After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Zach Snyder was one of the targets that happened to come across.

As for the others, it was time to test Dawson's vision.

However, Dawson was able to pick his predecessor, and I have to say that he still has a bit of vision.

Dawson nodded. Although Zach Schneider's resume was nothing special, Dawson, who had some kind of superstition about Kevin, still believed in Kevin's opinion.

Since he said that Zach Schneider has potential, then Zach Schneider must have some potential, but he didn't discover it.

After giving this order, he inspected his company at the same time.

Kevin came to the office area again. At this time, Ellie seemed to be thinking, and seemed to have read the project proposal.

Seeing this, Kevin also tested directly:

"Ai Li, do you think there is anything wrong with my project proposal?"

Ellie boldly said based on her own experience:

"A fantasy film with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars has no successful examples in the previous five years. The risk is extremely high, and it is not easy to attract investment."

Kevin nodded, it seems that Ellie has worked hard.

"Yes, but these are not problems."

"Ai Li, you have passed the test. Now, you immediately bring your materials to the screenwriter union to file for my project, and at the same time release the news to openly interview all the characters."

Facing Kevin's order, Ellie showed joy on her face.

Now that Kevin has directly aroused her, the position of her assistant is naturally secure.

He hurried out to the location of the editorial union.

Watching someone running errands, Kevin stretched.

With an assistant, it would be much easier for him as a director.

This is also the reason why he didn't do any special test, but just asked casually. He really needs an assistant.

The next thing to do is naturally the interview about Pirates of the Caribbean and the preparation of funds.

However, these things are actually not in a hurry. After waiting for a month or two, after Mission: Impossible is completely unpainted, he will start negotiations with MGM.

This time, even if he pays most of the cash and future copyright proceeds from Mission: Impossible, he still has to acquire at least 5% of MGM shares.

There is a light called ambition in Kevin's eyes, looking at the sky outside...

Chapter 62 Finding the Best Actor for Captain Jack Sparrow

The establishment of the Pirates of the Caribbean project is naturally not that simple.

The original Pirates of the Caribbean was made by Disney, considering that there were fewer tourists in the pirate amusement ship project in its own amusement park, and tried to shoot a promotional film that would be helpful to its own amusement park project.

In later generations, the pirate pleasure boat project was officially renamed Pirates of the Caribbean, and many interactive games such as treasure-robbing elements were added.

It is enough to prove how much benefit Disney has gained in this project.

That's more revenue than Pirates of the Caribbean's box office, which is why Kevin chose to shoot Pirates of the Caribbean early.

However, Kevin is not in a hurry to sell this authorization. In fact, MGM itself also has an amusement park, which is located in Las Vegas.

However, compared with Disneyland, it is undoubtedly a lot worse.

In the future, after he has mastered Marvel or MGM, it will be time to develop these IPs in depth.

Before that, he must firmly hold the foreign authorization of Pirates of the Caribbean in his own hands.

In fact, for Pirates of the Caribbean, Kevin's attention is much higher than that of Mission: Impossible, Chainsaw and Deadly Town.

No matter when it is, fantasy IP is always stronger than urban theme.

For that kind of fantasy and magnificent world, people all over the world have a common yearning.

.....

With an assistant running, Kevin felt much more relaxed.

Except for going out for purchases every few days, Ellie gave all the chores to Ellie, and Ellie was also happy with Kevin's orders.

Although tired, Ellie was able to get in touch with countless big figures that she had never been able to get in touch with through these processes.

This is a child from an ordinary middle-class family like her, a character who is completely out of touch, and has countless benefits for her future development in Hollywood.

As for Kevin, after having an assistant, he is of course enjoying life in the villa.

At the same time thinking about the plot of Pirates of the Caribbean.

The first Pirates of the Caribbean, the original heroes and heroines are actually the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swan and blacksmith apprentice Will Turner.

Most people can guess this from the plot.

But after the film was released, the charm of Jack Sparrow conquered everyone.

Under his light, the original hero and heroine were completely covered up.

At that time, in fact, there was only one protagonist in Pirates of the Caribbean, and that was Captain Jack Sparrow.

In theory, he'd be better off with the original Jack Sparrow, aka Johnny Depp.

but···

Can the 30-year-old Johnny Depp show the superb acting skills and character charm that he should have shown in Pirates of the Caribbean ten years later.

This made Kevin somewhat suspicious.

As for the ruin of Johnny Depp, Kevin, as an outsider, is not very good at commenting on this.

The matter between him and his ex-wife was full of turmoil and turned upside down many times at the same time.

For those with a discerning eye, it seems that there are multiple capitals fighting behind the scenes, and the final result is that Johnny Depp was removed from the Pirates of the Caribbean.

