Alabama, the small town of Canardia at the junction of the southwestern border with Mississippi.

Whether it is the dire financial turmoil in Asia or the gradually beginning of a strong Thanksgiving atmosphere, it has nothing to do with the crew of "The Witch Blair".

Everyone is focusing on their own small projects.

The film started filming on November 3, and in two weeks, the progress was much faster than planned. The Witch Expedition Team came to Canadia for an interview, and the relaxed period after just entering the dense forest has been completed.

This is also the result of the crew's continuous excellence from top to bottom.

In the interview section at the beginning, there were only four or five materials planned to be used. In order to find the best materials, not only the actors invited by the crew, but also all the behind-the-scenes and the townsmen who actively participated in the filming in Canadia Town, recorded them. In addition to the fixed script, the crew also gave various free space to play, and finally collected more than sixty pieces of materials.

For his cameo appearance, Paul Greengrass spent three days learning the Alabama accent.

Hard work pays off.

Among the more than 60 materials, there are indeed many "interviews" that are eye-catching.

An old lady with a kind face in the local area participated in the filming under the introduction of her young grandchildren. After simple preparation of the materials given by the crew, the old man told her vividly with a natural affinity. Everyone who listened to the recording on the spot believed it, so that after more than five minutes of shooting, everyone realized what they were doing.

Later I learned that the old lady in her 80s had been helping her children take care of her grandchildren since twenty years ago. In order to pass the time, one of her favorite things was to tell the children all kinds of strange local legends, most of which were spread out at will by the elderly themselves. "Old Jenna, who can tell stories," has a little reputation in this large area.

Because the old man said it so well, the crew paid for it and recorded nearly half an hour of material.

Paul Greengrass has been racking his brains for this material he will definitely use recently, and has almost suffered from choice difficulties.

The prelude was completed, and the next critical and painful second half was filmed, so that on the afternoon of November 13, Jerry Brookheimer, who was named executive producer, came to visit the set and brought gifts that he intended to comfort the crew members were confiscated by Paul Greengrass as soon as possible.

The crew members are mainly the five key young people. All they need next is confusion, loneliness, anxiety, fear... There must be no comfort.

Jerry Brookheimer certainly doesn't object.

He has no reward for this project, it is considered a voluntary labor, but if he can do it well, he, the executive producer with the name, will definitely gain a reputation.

And experience.

Even if pseudo-documentary movies cannot become mainstream, it is just a "Ghost Record", which means that someone will continue to try this subject. Brookheimer also plans to produce some similar projects. If "Blair the Witch" can be successful this time, the experience and reputation he gains can make many of the next things work better.

In order to arouse the emotions of the five actors, although the crew has plenty of time, they still filmed until the sky was dark before announcing the end of work.

Just yesterday, the scene of stepping into the witch curse formation was filmed, and the last day was comfortable. From today on, the five young people would have to rest alone in a tent, and the crew would accompany them in the forest throughout the whole process and would not go to the hotel in the town again.

Jerry Brookheimer and a Hollywood screenwriter Tony Gilroy who came with him patiently accompanied the crew to film for an afternoon.

Although Jerry Bruckheimer was named the executive producer of "The Witch" and did make great efforts in the project preparation process, the focus of his work during this period was also the bombshell project "Public Enemy" led by Daenerys, which was listed on MGM and participated by CBS Film, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric.

Tony Gilroy is the screenwriter of the original "Spy Shadows" series and was designated by Simon for the subsequent script modification of "Public Enemy". This time, in addition to visiting the set together, he also discussed some things about this project with the appointed "Public Enemy" director Paul Greengrass.

It was not until after dinner that the two were able to communicate with Paul Greengrass, Lena Kane, Annika Settle, Oliver Wood and others.

The crew is in a large tent for the conference.

