America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 313 311. Assembled warriors

Bang bang bang...

Pa pa...

"Tie! Tie! Tie!"

"Roar!"

"Kame Kamehameha!"

Eric arrived at the training camp, and the scene here can be described as a riot of demons.

Some people were seriously training their muscles and following the martial arts instructor.

Some people were posing in exaggerated poses and making gestures, and the Dragon Ball cartoon was playing in front of them.

"Director!"

"Eric!"

"Hello, director!"

When he appeared, the scene immediately became quiet, because this was his first appearance in the crew.

The old team of MGM certainly knew that their boss had this working style.

Although the director of the play was named after him. But he was lucky to have shot half of the content he shot.

But can you say he is not a director because of this?

Of course not.

After all, everyone is a puppet in his hands. Even if he is not there, he must follow the rules and regulations he left behind and proceed in a rigid manner.

How strict is it? The angle of a shot cannot be changed.

It is said to be a 45-degree angle, but if it is shot at 60 degrees, it must be re-shot.

It is said that the heroine should shed two lines of tears, and if you cry like rain, it must be re-shot.

In short, being his assistant director and assistant director is recognized by the crew as the most tiring job.

Of course, the results are also the best. Look at Neil Blomkamp, ​​who is now a serious director.

With tens of millions of funds that Michael did not invest, he is building his own movie kingdom.

All this took only two years. Can an ordinary assistant director climb to this position in two years?

It's a joke!

This also led to the fact that although everyone understands that the work is very challenging, they also understand that this may be an opportunity to rise to the top overnight.

Eric Cooper has not filmed for more than half a year, and Neil Blomkamp is unlikely to come back, and there is no room around him.

So not only do you have to apply for actors, but the position of assistant director is also a popular position.

The winner in the end was Barry Jenkins, a young black guy.

You may not be familiar with the name, but his future masterpiece is very famous, "Moonlight", which won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Of course, the reason why this movie is so famous is largely because of water.

Political correctness is too serious. That year, it competed with many awesome movies such as "Manchester by the Sea", "La La Land", and "Hacksaw Ridge".

"Moonlight" is too unpopular. No one thought that this movie could win an award, but it won it.

This led to the movie being mentioned as a corpse whipping, just like Gwyneth Paltrow's Water Queen.

Eric also admitted that he did benefit from political correctness, but he couldn't completely criticize him for nothing.

Being qualified to compete with Einstein and Tesla on the same stage is already better than most people, and there are still merits.

In comparison, the assistant director Eric found for himself will have a more brilliant resume in the future.

His name is Damian Chazelle. Yes, "La La Land" was made by him. Isn't it a coincidence?

In addition to the most famous "La La Land", "Whiplash" which has a great reputation in China is also his work.

In terms of future achievements, the latter is undoubtedly better than the former.

The reason why Damian was selected as the assistant director is very simple, too young.

He is only 19 years old this year, studying at Harvard, and has not graduated from college. He has only participated in the business of small theaters and small theaters, and has not much work experience.

Let him be the assistant director, just to train him, if he has good understanding, he can be promoted to deputy director in the next play.

"Don't stop, you guys continue, I just come to get to know everyone, after all, some actors are still a little unfamiliar."

Eric said and walked to a mixed-race young man who looked about 20 years old. When the other party saw him, he immediately stood respectfully.

James Lin is Gou Kong who was selected in this audition.

The young man is exactly 18 years old this year, just a good time for adulthood.

He is a mixed-race of China, the United States, Japan and Russia. God knows how these four countries got together.

But he grew up in the United States, has a certain foundation in Jeet Kune Do, and looks good.

During the audition, although his muscular body cannot be compared with the Saiyans in the comics, he is already very strong for a normal person, which is one of the reasons why he stood out.

"Mr. Cooper, it's nice to see you again."

Eric shook hands with him: "Lin, don't be so nervous, we still have a long time to work together in the future."

"I regard you as an idol, it is inevitable to be nervous, but I will overcome it."

