Chapter 117: Not repetition, but creation!

Dunn was very surprised. When did Natalie know Mel Gibson?

Natalie seemed to feel Dunn's confusion on the other end of the phone, and said beamingly, "Just yesterday, Mr. Gibson came to the crew."

Tang En was even more puzzled, "He went to your crew? What is he doing?"

"To visit Nicole and Naomi," Natalie pursed her lips and smiled. "They are all Australians. Mr. Gibson is very old-fashioned."

Gudao warm intestines?

Dunn was a little funny.

After a few years, you don't know how to hate Mel Gibson after hearing his anti-Semitic remarks.

But now...

Dunn raised his eyebrows.

Mel Gibson is well-known for his outgoing, heartfelt attitude.

Throughout the 1990s, a large number of Australian actors appeared in Hollywood, and their momentum even surpassed that of the United Kingdom. It was not unrelated to the driving behind the ace Mel Gibson.

He even set up the "Australian Actors Foundation" to help Australian actors who go to Hollywood to find their dreams.

In a previous life, Naomi Watts had no chance to act, and her landlord was swept away by her lack of income, so Mel Gibson came to help;

Robert Downey Jr. was imprisoned several times because of the problem of poisoning, and his reputation was discredited. It was Mel Gibson who did his part and helped him, giving him the opportunity to act again, and this was the "Iron Man" that became famous all over the world later;

Even Jodie Foster switched to directing, and Mel Gibson was cast for free to help old friends.

In all Hollywood where interests are the criterion, Mel Gibson is definitely a "big brother" figure of the righteous Bo Yuntian!

However, the film "The Passion of the Christ" encountered many obstacles and huge difficulties in the process of project approval, investment and distribution. After the film was released, the film caused huge controversy, especially the Jewish bosses in charge of Hollywood.

The Jewish bosses generally believed that "The Passion of the Christ" was an anti-Semitic movie, and began to target Mel Gibson everywhere.

But Mel Gibson is the most devout Catholic believer. He opposes the teachings of Judaism and shoots "Jesus" according to Catholicism. What's wrong?

Finally, after getting drunk in 2006, Mel Gibson uttered wild words and publicly insulted Jews, which finally completely angered the Jewish bigwigs in Hollywood and was sent back to Australia.

A generation of superstars has fallen.

When Dunn recalled it, he couldn't help but sigh.

Now, Dunn has understood why Mel Gibson suddenly stood up for himself and attacked Bruce Willis. Not a conspiracy theory at all, but Mel Gibson thanking himself for taking care of two Australian actors, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts.

Whatever the reason, Dunn owes Mel Gibson a favor.

"Maybe……"

Dunn's eyes lit up, and a bold idea suddenly popped up. Since Mel Gibson invited himself and Natalie to Australia as guests, it would be better to be respectful than to obey.

You can get in close contact with Mel Gibson. If this person is really righteous, Dunn doesn't mind taking a shot and helping him.

Mel Gibson is definitely a rare talent. Commercial films have far more appeal than Tom Cruise, literary films have acting skills no less than Tom Hanks, and director talent... is also considered to be the next Martin Scorsese!

It is somewhat regrettable that such an all-rounder is sadly defeated.

Besides, Dunn doesn't have much affection for Jews.

……

On October 21st, "Spider-Man" was officially completed and the crew was disbanded. Around January next year, the actors will go to the UK for later dubbing work.

Dunn did not return to California immediately, but met someone in New York, Taylor Swift's father, Scott Swift.

A stockbroker.

The stock market crash is coming soon, and Dunn will definitely fight, using his foresight to make a fortune.

Movies... It's okay to make a little money, but it's impossible to become a first-line rich man in the United States.

Although Dunn has learned some stock market manipulation techniques, he is still very immature compared to real professionals. It happened that Scott Swift helped to solve this difficulty.

Back in California, Dunn Pictures has a lot of work waiting for him to handle.

The sale and rental of DVDs and videotapes of "My Big Greek Wedding" grossed $58.9 million.