Everyone gathered around a simple desk. After a few topics, Paul Greengrass showed Jerry Brookheimer a stack of plots of the storyboard and said: "About the end, I have some new ideas recently. Jerry, the overall style of "Blair the Witch" is more realistic. The final shot, about the witch floating naked in the air, is too weird and too fantasy, which will affect the overall style of the film and appear abrupt. I still think it is best to remain realistic. The witches only need to step on the ground and dance around the flames or pray."

Jerry Brookheimer took the drawing, turned it over and asked, "Have you discussed it with Simon?"

"Not yet," Paul Greengras shook his head: "Simon is very interested in the original version. Recently, he sent a painting of the flying witch as a reference, but..."

Paul Greengrass did not continue, but Jerry Brookheimer understood.

Hollywood is a patriarchal structure, and people with the right to speak decide everything. Paul Greengrass is just a newcomer who has just entered Hollywood. How dare you change the idea of ​​the big boss?

Jerry Brookheimer quickly looked at Lena Kane, the girl had a different identity: "Lena, what do you mean?"

Lina said: "I still agree with Simon's suggestion and should be bolder. It is precisely because most of the films are very realistic and the weird fantasy at the end can bring a stronger impact to the audience."

Jerry Brookheimer immediately understood.

This is a disagreement.

After thinking for a while, Jerry Brookheimer said: "Since that's the case, it's better to try both ideas and let Simon decide in the end."

After saying this, Jerry Brookheimer looked at the people around him. Lena Kane refused to say anything, and Paul Greengras nodded slightly. Suddenly, he understood that this was Paul Greengrass seeking support from him and analyzing more deeply. This girl with two Wei family maids around him was obviously Simon's woman, and was unknowingly taking control of the crew, so that Paul Greengras had to seek help from him.

After fully understanding, Jerry Brookheimer suddenly felt that it would be better not to offend a woman. He thought about it for a moment and signaled to the drawing in front of him, saying, "Or, let's win, the witch land and the flames float up. This is weird enough and not so fantastic. In short, according to my experience for so many years, as long as I have good ideas and budget allows, any idea is worth trying."

So, I changed it to mix it up again.

Paul Greengrass smiled bitterly and turned to look at Lena. Lena tilted her head slightly in thinking. However, Annika beside Lena, after listening to Brooke, quickly took a pen and drew it on a piece of draft paper. A moment later, the footage of the page was completed, and she raised it to show everyone: "I suddenly felt that this was really good. The witch worshiped ghost fire. By the way, the color of the flames may be tried blue or something."

Brookheimer smiled and nodded: "Yes, dare to try."

"Okay, just like that, try it all," Lina saw that everyone was gradually looking at her, so she had to compromise. She also knew that she was not justified and could not really take over the project power. She let go and asked, "By the way, Jerry, have you found the Rachel substitute that Simon mentioned last time?"

"Linda Waggs took this matter, you can call her tomorrow," said Brookheimer.

Linda Waggs?

The men at the scene immediately understood.

Lina curled her lips in no trace, a fickle guy.

Simon was wronged this time.

This matter was originally handed over to Jerry Brookheimer, who was in Los Angeles. After all, everyone started filming here, and it was impossible to split up. Then, Brookheimer took the initiative to figure out someone’s thoughts and handed over to Simon’s official casting leader Linda Waggs. After all, selecting actresses, the men in Hollywood... Well, men with normal sexual orientation are very interested.

Then he talked about "The Witch Blair" in a trivial way, and then the topic turned to "Public Enemy".

Lina continued to listen, and Annika also listened with Lina's connection.

A Hollywood veteran producer like Jerry Brookheimer, who can gain experience from various communications a little more motivated, is something that both girls who are rookies are urgently needed.

We talked until late at night and everyone finally dispersed.

Jerry Brookheimer, Paul Greengrass and others finally left the tent and saw two girls walking towards a RV hand in hand, looking at Greengrass with a unique gossip on the man and asking, "Does Lina and Annie get stuck together?"

