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Chapter 1993 1993 A game of chess

The exclusive news of the "San Francisco Chronicle": Hugo Lancaster will be starring in "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Ghost Threat (star.wars:episodei–the.phantom.menace)"!

Once this news was announced, it caused storm across the United States, even more shocking than the "Titanic" dominating the Oscars.

In the long river of American cultural history, the existence of the "Star Wars" series is of great significance, because this work allows people to truly see the charm of the movie: it transforms countless fantasies in their minds into reality and turns the impossible into possibility. This movie series creates a magnificent and huge outer space system of the Milky Way, and many of the wonderful ideas have an unparalleled influence on later space science fiction movies.

This influence is deeply rooted in the cultural marrow.

Perhaps George Lucas has never won the Oscar Little Golden Man, perhaps "Star Wars" is just an ordinary commercial film in the eyes of many young people, but the series of movies was equivalent to today's "Titanic" in the 1970s, and almost changed the historical process alone.

The Great White Jaws in 1975, the Star Wars in 1977, and the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in 1981, after these three works, the film industry has truly entered the "commercial era", and the box office performance has increased by several levels.

Now, fifteen years later, Lucasfilm announced the launch of the Star Wars series again, and will shoot the prequel trilogy, focusing on the historical background of Luke Skywalker's father Anakin Skywalker's transformation from a Jedi to a Black Warrior.

Once the news was announced, the whole of the United States was in full swing. "Star Wars" created the first group of truly fanatical and loyal fans, and now they have grown into the backbone of American society. Their unparalleled enthusiasm spread in every corner, and even major TV programs couldn't wait to start discussing this as a topic. The movie was just a project establishment and had already entered the rhythm of the carnival.

In just two weeks after the "Star Wars Prequel" series was launched, the "San Francisco Chronicle" linked this classic series with the most influential actors in the world today. What chemical effects will happen when Star Wars and Hugo Lancaster collided? So everyone went crazy.

The San Francisco Chronicle swore in the news that producer Catherine Kennedy had reached a preliminary agreement with Hugo. The two sides had a happy talk. They obviously had a positive attitude towards cooperation. They attached the photos. Hugo and Catherine walked side by side. Rick stood behind the right side, revealing one-third of his cheeks. There was a blurry figure behind the left back, which could not be seen clearly in the photo. However, this was not important. What was important was that Hugo and Catherine looked sparse and obviously relaxed.

In an instant, the truth of this message rose sharply.

According to incomplete statistics, the San Francisco Chronicle's newspaper sales exceeded four million copies, and in a head-on battle, it defeated the Los Angeles Times. This is the first time in history that the former defeated the latter in sales, creating an incredible record, which shows the madness of the entire West Coast.

After the revelations of the "San Francisco Chronicle" appeared, almost all media in the United States went crazy. More than 400 media flocked toward the soaring elite brokerage companies and Lucasfilm, hoping to confirm the authenticity of the news as soon as possible. Within North America, more than 700 radio and television media paid attention to this "gossip" at the first time. More than 10 million listeners immediately heard the news, and the indirect impact expanded to more than 50 million in just one week.

"Star Wars" meets Hugo Lancaster, and even the "Tetanic" cannot stop such a powerful influence.

Regarding this news, many fans who support Hugo have made the wisest choice, and he can inject new vitality into the series of movies; those who oppose it believe that Hugo and "Star Wars" temperament do not match, and Hugo's joining will destroy this classic series; some viewers who watch the fun have limited knowledge of "Star Wars", especially the new generation of young people. After paying attention to this news, they began to become interested in subsequent development.

But there is no doubt that this news became the hottest news in North America in April, almost making people feel the hot summer in advance.

Almost when Katherine saw the news title of the San Francisco Chronicle, her brain started to work. Before she could read the main text, she understood what was going on: this was a trap, a trap that Rick carefully arranged. In fact, when Robert Iger mastered all the initiative and proposed a formal talk with Hugo, Rick had already started to plot.

