ALL NOVEL Chapter 70
Chapter 70 Good opportunity
is actually “The Amazing Spider-Man”! This is definitely a project beyond expectations.
What surprised Lan Li was not “The Amazing Spider-Man” itself, but that Sony Pictures announced the opportunity to perform such a top-level work so generously and open all actors to participate. This is definitely news that is enough to make the whole Hollywood sensational. No wonder Lisa was so mysterious just now.
As we all know, the “Spider-Man” released in 2002 is of epoch-making significance. This is not only the first movie in film history to premiere at a weekend box office of over 100 million yuan, but it also reawakened the vitality of comic-based films, and has since opened a new era of blockbuster movies. Domain-the strong attack of the Marvel universe.
In the past few years, the “Spider-Man” trilogy has created many embarrassing records. It is definitely one of the most successful series of movies in the 21st century. It can be said that “Spider-Man” is now on the market. The only superhero on the list that can compare with Superman and Batman in terms of brand value, and even among the younger generation, Spiderman is still faintly ahead.
In 2007, after “Spider-Man 3” ended successfully, Sony Pictures has never given up on the subsequent development of the series of films. With the strong rise of “Iron Man”, the plan of “Spider-Man 4” was naturally proposed. . However, the director of the series, Sam-Raimi, believes that the series has lost its vitality, and the series must be restarted instead of continuing to shoot a sequel.
So, there is “The Amazing Spider-Man”.
Generally speaking, the top big projects with an investment of more than 100 million are all high-profile interest wrestling fields. All resources are firmly in the hands of the five major brokerage companies. Just like “Thor”, only a really small group of people can do it. Access to these projects, the exchange of benefits and the use of contacts are the key keys to determine the cast of the cast.
But now, Sony Pictures has generously announced the project of “The Amazing Spider-Man”, and still choose the male and female protagonists!
It is no exaggeration to say that the project of “The Amazing Spider-Man” is enough to attract any young actor to join, 230 million investment, the success of the previous series, the strong support of Sony Pictures, the attention of everyone… these It is enough to make the project the focus of the focus, allowing all young actors to follow suit.
Compared with that, the entire size of “Thor” has been reduced by one size. No matter the amount of investment or the work itself, it cannot be compared at all. Don’t say it’s Lisa, even those top brokers who are accustomed to the world are bound to surge.
Lan Li has to admit that this strategy of Sony Pictures’s publicity strategy is really beautiful. “The Extraordinary Spider-Man” has not yet started filming, and the news of the audition-selected male protagonist will inevitably cause various media to scramble to report, making the film’s publicity the first shot.
As for the final selection of actors, it is estimated that it will still be produced among the newcomers in the hands of those big-name agents. For example, Andrew-Garfield (Andrew-Garfield) who had the last laugh in his last life. Sony Pictures earned enough eyeballs and collected enough profits, making it invincible in one fell swoop.
However, Lan Li rejected “Thor”, and naturally he was not interested in “The Extraordinary Spider-Man”.
One is because the essence of the two series of works is actually the same, there is not much difference. If Lan Li chooses a superhero himself, he is most interested in the Deadpool in the “X-Men” series. , Stars in “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Ant-Man in “Ant-Man”, these superheroes with unique styles and slanted swords are the most interesting, just like Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean” same.
Secondly, because “The Amazing Spider-Man” is a completely disappointing series, Sony Pictures is too anxious to restart the series, so that the positioning and main line are not clear and clear, and the box office returns are also difficult to make people. Satisfied, although there was no loss, but only two of the trilogy series were filmed. Sony Pictures still took the initiative to stop and cut it in half, and then reselected younger high school actors and launched a new and youthful “Spider-Man” series.
Therefore, after giving up “Thor”, Lan Li has no reason to choose “The Extraordinary Spider-Man”.
Thinking of this, Lan Li has a sense of absurdity spontaneously. He is now a rookie newcomer with nothing, two-sleeved breeze, but standing here to pick and choose, not to mention whether he is willing to play “Thunder God” or “Extraordinary Spider”. “Xia”, in fact, “Thunder God” only gave him an audition opportunity, even if he participated in the audition, he might not be able to choose it. In the current situation, he is the one waiting to be selected, not the one who has the right to choose.
Lan Li pursed his mouth and couldn’t help but smile. That’s good, they look down on him, and he doesn’t look down on them either.
looked away from “The Amazing Spider-Man”, Lan Li scanned the bulletin board carefully.
