Legendary Hollywood Director

Just when the co-production matter attracted the attention of many people, Lyman, who flew over with the main creator of Avatar who had packed a plane, was chatting with the top about the preparation of the project.

Like the previous life, Lehmann handed over the shooting work of Pacific Rim to the top. After all, this guy likes to play with some monster images, and monsters are naturally within his hobby.

After getting off the plane, the group went to the hotel under the escort of the reception staff of China Film and Andrew.

Except for the fact that when the main creator of Avatar appeared, it attracted the attention of some fans, the whole pick-up process seemed to be very low-key - at least in terms of performance, there was no fanfare, and no media was notified in advance.

However, after the rest, the propaganda that should be started quickly started.

It's just that Layman's focus is not on the promotion of Avatar. The next morning, after dealing with some people's courtesy, Layman met Director Han at China Film's office.

In the seats, while greeting each other, Lehmann raised his eyes and looked at this important figure in the Chinese film industry a few times.

Although Director Han is 56 years old, he looks to be in his early forties, with a kind face and clean shaved beard, and the focus of their conversation is naturally Pacific Rim.

The proposal has been handed in a long time ago, and both parties have the idea of ​​implementing this matter. There are only a few points that have not yet been negotiated. One is funding and accounting; schedule.

Listening to Lehman citing the places that are prone to hidden dangers, Director Han also found that this person is also a vigorous and resolute temperament, but whether it is co-production, it involves domestic and foreign filming work.

After all, in recent days, China Film's internal meetings have basically been about these issues. The two sides must reach a consensus on how to divide them.

Lehman then said: As for the director, I have already been selected. I believe you have seen it yesterday. As for the budget, we roughly calculated about 150 million, and the Chinese side will contribute no less than 50 million. It needs to be explained in advance that, Because of the adjustment of some follow-up works, we will introduce Dongbao Film as the producer of the project, and other aspects are easy to discuss.

Hearing Leiman say this, Director Han's eyes lit up, and he was not polite. He directly raised a few points of his concern, I hope that the project funds and transaction income will be financially accounted for by the third-party agency we hired.

No problem, in addition to the film completion guarantee, we will hire firemen's insurance, and we will also hire PricewaterhouseCoopers to settle the financial accounts, which can ensure that the investment results of both parties will not be concealed.

In the director team, do we want to have personnel arrangements?

Director Gyro has his own deputy, but in addition to his team, two people can join.

Camera, lighting and other behind-the-scenes positions...

You can arrange part of it. We are a joint production, and there are hard rules that we will definitely abide by.

As for the actors, the hero and heroine...

No no no, the female lead can use mainland actors, but the male lead cannot.

Regarding these issues, Lehman had thought about it long after he made the decision, and at this time, he still had a correct understanding.

Although Pacific Rim is aimed at the Asian region, it does not mean that it has to give up the American and European markets. What's more, if the male protagonist is Chinese, what will Korean and Japanese audiences think? Will you boycott? This is the problem.

On the contrary, if the male protagonist is a native American actor, it will be more tricky, and in the arrangement of the scenes, it is enough to properly take care of the Asian market.

He is not really here to deliver benefits, he ignores the overall situation, and mutual benefit and win-win cooperation are his goals.

In fact, he even has plans for the main battle mecha and staffing. China's Storm Crimson, American Wanderer, Japanese Tango Wolf, Russia's Cherno Alpha, and Australia's Eureka Raiders , These mecha pilots all have a role in the description, even the supporting roles take care of the audience in the cities along the Pacific Rim, which is always more substituting than other large areas.

In other words, this is a hodgepodge under the shell of Hollywood. It uses a mature production system to make blockbuster movies that can be bought by Asian audiences, and then uses its staffing and regional emotional cards to hype the topic. The resources of the channel dealers expand their own channels and start the label.

Lehman thought so, and he did it. The factory manager Han also took the initiative to skip the casting. In his heart, Lehman was already very sincere, as long as the proportion of Chinese participation in the production and shooting could reach three points. One, behind the scenes is definitely better than in front of the stage. Of course, in front of the stage, there must also be the faces of Chinese actors, but it only needs to be there.

If there is no problem ahead, then let's talk about framing.

Lehman raised his hand lightly and gestured: Just like the title of the film, because of the background setting, the location will be a city along the Pacific coast. On the mainland side, I'm thinking about going to Macau and Guangzhou to film scenes, mainly in Macau. Is that a tourist city? If the crew goes there to close the road for filming, it won’t affect anything too much, and it can also drive the tourism industry, so it will definitely get policy support.”

Hearing Leiman say this, Director Han couldn't help but glance at him. He thought that this foreigner was one of the few foreign directors who could treat China objectively, but he also had such a deep understanding of the geography and culture of the mainland?

However, this analysis does make sense. At first, Director Han thought he would choose to shoot on Hong Kong Island. He didn’t expect to have such a hand, but Director Han knew very well that going to Macau to shoot would definitely please more people. Mainland audience.

In other words, he is more and more satisfied now, and a conversation with Lehman has dispelled his few concerns, and he also has the idea of ​​giving more resources to support.

This co-production was meant to be a model, but since people are so knowledgeable, from the perspective of the script, it is also a standard business routine. If the box office is a big hit, it will really be a political achievement. Therefore, Director Han is also Secretly pondering in my heart, if the quality of the finished film is guaranteed to a certain extent, it will definitely be the highest standard when it is announced and released in the future. Ninety percent of the films will be known, and if I go to the cinema, only Pacific Rim can be watched.

However, considering the schedule, some time periods are not easy to arrange.

Of course, Lehmann didn't know what Director Han was thinking, he just took his own plan out of the tray and continued: We plan to start the operation in April at the latest, and transfer to the later stage in July. The screening is in October, just right, is there a National Day holiday in October, and there is no shortage of audience base, how?

October? That's it, Factory Manager Han thought so.

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