Thanks to the popularity of the movie "Titanic" in the global market, James Cameron, the director of the film, has become extremely famous!
In recent interviews with many media outlets and newspapers, he seemed to be walking a little unsteadily.
After all, the film's box office performance completely exceeded his previous expectations.
"What?"
"You're talking about the rumour about my blade, that if it fails at the box office, I'll slit my own throat?!"
"Dude, are you kidding me?"
"As the director of Titanic, of course, I believe my film will be a success. I'm Cameron! Man, don't forget, when I was filming Terminator 1, I received a lot of ridicule and criticism."
"So, I don't care about the pressure from the media, theatres, and production companies in recent months. Instead, it will become my motivation to move forward!"
"I had predicted the box office would explode!"
It has to be said that in Hollywood, if you don't have good eloquence, you can't be a director. Otherwise, you won't be able to withstand the media pressure alone.
Cameron has experienced several months of lows and media ridicule. Now that the movie box office is booming, he naturally wants to show off.
Don't be surprised!
Even if he is a world-famous director, he is still a human being!
Moreover, he is touting these things at the moment for the sake of the movie's box office.
Do we need to tell the media reporters and moviegoers now that the current explosion in movie box office is all an accident?
To tell the truth in this situation will inevitably result in a loss of some box office revenue!
Even if Cameron agreed, Paramount and 20th Century Fox, as the producers, would not let him do so!
What to do now?
Blow it up and you're done!
Therefore, when Cameron was interviewed by the media at this moment, he said that he had no pressure at all. It was not until 1999, when Cameron became successful, that he admitted how great the pressure was at the time and that it almost crushed him. He also admitted that he did not expect to achieve such an astonishing box office result.
And he was ready to go back to his old job as a truck driver.
In the original time and space history, "Titanic" won the North American box office championship for 15 consecutive weeks, and the global box office exceeded 1.8 billion US dollars, which is definitely a miracle.
Kyle invested $85 million and received a 25% share of the profits of "Titanic", including the production company's final box office dividends, peripherals, DVD and videotape market dividends.
There is no doubt that Kyle made a lot of money on this investment!
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End of February 1998.
The preliminary preparations for the movie "300 Spartans" have been completed, and the selection of the main roles has been officially announced.
Zack Snyder is directing the film;
Kyle, who had been idle for two months, served as the producer of the film himself;
Kevin Feige, vice president of Marvel Studios, also serves as the film's second producer, working hard to ensure the smooth progress of the film.
In fact, long before the casting of "300" was announced, many Hollywood agencies had received news and began to contact Page Pictures to fight for roles and auditions for their own artists and actors.
"Juno", "The Purge", "The Sixth Sense"...
Although Page Pictures was only a short-lived company, its owner, Kyle, was a man of many talents, having produced and released numerous high-grossing films in recent years. Now that they were about to start filming a new film, how could they not attract the attention of Hollywood actors?
The production cost of "300" was as high as 60 million US dollars, which is the highest single-film production cost of Page Pictures since its establishment.
A movie with this production cost is not as good as the six major Hollywood productions, but it is still the best among the second-tier productions.
How can those actors remain reserved?
This is a great opportunity to advance your status.
Page Pictures is no longer an unknown film company!
It is second only to several film and television companies such as DreamWorks, Touchstone, and New Line Cinema, under the Big Six in Hollywood, and it also has a distribution network throughout the United States.
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CAA agency.
"Darren, the leading actor in '300' must be me!"
Matt Damon stared at his agent Darren Scottie and warned: "Don't mess it up again this time. After all, we missed it once."
"I see."
Agent Darren nodded heavily.
Matt Damon actually regrets it!
It's worth noting that in early 1996, when Kyle founded Page Pictures and personally directed Run Lola Run, he had invited Matt Damon to play the leading role in the film. However, the CAA agency strongly insisted on taking the leading role in the film and offered other roles in the package, which directly led to the collapse of the negotiations between the two.
Since then, Kyle has skipped CAA when choosing actors for many of his films.
"You're a small, newly established film company, and you really think you're God?!"
"New director, hehe~!"
This was the bold statement made by agent Darren at Page Pictures.
This action offended Page Pictures and Kyle himself.
But if I offend you, I offend you!
Matt Damon and his agent, Darren Scottie, don't care at all. Is it like an elephant caring about an ant that can be crushed to death at any time?
However...
However, Page Pictures has now become a well-known second-tier film company in Hollywood. As its boss, Kyle is a shareholder of many well-known listed companies and has a net worth of more than one billion US dollars.
The status has been reversed!
Matt Damon, who looks silly but is actually extremely shrewd, has long wanted to ease the relationship. Now that he heard that the casting for "300" has started, how can he sit still?
"Even if I can't get the leading actor and the main role in this movie, my proactive presence at the casting call can also convey my apology to Mr. Page."
I have to say that Matt Damon is smart and cunning enough.
In other words, no one who succeeds in Hollywood is stupid! Even the lucky ones who gain power overnight will be eliminated quickly if they are not smart enough.
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William Morris Agency.
"Joaquin, you have worked with Page Pictures several times. This time they are about to start shooting "300", a movie with an investment of 60 million US dollars. We can't miss it no matter what." Agent Anchetti Domond said excitedly.
Hearing this, Joaquin Phoenix nodded heavily.
Although he is young, he is not stupid. Otherwise, how could he have collaborated with Page Pictures on so many films when others were not optimistic about the company?
The male lead of "Wrong Turn 1";
The main villain of "The Purge"
Joaquin Phoenix has collaborated with Page Pictures on many films, which is his advantage.
Agent Ancheti Domond said again, "I've read the film's introduction. The lead actor, King Leonidas, needs a more mature, muscular actor to play him, but we don't have the talent. But we can fight for the second and third male roles. After all, this is a $60 million film."
"Okay then, I'll leave it to you."
Joaquin Phoenix responded.
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At the same time.
After learning that "300" produced by Page Pictures was about to start casting, major economic companies began to take action.
The two main roles, the male protagonist King Leonidas and the female protagonist Queen Leonidas, are their top priority!
I have to say that Page Pictures has really grown and developed. From initially actively inviting actors and being frequently rejected, it has now become a situation where actors are flocking to it.