Chapter 277 Difficulties
Farewell to Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Jerever Carsonberg, Ronan got into his Bentley Elegance and asked David to drive to Century City. He made an appointment with Tracy Jacob, the agent of United Elite Brokerage.
Sitting in the car, Ronan first took out the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and flipped it out, which contained several concept artworks of Captain Jack Sparrow.
This is something he specially painted.
Since there are memories of the previous life, Ronan naturally cannot go around and take detours, so that Johnny Depp and the stylist will work hard to come up with smoky makeup and other looks, and there is no need to waste such time.
Captain Jack Sparrow's styling and character design have been relatively complete.
After the Copyright Office registered copyrights for the characters and stories, the screenwriter department of Shahai Entertainment further improved the script. Ronan was in hand with some of the characters' scripts. The main line of the script story was the same as that of the movies in previous life, and the specific scenes and details still need to be polished.
Even though I have watched this movie many times and was particularly impressed, even remembering lines like "You almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow", Ronan still forgot most of the scenes, which required the screenwriters to use their imagination and creative talents.
Ronan believes that the biggest problem with this crew is the main creative team and the second is the funding.
The latter can be raised slowly through multiple channels, and the former can be finalized this year.
The agent he was going to meet this time was called Tracy Jacob, who was the most core person in this series in his previous life.
A man who plays himself as a captain and lives into a realistic version of Jack Sparrow.
That's right, it's the famous Hollywood quirk Johnny Depp.
To put it another way, this is also a famous Hollywood expert in killing.
Even in this era, various deeds of Johnny Depp's death are widely circulated in Hollywood.
Drug use and drug use can only be regarded as Johnny Depp's daily life when he was young.
Fortunately, Johnny Depp has always been covered by Tim Burton.
It is also a headache to manage Johnny Depp on the crew. Ronan found Johnny Depp's information and frowned slightly while reading.
Perhaps he is older, Johnny Depp has performed much better in the past two years. This may also be the reason why Disney Pictures dared to launch Depp to star in a first-line production in his previous life.
Otherwise, with such an unstable actor, a large-scale production crew dares to use it? Not to mention anything else, the third-party guarantee company that is necessary for financing will not be able to pass the level.
When I was most sober, I met the most suitable role to play. This was the luck of Disney in my previous life and Johnny Depp's luck.
After Ronan's simple consideration, he probably filmed the first part. Johnny Depp may not become an element that bothers the crew, but it will be hard to say in the future.
There have been too many news and gossip in my previous life. Among the first-line Hollywood actors, Johnny Depp can be said to be a typical example of being unemployed.
During the sequel, it is common for the whole crew to be late for a few hours late. It is a daily behavior to go to the set to shoot drunk, and it is a basic operation to not remember the lines on the spot.
Many people are criticizing the young actresses and young actors in the East for pronunciating "1, 2, 3, 4, 5...", and Johnny Depp is not much better. Because he does not remember the lines, the live shooting cannot be completed at all. The pirate superstar simply wore wireless headphones and asked the staff to read the lines off the set during the shooting, and then he followed up...
This is not an isolated case. Johnny Depp also had such an amateur performance on other sets, which can only be said to be shocking.
The people who leaked the news were not only ordinary staff members on the set of the crew, but also Kelsten Dunst and Jessica Chastain.
Just like don't underestimate Tom Cruise's professionalism, don't overestimate Johnny Depp's professionalism.
Thinking of this, Ronan had a headache.
But in the face of huge commercial interests, these are just some headaches.
Johnny Depp's professional qualities are not needed to be considered for the time being, but we will definitely find ways to restrict it in the future.
Ronan came to Century City and met Tracy Jacob at the cafe that he had made an appointment.
Originally, Ronan wanted to meet Johnny Depp directly, but the weirdo asked him to find an agent and had no idea of meeting him.
Ronan knew very well that his thinking with Johnny Depp was not on the same dimension as the same one, and he didn't care.
"Hello, Mr. Anderson."
Seeing Ronan, Tracy Jacob came forward to shake hands. Ronan shook her hand and smiled and said, "Hello, Ms. Jacob."
Tracy Jacob has a typical agent side and said politely: "Just call me Tracy."
She invited Ronan to sit down and looked at Ronan calmly.
At the same time, Ronan was also quietly looking at Tracy Jacob.
This is a middle-aged woman, affiliated with a United Elite Brokerage Company, that is, UTA. She is not very famous in the broker circle, and her main client is Johnny Depp.
