Chapter 321: A painful defeat
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Just as Matthew said, he will definitely pursue Charlize Theron, but it is not now, but it will have to wait for a while. Even if Johnny Depp is a friend, he will not speak out clearly in some things. After all, it involves all aspects. Once it spreads, it will only bring negative effects.
When the time is right, he will openly pursue Charlize Theron in a vigorous and open manner.
Due to the impact of the crew, "Mr. Smiths" was not filmed until early September, which took nearly ten days more than planned.
The day after the filming ended, Charlize Theron flew to South Africa to recuperate his wounds there, and at the same time promoted the World Cup that South Africa had just won in May.
According to Matthew's knowledge, Charlize Theron has an extraordinary status and influence in South Africa.
With the development of Hollywood's entertainment industry to this day, celebrities are no longer as simple as actors acting. The influence of superstars is beyond imagination and they will also actively participate in some jobs outside of their jobs.
Matthew has not yet entered the front line. In Helen Hermann's words, this aspect has to be developed, but Helen Hermann and Angel Brokerage also have plans for this aspect and have already had preliminary contact with the United Nations.
But if you want to get the halo of a certain United Nations ambassador from a group of competitors, Matthew's first priority is to expand his influence.
After becoming a top star, you will have huge advantages in competing for many things.
The day after "Mr. Smith", Matthew came to Disney Studios and met Zach Schneider, who was still busy setting up scenes in a small studio that was temporarily rented.
Matthew looked at the green screens all over the studio and asked, "How are you doing?"
Zach Schneider pointed to the green in front and said, "I guess in another five days to one week, the green screen will be fully laid out." He exhaled, "I have contacted the equipment rental company, the camera can be in place at any time, I will serve as the cameraman, and I am recruiting the lighting engineer..."
"By the way," Matthew said at this time, "I have greeted the stylist, and she agreed to act as a makeup artist for the moment."
"That's great!" Zach Schneider looked very stressed. "It's not easy to hire a professional makeup artist at a low price."
He pointed to a storage room next to the studio and said, "Some temporary props are placed there."
Matthew followed Zach Schneider and entered the storage room. When he saw several sets of shields and swords placed on the cabinet, he always felt that they looked familiar.
Zach Schneider seemed to see Matthew's doubts and explained, "After the filming of "Troy", the crew sold some props as scraps to a recycling company of my friend. I happened to go to him some time ago to look for cheap props. When I saw them, I borrowed them for use."
"No wonder it looks familiar." Matthew murmured, walked to the front of a set of shield swords, took off the dagger placed horizontally on the shield, and skillfully played it for a few times, saying, "I remember, isn't this the weapon used by Achilles in "Troy"?"
"It should be." Zach Schneider nodded, "We're just shooting a few trial clips, and just use them temporarily."
He saw Matthew playing with his sword beautifully and asked, "Is it easy to use?"
"It's OK." Matthew put away his dagger and put it back on his shield, and said, "It's a little lighter."
With his strength, the props and weapons used by the crew to shoot were not enough.
Matthew looked at other weapons and asked Zach Schneider, "Have you contacted the special effects company in the later stage?"
Zach Schneider nodded slightly, "Venice's digital production is willing to take over this business. They have already started to build the background cg according to my composition."
Matthew walked around the studio and only felt one thing. Zach Schneider was far more concerned about this project than him.
"In terms of actors, I also contacted several stunt actors." Zach Schneider said again, "Matthew, when shooting, I need you to be the protagonist."
He has seen Matthew's skills and muscles, and is definitely the most suitable actor to play Leonida. He also helped Matthew to work together with a popular and box office appeal, which would make it easier to impress Frank Miller and the film production company.
When it was confirmed to win the copyright of the film of this illustrator novel, Zach Schneider had inquired that Dimen Pictures could get the right to adapt the film of "Sin City" from Frank Miller. The Weinstein brothers promised from the very beginning that Bruce Willis or a big star of his level would play a very important role.
"I've done the work in "Mr. Smiths." Matthew made a phone call gesture to Zach Schneider. "I need me here, you can call at any time."
Zach Schneider reminded, "After a dressmaker will come, you will measure your physical data before leaving."