Eric laughed and said to Donnie Yen next to him: "See, Johnny, he still understands the ways of the world, did you teach him?"

Donnie Yen shrugged and laughed dryly: "I still need to learn myself, he is more relaxed than me."

"Come on! You are a martial arts instructor, there is no such position in Hollywood movies, but I think we must find a reliable one, I like your style."

"Thank you, everyone is working hard."

That's right, Master Ip Man is the martial arts instructor that Eric found for "Dragon Ball". In recent years, martial arts instructors in Hong Kong have been doing very well in Hollywood.

They participated in "The Matrix" and "Blade Runner".

Compared to the world's top martial arts director Yuan Heping, Eric still prefers Donnie Yen. It's not a question of whether his kung fu is good or not, but a question of style adaptation.

Yuan Baye is the type with a bursting imagination, and he can design all kinds of incredible actions.

Donnie Yen is synonymous with punching hard and fast and sharp. Obviously, "Dragon Ball" cannot go the route of set moves, and Universe Dan is more suitable.

Coming to Samuel Jackson, as the devil Piccolo, he also has a lot of action scenes.

But Mazefak is too old. He is over 50 years old this year, and he definitely can't fight, so he must use a stunt double.

But the shape must be posed, and it is acceptable on the surface.

"Eric, I must be crazy to take this role, why? Why should an old man like me suffer this?"

"Hehe, do you think it's comfortable to film "Iron Man"?"

"Of course, I just need to put on a windbreaker and look cool, and run a few laps on the street at most. There is no need to be locked up in this damn place to exercise crazily."

"But from another perspective, it is very good for your health, isn't it?"

"But I would rather not have this benefit. If you want to shoot a sequel, I suggest you change someone else. My old bones can't afford it."

"Haha. That won't work! You are the role I chose, Carol, remember to renew your contract with Samuel."

"Boss, how many movies do you want to sign?"

"It's okay, let's sign ten movies first."

Hearing this, Samuel Jackson almost sprained his waist and asked in surprise: "Ten movies? How many do you plan to shoot?"

"Don't worry, they are mainly from Marvel, you should just be cool."

"Huh! Then I'm relieved, this money is easy to make, and it can be regarded as making up for the pain caused by "Dragon Ball."

Next to him, Jay Chou, the little king of Chinese music, was hanging in the air.

The staff pulled and released, and there was a roar with a Wanwan accent: "Wolf Fang Wind Fist!"

He saw him waving his hands rhythmically, which looked messy, but it didn't give people the feeling of a turtle fist. It was obviously carefully designed.

Eric crossed his arms and nodded: "Not bad, cool!"

Jay Chou was not at all reserved: "Do you feel awesome? Brother Zidan studied for several days before perfecting the beautiful movements."

"It is indeed very anime-style, plus your face, as long as you put on makeup, you will be a living Yamcha."

"It's just that Yamcha's luck is too bad. I always feel that Akira Toriyama portrayed this character as a clown. The first part of "Dragon Ball" is also the peak of Yamcha's life."

Eric smiled, the God of Tea is not called for nothing.

If you say that the old bird treated him badly, he had Bulma for free for more than ten years, and that was more than ten years before the two officially broke up.

If you say that he valued it, his death was so unexpected that it became a world-famous painting that was paid tribute to and played with by countless anime.

"By the way, Eric, does MGM plan to shoot "Detective Conan"? "Jay Chou asked this question again.

"Not yet, everything has to wait until the results of Dragon Ball come out."

"Oh, actually I want to play Kudo Shinichi the most, the scheming frog keeps touching your belly!"

Eric certainly can't agree to Jay Chou's wish.

Kudo Shinichi is a handsome guy, brother, look in the mirror and see which part of your body can touch him?

Your appearance is not in the same dimension, okay? These days, it's not the time when brain-dead fans are rampant everywhere. Even if they are fans, they usually brag about talent, not looks.

Walked around, greeted everyone, and finally came to Liu Yifei and Daddario.

