[US Entertainment] Superstar

Chapter 173 Huge Leap

It can be said that Eve doesn't know anything about movie distribution. She sits here and her head is extremely confused. The other party hasn't even said in which cities, which theaters it will be released, when the posters will be released, and when the trailer will be released.

Now it is just the most preliminary discussion, and there will definitely be more meetings in the future.

After Albert and his assistant left, David Lynch said in a muffled voice: "It's still easy to make a movie, and it's too tiring to distribute a movie!"

As a content creator, his strengths and strengths are actually in the production. The distribution requires sufficient experience and vision. Before, he never thought that he would hit the schedule of Memorial Day.

"I also think distribution is too cumbersome, but it doesn't work if you don't understand it." Eve agreed, even if it is handed over to a trusted partner, you still have to understand some basic content, otherwise you will lose your trust. In the control of the film, a layman guides an insider.

David smiled, and said to the representatives of ABC TV and France 6 TV: "June 2 seems to be a good time. I hope that all our films can be screened as soon as possible on the Cannes Film Festival trading market." Right to sell."

Who knows that Raymond shook his head, "Actually, film distributors in many countries are already contacting me, wanting to buy the local distribution rights, but I can't make the decision, and the momentum is not particularly big now. There was more competition in Cannes, which helped fetch higher prices."

Universal Pictures is only responsible for distribution in North America. This company is not optimistic about the overseas distribution prospects of "Mulholland Drive".

During the Cannes Film Festival, distributors from various countries and regions around the world will gather in Cannes, hoping to find a movie with box office potential and then buy its distribution rights.

Why is Cannes getting bigger and more influential now?

Because the European film market held during the Cannes Film Festival is the largest trading market in the world today, even films that are not shortlisted in Cannes will come here under the guidance of intermediaries or investors, just to find buyers and distributors.

Now that the response to the film is so hot, the investment of 1500 million US dollars is not considered at all. As long as the copyright outside North America can be traded, the cost can be easily recovered by virtue of the copyright sales amount and subsequent dividends.

Eve is very happy to see such a scene happen. Of course, the more people who inquire about the film's screening rights, the better.

"Should we sell the screening rights of the film during post-production, or wait for the premiere in Cannes before selling it?" She asked involuntarily.

Anyway, here are all acquaintances, if you don't take this opportunity to answer your doubts, when will you have to wait.

Raymond is a veteran of movie rights trading. The Fourth TV Station can sell more than [-] or [-] movies every year, and most of them can make money. Otherwise, it would be impossible to continue to support low-cost art movies.

Facing this nomination, Raymond explained: "If we have absolute confidence in the film and think that it will have a very good word-of-mouth after it is released at the film festival, then try to postpone it until the word-of-mouth is out. At that time, there will definitely be competition. It's crazy. Now the distributors' expectations for this movie are the director and the starring role, as well as the popularity of the movie. They may not be willing to increase the price, which is a gamble."

"Distributors of art films are relatively conservative, because our copyright prices will be higher than those of other films. If they lose money, it will be a huge crisis for them, and they may go bankrupt."

As the most powerful producer among the producers, David Lynch is also the one with the most certainty and confidence in the quality of the film. He said: "This will definitely be a very unique film, almost the same as the summer film. Audiences who like art films can also enter the cinema during the summer.”

"It's still too early to make a decision. Let's wait for the specific editing results." Norn of ABC TV station didn't want to be too arbitrary, and wanted to see the quality of the finished film before making a judgment.

"When will the movie be filmed?"

"There are still three more scenes, mainly depends on Eve's state. If she can maintain the previous efficiency, the filming can be completed tomorrow." David Lynch looked relaxed, and it is very easy to meet an actor who can interact with the character Difficult, the appearance of Eve greatly increased the filming speed of the crew.

The topic returned to herself, Eve spread her hands and said, "I feel very good now, maybe I can end the filming early."

Who would have thought that the crew of "Almost Famous" had just finished filming, but the movie starring her here was about to be filmed again!

"Then we are looking forward to the production of the film, and see you next time."

"Yes, I also need to go back and report when the movie will be released."

Eve and David Lynch stood up to send the other two investor representatives out, and then sat down to rest.

"See? This is the job of a producer. In fact, what we are experiencing now is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, the producer will only get busier."

Any position is not so easy to get. Many people only see the brilliance of producers with power and dividends in their hands, but they never think that the crew's big and small things have to be linked to them.

