Back in Los Angeles, Matthew left the crew of Inception and began to deal with other work. In the next month, he will not go to the crew of Inception to participate in the filming, and will use this time to manage the business of Studio 13.

Currently, Studio 13 has four projects planned and filmed.

Matthew first asked James Wen to meet him. James Wen showed him the latest script of the horror film project. As new ideas continue to appear, James Wen is also constantly modifying the script, but in the new script, James Wen added the official name "Luxing".

It seems that I have heard of this name somewhere. Matthew thought about it for a while and gradually gained some memory. There seemed to be a TV series on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, called "Luxing".

I vaguely remember that it was a spy movie, and it had nothing to do with James Wen's "Luxing".

Although I can't remember watching such a movie, Matthew still decided to invest in James Win. After all, an investment of $1.5 million is nothing to him.

If this number is multiplied by ten, he will have to think carefully.

Usually, directors who become famous will also be burdened by it, but this problem does not exist at all for James Win. "Luxing" and "Saw" are completely different types.

In addition, James Win even had a preliminary cast, with the intended actors of the male and female protagonists Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, the latter Matthew vaguely remembered having sex with Brad Pitt in "Troy", and the former's encounter in "Hard Fruit Candy" was even more famous, and he was so heartbroken by a luoli.

As for actors, Matthew didn’t have much advice, but after the project started to prepare, he would take a look at the audition results on the spot.

Just as he promised James Win, he would not interfere with James Win's work casually, but he would not turn James Win into a kite with a broken string.

After so many years of hard work, Matthew understood one thing: the director's power must be given to the right constraints.

Not to mention James Win, even Christopher Nolan will be restricted by Warner Bros.

No matter what, Matthew is looking forward to James Winnon shooting and producing a horror film that surpasses "Saw".

The so-called transcendence here of him, of course, refers to commercial ones.

Matthew opened Studio No. 13 to make money. There is no need to avoid this, let alone putting a tall shell on himself.

That's also unnecessary. Why deceive yourself in such a thing?

The day after seeing James Win, Matthew went to the Disney Studios' post-production studio. "Twilight 2: Crescent" has been filmed and Sophia Coppola is in post-production.

Compared with the first part, the "New Moon" was very smooth from preparation to shooting and post-production, and Sofia Coppola can complete all post-production by the end of August.

Matthew discussed with the publisher Disney Pictures, and after the later completion, he asked Sophia Coppola to Canada with "Crescent Moon" to participate in the Toronto Film Festival in September, and promote the North American release during the Thanksgiving period in November.

When filming the first film, many people were still wondering whether viewers still like to watch vampires’ stories? The results are accurate and a considerable number of viewers like this kind of ‘harmless’ vampire movie.

Regarding ‘harmless’, Matthew and Sofia Coppola have long had this consensus. They think Twilight is a very clean movie. It tells the story of a group of young men and women with a very positive theme and is not as suitable for children as other vampire movies.

In fact, this story does not use vampires as a selling point, but focuses more on the bloody love of the male and female protagonists of the story.

For Matthew, "Twilight" was a beautiful beginning. Sophia Coppola created a first song that is difficult to choose from. Everyone also knew that there would be a second and third part, so the responsibility of the second part was to connect the first and third part.

Sofia Coppola made a very successful start, which laid a solid foundation for the entire series, and how important the first film in the series was, it was very clear to anyone who knew a little about the industry.

What Matthew wants is that "Crescent Moon" is more successful on the basis of "Twilight", and can get more box office and more peripheral revenue than "Twilight".

His expected goal is that the profits of "New Moon" can increase by about 20%.

It is not easy to achieve this.

Fortunately, when Matthew first started working on this project, he had the intention to continue filming. At his request, Sofia Coppola also laid a lot of foreshadowing in "Twilight". The story has just begun, so the crew can give many possibilities to the sequel, including how to set the core direction of the story.

In addition, during the preliminary preparations, the crew also appropriately listened to the opinions of many book fans and audiences, and the original author Stephanie Mel was personally responsible, which are important supporting forces for "Twilight 2: Crescent".

