Chapter 143

"In view of the film's subject matter and publicity needs, four time periods are more appropriate."

Seeing Duke nodding, Charles Rowan said one by one, "The German surrender day in early May next year, Memorial Day in late May, Normandy Landing Day in early June, and Independence Day in July."

It's already October. Even if he is directing a relatively mature and well-connected team, Duke feels that the release at the beginning of May next year is a bit nervous. Memorial Day at the end of May is actually the most suitable time for the North American release, but the film was shot. The production is extremely cumbersome, and if there is an accident, it will be postponed if in doubt.

After thinking about it for a moment, Duke said, "Charles, don't announce the specific release date for the time being in the preliminary publicity. The time is a bit tight. We have to watch the actual work progress of the crew."

"For the time being." Charles Rowan nodded and said again, "but it can't be delayed for too long."

"Before next year's Super Bowl Day, I will definitely give you a fixed date for the completion of the film."

In the past two movies, the promotion of Super Bowl Day has played an important role. Naturally, the midfield advertisement of the Super Bowl is indispensable in the promotional plan formulated by the studio.

The North American release date of the film was temporarily shelved, and the topic gradually turned to the actors.

3♂, "This is a group show. I need a lot of actors with relatively good acting skills."

Duke said to the deputy director and an executive producer in charge of casting, "Zac and Sophia have already worked out the character script, and you will have a large-scale audition as soon as possible."

The other actor Duke didn't care, but the rescue team and James Ryan had to nod his head to pass.

Compared with pure popcorn movies like "Independence Day", "Saving Private Ryan" has higher requirements for actors' acting skills. In addition to the main actors participating in the performance, military training must be carried out in the preliminary preparations, which must be determined as soon as possible Candidate.

"I have two audition candidates. I invite them as soon as possible." Duke suggested two key roles in the film. "Invite Tom Hanks to audition for John Miller and invite Leonardo Die. Caprio auditioned for James Ryan."

Needless to say the former, "Forrest Gump" is still being screened in North America, and it is so popular that it is even regarded by many film critics as the hottest actor for next year's Oscar; the latter is not an unknown actor. Not only a child star, he also won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 with "A Different Sky".

No one opposed Duke's proposal, but Robin Grande reminded.

"Duke, Tom Hanks may have a problem." These people who often work together know more or less about Duke. "He is an actor under the Caa banner."

Hearing the name of this familiar agency, Duke couldn't help frowning slightly, but thought that Caa could occupy half of the actor market in Hollywood, and Tom Hanks was under their banner. Not surprisingly.

"Send an audition invitation." Duke thought for a while, and said, "At the same time, send Hanks a full version of the script. If he refuses, then forget it."

This is Hollywood, no one is indispensable, even if the former Captain Miller left him an extremely deep impression, Duke would not be so stupid to choose Tom Hanks.

If Tom Hanks is willing to accept the invitation, of course it is best; if he refuses to accept it. There are plenty of other actors in Hollywood.

Behind every successful director, there is a strong team with tacit cooperation. Duke is no exception. After long-term cooperation, his team cooperates tacitly. Although there are conflicts among members, there is no huge conflict of interest, and he can understand some of his intentions. These will make the preparatory work much smoother.

The crew will then move to Ireland. In Los Angeles, only the most basic preparatory work will be carried out. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

During the preparation of "Saving Private Ryan", Duke also received some good news, and the part that belonged to him was paid.

Perhaps it is believed that the share issued during the filming of "Independence Day" played an incentive role. Or maybe it was Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox who wanted to continue to win over such a successful commercial director. In mid-October, a large sum of money was transferred to the Duke's studio.

What Warner Bros. imported is the final overseas share of "Breakthrough Island", which totals a little more than 7.1 million U.S. dollars. In this way, the Duke Studio has invested 10 million U.S. dollars in "Breakthrough Island" in exchange for more than 27.1 million The book income of US dollars and the gross profit of investment exceed US$17 million. This investment income ratio, even if you look at the entire Hollywood, can be regarded as the best.

The mother's $10 million loan has already been paid, but the interest of $2.71 million has to be settled. Nancy and the lawyers and accountants have to pay 10% of the last $710,000. The Duke's Studio has won it with The book income of close to US$12 million, plus the director's salary received by Duke, is enough to cover the US$8 million film rights transfer fee for that epic masterpiece.

A few days later than Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox paid the first North American box office share of "Independence Day". The basic box office quota for the share was $300 million. Duke enjoyed 20% of the share, which is 60 million US dollars, but there is still some time before the contract payment deadline, Fox only paid half of it-30 million US dollars.

