Chapter 1125： Dazzled

Obviously, although the "New York Post" is worried about Hugo's "career prospects", the Hollywood industry has strong confidence in Hugo's future. Don’t you see that Macaulay Culkin has been prosperous for three years relying on a movie called "Home Alone", and the filming has continued until last year when his best father was completely cut off from the back; and Hugo in the past three years Here's absolute strength has already made the entire Hollywood jealous, and some people even think that Hugo can "turn stones into gold."

This is Hollywood, or in other words, this is the true nature of a businessman.

The average quality of the five scripts from Columbia Pictures that Rick showed to Hugo this time is really impressive. For any actor, choosing one of the scripts is enough to have fun. And now, these works are all presented on the table in front of Hugo, let him choose.

Hugo's current momentum can be seen.

After Columbia Pictures, Hugo read the scripts from Warner Bros. and Disney. These two companies have not cooperated with Hugo before, but obviously they are not willing to miss Hugo, the cash cow. There were a total of seven scripts from the two companies, and Hugo picked out three and placed them in the pending positions on the right.

After "Life and Death Speed" director Jane de Bont became famous in one fell swoop, he became a sought-after figure in major companies in an instant. This time he and Warner Bros. teamed up to create the disaster film "Tornado (, and the screenwriter found the creation of "The Train The Great Robbery (the...great..., "Jurassic Park" director and screenwriter Michael Clayton (.), out of the current budget of 90 million, Hugo set aside 15 Millions of dollars in pay.

The reputation of this work is actually mediocre, but it can be regarded as a work worth mentioning in the disaster film of the 1990s. It had a very good box office that year, and it was recorded in the annals of history as the first DVD-published work in film history. Hugo’s deep impression of this work came from Jane-De’s unclear directing intentions. He lacked a clear understanding of the script. On the one hand, he wanted to shoot a purely visual effects commercial blockbuster, but on the other hand. It took a lot of time to outline the plot, hoping to dig out more deep-seated things, but the plot was a little pale and weak, and the core ideas were also flat.

But Hugo still temporarily kept the script because of Jane-De’s personal friendship.

Also from Warner Bros.’s "Moment of Killing (a..., there are many old acquaintances. Samuel Jackson and Sandra Bullock have already decided to play, and Kevin Spacey is considering it. He mentioned Once here, if Hugo is willing to play the leading role, he is very happy to play with Hugo. This work with an investment of only 40 million US dollars did not have much budget in terms of film remuneration, but the court-themed work similar to "Yihai Xiongfeng" gave Warner Bros. more confidence, so the script was submitted to Hugo.

Hugo has not seen this work, he planned to watch it before crossing-because the actor of this work is Matthew McConaughey, I heard that Matthew's performance in it has received a lot of praise. This made Hugo very curious about why Matthew, who had polished his acting skills early, became a vase idolist later, and how popular was Matthew's acting at that time.

Out of curiosity, Hugo kept the script for the time being. He hoped to read the script carefully.

Among the many scripts of Disney, Hugo only left one, "Brave to Death Island (the.. This work can be described as a thunderbolt. Later, the King of Explosions "sells copies" Michael Bay (.bay) relied on This work has won numerous word-of-mouth, and won a big box office win, and the three big acting actors Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris (ed.) Biao drama is even more so. Add a lot of color to the work, this work can be called a classic commercial blockbuster masterpiece.

Hugo hardly hesitated and put the script on the right hand side.

I have to say that there are so many scripts in front of us. Some scripts are aimed at Hugo. In some projects, Hugo is just one of the alternates. Of course, there are also a small number of projects that were just thrown in with the mentality of trying it out. , Does not necessarily put Hugo in the plan. But these excellent scripts really dazzled Hugo, and a clear blueprint gradually formed in his mind about the glory of Hollywood in the 1990s.

But when Hugo saw the Universal Pictures script, he couldn't help but laughed, "Rick, did Lang call you?"

In a blink of an eye, Lang has become the CEO of Universal Pictures for nearly a year, but Hugo and Lang have never been in direct contact. I don't know what the situation will be like when the two meet now. But for an objective analysis, Lang is now the representative of a film company. If you are facing third-line actors, you can say that the film company is the party that holds the power of life and death; but if you are facing top actors, then each other is a relationship of mutual checks and balances.

"Yes, we have had many calls." Rick shrugged and said lightly, "He hopes to have more cooperation with our company."

