Due to the limited production budget of "district 9," many famous actors were unwilling to lower their salaries to participate. However, Hollywood never lacks actors!
It's simply ridiculous!
After the official announcement, in just a few days, the number of agencies and agent representatives visiting Page Pictures daily was astonishingly high.
James McAvoy was one of them.
In early 1996, this young Professor X had already starred as the male lead in Page Pictures' first film, "run lola run."
With "run lola run" grossing over 100 million overseas, he made a name for himself in Hollywood, becoming one of the new generation of young male actors.
He is full of gratitude towards Kyle!
"In fact, he also has to thank Kyle."
If not for Kyle's transmigration, James McAvoy would not have gotten a small role in "Band of Brothers" until 2001, and then he would have languished for several years before truly rising to prominence with "the chronicles of narnia" and "X-Men: First Class."
After Page Pictures officially announced actor auditions, James McAvoy was the first to respond.
At the same time, he personally called Kyle.
"You're thoughtful."
"James McAvoy, I cannot guarantee you the male lead role in "district 9" right now, but... as long as your performance is outstanding enough to move me, then the male lead role will be yours."
"Don't worry~"
"However, I have something to say."
"Your age is a disadvantage. At 21, many roles are not suitable for you."
Kyle chose to speak frankly.
The film "district 9" has certain requirements for the male lead's character.
First, he needs extensive social experience, so his age cannot be too young; around 30 is the most suitable.
Professor X is still too young!
"Thank you, Mr. Page, I understand." James McAvoy on the other end of the phone was feeling a bit down at the moment.
"Hahahaha~"
Kyle laughed loudly, "You're still young, buddy. Even without this "district 9," you'll have many opportunities."
"Really?!"
Suddenly, James McAvoy was filled with surprise, and his gloomy mood instantly vanished.
He knew Kyle was comforting him, and at the same time, hinting to him—I will give you an opportunity.
That's right!
He guessed correctly!
Kyle is also planning a new movie recently—"step up."
Recently, Kyle continuously acquired several Hollywood film and television companies and also launched an acquisition bid for Summit Entertainment. However... Summit Entertainment rejected Kyle.
Logically speaking, if a deal doesn't go through, goodwill should remain. Even if they failed to reach an acquisition, that should be the end of it.
But it wasn't like that at all!
Patrick Wachsberger, the chairman of Summit Entertainment, suffered heavy losses in the Dot-com Bubble and was looking for an outlet for his anger. So, he vented all his fury on the representatives sent by Kyle.
Moreover, he publicly declared in the media: "Kyle Page, wishful thinking!"
Kyle was very annoyed.
"You don't appreciate kindness!"
"Since that's the case, don't blame me for being shameless!"
Summit Entertainment has many good things in the future. Since both sides have already fallen out, Kyle naturally won't let it off easily; he must teach it a lesson.
The "step up" film series is one of Summit Entertainment's future flagship productions.
But now?
"Hehe, sorry, it's mine now!" Kyle thought to himself.
After Hollywood entered the 21st century, films of science fiction, action, thriller, romance, and other genres flourished, all achieving temporary fame. However, there were few excellent works in the musical film genre.
Besides "Chicago" and "high school musical," only the "step up" film series was renowned both domestically and internationally.
Hijacking?
Hehe, has Kyle done such things rarely?!
Warner Bros. Pictures.
"A miscalculation!"
"Originally, we hoped that the merger of our Time Warner Group and America Online would achieve a result of 1+1 greater than 2, but who knew that the current internal struggle would be so intense."
Time Warner Group Chairman Steve Ross was furious.
1+1 greater than 2?
The combination of the two new and old media companies did not have a beneficial effect; instead, there was severe infighting and struggle, with conflicts almost never ceasing.
As it stands, the combination of the two media companies would be considered good if 1+1 equaled 1.
Dragging each other down, it's absolutely infuriating!
Knock knock knock~
Just then, the office door was pushed open.
The person who entered was none other than Barry Meyer, CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, a subsidiary of Time Warner!
"Boss, this is the information you requested about Page Pictures," Barry Meyer said.
He handed over a document.
Steve Ross scanned the document, and after a long while, sighed, "Kyle Page is truly cunning. "district 9," with a production budget of 30 million US dollars, actually stirred up such a storm in this way. Truly remarkable for his youth!"
"Indeed."
Barry Meyer, also extremely astute, said, "Logically speaking, "district 9" is just an ordinary sci-fi film, but Page Pictures did the opposite, using an ultra-low production budget for publicity, grabbing eyeballs, and achieving immense attention!"
The two chatted for a while.
But as they chatted, they again talked about Page Pictures' upcoming "Spider-Man" movie.
"The "Spider-Man" movie can be said to be Page Pictures' ambitious work!"
"As everyone knows, Marvel Company owns thousands of superhero comic copyrights and is the only entity in the U.S. that can be compared with our DC Comics."
""Blade" performed well, opening up a new world for Marvel."
"And although Kyle Page did not acquire equity in Marvel Company, he holds dozens of Marvel superhero copyrights. Once "Spider-Man" achieves unprecedented success, then superheroes like Hulk, Captain America, and Thor will inevitably follow suit and appear in cinemas." First release
"By then, even if we release films like Superman, Batman, and The Flash, we will be a step behind."
Barry Meyer's analysis was incisive.
However... it was useless!
As early as when Kyle announced the filming of "Spider-Man," Barry Meyer had planned to reboot the Batman and Superman movies.
However, at that time, Time Warner was busy negotiating merger matters with America Online. How could they have time to reboot Batman and Superman?
And now?
They were even busier with internal power struggles, and no one supported Barry Meyer's proposal.
Time Warner Group Chairman Steve Ross patted Barry Meyer's shoulder and sighed, "You're worried about falling behind, and I'm just as anxious, but... these America Online bastards, what do they know about movies?!"
In the end, if Time Warner cannot gain discourse power in the new company, then rebooting Batman and Superman is an impossible task... The next day.
Kyle presided over a general meeting of all subsidiary representatives at the Golden Dawn Entertainment Group headquarters.
There was only one goal!
That was to leverage the group's overall energy to coordinate the full copyright operation of "Spider-Man" before its release.
Movies, comics, broadcasts, magazines, books, merchandise, merchandise licensing, games... utilizing every available means to maximize the profits of "Spider-Man."