Rachel Weisz and Kate Beckinsale planned to play in Seattle for a week, but unfortunately they were urgently recalled by their respective agencies three days later.

Opportunities fall from the sky.

When Rachel returned to Los Angeles, her agent Todd Winterburton, who was so excited that she was almost out of control, handed over the two scripts to her.

Both are blockbuster projects coveted by many Hollywood actresses: the special effects blockbuster "Mummy" collaborated with Daenerys and Fox and the new film "Titanic" by James Cameron.

Happiness came too suddenly, and Rachel couldn't help but feel some unreality.

At the age of 15, he started to play some small roles in the local film and television industry in the UK. He is 25 years old this year. He has been in this circle for 10 years. The more he has the industry, the more he knows how rare it is to get such an opportunity. There is no fairness in this circle. Many young actors who are in the bottom may not even encounter a supporting role in such a bombshell movie for their whole life.

And she got two in a blink of an eye.

They are all heroines.

The Oscars ceremony will be held at the end of the awards season. Hollywood stars who have been busy for a year gather in Hollywood, so it is also the most active period of gossip in this circle.

Many people snatched the opportunity to win, but in a blink of an eye it fell on two unknown British actresses. This kind of news was difficult to hide and spread quickly.

Rachel Weiss's agency C and Kate Beckinsale's agency WMA both responded immediately, equiping the two women with the top brokerage, public relations and assistant teams. At this time, the first thing to beware of is some messy things that will ruin the chance that you are already getting.

In order to pursue superiority, women secretly tear up and use everything they can do.

This is especially true for women in Hollywood.

In the days that followed, Rachel was surrounded by a group of people in the company and began to work day and night. She spent a lot of time studying scripts, gaining insight into the relevant information of the two projects, meeting with the senior executives of Daenerys Entertainment, communicating with the main creators of the two projects, conducting rehearsal auditions over and over again, participating in contract negotiations with the agents, and almost immediately began dieting and body shaping plans, accepting a series of media interviews to expand exposure, etc.

Because of the sudden tension, Rachel had to take the initiative to give up the small role in Italian director Benaldo Betoruc's new film "Stealing Incense" because the film is planned to be filmed in Italy in May. Although she has few scenes, she will not be able to leave Italy at that time.

As the news spread, Rachel soon learned that Kate Beckinsale had the chance to be the heroine of "Charlie's Angels".

Although it is a movie with three heroines, in Rachel's opinion, the heroine of "Charlie's Angels" is still stronger than "Mummy" and "Titanic". After all, the entertainment industry is dominated by men. When men and women co-star, the male stars will definitely gain more audiences. Correspondingly, the heroine's room for performance is not too much.

Rachel's heroine has been finalized, and the three creative cores of "Mummy" that will be scheduled for next summer are basically in place.

The director is the original Stephen Somos. The young director who graduated from the USC Film Academy is 33 years old. Six years ago, he successfully entered Hollywood with his good reputation. The most recent Disney animation adaptation of the live-action film "Prince of the Forest" was released last Christmas, and the box office was also quite impressive.

The male protagonist finalized Fang Kemer.

This Hollywood actor who made his mark with Cruise in "Top Gun" has never been very lucky in recent years. In fact, even if it was not in Simon's memory, Fang Keimer was not a lucky actor and had no shortage of opportunities. However, whether it was George Lucas' special effects blockbuster "The Storm and the Clouds" or "Batman forever" in Simon's memory, and many later films, the male star never tried the feeling of being a big hit.

The failure of career seems to be reflected in the male star's appearance.

So much so that later, Simon accidentally saw the other person in a movie adapted from a Swedish thriller novel, whose appearance and figure were so out of shape that you could not recognize him without looking at the cast.

Simon, the big butterfly, has changed the fate of many people, and Fang Kemer is another one.

If possible, Simon prefers the original male lead Brandon Fisher, but the male star is still only a 27-year-old young actor.

Yes, the same age as Simon.

