May 4th.
The movie "lara croft: tomb raider," produced by Kyle and co-produced and distributed by Paramount and Page Pictures, is officially set to begin filming today at Paramount's film and television Base.
Director: Simon West;
Executive Producer: Kyle Page;
Executive Producer: Tom Harris;
Head Screenwriter: Kyle Page;
Female Lead: Angelina Jolie;
Male Lead: Hehe, not important at all for this film;
Total Production Cost: $80 million.
Although a press conference for the start of filming for "lara croft: tomb raider" had been held previously, when the actual day of filming arrived, it still attracted a large number of media reporters scrambling to cover it.
However, this time Kyle did not accept any interviews.
In fact, the entire "lara croft: tomb raider" crew also refused interviews.
Man, filming starts today; there's not much point in doing interviews. After all, it's still far from the movie's release, so there's no rush.
"Mr. Page, I want to express my gratitude to you once again."
In front of Kyle, a young man with black hair expressed his thanks very excitedly.
"You're welcome. You're a classmate of little Sac, and I think you have good potential. It's only right for me to give you a hand," Kyle said very warmly.
His name was James Wan, 23 years old, a graduate of the Melbourne Film School in Australia, an Australian citizen of Chinese descent with ancestral roots in Malaysia.
As a young director who had just left school and arrived in Hollywood, meeting a Hollywood mogul like Kyle made his excitement overflow on his face.
"Thank you~"
Never mind James Wan; even those long-famous Hollywood directors wouldn't have the courage to refuse if Kyle offered them an olive branch.
This was Kyle's current power in Hollywood!
"Mr. Page,
Director Simon West asked me to inform you that the official filming will start in 10 minutes, and he asks you to be ready."
A voice rang out not far from Kyle.
The person who arrived was the producer's assistant for the "lara croft: tomb raider" crew—Little Sac McNickle.
Little Sac was brought into the crew by Kyle; he was Mr. Bill's grandson.
Otherwise, for a green newcomer to become a producer's assistant on an $80 million investment film, one wouldn't even need to think to know it was impossible.
"Okay, I got it. Tell Director Simon I'll be over in a bit," Kyle glanced at his watch.
"Understood, boss," Little Sac responded and left in a hurry.
He was just that kind of brisk, energetic young man.
Of course, when he left, he specifically winked at James Wan. After all, the two of them, along with Leigh Whannell, were classmates at the Melbourne Film School; moreover, it was he who introduced James Wan to this job opportunity.
Kyle looked at James Wan in front of him again and patted his shoulder: "Now, I'm giving you the chance to serve as the assistant director for 'lara croft: tomb raider.' As for how much you can learn, that's up to you."
"I won't let your expectations down," James Wan guaranteed loudly.
James Wan also clenched his fist to reinforce his confidence.
Starting as an assistant director on an $80 million film right out of school was a remarkably high starting point.
One must know that even a powerhouse director like Zack Snyder had to linger in the advertising and MTV circles for several years before being able to enter Hollywood!
Even though assistant directors in a film crew mostly do menial work and there's more than one, this opportunity was indeed very rare and the object of many people's envy.
"Boss, do you think he's worth cultivating?"
chief assistant Alexander watched James Wan's departing back and said, "There are more than 10,000, if not 100,000, young directors like him in Hollywood. I haven't seen his spark yet."
"Hehe, what the hell do you know!" Kyle couldn't help but laugh and scold.
Alexander: "..."
The young director James Wan has no spark?
Is this a freaking joke?!
James Wan, also known as Wen Ziren, was a director who would be crowned the "King of Horror Movies" in the future.
"saw," "dead silence," "insidious," "The Conjuring"... these famous horror movies were all created by James Wan.
At the same time, the director of "Furious 7" and "Aquaman," two films that achieved terrifying box office results worldwide, was also none other than James Wan.
Especially his breakout work, "saw"!
With a production cost of just over $1 million, he created a hit that swept the global box office, earning over $100 million. It was a classic example of "winning big with a small bet" in Hollywood cinema.
The most crucial part was that "saw" was a film franchise;
In other words, it could be filmed continuously, providing a steady stream of dollars to Kyle—it was essentially a gold mine.
The "Mother of saw," Leigh Whannell, was currently working at Kyle's WB Television Network, and in the future, he would also be the screenwriter and male lead of the "saw" movies;
Now, James Wan was also working under Kyle.
"Hehe~"
Kyle couldn't help but think: "'saw,' 'dead silence,' 'insidious,' 'The Conjuring,' and so on will also belong to Page Pictures, to me, Kyle Page."
Kyle even imagined that he could completely follow the model of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to create a Horror Movie Universe...
Ten minutes passed quickly.
With a nod from Kyle and a command from Director Simon West, the movie "lara croft: tomb raider" officially began filming.
Angelina Jolie, playing the female lead Laura, was the first to appear on camera. Her clean, sharp look immediately caught everyone's eye.
"Whoa, what a beautiful girl!"
"Her chest is really firm; there must be padding in there."
"Definitely, there's even padding in the butt."
"Wow, Angelina Jolie's skin-tight outfit alone is definitely worth many moviegoers walking into the theater!"
In a corner of the filming site, a dozen or so extras couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
Of course, they were very quiet, as the scene required sound recording. It was lucky they were far enough away; otherwise, Director Simon West would have surely cursed them out and kicked them all out.
Angelina Jolie was no longer who she used to be.
At the recent Oscars, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie "Girl, Interrupted."
Her status and salary had seen a nice little bump.
Therefore, those Paramount executives who originally had grievances about Angelina Jolie playing the lead role of Laura stopped their complaining after learning she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress...
On the same day.
As "lara croft: tomb raider" began filming, Page Pictures also released two official announcements.
"district 9" is about to start filming, and an open casting call is now underway;
"the devil wears prada" is about to start filming, and actors are being widely recruited;
As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a wave among Hollywood talent agencies and the acting community.