The third part of "The Mighty Kid" has been officially approved. The new project company established by Weintraub is called The Mighty Kid Pictures, which provides the production rights of the film (the right to shoot sequels). Ronald White
Day Dream participated in the investment and provided the scriptwriting rights for the characters (the script written by Ronald, even if he is not the scriptwriter for the sequel, must be the first screenwriter).
Such a combination has excited many film investors in Hollywood, where good scripts are currently in short supply. Although Ronald is not directing it himself, it is, after all, a genuine sequel to two movies with over 100 million box office, attracting many investors to place bets.
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On Ronald's side, it was his old friend Bannon who took the lead and obtained the first batch of three million US dollars of investment quota released (the first batch of investments is also the first batch to be divided after the box office settlement).
Weintraub contacted the original publisher Columbia and also invested $3 million. The remaining investment amount was packaged and divided into several shares and then sold to Wall Street.
The action directors of the first two films, Pat Johnson and Daryl Vidal, also returned. Director of photography, James Crebe, and art director, William Cassidy, both agreed to come back and continue the work of Daniel and Miyagi-sensei.
Adventure journey.
In order to succeed in the project, Weintraub held a large party to entertain everyone. He also used this to announce to Hollywood that Weintraub was not bankrupt yet! As long as I have the series "The Dragon King" in my hand, Weintraub will
There will be no problem with the cloth! Look, this is not alive again.
At the party, Ronald and the leading actors hugged each other and chatted for a few words. Everyone has been having a hard time in the past few years, and there has been little progress in their acting careers. This return is also to rely on the old series to reappear in the audience.
The point at hand is to remind everyone that we are not done yet.
Of course, at the party, Ronald also introduced the new director Tsui Hark to everyone. Some clips from Xiangjiang action movies were playing on the TV, which shocked the action actors in the previous movies.
Tsui Hark hired some martial arts instructors from Hong Kong to be responsible for the scenes of flying in the sky. In addition, he was responsible for the costumes for some of the plots in China. This film is about to officially start shooting and is scheduled to be released next summer. It can also be a Chinese-American movie.
A co-produced blockbuster.
"I have equipped you with many senior professionals, including the directors of photography from the first two films, and a capable first assistant director. You can rely on their professional abilities in matters such as photography and crew scheduling. But those Ami
For the creative parts that the audience has never seen before, you still have to rely on your own imagination.
None of these people have ever filmed a scene in which you fly to the sky and escape from the earth. They don’t know how far you can achieve it. As long as you know what you want, just insist on following your requirements. If you have any questions, just call me."
Ronald explained some creative principles to Tsui Hark, and then introduced him to the leading actors and the main crew.
"This is the director of photography, James Claybey..." Ronald introduced the director of photography of the first two films. He set the tone for the images of Long Wei Boy in the first two films. The third film will also follow this image tone.
, this is what Ronald is most concerned about, because many Hong Kong movies do not pay attention to this aspect. Different batches, different models, and even different brands of film are used in a movie. When a shot is switched, the color tone is completely turned upside down.
It left the audience schizophrenic.
"Cough...cough" James Crebe coughed violently.
"What's wrong with you? Do you have the flu?" Ronald patted him on the back twice.
"It's okay, maybe I drank too much during this period. Ahem..." Crebe said it was okay, but he still couldn't stop coughing and his face was a little pale. He apologized for going to the bathroom later.
"It's back to the good old days again..." Weintraub came over with a champagne glass. He escaped from death this time and had hope of turning around. He felt a lot for a while.
"By the way, Jerry, are you familiar with Frank Sinatra?" Ronald asked him about something.
"I'm quite familiar with him. I persuaded him to arrange his concert tour. He is a weirdo. At the concert broadcast live on NBC in New York, he came in a helicopter and sang live. After singing the last song, he left in the helicopter.
No delay at all." Weintraub was very happy when he talked about his proud work. Today, he felt like a successful person again.
"I have an interlude in my movie that uses his song, can you tell me about it? I approached his manager, who was very difficult to deal with. He asked for a million dollars." Ronald fell in love with a Sinatra song.
The song "It had to be you" is very suitable for the storyline of "When Harry Met Sally".
But if you want to use this old song as the theme song, you must find Frank Sinatra, a famous singer, who wants to sing the copyright. Whether the big star is willing to give you the copyright is more a matter of your own displeasure. Someone you know can do it.
It would have been much better to bypass the agent and communicate directly with Sinatra.
"Do you want it to be used in the movie? I can make a call." Weintraub agreed immediately. "Do you want the song to be used as an interlude, or do you want Sinatra's sung version?"
"If you can, help me ask the price..." Ronald knew that the singing versions of singers were very expensive.
Soon, Frank Sinatra's reply came. You can pay a friendly price for using the song copyright, which is only $50,000, but if you ask him to sing a version, you still have to pay $1 million.
