Chapter 681： Avatar

In the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles, Leonardo and Gisele Bonson have moved here from time to time since they lived together.

Tonight, Leonardo specially put the dinner here.

Because this mansion was bought by Leonardo with Jack Dawson's money, and the guests who came over were James Cameron and Susie Amis.

In such a house where James Cameron knew his origin, it was full of nostalgic atmosphere to entertain the director of the year.

So, at the end of the dinner, Gisele Bunchen invited Susie Amis to take a walk in the courtyard. Leonardo and James Cameron, who remained in the living room, naturally talked about the original filming of Titan "Nick".

"I still remember that the first candidate for the actor in the film was Matthew McConaughey." Leonardo handed James Cameron a cup of coffee and said: "Twentieth Century Fox strongly requested the use of Matthew McConaughey. McConaughey played the leading actor, if you didn’t insist on using me, I wouldn’t be able to play this movie.

James Cameron adjusted his posture: "The requirements of the 20th Century Fox have proved to be all wrong."

Leonardo said without a trace: "Looking back, think about how many faint moves and mistakes made by Fox in the 20th century. Fortunately, you withstood the pressure. Otherwise, this movie would be over."

"Haha..." James Cameron laughed: "I was almost replaced."

Leonardo agreed: "Yeah, I thought you were leaving the crew." He half-joked: "What did the Fox CEO say at that time? We were forced to sell **** by James Cameron. Up."

For James Cameron, shooting "Titanic" is a fond memory that will never be remembered, but the goodness is also mixed with many unbearable past events.

After chatting with Leonardo for a while, James Cameron once again discovered that those unpleasant memories were basically related to 20th Century Fox.

James Cameron said: "Anyway, without the financial support of 20th Century Fox, "Titanic" would not be completed."

Leonardo said: "You and Jon Landau went to Twentieth Century Fox again and again to ask for the money. How did we get through when the crew was most nervous?"

James Cameron smiled: "It's difficult, but finally got it through."

Leonardo said: "It was not easy at the time. Because of the lack of funds and the inadequate protection measures, Kate almost drowned and got pneumonia. You originally liked Enya to sing the theme song, but because of insufficient funds, you had to choose the seat. Lynn Dion, what did Kate say. When I heard Celine Dion’s theme song, I was annoyed and couldn’t help but roll my eyes. I remember you said after it was released that the song was lingering. Yes, the crew owed the salary of the assistant team. The assistant was angry and poisoned the crew’s catering. Fortunately, I didn’t eat that day. I remember that your director team all went to the hospital. The most dangerous situation, Brian Beckman, also had his stomach lavage... "

"That situation was really dangerous." James Cameron took a sip from his coffee cup: "Kate...hey, so Kate swears that he will never work with me again."

Leonardo laughed: "I don't want to work with you anymore."

James Cameron shrugged: "Actually, you know better than Kate. At that time, a lot of situations, a lot of troubles, were caused by shortage of funds."

Leonardo shook his head: "At that time, the 20th Century Fox left me a bad impression, so until now, I don't want to cooperate with 20th Century Fox."

Those unpleasant things seemed to be yesterday, and James Cameron said again: "If it wasn't for the fat guy Jon Landau who had been matching up, I would never want to contact Twentieth Century Fox after "Titanic."

"All the memories of that shooting are beautiful." Leonardo said: "Except for the part related to Twentieth Century Fox."

James Cameron laughed haha: "I agree with that."

Leonardo said again: "This is also Kate's idea."

"Actually, Susie thought so too." James Cameron said.

The two chatted for more than half an hour, and the topic always revolved around the accidents and interesting things that happened during the filming of "Titanic". Because of the things that actually happened and experienced together, the 20th century Fox naturally became Leonardo. The villain in the topic with James Cameron, and the object of the joint crusade.

In fact, once there is a problem with the budget of the crew, all kinds of troubles will inevitably follow, which is annoying.

"Titanic" has encountered any problems with funding. After media reports, most people who follow this film in the world have heard of it.

Just arrived at nine o'clock in the evening, James Cameron and Susie Amis left.

