"Cloud Map"?

Bad movies...

Well, or a film with serious losses!

Produced by Warner Bros. Starring Big Tom.

Invested 100 million, with a global box office of US$130 million...

I haven't seen Chen Mengxi, but I've heard of it. This movie is very famous:

Zhou Xun seems to have participated in the performance!

There was a report back then: "Chinese actresses have constant overseas large-scale films, and they come to work when they enter Hollywood"

Among them, Xu Qing joined "Ring Messenger", Yu Nan was invited to "Super Death Squad 2", and Zhou Xun starred in "Cloud Map"...

Xinyuanye Entertainment invested in the science fiction movie "Cloud Map" for US$10 million, becoming the second largest investor in the film, and obtained the distribution rights in mainland China, setting a precedent for Chinese investment in Hollywood blockbusters.

Of course, Chen Mengxi has done it in advance now...

But do you think, is Xinyuanye Entertainment very famous?

If you don’t have much fame, why can you invest in "Cloud Map"?

Because Warner Bros. is not optimistic about this film, the investment is not much, and the crew needs to fool people from all over the world...

Like "Dune", this movie is adapted from the original work, and the original work is very famous. It is also shortlisted for the Booker Award, Nebula Award, and Clark Award...

The problem is that the original work is too mysterious and has not sold enough...

In addition, the director is Wachowski, and these two sisters have no major works except "The Matrix"...

Even in "Super Secret Hunting", the masterpiece in the minds of many people was cut by Netflix due to high investment and low returns.

A bunch of people brag about $9 million per episode, believing that high investment is the guarantee of the quality of American dramas. In fact, it is the opposite, this is a huge commercial bubble.

The investment in any TV series requires rewards as the basis!

In addition to political tasks, the Jinyuan crew will inevitably be eliminated, which is the mainstream of world film and television!

They are the most interesting compared to Nolan!

The Wachowski sisters are essentially very niche independent film directors. This is not true. They should be independent big-produced film directors who cheated the money from big studios. Their status in the director industry may be relatively embarrassing. They must be compared. They may be closer to Jamsh, Nicholas Winding Niforry, and PTA. Lanawo Wachowski has also expressed his love for PTA;

PTA: Paul Thomas Anderson, representative works: "Magnolia", "Bloody Color" and "Unrestrained Night"…

Nolan is essentially a large number of commercial film directors. You can see many convincing settings and plots in Nolan's works. Many people say that Nolan's "Inception" is brain-burning, but it is probably because he doesn't understand what brain-burning is.

If you want to watch it, I suggest you go to "Cloud Map", "12 Monkeys", "Shut Island", "Fighting Club"...

Or take out Nolan's "Memory Fragments" and take a look!

If you want to challenge, go and watch David Lynch's movies, "Mulholland Road", "Inland Empire"...

Returning to director Wachowski, although the two reached the peak of their careers during the "The Matrix".

However, from the many subsequent works, it can be seen that the two have been trying to innovate and break the boundaries of film art, such as "Speed ​​Racer" and "Cloud Map"...

It’s a pity that their attempts have never been accepted by the industry and most audiences.

Anyway, the two of them don’t care. Just take pictures in their own way - if they care about the outside world, they will not transform from brothers into sisters!

Wachowski was tired of the media and was unwilling to expose his life. Except for having to participate in the promotion of his new film, he rarely accepted any form of interviews.

Lana Wachowski once said: Celebrities don’t make your life better, on the contrary, they make your life worse!

Just like this, they are not grateful for the producer's investment, but think it is appropriate - I will help you turn money into art.

What should you do if you say you have lost money?

Don't worry, there are always idiots who are willing to spend money!

David is kind...

"I have analyzed that "Cloud Map" is an adaptation work, and the original work itself is quite influential. Director Wachowski, starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weiwen, Halle Berry, Hugrant..."

Chen Mengxi interrupted him and said bluntly: "I don't like this movie!"

"…Why? I think if we participate in the investment, the probability of this film recovering costs is very high..."

Chen Mengxi looked at him with his head tilted, and then asked back: "Why is our idea of ​​investing in movies to recover the cost? Isn't it profitable?"

“…We won’t let us intervene in money-making projects!”

"Warner Brothers and Wachowski have such a good relationship and are unwilling to control investment. They use this drama of platter fund investment... I think we should not follow up..."

David shut up...

He is really kind...

After all, "Inception" seems to be too much, and Chen Mengxi dares to spend $60 million.

Unexpectedly, in "Cloud Map", he launched investment opportunities.

...

In the afternoon, at the airport, Nancy sent the girls away.

Before leaving, she told me:

"In recent years, the Chinese film market has developed rapidly. Films such as "Avatar", "Transformers", "Inception", and "Successful Squads" ranked second in the world in the box office, and the savvy Hollywood businessmen will not turn a blind eye. In this case, adding a Chinese character will make it easier to enter the Chinese market. The Chinese market used to be very small and the degree of openness was very limited, so it doesn't matter whether it is used or not. The situation is different now."

"According to Hollywood rules, as long as the actor's previous work was a big hit at the box office, he would not have to worry about not having investment in the next work, nor would he have to worry about not having enough scenes."

"The projects we selected either have a global reputation or are supported by heavyweight stars, so we don't have to worry about not being able to sell them!"

“But our English is very poor…”

The person who spoke was Yang Xiaomi.

She and Nancy are OK...

Maybe she is more in line with Nancy's taste.

Yes, Nancy is bent...

"This is not urgent, language requires a process..."

Nancy comforted her, then she approached Yang Xiaomi and whispered: "The 007 series is about to find a Chinese actress to serve as the new generation of Bang girls. There are new progress. I will contact you and don't tell them!"

Yang Xiaomi understood it and said goodbye to her with a smile.

I didn't notice that Liu Shishi's face was very wrong!

...

Massachusetts, which is Massachusetts, Harvard University and MIT are both located in the state.

Very famous.

The location of the movie "Hunting" is actually not that difficult, just a decent town!

Then, Worcester, Massachusetts, strongly invited the crew of "Hunting" to go to Worcester to film...

Even a 40% tax refund was issued - the movie refund given by Massachusetts is 25%...

Worcester City actually issued a 40% tax refund...

And he sincerely gave the 15% share directly to the "Hunting" crew in cash...

The reason is very simple. After "Manchester on the Sea" was released, this year, the town received more than 300,000 tourists, most of which were from China!

It directly drives the town's GDP to rise by 80%, and by the way, housing prices double...

The economic benefits and housing price benefits are so obvious.

"Hunting" also has many intuitive scene pictures. Worcester wants to imitate "Manchester on the Sea"...

Chen Mengxi, including Li Zi, doesn’t matter, but where to shoot is not.

Then they came.

Let me say that the production cost of "Hunting" is US$32 million, and Li Zi signed 15 million + 20% profit sharing...

The other actors have very low pay, which adds up to less than half of the production fund.

How low is it...

Let me put it this way, the second-ranked crew pay was Matthew McConaughey invited by Leonardo, who was $80,000 - the little girl's father, the first one to believe that he did not molest his daughter because he was the hero's good friend;

This is the most common operation of independent movies: In addition to the super first-tier stars who can participate in part of the box office sharing, mid-range stars have been greatly reduced in salary...
Chapter completed!