Of course, Ronald still couldn't let go of Frank Sinatra's unique singing voice, which seemed to be speaking in a straightforward narration, but it was also extremely capable of impressing American audiences...
Therefore, Ronald decisively rejected Sinatra's offer. He asked Daydream's music director Jimmy Lehner to choose among jazz musicians, and finally found a jazz pianist and singer who had just turned twenty.
Harry Connick Jr.
It's also very interesting to say that this man's singing voice is exactly the same as Sinatra's when he was young. Ronald decided to let him record a version of "It had to be you". Anyway, the audience didn't pay attention to the end credits.
Can't hear it either.
Not only did Harry Connick Jr. have a good singing voice, but he also had good piano skills. Ronald simply asked him to sing all the jazz songs in the movie. Jimmy Lehner also hired a small brass band to perform "It Must Be You"
I recorded several pure music versions with different rhythms and moods, and only paid a total of 20,000 US dollars, which can be said to be a good value for money.
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"Can you help me find a meteorologist to ask, when will it be more likely to snow in New York with the Christmas atmosphere this year?" Ronald's movie still has some snow scenes to reshoot, and he assigned Richard a task
, it is best to give a reminder one week in advance so that you can have enough time to recall the leading actors and technical team.
"Experts say it is unlikely to make an accurate forecast one week in advance, and it can be made three days in advance at most..."
"Okay, I know this myself from watching the weather forecast on the TV station." Ronald called Aunt Karen again.
"Does it snow in New York? It's usually early to mid-November in Staten Island, which is around the time when the general election is held. If it's in Manhattan, it's even later, until late November." Aunt Karen knows better than
There are more experts.
"I will go to reshoot some scenes at that time, and then I will go to Staten Island to see you. Bye, love you..."
Ronald arranged things and then lay alone on the custom-made bed to watch TV. Diane went to New York to meet Donna again. Helen was still filming in British Columbia, Canada. Kim Basinger and Annette Bening both went to Europe.
Filming in Mainland China. For a while, I was alone with no one to accompany me.
How about calling Richard? Find two familiar models.
As soon as this idea came to his mind, Ronald couldn't control himself. Just when his hand was about to touch the phone, news about candidate Dukakis' campaign suddenly popped up on the TV.
"Woooooo..." A very unique engine noise came. It was not crisp like a traditional gasoline engine, nor roaring like a diesel engine, but more like a high-frequency buzzing noise emitted by an electronic device.
"Huh?" Ronald was surprised to see Dukakis wearing a steel helmet with his name on it, sitting in a new General Dynamics M1 Abrams tank, his head stuck out with difficulty,
He also waved to the audience.
The camera flashed by, and Ronald was left with only one impression, that is, Dukakis' helmet was huge and he was wearing it like Charles Schulz's classic comic character Snoopy.
The camera cut to a live speech. Dukakis was in a tank factory in Michigan, talking to the employees of the arms industry: after he becomes the commander-in-chief, he will increase investment in traditional weapons (tradition is relative to nuclear weapons).
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This speech was very opportunistic and appealed to his voters' fear of nuclear war. It also boosted support for veterans and the military-industrial complex. George Sr., who had adopted a new campaign strategy as a hedge, saw his support rise.
"Hey, Doug, did you watch Dukakis' TV news?" Ronald quickly called Douglas Jr.
"What? I didn't look..."
"Watch NBC..."
"What does this mean? Why would Dukakis please the military industry? Or target weapons for the Army and Marine Corps." Douglas watched the news for a while and became confused. If the TV screen was turned off and everyone just listened to the sound,
Anyone would guess that it was old George who said this, right?
"Don't you think, this is an opportunity to knock it out with a heavy punch?" Ronald, as a filmmaker, clearly saw the comedy potential of the scene where Dukaski was in the tank. It has always been a
Politicians who do not support strengthening the budget for armaments actually act like fools, wearing helmets to ride on tanks, and waving to the audience along the way...
"Damn it, you're so right, I'll go find little George right away." Little Doug also reacted, "We'll call you then."
"Hey, Ronald, can you tell me what you said to little Douglas again?" Half an hour later, little George was woken up from his sleep and became excited by what little Douglas said.
But he felt a little dizzy after listening to the many reasons given by little Doug. After listening to Ronald's words, he felt more clearly.
"This is a very simple thing. People from the George Donkey Party will not like their people sitting in tanks and then publicly speaking about funding the military industry.
People who are like the Party will not like the funny look of a Donkey Party politician sitting in a tank. It is a stain on their beloved big toy. Dukakis seems to have put himself on a silver platter this time.
I handed it to your father with my own hand." Ronald used two simple metaphors to make the matter clear.
Dukakis may have become panicked because George Sr.'s approval rating was approaching. He knew that Sr. George was playing the military-industrial and veteran card, so he also wanted to play this card to reduce George Sr.'s momentum to catch up.