A few days later, because of the need to discuss the release of "Deep Sea Alien", James Cameron appeared in the Embassy Pictures. Ronan chatted with him for a while, during which he also involved in the new work of James Cameron.

"The new project technology is almost ready, right?" Ronan asked.

James Cameron replied: "I have been in the studio and laboratory during this period. The combination of 3D and IMAX technology has basically solved the shortcomings of shooting "Deep Sea Alien"."

Ronan looked very interested: "So, the project is about to start."

"It's not so fast." James Cameron had a good deal with Ronan many times, and he was very impressed: "I have written the script, but the technical preparation has just completed the first stage."

Ronan knew the content of the script and said, "Can I read the script?"

Cooperation is a two-way choice, and it requires a lot of money. James Cameron just thought about it and said: "Yes, I will send it to your office later, but keep it confidential."

"Don't worry." Ronan promised: "Besides me, no one will see it."

He said directly: "James, how are you thinking about it? We are cooperating on your new project? I have all the funds ready."

The last time Ronan focused on cooperation, James Cameron is also considering that, in addition to the traditional six major companies, Hollywood is also about entertainment.

Although talking about investment and budget once, James Cameron said: "The production budget is more than 200 million US dollars." Probably he has had the experience of "Titanic", and the director has some control: "The highest It will not exceed $250 million."

Ronan said: "Within the range that Relativity Entertainment can bear."

James Cameron’s words are not over: "In the past two years, in addition to film technology, I have also been studying the film market. The importance of publicity and distribution has far exceeded the film itself. Ronan, my request is that production and distribution must Do it with the same company to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble. Therefore, in addition to the production, there is also publicity, and the publicity cost cannot be lower than the production budget."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "That's fine."

The film once claimed to have a cost of more than 500 million US dollars, but in fact half of it was the promotion and distribution costs.

James Cameronken talked to him in this way, indicating that he has a cooperative intention, at least he is inclined to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment.

"This is a sci-fi film." James Cameron has been making people observe and evaluate Relativity Entertainment. Regardless of investment or distribution, the ability of Relativity Entertainment in the film business is the first-line level in Hollywood, so He does not exclude cooperation with Relativity Entertainment. But in order to avoid some troubles in the later period, he has to talk to Ronan in front of some things: "From now on, the production cycle may be about four years."

Ronan nodded slightly: "This kind of financial pressure can be undertaken by Relativity Entertainment."

Film investment has never been a one-time investment of all investments, but a planned investment in installments.

This does not occupy the cash flow of Relativity Entertainment. The investment in new projects can be solved with the financing of the Pacific Investment Fund.

Beginning with the acceptance of Israeli investment, the Pacific Investment Foundation has successively made gains in personal investment. Including Israeli investment, it actually accepted more than 110 million US dollars in personal investment in the last month.

The reputation of the Pacific Investment Fund has become stronger and stronger. Although it is far less than the income of those venture capital, it is better than stable.

Not everyone and companies will spend huge sums of money and bet crazy on high-risk investment projects.

There are also many conservative investors in this world.

As long as there is no pressure on funds, it will not be a problem to run such a large production with the current production and publicity capabilities of Relativity Entertainment.

It is not the first time that Relativity Entertainment has operated a major production project.

Ronan and James Cameron discussed the issue of investment for a while James Cameron decided to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment due to various factors.

"We won't talk about how to cooperate and what terms are needed." Ronan said directly: "We have set the general direction, and let the people below discuss specific matters."

James Cameron thought for a while and said: "I will say hello to Jon Landau today, and you will formally negotiate with Jon Landau on project cooperation starting next Monday."

Ronan nodded and said, "I will let George Clint of Sandsea Entertainment go to negotiate with Jon Landau in person."

James Cameron took the initiative to shake hands with Ronan: "I wish we can achieve cooperation."

Ronan smiled and shook hands hard with him: "Happy cooperation."

During this meeting, Ronan and James Cameron basically reached an agreement on the general direction of cooperation. In the afternoon, the people of James Cameron delivered the script to Ronan and talked to James Cameron. Long's description is consistent, and the project is called "Avatar".