Robert's biggest bargaining chip is: Hugo has no way to reject the "Supernatural Sixth Sense", because Robert almost understood Hugo's ideas and gave a reason that Hugo could not refuse. And Robert did not make the previous mistakes of Mark Canton, Long Mayer, and they chose the script that they thought Hugo would definitely like, but in the end they only considered it from the company's standpoint and did not really understand Hugo's preferences. After careful analysis, Robert chose the "Supernatural Sixth Sense".

In Knight's view, it was him who took the initiative to ask Hugo to star in his work, which promoted this collaboration. But in fact, the "Supernatural Sixth Sense" was just a pawn in Robert's hand. The investment of 60 million US dollars, the unique attraction of the horror type, the solid and sincere script plot, and the full and complex main characters... It can be said that this is the first time that after Hugo's strong rise, a person has truly grasped Hugo's preferences 100% accurately!

The whole Hollywood was thinking about how they should impress Hugo, but now Robert has taken the lead and successfully landed in Normandy.

But now, Rick gave another answer: understanding Hugo's preferences does not mean everything, because Hugo's taste and perspective of choosing scripts is elusive.

Looking back at the grand premiere of "Independence Day", George Lucas, who had been reluctant to show up in front of the media for a long time, arrived at the scene in person to support Hugo, and never concealed his appreciation for Hugo. At that time, someone was jokingly testing and asking whether George was willing to cooperate with Hugo. After the "Titanic" became a successful person, George once again mentioned Hugo's fantasy idea in an interview, believing that Hugo had given many inspirations to the development of special effects work.

In addition, people know that Steven Spielberg and Hugo have a close personal relationship. With Steven's matchmaking, Hugo and George's relationship is indeed good.

George's friendship, coupled with the reputation of "Star Wars", is another invitation that Hugo could not refuse.

While "Titanic" has achieved countless glory, people have actually discussed an unrealistic possibility. If Hugo replaces Leonardo, then will the box office almost hit a new high, such as North America's 700 million box office. This is not to belittle Leonardo, but to curious about where the limit of North America's box office potential lies.

However, this speculation cannot be verified, but now the "Star Wars Prequel" may verify people's idea, which almost made the eight major Hollywood film companies excited. From "Independence Day" to "Titanic", is it necessary to take a step forward to the "Star Wars Prequel"?

Faced with the "Star Wars Prequel", the advantages of "Supernatural Sixth Sense" are lost. Although the styles of the two works are completely different, one is a commercial blockbuster and the other is a small-cost production. Hugo has always favored small-cost works; but this time the opponent is "Star Wars". No one can stand up in front of this series of works and say with absolute confidence, "My works are more attractive." No one!

In an instant, Robert's biggest bargaining chips were lost, and all the early plans were minimized. More importantly, even if Robert knew that this was Rick's plan, he had to eat Coptis chinensis, because he knew that if he was not careful, Hugo could give up the "Supernatural Sixth Sense" and choose the "Star Wars Prequel". It can even be said that even if he did his best, Hugo might choose the "Star Wars Prequel".

This move is steady and powerful, with murderous aura, and one blow is fatal!

Catherine also had to admire Rick's plan. It is estimated that he, David Geffen and Jeffrey Carsonberg had already planned it some time before this. Although Steven Spielberg is now investing in the shooting of "Save Private Ryan", regardless of DreamWorks' affairs for the time being, no one can ignore the abilities of the other two giants.

Catherine has two choices now, because Hugo has actually agreed to play the "Supernatural Sixth Sense". Of course, there is no signing yet, everything may change, but Catherine can choose to tell Robert or shut up. Obviously, Rick's calculation also obsolete Catherine.

Catherine couldn't always be able to get along with each other. She had to choose a position: DreamWorks or Bowei Film Company, or to be more accurate, who would Kennedy/Michelle Film Company be more willing to cooperate with in the future? The former is an independent studio that has just been established, but there are three giants in charge; the latter is affiliated with Disney and is the top giant in the United States. This is a difficult choice.

After hesitating for a while, Catherine chose to shut up and was tied to the DreamWorks chariot.

At the same time, Robert seemed to turn a blind eye and did not respond to the sensational news at all. His calm and calm attitude made the "Supernatural Sixth Sense" project fall into a brief deadlock in the past few days. However, the news of "Star Wars Prequel" fermented and heated up again without stopping!
Chapter completed!
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