Chapter 113: toronto

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Negotiations with Nicolas Cage did not last for a few days, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement, and everything was done according to Hollywood rules.

However, Nicolas Cage, he still needs more than half a month to officially join the crew.

On the other hand, the filming of Monica Bellucci's scene has already finished. Joining the crew of "Independence Day" needs to be busy for a while, and it is estimated that it will take at least half a year.

This is an inevitable factor for Hollywood stars to divide and reunite for a long time. Once they are busy, there are only a handful of time to meet.

I have to say that the filming progress of "Leaving Las Vegas" has not been very fast. Added together, it took 5 months, and the crew still has not finished filming.

As for why Ryan chose Nicolas Cage instead of Kevin Bacon, the reason is very simple.

The most important point is that the image of Nicholas Cage is more in line with the characters in the script. In addition, "Leaving Las Vegas" will also be released this year, and it will hit the Oscars, which can cause a lot of heat.

For the release of "The Truman Show" in the future, it will be somewhat helpful.

Of course, the relationship between Sofia Coppola and the Coppola family is not ruled out.

Meanwhile, Ryan officially left for Canada, handing over casting auditions to an assistant director.

Same as the previous film, except for a few main supporting roles, other extras, background cloth, etc. are all from Starry Sky Brokerage Company.

So actor audition is relatively simple.

After getting off the plane, Ryan went directly to the shooting location under construction without taking a break.

"Considering financial issues, the entire town was not selected, but only a part of it was selected."

Sofia Coppola pointed to the half-built shooting site in front of her, and introduced: "This place was built in the 1950s and 1960s, and it's a little dilapidated, so it needs to be repaired."

The small town in front of me is very tidy, with single-family houses lined on both sides of the street.

However, as Sophia said, it looks a little bit old and needs a little repair before it can be used for shooting.

Of course, the so-called renovation does not mean redecorating, but making it look more like a studio, close to the shooting requirements in the script.

Ryan walked around casually for a while, and felt that it was not bad, and said: "It seems that the touchstone was not in vain."

The town in front of me was not chosen by Sophia, but by Touchstone.

In response, Sofia Coppola shrugged and said: "At that time, Touchstone valued this project very much."

"I think waiting for the film to come out will make some people regret it."

"However, you have to be careful, Disney's little trick."

"Don't worry." Ryan replied casually, pushed open the door, and walked into the protagonist's home.

With Paramount's investment, many troubles can be avoided, at least for the time being.

"By the way, we need to find another shooting location for the place where the protagonist goes to work." Ryan looked at it for a while, and felt that the town in front of him was generally not bad, but it was not suitable for shooting the place where the protagonist went to work.

"You can go to Toronto to choose a shooting location." Sofia Coppola immediately gave a suggestion.

"Very good proposal." Ryan nodded in agreement.

In the next few days, Ryan personally looked at the shooting location and made certain modifications according to his requirements.

The company where the protagonist usually works, chose a seven-story office building in Toronto, and then got up and returned to Los Angeles.

He is not only a director and producer, but also an investor in the film. He has a lot of work to pay attention to, and it is impossible to stay in Canada forever.

For example, in the film "The Truman Show", from the birth of the leading actor, it is a reality show, and the program group relies on various placement advertisements to make money, that is to say, it can blatantly place a large number of advertisements in the film.

Back in Los Angeles, Ryan spent half a day writing down a full list of advertisements, from coffee, beverages, water dispensers, toilet paper, beer, etc., to clothing, shoes, ties, watches, cars, etc., fully exceeding Twenty kinds.

In the conference room of the studio, everyone looked at the advertisement list that Ryan took out, almost had the illusion, and read it several times.

In a movie, there are 20 kinds of advertisements appearing at the same time?

Is this making a movie, or preparing to shoot a commercial!

"Ahem." Gary Lucchesi, an executive producer from Paramount, almost choked on his coffee.

"Are there too many advertisements?"

It is very euphemistic, if it is not for consideration, Ryan is not an ordinary director, he really wants to throw the list of implanted advertisements in his hand on the other party's face.

Even if Paramount is one of the seven major film companies in Hollywood and has the support of a media group from Viacom, it is still a very difficult thing to negotiate 20 kinds of advertisements.

Rick McCollum, a producer from Lucasfilm, also had a shocked expression on his face. He couldn't believe it, watching Ryan, 20 species in the advertisement?

What a joke!

