Hollywood New Century

After the opening of the 61st Cannes Film Festival in 2008, Simon began to study the films currently on the film festival market with peace of mind.

Perhaps due to the bad economic situation, the opening ceremony of this year's Cannes Film Festival was much less starry. Although the highlight was the final closing ceremony and awards ceremony, this year's opening ceremony red carpet lacked a lot of stars.

When he came to France, of course Simon was going to be with Eva Green, who he hadn't seen for a long time. Leaning on the beach chair, Simon was drinking juice while flipping through the newspaper in his hand.

Not with sunglasses and umbrellas, this kind of reading newspapers in the sun is also a ruthless person, shortlisted at the Cannes Film Festival, various competition exhibition units, and participating films, a total of more than 1,300 short films from all over the world.

Putting down the newspaper, Eva Green just came back from the beach, and her graceful figure became more and more attractive under the background of the bikini.

"It's been a few days, haven't you watched a movie yet?" Eva Green said, sitting on a beach chair next to her.

Simon shook his head. After all, all the good ones are already being operated by distribution companies. Now, we can only choose those that slip through the net or bid for some independent films that everyone is optimistic about.

"Don't worry, the film festival has 10 days, maybe you will find a good movie," Eva Green comforted.

"It's okay, after the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival last year, this year seems to have changed. The opening ceremony films and the finalists are all politically promoted. Even this year's chairman of the jury, Sean Penn, did not talk about this year's political performance. Anywhere,” Simon smiled, can a lengthy political documentary without art at all become the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival, or a Cannes Film Festival that pursues freedom, individuality, independence, and art?

Eva Green shook her head. She has only one small-budget movie released this year, and she has not yet received the script!

Simon looked at Eva Green, the style is indeed somewhat limited, but the acting is still ok, and it is also open, but the resources are really too poor.

"The company received the script for a small-budget independent film, which is the first work of a new director, adapted from the novel of the same name by South African female writer Sheila Kohler, which tells the story of adolescent children in a boarding school who are closed and lack adult supervision. , to inspire the dark and violent side of human nature into the story," Simon was talking about the "Crack", a small project received by Xinghai Qixing Pictures.

"The story sounds challenging," Eva Green seemed to have a natural obsession with dark characters.

"The director of this film project is led by Jordan Scott, the daughter of the famous British director Ridley Scott. Star Ocean has agreed to develop it, and Jordan Scott is ready to adapt the script. I will recommend it when the time comes. You play the heroine," Simon said plainly.

"Okay, I'll read that novel well," Eva Green wasn't really picky about the characters, and this was recommended by Simon Peck, so it wouldn't make sense.

"In the evening, the Scotts are also in Cannes now, so we can meet and talk about it," Simon called Eva Green from Paris, of course prepared for the benefit.

Eva Green nodded, approached Simon Pike, and said, "It's already afternoon, why don't you go back to your room for a rest?"

Simon took off his sunglasses, rubbed his eyes, and nodded in agreement.

"You've been staying in France lately, haven't you prepared any projects?" Simon asked Eva Green on the sofa in the resort hotel room.

"No, after last year's 'Franklin' filmed in the UK, I didn't participate in the project," Eva Green pondered whether it was because of the fiasco of "The Golden Compass."

"Don't worry, now that I have a distribution system, there will be no shortage of resources in the future. Whether it is a commercial film or an independent literary film, the company is now receiving more and more projects." Simon will definitely make Xinghai a large scale in the future. Publisher's.

It is also inevitable to introduce investment in the future, but it is still a little early, and the valuation of Xinghai Entertainment still has great potential to be tapped.

"Then what do you think of the Jordan Scott adaptation you're talking about?" After all, Eva Green can still see the script, so she doesn't know the specifics.

"It was Ridley Scott who made the bridge, and the UK's Best Release Films supported his daughter in the production of "Crack," but as North America, the world's largest market, Best Release Films needed a cooperative distributor, so that found us," Simon's newly formed Xinghai Qixing Film is indeed specialized in producing and distributing such overseas independent films.

"Best Release Pictures? This company seems to be quite well-known in the UK," Eva Green responded.

"Yes, this company has released a lot of popular independent films in the UK over the years," Simon certainly knew. Best Picture Films is currently one of the famous British distributors, the "Bean Agent" series. As well as the British distributors of some independent films, this company is doing it.

Eva Green smiled, put her arms around Simon's neck and kissed it, then said with a smile: "Foreign actresses in Hollywood seem to be not doing well except in the UK and Australia! Is it because of language?"

After all, except that the United Kingdom and Australia are English-speaking countries, female stars from European countries such as France, Germany, and Italy cannot get very good resources in Hollywood.

French Isabelle Adjani, Sophie Marceau, Juliette Binoche, etc. seem to be dominated by French movies, otherwise they are mainly used as vases in Hollywood.

"This is indeed the main reason. Regardless of other reasons, the European side has a higher artistic pursuit of movies, and the Hollywood side is mainly commercial movies." The actor is much taller.

"What about you, do you also like those art films?" Simon asked with a smile.

Eva Green shook her head and said, "Artistic films have low cost, so I have a chance. Commercial films need influential stars, and I can only play supporting roles;"

"However, I think both commercial films and art films should be taken seriously. After all, I love acting!"

Which actor would only like low-cost independent films. The influence of commercial films is much greater than that of art films, but there are so many films every year, most of which are independent films. After all, the number of commercial investment films is small, and resource allocation is not yet available. It's just a small actor of Eva Green's level.

Simon stretched out his hand and squeezed Eva Green's chin, and said with a smile, "It's quite honest!"

Eva Green nodded. After all, it is Simon Parker who is holding her now, the current Hollywood entertainment tycoon, will he not see through this? No need to hide no.