Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 264 Link is too cool

"The Sixth Sense" is a ghost story on the surface, but it actually talks about humanity and healing. Dr. McConaughey uses a warm heart to heal Cole, who suffers from mental problems, and Cole also heals him, allowing him to accept death calmly.

The script is interspersed with friendship, love, family affection, etc., which is full of highlights.

In the script that Link submitted to Seven Pictures and Miramax, the plot in which Dr. McConaughey discovers that he is a ghost was not included. Instead, after curing Cole, McConaughey returns home to win back his wife's heart.

Without the last 15% of the plot, the interest of the whole story dropped significantly.

His purpose in doing this was to protect creativity and prevent the seven major studios from pirating the copies in advance.

Because of this, Robert Shea and Harvey Weinstein chose "Seven" and "The Butterfly Effect" instead of "The Sixth Sense" after reading several scripts.

"How could you do this?"

The script is of extremely high quality. It will definitely be better if it is made into a movie and will be a big hit at the box office.

Link already has five box office hits under his belt, and this one makes it six.

How can he catch up in this situation?

Quentin looked at Link unhappily and wanted to tie him up and stop him from filming the movie.

Link ignored Quentin's resentment. After Tom Hanks read the script, he asked him for his opinion and whether he had any ideas about playing Dr. McConaughey.

Tom Hanks agreed immediately.

After filming "Apollo 13", Tom Hanks was planning to direct a musical comedy film himself.

When preparing for the movie, Jamalone found him and said that Link was preparing a new movie and wanted him to play the leading role, but it was not the sequel to "Batman".

Before "Seven", he would not have been interested in Link's movies. After watching "Seven", he, like his colleagues in the circle, changed his views on Link.

If the success of "Paranormal Activity" and "The Blair Witch Project" was due to luck, and the success of "Final Destination" was due to the creativity of the script and publicity, the success of "Se7en" was due to strength. Even without the O.J. Simpson case, this movie would have done well at the box office, as can be seen from the foreign box office data.

After receiving the invitation, he temporarily put down his work and read the new script "The Sixth Sense". He originally wanted to refuse when he saw the label "supernatural", but out of respect for Link, he patiently read the script.

He was deeply moved after watching it. This movie seems to be a horror movie on the surface, but it actually talks about human nature and family. The plot is touching and the meaning is profound. After reading the script, Tom Hanks immediately called Jamalone and wanted to discuss the script with Link in person.

After listening to Link's in-depth analysis, he was more moved and liked the script more.

"Link, when does this movie start shooting?"

Tom Hanks asked.

"Preparations have already begun and filming is expected to start early next month."

"Link, can we do it later? I hope I can have more time to understand the character, learn some psychology knowledge, and learn some related cases. This way, I can perform better when I act."

Tom Hanks said.

Link nodded and the start time remained unchanged. The crew could shoot other characters' scenes first, leaving Tom Hanks a month and a half to prepare.

"Link, is it necessary to be so anxious? You're filming a movie as if you're rushing for your life."

Quentin complained.

Robert Rodriguez nodded in agreement. Among the directors he knew, Link was the best at making movies, had the best box office results, and was also the most hardworking guy. Others made one movie a year, one movie every two or three years, but he only made two or three movies a year. He was too eager. "The story of The Sixth Sense takes place in the fall and winter, so it would be best to shoot at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Besides, I have a strong desire to create now, and I have a lot of energy and physical strength. If I don't seize the opportunity to make more movies, I will be old, my body will be old, and my inspiration will be exhausted. I won't be able to make any good movies even if I want to."

Link laughed.

Tom Hanks and Jay Maloney nodded in agreement and looked at Link with more and more admiration. Link was young, worth over a billion, and very famous in the circle. He was so successful but still worked hard and persisted in creating and making movies.

For a man like him, success is inevitable.

This was the first time Tom Hanks admired a young man.

Quentin pointed at him unhappily. He was originally a lazy man. He worked when there was work and played when there was no work. He only planned to make ten movies in his lifetime.

A lot of things changed after meeting Link.

Link is like a magnetic field. Anyone who gets close to him will involuntarily move at his speed. If they don't move, they will feel uncomfortable all over. In more serious cases, they will feel lazy and a failure, and fall into guilt and self-blame.

This also forced him to follow Link and work hard.

It’s just that working too much makes me tired, and not working makes me feel guilty.

This constant struggle made him want to die.

too painful.

And this pain was brought by Link, which made him want to beat Link up, but unfortunately he couldn't.

"Come on, Link, drink!"

Quentin stuffed a bottle of wine into Link's hands and wanted to die with him.

Jingle Bell!
While they were chatting, Jay Maloney's phone rang. He took it out, looked at it, said hello to Link, and went to the next room to answer the call.

The caller was Michael Ovitz.

Michael Ovitz said that an acquaintance saw him, Tom Hanks and Link chatting in a bar and asked them what they were doing and whether they were discussing cooperation.

Jamalone frowned, feeling very unhappy. He was the vice president of CAA. Although he was ranked low, he was still a senior executive, not an ordinary agent. It was obviously against the rules for someone like Ovitz to call him directly to inquire about his whereabouts.

He said yes, Link was preparing a new movie, and the male lead was very suitable for Tom Hanks. After reading the script, Tom Hanks liked it very much and decided to work with Link.

Michael Ovitz said that the seven major studios were preparing to unite to suppress Link's film, and that Tom Hanks was CAA's trump card and should not work with Link.

Jamalone said that Tom Hanks liked Link's new script very much, and would rather put aside his current film projects to shoot Link's movie. If the company interferes too much in Tom Hanks' work, it is likely to cause his dissatisfaction.

Within CAA, the more famous the artist is, the better the treatment they enjoy and the greater the degree of freedom they have. Tom Hanks' status in CAA is equivalent to that of a senior partner and he can withdraw at any time.

Jay Malone wanted to use this incident to remind Ovitz that the last time he meddled in the work of the artists, it caused Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock to jump ship, causing the company to lose two important clients. If this kind of thing annoyed Tom Hanks again and caused him to leave CAA, it would be a huge blow to CAA.

Michael Ovitz was dissatisfied with his tone and reminded him that he was only the vice president of CAA, not the president, let alone a shareholder, and that he didn't need to worry about such matters. He asked him to remind Tom Hanks that it would be best not to cooperate with Link.

Jemaloney agreed with a sullen face.

(End of this chapter)