Hollywood Director 1992

"Link, what do you think of this script?"

In the coffee shop, Renée Zellweger and Sandra Bullock looked at him anxiously.

Link leaned back on the sofa and spent half an hour reading the script of "Speed".

This script was passed to him by Sandra Bullock through Renée Zellweger, wanting to ask him if he was interested in this script.

Initially, this script belonged to Paramount Pictures, but later it encountered a change of plans, and the script was abandoned by Paramount Pictures and returned to The Mark Gordon Company.

The studio plans to raise funds to shoot the film.

After seeing the script, Sandra Bullock intended to play the lead role of Annie, but the film lacked investment, and she had no chance to become the lead actress.

In addition, if this film was invested by other film companies, she would not be able to play the lead role smoothly. Later, she thought of Link. Through Renée Zellweger, she inquired whether Guess Pictures had any ideas to invest in other films. After receiving a positive answer, she passed the script to Link through Renée and asked Link to help take a look.

After Link read "Speed", he confirmed that it was the action movie that made Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock popular, and the box office results were not bad, with hundreds of millions of dollars.

It's just that the script in hand is very different from the plot of the movie he watched.

This script obviously followed the trend of "Die Hard", and forcibly integrated many comedy elements, as well as some funny and thriller plots. The male protagonist Jack is arrogant and not a positive character, and does not seem to be so likable.

And the "Speed" he watched was a very serious action movie. The male protagonist Jack was also more serious. He was a very responsible and intelligent policeman. When encountering a crisis, he would also try to save all the people.

The heroine Annie is not a silly white sweet either, she is a good helper to the hero in the movie.

If he hadn't seen the original film and only read this script, he would not have invested in this kind of script. Although this script may make money, it will not make too much and is not worth investing in.

After knowing how to revise this script, if that Mark Gordon is willing to let him revise the script and participate in the film production, he can agree to invest.

"The script is terrible."

"Ah?"

Sandra Bullock was a little disappointed. She thought Link would like this kind of thriller movie, but Link's evaluation was very direct: the script is terrible.

"But it's not so bad that it's beyond redemption. If you modify some content, it's also a movie worth investing in."

Link said.

Sandra Bullock's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Is this script still salvageable? Will you invest after the modification?"

"Can you make the decision about revising the script?"

Link said.

"Yes! Director Jan de Bont and they are looking for investment everywhere. As long as they can get investment, they don't mind revising the script."

Sandra Bullock explained the experience of Jan de Bont, the screenwriter and director of this script.

Jan de Bont has worked as a photographer in films such as "The Hunt for Red October", "Die Hard", and "Die Hard", and has also worked as a screenwriter and actor. He is preparing to switch to directing, and was later selected by the Mark Gordon studio.

Now the studio and Jan de Bont are using the script to attract investment. As long as they can attract investment, modifying the script is also acceptable.

"Sandra, please tell the Mark Gordon studio that Guess Pictures is willing to invest in this project, provided that this film must be produced by Guess Pictures, with the studio participating in the production, and director Jan de Bont can continue to serve as the director. If they accept, the two parties can jointly produce this film."

"Okay, I'll call them now and tell them the good news."

Sandra immediately jumped up and ran to the phone booth outside to make a call.

Link smiled and didn't stop her.

When filming "Final Destination" before, Sandra Bullock played a flight attendant in the film, which can be regarded as an acquaintance.

Sandra has good looks and acting skills, and is also relatively hardworking, but she lacks opportunities, which has led to her being nearly 30 years old and still not making a name for herself in Hollywood.

This movie seems to be her chance, it just depends on whether she can seize it.

"Link, is this script really worth investing in?"

Renée Zellweger asked.

"No, it will be after I revise it."

"You are so amazing."

Renée Zellweger looked at him with admiration.

"How are the several dramas you have on hand filming?"

"I've finished filming two, and there are three more. I'll probably be busy until the end of the year, but I like the busy life now. I feel like life is full of hope every day I'm filming."

Renée Zellweger looked at him gratefully, "I know all this is what you gave me."

"You're welcome, you earned it yourself."

Link smiled.

After Renée Zellweger joined the UTA brokerage company, under Link's care, she got a lot of resources, including the supporting actress in Quentin's new movie "Pulp Fiction", the heroine in New Line Cinema's literary film "8 Seconds", and the supporting actress in "The Specialist", etc.

Although these resources cannot make her popular, the pay is not low, and she can also get exercise in the process of filming, which is very beneficial to her development in the industry.

While chatting, Sandra Bullock hurried in and said that the Mark Gordon studio had agreed that this project could be handed over to Guess Pictures, with Guess Pictures as the main producer and the studio jointly producing.

No mistake, a first, a first, an inside, a capacity, a presence, a look!

The person in charge of the studio, Mark Gordon, and director Jan de Bont are coming here and will arrive within half an hour.

Link smiled, "It's too late today, let them come to Guess Pictures tomorrow to discuss cooperation matters. I will try to revise this script tonight, and we will talk about it together then."

"Okay, I'll go tell them."

"Wait! Use this."

Link called out to Sandra Bullock, who was about to get up again, and handed her the mobile phone to use.

The next day, Link received Mark Gordon and director Jan de Bont and his party in the Guess Pictures office and finalized the new film project "Speed".

The investment in this movie is not high, with a budget of about twenty to thirty million.

The Mark Gordon studio invested 8 million US dollars.

The rest is left to Guess Pictures to invest.

After finalizing the newly revised script, Link handed this film project to Daniel DeVito.

Among them, he suggested Keanu Reeves for the male lead, and everyone had no objection. Link directly handed the script to Keanu and asked him what he thought.

After reading the script, Keanu liked the character of Jack very much and agreed to participate in the performance.

The basic framework of the project was also quickly determined.

While Link was busy with the new film plan, the fifth week's box office results of "The Wedding Banquet" were released. This week's box office was 1.36 million US dollars, a large drop, with a cumulative box office of 20.86 million US dollars.

The reason for the large drop is that Guess Pictures did not continue to increase investment in promoting "The Wedding Banquet" this week, and the film's screening rate also dropped significantly.

At the same time, the film was also released in overseas regions, mainly in areas with more Chinese in Asia and Europe.

Currently, it has accumulated approximately US$5.62 million in box office revenue in 18 countries and regions.

The total box office of the film is estimated to be around 40 million US dollars.

The box office revenue ratio reached 50 times, which can be called a box office dark horse.

This week, "The Firm" had a box office of 10.13 million US dollars, a drop of less than 15%, which is far below the normal level.

Many media accused Paramount Pictures of still faking the box office, and they did not know how to restrain themselves after being exposed by the media. This is the arrogance of a large film company, reaching the point of unscrupulousness.

But Paramount Pictures retorted that the reason why "The Firm" had a lower box office drop was because the audience liked to watch it, and there was absolutely no injection of water into the box office.

At the same time, many comments praising the film appeared in the media, touting "The Firm" as the number one film of the year, the most worthwhile movie to watch this year, and so on.