The President of the United States only considers the interests of the United States, and the rotating EU chairman is not necessarily altruistic. I am neither a saint nor an angel, I do what I think should be done, and I only protect those around me. No one can stop it!
"Actually, I also prepared a script for you, Jesse." Angela said with a smile again.
"Prepare one for me too?" Jesse was a little surprised.
"Of course, do you remember, you blackmailed me for ten scripts." Angela laughed and shook her hand sternly after Jessica was about to fight: "Okay, don't think I don't know, "Black Angel of the End Times" "There won't be a third season."
"I know I can't hide it from you, but I heard that the ratings have dropped a lot." Jessica couldn't help sighing.
That is only one of the reasons, and it does not play a decisive role. The three-way conflict between the writers, producers, and Fox executives is the main reason for stopping production. But Angela didn't say what she knew, just shrugged: "So stop making TV dramas, let your agent come over to discuss this movie."
Jessica smiled at this time: "Actually, I have already taken over a film, and the shooting is almost over."
"What? When? Why didn't you tell me!" Angela couldn't help standing up in surprise.
"You are so busy, how do you have time to tell you?" Jessica spread her hands helplessly.
Angela couldn't help grinding her teeth: "What kind of movie is it, I would like to know which one is better than what I prepared!"
"Angie!" Jessica called out with a smile. She wanted to say don't be so childish, but seeing Angela's puffy look, she could only shake her head and compromise: "Okay, I'll just say it. The movie is called "Beauty" "Girls Cheerleading Team" is a youth inspirational movie."
"Pretty girl cheerleading?" Angela frowned, "Can you tell me the specifics?"
"It's very simple, at Lanco Cana High School in San Diego, there is a famous Toro cheerleading team..." Jessica expressed the general plot in simple language. And Angela followed what she said and recalled it well. It seems that there is such a movie and the results are good, and it has also made several episodes like a TV series. It should be a good start for Jessica.
"Hey, what are you thinking, you've lost your mind again." Jessica exclaimed with dissatisfaction.
"Ah? Oh, sorry, dear, I just..." Angela rolled her eyes and made a gesture, "I just sighed a little, whether it was high school or college, I didn't get along with Lala. Of course, this is not to say Joining the cheerleading team, how could I possibly go to the cheerleading team to dance. I was just a little depressed, I hadn't seen a few cheerleading performances in high school, and when I got to Harvard, I forgot that there is a cheerleading organization. God, life is really incomplete ."
"Okay, didn't I go to the acting school after graduating from elementary school? Isn't there a cheerleading team there?" Jessica comforted Angela amusingly, "If you feel that life is incomplete, then go to the one that has just been put into use. Two games at Staples Center soon."
Angela shrugged noncommittally, then touched her chin and looked at Jessica with a smile: "So, you should have learned a lot of dance while filming
"Of course..." Jessica understood the other party's intention only after she answered, and couldn't help but glared at her, her face turning slightly red. Angela stuck out her tongue in her heart, and changed the subject after clearing her cough: "By the way, are you the starring role?"
"No," Jessica came back to her senses, "My role is the supporting role who plays opposite the heroine, a new team member who is arrogant but has amazing skills. To be honest, I think I played pretty well, only Bickles Ten Dunst was a little short."
"Listening to what you said, I can't wait to see this movie." Angela squinted her eyes and said teasingly, and then she thought of something and asked in surprise: "You said the heroine's name is Kers. Ten Dunst?"
"Yes, the girl who replaced you in Interview with the Vampire." Jessica nodded immediately.
"Sure enough, it's the Spider Woman." Angela muttered, and Jessica, who couldn't hear clearly, hurriedly asked, "What girl?"
"It's nothing." Angela waved her hand, it doesn't matter if she becomes Spider-Woman again, so she changed the subject: "I won't say more, you have to follow my script!"
"Okay, okay, I'll take it." Seeing her arrogant appearance, Jessica puffed out her cheeks, but then asked curiously, "What kind of movie is it."
"It's also an inspirational movie, called Legally Blonde!" Angela blinked proudly.
"Legal... Pretty Woman?" Jessica looked at her in confusion, "You want me to... play the role of a lawyer?"
"Actually a student of Harvard Law School," Angela corrected. "I promise you will feel very friendly when you get the script, but I have made a lot of changes based on your characteristics."
In fact, Jessica is not suitable for the comedy image of the silly big sister, so Angela spent as much effort in revising the script as she prepared for Lindsay's "My Good Girl is a Big Star". She changed the original image of the silly girl to a natural and dumb girl. Although she is still a silly girl, she is enthusiastic, reserved, energetic, and cautious. Of course, never admit defeat is definitely not lost. Plus she specially designed some details and small movements for Jessica, as long as the director is good enough, it is not impossible for Jessica to become America's sweetheart in advance.
