Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 258 Movie Preview
Link hung up the phone and continued to write the shooting plan without distraction.

This is also the advantage of having more women.

The more women there are, the higher the resistance.

Even a woman like Nicole Kidman couldn't bring him much excitement.

It took Link two weeks to revise the script for the sequel, write a shooting plan, draw the main props for several leading actors, and prepare a preliminary budget for the film, which was approximately $1 million.

After doing this, he handed over all the information to Warner Pictures.

Warner Bros. will estimate how much it will cost to shoot the film based on the new script and shooting plan, and see if there are any areas that need to be cut.

The film project was officially launched only after Warner Bros. had completed the budget and transferred the filming funds to the project account.

If it was Guess Pictures, after he submitted the information, the production department would quickly approve it, the funds would arrive quickly, and filming could even start within a week.

But not at Warner Bros.

Warner is a large-scale film studio with a complex internal structure and clear division of labor among various departments. A film needs to go through a complete process from project establishment to shooting. If any department fails the review, the film project will face the risk of abortion.

This is also where the big studios are cautious.

Link is not worried that the project will not be approved. After signing the contract, Warner Pictures has transferred 1000 million basic salary to his account. Even if the project is not approved, it will not prevent him from making money.

After finishing these things, Link entered the film editing studio and began editing "The Shawshank Redemption".

This film had already been edited once during filming, and the remaining part is mainly fine-tuning, which does not require much work.

He spent two weeks editing "The Shawshank Redemption" and then handed it over to the production department for post-production.

After editing "The Shawshank Redemption", he encountered the completion of the film "Paranormal Activity 2" and he once again served as the film editor. It took him five days to edit all the shots and handed them over to the production department for post-production.

When he was leaving the customs, he encountered a videotape of "Rumble in the Bronx" sent by Golden Harvest Films. After watching it, Link found some problems. He served as the editor again and refined the film from 130 minutes to 124 minutes. The plot of the film was more compact and the fighting scenes were more exciting.

Working non-stop in the editing studio, other editors would probably be exhausted from doing this kind of work, but not Link.

He has a very good physical condition. He has a great time on vacation and is energetic at work. He doesn't feel tired even if he works for 24 hours straight. He is a naturally chosen worker.

After editing several films, Link calculated the time. It had been more than half a month since he submitted the information for the Batman sequel. Warner Bros. should have reviewed it. He called Richard Fox to inquire about the progress.

Richard Fox told him that they were still working on the project budget and it would probably take another two or three weeks.

"Hurry up, or you can just transfer 100 million to me, and I'll give you a Batman sequel, just like the collaboration between Columbia Pictures and Guess What Pictures."

Link said on the phone.

"Haha~ Link, you know this is impossible. If you said this during the initial negotiation, we could still consider it. Now that the contract has been signed, it's too late to change the cooperation method halfway."

"Well, you better hurry up, my time is precious."

Link is considering whether to change the male lead and start filming "The Sixth Sense" in advance.

"I understand. I will urge them to pass the review as soon as possible. By the way, who are you going to let play Batman?"

“How about Tom Cruise?”

"No! He's too short. We need a tall and strong Batman, not a short one. Also, his salary is too high. We can't invest too much money in the actor's salary."

"Okay, I'll think about it. Except for Batman, I have candidates for other roles. You just need to pay. Don't worry about no one playing Batman."

"Well, I trust your eye for selecting actors."

After hanging up the phone, Link took out a stack of male star profile cards from the shelf to see who would be more suitable to play Batman, and also to see who else, besides Bruce Willis, would be suitable to play the male lead in "The Sixth Sense".

He was right in telling Richard Fox that his time was too valuable to waste in aimless waiting.

Boom boom boom!
There was a knock at the door. "Come in!"

Boom boom boom!
The person outside is still knocking on the door.

"Stop it Sophia, come in!"

"How do you know it was me?"

Sofia walked in with her arms folded and a smile on her face. She had long golden hair and was wearing a Bohemian-style halter dress, which she brought back from the Paris Fashion Week some time ago. Paired with platform shoes, she looked youthful and beautiful.

Although Sofia's appearance is not as good as Monica's, she is good at dressing up, has a good temperament, and has fair skin. These advantages make up for her shortcomings in appearance.

Next to her was the tall Milla Jovovich, who was also wearing a halter dress, but she was taller and had a toned body, and looked like a supermodel.

"No one except you would dare to knock on my door like this."

Link stood up and hugged them both.

"Liu Xiaoli doesn't dare either?"

"She's not as boring as you."

Link shook his head, "What are you doing here? If you want a date, evening would be more appropriate."

"Who asked you out? The production of 'This Man From Earth' has been completed. Do you want to take a look?"

"All right!"

Link, Sofia and Mira came to the movie theater to watch the newly released "The Man from Earth".

He was the screenwriter of this film and Coppola Sr. was the producer. As Sofia herself is quite talented, the version directed by her looks very good, with a compact plot, vivid characters, and delicate style. It has the characteristics of a work by a female director, and the actors' acting skills also surpass the original, making it like a stage play.

The overall level is good.

The only problem is that there are few scene changes, the plot is a bit bland, and the lines and the film's connotations are relatively profound.

Audiences with a lower cultural level do not understand the "highlights" conveyed in the lines and will find it boring.

People with a certain level of education may not understand it after reading it once.

These points determine that the film is very niche and not suitable for large-scale screening in theaters.

When releasing the film, you can first show it in a few art theaters to see how the box office performs. If the box office is too bad, you can change to releasing a video tape.

After watching the movie, he also received feedback from the system. His participation rate was 8%, the box office subsidy was only 1.02 times, the director's experience bonus was only 1%, and the physical bonus was 1%. Since the physical bonus was not much, he only felt a slight heat on his body.

"Link, how is it?"

Sofia asked expectantly.

"Very good. From the details such as the scene arrangement, dialogue design, and props and scenes, I can see that you have put a lot of effort into them. This movie may become a classic science fiction movie. Also, your directing level has improved significantly compared to "The Blair Witch Project". You can be considered a mature director."

"Thank you! You have contributed to this as well. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be a director, let alone make this movie. Thank you, dear."

"You're welcome. No need to thank each other."

"No, I have to thank you."

Sophia pressed his chest to prevent him from getting up, and squatted in front of him with her long hair tied up.

Milla Jovovich looked at the exit, rolled up her hair and squatted down beside it.

(End of this chapter)