From Tom Hanks to Clint Eastwood, from Al Pacino to Hugo Lancaster, Endeavour Elite Brokerage does have the initial capital for negotiation. In the past year, Lang The situation is not wonderful. With the exception of "Modern Primitive", which has a box office of more than 100 million, none of Universal Pictures has a box office of more than 50 million US dollars.

Therefore, Lang is naturally very willing to have a good relationship with Rick, and he also needs the current vigorous Hugo to bring him more performance success.

"He also asked about your situation and wanted to see when he could have a formal meeting with you." Rick said with a smile.

Hugo raised his head and glanced at Joseph, and couldn't help laughing. Fengshui turns, and now it is clear that Hugo has the upper hand in the confrontation between Hugo and Lang, and Lang is the one who needs to ask Hugo for help-Lang clearly knows how many scripts Hugo has to choose from.

Therefore, Universal Pictures is also very active. They only gave Hugo three scripts, and two of them were left by Hugo. The probability is higher than that of Columbia Pictures.

Hugo is actually quite hesitant about whether to keep the script of "The Wind and Clouds of Las Vegas". This script was written by Nicholas Pelegui (.) who wrote "The Good Guy", and he and Martin at the same time. -Another collaboration of Scorsese.

Martin is always one of the directors who are eager to cooperate with him, and this work is also the last of Martin's crime trilogy, and its artistic value is beyond doubt.

However, Hugo believes that Martin actually had a little bit of style struggle and change in the work "Casino Wind", that is, the transformation from an artistic documentary style to an artistic depiction of documentary subjects, so in the description of the relationship between the male and female protagonists , Slightly show the love of children. Since this work was conceived after the "age of innocence", Hugo has always wondered whether Martin has more obsessions with his children. This is slightly inconsistent with the gang-themed works themselves, and the handling of the heat is not as good as "the past in the United States."

On the whole, "Gambling City" is a good work, but it has not yet reached the height of a masterpiece.

Hugo hesitated, but after thinking about it carefully, he still couldn't refuse Martin Scorsese's "charm" and put the script on the right hand side.

When Rick saw that Hugo put the script "Twelve Monkeys (12. on his right hand side, he and Joseph looked at each other helplessly. The investment cost of this script is only 29 million, and the pay for Hugo can only be 8 million. This is already considered a high-cost production in an independent film. Moreover, this sci-fi work is skewed and the subject matter is very unpopular. , Even more niche than "Pulp Fiction" and "Before Sunrise".

Rick originally didn't want Hugo to choose this script, but he guessed that Hugo would be interested in it because the script is really good.

If Rick speaks out his ideas, Hugo would probably tell him with his eyes wide open: this is not just a good work, it is a classic work!

"Twelve Monkeys" can be regarded as an absolute classic in sci-fi cult movies. Not only does this work have a complete worldview and a meticulous narrative structure, it is also a sci-fi story that can withstand repeated scrutiny by the audience. The story explores the "human Whether you can rely on your own strength to change your own past" is such a profound subject, the connotation is worthy of careful recollection; and the film's outline of the characters is more than three-pointed, this work made the world see Brad in the true sense for the first time- Pete's acting skills.

Indeed, it was Brad Pitt.

Although "The Years of Love" and "Interview with the Vampire" made Brad a national idol and the former also made Brad the first Golden Globe nomination for acting, but "twelve only "Monkey" was Brad's first work that truly won praise from all film critics. This work earned him his first Oscar nomination.

Brad's performance in this movie is crazy but delicate. The young and unfettered performance is indeed remarkable, even reminiscent of Leonardo's performance in "Different Sky" last year.

Strictly speaking, "Twelve Monkeys" is the first time Hugo has seen all the scripts today, because this work makes Hugo feel the challenge of acting again, and he is quite eager to try.

Many masterpieces made Hugo high spirits at this time, and the rest and relaxation of the past few months almost made Hugo forget how beautiful the performance moment was. Although the performances of "Pulp Fiction" and "Before Sunrise" have given Hugo a lot of experience, the feeling of tension and excitement during the previous "Schindler's List" period has not been tasted for a long time. , And these dazzling scripts on the desktop made Hugo once again feel his desire for acting.

Hugo couldn't help getting excited. After putting down the "twelve monkeys", the corners of his mouth rose and he said cheerfully, "Let me see, what scripts are there." This relaxed tone made Rick, Joseph and Samora looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.