"At that time, you will definitely go to Harvard to shoot on the spot. If I happen to come back from New Zealand, I can show you around Cambridge. How about it? Are you interested?" Angela said in a persuasive manner.
Jessica had no intention of rejecting it at first, but now after hearing her say this, she immediately agreed: "That's it."
Looking at her smiling face, Angela had the urge to kiss her, but fortunately, Alizee came in from outside the garden at this time: "Angie, Mr. Sparrow has come, he is waiting for you in the western parlor ."
"Thank you, Lily, I'll be right there." Angela raised her head and replied, glancing at Avril and Lindsay who were still discussing, and stood up.
"I'll be back soon. If I haven't come back after they've made changes, just wait. There will be a surprise for you at that time." Angela said with a smile, and then left with Alizee .
After walking through the garden and entering the villa, they soon came to the western parlour. Sparrow, who was holding his iconic briefcase, was already waiting inside, while Alizee, who was with him, nodded to the two of them and said nothing. He turned around and left. In this regard, Angela can only shake her head helplessly: "When will she be able to speak more."
The agent on the sofa couldn't help but chuckle: "Let's talk less means she is serious in her work."
You say that because you don't know what happened to her, Angela rolled her eyes in her heart. Then sat down in front of Sparrow: "So, how about it, if we take care of it properly, we can leave immediately."
"Although the paparazzi are pervasive, they are not omnipotent, not to mention that they are just adjusting the methods that have been used before. It is still very easy to get rid of them." Sparrow said easily.
"Then what are we doing sitting here? Time is running out." Angela stood up immediately.
Sparrow shook his head with a wry smile: "Angie, we have other things to do before that."
Angela thought for a while, and then showed an expression of sudden realization: "Sorry, Jack, I'm a little impatient."
She sat down again. "Okay, let me see what I need to do."
Soon, Sparrow pulled out a few documents from his briefcase, along with a small USB stick—thank goodness he didn't need a floppy.
There are not many things to deal with, in addition to the financial statements to be read every month, in addition to the comprehensive reports of the film department, such as last year's profit, this year's plan and the film preparations that have already started, etc.
Last year was basically a bumper crop, with separate investments in The Grudge and The Mummy
The first film made enough money at the box office, and "50 First Loves" and "The Truman World", which were jointly invested with Disney and Warner, were released at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year, and the box office also exceeded 100 million. Many word-of-mouth, Jim Carrey's performance was also unanimously praised.
These plus several independent cost films invested in this year have finally not lost money, so the profit is not much lower than last year, which is good news.
However, the plan in 2000 was relatively messy. First, Angela rejected the idea of a sequel to The Grudge in the last conference call, because the film is still fermenting in Japan and far from reaching saturation.
The Japanese have a love-hate relationship with this movie, and they are happy that it is a very good horror movie, and the high box office in North America fully shows that Japanese culture has successfully entered the American film market; let them Painfully, why is the script for this excellent horror film written by an American teenage girl? Even though she is the genius girl everyone knows. Why wasn't this movie made entirely by Japanese
The consolation is that the director is Japanese, but he was also discovered by Miss Genius, which is really confusing.
Well, let’s go too far. Anyway, Angela plans to wait for them to calm down and make a sequel. Anyway, I have told Shimizu Tsong what I have to say. Just take the time to complete the script and hand it over to him, and make “The Grudge 2” "It doesn't take much time.
Although it is also a horror film, the sequel to "The God of Death" is scheduled, but Angela is the
The screenwriter of the first episode, however, made it clear that he would not write the second episode - this is a wise defense. Of course, she recommended the first episode director James Wong to write the script. Several executives accepted the proposal after negotiating, and James Huang was also willing to write the script and continue to direct the second episode, but because of this problem, the second episode of "Death Is Coming" may not be released this year.
Interestingly, this kind of embarrassment is common in this year's plans. For example, the sequel to "The Mummy" has also been determined, but
The big sales of the first episode will inevitably make Sommers ask for more money and more power, then the production cycle of the film will inevitably become longer, so don't expect it to be released this year.
The same is true for "The Matrix" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The former finally intends to fulfill the contract after the old man Ridley directed "Gladiator" and has enough rest, but the two episodes before and after are to be connected together. It is also a consensus reached long ago, and it is absolutely impossible to complete this year. As for the latter, it will take half a year for the audition and preparations alone. Do you still want to release it this year? Save it!