"These are several placement ads that I selected according to the plot in the script. They are part of the plot." Ryan explained a little.

Ad placement itself is one of the plots on the script!

Gary Lucchesi nodded reluctantly, and said, "Okay, I will contact Paramount and hope they won't be intimidated by you."

Although he was a little speechless about the 20 implant advertisements written by Ryan, but he would definitely be liked by the film company.

Placement of advertisements is not an investment, but a real profit. The film company would like to have more placements of advertisements.

"I believe that Paramount will not refuse." Ryan is very familiar with the virtues of Hollywood film companies.

However, when the Paramount staff saw this list of advertisements, they also had a different face, which was a bit too much.

However, Paramount is indeed a veteran Hollywood film company. In just a few days, it has received nearly 3 million US dollars in advertising fees from famous clothing companies, insurance companies, jewelry brands, etc., as well as some daily necessities giants.

Of course, it does not mean that it is easy to get 3 million US dollars, but that the box office of "The Truman Show" needs to reach a certain number.

In other words, if "The Truman Show" hits the box office, it will only get a very small part of the $3 million in the end.

As for the specific conditions, Ryan did not ask, and they were all discussed by Paramount personnel.

Overall, not too bad.

"The Truman Show" has not yet started filming, and it has already received 3 million US dollars in advertising revenue, which is somewhat surprising.

Touchstone, who had just terminated the cooperation, was a little shocked. The advertising revenue of 3 million US dollars may not be so unusual for Hollywood, but it still makes people feel a little unusual.

This is a good aspect, but also a bad aspect.

With the termination of Touchstone's cooperation, the crew's preparations were somewhat hasty.

Even with the support of Paramount and Lucasfilm, Ryan still felt a little powerless.

It's far less than the crew of "The Evil One", so relaxed, you can leave everything to Ray Sancheni and Twentieth Century Fox.

For Paramount, a mere few million dollars of investment will not pay too much attention.

Lucasfilm, which hasn't made a film in several years since 1988, also has limited help.

The most critical point is that Ryan does not want to give up the dominance of the crew, and another touchstone-like incident will occur again.

Fortunately, the preparations for the crew went smoothly, and no major problems were encountered.

He only needs to pay attention to some important matters and modify the sub-shots, and the rest can be handed over to other crew members.

It is expected that the crew will officially start up in mid-May.

In addition, he also needs to personally intervene in some post-work related to "The Evil Spirit". There are some things that Lei Sancheni can't decide.

"The competition for the summer film is very fierce, and "The Evil Spirit" has no advantage, so 20th Century Fox initially decided to set the premiere time on September 1."

Lei-Sancheni continued: "In terms of schedule, it is similar to last year's "Chain Saw"."

In fact, 20th Century Fox has already held several screenings, and generally speaking, the response is not very good. Many viewers of horror movies are a bit disappointed, but some female viewers give good evaluations.

Ryan flipped through the premiere materials scheduled by 20th Century Fox ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and asked, "How many screens have you confirmed?"

Lei-Sancheni showed a hint of helplessness, and said: "The theater company feels that there are some problems with the plot of the film, and it is not **** enough."

Having said that, she glanced at Ryan, "Maybe there won't be too many screens left, and the preliminary estimate is about 500 screens."

In this regard, Ryan had long expected that the main audience of "The Evil Spirit" in the previous life was mainly female audiences.

But the current female audience in the North American market is obviously not as large as in the previous life, and he is not sure how much box office he can get in the end.

"How about the publicity!" Ryan thought for a while, then asked again: "Twentieth Century Fox, have you taken my suggestion?"

His suggestion is very simple, focus on the promotion of women in their thirties to forties, rather than large-scale promotion.

Lei-Sancheni shook his head and said, "Twentieth Century Fox will make the final decision on the publicity plan one month before the film's release."

"However, I think they should agree with your suggestion."

Ryan closed the document in his hand and said, "I hope so."

"By the way, I'm very sorry about Kevin."

With regards to Kevin Bacon, he sort of slipped his tongue and didn't send him an audition invitation, and didn't even have a leading actor audition.

"It doesn't matter." Lei Sancheni looked very calm, and said, "No one expected that Touchstone would suddenly stop cooperating."

Touchstone's sudden suspension of cooperation has disrupted the preparations of the entire crew, otherwise no matter who the final male and female lead candidates are, an open audition will be held.

The two didn't talk too much. After all, Ryan only has the right to make suggestions on many things, and the final decision maker is 20th Century Fox.