Paul Greengrass nodded.

However, although Brookheimer was quite interested, he didn't say much.

After spending time together, Paul Greengrass had to admit that he could not afford to offend a girl, and had strong personal abilities and stronger desire for control. Although he tried to restrain himself as much as possible because of his identity as a team agent, because of his other identity, everyone had to obey her a few points.

Just like that RV, it is also the only one in the crew. A big man specifically provides his own little lover and does not occupy the crew's budget.

In fact, Lena Kane doesn't do much special things in the crew. She eats and uses the same food as everyone else. She doesn't get paid, and she also works diligently every day.

The only exception is this RV.

Smart people therefore understand that this is a tool for Lina to show her identity. Otherwise, it would not be easy to make the crew obey a 23-year-old girl.

This is also Lina's cleverness.

After all, the RV, along with the two Wei family servants, who dares not recognize that?

As for a girl's lace tendency, she naturally didn't see it.

Speaking of which, Paul Greengrass thinks, this is probably a way to avoid suspicion. After all, a beautiful girl stays in the wild with a group of men and women, and takes the initiative to find a woman is better than a man.

I have to say that Paul Greengras is also a smart person.

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That's what Lina really thinks.

As for lace, she was not interested, so she even drove Rachel McAdams, who was quietly close to her. Besides, Annika, when she invited this friend to live together, Lena felt that she was at a disadvantage. In addition to the similar personalities of the two, Annika's biggest feature is that she is too good at driving whether she is really driving or fake driving.

Even in the past two weeks, it has been faked to become real several times.

Um.

You need to add the word "quilt".

This was again last night.

When she woke up early in the morning, she found that Annika was still holding her greasyly. Lina tickled the dirty and angry bestie hard until Annika almost laughed and let her go.

After washing and practicing in the morning, Annika returned to the RV again. She was already looking through the newspapers sent by a special person from the city every day.

In Hollywood, you may not care about current affairs and politics, but if you want to do well, Variety Show and Hollywood Reporter are both compulsory, and Lena wants to do better. Therefore, in addition to these two newspapers, people also prepare mainstream things like the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

Today is November 14th.

Friday.

What Lina is most concerned about is the North American box office data that just passed a box office week. Seeing that Annika was already looking through a copy of "The Hollywood Reporter", she took the breakfast from the waitress and asked directly: "How many?"

Annika didn't keep it a secret, saying, "The next week's drop is 43%, which is a bit deep. There is definitely no hope for 200 million locally. Oh, "The Ghost Record" has exceeded 200 million. Last week's box office is 6.28 million US dollars, with a total of 203.26 million, and 200 million. Our "The Witch Blair" will be half as long as our "The Ghost Record" is."

"You are too unambitioned, are you?"

"I want to have ambitions, but I'm not Simon Westeros."

"Isn't "Blair the Witch" Simon's idea?"

"Yes, but I don't have the tacit understanding of you and Simon's communication with each other in a negative distance, it's hard to say."

Lina just sat down at the table, picked up the coffee and delivered it to her mouth. When she heard this, she almost squirted it out. She turned her head and slowed down before glaring at Annika opposite: "I will let you taste what negative distance is tonight."

Annika was not afraid and even threw a charming look at him.

Lena retreated, snatched the Hollywood Reporter from her hands and started watching it quickly.

Perhaps because of the strong box office in the first week, the widely discussed "Soul Conjuring 3: Blood Moon", after opening the painting set a box office record of more than 60 million US dollars, it fell 43% the next week, and the income fell directly from US$63.97 million in the first week to US$36.46 million. However, in just two weeks, the horror film successfully exceeded 100 million, with a total of US$100 million.

According to the ladder sharing rules, with a high proportion of accounts in the first two weeks, the box office exceeded 100 million US dollars, and the total production and promotion budget of US$75 million was basically recovered, and the next step was profit.
To be continued...