I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 198
[Chapter 193 Chips]
“Hope we can work together happily in the future, Eric,” Robert Shay stood up with a smile after signing the thick contract.
Eric also stood up and took Robert Shea’s outstretched hand: “That’s for sure, Robert.” After nearly a month of negotiations, Firefly Films, owned by Eric, finally acquired New Line, a veteran Hollywood film company, for a 15% stake and $60 million in cash.
The scale of the two companies is far less than the Hollywood giant Columbia Pictures that Sony wants to acquire, and they do not involve too many interests and games like Columbia. After the negotiation, everything went smoothly.
As an upstart and established second-tier film company in Hollywood, the merger of Firefly and New Line has attracted a lot of media attention. A brief press conference followed, of course, by a celebratory party.
Although Eric does not want to participate in similar entertainment, he prefers to stay quietly in the study, but since living in such a country, parties are always unavoidable, If it wasn’t for rejecting a lot of invitations, in his current capacity, it can be said that he can receive invitations to all kinds of cocktail parties almost every day.
“Eric, I heard that you were in charge of writing the “Island of Fear” test film that was very popular, right?”
But as you must know, I’ve signed a distribution deal with Disney before, and I’ve had two films, “Steel Magnolia” and “Crystal Island.”
Disney made a high cut offer that was hard to turn down.
Eric nodded and briefly explained the situation to Robert. Explain to the other party. Now that the contract has been signed, Robert Shay is now his own, and he will serve as the new Firefly Films, along with Jeffrey who has been re-designated as president. In the next few months “No, I think you misunderstood me.
“Robert Shay shook his head and said, “I don’t want the distribution rights of “Cry on the Island”, in fact, it is like this. Since “Cry on the Island” is very popular, then I think you must be better at writing horror movies. script.
So, I wonder if you could write the next script for Elm Street yourself, what do you think?
Hearing Robert’s request, Eric remembered the information about “Nightmare Street” that New Line had read before. As a very important series of horror films for New Line, during the negotiation process, Firefly More detailed data has been collected, which is much more accurate than Eric’s mixed memory before. Although the first movie of “Monster Street” only had a box office of 25 million. However, because of the very low cost, the new line was It also made a lot of money. Although the production and distribution costs of the next three films gradually increased, they eventually made money. However, the situation of the latest “Monster Street 5” is not optimistic. This new work was released on August 11. In the three weeks since then, it has only received more than 16 million US dollars at the box office, and the final box office is only about 22 million US dollars. Production and distribution costs, the new line is not making any money.
I recalled it carefully.
Eric said: “Robert, the horror style of “Elder Street” has been fixed, and I definitely can’t write any new chapters. In my opinion, according to the box office data of the latest “Elder Street” , I think this series can be temporarily stopped. Since the audience is tired of watching the plot of Freddie’s murder in his dreams, we will force a sequel, it will only be worth the loss. , and after the old generation of audiences feel nostalgic, it is the most appropriate choice to start this series.” Robert Shea heard Eric’s words, his expression changed slightly .
“Monster Street” is a new line of housekeeping horror film series. Although intellectually, he understands that what Eric just said is very reasonable, but he is still very uncomfortable. Just signed a contract with Firefly, Eric Planning to cut off the sequel to “Monster Street”, which reminded him of the king who annexed another country in ancient times to cleanse the forces in the new territory and erase the original imprint of the other party.
Eric is two generations after all, so when he noticed the change in Robert Shay’s expression, Eric quickly understood the other’s mind, he didn’t want to because of this low-cost horror movie And planted a crack for the cooperation between the two parties, so he quickly remedied: “However, Robert, this is just some of my personal opinions. You know that I am just a newcomer in Hollywood, and many things are definitely not considered so clearly. So if you think there is a If necessary, the sequel to “Nightmare Street” can continue to be produced, as far as I know, the third and fourth film have received more than 40 million box office, maybe this time is just an accidental mistake.” Robert.
Shay’s expression softened a little, and he also realized that Eric was compromising himself.
Now that the other party has made concessions, of course he will not hold back: “Then, Eric, just do as you said, but I don’t think it’s good to finish it right away, we will make a final chapter next year… …Well, it’s called “The Ultimate Nightmare on Elm Street”, and it’s a temporary end to this series. I believe that the gimmick of the finale is here, and it will definitely get a good box office.” ” This is indeed a good way,” Eric also admired Robert Shea’s wit, so he made a small promise: “Maybe, I can help me make plans for the last script.” ; “Really?” Robert Shea couldn’t help confirming it again. He thought that Eric just said that was a clear rejection. The value of Eric’s script is recognized in Hollywood.
“Of course!” Eric nodded decisively, and at the same time added a sentence in his mind that he was not participating in the signature, he didn’t care about the “Monster Street” point Screenwriter’s vanity and interests.
But in case the last movie has a bad reputation after being signed, it is certain to be scolded, and among a large group of main creators, even if it is just a screenwriter, he must be the most conspicuous one, and he will definitely become the focus of fans’ firepower.
sonicmtl.com But Eric doesn’t want to get involved with bad movies after walking near the river for a year or two. The box office of making movies is always his sharpest bargaining chip. If one or two bad movies have nothing to do with him It is definitely not worth the loss if the weight of this important bargaining chip is reduced.
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nbsp; At the same time, this is also the reason why Eric just copied the classic films in his mind for the time being, instead of making his own films according to his own wishes.
Maybe after a few years, everything will be settled, and his status in Hollywood will be completely unshakable. Then, he will definitely make a few films that were not in his previous life and that he is very interested in.
(To be continued)
[End of this Chapter]
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