Chapter 750 (1/2)
As a movie with most scenes in a single room, ”this man from Earth” has more than two weeks of shooting cycle. If it's not for the sake of perfection, it can be done in one week.
Simon arrived at the Toronto set, and the film was already more than half finished.
Brett Ratner is a MV director. He is not suitable for directing such a drama movie. Simon hopes that he can get rid of the bad habits of many MV directors who are filmmakers by virtue of a variety of films.
New World Pictures has got Jack Cheng's ”red zone” and is expected to release in February next year. After that, ”rush hour” series will be included in Simon's production list. This time, Simon is not going to let Brett Ratner direct the ”rush hour” series as he once did. He wants to give the more important ”Thunderbolt baby” series to each other.
The shooting site is located on the outskirts of Scarborough, Eastern Toronto.
Simon arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon and watched the shooting until it was finished at five o'clock in the afternoon. Although he didn't intervene or even express any opinions during the shooting, because of his arrival, everyone in the crew was obviously a little nervous, and only half of the set shooting task was completed.
In the middle of winter, five o'clock is already in the evening.
Simon has prepared a buffet party in his villa in downtown Scarborough. Everyone in the crew can go as long as there are no other arrangements tonight.
Before that, I didn't expect to be invited by Simon westero. It was a rare opportunity. How could people have other arrangements? Some people tried to find out if they could bring their companions with them. After getting a positive reply, they even called New York directly.
It's certainly too late for Los Angeles, but it's 500 kilometers from New York to Toronto, and it's still possible to hire a private plane to come here.
How many people in Hollywood can't ask for the opportunity to meet Simon westero face to face? Of course, they should seize it. The longer you stay in this circle, the more you can understand the importance of networking. Maybe it's just a face-to-face meeting or a conversation, which will leave an impression on others. Unconsciously, opportunities will come.
People are different, of course.
Simon westero's network is too thick to be further thick. If it can be connected, the other party can throw out some resources at will, which can make people prosperous.
So, in two hours, from five o'clock at the end of the show to seven o'clock at the beginning of the evening buffet, two private planes from New York flew to Toronto specially for the dinner, one arranged by wma and the other by ICM.
As for the tripartite CAA, we can only say regret.
In the current project, the director Brett Ratner and the heroine Elizabeth Perkins belong to wma. The hero George Clooney is from ICM, and most of the other supporting roles are from these two families. CAA, which gathered a large number of Hollywood stars in the 1980s, has been on the decline in recent years with the rise of Denise entertainment group, which has always been reluctant to use big brands, and some initial discord.
Just as the actors' Union is divided into two parts: the east coast and the west coast, Hollywood's three talent agencies also have two headquarters in the east coast and the west coast. The distribution of their artists is also the same. It's easy to gather a group of people to go to the dinner party in a short time.
The venue for the dinner is another Simon Property near Red River Park in the eastern suburb of Scarborough. After the crew finished work, Simon returned to the property nearby for a short rest. He received a phone call from Jonathan Friedman in Los Angeles to see if he would mind if the buffet would be more lively.
Simon didn't expect that a casual dinner party would turn out to be like this. Since Jonathon called, he would certainly give a favor. He agreed and told Zoe and Isabel, who were in charge of the preparation of the dinner party, to increase the amount of food.
At seven o'clock in the evening it was completely dark.
Because of the recent snowfall, the night temperature in Toronto is lower than minus 10 degrees. However, all the guests who came to the buffet party in succession were dressed up. The original dinner for only 20 people has more than doubled, and it is estimated that there will be more than 70 people.
In fact, wma and ICM are not without reasons.
A large number of recent blockbuster projects of danielis entertainment group are in the preparatory stage, and opportunities are everywhere.
Although danielis Entertainment Group is very strict in the selection of movie roles, it is difficult to make a decision after a meal and a sleep as it used to be, as long as it has a good foundation, it can show its face in front of westrow at this time, and enter the final round of the selection in the future, it will definitely get bonus points.
What's more, Simon is not an inhumane person. When the time comes, make a phone call and say, do you still remember XXX at the Toronto dinner party? After a few words, maybe it will be settled.
This time, the heroine Elizabeth Perkins in this man from earth was won by Jonathan Friedman.
Of course, Elizabeth Perkins' deep acting qualification is also the most basic premise. This 34 year old actress with excellent appearance and temperament is not only a standard drama academy background, but also has more than 10 years of Broadway and Hollywood acting experience. She has also participated in blockbusters such as ”flying over the future”, which is the basis for the other party to get the role.If Jonathan Friedman recommends a vase with no acting skills, it may be too much fun for him to do so.
On the other hand, actors with Elisabeth Perkins' qualifications are also very popular in Hollywood, where there are more than 200000 members of the professional actors' Union. When they have enough qualifications, the factor of social network is very important.
It's seven o'clock sharp.
The villas next to the Red River Park are full of people.
Although the share of buffet dinner has been increased temporarily, and chefs cook for us on the spot, most people on the spot don't pay attention to what they eat.
Simon didn't expect that Nancy Josephson, the daughter of Marvin Josephson, the founder of ICM, also came here. This Hollywood female agent, who is already the vice president of ICM, will be in charge of ICM in the next few years, which is very popular in the Hollywood actor circle. Nancy Josephson also brought Johnny Depp, whom she held up in person.
After the greetings, I learned that Johnny Depp happened to be in New York to take part in the recording of NBC's ”Saturday night live”. The purpose is to give Depp and Pete's ”night visit to the vampire” another boost and push the vampire film to break through the threshold of 100 million yuan.
In the villa hall.
After a few words of conversation, Nancy Josephson said directly, ”Simon, danielis and MGM are working on the movie” spy ”, what do you think of Depp trying it out?”
Simon was about to bring a glass of red wine to his mouth. He thought about Captain Jack playing Jason Bourne. He shook his head and said, ”the image of John is not suitable. Nancy, you should know better than me what kind of film he is suitable for.”
Nancy looked at Depp with disappointed expression and didn't give up: ”John is famous for his role in” dragon and tiger youth team ”. I think he can hold up the style of action movie. Simon, how about arranging an audition?”
”Don't mention it, Nancy. John is a very talented actor. I hope we can work together in the future. However, he's not suitable for spy film. There's no need to waste time,” Simon said. Suddenly he thought of one thing and asked Nancy, ”by the way, what's Bolton doing recently?”
Burton is a very common surname in the United States, but Nancy Josephson reacted immediately. Simon's reference to Burton is naturally Tim Burton who worked with Depp on Edward Scissorhands.
Just rejected by Simon, Nancy's feelings about Tim Burton are inevitably complicated.
Before Edward Scissorhands, Johnny Depp was just a TV geek who had just gained a firm foothold in the performing industry by relying on the ”dragon and tiger youth team” series. If he wanted to develop into the film industry, he could only play in such youth horror films as the ”ghost Street” series, but he was not an absolute male leading role.
It can be said that a film ”Edward Scissorhands” has directly changed Depp from a TV buff to a movie buff, but at the same time, the negative effect is also very obvious. The artistic atmosphere of ”Edward Scissorhands” is too strong, which has directly shaped Depp's big screen image. In recent years, Depp has only been involved in the circle of literary and art films. Even this opportunity of ”visiting the vampire at night” is also seen by David Geffen《 Edward Scissorhands, only reluctantly recognized.
Because it's all non-human.