Blooming America

Chapter 61: DreamWorks Studios and the first film

On August 5, 1962, Monroe's body was found on her own bed, naked. The cause of death was an overdose.

   But many people suspect that this matter is probably inseparable from the Kennedy brothers...

   Catherine did not remember what Monroe died, but after learning of her death, Catherine was still shocked.

   But soon, another more practical thing, let her invest all of her experience-"DreamWorks Film Company" is about to be established!

  Horman didn't plan to return to Hollywood, but he gave Catherine enough information.

   In this way, Catherine’s company was all done in early August.

   After the establishment of the company, Catherine began planning her first film-Fallout series.

   Catherine did not intend to adapt the novel of Fallout into a movie, but started to write a script alone with the entire wasteland as the background.

   But very quickly, Catherine realized that what she was about to do was a big project.

   Catherine now has enough capital flow of about 10 million U.S. dollars.

   But Catherine realized that the funds still seemed to be insufficient...

   But soon, Catherine's eyes lit up. She thought of a way--

   Pull sponsorship!

   In "Radiation", there is a well-known comic magazine, and a more famous Quantum Coke.

   What if the publisher of this comic is replaced by the famous American Marvel Comics? What if the producer of Quantum Cola is replaced by the Coca-Cola Company?

   Obviously, as soon as the movie hits, the sales of these two products will increase dramatically! At least, its popularity will rise greatly!

   Of course, if you really want to put your own products in the movie, then take the money...

In the United States, film placement advertising is already a fairly mature rule. Catherine’s "Radiation" is now on sale. In addition, Catherine has already shot a low-cost film of tens of millions of dollars, although it cannot be said that it is. The box office guarantees, but wanting to get the sponsorship fee is quite simple.

   In fact, although the "Fallout" series has been selling well, it may take some time before it really wants to be popular. Now people just treat this as science fiction.

   But from another aspect, people’s anxiety about the nuclear war is also the purpose of motivating them to read this book. Many people are worried about their future.

   The Cuban Missile Crisis will exacerbate this kind of thinking.

  —After all, it’s the Cold War.

   Negotiations with Coca-Cola didn’t take long—people were already familiar with it. However, for Quantum Coke, a thing that will appear throughout the article, Catherine is a big lion and wants 8 million US dollars. But Coca-Cola is not a fool. Both parties have been arguing about this issue for a long time.

   The matter was finally handed over to Bruce.

   The current Bruce is a panacea, wherever he is missing, he will go there.

  Finally, the contract was finalized. Coca-Cola first paid a sponsorship fee of 3 million U.S. dollars. If the box office exceeds 10 million, it will pay another 2 million U.S. dollars. When the box office exceeds 25 million, it will pay another 2 million.

  Although it is not a charcoal in the snow, it is still good to be the icing on the cake.

   Then it was Marvel Comics. Catherine found DC Comics and Marvel Comics and asked them to bid.

   Although Marvel Comics only had a sponsorship fee of 1 million in the end, it was better than nothing.

   Of course, it is not just Coca-Cola and Marvel comics. There will be a large number of "pre-war" scenes in the film, so it is very simple for Catherine to find a sponsor.

   Anyway, Catherine finally raised US$10 million in funds, and the total amount of funds has reached US$20 million.

   I'm rich, and then I'm an actor.

  The first protagonist, Catherine chose "the sexiest man in the world"-Sean Connery.

   At this time, Sean Connery had just finished filming 007, and it was fine for the time being. It was easy to find him. And now the Hollywood superstar era has not yet arrived, actors are paid very low, but Catherine's cost is already very high.

   Sean Connery readily agreed.

   Signed Sean Connery, and Catherine went to find the second actor non-stop—

   She was going to find Morgan Freeman.

   Morgan Freeman, the protagonist of the famous "Shawshank's Redemption", was nominated for six Oscars and won the best supporting actor.

   It's just that in this era, he is still acting on stage.

   Freeman moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s and worked at Los Angeles Community College. During this period, he also lived in New York, and was a dancer at the 1964 New York World's Fair-the current World Expo is held every two years.

In 1967, Morgan Freeman performed the black version of the musical "I Love Matchmaker" on Broadway for the first time. After that, he wandered on Broadway and the stage outside Broadway, from musicals, modern theaters to classical Shakespearean names. The variety of dramas and performances fully demonstrates Morgan Freeman's acting talent. After breaking his name on Broadway, Morgan Freeman switched to the television industry in 1971 and played Mr. "Ready" in a children's English teaching program on American Public Television. During this period, he acted in his first movie as the protagonist. "Who said I can't drive a rainbow". However, during the 1970s, Morgan Freeman's works were scattered on large and small screens. The roles he played lacked connotation, did not shock, and could not give full play to Morgan Freeman's talents, and did not have outstanding results.

  Moreover, this Morgan Freeman is still a very wise man. He has publicly opposed celebrating black history and will not participate in any related activities.

   The so-called Black History Month refers to the month of February each year to show respect for the history of African Americans and praise the contribution of black people to American culture and political life.

But he said: "I don't need Black History Month. Black history is American history." Morgan Freeman believes that the only way to end racism is to stop talking about it. He also noticed that there is no so-called "White History Month". .

   Morgan Freeman once said the famous sentence: "I will stop calling you white, and ask you to stop calling me black."

Catherine was looking for him to be the second actor in her "Wasteland" ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After contacting Los Angeles Community College, Catherine quickly got Freeman's contact information, and soon Contacted him.

   When he heard that Catherine was going to make a movie by herself, Freeman was quite surprised. At this time, Morgan Freeman, who was in his twenties, had not made his first movie "The Pawn Shop" in 1964, but he was just a cameo. Now someone asks him to make a movie? To be the protagonist?

   Freeman has watched the amazing "Blair the Witch", and he also paid a little attention to the 13-year-old girl who is said to have created a box office miracle. He knew that the other party was already a multi-millionaire, but he didn't know that she was going to make a movie now, and that she would find himself.

   Besides, Freeman is a black man.

  This year, who will look for black people to act?

   In the eyes of most people, what is black? Villain! Box office poison!

   What's more, although Freeman's dream is to go to Broadway and make a movie, how could this kind of dream come true?

   Freeman was stunned by this big cake that fell from the sky, but he felt that he still couldn't give up this opportunity, and finally he gladly agreed.

   Although black people may not work, Catherine’s thoughts are different. In fact, after the filming of this film is over, it may not be released until 64 or 65.

   At that time, anti-racism and anti-war thoughts were impacting American society.

  -more importantly, at that time, it was the time when the hippie movement rose to its peak.

   Then, the third actor Catherine was looking for was Bruce Lee...

  

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