Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 312 Ceremony Site
After Cannes, Tang De's film "Nightcrawler" was released across the United States. Although this film was also released simultaneously around the world, Tang De did not have much hope for its overseas market.

Because this movie is not a wonderful superhero blockbuster, nor does it have any cool special effects.

But perhaps because his name has become a trademark, the film achieved very good results in other overseas markets, especially South Korea.

In fact, the Korean market has always been very friendly to Tang De's works. All of his films, even those that obviously tarnished the image of Koreans, had great box office results, either ranking first or second in the period.

However, this phenomenon has caused dissatisfaction among many people in the Korean entertainment industry, who believe that they should boycott foreign films and support domestic films.

This caused some trouble, but Tang De didn't pay much attention to it.

He didn't have any work planned for the second half of the year because his workload in recent years had been too full and he needed a break.

Moreover, as an internationally renowned director, releasing a work every three or four years is considered very diligent. If it weren't for the desire to seize the initiative, Tang De wouldn't have filmed endlessly.

Now that he has seized the initiative, he should slow down his shooting pace and find something else to do.

This break lasted for half a year, but of course, he didn't completely do nothing.

He first wrote the script for his next film, Oppenheimer.

Well, somehow Norton's luck has decreased a little.

Then Donde also wrote a script for Scarlett, "Jojo Rabbit", this comedy work was a rare nomination for Scarlett for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, and it itself has a unique artistic expression.

But because there have been so many movies in the past that mocked the Nazis, this movie seems a bit cliché.

Fortunately, its shooting techniques and presentation forms are quite interesting, and the plot is also good, which is why it received seven Oscar nominations.

That's right, it only received a nomination and won nothing except the Best Adapted Screenplay. It can be said that it was a runner-up throughout the whole process.

Therefore, after Tang De wrote the outline, the first thing he did was to change the content of the film. Although it was still a comedy, the task he assigned to the screenwriter team was that all the jokes must be carefully polished and confirmed to be related to the Nazis before they could be passed.

With all that taken care of, the Oscar preview arrived as expected.

This time, 40% of the nominated works are films with black elements, and there are also many black actors in the acting awards.

Some people say that this is the most progressive year for the Oscars, while others say that this is the Oscars' counterattack against Trump's discriminatory remarks.

But no matter what, "Nightcrawler" also received its own nomination.

Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay. There weren't many nominations this time, only four, but they were all key awards.

After learning that she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Scarlett happily found Don and spent several wonderful nights with him.

Amid public opinion and discussion about racial rhetoric, the Oscars are about to begin at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

"Crack!"

"Don, look over here!"

"Please smile, Don!"

Tang De walked on the red carpet with the Night Walker crew. He wore sunglasses, combed his hair back, and wore a black suit, looking cool and handsome. The reason he wore sunglasses was because he and Taylor had too intense exercise last night and scratched his skin.

This girl was so jealous because Scarlett Johansson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress that she went crazy and she wanted to release a song right away to curse Scarlett Johansson as a bitch.

But for Tang De's sake, she had no choice but to endure it. In the end, she was unwilling to give in and directly occupied Tang De for several nights, leaving him no time to care about other women.

After walking the red carpet and entering the theater, the familiar interview session began again.

However, Tang De did not answer this time, but directly bypassed the host and entered the venue.

The host did not say anything when he saw this. He did not dare to offend Tang De because the agency he joined was recently acquired by Norton's Eye, and now he was a member of Tang De's company.

But letting Tang De go doesn't mean he will let others go. The other actors in the Night Walker crew were questioned for a long time.

Meanwhile, Donald was already sitting in the second row at the Oscars, next to Nolan.

"Tang, long time no see." Nolan hugged Tang De warmly, and then asked: "I heard that you took a break last year and did nothing. It was really nice."

"Come on, Christopher, I've shot a lot of movies in the past few years. I'd rather be like you, free to arrange my own directing time, rather than shooting for the development of the company."

"But you don't have to be like this anymore. Tell me, what are you going to shoot next?"

"Oppenheimer." Tang De answered truthfully: "I think this person is very interesting. There are many things worth exploring about him."

"Oppenheimer?" Nolan was a little surprised. "I've read his biography before. To be honest, I had similar ideas, but I thought this character was too difficult to portray. Do you have a plan in mind?"

"That's right." Tang De shrugged, thinking to himself, thanks to you for giving me inspiration: "But this work will also take me a long time to prepare, because I plan to use some new technologies."

"With the new technology, I also plan to use IMAX cameras to shoot in Dunkirk. I think the images shot in this way will definitely give the audience a more immersive feeling."

"Yeah, you're right." Tang De nodded.

The two people communicated for a while, and more and more actors and directors entered the theater. Soon everyone filled their seats and started socializing chatteringly.

No matter how high-class, famous, or well-educated people are, it is difficult to keep quiet when they get together and talk.

Fortunately, everyone was relatively restrained. When the host walked onto the stage and began testing the microphone, everyone quieted down and waited for the award ceremony to begin.

"Welcome everyone to the 89th Academy Awards." Jimmy Kimmel, as the host, said an opening remark: "Our ceremony is about to begin. I know everyone is as excited as I am, but let's wait a little longer because our live broadcast team is still debugging the equipment... I don't understand those things, but they look complicated and hard to guess, just like this year's nomination list."

"Hahaha." Everyone laughed in unison.

Jimmy Kimmel talked about some political topics again, such as Trump's policies, his identity, and the movies he had starred in.

Many people present have a good relationship with Trump, but Oscar's satire of Trump is politically correct, so no one will argue with it.

Only Tang De, who knew about future developments, smacked his lips, thinking that Oscar's boomerangs would hit him sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)