I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 354
[Chapter 351 spoiler]
After Alan knocked on the door, he pushed open the door of Eric’s office, and saw that Eric was leaning on the office chair, his expression mixed with relaxation and exhaustion.
“What’s the matter?” Eric straightened up and asked after Allen approached.
“When you were discussing things with Mr. Lynn, Mr. Cameron called and he said that Arnold Schwarzenegger insisted on a salary of 13 million US dollars. If we did not agree, Arnold Schwarzenegger would Sign a contract with Carlock Pictures for the next movie.”
Eric frowned slightly when he heard the name Carlock, one of the most well-known independent film companies in Hollywood in the early 1990s. In parallel time and space, “Terminator 2” and “Instinct” are all from Karlock.
At the same time, Carlock is also a spoiler of Hollywood rules, because the other party is backed by a huge group of German investors. Nuo Schwarzenegger and others reported a sky-high remuneration of 15 million US dollars, which is almost twice that of Hollywood’s current first-line stars. The increase in the remuneration of several big names has also led to the rise of the entire Hollywood star’s remuneration. , it is conceivable that the seven major Hollywood film companies as producers hate Carlock to the core.
In my memory, Carlock’s end was very tragic. In 1995, the pirate film “Cutthroat Island”, which invested 95 million US dollars, only recovered more than 9 million at the box office. The huge loss made Carlock Pictures directly bankrupt.
The reason for this is that the plot of “Cut Throat Island” itself is full of loopholes, but it is included in the Guinness Book of Records.
There must be the shadow of the seven major film companies behind it.
To know.
Carlock’s rise in star remuneration prices has caused studios to pay hundreds of millions of dollars more to stars every year. If this kind of thing is put on anyone, it is estimated that they will want to smash the culprit to smithereens.
I don’t know if the script for “Cut Throat Island” has appeared now. If such a big box office rotten that blows up whoever died, if you can hold it in your hand, it will be a rather sharp weapon to throw it out at the right time.
Seeing Eric closing his eyes as if he was thinking about something, Alan stood quietly opposite him and patiently waited for his decision.
After thinking about “Cutthroat Island”, Eric quickly put his thoughts on “Terminator 2”, no doubt.
In the future, the star’s salary will definitely get higher and higher. Even Cameron, who has a good understanding of Schwarzenegger, can only make Schwarzenegger make a concession of 2 million US dollars. Eric thinks that it is not enough now. The chips let Schwarzenegger make bigger concessions.
Of course, since the ultimate culprit behind this star price hike is the Germans, Eric also thought about letting the Germans take the bait and introducing German investors through Karlock, the original producer of “Terminator 2”. Making Terminator 2.
Anyway, “Terminator 2” will be handed over to Firefly for distribution. At that time, as long as you do some tricks on the cost of publicity and distribution, and increase the proportion of Firefly’s share, it is enough to keep most of the movie’s profits in Firefly, and be a little more ruthless.
The Germans don’t even want to get all the money they put in.
But in this case, it will involve the copyright issue of “Terminator”.
If other movies are okay, but since Eric has fully acquired the big gold mine of “Terminator”, he will never allow the copyright of this series to change unexpectedly.
Some time ago, I saw the 007 series of copyright lawsuits in the newspaper. It is said that the lawsuits have been going on for more than 20 years. Eric doesn’t want “Terminator” to fall into such a tangled copyright lawsuit in the future.
“I’ll call Jim to discuss this matter in person,” Eric said after clearing all his thoughts.
Allen nodded, and was about to go out when Eric stopped his assistant again: “By the way, help me pay attention to the movie script about pirates in the circle, keep a low profile and keep quiet.”
“I understand,” Allen He smiled and asked again, “Is there anything else?”
“No, after attending the premiere of “Sleeping with the Enemy” tonight, I will prepare with Ms. Katherine Bigelow for the next few days. “Shocking Point”, so I won’t come to the company, you will send the important documents directly to Jiaojiao Manor, and call me on my mobile phone if there is an emergency.”
“Don’t you have to follow me?” Allen asked suspiciously, Eric used to carry out this kind of thing with him in the past.
Eric didn’t shake his head: “No, there are a lot of things in the company during this time. I hope you can take care of me here.”
“Alright then,” Allen nodded, turned and left the office.
The summer season entered the second half of June, and the first movie “Silence of the Lambs” released by Firefly in the summer was released for two weeks. Under the influence of the intricate plot and the superb performance of the actors, as well as the topics created by several female producers, It earned nearly $40 million at the box office in two weeks. If it weren’t for the increased budget to meet the schedule, the cost has now been recovered. At the same time, many film critics have predicted that this film will become the second film after “The Exorcist” in 1973. An Oscar hit horror film.
In this case, another thriller “Sleeping with the Enemy” by Giuliab’s Firefly is of course attracting strong attention, plus the promotion of “Instinct” has also begun, it is another crime horror film.
Although some tabloids complained bitterly whether Eric was assimilated by New Line’s production style because of the acquisition of New Line, but the executives of Hollywood studios with a keen sense of smell closely Follow these three movies.
If Sleep with the Enemy and Instinct are both box-office successes, Hollywood is sure to increase the number of horror-thriller genre productions in the next few years.
Driven by profits, Hollywood will follow suit, but Western copyright protection strategies and production cost restrictions make Hollywood’s follow suit not as reckless as Hong Kong across the ocean.
In the several previews before “Sleeping with the Enemy”, the evaluation of the film critics was not too high. Although it cannot be said to be a bad film, it can only give a mediocre evaluation, except for Julia’s outstanding performance. Other than that, there is nothing else that stands out.
Of course, with Robert Shea’s unremitting efforts in public relations, most of the film critics published in the newspapers before the film’s release were praised.
And in the subsequent screenings, the good response of the movie among the movie fans gave Robert Shea a reassurance. As long as the box office was a big hit, Robert Shea wouldn’t care what the film critics said, if it wasn’t for the audience’s choice in this era Most of the film passed the film reviews in the newspapers, and Robert Shea estimated that even film critics were too lazy to publicize.
(To be continued..)
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