Compared to high latitudes, Christmas in Los Angeles is full of atmosphere, but there is always something missing.
Kai has been back for two days. He originally wanted Kelly and the others to come to Los Angeles to spend Christmas with her, but he didn't expect that after the three women went shopping in France together, they were not satisfied and actually followed Diana to heaven. island……
Although strictly speaking, outsiders are not allowed to enter Paradise Island. But in any case, the privileged class exists everywhere, and Diana is the privileged class of Paradise Island. Plus, Kelly and Catherine are both women, so it is even more accommodating. Men are strictly prohibited from entering Paradise Island. After all, the Amazons hid in Paradise Island in the first place because of the persecution of men.
In short, Kai has completely lost contact with his two women...
What's this thing?
Fortunately, Kai is not in the habit of celebrating Christmas.
So Kai planned to go to Chinatown with Ah Fu to find a familiar Chinese restaurant during the holiday and enjoy some authentic Chinese food. But on Christmas Eve, Kai received an invitation. It's the premiere of a movie.
The movie is considered a major step in Hollywood - Snow White and the Huntsman...
When Kai saw the invitation, he was stunned. Can this thing be made into a movie? After all, when I think of Snow White, the first thing I think of is Zi Gongxiang’s animation. Will anyone really watch this made into a movie?
So out of curiosity, Kai searched for news about this movie.
Unexpectedly, this movie is not only famous, but also highly anticipated. After all, the films of the Di Bao family have been going smoothly in recent years, especially their "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, which has made a lot of money.
Now they have finally extended their hands to the animated adaptation.
At the same time, Kai also found out from the news why he was sent an invitation letter to the premiere of this movie. It turns out that the leading female lead in this movie is Charlize Theron.
Well, Charlize Theron is not playing Snow White. She is a mature woman in her thirties after all. How could she possibly play a princess?
She plays the villain...the stepmother queen...
Seeing this, Kaidun's expectations for the movie were immediately reduced to the lowest level. If you think about it, the biggest gimmick of this movie is actually the villain, and no one pays attention to the original heroine... You can only imagine what a piss-poor this movie is.
Here Kai is still browsing the Internet for news about this movie. The call came in from Sharlize Theron.
She's here to invite Kai to the premiere.
Salize Theron has actually been in contact with Kai since the Nightmare on Elm Street incident, but Kai feels that he and she have nothing to do with each other, so he is not too enthusiastic about this kind of contact. It was probably Sharlize Theron who called him.
Of course, this is not because Sharlize Theron has any inappropriate thoughts about Kai.
Although Kai was a proud person at heart, she was not so arrogant that a strong woman with mature thoughts would let others fall hopelessly in love with her just because she saved her life. That's unrealistic, especially for a strong woman like Charlize Theron, who dares to come to the United States alone to work hard when she's just a teenager. She's not the kind of little girl who doesn't understand anything.
She contacted Kai more because she wanted to know the inside story of those exorcisms and hunts through Kai.
Kai didn't know what she was planning to do, but he instinctively resisted her getting too involved in this kind of thing. You must know that once you do something like demon hunting, you can only do it zero or countless times.
According to the witcher.
When you pay attention to those ghosts, you yourself also enter the ghosts' field of vision.
Anyway, once you start hunting monsters, you will encounter those things very easily in your life.
That's why Kay has been dealing with Sharlize Theron.
It's the same today. Originally, Kay planned to continue to deal with Charlize Theron, and naturally he wouldn't go to the premiere.
Unexpectedly, Sharlize Theron took the initiative to tell Kay that she would not explore those things anymore because the script had been completely completed!
script?
"The script for A Nightmare on Elm Street," Theron explained. Remember that time when we went to Springwood to deal with Freddy, there was a boy with a shoehorn face named Quentin Smith? The kid loved movies very much. He originally planned to study in college in Los Angeles, and then go to Hollywood like thousands of other kids who want to enter the entertainment industry.
As a result, he was lucky and met Sha Liz while solving this incident.
He joked at the time that he wanted to make a movie out of their encounter.
Unexpectedly, Shalizi thought this idea was good, so she actually invited Quentin to write the script. She didn't expect how good the script this kid would be at the beginning, but she didn't expect Quentin to be really suitable for this job. Not only did he write the script, he also practiced and drew a lot of scene scripts!
After reading Quentin's script, Shaliz immediately discovered Quentin's talent.
So Salize decided that Quentin would direct this horror film.
This is absolutely pie-in-the-sky good news, and Quentin certainly cannot refuse. You must know that Hollywood doesn't know that Luo Piao, who has the title of director, has no job. He, a high school graduate who has not yet entered Hollywood, actually has the opportunity to direct a horror film. Of course he will not refuse.
Of course, Shalizi is not a loss. After all, it is a low-budget horror film, not a blockbuster with special effects. There are not many actors in Los Angeles, but there are many actors. The director did not ask for compensation and only received a script fee of US$50,000...
The total cost is calculated to be over 1.5 million at most!
Calculating the box office is not ideal, the video tape can still make money. Don’t think that a movie has to go to the theater box office. In fact, many low-budget B-level films do not make much money at the box office, and the video revenue is enough for the distributor. For example, the famous low-quality B-level movie "Sharknado" was made five times in one go. The movie theaters didn't show it at all, but they still made a lot of money. What I relied on was videotape.
In fact, Hollywood produces a lot of movies every year, most of which will never be released because they are obviously not profitable. However, they can still rely on the video tape market to support many small movie companies.
Although Shalizi was a little looking forward to the box office, what she thought about was that if I win, I will lose my life. It would be great if it sells well. If you don't make money, you can make up for it from the video tape market.
It won’t be a loss anyway.
The key is that this incident left a deep impression on Shalizi, so taking a photo of it can be regarded as a commemoration.
But Quentin valued this opportunity very much. He did not start the project immediately. He relied on Shalizi's relationship to intern in Hollywood and worked on various crews to become familiar with the process while polishing the script for excellence.
There is absolutely no way this movie can rely on special effects, stars or anything like that to attract fans.
After all, the budget only had so much, so Quentin could only polish the script. Win with plot and atmosphere. Horror movies don’t just watch these things.
Unexpectedly, Shalizi became interested in this project. She personally participated in the script creation and even wanted to make a guest appearance in the film.
Shalizi had been contacting Kai before. On the one hand, she really wanted to keep in touch with Kai. After all, she felt safer with such an exorcism detective as her friend. On the other hand, I wanted Kai to give me some advice and help revise the script. After all, he is a professional.
Hearing this, Kai was speechless. He was truly entertained to death.
However, this made Kai a little more interested.
In his last life plus this life, Kai has never seen how to make a movie. ,
So Kai very happily agreed to Shalizi's request to serve as a consultant for the film. It was just a phone call anyway. He didn't need to go to the scene to provide guidance, and he couldn't provide much guidance.
