2116 Thanksgiving Schedule
As Andy said, no one can turn down Renley.
Even if the director or producer is not interested in Renli, as long as Renli takes a fancy to the role, he will strive to achieve his best. If he still fails to reach a cooperation after doing his best, then Renli can let go without regrets, at least he has tried it. But for now, there is no record of failure.
Ouges... did not nod immediately to agree, but was unable to completely refuse. He was a persistent director, and his stubbornness was no less than Renli. But even so, Oruges had to admit that Renli's thinking about the role did bring him a lot of inspiration and showed his unique texture as an actor.
During that meeting, from beginning to end, Renli did not mention "I am the most suitable actor" or "I sincerely hope to be in this work", nor did he refute the reasons why Ouges rejected Andy, but sincerely and focused on communicating his views on the script's role. His professional attitude throughout the whole process made Ouges look at him with admiration.
After the meeting, Ougus was not difficult to find that Renli didn't need to refute at all. The reasons he used to reject Andy were actually his preset of the role of David, but if this preset is incomplete or even wrong, can he still reject Renli?
Ouges doesn't know the answer yet.
He needs some time, some time to reconstruct the script, some time to determine the main line to brighten the core, some time to rebuild and polish and repair it, just like Renli’s words, “You must figure out what emotions do you want the audience to feel after the movie is over, hope or despair.”
He needs time.
What's more, even if Ougus has now determined his idea and sincerely hopes that Renley will join, they still have many problems to face:
Putting aside the schedule, co-stars, producer power, etc., the pay is a very intuitive focus.
According to the original plan, the salary for hiring Jason Clark to play the leading role is only 300,000 US dollars. The substitute actors Ouges are now thinking about are all lower than 200,000 actors such as Rachel Weisz, Ben Weisshaw, and Leya Seidu are all regulars in independent films. Although they are famous, they are good at quality and low prices. As for Renley, Ouges is not sure.
Of course, there are quite a lot of rumors about Lan Li in the industry, and Lan Li has indeed appeared in many independent art films, and the pay is never a problem; but it must be noted that all of these things happened before 2014!
At the beginning of this year, the two works "Rogue One" and "Jurassic World" signed contracts with Lanli, and successively set a new benchmark for the industry's pay, which made Lanli truly the number one person in the industry. Now, if "Lobster" is the first literary work that Lanli has appeared since then, how should the pay be opened?
One million dollars?
This sounds outrageous. But if it is higher, Ouges is not willing to do so, because the investment in the entire movie is only 4 million euros, and a quarter of it is used to pay actors, the compensation for behind-the-scenes staff, and the cost of supporting actors, etc. He really doesn't have much balance left for Renley.
In a sense, Ouges does dislike Renli too much.
In short, the cooperation between Lanli and "Lobster" has not yet been decided. In the next period of time, further consideration is needed to find a suitable solution.
Whether it is the original "Rogue One" or the new "lobster", they cannot start the film in October, as October is originally a short holiday for Renley.
Lanley first returned to New York and appeared at the New York Film Festival; then went to Mount Sinai Hospital, and saw Anne Cialiman and other little guys again after a long time; then followed the Heather Cross Foundation to visit several hospitals to visit the seriously ill children.
In addition, Renley also took a break to Banff National Park in Canada, where she spent a week, camping, hiking, rock climbing, etc., truly staying away from the hustle and bustle of the city, letting her mood settle down, and temporarily putting everything behind her, including "lobsters", including performances, including London, everything is left in the bustle of the city, and simply enjoying the wonderful time between herself and nature.
If it weren't for work coming again, Lan Li would be very happy to stay in the national park for a while. In the golden autumn of October, it was the most gorgeous and charming time for Canadian red maple. Walking through it, it was like wandering in oil paintings, and the beauty made people feel happy.
Red, yellow, and green are all mixed together, splendidly spreading every corner of the sight, and then spreading out in a vast way, just like the flames blooming all over the mountains. Then the gray, black, cyan and blue light up bit by bit. The whole world reminds people of the overturned pigment plate, but it paints an irreplaceable masterpiece. Who can refuse?
If possible, Renli will disappear here for a month, truly open his arms, embrace nature, and enjoy life; but unfortunately, Renli still has to return to the city, because Thanksgiving is coming, and the premiere of "Super Marines" is calling.
