140 Wademark images in stride
Burbank, Los Angeles, August 27, 1997.
The new office building in Wademark image is located on the east side of the airport, between Disney Building and Warner headquarters.
Chris adhered to the principle of not renting it if he could buy it, and bought this five-story building with a history of more than ten years. It used to be the office building of the cable music station owned by media tycoon Turner. However, after Turner TV was merged by Warner, the cable music station gradually lost its value of existence. After it was closed, the original office building became one of the assets that were sold as a "burden".
Because everything was ready-made, Wademark Image moved into it after spending 8.5 million yuan to buy the building and after only a week of renovations.
One of the major benefits of going deep into the "World Media Center Burbank" is that this is the place where the media industry has the most concentrated talents. If Wademark Image wants to establish its own domestic distribution network, relevant talents are essential.
Today, Vice President Bai Quinn finally came to the company's office for the first time.
"Welcome, Mr. Vice President, I will take you to your office."
The front desk of Wademark's image was no longer Angelina, the fiancee of President Christopher, but was replaced by another mature and sexy brunette Latin girl. After seeing Bai Quinn, she enthusiastically led the way to the office that belonged to him but had never been to the future.
The plump Latin girl satisfies Lina's preferences. In order to facilitate the discharge of her eyes, she took off her sunglasses and just put them next to the girl, opening the way forward.
Hannah was still wearing a baseball cap, putting on the hood of the sweatshirt, hiding her face, and silently following Bai Quinn, a bodyguard who was taller than the other four people, was closer to Bai Quinn.
The group was so powerful that it attracted the attention of everyone in the office area. Most of them saw the wild White Quinn in the office area for the first time.
There are many movie stars who have gone through the Wademark image, but this legendary second boss rarely appears in the company.
A young man with hair combed so hard that flies were slipping, and was wearing a suit and tie, and was in no way incongruity when he went to Wall Street. When he saw Bai Quinn, he was surprised, and then he wanted to lean over, but was stopped by the bodyguard who was Jingzhi and Jingru.
"Kolov?"
Bai Quinn took some time to remember the name of this person. Among Chris's group of little brothers, he was the strongest learning ability. He learned editing skills and stayed there. It seemed that he was still his own fall fan and had sold pirated wrestling videos.
"Ah, QB, I am now responsible for the derivatives development business." Kolov is worthy of being a gangster who dropped out of college and has a strong adaptability.
“Sell hats and t-shirts?”
"Yes, but among our movie peripherals, the best seller is Edward Norton's favorite kitchen knife."
"Haha, no one really uses that thing to kill people."
"At least the news has not been reported yet, haha!"
“Where are the films produced around us?”
"China must be China!"
"Come on, I'll be optimistic about you!"
"Thank you, QB!"
After greeting Koloff, Bai Quinn and his group arrived on the fifth floor.
At the end of the fifth floor, there are two identical offices, one is Chris's president's office and the other is left for Vice President Bai Quinn.
However, Bai Quinn just walked around his office, sent away the bodyguards and the cat clawed Lina, and took Hanna to the next meeting room.
Not long after, other participants arrived one after another, and this was another routine project review meeting for Wademark Image.
There are currently three movies in Wademark Images, two of which were established by Bai Quinn when filming "Save Private Ryan" in the UK.
One is "WildThings" (played to death) led by Joe Drake.
The film is a project with movie star Kevin Bacon.
A few years ago, Kevin Becken got a script he called "the trashy thing he's ever read", but because "every few pages, there's a surprise", he still spent $300,000 to buy out the script.
Then there is the long road to shooting.
Or Oliver Stone introduced Kevin Bacon to Chris.
Chris and his "Head Horse" have just finished filming "American Mental Patients" and have agreed to shoot the film after reading the script.
Bai Quinn, who was filming in the UK at that time, fully trusted the two of them.
Kevin Bacon has been named as the producer and will participate in one of the supporting roles, but the real butler of the entire project is Joe Drake.
In the absence of Bai Quinn, the crew finalized three starring actors.
The protagonist is Robert Downey Jr., who is Kevin's friend. Although this fellow Taoist has some difficult habits to quit, he was finally confirmed to be the starring actor with Kevin's guarantee.
The price is that the film failed to obtain the insurance company's completion guarantee.
For big companies, this could be a fatal problem in ending projects, but for a medium-sized production company like Wademark, it's not a big deal.
