Back in Los Angeles, Matthew left the "Inception" crew and began to deal with other aspects of work. In the next month, he will not go to the "Inception" crew to participate in the filming, and he will use this time to take care of ten The business of Studio Three.

Currently, there are a total of four projects planned and filmed by Studio Thirteen.

Matthew asked James Wen to meet first, and James Wen showed him the latest script of the horror film project. Due to the constant emergence of new ideas, James Wen kept revising the script, but on the new script, James Wen added The official name is "Hidden".

I seem to have heard of this name somewhere. Matthew saw the script and thought about it for a while, and gradually he had a little memory. There seemed to be a TV series on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it was called "Hidden".

I vaguely remember that it was a spy film, and it had nothing to do with James Wing's "Insidious".

Although he can't remember seeing such a movie, Matthew still made up his mind to invest in James Wen. After all, an investment of $1.5 million is really nothing to him.

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

Usually a director who has made a name for himself will also be burdened by this, but this problem does not exist for James Wing at all. "Snow" and "Chainsaw" are completely different types.

In addition, James-Wen even has preliminary cast candidates. The intended actors for the male and female protagonists are Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, the latter Matthew vaguely remembers "Troy" with Brad - Pete has played a role, and the former's encounter in "Fruit Hard Candy" is more well-known, and he was tossed away by a loli.

As for the actors, Matthew doesn't have much opinion, but after the project starts to prepare, he has to see the effect of the audition on the spot.

As promised to James Winn, he won't interfere with James Winn's work, but he also won't let James Winn become a kite with a broken string.

After so many years of hard work, Matthew understands a truth, the director's power must be given, and there must be appropriate constraints.

Not to mention James Wing, even Christopher Nolan will now be constrained by Warner Bros.

In any case, Matthew is very much looking forward to James - Winnen shooting and making a horror film beyond "Chainsaw".

The so-called transcendence here, of course, refers to business.

Matthew opened Studio No. 13 to make money, and he didn't need to shy away from it, let alone put a tall shell on himself.

That's also very unnecessary, why do you deceive yourself with this kind of thing.

The day after meeting James Wing, Matthew went to the post-production studio at Disney Studios, where Twilight: New Moon had finished filming and Sofia Coppola was in post-production.

Compared with the first film, this "New Moon" went smoothly from preparation to shooting to post-production, and Sofia Coppola could complete all post-production by the end of August.

Matthew has discussed with the distributor Disney Pictures, and when the later stage is completed, Sofia Coppola will go to Canada with "Crescent Moon" to participate in the Toronto Film Festival in September to promote the North American release on the Thanksgiving schedule in November. .

When the first part was filmed, many people were still skeptical. Do audiences still like to watch vampire stories now? It turns out that a considerable part of the audience is very fond of these "harmless" vampire movies.

Matthew and Sofia Coppola have long agreed on 'harmless', and they feel that Twilight is a clean movie, it tells the story of a group of young men and women, the theme is very positive, not like Other vampire movies are not suitable for children.

In fact, this story does not use vampires as a selling point, but focuses more on the **** love of the hero and heroine of the story.

For Matthew, "Twilight" was a beautiful start, Sofia Coppola created a difficult first to choose, and everyone knew that there would be a second and a third, so the second The responsibility is to link the first and the third.

Sofia Coppola made a very successful start, which laid a solid foundation for the entire series, and just how important the first film in the series is, anyone who knows a little about the industry knows very well.

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

His expected goal is for "New Moon" to have a 20 percent increase in profits.

Achieving this is not easy.

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

In addition, in the early preparations, the crew also properly listened to the opinions of many book fans and audiences, and also the original author Stephanie Meier's personal efforts, these are the important supporting forces of "Twilight Saga 2: New Moon" .

The entire story of "New Moon" is basically based on the original novel. In order to better fit the movie, Sofia Coppola has greatly changed the dialogue between the characters to make it more concise and powerful.

And in terms of story and scene setting, the second part is far more atmospheric than the first.

