Ang frowned, "Time is a little tight."

"Let's put it this way, Mr. Lee." Ryan looked at Natalie next to her. "This script was originally prepared for Miss Portman. I have inspected many situations in advance, including location and actors. These are in the script. They are all indicated, I believe they will provide you with some help."

By the same token, if not in a hurry to transform, how many actors would be willing to play Jack and Ennis?

The actress doesn't matter, it seems that there is no movie star named Anne Hathaway in Hollywood until now.

It's August, and the Cannes Film Festival is in May. It took more than eight months from preparation to filming to completion of the film, but Ang Lee still responded.

At his home in Los Angeles, Ryan gave Lisa's phone number to Ang Lee and asked him to contact the housekeeper directly when he returned to Los Angeles.

After talking about business matters, Li Ang didn't even drink coffee, and left in a hurry.

"Why must I attend the Cannes Film Festival?"

Looking at the distant back, Natalie asked curiously, "Don't you think time is too tight?"

"Forgot to tell you."

Drinking all the coffee in the cup, Ryan remembered the invitation he had received before coming to Los Angeles, "Cannes wants me to be the chairman of the jury for next year's film festival."

"Did you agree?" Natalie looked at him with incredible eyes.

"No." Ryan shook his head, "I'm still thinking about it, but now there is one more reason to agree."

"That's why you let Drew's Flower Pictures invest." Natalie immediately understood, "So that this movie doesn't seem to be directly related to you, right?"

"Sure enough, Nat knows me."

Pulling Natalie's hand, Ryan kissed gently on the back of his hand, "If Li can shoot the effect I want, it is not impossible to get a Palme d'Or, so that the box office of the movie will be more secure. "

"The effect you expected?" Natalie turned her head and looked at him up and down carefully. Ryan spread her hand and said, "My dear, didn't I say that, this was originally a script for you. But I ignored your family factor."

"Compared to homosexuality." Natalie filled him with coffee, "I am more interested in "The Dilemma".

"Then wait for you to finish this movie."

In this case Then just invest yourself, "Let’s go to Utah to see it together."

Ang Lee’s arrival is just a small episode in the filming. In the location scenes filmed here, Ryan is one of the last players in The Hunger Games, but there are not many scenes, except for a big fight with Natalie. At other times, it is basically a standard soy sauce male vase.

Using the free time of shooting, Sophia Coppola also took the shot of Taylor's first mv, Taylor, who was already five feet ten inches tall, looked as beautiful as a female elf walking out of Middle-earth after putting on a veil.

In just two days, Sophia Coppola finished filming this MV, and then it was time for Ryan to leave.

Although the film is still too early to complete, it is impossible for him to stay in Australia for a long time, and August is about to end, and there is still a lot of work related to the summer vacation that needs to be processed.

Another year’s hottest movie schedule has passed. There are movies that have made a lot of profits from the market, such as "Spider-Man 2" and "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith", etc.; there are also movies that are destined to be long-term. The copyright in the later stage of the operation can only be recovered, such as "Troy"; there are also movies that may have a huge loss, and the most typical one is "King Arthur". (To be continued...) ()