Chapter 333 Advertising Director

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Disney Pictures notified Matthew and Angel Agency by phone and email, respectively, that the last two sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will start shooting in the studio of Disney Studios in the form of a set shot from late May. The shooting time is expected to be five to six months, and absolute protagonists like Matthew and Johnny Depp will have to resume preparations such as swordsmanship training no later than April.

Matthew had already signed an actor contract with Disney Pictures, and the reply he gave was definitely no problem.

After receiving the notice, he went to Disney Studios to meet with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski to learn about the latest developments on the crew.

From these two people, he basically knows the progress of the project, which is conducive to self-adjustment, so that he can enter the state of the little blacksmith Will Turner before shooting.

The crew has officially named the last two sequels, namely "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Death Man" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: World's End", the former was released in North America on July 7, 2006, and the latter was scheduled for May 2007. The release date is yet to be determined.

In addition to Matthew, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley, the main characters of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", including Geoffrey Rush, will return after the Filming of two sequels.

Similar to previous films made by Jerry Bruckheimer, the scripts for the two "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels have just been finalized, and the various sets used for filming are almost over.

Disney Studios has allocated a sufficient budget in this regard.

The success of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" not only revived pirate films, but also spawned a series of pirate cultures, such as books, themed parties, and accessories.

So, a sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean is imperative, and for Hollywood studios, one sequel isn't enough.

Of course, it wasn't all good news for Matthew. He also heard from other people that producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski have been having a bad time in recent months. Jerry Bruckheimer even had the idea of ​​removing Gore Verbinski, but Disney Studios strongly disagreed.

The biggest point of contradiction between the two comes from the power struggle within the crew. Gore Verbinski has the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" as his confidence. .

This is naturally to grab power from Jerry Bruckheimer, and contradictions are unavoidable.

It is said that Robert Iger, co-chairman of Disney Pictures, made adjustments for the two, temporarily suppressing the conflict.

Like all Hollywood crews, there are always internal struggles for fame and fortune.

While Matthew was learning about the progress of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Man's Chest" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", Angel Agency received an invitation from Germany. Uwe Bauer really sent an invitation to the actor.

In this invitation, Uwe Bauer described the prospect of "Dungeon Siege" as a game adaptation movie project, let alone Matthew, even Helen Hermann specially commissioned a German company after listening to his description. A friend who got to know Uwe Bauer.

Afterwards, Matthew specifically looked for the horror film directed by Uwe Bauer, and with his relatively vulgar beauty appreciation level, he thought the film was hopelessly rotten.

He asked Helen Herman to reject Uwe Bauer's invitation directly, but Uwe Bauer has the German perseverance and sent an invitation to Matthew again, and did not know where to get the angel agent The company's phone, called Helen Herman to convince him.

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Neither Matthew nor Helen Herman has any interest in game-based film projects.

In early February, Mr. & Mrs. Smith released its first commercial at the Super Bowl, a 30-second commercial featuring Matthew and Charlize Theron opposites.

Subsequently, a voice began to appear in the media and on the Internet, and Matthew has come together with Charlize Theron.

Around Matthew, paparazzi and entertainment reporters followed around the clock again, but similar to the past period of time, Matthew still did not respond.

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" slowly increased its publicity, and Stewart Townsend was pulled out again, becoming a thorn in the eyes of countless women's organizations, and was squeezed out of the last bit of value in the media publicity.

Although paparazzi and entertainment reporters were entangled, Matthew's own work did not stop. He resumed the practice of fancy sword fighting in Niebola's fitness club, and also adjusted the intensity of fitness appropriately.

At the same time, he rented a large office in Burbank not far from the Angels Agency, which served as the daily office for him and his new personal assistant, Bella Anderson.

After half a month of investigation, Matthew basically recognized Bella Anderson's ability. Although this red-haired girl was young and had left school for too short a time, she sometimes seemed inexperienced in dealing with things, but she had a calm personality and worked well. It is well organized, which is very rare among people of the same age group.

