Hollywood: Great Directors Starting with Saw

Kevin laughed and said

, "Julie, of course the heroine is you."

"However, you are all heroine, you know?"

In the affection of the two, not all actions, Julie is willing to cooperate.

But now, after Kevin promised the heroine.

All of Julie's shyness and reluctance were covered by a huge surprise, and at this moment, without Kevin speaking, Julie had begun to do her best to let Kevin go straight to heaven.

.......

In early December, New Line Films, executives from Dawson, Kevin, Dean and Warner Bros., was responsible for Johnson, who invested in the film.

A total of four people watched the project plan for Kevin's new film intently in the reception room of New Line Films.

The plot of the story of escaping from Desperate Town is very simple, and several people quickly read it.

Johnson was the first to ask:

"Why use black people as male leads?"

"The reason is simple, if it's just a simple horror movie, then the ceiling of this horror film is only $20 million to $30 million at most."

"But blacks, as male protagonists, use this evil witchcraft to refer to the persecution of blacks by whites."

"Then by killing all the whites in the town by the last blacks, you can greatly stimulate the G-spot of the blacks and make them enter the movie theater."

"In this way, the upper limit of the box office has been greatly increased..."

Of course, the biggest reason for the black riot caused by the Rodney King incident, Kevin naturally could not say it in advance.

All he had to do was give a reasonable excuse.

As for Johnson's acceptance, in fact, he does not care, the production cost of 3 million, Kevin himself invested 30% in the film and obtained a 30% share.

The remaining 70% was split between New Line Pictures and Warner Bros.

Johnson nodded, kind of accepting Kevin's explanation.

In the face of an already successful director, Johnson does not casually question others, not to mention that this is just a small production with an investment of less than $3 million.

40% of Warner Bros., or $1.2 million, invested in a successful director like Kevin, without actually thinking too much about it.

Dean has more trust in Kevin without responsibility, and has long set an investment.

When everything was done, Kevin asked CAA to contact his team, and the shooting was scheduled for Christmas, after December 25.

During this period, Kevin needs to choose a suitable filming location as the specific address of Desperate Town in the play.

On April 31, that is to say, counting the publicity, Kevin has a maximum of three months to shoot.

However, from the perspective of Kevin, who has a specific picture in his mind, in fact, two months is very sufficient, as for the actor, this time there is no need for Kevin to worry.

Except for the position of the heroine, which he left in advance, the other positions were all packed by CAA.

Of course, he was asked to mention it, a black man with eyes.

.....

"CAA Packing Project, the latest masterpiece of emerging genius director Steve Kevin, escapes Desperate Town and needs a black actor!"

Will Smith, who debuted as a rapper at this time, learned the news through his friends.

I immediately realized that this was the role I needed the most.

As a black man, he was deeply aware of Hollywood's rejection of him.

He is so famous in his singing career, if he wants to enter the show business, the roles he can get are either villains, or gag supporting roles, or good, the second protagonist, the second male.

But none of that was what he wanted.

What he wants is the protagonist.

But he knew deep down that there were too few movies in Hollywood featuring black people.

As a well-known singer in his hands, Will Smith hurried to the CAA building after getting the news.

After introducing himself, as a person who meets the requirements of the role, has no salary requirements, and has popularity, he was the first to be selected by Dawson.

And Kevin, who knew that Will Smith came to the door, also decisively agreed to hand over the actor to him, as a price, he who won the Grammy Award twice, he could only get a salary of 100,000.

Will Smith, however, has no objection to this.

As a big singer, he is not short of money at this time, what he needs is the opportunity, after signing a film and television contract with Dawson, he took the script to escape from Desperate Town.

Will Smith decisively hired two old actors to begin to hone his acting skills.

It is also useful to hold Buddha's feet temporarily.

...

In the distance, Kevin, who enjoyed Julie's bite service, did not worry about Will Smith's acting skills at all.

As a future big star, Will Smith naturally has a spirituality for acting.

And Escape from Desperate Town is a thriller that doesn't require much acting.

Cinema is the art of shooting frame by frame, and as long as Kevin is patient, Smith can always hone it.

"Ding-dong!"

The doorbell rang, interrupting Kevin's enjoyment.

After getting dressed, Kevin opened the door.

Outside the door, Nicolas Cage, who was holding the pizza he made, naturally walked in.

27-year-old Nicolas Cage, his face at this time is simply cool and dragging, daunting, but after these days of mixing with him.

Kevin knew that he was actually a very good person to get along with.

They were neighbors to each other, and after chatting a few words outside, Cage took the initiative to visit the door.

No way, he is very interested in Kevin, the director.

In his bones, Kevin is a very proud person, so proud that in order to prove himself, he is not willing to borrow a little of his uncle's connections.

As for who his uncle is?

The famous Francis Coppola, the director of The Godfather.

The Coppola family has been rooted in Hollywood for a long time, and the power of connections naturally does not need to be said.

As long as Nicolas Cage, using his real name Nicholas Coppola in Hollywood, he can have many more opportunities out of thin air.

But still a word, proud of him, unwilling.

Genius like him, proud like him, or intimidated by Kevin's conversation.

Of course, it's actually achievements.

The first film received a huge box office estimated at 160 million, with an investment of only $1.3 million.

This made Kevin can't help but admire this little brother who is about 3 years younger than himself.

"Well, this pineapple pizza is good, but Cage, you must not show this hand in front of the Italians."

"Otherwise, the consequences will be extremely serious."

Kevin grinned while enjoying the pineapple pizza.

"My favorite thing to do is to say, no, to people who won't let me do certain things."