Movie Master

It is not because of lack of courage that we are afraid; it is because of understanding that we are scruples.

Diorama Films was jointly founded and developed by Ryan, Lance, Tucker, and Jason. The four perform their duties and play a role, and each of them is irreplaceable. Among them, Lance has been responsible for the selection of works.

Of course, it cannot be said that Lance has a keen eye and hits every shot. Behind the success, Lance, like countless top producers, has experienced many failures. For example, Call of the Dead in 1999, although the investment of this work was only 13 million, but the poor box office performance caused the company to lose more than 8 million US dollars; another example, Players Club in 1998 , not only did not receive any awards, but also suffered a loss of up to six million US dollars.

However, it is undeniable that his keen observation of scripts is really admirable. Compared with failed works, the number of successful works is even more eye-catching. This has also made Diorama Pictures rely on word of mouth in the past six years. He started his career and won a good reputation in the field of art films and independent films. Even a commercial movie like Ocean's Eleven still won a lot of applause. It can be said that Lance's vision is indispensable.

No one knows this better than Ryan, Tucker, and Jason.

In fact, this is also an important reason why Ryan expelled Lance from the company-Lance does not care about the box office, public relations, or Oscars, and only thinks from the work as a starting point wholeheartedly. For example, a work like Elephant is a problem even if it is released in art theaters. Even if it wins an award, it will be difficult to bring more benefits to the company; Mirror Film Industry's own ability is a reckless gamble. This made the internal divisions in the management more and more serious.

But the problem is that Lance's success rate is very good, which makes the company's internal control power go off track, not only threatening Ryan's management authority in the company, but also threatening the commercial interests of Diorama Films. Therefore, the rebellion was triggered in the end, and it was brought to an end by Yi Lance being expelled from the house.

Now, when Jason mentions Lance's picture-picking ability again, no one can ignore it, not even a sane person like Ryan. If, as Jason said, Troy is a trap, and Lance has predicted the disastrous ending of this work, then this shuddering sense of fear will go deep into everyone's bone marrow like a gangrene .

Jason only felt that his brain was in a mess. The fear of falling from a high altitude was far less than the emptiness of not being able to land, which made him at a loss—because after Lance left, the important task of film selection It fell on his shoulders, and his pressure was greater than anyone else's, and it was also more direct.

You said, 'Saharan Cavalry', why don't we forget? This was Jason's first reaction.

You're crazy! Tucker yelled directly, for the cooperation of this project, how much thought he spent on making friends, Howard Baldwin is not a person who is easy to fool. Tucker stared at Jason with rounded eyes, but he didn't know how to refute, You...you... After hesitating for a long time, he finally said wisely, Lance is not a prophet, how could he know everything? , you listen to your own words, even if Lance is playing tricks - it sounds too ridiculous, haha. Tucker laughed twice, if Lance was good at scheming, he wouldn't be so easy was driven away.

Even if he really became smart and cunning, how could he be sure that 'Troy' would fail? If he didn't say anything else, just say 'Harry Potter'. If he was so sure at the beginning, this work would definitely fail. It will be successful, so after Ryan and I sold the adaptation rights to Warner Bros., we didn’t see his further reaction. He didn’t compromise! What does this mean? It means that he does have vision, but no matter how smart he is No matter how powerful or cunning a producer is, no one can guarantee: a work will be 100% successful, or a work will be 100% failure!

No one can refute Tucker's words, not even Lance himself here. Any movie has risks, the difference is only in the size of the risks. The reason why Hollywood is more willing to shoot sequels is because the risks of sequels are lower, but no producer dares to guarantee that the sequel will be successful-there are countless failed sequels.

In the end, Tucker was even a little hoarse, his excitement was uncontrollable at all, his mind went blank, and he just relied on his survival instinct/instinct to ramble a lot. But after finishing speaking, Tucker found that his nonsense words were very reasonable, which made him more confident. Not only him, but even Jason was speechless—compared to Jason Compared with that set of conspiracy theories, Tucker's set of statements is obviously more justified, more realistic, and easier to accept.