Simon has seen the films of the other party participating in the film. Compared with Simon's mature temperament in his two lives, Brandon Fisher can still be described as beautiful and tender. Most of the films he participated in are high school students, and his appearance is still very likely to attract the kind that some Hollywood bosses with special sexual orientations coveted. It is incompatible with the image of a unshaven prodigal son in "The Mummy" a few years later, and his acting skills are also quite awkward.

In comparison, Fang Kemer, who is very well acquainted with status, qualifications, age, image and temperament, seems just right. Moreover, this Hollywood male star who just relied on last year's "The Story of Fire" was also willing to sign a long three-part contract, and the two hit it off.

In the past, because Hollywood was the producer responsibility system, related projects also needed some big-name producers to take charge.

However, Daenerys Entertainment gradually changed this pattern.

Traditional Hollywood producers often have to control the production ideas and content direction of a project. The most typical one is Spielberg. Daenerys basically decided on this point by Simon himself. In fact, he is an executive producer with a unique status, but Simon rarely has the name.

Therefore, the producers of Daenerys Entertainment's series of bombshells are mainly responsible for logistics work, helping directors and actors solve all aspects of the filming process, and the creation is still controlled by Simon, the behind-the-scenes boss and the director.

Over the years, Daenerys Entertainment has also had a very stable producer team.

Just because the core of the control is usually Simon himself, these people are not as famous as gold medal producers such as Jerry Brookheimer and Joe Silvo who need to control the overall situation.

Three projects of foreign cooperation, "Mummy" is planned to be released at the earliest, and the production team is also formed the fastest. The script is basically finalized while casting, and the scenery and special effects planning have begun. The project is expected to start in June. In order to save costs as much as possible, Simon plans to shoot the main scenes in Morocco like the original version. Morocco, located in North Africa, is not far from the UK, which also facilitates the crew to travel back and forth to shoot some related shots in the UK.

From Janet's birthday to the Oscars at the end of March, Egret continued to advance his IPO process, and the employee stock ownership plan with a total share capital of 25% was implemented very smoothly. Simon remained in Los Angeles to deal with a series of important projects by Daenerys.

The Easter and summer films such as "Anti-Wissing Stars 3", "Jurassic Park 2" and "Apollo 13" have been completed. They were in the marketing stage before the release. "Psychological Game" from the second half of the year to the end of the year, the 3D animated versions "Beauty and the Beast" and "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" are still in production, and Simon needs to devote enough attention.

Then came a series of project preparations and productions from 1996 to 1997.

Not only blockbusters like "The Deadhead Valley", "Mission Impossible 2", "Mummy", "The Brave Game", "Wonder Woman 2", but also the "Spike Movie Universe" new films, the "Rush Hour" series and Jim Carrey's new movies that shine last year, and other medium-scale but equally important projects.

Among them, "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice" is being filmed in Australia, and Simon also plans to go to Australia after the Oscars and follow up for a while.

Also this month, many things related to the Westeros system are happening.

Last year's midterm elections solved many political obstacles to the Westeros system in Washington, and the advancement of a series of bills began to accelerate.

Following the lifting of the ‘media integration ban’, in mid-March, the U.S. House of Congress and the White House once again successfully passed the Digital Copyright Act, which had been blocked last year. The most important ‘safe haven regulations’ made the entire Internet no longer have to worry about large-scale infringement lawsuits at all times.

Of course, inevitably, the announcement of this bill has also made piracy more popular on Internet platforms.

The Communications Weathering Act has entered the final review stage. If nothing unexpected happens, a vote will be held in April. Unless there are major unexpected changes, it will be passed.

As for the Telecommunications Act, which will soon affect the entire telecommunications industry, even if the Westeros system and other telecommunications industry giants make efforts, the obstacles will be quite a bit. After all, unlike the lifting of the "media integration ban", the new Telecommunications Act will be a complete relaxation of the information industry.

Finally, there is a capital gains tax reform bill.

Both parties wanted to pass this bill with a tacit understanding, but they just took into account the reactions of the media and the public and continued to delay.

After Clinton came to power, he formulated many tax increases policies such as the "gasoline tax" for all people. Now that tax cuts are starting, it is still difficult for the general public to directly enjoy the benefits of capital gains tax. You can imagine what everyone will react.