All this seems to be in line with the name, but it is hard to say whether Disney no longer wants to afford Depp's high salary plus box office share.

The purpose is to restart the Caribbean series in a reasonable way.

But if Depp is really a scumbag, it is not impossible.

But at least, Depp at this time is more betrayed.

He has not yet become the scumbag of that time, the villain boy boycotted by Hollywood.

Thinking of this, Kevin no longer hesitated.

Although he has no friendship with Depp, Depp and Nicolas Cage have an unusual friendship in the memory of his previous life.

There's nothing wrong with asking Cage to contact Johnny Depp.

But thinking of this, Kevin's face was slightly embarrassed.

The good movie that was agreed to be prepared for Nicolas Cage turned out to be delayed again and again due to various variables.

Or, by the way, would Cage play Captain Jack Sparrow?

With this thought in mind, Kevin took the plan of Pirates of the Caribbean and walked towards Nicolas Cage's villa.

...

In Nicolas Cage's villa.

Cage is admiring his collection.

As a superstar, his income is very considerable, with an annual income of tens of millions of dollars, which is enough to support his extravagant life.

And what he likes most is actually investing in real estate, buying luxury cars and collecting comics.

Of course, some strange things will always arouse his desire to collect.

For example, the young Tyrannosaurus rex skull fossil in front of him is like a priceless treasure in his eyes. Of course, the person who sold it to him is ignorant, and he bought this skull for only a few hundred thousand dollars.

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell rang, Cage came to the monitor, and saw Kevin who came to visit suddenly.

As a neighbor, the initial visit to Cage was just a courtesy acquaintance.

But soon, after learning about Kevin's experience, he felt appreciative.

In this way, after some dealings, he and Kevin became good friends with quite a difference in age.

Facing Kevin's arrival, he was also very happy, and hurried to the door.

"Hello, Kevin!"

"Cage!"

The two hugged, and then walked into Cage's villa together.

Unlike Kevin's villa, Cage's villa is much larger, and at the same time, there are many statues of Romans placed in the yard.

It looks completely different from ordinary people's villas.

However, Kevin, who had been used to it for a long time, didn't care about those, and just handed the project proposal in his hand to Cage.

Then he took out a bottle of top-quality wine from Cage's refrigerator, took out two glasses, and poured two glasses.

Only then quietly waited for Cage to watch the script slowly.

"Pirates of the Caribbean?"

Cage frowned and read the script carefully.

The script is actually not complicated, which is the usual story rhythm of big-budget movies.

From this point of view, Kevin did not do anything new.

On the contrary, he is a very mature director of commercial films, but to be honest, Cage doesn't have much contact with commercial film directors at present.

Cage is now pursuing more challenging roles.

Of course, in layman's terms, in fact, the goals of the movies he chooses now are all aimed at winning awards.

There is no such purely commercial film as Pirates of the Caribbean.

However, I have to say that he felt the charm of Captain Jack Sparrow just from the script, and he could imagine that this would definitely be another classic character in film history.

This can't help but make him hesitate.

But eventually Cage sighed.

Although he really wanted to play it, it was hard for him to imagine what a sissy pirate ship captain would look like to him.

Chapter 63 The Special Friendship Between Depp and Cage

Hearing Cage's sigh, Kevin put down the wine in his hand and asked directly:

"How about this Captain Jack Sparrow, the only protagonist in the movie, do you think you are suitable?"

Yes, although the script is still the same script, Kevin obviously made adjustments to some characters in the script.

The original male and female protagonists have become the characters who promote the plot in his version.

In his script, the only protagonist is only one person.

It was Jack Sparrow.

This is not a risk, but the biggest factor for Pirates of the Caribbean to succeed in his hands.

Everyone knows that the biggest success factor of Pirates of the Caribbean is Johnny Depp's unique and unique charismatic Captain Jack Sparrow.

From Kevin's point of view, this kind of movie is the character that saves the movie.

The charm of the characters has surpassed the movie itself, and Pirates of the Caribbean was able to succeed because of Captain Sparrow.

After figuring this out, Kevin knew that if no one could reproduce the Captain Jack Sparrow in his mind, the Pirates of the Caribbean would basically be doomed.

Similarly, if Sparrow can reproduce at this time, he believes that even if it spans ten years, Pirates of the Caribbean can still achieve unbelievable success at this time.

Cage shook his head, frowning tightly, revealing a little regret between his brows and eyes.

It seems he likes the character of Jack Sparrow very much.

"It's a good role, but I'm not for it."

"Kevin, you are definitely not looking for me for this role. What is your purpose? Tell me directly."