America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz

Chapter 574 Warner's Mysterious Move

David Fincher was busy with work and left the studio soon.

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Seeing no one else present except for Bruce, who was sitting in the corner, Daniel specifically brought up another matter with Martin. "I've seen the three old movies you picked, and they require a high investment to shoot. Do you really see a good prospect for remaking them?"

"At present," Martin said vaguely, "I think their prospects are somewhat better." But he didn't speak with finality. "I'm still re

After seeing him off, Martin asked Bruce sitting in the corner. "Did you find him a bit off?"

"No, I didn't notice anything," Bruce shook his head and after some thought added, "It's rare for him to discuss the movie market with you."

"That's right," Martin said. "Have Jessica touch base with someone at Warner Bros. If Warner genuinely wants to talk about remake rights with us, the issue might not be big. But if they won't even discuss, then Daniel, or Warner Bros. might be using me as their film picker."

Bruce brought up another matter, "Ellen Horn has resigned."

"She'll soon take up a post at Disney Studios," Martin sighed softly. "Too bad it's a production company, not a distribution company."

Bruce recalled, "Wasn't it true that you randomly picked those three films?"

"Warner Bros. is about to enter a turbulent phase," Martin said. "I'm just being cautious."

Danny returned to the Warner Building and called Kevin Tsujihara.

Kevin Tsujihara, who had just assumed his position, was full of drive and immediately instructed the team at Warner Bros. to engage with Daniel to discuss whether Martin's ideas were feasible.

'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Peter Pan' were relatively neglected at Warner Bros. and the discussion to re-shoot 'Exodus' was heating up.

Many in Hollywood had a penchant for epic films, with big productions debuting every year only to flop, but successors kept coming regardless.

And this time, it was further backed by 'The Hobbit' as a precursor.

With Ellen Horn's departure, the Warner producers and executives, who had been suppressed by her for a long time and who had "genius-like creativity," began to let their imaginations run wild.

Without strong personalities to hold them back, the executives at Warner could soar to the sky.

Not only did this group believe that making a magical version of 'Exodus' was feasible, but they also thought that Christian Bale, who often collaborated with Warner, was very suitable to play Moses.

They even put together a lengthy list of directors, with Hollywood's epic film specialist Ridley Scott at the top.

The thought processes of these people were initially baffling to Martin.

But he soon realized, wasn't this Warner Bros.'s typical puzzling behavior after 2010?

What others found bizarre, was the norm at Warner.

Jessica's interaction with Warner Bros. had been put off for a while and eventually came to nothing.

Afterward, Warner Bros. brought up Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz for discussion, because after the huge success of "Alice in Wonderland," many Warner executives thought they could be made into 3D live-action films.

Exodus was the most discussed and also received backing from behind-the-scenes Jewish forces; by late January, Warner Bros. had pushed it into the review committee and successfully got the green light.

Warner Bros. contacted Christian Bale once again.

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Inside a sound stage at Warner Bros. Studios, where the "Horrible Bosses" crew was located,

when Martin visited Aniston, she also mentioned this project.

"Steven Zaillian, who had worked as a screenwriter on 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Gangs of New York,' was hired by Warner to lead the writing of the screenplay,"

Sitting outside the sound stage on a rest chair, Aniston handed a bottle of water to Martin and said, "Warner Bros. has launched a fundraising campaign for plan B, aiming to raise no less than 150 million US dollars for the production."

Martin marveled, "150 million US dollars, truly worthy of the great enterprise that is Warner."

Aniston naturally said, "You, the successful man, any advice?"

Martin had some principles, "Hollywood throws huge amounts of money into epic films every year; just look at me, whenever I come across such movies, I instantly walk the other way."

Aniston understood, "You don't have faith in this genre?"

Martin opened the water and handed it to her.

Taking a sip of water, Aniston said, "I'll also walk the other way when I encounter epic films in the future."

As they were talking, suddenly a black-skinned woman came around from the sound stage.

Seeing Martin and Aniston, she ran up to them like an excited fan.

On seeing Bruce appear, she quickly said, "Jennifer, I'm Megan, Megan Markle."

Martin asked, "You know her?"

"Not at all," Aniston shook her head directly.

Megan reminded, "I work with you on the 'Horrible Bosses' crew; we're colleagues."

Aniston had some recollection, "Seems like it."

Martin waved Bruce off.

Bruce had just stepped aside when Megan opened her bag, took out an iPhone, and asked, "Can we take a photo together?"

Martin, who was always kind to minor actors, got up with Aniston, "Sure."

Megan handed the phone to Bruce, "Thanks."

She was smart, and stood on Aniston's side, warmly linking her arm with Aniston's.

Bruce took three pictures in succession.

"Thank you," Megan thanked Martin and Aniston, took her phone back from Bruce, and left the place.

After walking some distance, she opened Twitter on her phone, preparing to post a fresh tweet.

Megan first selected the photo she had just taken with Martin and Aniston, then she started crafting the text.

"Entering Hollywood these past few years, the biggest gain has been making a lot of good friends. Today, I unexpectedly ran into friend Martin Davis when he came to visit the set, and I chatted with him and another friend Aniston for a long time, discussing the development of Hollywood movies in the coming years and the current Oscar situation, among other things."

After composing, Megan sent it out.

The previous tweet on her Twitter was a selfie with Aniston in the background, with the caption: "It's so much fun to co-star in a movie with a friend."

Megan left the studio, drove back to her rented apartment, opened her phone and glanced at Twitter, where she had very few followers.

For an ordinary actor, getting attention is too difficult, even on social media.

Megan returned to the main page of Twitter to see what the hottest news was.

At the top of the hottest news came from Harvey Weinstein, who was officially being sued by over 120 victims.

Megan opened the news page, read it carefully, and tried to identify the characteristics of a hot topic.

Images of one victim after another, wearing Mitu pins, appeared on the news page, and suddenly Megan realized something significant—there wasn't a single black person among the victims!

She faintly grasped the code to viral content.

Megan first commented under the news and then captured Weinstein's image and news link to retweet, repeating her comment as a tweet.

"Harvey Weinstein is not only implicated in sexual crimes but is also a racist, as none of the people he harmed are black!"

By the next day, not only had the tweet soared to the hot search on Twitter, but it was also reposted by many websites and media outlets.

Megan Markle's name suddenly shot to fame.