Chapter 490 Film Completion and Preview Rewards
In the afternoon, Sophie Marceau, Emmanuelle Béart and Marion Cotillard came to visit the crew. Link got off work early and returned to the hotel to date his girlfriends and to see the two little ones who were learning to walk.
While he was filming in Italy, the autumn season of the North American film market arrived. Guess what - MGM Pictures has four movies released in this autumn season, including "Operation Harassment", "Final Destination 3", "Scream 2" and "A Bug's Life".
"Operation Harassment" is a thriller film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, William Sadler and others.
The film was released in mid-September and has been released for seven weeks now, with a North American box office of $16.5 million, which is an average box office performance.
"Final Destination 3" was released in early October and has been released for five weeks. It has grossed $68.07 million in North America and cost $21 million to produce. It is a box office hit, but its box office performance is much worse than the first two films.
"Scream 2" was released on the eve of Halloween and has earned a total of $67.35 million in North America in three weeks. The first film in the series earned $110 million in North America. Compared with the previous one, the sequel is slightly inferior in terms of reputation and box office, but it will also be a box office hit.
"A Bug's Life" is the second animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It tells the story of a group of tiny ants who, in order to get rid of the colonial rule of locusts and fight for the freedom of their homeland, work together with several rookie bugs in the circus to fight against the bully locusts.
The film cost $65 million to produce.
It earned $51.5 million in 2,686 theaters in its first week, ranking first at the weekly box office.
The North American box office is expected to be no less than 150 million US dollars.
Apparently it was also a hit movie.
After the first week box office of "A Bug's Life" came out, Pixar Studios' stock price also increased steadily, from the original US$38 to US$42. Although it is not as high as the peak of US$530,000, the increase in Pixar's stock price is good news for shareholders and the company.
Link and Flash Gold Capital also took the opportunity to release some of the stocks they had bought back in the past few months and earned tens of millions of dollars.
In September and October, guess what - several of MGM's summer releases continued to grow at the box office.
Among them, "Tomorrow Never Dies" broke the 300 million US dollars in North America, cumulatively reaching 305 million US dollars, and the global box office reached 724 million US dollars. It is expected that the global box office will exceed 800 million US dollars.
Thanks to this movie, guess what - MGM's debt situation was alleviated and the company no longer had to worry about paying high interest.
The box office of movies such as "Rush Hour 2", "There's Something About Mary" and "Just Got Away" also continued to grow. Among them, "As Good As It Gets", which was released in early August, broke the $100 million North American box office mark, reaching $130 million, and its ranking on the annual box office rankings continued to rise.
In addition, Link's "Unbreakable" has grossed a total of $282 million in North America and $358 million overseas. It is expected that its global box office performance will not be much worse than that of "Tomorrow Never Dies."
Compared with the Guess What-MGM movies, other film companies' box office performance is very poor. The total box office performance of Universal Pictures, Paramount, Fox Film and others in the first half of the year is not as good as the sum of the box office of "007" and "Rush Hour 2".
In order to save their companies and keep their jobs, several film company presidents decided to follow the example of Columbia Pictures and Disney and take the initiative to cooperate with Guess What - MGM Pictures.
The Los Angeles Times commented on this incident that the Big Six film studios took the initiative to take a step back and no longer put themselves on an equal footing with Guess What?
From then on, the Hollywood landscape changed dramatically. From the previous seven major film studios competing with each other, it became a landscape with MGM as the core, six major film studios competing with each other, and other small and medium-sized film companies surviving in the cracks.
Guess what - MGM Studios has become the undisputed overlord of the North American film industry.
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“Cut!”
After filming the scene where Ripley kills Dick, Link called a pause and replayed the footage for a closer look.
This scene is one of the climaxes of the film and an important turning point in Ripley's life. Therefore, it must be taken seriously during filming and strive for perfection. If it is too loose and the quality is too poor, the effect after it is released will definitely be unsatisfactory.
In order to get the best acting performance from Matt Damon and Jude Law, Link was extremely strict during the filming. One scene was shot twelve times, and Matt Damon almost collapsed at the end.
When Link saw Matt Damon break down, he knew the play was a success.
In the film, Ripley's killing of Dick was not entirely a premeditated murder, there were also certain unexpected elements.
He loved Dick and liked his current life. In order to maintain this life, he had to kill Dick who wanted to destroy it.
When making a move, the mental state will be confused and on the verge of collapse.
Matt Damon's performance of collapse and confusion in front of the camera also greatly improved the level of this scene.
"Passed!"
Link yelled.
The staff on site breathed a sigh of relief.
Only Matt Damon was still sitting on the deck of the yacht, his face blank and distraught.
"He's really into it."
