The Best Entertainment Era

In the office, Ronan read the script very seriously, looked up at Jessica Felton, and asked curiously, Where did you find this?

I participated in a gathering for the protection of women's rights in a circle, and this was the work of a female screenwriter at the gathering. Jessica Felton briefly recounted what happened yesterday.

The script is here, Ronan was not in a hurry, but became interested in this feminist organization, and asked, Did you gain anything from the party?

Jessica Felton shrugged her shoulders, her chest trembling constantly: It's okay, I didn't notice much before. I participated in two gatherings and found that the situation of women in the circle is indeed not very good.

Ronan said directly: Because you eat by your ability and are a true feminist, so you can't feel it.

Maybe. Jessica Felton had nothing bad to say to Ronan: I always feel that some people want women's rights for the halo of women's rights.

Ronan nodded lightly: It's normal. With the current social situation, it may not be too long before feminist fighters will become a very useful aura for female stars.

Jessica Felton smiled: I'm behind the scenes, I don't need this.

Ronan felt the same way, the producer who held the power behind the scenes didn't need these characters at all.

As for the stars in front of the screen, it won't be long before they all become spokesmen for women's rights.

Some are even crazy.

For example, Queen Padmé-Amidala once called out for women's rights: drinking milk and eating eggs is depriving female resources!

This can be said to go to one extreme, and it will naturally give birth to another extreme.

The former Karl Lagerfeld said in shock to the aggressive Mi Rabbit: If you really don't want to be dragged by inner cool, then don't be a model! Join the monastery, there will always be your seat.

In fact, it can be predicted from many aspects that if some things are not controlled within a reasonable range, but are expanded without limit, how strong the current momentum is, and how powerful the future rebound will be.

Jessica - Felton said at this time: Probably I will not participate in the future.

Why? Ronan knew that although Jessica Felton was not a very radical feminist, she cared more about women's rights.

Otherwise, I wouldn't go to this kind of party.

Having said that, if the situation of men and women in Hollywood is reversed, he may also participate in similar activities.

Jessica Felton folded her hands on her chest, with a somewhat helpless expression on her soft face: Because I found out, it won't be long before I may be on the opposite side of them.

Ronan laughed, and deliberately joked: This is the disadvantage of gaining power by strength. Jesse, you are no longer a part of the group.

Frankly speaking, after the two sequels of Pirates of the Caribbean and Fast and Furious are successful, Jessica Felton's fame and power will inevitably increase, which is the inevitable result of the Hollywood operating system.

Jessica Felton then mixed with a group of actors, directors, screenwriters and the like to discuss increasing the income of labor.

After talking about women's rights for a while, the topic turned back to the script. Jessica Felton asked, Ronan, how is the script?

Ronan didn't answer directly, but asked instead: Jesse, you solemnly recommended it to me, obviously you are very optimistic about this script?

Jessica Felton thought for a while and said, This is the first script that Diablo Cody has completed independently. I have had contact with this female screenwriter twice. She is a very thoughtful woman. I had someone do a little research, and Diablo Coty was a blogger, a stripper, a magazine, and came to Hollywood a few years ago and started working as a screenwriter.

Ronan looked at the white cover of the script with great interest. There was no name on it, only the name of the screenwriter Diablo Cody.

To be honest, screenwriters who are strippers are very rare in Hollywood.

Jessica Felton said again: You know, after I read the script this morning, the story inside has been entrenched in my brain and I can't get rid of it. I like it very much. If you use an exaggerated As an analogy, I would say that by about the twelfth page of the script, I decided I was going to take it.

Ronan nodded slightly, and echoed: I have the same impression. When I read the fourth page, I decided to include it in Shahai Entertainment's future production plan.

On the first page, I saw that the heroine's name was Juno, and on the fourth page, I was sure that this was the Juno in my memory.

Jessica Felton obviously liked the script: Some people say that first impressions are important when meeting strangers, and the script is the same for me. I knew there would be something special about this film. Stuff is in there, and as the pages turn, it just gets more and more amazing, and I get to realize more and more that it's very different from the Pirates of the Caribbean kind of business that we're doing. different, but with a unique appeal that may appeal to a very specific audience.