Fortunately, last year's midterm election gave Clinton an excuse to turn the blame.

Now that both the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by the Republican Party, the bill is submitted and passed again, the Democratic Party needs to bear much less public opinion pressure.

The White House can actually refuse visas.

However, isn’t the President powerless in this big trend?

With the hope, the capital gains tax reform bill will be subject to a congressional vote around May.

Just so happened that Igret's listing was followed.

In order to avoid being too ugly to make it difficult for everyone to do, this IPO will still be mainly issued additional issues. However, Simon can quietly start cashing out other technology stocks. With his holdings in many technology stocks, he will be able to enjoy a minimum capital gains tax rate of 15%, and the 15% tax rate is much easier to accept than the current 28% cut of the current.

Daenerys Cinema.

Simon's official casting director Linda Waggs waited patiently in the lounge for more than ten minutes, and the door of his boss's office finally opened.

The two screenwriters who sent "The Brave's Game" away, and Simon signaled Linda Waggs to come in.

Sitting behind the desk, Simon asked, "How is the result?"

Linda Waggs shook his head: "Schwarzenegger's agent still insists on signing only film contracts."

The two discussed the casting of "The Brave's Game".

After finalizing the plot of the 2017 version in my memory, the former male protagonist, Dwayne Johnson, naturally could not enable the original version. Johnson's current situation is similar to Brandon Fisher, and he can't support this role at all.

After choosing, Simon found that Arnold Schwarzenegger was more suitable for Dr. Spencer in the film.

There are many comedy elements in the 2017 version of "The Brave's Game", which happens to be Arnold is the only super big star among the action male stars at this stage who has developed his comedy route.

In other words, Stallone is more suitable for tragic roles. Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and others are not in tune with the images. Simon also considered the second-tier Duf Longer and Shang Ge Yundon and found that the reason why men of these actions can only make B-level action movies is not without reason. Arnold's acting skills are already difficult to compliment, but Duf Longer is even worse.

Faced with Daenerys Entertainment’s contact, Schwarzenegger’s feedback was actually very positive and expressed his willingness to star in this movie.

However, you can participate in the performance, so you can't go to the long-term meeting.

After the continuous projects such as "The Bomb Expert" and "The Legend of the Rise" were lukewarm, Stallone has begun to take a significant downward path. Relying on the success of "Terminator 2" and last year's "The True Lies", Arnold still maintains his peak and now has enough confidence to negotiate conditions with Daenerys.

For series of movies, especially bombshells, Simon likes to enable relatively cheap actors, but never refuses suitable top celebrities.

Although it is positioned as a long-term series, Simon has always thought that the first part should be done as well as possible, and he must never let the first part be a prelude to the series, which often only makes the entire series unable to continue.

Because of this consideration, Simon is very inclined to Schwarzenegger.

At the same time, Simon cannot make the first episode successful, because the two sides argued about the pay and could not continue the sequel, or fell into the situation of working for the stars.

It's a big deal.

Seeing his boss knocking on the table and thinking, Linda Waggs hesitated and said, "Boss, Bruce Willis contacted me yesterday. He is also very interested in this role. He also filmed a sample of the performance in private. Do you want to see it?"

Simon shook his head without thinking about it when he heard Willis's name: "Willis has nothing to do with this character. He lacks the tough temperament I want, and he is too short."

Linda Waggs knew that Willis was 183CM tall, which was actually a little taller than Stallone with 178CM.

However, I just mentioned it as a gift, and I realized that there was no room for negotiation in my boss's tone, so I stopped talking.

Since the beginning of "Running Roll", he has been the head of Simon's official casting for so many years and is still enjoying the treatment of Vice President of Daenerys Group. Linda Waggs cherishes and is very cautious about his job, and is very clear that his young boss is not someone who can be easily influenced.

I just mentioned Willis, which is considered a favor. Her boss also knows that she is giving favors and allows her. After all, Hollywood is a personal favor circle, but if she tries to persuade her boss to change her mind, this will touch the red line that a casting person in charge should not be involved.

The casting personnel are the main job of selecting actors strictly according to the main idea of ​​the project, and they should never have their own thoughts.
Chapter completed!