Of course, this year is not without a better movie release. "X-Men" has already completed all the shots at the end of last year, and it is not difficult to release it in the summer after the production. In addition to buying the adaptation rights and recommending the male lead, Angela did not intervene too much in this movie, but it is interesting that Professor X, Magneto and Storm Girl have basically not changed, and are still played by Patrick Stewart and Ian. Played by McKellen and Halle Berry. However, Phoenix and Little Naughty were taken over by Charlize Theron and Mina Suvari respectively.
It's incredible.
In addition, what surprised Angela was that the movie "Fast and the Furious" was on the schedule, and it was being filmed. There was also a name in the cast list that was familiar to her, that is, once in "Snatch and Kidnap" "Little Joe" Jordana Brewster, who plays the only female lead!
Angela is very happy, which at least shows that the film department is trying to get rid of her support.
With these few films, plus the short production cycle and low investment but "Legal Blonde", which will be a big hit once it's made, even if there are only a few films this year, the profit can be maintained to the same level as last year. level.
As for "Beautiful Girls Are Big Stars", she plans to give Disney full control. After all, their star-making is all-round and more in line with the appetite of teenagers. And if the popular singers of Hollywood Records are all closely related to Angela, then even if Eisner has played more and more dirty with Pixar in animation because of Eisner's greed, you have to think about it if you want to turn your face.
In short, let's leave it like this for the time being, besides... I still have a movie to prepare this year.
"It's basically no problem, but I still have two scripts here that they need to deal with," Angela said, pulling the document out of the computer, "I wrote this specially for Jessica, and the investment will not be very high. Big, I have also chosen the director, the Australian Robert Luketick. As for the other one... "
Angela smiled and called out a new document: "Remember what I told you the year before, that Captain Sparrow is about to set sail."
"You really... wrote a pirate script?" Sparrow asked in surprise after reading a few lines.
"It's three scripts to be exact, it's a pirate trilogy like "The Matrix"." Angela explained, in order to combine the latter two and
She spent a lot of time connecting the first part, burying some foreshadowings in the first part, advancing some plots of the third part to the second part, and so on. Barely a serious trilogy, not something re-made after a box office hit. From this point of view, Angela can be a little proud.
"Okay, thank you for letting me set sail, but honestly, I don't think there's much room for pirates," Sparrow said cautiously, "You know, Cutthroat Island has almost been declared a failure. The decline of the pirate theme."
"But "Dancing With Wolves" was also shot when Westerns were dying, Jack." Angela retorted with a smile, "I think it shouldn't be difficult to convince Disney to invest with my name, as for the producers, directors and actors. , I've thought about it perfectly. Trust my vision, Jack."
"Okay, I'll exchange ideas with McKinley and get in touch with Disney." Sparrow nodded immediately.
"There is one more thing, and it is the most important." Angela suddenly became serious.
"I'm going to start preparing for the film I'm directing this year. Of course, it's just preparation, after all, I'm going to New Zealand to take part in the filming of The Lord of the Rings. But I hope that the film can start in the shortest possible time if needed."
Sparrow originally wanted to persuade a few words not to be so tired, but finally asked: "Which movie?"
"A Beautiful Mind." Angela read out the name.
"The Pianist" has taught her a lot of things, the handling of details, the grasp of the overall situation, etc. This is a wealth that she needs time to appreciate. These things cannot be copied to "Rabe's Diary". Spearman described the novel "The Pianist" from the point of view of a ruthless bystander. It's more about recording your own opinions.
So if Angela wants to achieve her goal through "The Diary of Rabe", she must think twice during the adaptation. Mind" was put on the agenda by her.
"I have already decided on the male lead, and I am still thinking about the female supporting role. The other supporting roles will be handed over to McKinley and they will be responsible for selecting a few. Among them, there is a little girl who hopes to find someone with excellent acting skills. That's about it. " Angela said thoughtfully.
The recorded Sparrow nodded: "Anything else?"
"That's it for now, I'll contact you at any time if I have other ideas." Angela shook her head, then stood up and stretched a lot, "Then can I go and tell Jessica and the others to leave now? ?"
"There is one more thing, the "Princess Diaries" thing has been completed." Sparrow said again at this time.
"Really?" Angela blinked and smiled, and the smile was sincere: "Well done, Jack, what I promised you should be done."
"It's an honor, but..." Sparrow raised his eyebrows, "How is your personal assistant?"
"You mean that Cheryl? It's okay, don't worry, you haven't been with me for a while, haven't you?" Angela shrugged.
"If it's not suitable, I think that Miss Jacote is trying." Sparrow said suddenly.
"Lily?" Angela asked with a laugh. "She's only 16. I don't want to be sued for employing child labor."
Then she waved her hand: "Okay, let's talk about this later, I can't wait to take Jesse and the others out."