Matthew has decided to use Bella Anderson as a personal assistant for some time to come.

In recent times, the main task he has given Bella Anderson is to help him manage his personal blog and establish initial contacts with some well-known fans, especially organized ones.

Of course, checking email is also part of the job.

The "National Treasure" crew also sent a weekly notification document. The main content of the document is the film's reputation and box office.

In terms of word of mouth, after nearly three months of screening, the professional rating of "National Treasure" continued to decline. The Rotten Tomatoes index not only rotted, but continued to drop, and the film's freshness dropped by 50%.

Among them, film critics have almost never stopped bad reviews for the actor Matthew.

However, contrary to professional reputation, the box office trend of "National Treasure" has always been stable. After nearly three months of screening, the North American box office finally broke through the 200 million US dollar mark, with a total of 210.2 million US dollars.

Overseas, the film has a wider audience due to its genre relationship, and its overseas box office success has reached more than 200 million US dollars.

Currently, the film "National Treasure" is still in North America and overseas, and the global box office statistics have reached as much as 425.6 million US dollars.

This once again proved that Matthew can carry the box office of commercial entertainment films.

There are voices within Disney Studios that the sequel to "National Treasure" should be put on the agenda as soon as possible, but the current situation in the Walt Disney Group is turbulent, and this project may not be promoted in a short time.

In today's Walt Disney, the internal struggle is extremely fierce. After Michael Eisner developed the simple studio of Disney into the giant of the media industry today, his domineering and arbitrary work style seems to be all Disney's internal Everyone is guilty.

At a recent shareholder meeting of The Walt Disney Group, a majority of shareholders cast a vote of no confidence in Michael Eisner, by more than two-thirds.

Under normal circumstances, there is only one way for professional managers to resign at this time.

But Michael Eisner's refusal to hand over the power of Walt Disney made the struggle at Disney's level more complicated.

Matthew was once worried that the chaos within Disney would affect the shooting of the two sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean". There were many cases of project failure in Hollywood due to the turmoil of the production company. Fortunately, the crew was basically controlled by Jerry Bruckheimer. This fear did not materialize.

In late February, Matthew also received an advertising script from Mercedes-Benz. The script was only five pages in total. The shooting was only planned for three days, and the shooting time was set in early April. The advertising director was Michael -Bei, that is, the man born when the comet hit the earth in the mouth of the North American media.

Mercedes-Benz invited Michael Bay to return to the advertising industry, and he must have paid a lot of money. This is also a good thing for Matthew, and it just proves the importance of Mercedes-Benz for this advertising endorsement cooperation.

Although Michael Bay is a director widely criticized by the media and film critics, his style of shooting and production of commercials is well-known.

In recent years, it's not that Michael Bay has never taken commercials. After being notified by Mercedes-Benz, Matthew specially looked at some of Michael Bay's recent commercials. After watching it, the most intuitive The impression is that Michael Bay's commercials are shot in exactly the same style as his movies, and they are all very explosive.

The dazzling motion shots, sharp editing style, and hot computer special effects make the ads very attractive.

In addition, slow motion and wide-angle shots are also very eye-catching in advertisements. Even if Matthew's professionalism is limited, it can be seen that Michael Bay uses slow motion to express intense action scenes in a short advertisement. It is very creative. .

Of course, for a small number of people, whether they are watching Michael Bay's movies or watching commercials shot by him, it is best to take anti-sickness pills.

Who better to shoot a commercial for a wild, tough off-road vehicle than a director like that?

Matthew had seen Michael Bay's commercials, and then looked at Michael Bay's representative works such as "Breaking the Dead Island" and "Doomsday".

As far as his own preferences are concerned, Michael Bay is definitely underestimated. The media and film critics slam him all day long, but movies, especially those shown in theaters, are also an audiovisual art besides storytelling. The number of commercial directors that Michael Bay competes with can be counted on one hand. )!!