The entire story of "Crescent Moon" is basically based on the original novel. In order to be more in line with the movie, Sophia Coppola significantly changed the character dialogue between the characters to make it more concise and powerful.

Moreover, in terms of story and scene settings, the second part is much more atmospheric than the first part.

In the first part, Isabella and Edward can only be regarded as just acquaintance. The story between them has not yet unfolded. The grudges inside vampires, the struggle with werewolf, and the various mentalities of normal humans about vampires and werewolf will be displayed in "Twilight 2: Crescent Moon". The crew designed many scenes in the movie and organically spliced ​​them together, so that the audience can have a clearer understanding of the worldview of the entire "Twilight" series.

Due to the success of the first film, Disney Pictures also attaches great importance to this series. Although the post-production has not been completed, it has begun to operate in publicity and distribution. Starring actors such as Nina Duboff, Liam Hemsworth and Lily Collins are now scattered throughout the United States to participate in the new book signing of the movie DVD and "Twilight" to create momentum for the release of the movie in November.

In Disney Pictures, there are more than 4,000 theaters that have been confirmed in North America. Judging from the current momentum, it is not a problem to start painting in North America with a scale of 4,200.

In addition, there are more than 50 countries and regions that are released simultaneously in overseas and North America, and it is expected to be released simultaneously in more than 70 overseas markets.

There is basically no big problem with "Twilight: Crescent". Matthew stayed on the crew for two days and specifically notified Bella Anderson that if the film still sells at the box office, it would be a good talk with Disney's distribution contract.

Not to mention anything else, the issuance commission will definitely overwhelm the lowest proportion in the circle.

The distribution company is in the absolute upstream of the industrial chain, but the sequels of a series like "Twilight" such as "Twilight", especially after two consecutive films sold, isn't a problem at all.

In fact, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox have contacted him secretly, hoping to get the distribution rights for the latter parts of this series.

These can become the capital in negotiations.

Of course, Matthew's first choice is still Disney. Disney Pictures does have unique features in operating youth-type works.

"Twilight" can be said to have opened the door to the hot selling of teenage movies for the North American film market, and "The Hunger Games" that Matthew obtained is also being planned in full swing.

At present, the early planning of this project is coming to an end. The script has already been drafted, but the script has been truly finalized and needs to be revised and adjusted many times.

Then there is the actor. Patty Jaykins has some high requirements for actors, especially the heroine Katnis.

Regarding this issue, she specifically discussed it with Matthew. For the character Katniss, it is almost impossible to find such an actor if he is a teenager.

Judging from the current situation, no one can meet the requirements of performance level, appearance characteristics and box office appeal in his teens.

After several discussions, Matthew and Patty Judges reached a consensus to appropriately raise Katniss' age in the movie, and the character is no longer a young girl, but a young woman.

In this way, the choice will be larger.

But Patty Jaykins still has high requirements for the female lead. In the future, actors who can play Katniss must be calm and natural, and must be explosive.

After hearing this, Matthew thought of two possible candidates, one was the original Milk Girl, and the other was Gal Gadot.

The original Milk Girl’s character is very successful and it is also a way of being friendly to the people. It can be said that it is the teenager’s own person.

Gal Gadot is tall and has long legs, and the resume of a soldier is also a rare advantage. His appearance is much better than that of a milk woman, especially his long legs, which probably fascinates many people.

But she is a little old, which is a question that must be considered.

In contrast, Milk Girl's age is a great advantage, and if she develops smoothly in the next few years, it will be beneficial to the appeal of the entire series.

After thinking about it, Matthew planned to wait for the audition in the future to send an audition invitation to Milk Girl and Gal Gadot each.

By the way, there is Lily Collins, who is in good condition, but she looks a little sweeter.

It will not be too late to check out their respective audition results before making a decision.

After dealing with the affairs of the three crews: "Luxury", "Twilight: Crescent" and "The Hunger Games", Matthew's energy shifted to the promotion of the film "Fast and Furious 4".

Compared to him, other major actors in the crew have already run a lot of announcements in North America and overseas regions.
Chapter completed!