Jason wanted to refute, but he opened his mouth, only to find that he couldn't find a suitable language to describe the strangeness in his heart, and he could only freeze in place in the end.

Ryan still feels the tumbling—in his head, not his stomach, but at least the vomiting is under control. He raised his head and wiped the stains from the corners of his mouth, Tuck is right. He is not a prophet, let's not scare ourselves. Ryan made the conclusion on this matter, Jason raised his head and looked at Ryan, looked at Tucker again, and finally swallowed his words, Think about it carefully, in fact, he just chose two works, 'City of God' and 'The Day After Tomorrow', we have done such things before Been through it, haven’t we? But we don’t need to panic at all, no one can always succeed, and no one can always fail – at least we won’t. So, let’s not take these two failures too seriously.”

The rise of Chaos Films was really too fast, coupled with the fact that Lance and them were incompatible, this caused them to be in chaos.

In fact, even though City of God and The Day After Tomorrow are successful in succession, Chaos Films can only be regarded as a small third-tier production company in the industry, and such production companies will appear every two years. Home—launch one or two excellent works, attracting the attention of the industry, but the follow-up is weak, and then slowly disappear, or the quality of the works is uneven, and it is always tepid.

In the past three decades, only three independent film companies have truly come into the public eye: DreamWorks, New Line Pictures and Miramax. It can be seen that the difficulty is great.

Now, Diorama Films is undoubtedly one of the companies closest to this goal, and there is no need for them to be too alarmed. Imagine every time they panicked, Ryan felt that deep shame was seared deep in his bones, so that he couldn't ignore it. The only solution is to regain the initiative, just like expelling Lance from the company!

'Sahara Cavalry' is a project that we unanimously approved. Don't give up easily because of a little trouble. Ryan's confidence has finally been strengthened. Although his face is still pale, his eyes no longer waver. Ryan, Tucker, and Jason have all watched it, and George also gave advice, and finally made a decision, This is Hollywood, a place as big as a palm, and almost every work involves countless people, even many people. It’s still rumors. It’s impossible for us to snatch every project that Lance has been in contact with, and it’s impossible for us to reject every project that Lance has learned about.”

Jason, you said it yourself, we should focus on ourselves, always insist on ourselves, choose works that meet our expectations and requirements, and don't be influenced by others, don't you? Ryan finally brought the words back to Jay Sen, if they really gave up the idea of ​​​​Saharan Cavalry because of Lance, this would be a real joke.

Jason knew that Ryan was hypnotizing himself, but he had no way to refute it, because what Ryan said was true. But the anxiety in his heart made him unable to settle down easily. Thinking about it carefully, Saharan Cavalry was recognized by both Ryan and George. They also have their own opinions.

Thinking of this, Jason lowered his head and averted his eyes, as if he acquiesced to Ryan's statement.

Ryan nodded vigorously, and the situation gradually returned to control. This feeling of controlling the overall situation made him full of confidence, From the current situation, the decline of 'Troy' next week will not be too good. Monster Shrek 2's impact is not only aimed at The Day After Tomorrow but also Troy. Now all attention must be placed on overseas markets, especially European and Asian markets, Brad’s appeal in Japan and South Korea is so strong, as well as Orlando, we must not waste it easily.”

Ryan straightened his spine. In the situation where Lance forced him to stalk his head, Ryan regained his confidence, and his eyes fell on Tucker and Jason. Overseas market, this is our next step. Battlefield! In these territories, the rubbish cast lineup of 'The Day After Tomorrow' can't play any role at all, it's up to us to regain the advantage bit by bit!

This is not Ryan's self-confidence, but Hollywood's self-confidence: Thanks to the maturity of the Hollywood film industry, many bad films have performed exceptionally well in overseas markets, especially the strong cast plus wonderful special effects plus wise Propaganda, success is often easy to grasp, tried and tested. The battlefield of Troy is indeed overseas.

However, the outcome of the overseas market has not yet been announced, but what is certain is that in North America, the nightmare of Troy is still not over.