Mainly, Xiao Liu was practicing martial arts, while Daddario was doing simple fitness.

Seeing Eric approaching, both of them flashed with joy in their eyes, and felt that the hormones in their bodies were excited.

It's a pity that they can't express their emotions in public.

"How is it? You're sweating."

Student Liu pulled his legs back: "It's okay. I'm used to it. It's been almost two years. Now I feel uncomfortable if I don't move every day."

"You've worked hard during this period. You have to run publicity and participate in training. It must be very tiring."

Eric comforted him a few words, and Student Liu felt that the fatigue on his body disappeared.

"Eric, Crystal is amazing. I thought the action scenes in "The Hunger Games" were fake and used a double."

"But when I saw her, wow!"

"And James, and Johnny, it seems that every Chinese can show some kung fu, so amazing!"

Hahahaha

"You have this impression, thank Bruce Lee, thank Jackie Chen, and thank Jet Lee." Student Liu said.

"Alexandra, everyone else is training, what are you doing?"

"My main job is to read books, comics, and anime, and then collect information about Bulma to learn. In short, compared to Crystal, I feel ashamed."

Student Liu hugged her arm: "No way! It's just that the roles are different, and they all require careful preparation."

As she spoke, her arm naturally touched Daddario's large buns, and Liu Yifei suddenly felt a little inferior.

Of course, she also had to study anime, knowing that her breasts were still too small compared to Kiki's, and it would be great if Daddario could give her half.

But since growing up with Eric, it has actually improved a little, after all, the stimulation is still there.

Suddenly, it seemed that there was a different look in Daddario's eyes, her eyes were too special.

Being special attracts attention, but it also makes it difficult to hide many things.

There was something wrong with her gaze towards Eric. Why did she feel that he looked a bit like her?

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong. Eric is such a person. It is normal for all the women in the crew to like him and want to sleep with him.

"Well, I am too worried."

Standing between the two, Eric rubbed their buttocks with one hand each, and the three of them smiled from the bottom of their hearts.

The global box office of "The Hunger Games" has exceeded 440 million US dollars, and "Prisoner of Azkaban" is similar, 430 million US dollars.

Compared with the huge production and publicity costs, this one is definitely not very profitable, but you can put your hopes on the sequel.

In comparison, "Prisoner of Azkaban" is even worse, because the first "Sorcerer's Stone" made 976 million US dollars, and the second "Chamber of Secrets" made 876 million US dollars.

The performance is almost equivalent to a halving, and the cost of "Harry Potter" is higher, and the profit margin is almost gone.

In the past, Warner Bros. had to falsify accounts to deceive actors, and turned the box office hit into a loss in order to reduce the share given to the author and the leading actors.

No matter how anxious the actors were, they could not do anything, and they could not fight Warner Bros.

This time, they finally did not have to falsify accounts, and they deserved it.

Although "Machete Kills" was very lively and crazy, the box office was not optimistic. It only received 41 million US dollars in North America in half a month.

This was because a number of big-name stars made cameos, otherwise at least 20 million US dollars would have been cut.

However, the DVD has been produced, and it will be sold immediately after the movie is released, making a lot of money.

Similar to the movies of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, DVD is the main channel for this type of B-level movies, even in this era of the decline of optical discs.

The box office of "Sharknado 3" was also far below expectations, earning 45 million US dollars in half a month. Don't expect to break 100 million, and more than 60 million is almost the limit.

If you look online, you will find that more and more viewers tend to watch "Sharknado 3" through Lionheart.

Although it will delay gratification, there are too many movies in front of us during this period, and even fans don't have much energy to care about this shark.

Overall, "Barbershop 2" actually has the best box office, winning 55 million US dollars.

Because the movie is still all black, it follows the same comedy route as the previous one.

It is very powerful for the black brothers in their own community, and the black community can often see groups booking the theater.

Overall, after this round of vicious competition, MGM will lose at least 300 million US dollars in box office.

The Christmas season is coming, even the "Inception" that has devoted all its efforts, the future is still uncertain.