This is a huge revenue share. If it were not for the long-term cooperation plan of 20th Century Fox, this half would be delayed until the end of the contract payment period.

In addition, the North American box office share and overseas box office share, and others, according to Duke's estimation, even this time next year, the "Independence Day" box office share cannot be fully paid.

In addition, part of the basic remuneration for "Saving Private Ryan"-3.5 million US dollars-has also arrived.

Duke has truly entered the ranks of multi-millionaires and is also prepared to spend a lot of money.

One of them is the seaside manor in Malibu. Nancy's assistant cut the price to 8.75 million U.S. dollars. Duke decided to buy this property after consulting the advice of lawyers, accountants and other professionals.

As long as the funds are in place, the transfer contract and other chores are not a problem. As for the refurbishment, Duke temporarily threw it to Nancy Josephson, who just reviewed the final renderings.

on the other hand. In addition to keeping enough for daily expenses and maintaining the operation of the Duke's studio, Duke once again faced the idiot's eyes of the stock broker and invested most of the remaining funds in Apple stocks, while also acquiring a small amount of Microsoft stocks. , These will be real estate for a long time in the future.

The preliminary work of "Saving Private Ryan" is also progressing in an orderly manner. After a brief preparatory work, Duke led the crew to Ireland, an open-air studio near Dublin, which will become the base camp of the crew, and subsequent preparatory work will also begin there.

When Duke was flying to Europe, many actors in Hollywood received audition invitations. Some actors who had not received the invitation and inquired about the role information also asked their public relations and agents to actively seek audition opportunities for them. .

"The role of this character is a little less."

In a house in Los Angeles, Leonardo DiCaprio closes the script. Looking at the agent, "According to the setting, it will not appear until the final stage of the film."

The agent does not agree with his statement, this is the invitation of Duke Rosenberg, the whole Hollywood does not know how many young actors want to receive his audition invitation!

"This role is very important!" The agent persuaded patiently, "Leo, I have seen the full version of the script in the agency. This is the most important and most important role except the male protagonist. This film is called "Saving the Soldiers" Ryan, your role is Ryan!"

"The hero..." Young people always have a lot of fantasies.

"The hero is a middle-aged officer!" The agent broke his illusion. "There is gossip. It is said that Tom Hanks will be invited to play this role. There are not many opportunities to play against Hanks!"

Seeing that Leonardo DiCaprio was a little moved, the agent continued to persuade, "You have to figure it out, Leo. The director of the film is Duke Rosenberg. How many actors has he popularized? His work has world-class influence! Let's put it this way, young actors who want to audition for "Saving Private Ryan" can go from Beverly Hills to Hollywood!"

How many people who enter this circle do not want to be famous? The broker understands this very well. In his opinion, even if the casting director makes them bend over and push up their ass, I am afraid that the number of people participating in the audition will not decrease!

"Leo, you entered this circle very early. You should understand," the agent did not stop. "If you want to become a popular movie star, you must enter the mainstream movie circle. Those idiots and mentally retarded characters have brought you Oscars. Nomination, but it's hardly helpful to your situation. What you need now is a mainstream movie that has huge influence and can sell well at the box office!"

The young Leonardo DiCaprio fell into thinking. Although he was only twenty years old, he was born as a child star and had a profound knowledge of this circle.

"Duke Rosenberg's work is now a guarantee of success. You are also one of the two people he personally named and invited to audition."

"Prepare a plane ticket to Dublin as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, the agent laughed, and Leonardo asked curiously, "Who is the second person Duke Rosenberg invited?"

"Tom Hanks, he is not in competition with you."

Leonardo DiCaprio, who is only twenty years old, is preparing for a trip to Ireland, but Tom Hanks, who is almost forty years old, is hesitating. He likes the script and the role very much, although it is a group show. However, Captain Miller has enough room for acting. The most important thing is that he sees deep humanistic care from the script and characters. This is one of the favorite movie themes of the Oscar gang.

Currently the film company and his agency are in public relations. From the feedback, it should be no problem to get an Oscar nomination for Best Actor by Forrest Gump. If you want to get it, it seems a bit difficult. After all, you want to get it twice in a row. It's too difficult to get the actor figurines.

The role of Captain Miller is so in line with the appetite of the academy. As long as he plays well, he is very likely to be nominated again. In addition, the role of Forrest Gump, who may fail this year, has a chance to win the second best actor Xiaojin. people.

Thinking of this, Tom Hanks looked at the opposite, that was his agent, Eno Martin from caa! (To be continued...)