In the first part, Isabella and Edward can only be regarded as just getting to know each other, and the story between them has not yet unfolded, the grievances within vampires, the struggle with werewolves, and the various mentalities of normal humans towards vampires and werewolves, All of them will be shown in "Twilight 2: New Moon". The crew designed a lot of bridges in the movie and spliced ​​them together organically, so that the audience can have a clearer understanding of the worldview of the entire "Twilight" series.

Due to the great success of the first film, Disney Pictures has also attached great importance to this series. Although the post-production has not yet been completed, it has already begun to operate in terms of publicity. Nina Dobrev, Liam Hymes Starring actors like Voss and Lily Collins are now scattered across the country, taking part in book-bookings for the movie DVDs and "Twilight" in preparation for the movie's release in November.

In terms of Disney Pictures, there are more than 4,000 theaters in North America that have confirmed the screening of "Crescent Moon". According to the current momentum, it is not a problem for this film to open in North America at a scale of 4,200.

In addition, more than 50 countries and regions will be simultaneously released overseas and in North America, and eventually it is expected to exceed 70 overseas markets.

"Twilight: New Moon" is basically not a big problem. Matthew stayed on the crew for two days, and specially informed Bella Anderson that if the film is still a box office hit, the distribution contract with Disney will be Have a good talk.

Not to mention anything else, the distribution fee will definitely overwhelm the lowest ratio in the circle.

The distribution company is in the absolute upper reaches of the industry chain, but the sequel to a big-selling series like "Twilight" is not a problem at all, especially after two consecutive films are sold.

In fact, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox have all contacted him behind the scenes, hoping to get the distribution rights for the later parts of the series.

These can become the capital of the negotiation.

Of course, Matthew's first choice is still Disney. Disney Pictures does have its own uniqueness in operating teenage works.

"Twilight" can be said to have opened the door to the hot sale of teen movies for the North American film market, and "The Hunger Games" obtained by Matthew is also in full swing.

At present, the early planning of this project is coming to an end, and the first draft of the script has been taken out, but the script is really finalized, and it has to undergo many revisions and adjustments.

Then there are the actors. Patty Jenkins has high requirements for actors, especially the heroine Katniss.

Regarding this issue, she specifically discussed with Matthew. For the role of Katniss, both the portrayal of the character in the novel and the age of a teenager, such an actor is almost impossible to find. of.

Judging from the current situation, no one can meet the requirements in terms of performance level, appearance characteristics and box office appeal in their teens. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

After several discussions, Matthew and Patty Jenkins reached a consensus that Katniss's age bracket in the film should be appropriately adjusted, and the character was no longer a young girl, but a young woman.

In this way, the choice is also larger.

But Patty Jenkins still has high requirements for the female lead, and the actors who can play Katniss in the future must be quiet and natural, but also explosive.

After hearing these, Matthew thought of two possible candidates, one is the original milk girl, and the other is Gal Gadot.

The original milk girl salesperson was very successful, and she also followed the route of being close to the people. It can be said that she is a teenager's own person.

Gal Gadot is tall and has long legs, and his military resume is also a rare advantage. His appearance is much better than that of a milk girl, especially his two long legs. It is estimated that many people will be fascinated by it.

But her age is a bit old, which is a problem that cannot be ignored.

In contrast, the milk girl's age is a big advantage, and if she develops well in the next few years, it will be good for the appeal of the entire series.

After thinking about it, Matthew plans to send an audition invitation to the milk girl and Gal Gadot when they audition in the future.

By the way, there is also Lily Collins, her condition is okay, but she looks a little sweeter.

It's not too late to make a decision after seeing the results of their respective auditions.

After dealing with the three crews of "Insidious", "Twilight: New Moon" and "The Hunger Games", Matthew's energy turned to the promotion of the film "Fast and Furious 4".

Compared to him, the other main cast members of the crew have made a lot of announcements in North America and overseas.

The film is now less than 20 days away from its release, and Matthew has to seize the last time and strive to raise the flag to attract more people's attention.