Matthew had nothing to do today, and said, "Yes."
He chatted with Zach Schneider for a while, and Zach Schneider continued to direct the workers to arrange the scenes. Since it was just a trial clip, many of the work required Zach Schneider to supervise and even operate it himself.
After finding a place to sit down, Matthew watched Zach Schneider bring people to work hard. He had heard Helen Herman say before he came that Zach Schneider had contacted Frank Miller later, but it was still very difficult. Frank Miller was not short of money for the time being after selling the movie adaptation rights of "Sin City".
Of course, if Matthew is willing to throw out tens of millions of dollars in copyright fees, Frank Miller will definitely sign the licensing agreement.
But doing this is not cost-effective. The most realistic problem is that even if he and Zach Schneider are united, they don’t have that much money.
During the period when the costumer came, Matthew was bored and after getting Zach Schneider's approval, he came to the studio's office and looked through the information carefully prepared by Zach Schneider.
In fact, he and Zach Schneider knew very well that Frank Miller's illustration novel is essentially an entertainment comic, which is different from the records in historical materials, just like "The Romance of the Gods", which uses King Wu's defeat of King Zhou as the background, and then undergoes various processing.
If we have to use historical research to explore the authenticity of such an entertainment comic, it is the same as discussing whether "Journey to the West" and "The Romance of the Gods" follow history.
The United States has a serious lack of history, and most of the epic themes in Hollywood come from Europe.
This also has benefits. Hollywood screenwriters are often not limited by history and can always make up for it in a wild way, and even their own presidents are merciless in spoofing.
For example, a movie about Lincoln that Matthew once saw actually described Lincoln as a vampire hunter. The Civil War in the United States started because of vampires.
Such special spoof entertainment can often be seen in Hollywood.
After waiting for about half an hour, the dressmaker came to the studio. After measuring the data, he communicated with Matthew and Zach Schneider.
According to historical records, the Spartans did not wear clothes when fighting, but they could not do this when shooting, and that became a restricted level...
As Matthew remembers, Zach Schneider's point of view is clear, the Spartans must have a dark red cape and tight-fitting trousers.
The green screen of the scene has not been arranged yet, and the clothing also takes time to design and manufacture. The shooting of the trial clip must have been waiting for a while. After the costume designer left, Matthew quickly said goodbye and walked out of the studio.
Instead of leaving the Disney Studio, he came to the largest studio No. 2, and briefly communicated with the staff at the door, and entered the studio without any obstacles.
The last time Matthew came to Studio 2, it was the treasure cave that shot the final scene in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". Now the scene of the treasure cave has long been removed, and another typical Caribbean-style scene is being built.
Although the last two films of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will not start filming until next year, and Matthew has not even received the script yet, the two sequels of filming adhere to the usual style of producer Jerry Brookheimer. Before the script was fully established, it has begun to be set up in advance.
However, Matthew estimated that Jerry Brookheimer might be subject to some restrictions in the future. "King Arthur" released in July caused the gold medal producer to suffer the most painful defeat since the 1990s.
Because he was preparing for "Mr. Smith" at that time, Matthew did not attend the premiere. Later, he found the data and watched it. The box office of this epic blockbuster can only be described as a terrible sight.
"King Arthur" only won a box office of more than $15 million in the first weekend, and then opened low and ended low, with both reputation and box office defeats. It has been released for more than ten weeks now, and the box office in North America has accumulated only $50 million.
What's even more terrifying is that the box office of the film can no longer rise.
Fortunately, the overseas box office of this film is not as bad as that of North America, and it can also make Disney lose less money. Moreover, through long-term post-operation, there is no possibility of recovering costs.
But the box office failure of this film weakened the aura of success surrounding Jerry Brookheimer. I'm afraid Walt Disney will no longer be completely superstitious about him in the future.
Matthew did not stay in the No. 2 studio for too long and left quickly.
In the following days, he resumed his previous regular study and training, and then received a call from Zach Schneider. His preparations were not very smooth, and the shooting was temporarily postponed.
Matthew discovered that Helen Hermann's estimate makes sense. Even if he can get the film copyright from Frank Miller, it will take two years to wait for the film to be released.
Chapter completed!