Actors only need to film well, lighting engineers only need to cooperate with lighting, but producers have to be busy with other things.

Eve is now at best a nominal producer, and basically has not done anything practical. Now it is a headache just to hear about the release, let alone preparing the crew from scratch, recruiting personnel, looking for shooting locations, and arranging Schedule these things.

"I'm still filming well now."

"Smart choice."

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It may be that she has filmed a lot of movies, or it may be that she has experienced a finale celebration with the crew. This time, when Eve finished filming her part, there was no disturbance in her heart, and she even wanted to laugh.

On the contrary, the rest of the staff were very excited and finally completed the work. It was supposed to be a TV drama crew, but after a lot of tossing, it turned into a movie crew.

It seems particularly hard-won to achieve a successful completion.

"thank you all!"

"Congratulations to all of us, finally finishing the movie."

"Everyone has worked hard, thank you for believing in me, and for being willing to accompany me to make a movie again."

"Let's go to the bar tonight and never get drunk!"

Eve hugged her colleagues one by one, whether it was David Lynch, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, or the older Ann Miller, they were a little excited.

Almost all the actors are shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival for the first time, and everyone wants to take this film to a higher level in their acting career.

Hollywood actors look down on the three major film festivals, which only exist among a very small number of top players. Such a group of actors usually have no chance to make their mark, and it is great to have a chance to star in a movie.

If "Mulholland Drive" was said to be made into a movie from the beginning, then half or even all of the actors present would have to be replaced, and even Eve might not be able to get the leading role.

It's certainly a huge leap from being a TV actor to suddenly becoming a film actor!

If "Mulholland Drive" has a good box office and a good reputation, then these actors will also be seen by the producers, and they will even have more confidence in their works when they audition in the Screen Actors Union.

Therefore, none of the staff and actors in the entire crew are jealous of Eve, but hope that she will become more famous, preferably one that can take the whole movie off.

Nowadays, the media's impression of this movie is the director and the heroine. They don't know the other actors at all, and they don't want to know.

It is true that Rita, played by Laura Haring, is also a heroine. At the beginning, her light was completely covered by Eve. Outside of the movie, she turned the double heroine movie into a single heroine movie.

Laura's temperament is very good, otherwise she would not be selected by David Lynch to play the Hollywood star in the movie, but in reality she can receive very few scripts, and there are not many choices at all.

This time "Mulholland Drive" is a good time for her to turn around, so she was very rigorous and serious when shooting, no one wanted to mess up, if there is a classic and excellent movie, it will never be forgotten by the film industry .

"Thank you for your tolerance and cooperation. It is my honor to work with you." Eve said sincerely. In the coming month, the entire crew will be centered on her.

Every scene has her presence, even if it is only as a background.

If you shoot according to the normal situation, maybe the cost of the crew can be saved a little more.

David Lynch shook his head and said with a smile: "Without you, this movie would not have appeared. You will finally have a good rest tomorrow. You must be exhausted during this time."

"Actually, it's okay. I still go to the gym or run a few kilometers in the community after shooting every day. Don't you notice that my skin condition and mental condition are getting better and better?"

"It doesn't seem to be."

"Maybe only the makeup artist noticed, complaining every day that I need to put on more makeup to cover my skin condition."

The same sentence is put on other female stars because they like smoking and drinking, and stay up late, which leads to poor skin condition, but Eve is worried because her skin condition is too good.

Who asked her to play a down-and-out actor, a woman who went to extremes, what would she do with such a good mental state.

David Lynch came to his senses at this time, jokingly said: "No wonder the cost of cosmetics has exceeded the standard recently, it must be caused by you."

"Maybe, but I will never admit it." Eve said while pointing to Keanu's motorcycle outside the door and said, "Shall we meet at the bar tonight?"

"Of course, see you at the bar. Remember to bring your boyfriend, otherwise no one will send you back." David Lynch obviously knew how much she drank, so it would be better if someone accompanied her to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Keanu was fully armed and sat on the motorcycle. He waved vigorously to greet the cast and crew here. Only a pair of bright eyes could be seen on the helmet of the motorcycle.

Carrying her bag and stepping on high heels, Eve ran towards him quickly. She knew her boyfriend would come to pick her up in the morning, so she specially wore trousers to facilitate the motorcycle ride.

The staff of the crew looked at the two over there with some envy, feeling an inexplicable sense of relief, like fans chasing CP!

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