Made in Hollywood

"Hi George,"

As soon as he walked into the cafe door, Duke saw George Lucas, he hurried over to greet him, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'll be late. pbtt."

George Lucas shook his head indifferently, "We are here early."

As he said, he turned to his side and introduced Duke to the two people next to him. "You should remember them. You danced lightsabers with them on the set when you were a kid."

He was talking about things in the 1970s. Because of the friendship between the two families, Duke had been to the Star Wars studio several times as a child. Although time has passed for a long time, he still vaguely remembers. Besides, as a new director about to direct How could the director of the Star Wars movie not know the two Skywalker family members in the Star Wars trilogy Iron Triangle?

"Hello, Mark. Hello, Kelly."

Duke shook hands with two middle-aged actors. They were Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher, who played Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia respectively in the Star Wars trilogy.

The two sides greeted each other and came to a quiet deck. Duke always looked directly at George Lucas, who was sitting with him, and said without any concealment, "I am going to start making a new Star Wars." Trilogy, I very much hope you can return to this series."

In this case, Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher did not expect that Hollywood had long been ready to restart the Star Wars journey after Duke acquired Lucasfilm.

However, they did not answer for the time being, but were silent. Among them, Kelly Fisher gave George Lucas a look.

George Lucas has long said that the Star Wars Prequel trilogy is the end of his Star Wars series, but the person who started this series is Duke. He is not considered to be a bad word to the media and movie fans, and as early as In the mid-1990s, he invited Duke to be the director of the Star Wars Prequel, but the opponent refused.

In his opinion, if Star Wars is reopened. There is absolutely no one more suitable director than Duke.

As the founder of the Star Wars series, George Lucas couldn't be more at ease when he handed this series to Duke.

Therefore, George Lucas nodded slightly to Kelly Fisher.

Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher were still silent. Duke is not at all in a hurry. These two people can be said to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of Star Wars and the most imprisoned. Since the end of the Star Wars trilogy, there is not even any work that can be obtained. pbtt.

Both were once stars. Owning most of the consumption habits of Hollywood stars, the pay in the 70s and 80s is far from comparable to the pay of actors after Hollywood entered the 90s. The financial situation of these two people is actually not very good, and there is no suitable one. The movies and characters of the film, this state will continue, and will inevitably become like Marlon Brando as a famous character, but his old life is quite shabby.

According to Duke’s investigation and understanding, unlike Harrison Ford in the Star Wars Iron Triangle, Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher are no longer real actors. They are even formal. No brokers.

Take ten thousand steps back. Even if Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher refused, Duke would not pay much attention to it. It would not be difficult to get some props or scenes to touch the feelings of Star Wars fans.

Mark Hamill took a sip of the coffee and said slowly, "I am also happy to see the Star Wars series restart. This is a great series."

Hearing this, Duke smiled slightly, then looked at Kelly Fisher.

Just like Mark Hamill. Since there is no agent, Kelly Fisher could not make a promise, but expressed her attitude, "I dream of wanting to participate in Star Wars again."

Say these words. The atmosphere in the field immediately became harmonious, especially when I recalled some scenes when Duke went to the set, he continued to laugh.

It's just that Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher knew that the children at that time had already grown into the existence they needed to look up to.

Duke is busy with business, it is impossible to stay here for too long, after drinking a cup of coffee. This meeting is at the end.

Before leaving, Duke reminded Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher, who had been seriously blessed, "I hope that from now on, the two can make some perfect fitness plans."

Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher naturally understood what Duke meant, and nodded hurriedly.

Later, Duke greeted George Lucas, who had been on the sidelines, and left the cafe to return to the Warner Studios in Burbank.

Inviting Mark Hamill and Kelly Fisher to return to the Star Wars series, to put it bluntly, is to impress people with feelings, and they are just some of the many actors who have returned, such as Catherine Kennedy, Charles Rowan and the producers Robin Grande is all in contact with living actors who have participated in the Star Wars True Story trilogy.

For example, Peter Mayu, who played Chubaka, has agreed to continue to play this role.

In comparison, Chubaka's old partner Han Solo is the most difficult one among the old actors in the Star Wars True Story trilogy.

