I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 87
[Chapter 86: The first accoster]
After the champagne was opened, the party officially began.
As a movie project that can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Fox, even the current president of Fox, Barry Diller, had to attend the celebration of “Fengyue” in person.
In addition to the members of the “Fengyue” crew, Fox also invited dozens of big and small stars to join in, and the party scene can be described as dazzling.
But after all, there were a lot of big people at the scene. The banquet hall with hundreds of people was in good order, and the guests gathered in groups of three or five to discuss their own topics.
“Eric, the publicity department is too conservative about the Super Bowl trailer. I guarantee that when your next movie is released, Fox will fully cooperate with you.”
Don’t next time, this time can also be included in the announcement Sent, reimbursed me.
Eric murmured inwardly, but with a smile on his face: “Mr. Diller, don’t mention this again. The $1.5 million Super Bowl advertising fee is indeed a big expense, and it is understandable for Fox to be conservative. .”
Barry Diller chuckled, but didn’t mention it again.
The old fox!
The topic was once again shifted to Eric’s next movie. After “Fengyue”, Eric’s next movie, although he hadn’t even seen the shadow, was naturally set by Fox in the summer program.
This year’s summer season can be described as a large number of movies, Warner’s “Batman”, Paramount’s “Indiana Jones 3”, Columbia’s “Ghostbusters 2”, these are destined to be big box office.
And because Fox has shifted too much attention to the development of TV networks, this year, the total number of films produced and distributed is only more than ten, ranking the last among the six majors.
In order not to be at the bottom in terms of film performance, Fox is destined to fully support Eric’s film, especially after the success of “Feng Yue”.
And the summer blockbusters are crowded, and it is not too easy to get a high box office.
It is impossible for Eric to take the sequel of the already famous “Home Alone” to the summer season to compete with these blockbusters. After thinking for a long time, he decided on an idea that came up before.
“The next movie has a preliminary plot outline. I’m going to invite Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. This will be a two-man rivalry.”
Barry Diller’s eyes narrowed slightly, if If successful, with only two Toms and Eric’s box office appeal, the film’s box office is guaranteed to be at least $100 million.
With the addition of “Home Alone 2” at the end of the year, there are three big-selling movies a year, and Fox’s performance in movies is no longer blameworthy, and he can safely develop the TV network.
“Eric, if you want to invite two Toms, the salary of the two will not be less than 10 million US dollars, right? What is your budget cost?”
Eric thought for a while: “It should not exceed 30 million, which is It’s a feature film, it doesn’t have any big scenes, and it doesn’t need any special effects. It relies entirely on the personal performance of the two male protagonists, so the budget of 30 million US dollars is already very loose, and it is very likely that it will not be spent.”
“I heard you Just bought the Steve Jobs studio for a lot of money?”
Although Barry Diller’s question was a little off-topic, Eric immediately understood what Barry Diller meant.
Fox still wants to have a hand in the movie investment.
“That’s right, I asked Pixar to make a title logo for my film company before, and I was very satisfied after reading it. I heard that Pixar was in trouble and wanted to sell it, and I happened to be interested in animated films again, so I
bought it. However, the cycle of animated films is very long, and 3D animation is still in the groping stage, so I don’t know when the first animated film will be produced.”
Eric ignored the faint helplessness on Barry Diller’s face, anyway, you I’ll play Drift for you too.
Listening to the little fox in front of him talking nonsense, Barry Diller had no choice but to clarify the topic: “Eric, I mean, if your next movie production is tight, Fox can be responsible for part of the investment, which can also reduce the risk. And Rest assured, Fox will not tie investment funds to launch costs, and our previous sharing agreement remains in place.”
Barry Diller made things plain, and Eric couldn’t directly refuse, and of course he wouldn’t hand over his own interests to others.
What Barry Diller can think of, of course Eric can think of, if the invitation of two Toms is successful, the movie cannot fail with the box office appeal of only three people.
In the end, Eric could only perfunctory: “No problem, Mr. Diller, if I need external investment, Fox is definitely my first choice.”
Barry Diller also saw Eric’s perfunctory and understood Fox’s thoughts The possibility of investing in is almost nil.
But he won’t take any tricks like Columbia did before. The two sides are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation. Although according to the previous agreement, Eric earned a little more than Fox, but Fox also grabbed enough other Huge profits that are envied.
After chatting about some other topics, the two talents separated to socialize with others.
As soon as Barry Diller walked away, Eric felt that many eyes were instantly focused on himself.
Well, girls, let’s give you a hug, whoever is the first to chat up today will give you a role in the next movie.
Eric had a silly idea in his mind, and at the same time enjoyed the feeling of being noticed.
After all, he is still a layman. If he has no vanity, what is he doing so much tossing about.
Soon he had his first accomplice.
Bald-headed, eight-foot-long, with a tiger-backed waist and a wretched smile on his face no matter how you look at it, the most ridiculous thing is… he’s a man.
“Eric, you’re finally
back. I want to know what you think. In Julia’s film contracts, I thought several of them were good, but they were all rejected by you?”
, Eric was helplessly pulled aside by Kapoor.
“Kapoor, don’t you have the illusion that you are being pierced by thousands of arrows?”
“Huh?”
“You look around?”
Kapoor glanced suspiciously, and found a few beautiful people around who were not very good at concealing their emotions. The girl stared at him badly.
Although Kapoor is a workaholic, he is still very proficient in the world, otherwise he would not be able to do the job of a broker, and shrugged: “Sorry, Eric, I have delayed your hunting. But you don’t follow me on this matter. To be clear, I am not at ease.”
Eric also wanted to explain to him that most of Julia’s more successful films in her previous life were romantic comedies. It is definitely not appropriate to make this type of film within the time period, so those films of later generations cannot be taken out for the time being.
He felt the best fit for Julia was Steel Magnolias, which earned Julia a Golden Globe nomination, a box-office hit.
It’s a pity that Samsung Pictures has not started this project, either because it was fanned by the butterfly effect, or it has not yet started to prepare for filming.
It’s also impossible for him to write the script again.
For the previous three movies, he was 100% sure that the original script hadn’t appeared yet, or that there was a situation that had nothing to do with his movie, so he used it with peace of mind.
Now this movie he can not guarantee.
“Kapoor, wait a few more days, I’m going to go to the Screenwriters Guild to see if there are any good scripts that have been registered, and pick one for Julia.”
Kapoor twitched the corners of his mouth: “Eric, you know that the Screenwriters Guild has How many registered scripts, thousands! I feel like I’m saying I’m going to San Francisco to get a few tons of gold, is that possible?”
Knowing where the gold is buried makes it easier to find.
Eric just wanted to check if the writer of “Steel Magnolia” had registered the script.
“Trust me, Kapoor, be patient, I’ll give you an answer soon.”
Eric also made up his mind. If he couldn’t find “Steel Magnolia”, he would give it from a movie with a higher box office in his memory. Julia chooses one. Anyway, with Julia’s current reputation, as long as the image is suitable, Julia has the intention of participating in the role. No crew will reject her. I believe that many production companies will not hesitate to increase the budget for this.
[End of this Chapter]
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