Julie Delpy held the juice cup and sipped the pomegranate juice with a playful smile on her face.
"Matt was so cruel that he almost strangled me to death."
Jude Law touched his neck, still feeling frightened.
Link finished reviewing the footage and looked at Matt Damon, "Matt, are you okay?"
He shouted twice before Matt Damon came back to his senses. He blinked blankly and gave a stiff smile, "I'm fine, nothing's wrong, just a little tired."
"Okay, take a half-hour break and we'll continue filming."
Taking advantage of Matt Damon's good condition, Link led the crew to work overtime and try to finish the film before December.
During the filming, Ben Affleck came to visit the set and traveled around Italy.
But after arriving at the crew, he found that Matt Damon had gloomy eyes, a serious expression, and even the tone of his voice had changed. He was no longer like the Matt Damon he knew.
Ben Affleck secretly cried out in dismay. Having worked with Link five or six times, he knew better than anyone how perverted Link's methods of training actors were.
Sometimes, in order to make a good movie, he would use various means to make the actors get into the roles and make them indulge in the roles.
In more serious cases, actors may suffer from mental illness.
Matt Damon is like this now, it is obvious that he has been severely trained by Link, so that he is unable to extricate himself from the role.
"Matt, do you still recognize me? I'm Ben, your best friend, and I'm here to see you."
Ben Affleck said with a sad expression.
Matt Damon rolled his eyes at him, "I'm just into the role, I'm not stupid or having amnesia, you don't need to remind me like this."
Despite what Matt said, Ben Affleck was not relieved.
Matt used to be a straight man who didn't like to roll his eyes at people, but now he naturally makes this more feminine expression.
He couldn't help but feel terrified. Was Matt turned gay by this character?
"Matt, why don't we stop acting? You are a popular star now. Many crews want you to be the leading actor. You have no shortage of roles. You don't need to make yourself suffer from mental illness for this role. It will be very detrimental to your future development."
"What nonsense are you talking about? This is Link's play. Although I have worked with him several times, this time I am the real male lead. How can I give up such a good opportunity?"
Without waiting for Ben Affleck to continue speaking, Matt Damon waved his hand and said he had to film and he would talk to him later. Then he put on black-framed glasses and entered the set to shoot.
Ben Affleck looked at his back and shook his head helplessly, realizing that Matt Damon was more like Ripley in the film, just as gloomy and ambitious, and all of this was secretly fueled by Link.
Ben Affleck looked at Link in the crowd and felt that it was not unreasonable for this guy to be assassinated.
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Link and the crew worked overtime in Italy for more than two months. In early December, they finished shooting all the shots for "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and the film was declared wrapped.
After filming the movie, Link returned to Los Angeles with the crew and continued editing the film in the film studio.
By the way, I attended the preview of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
The internal preview of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was very successful. After the movie was over, the guests burst into warm applause and cheers. Many producers shouted "Great", "Perfect", "The best pirate movie", "The best Captain Jack", etc.
Michael Ovitz was so excited that his face turned red. He held Link's hand and kept praising him, saying that he was a genius director and a godly director.
No one in the world except him can make such a magical, magnificent and exquisite fantasy movie.
The system also gives a relatively high evaluation to this movie.
Since he wrote the script, he also served as chief producer, chief director, executive screenwriter and other positions. His participation in the film reached 75.5%, the film's completion rate was 98.5%, and the film's compliance with the market was 92%.
The system rewards are also more generous than the previous two films, including 2.9 times the box office subsidy, director experience +20%; director physical fitness +20%; film quality increase +16%.
After gaining the bonus, Link clenched his fists, and his body became noticeably stronger.
After the preview, Link took the film into his personal studio and watched it again to see what changes had taken place in the film with the 16% quality increase. At the same time, he took out his notebook to study and gain experience in preparation for the next time he shoots such a film.
Boom boom boom
"Link, it's time to get off work."
When Link was about to finish his work, Liu Xiaoli's sweet and gentle voice came from outside the door.
"Come in!"
Link took off his headphones and stretched.
"Are you sure you want to get off work and not stay here overnight?"
Liu Xiaoli teased him with a smile.
The woman was wearing sexy OL women's clothing, her shirt revealed a heavy outline and a deep white ravine between the collar. The straight skirt tightly wrapped around her perfectly proportioned waist and hips, her curves were full and straight, and the flesh-colored stockings on her calves were particularly winding.
She smelled delicious and looked very tasty.
Behind Liu Xiaoli followed the beautiful and plump Aishwarya.
Being in the same room with two beauties, Link was not in a hurry to leave. He smiled gently, closed the door, and got back to work at his desk amid Liu Xiaoli's complaints and Aishwarya's laughter.
(End of this chapter)
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