Bai Quinn proposed to use Spielberg to deal with Tom Sethmore, and gave Robert Downey Jr. blood test every day. Joe Drake agreed, but he didn't know how the implementation was.
The film has two heroines, one chose Neve Campbell, who had a wonderful performance in "Scream", and the other is Dennis Richards, a newcomer who starred in "Starry Team".
Since "The Stars" was not released at the time of casting, Dennis was just a Hollywood newcomer who changed careers. Kevin Bacon and Joe Drake were not optimistic about her, and they also had girls they liked.
However, after Chris' careful examination, Dennis, who was supported by the boss, still got the role, but this was not unconditional. She needed to replace the prosthesis on her chest with a larger scale before the shooting started.
That pair must be big enough to meet the character settings.
The other one is the project that Casey Conrad brought when he jumped from Miramax, and was also called "The Hairy" (The Hairy).
This is a "self-satisfactory author film" by Lao Qian in New York. Director and screenwriter Sarah Knoshang comes from a typical American old Qian family. He has elders in his family who served as Secretary of Commerce during the Roosevelt era and Deputy Secretary of the Finance Department. His father is an adviser to the United Nations, his mother is a law professor at Columbia University, his husband is a famous screenwriter, and he is a documentary director.
It tells the story of a group of little girls in a boarding high school girls' school in the 1960s. The main role is four little girls. The heroine selected by director Sarah Knoshang is the little vampire Christensen Dunst who performed in "Four Hundred Years of Stunning Love".
However, the story of the film is too outdated and does not conform to the aesthetics of young people in the 1990s. It is completely the older generation who interprets their own youth stories.
The reason for taking on this project is that director Sarah Knoshang will bear most of the production costs, and the risk of Wademark's image is not high, and he can also use this to make friends with the "upper class" in New York.
Sure enough, during the filming process, Sarah Knoshang's "New York Old Money" was fully demonstrated. Not only did she invite Dorothy, the actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood, but she also invited the only actress who won all the "Big Four" American entertainment awards (Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Oscars and Tony Awards) but did not receive any awards, playing the old principal of the girls' school.
In short, as long as you don’t lose money, you will make money.
Currently, one of the two movies has been closed to post-production, and the other is being filmed at a church school in Canada.
As for the third part, it is naturally "Rush Hour" directed by Brett Ratner.
Currently, "Old Minister" William is the producer of the movie, while Sayed is named the deputy director and takes the small team of screenwriters he hires to do script revision work. If it goes well, it can be started in Los Angeles in October.
Joe Drake, William West and Casey Conrad reported on the progress of the work respectively, and then discussed the process of establishing new projects.
Due to the success of Wademark Images, many practitioners like Kevin Becken and Sarah Knoshang, who lack the ability to operate film projects alone, took the initiative to find Wademark Images to work together.
Everyone is an insider of the industry and is still clear about the tricks of big Hollywood companies. Instead of being slaughtered by big companies and losing control of the project, it is better to cooperate with a medium-sized production company like Wademark, which has a good reputation. Not only can you retain a certain voice, but you can earn more.
The store is bullying customers, and it is similar all over the world.
This is also the case with the new project discussed today. The ones who came to the door were Peter Fareley, the Bobby Fareley brothers who had written and directed the comedy movie "Ah Du and Agua".
Wademark Image once again picked up the cheaper price of Xinyi Film. The Fareley brothers, who had previously cooperated with Xinyi Film, broke down their old cooperative relationship after Xinyi Film was acquired by Warner, so they had to find a new owner with the new script.
The script of the two brothers Farrely is called "I'm crazy for Mary", which is a romantic comedy that tells the story of the protagonist and a group of competitors competing for the hearts of a girl named "Mary".
In the end, the mediocre male protagonist won the goddess with sincerity and achieved the position of licking dogs.
Bai Quinn complained in her heart: A typical Japanese light novel template!
The script retains a lot of the nonsensical and absurd styles in "Ah Dai and Agua", but also increases the warmth between love and family members. In Bai Quinn's opinion, this is much more advanced than brainless nonsensical and funny.
The heroine's setting is a tall and beautiful blonde beauty, the kind of Monroe style that everyone loves. An idea suddenly flashed through Bai Quinn's mind.
“I support this project.”
Chapter completed!