In fact, Lan Li likes to browse the bulletin board of the Screen Actors Guild very much, because he can always see countless information on this small bulletin board, refer to the memory of his previous life to find out the picture, not only has “The Extraordinary Spider-Man” and ” Big projects like “Super 8” and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, as well as many independent films that have not been heard before, are also an aspect of Hollywood that is not well known to the public.
In fact, there are fewer than 600 movies that Hollywood can show in theaters every year. Taking 2009 as an example, only 522 works were screened or screened or screened in theaters throughout the year. Eleven; In addition, there are art theaters in North America and Continental Europe, which specialize in playing art works that are not popular among the minority. However, the operation of the art theaters is very difficult and the number of screens is very limited. It is also possible to win screening opportunities every year. It’s just a hundred pieces.
So, what about other movie projects? Each year, more than two thousand movie projects are registered, or even more. More than half of the works cannot be shown in theaters. They either go directly to the DVD distribution route, or choose to upload on the Internet, or just Stacked in the corner to accumulate dust.
This is the true face of Hollywood. The brilliance under the spotlight is just the tip of the iceberg, and darkness occupies a wider world.
The current Lan Li is standing in the dark world and groping. The “Pacific War” only lights up a faint candle. If you want to illuminate the whole world, there is still a long road waiting ahead.
Lack of the broker’s filtering and selection, Lan Li is looking for a needle in a haystack in the union. It is really not an easy task to find a suitable project. Even though Lan Li has the advantage of rebirth, the bulletin board in front of him is so dazzling, it still makes people’s eyes sour, let alone those actors who do not have this advantage? Therefore, Lisa could not help suggesting that Renly had better seize the opportunity of the “Pacific War” and find a suitable agent to start his career quickly.
Seeing the last corner of the bulletin board, huge information quickly slipped through the gap like gravel. Another day’s futile search. Lan Li pursed the corner of his mouth slightly. Every time at this time, he would question whether his persistence was doing useless work. If he agreed to the signing invitation of Andy Rogers, if he agreed to the audition invitation of “Thor”, if…
and many more.
Lan Li’s pupils shrank, and his eyes fell on the white chalk in the corner.
The so-called white chalk writing is the most common type of work in the actors’ union: uncertain investment cost, generally it is likely to be an independent production of less than one million US dollars; uncertain investment company, generally without official registration The information company may be a small capital that has just been established, it may be a project established by independent fund-raising, it may be a small foreign company; it is not certain that the actor’s salary is generally not too high, even if it is the protagonist, one hundred thousand The remuneration is also estimated to be choking; not sure about the shooting cycle, generally speaking, it is possible from one week to one year…
For a simple example, a fresh graduate of the film school won a scholarship of 100,000 U.S. dollars from a certain foundation. He wanted to shoot a work in which he wrote a script and acted as a director. He successfully went through official channels and submitted registration. After the information, it passes the official review of the American Actors Guild, and then you can submit the official actor employment information.
messages like this are written in white chalk.
This kind of work is often the most concerned project for fledgling new actors and actors from the fourth to the eighteenth line. If you are unlucky , you can shoot a super bad movie, but at least you can get a few thousand. Remuneration in US dollars, paying rent, and declaring “I am an actor who has been on camera”; if you are lucky, you can shoot a good work, maybe you can go to the Sundance Film Festival. Unfortunately, regardless of the feedback, this is a qualitative leap for new actors.
Compared with the out-of-reach projects such as “The Amazing Spider-Man”, the projects in white chalk are much more cordial and pleasant.
Of course, the white chalk project is a gamble. Many times they can’t see the script at all, they can only hear a basic concept, and they can’t judge the quality of the work, so they can only bite the bullet.
Such a gamble is simply more exciting than the Russian carousel. Unless they are desperate, most actors are reluctant to try. Otherwise, like “The Big Bang Theory,” Penny, starred in a terrible restricted movie, that is a stain that will not be erased for a lifetime.
However, when Lan Li saw this row of white chalk characters, the adrenaline began to burst out continuously, and the uncontrollable excitement gurgled in the lungs, like boiling water reaching the boiling point, and the big big blisters began. Surfaced, it may explode at any time. The slightly contracted pupils slowly bloomed, and the light deep inside the eyes became brighter and brighter.
Lan Li knew that the project he had been searching for had finally appeared again! It’s not because this work can be as eye-catching as “Thor”, not because it can work with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks like the “Pacific War”, nor is it because this work can Swept the army at the award ceremony at the end of the year, but because this work can realize his dream, his dream of an actor!
The line of white chalk writing impressively says: “Buried alive”.