And she has been Johnny Depp's agent since the early 1990s.
To put it simply, Johnny Depp trusts her very much.
Ronan heard from the people of Caa that Tracy Jacob and Johnny Depp were both in Caa before, until in 1998, Tracy Jacob switched to UTA and took Johnny Depp away.
Uta now has a director client with great potential, called Christopher Nolan.
Unfortunately, Ronan does not have the copyright of Batman in his hands, and it is impossible to fool the film copyright from Warner Bros. and DC Comics.
Tracy Jacob had carefully read Ronan's information before coming, and asked with a smile: "I don't know Ronan, you are looking for me..."
Ronan didn't go around in circles and said directly: "I have a movie project in my hand and want to work with Johnny Depp."
Tracy Jacob asked again: "Can you know what movie project it is?"
Ronan came over to talk about work. He opened the briefcase, took out the script and the concept drafts, and said, "This is some character scripts and character setting artworks, you can show it to Johnny Depp."
Tracy Jacob followed and quickly looked it up. He just glanced at the drawing and frowned because he was obviously a pirate character!
She didn't say anything, opened the character script, looked carefully, but the more she looked, the more she became more and more shocked, because she completely confirmed that the character named Jack Sparrow was a pirate, and a down-and-out pirate captain!
Ronan waited quietly, without any intention of speaking.
Tracy Jacob's character script has been read less than one-third, so he doesn't want to read it anymore. He has looked through several settings, smokey makeup, orchid hand, what kind of pirate is this?
Originally, the pirate character is not mainstream enough, and this pirate style is even more alternative!
It's simply non-mainstream!
The pirates in this setting artwork look like a gay no matter how they look?
Tracy Jacob put down the script and artwork, looked at Ronan, and said, "Is this a pirate theme?"
"Yes." Ronan said directly: "A story about the pirate captain in the Caribbean Sea, with some magical and fantasy elements."
Tracy Jacob's words are full of doubts, but the words are very skillful: "Ronan, I don't doubt your project, but the pirate theme is outdated. Starting with Carlok Pictures' "Cutting the Throat Island", any Pirate movies that have invested in Hollywood ended in failure without exception."
Ronan knew the facts the other party said, but did not refute it. He just smiled and said, "Hollywood has no outdated themes, only films that failed to produce."
Tracy Jacob's eyes hopped a little, and his senses towards Ronan were a little worse. This young producer and film company owner has indeed achieved amazing commercial success in the past two years, but his confidence is a bit overwhelming, right? Where can I get a permanent success in Hollywood? If a choice is wrong, it will slide into the abyss.
Just like Carlok Pictures back then, it was so glorious that the movie "Cutting the Throat Island" was ruined.
By the way, the main creators did not have a good ending.
Tracy Jacob wanted to reject the role, but thought that the opposite side was the best among the younger generation of Hollywood producers, and said: "But Hollywood recognized, market-verified, pirate-themed movies have really fallen."
Ronan thought about it and said a few simple words: "The Black Pirates, Captain's Blood and Treasure Island, the charm of these pirate films today is as good as before. What I am preparing for is not a traditional pirate movie. I believe that "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" will be more in line with the tastes of modern audiences."
Tracy Jacob shook his head and decided to tell the truth: "Depp will not be interested in a pirate character." She said: "Sorry, Mr. Anderson, I must be responsible for Depp's future."
While speaking, she pushed back the character script and setting drawings placed on the table.
Ronan didn't answer and said calmly: "This is how, Tracy. Take the character script and the drawings back and let Johnny Depp take a look first, how about it?"
Tracy Jacob was a little hesitant. It would be better not to touch the subject of pirates if you don’t touch it…
But no matter how you say it, he is a film company boss and a successful producer. He refuses in person and doesn't even answer the character script, which seems not very good.
Most of the agents’ work styles are relatively smooth, which is a need for work and a necessity for long-term experience.
Tracy Jacob was no exception. After hesitating, she took the character script and the drawings and said, "I will take it back to Depp, but Ronan, you don't have to have hope. No one in Hollywood likes the pirate character."
Ronan said, “I can wait.”
Tracy Jacob took the initiative to say goodbye and quickly left the cafe.
Ronan sighed lightly. This was the negative impact of the decline of the pirate theme, and he also lacked the huge appeal of Jerry Brookheimer and Walt Disney.
Chapter completed!