Her later words were more convincing: Diablo Cody is a new screenwriter, and this is her first real script. I tested her, and we can buy out the copyright of the script for only about 20,000 dollars at most.

Ronan smiled and said, Buy it.

Inflation is inflating, and the price of scripts is also rising. Think about it a few years ago, the first work of a new screenwriter who is not a non-screenwriter union can often be bought for a few thousand dollars.

Screenwriters are also working hard to improve their treatment and status.

Jessica Felton continued: It's hard to judge whether a good movie can be made based on the script alone, but the script is cheap and worth the risk.

Ronan patted the script lightly, and said: A good script, a good director, a good actor, plus an excellent filming and production team, everything can develop in a good direction.

Jessica Felton said directly: I informed the people in the legal department of Sandsea Entertainment to negotiate directly with Diablo Coty.

Ronan said, Okay, let's do it.

Jessica Felton came to the desk, but Ronan handed over the script and was about to leave the office.

Ronan reminded: The script is not named, you can tell the female screenwriter to name it after the heroine.

Jessica Felton has no objections: She'll agree.

With Ronan's reminder, the project will still be called Juno.

Many Hollywood movies are actually named after the protagonist, which is simple and direct.

For example, the film that let Julia Roberts win the Oscar for Best Actress, the title is the name of the heroine-Irene Brockovich.

However, the Chinese translation of the title Never Compromise undoubtedly highlights the theme of the film and even improves the style.

There is also the only superpower in the universe who can fight against Thanos, who can't afford to provoke John Wick. The Chinese business card is John Wick, and the English name is John Wick.

These are typical examples of Chinese translations that can more stimulate the audience's desire to watch movies.

As for Juno, it seems that it was once called Juno.

The subject matter of this film is actually very sensitive, even worse than that of the call girl and the like, and the social environment has been loosening in the past two years. If it was placed four or five years ago, this kind of film would be bad. It will cause huge public opinion trouble.

A theme like this was too closely related to the social environment at that time.

Ronan will ask Shahai Entertainment to buy the script, but to be on the safe side, the film will be delayed for at least a year before it will start.

This will be a small-budget film. If the cost is well controlled, the production budget will be about US$5 million.

Ronan once watched this movie, but because of the genre, his memory is not deep. Even now, in retrospect, except for the heroine with the same title as the movie and the teenage pregnancy, the rest of the movie is basically forgotten.

No way, it's a matter of personal preference, most of the contents of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Transformers impressed him deeply.

On the contrary, it is an art-type film, and the specific content is basically forgotten after seeing it.

Also about Juno, Ronan remembered again, the heroine should be played by the very distinctive Ellen Page.

Once the actress impressed him.

Certainly not because of the film Juno.

The initial impression comes from X-Men, which seems to be the Phantom Cat; one of Christopher Nolan's masterpieces, Inception, also has Ellen Page.

But what really made Ronan remember Ellen Page was Hard Candy.

Presumably, male compatriots who have watched this film will leave a deep impression.

Ronan also took note of Hard Candy by the way, which draws people's attention to the type of movie where a girl revenges an old man.

An independent film with such a small investment must find a suitable distributor, but it doesn't matter if you can't find it. After all, this type of film is a minority among the minority.

It is estimated that many male viewers don't like it very much.

The script for Juno also needed to be tweaked to be more interesting, a little smaller, and more American.

For this kind of film, the profound social and practical significance is basically useless to the market, only interesting can attract the audience.

The subject matter of Juno is limited to the United States, and the content of teenage pregnancy and abortion is not considered important in many countries and regions.

Cultural differences will inevitably have an impact on movie viewing.

As for whether Juno reflects social reality, it doesn't matter at all to Hollywood movies.

Jessica Felton's work efficiency has always been very high. On the day she met Ronan, she communicated and coordinated with the legal and copyright department of Sandsea Entertainment. people negotiate.

For today's Shahai Entertainment, this is just a small copyright purchase case that cannot be smaller.

In just two days, the two parties reached an agreement, and Shahai Entertainment bought out all the copyrights of Juno at a price of US$18,000.