Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 73 Professor McGonagall?No, it's Valentine!
"I can help you. With me here, you don't have to worry about any resources in Hollywood. For example, my Hemera Pictures will produce a thriller science fiction movie next, with a budget of about 3000 million US dollars. The first The protagonist is my other woman Charlize Theron, and you can play the second or third female lead."

Although Wayne did not say what price Eva Green would need to pay, but Eva Green is not a child, how could she not hear the subtext that he deliberately mentioned Charlize Theron?

She is very willing to maintain a long-term relationship with a handsome guy like Wayne who is handsome, has a good figure, and has super abilities.

Now that she can obtain such high-quality resources, she has no reason to refuse.

"Of course I am very happy to play the role you are talking about, but my mother just asked her friend, Ms. Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter", to help me write a letter for the Webb Theater Arts in London. I have already sent the recommendation letter together with the application to the Webb Academy of Dramatic Art in London. It would be really not good if I regret not going now.”

Seeing Eva frowning with a tangled look on her face, Wayne couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

"Your mother is still related to Ms. Rowling? Then why don't you audition for "Harry Potter"? I think if it were you, you should be very suitable to play the role of Professor McGonagall in it."

"." Eva Green looked at her speechlessly. She had also read that novel, right?
"My dear, are you kidding me? Professor McGonagall is an old witch in her 50s!"

"But isn't it normal for a witch or something like that to have the art of keeping her appearance to make herself look younger? And Professor McGonagall is also a master of transfiguration."

Eva was speechless again after hearing this, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems to make sense?

"Okay, dear, your vision is really vicious! But my mother only met Ms. Luo Lin at a children's writers exchange meeting. At most, the two of them are ordinary friends who occasionally exchange letters. It doesn't matter if they want a college recommendation letter, anyway. It’s not a world-famous school like Oxford or Cambridge, but if you rely on connections to play such an important role as Professor McGonagall, then I’m afraid it won’t be possible.”

This time it was Wayne's turn to be speechless after hearing this.

A recommendation letter from a famous drama school is equivalent to an admission notice, but it is not as valuable as an audition opportunity for a supporting role in a movie?

Wayne just couldn't complain.

"Then how long are you going to study there?" Wayne asked after calming down.

"The original plan was to study for half a year to a year, but if you need it, I can try to reduce it to less than two months." Eva thought for a while and said.

"That's no problem. The movie is still in the early stages of preparation, and it will probably take two months to officially start shooting." Wayne said.

In fact, in addition to Charlize Theron as 'Alice', the screenwriter and director of "Resident Evil" have not been confirmed yet.

The previous "Resident Evil" has been criticized by everyone for its weak plot, and this has indeed seriously affected its box office. Therefore, Wayne will naturally not repeat the same mistakes and find Paul Anderson as the screenwriter and director.

After some consideration, he quickly fell in love with Joe Silver.

That's right, he is an actor, screenwriter, director, producer, etc., and has personally produced four classic series: "Lethal Weapon", "Die Hard", "Predator" and "The Matrix" Joe Silver.

The action elements that Joe Silver is very good at will undoubtedly bring more hot and exciting scenes to "Resident Evil", which will definitely bring a big improvement to the box office.

But as the boss of Silver Pictures, a production company second only to DreamWorks, Joe Silver’s asking price is too high. The director and screenwriter's salary of 1000 million US dollars is not bad, even if it is doubled, Wayne can afford it, but with an additional 8% box office share, Wayne can't stand it.

After all, the investment costs the system money, and the box office is his meat.

8% of the box office share, this is trying to cut off a big piece of flesh from him!

Even based on the global box office of more than 3 million in the previous life, 8% is nearly 3000 million US dollars!
"Why didn't he grab it?!"

Wayne, who knew the offer at the time, immediately started swearing.

After asking Serra to try to negotiate a price with the other party, but the minimum box office share ratio could only be cut to 4%, Wayne completely gave up on Joe Silver.

Anyway, you can touch his production budget, but you can’t touch his box office!
So the current "Resident Evil 1" is still looking for suitable directors and screenwriters.

Wayne checked the list information that Mike helped collect, recalled his past life memories, and finally listed two suitable candidates.

The first one is Quentin "The Ugly Man" who made his debut in 1986 through "My Best Friend's Birthday" and has not yet become famous due to the success of "Kill Bill". He is very good at bloody action scenes. Tarantino.

Today's Quentin Tarantino is at most a third-tier director. He is not as famous as James Wan at that time. The salary of director and screenwriter can be up to 100 million.

It's just that he doesn't seem to be particularly good at the plot content of the film, which makes Wayne still hesitant.

As for the second candidate, he has initially gained a certain reputation with "Memento", which was just released in France on the 11th of last month, and will be nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 02th Academy Awards in 74. Christopher Nolan.

That's right, it's the Nolan who was later named one of the top ten Hollywood directors in the 21st century for his work such as the Batman trilogy, "Inception" and "Interstellar".

His advantage is that he is very good at exploring and creating plot depth, and his salary is cheaper than Quentin.

So Wayne, who didn't know how to choose, planned to invite both of them.

Among them, the screenwriter must be given to Nolan. After all, Nolan is definitely much better at screenwriting than Quentin, but he is still a little undecided about who is the director and who is the first assistant director.

Both of them are directors with extremely strong personal styles, so whoever he chooses will have a chance that the entire "Resident Evil" series will be similar to whose style he chooses.

It's really hard for him to choose between a dark and heavy style, or a bloody, violent and cool writing style.

Of course, Eva Green doesn't know this. She only knows that in two months she will be able to star in a Hollywood blockbuster as the third or even second female lead. This is enough to satisfy and excite her.

It's a pity that the previous in-depth exchange has exhausted all her energy, otherwise she will definitely drag Wayne into another fight.

(End of this chapter)