"Damn it, you're right, this is a chance to KO Dukakis." Little George has a very good intuition about ordinary people's perceptions. Just like when he was at Yale and his class leader Oliver Stone
People who are in conflict with each other and want to please both sides are often rejected by both sides.
"What should we do, Ronald?"
"You immediately give the footage of Dukakis in the tank to Roger Ailes. He knows what to do."
Ronald put down the phone and just laughed. For a guy like Little George, the big meal was served on the table and he had to ask others how to get the knife and fork before he could eat it.
When he looked at the time, he saw that it was already very late. It was too late to ask Richard to contact the models. He had to turn up the volume on the remote control. Fortunately, what ABC was playing now was an emergency shooting in Brisbane, Australia.
, here are the new films of old TV series that were too late to be filmed due to the writers' strike...
The opening theme song of "Die Hard" came from the TV. Ronald felt that he was still attracted by the theme music and couldn't wait to watch it.
"This is really a million-dollar opening song..." Ronald continued to watch. To be honest, the rhythm of the filming was a bit old and not as good as expected. But the opening song makes people want to watch it. This kind of old TV series has
The signature opening song makes people come to watch TV from other places as soon as they hear it. I don’t know why TV dramas nowadays don’t include this part.
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Although little George is already very slow, there are many people who can't eat better than little George...
At the emergency meeting jointly held by George Jr. and Roger Ailes that night, they both told Ronald about the video of Dukaski riding in a tank and the strategies he taught.
Unexpectedly, his brother Jeb was the first to object.
"We should not use unethical means to attack our competitors. Otherwise, our voters will also have a bad impression of us. While reducing our opponents' support rate, our support rate will also decrease."
I don't know if he really thinks so, or if he just doesn't want his brother to be in the limelight. Jeb's reason is quite retarded.
"This is the era of television media. People don't care about logic or facts. They only care about whether their ideas are recognized by others. A strategy, regardless of whether it conforms to the facts or whether it is logical, as long as it is effective, we will
Use it." Roger Ailes couldn't help it and refuted Jeb face to face.
"But, why do you say that your strategy will definitely succeed?" Jeb was unconvinced. The other campaign manager sitting behind him also had a sullen face. He didn't come up with such a strategy...
"I asked several people who had seen this clip, and they all told me that when Dukaski waved to the people on the M1 tank, the audience below was laughing.
Everyone on the scene will think this strategy is ridiculous. As long as we can let him play it 24 hours a day, seven days a week on major TV stations, the whole country will think this is a ridiculous thing. Then he will be finished."
Roger Ailes explained. This clip was only played on the news column for ten seconds and was never replayed. Their campaign office contacted the three major wireless TV stations and various cable stations
, and even local TV stations in Michigan, the responses they received were either that they could not find the videotape, or they were asking other TV stations to buy the footage.
In short, we may have broadcast the news, but we did not have a backup videotape (for you to use against Dukakis).
"If we didn't see that scene and relied on your words, how could we..."
"Jeb, I heard about that scene from Ronald. He told me it was a good opportunity. He is a big Hollywood director and he won't make mistakes..."
"Hmph...who doesn't know that most of Hollywood is from the Donkey Party, just like TV stations..."
What Jeb said is correct. The director of the TV station obviously saw this fatal flaw just like Ronald. The TV stations are all progressive elements who favor the Donkey Party. They will not give the program video tapes to elephants.
George Sr. of the party campaigned for office.
"You..." Little George was so angry that he wanted to go over and bully his younger brother.
"That's enough. I trust Ronald's judgment, but what Jeb said makes sense. Without a suitable picture, we can't invest huge sums of money to talk about a rumor. There must be Dukakis in the tank.
Picture..."
Barbara stopped her two sons from attacking each other.
"What are you going to do?" Roger Ailes asked George Ailes. He made up his mind. If George Jr. was not determined enough, he would fly to Illinois overnight and hold a campaign rally there to fight for the Air Force and Navy.
Aircraft manufacturers support George Sr.
"Damn it, I don't believe it. No one has video of the scene or recorded news footage." Little George said fiercely, "Everyone, I mean everyone..."
He clapped twice and mobilized all the election volunteers on his side, "Everyone go and call me, call your family, friends, high school classmates... and ask them if they have this duqa
That tape of Keith in the tank. I don't care what you did or how you got it, I just want that damn tape.
No matter who can bring that scene of Snoopy in the tank, I will personally pay the prize from my own pocket."
As he spoke, Little George took out all the cash in his wallet, threw it on the table, and spread it out in a fan shape, which contained a small amount of a thousand dollars. "This is the best opportunity for our team so far. For us,
The concept we worked on together for my father's campaign, we had to get the tapes available."
"Quick, quick, take action..." Little George began to applaud, encouraging everyone, "Go and make a call... Can our ideas be successful and can we stop Dukakis's Massachusetts Donkey Party (in many conservative circles)?
In the eyes of the Communist Party, this word is derogatory, describing those particularly 'radical' and progressive donkey parties) who are stationed in the White House. It depends on you."