After the summer season ended, the North American market entered the most deserted autumn season of the year, but obviously, the schedules this year are slightly abnormal.
There were many large-scale productions of Waterloo in the summer season, and the overall performance of the market was still slightly lower than expected; but there were unexpectedly many topical works in the autumn season, and the box office level and discussion popularity of the entire season created a big and small high, which made North America shocked.
First of all, another work in the teenage novel adaptation craze, "Mobile Maze", the male protagonist was led by Dylan O'Brien, who became famous with the TV series "Shao Wolf", and unexpectedly ignited the big screen. Although the media reputation is only hovering on the edge of passing, the box office data is very good:
The premiere weekend easily topped the top with US$32 million, and its cumulative box office has reached 98 million, which is about to exceed 100 million. For teenage movies with investment costs only 34 million and no big-name stars, the results are really good. At the same time, it has also caused a lot of discussion on social networks, and many actors from child stars have once again become popular spots. Don't forget that this is still the deserted autumn period.
Then, the middleweight action movie "The Appointment" starring Denzel Washington exploded in a small way, and the box office data was a small surprise compared to the autumn season; but the real focus was still on the Halloween season.
"The Disappearing Lover" directed by David Finch and starring Ben Affleck, both has a strong reputation and box office reputation. With the unparalleled discussion heat on social networks, the overall performance of the market box office easily surpassed that of "social networks", "The Strange Incident of Benjamin Button" and "The Girl with Dragon Tattoo". They won the championship on the premiere weekend and won $137 million in just five weeks of release, which has become the highest-grossing work in David's career.
More importantly, this work has entered the awards season vision early.
The legend of the movie "Soul Conjuring" series, "Annabel" also performed well. She fought with "The Disappeared Lover" on the premiere weekend, and ended up falling behind by less than 400,000 US dollars. Although the subsequent trend was still a horror movie, she was unable to keep up with the "The Disappeared Lover", but the income so far of 8,000 US dollars has been profitable compared to the ultra-low production cost of 6.5 million US dollars.
What's more, the box office performance in the overseas market is also very gratifying.
Then, the low-cost action movie "Quick Chase" unexpectedly ignited the reputation of the media. Last year, Keanu Reeves, who was basically considered to have lost his career as an actor because of his two works "Tai Chi Hero" and "Forty-Seven Ronin" lost their losses and vomited blood, starred in the work with a very low pay.
Because Chad Starsky, one of the two directors, served as Keanu's stand-in as early as the "speed of life and death" period, and had a strong relationship; unexpectedly, it became a turning point in Keanu's career, and the dawn returned to its glory. After the reputation was so great, the box office also gave a small surprise.
The autumn season, which was once deserted and unpopular, was still a failure, and Universal Pictures invested $70 million to create the "First Year of Dracula" and starring Robert Downey Jr., also made a fuss. However, this year, there have been many works that triggered discussion topics, which made September and October completely different scenes, which is indeed very rare.
Undoubtedly, last year's "gravity" was the key to turning the whole situation around, and now Hollywood film companies are starting to develop more schedule effects throughout the year.
However, in the last week of October, the market was still relatively deserted. The next week of release, "Death Divination" won the championship with a weekend box office of 10 million US dollars. It accumulated a box office of 34 million in two weeks of release. Compared with a five million investment, it can also be regarded as a small profit to reduce some losses to Universal Pictures.
In addition to "Death Divination", the newly released works "Before I Go to Sleep" and "The Tenth Anniversary of Saw" all failed. The former was led by three protagonists, Nicole Kidman, Colin Fiss, and Mark Strong; the latter was a special screening held on the 10th anniversary of the release of "The Tenth Anniversary of Saw". All seven series of movies were re-released for a week, but unfortunately, the market was unable to provide enough response.
The entire market seems to have returned to the normal pace of the autumn season, which is extremely dull. There is a reason for this, because the North American market will usher in the first major work of the holiday season next week, "Super Marines", which is not only about to announce the holiday season, but also a sign of the end of the autumn season.
The "Super Marines" with investment costs of up to 165 million are undoubtedly the seed players who dominate the family box office market at the end of the year every year, and other film works have been withdrawn and avoided.
Chapter completed!