As a great director, Lucas certainly would not look down on "freelancers" like Quentin Tarantino, and Lucas's movies are all large-scale productions, with the investment in each one being no less than five million US dollars.
The production cost of a mere few hundred thousand like this is simply not worth looking at.
Even in the previous life, Quentin Tarantino's movies were not as good as Lucas's in terms of box office. The main reason was that their styles were different. Lucas's movies all focused on visual impact.
Sci-fi movies with big scenes have huge investments, often costing hundreds of millions of dollars, and their box office is naturally in the hundreds of millions. Quentin Tarantino’s movies are
It is mainly a drama. The main selling points are the acting skills of the actors, the ingenuity of the script and the sharp editing of the shots. The cost alone is not too high. It is only tens of millions of dollars at most. The box office of this kind of movie is impossible.
Compared with those mega-production movies, in terms of profitability, the two sides are pretty much the same, even if the ratio of box office to cost is between three and four.
Shengtang Company now owns Industrial Light and Magic, which is equivalent to owning an artifact. In the future, all large-scale movies can be produced through Industrial Light and Magic. However, this kind of movie is also very energy-consuming, and the post-production stage uses
The time is no less than the director's shooting time, and even more time than the on-site shooting. This kind of film cycle is very long, and it is considered extraordinary to be able to produce one in a year.
On the other hand, the production cycle of ordinary drama films is very short. It can be completed in half a year or even three or four months. Although the box office of each film is not too much, the rate of return is not low. Since he is making money, how can Liu Lang not
Do?
Quentin Tarantino is the first director Liu Lang has met, and he is also a director with a guaranteed box office, so of course he will not let him go.
"name?"
Quentin Tarantino was stunned for a moment. This script really doesn’t have an accurate name yet, because the story does not have a complete central idea, and there is even more than one protagonist.
"I suggest calling it Pulp Fiction!"
Liu Lang spoke.
"Pulp Fiction? Well, that's a good name. Let's call it Pulp Fiction!"
In this regard, the film that changed Quentin Tarantino's fate was signed by Liu Lang.
Others don't take Quentin Tarantino seriously,
Liu Lang has hundreds of songs that will be popular in the future in his mind. Likewise, he also knows a lot about the movies that will be big hits in the future! These movies are all projects that are guaranteed to make money, so why not take them and put them in your own pocket?
Quentin Tarantino, the great director, is what Sentang Company wants to fight for. No, fighting for is not the right word. Quentin now is different from Quentin in the future. He has failed in his career now and no one knows.
His value is so great that if Liu Lang gives him a chance now, the other party will definitely be grateful.
As for the pulp novel, Liu Lang will definitely invest in the filming. Although he can also write the script of this movie, different directors will achieve completely different effects when filming. The reason why Quentin Tarantino is called
The genius director is just because his style is very different from other directors' styles. He can make money by filming.
It's not necessarily his director. In addition, the "Kill Bill" series of movies also have a strong Quentin style. If you ask Lucas to shoot, I'm afraid the cost will not be recovered. As a reborn person, Liu Lang doesn't need to work.
He just needs to put the right people in the right positions according to the development of his previous life, and then he can just sit there and wait to collect the money.
"Mr. Quentin, you can work on this script at home with peace of mind. Don't worry about your livelihood. Brother Lin, please ask the finance department to give Quentin a check for 20,000 US dollars. After the changes are completed, I will officially establish the project, and then you will be the director.
It’s ready for filming. As for the actors... we’ll talk about it then!”
The main actors in the movie Pulp Fiction are four people, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis. These four people will all be A-list stars in Hollywood twenty years later.
, the remuneration is calculated in tens of millions of dollars, but Liu Lang doesn't know what they are doing now. He even called Lucas the day before yesterday to ask about these people.
Lucas is aware of John Travolta, the actor. He was already somewhat famous in the 1970s, and had participated in some blockbuster movies. At his peak, his salary reached 400,000 US dollars, and he had great dancing skills.
Very good, can be called professional standard.
But his fame has waned in recent years, mainly because the movies he starred in have low reputation and box office. Actors are just like that. A classic movie can put you on the altar, and a trash movie can also make you fall.
It's very heavy. If you make a few rubbish movies in a row, no one will dare to use you. So now John Travolta is in a miserable state, and his salary will not be more than one hundred thousand dollars.
That Samuel L. Jackson is also somewhat famous in Hollywood, mainly because he won the Best Supporting Actor at the Cannes Film Festival six years ago, but that's it. There have been no good works produced in the past few years, and the salary will not be high.
Taller than John Travolta.
Lucas didn't know about Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis. Later, he inquired about it and found that Bruce Willis is just a small figure now. He has participated in several small-budget movies and is not famous. As for
Uma Thurman can't be found at all. Even in Hollywood, she is a passer-by actor.
This way of traveling through history to see other people is very interesting. Twenty years later, Bruce Willis was the representative of Hollywood tough guys. The Die Hard series of movies was a huge success around the world, and he himself was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But in
In 1987, he was just an unknown bit-part actor, struggling to make a living every day.
But this is a good thing for Shengtang. The combined salary of the three leading actors will not exceed US$300,000.
As for Uma Thurman, forget it if you can't get her. Anyway, her role is very simple. She dances once and then twitches all over due to a "drug overdose". If that doesn't work, find another actor who is not famous.
play.
After the meeting, Liu Lang and Sun Mingren returned to Stanford University and waited for Ye Jinsheng to come to the United States.
That night, Liu Lang did not read a book, but sat in front of the TV to watch the news of the day.
Sure enough, the promotion ceremony held by the Los Angeles Fire Department for Wayne became headline news in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles Fire Department held a school promotion ceremony today for Little Wayne, who lost his legs in a fire two years ago. It allowed us to see the spiritual power contained in a child, but an unexpected appearance occurred at this school promotion ceremony.
Another child was born. This Chinese child named Jimmy Liu is now a graduate student at Stanford University. However, he is only seven years old this year. At such a young age, he deserves to be the youngest graduate student in the world...!
Los Angeles Entertainment Today: This Jimmy Liu shocks us not only with his age, but also with a song he wrote and sang. Please enjoy it...!