Charles Rowan personally approached Harrison Ford and his agent, and the other party directly asked for a salary of $20 million plus revenue sharing.

If it were in the heyday of Harrison Ford, this kind of pay would not be too much, but the Harrison Ford today is no longer the Harrison Ford of the year. Duke and Lucas Pictures will only have their heads flooded. Promise to such an actor contract.

Currently, Charles Rowan is still in talks with Harrison Ford's agent, but the negotiation is quite difficult, and the two sides are extremely contentious. Duke is also prepared to not show Han Solo in the film.

For Star Wars, even the Iron Triangle of the year is not indispensable.

The plan to remake the Star Wars series has reached the implementation stage, and no obstacles are enough to justify the cancellation of this plan.

While Duke is busy with his own work, he is also paying attention to the situation of several competitors.

David Ellison, naturally, needless to say, after retiring from Hollywood, although there was less pressure from Duke’s side, he was still a little bit confused by the Los Angeles County Police Department and the FBI’s investigation into the death of Van Diesel. It was a mess, but the series of North Korean hacking incidents triggered by the "Interview" also distracted the media and officials from paying attention to him. In these respects, it is not without benefits to give some benefits to Duke and quit Hollywood.

To put it simply, like Larry Ellison and Bill Gates, characters at this level can dislike each other, and even use "cleaner spies" that cannot be put on the table, but anyone They won't easily start a life-and-death fight, it will not be good for each other, even the winner will be scarred, leaving others with the opportunity to come over and step on it hard.

From beginning to end, Duke knew very well that he had strong collaborators such as Time Warner and Google in Hollywood and across the United States, but he never lacked competitors or even enemies. Even within these two groups, there are people like Robert? Solomon's eager person.

This is a highly competitive society, he will not be so stupid to think that he roars, all enemies will kneel and surrender, willing to be his own little brother.

Not to mention the enemy, even those movie stars who have worked with Duke, what kind of opinion he has, it is hard to say.

Duke and the Ellison family have always maintained on both sides of a line, even with Larry Ellison's arrogance, they will not easily cross that line.

The two interest groups also ended their entanglement for nearly ten years with a deal.

The Ellison family’s tentacles to the film industry were cut off, and Duke neither understood nor had any interest in Oracle’s business. Without the fight for interests, there would be no more large-scale conflicts and conflicts between the two parties.

There is also Walt Disney, which is the most influenced by Duke among the six traditional Hollywood labels.

The former Mickey Mouse, from the acquisition of abc TV station, has turned from a traditional production and distribution company to a media group, and is the only company among the six major labels that has truly successfully transformed. Later, it acquired Pixar Studios and swallowed Marvel Comics. , The merger of Lucasfilm, once won the throne of the world's most valuable media company, it can be described as unparalleled.

The current Walt Disney company only acquired the abc TV station. Not only did Duke rob Pixar Studios, Marvel Comics and Lucas Pictures, it was also trapped in two big groups, Robert Iger and Michael Eisner. The infighting whirlpool was unable to extricate itself, which seriously affected the company's development.

In particular, the loss of Pixar Studios has had an unpredictable negative impact on Walt Disney. Once under the leadership of Ed Kamel and John Lasset, Walt Disney’s animation business was renewed. Rise, even with commercial works like "Frozen".

However, without the help of Pixar Studios, Walt Disney also released a relatively unfamiliar "Frozen" by Duke in this Christmas file, but the results were very unsatisfactory, especially when the prince rescued the princess with a kiss of love. The cliché plot has received fierce criticism, and the box office in the first week of the show was only in the early 20,000 dollars.

Without the lily to save the world, without the brainwashing divine comedy, this "Frozen" can only become the most common of many Disney animated films.

Duke remembered this film, but couldn’t find a suitable producer. "Frozen" is a type of jumping and singing, which is not suitable for Pixar Studios. It is imposing it on Pixar. It will become another look or doomed business.

As for writing a script and selling individual animation studios? Don't be kidding, the production cycle of an animation film is so long, the script can be said to be a very insignificant link, far less important than the production technology.

Then there is Twentieth Century Fox. (To be continued.)

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