Twentieth Century Fox deducted 15% of distribution costs of $8.8 million, promotional costs of $1.2 million, and production, copying, and shipping costs of $1.3 million, and Dunn Pictures earned another $47 million in revenue.

Naturally, this sum of money will not be used to pay taxes or repay loans, which solves the current shortage of funds in the Tang En Film industry.

Dunn also specially awarded 5 million dollars to Andrew O'Hare. He has mentioned it to Dunn many times. He has reached an agreement with the copyright owner of the novel "The Chronicles of Narnia". Acquisition at the consideration of 5% of future profit dividends.

In order to balance Manola Dages's mood, Dunn gave her another 5 million dollars, allowing her to acquire the copyright of novels with potential for adaptation in the market.

After all, the chance of an original story winning an Oscar is far inferior to that of a classic work or an adaptation of a real person.

"By the way, Warners sent a message asking when we will start the Harry Potter project." Manola Dages added.

Tang En's mouth twitched, a little sarcastic, "They really know how to find time!"

Manola Dages smiled slightly, "I have politely refused, anyway, the contract stipulates that we only need to start the "Harry Potter" project within three years. By the way, there is one more thing, Disney A warning has been sent."

"What?" Dunn thought he heard it wrong, "Warning?"

Manola Dages sighed, "Disney's tone... is still quite stern, thinking that your remarks about Bruce Willis have seriously broken Hollywood's rules and caused them immeasurable losses."

Dunn laughed angrily, "I broke the rules. Could it be possible for them to discredit my movies? What the **** is Disney, let them get out!"

In recent years, Disney's ambitions have grown bigger and bigger. It has successively acquired Muppets, Miramax, ABC and many other companies, and is transforming from an animation studio to a media group.

They even dug in Michael Ovitz, the head of CAA, which almost led to the collapse of CAA. However, because of the internal power struggle, Michael Ovitz resigned with a $200 million liquidated damages.

But Dunn was never afraid.

Because his ambition is bigger than Disney!

"Dawn, I think... it's better to keep a low profile. The "Harry Potter" project, we are destined to have a deadlock with Warner, if we add Disney, even if we have a friendship with 20th Century Fox, we won't be able to last. ." Manola Dages said earnestly.

Of course her words made sense, Dunn pondered for a long time and narrowed his eyes, "I know about this, tell Andrew to win the copyright of "The Chronicles of Narnia" as soon as possible~www.wuxiaspot.com~ next summer at the latest , let's start this project!"

"Huh?" Manola Dages was stunned for a moment, "Boss, The Chronicles of Narnia is a big project, and the investment is only a lot more than that of Spider-Man. If we start The Chronicles of Narnia "This movie series, I am afraid there is no extra energy to invest in "Harry Potter"."

Dunn smiled lightly, "Avoiding risks, postponing the "Harry Potter" project is the best way to avoid Warner's conflicts."

"But……"

"I've made a whole plan, and you'll understand when the time comes."

"Okay." Manola Dages sighed, thought of something, and said with a smile, "Dawn, you are the big boss of Dunn Pictures, Reese will definitely go out to film often in the future, you have to hire another one. secretary."

Dunn looked at Manola's half-smiling expression, coughed dryly, "We'll talk about it later! By the way, how much was the box office of "Wedding Cracker"?"

"190 million in North America and 68 million overseas. It is estimated that... the global box office should be around 300 million US dollars."

"What about Star Wars?"

"It's over $1.1 billion."

Dunn showed a proud smile.

"Star Wars Episode 1: The Menace of Ghost Man" directed by George Lucas in the previous life, the global box office was less than 900 million US dollars, and it barely exceeded 1 billion with the subsequent 3D transformation.

But Dunn's version of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Menace of the Phantom Man" took 1.1 billion at the box office, and even went for 1.2 billion!

"My appearance is not for repetition, but for creation!"

Dunn looked into the distance with a far-reaching vision.

"Dawn?"

Manola Dages was stunned, thinking that the big boss had swelled again.