I’m in Hollywood Chapter 121: Cruise running away
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If "Road House" is a fuse, then the interview that Richard · Gere published in "Hollywood Reporter" became Mars that ignited it.
On the day this interview was published, a spokesperson for caa refuted Richard · Gere ’s remarks in the media which were completely reckless and nonsense, and vowed to declare that if the other party makes these irresponsible remarks, caa will Recourse to legal means to get justice for yourself.
Although many people can see it, Richard · Gere's remarks are in a state of anger. He puts himself on the side of a 'victim', and there are many loopholes in his remarks as long as there are some Anyone with industry knowledge can easily break through. But this does not prevent the media from digging into some of the facts in his remarks.
The power of gossip is strong. So, the next day, articles of deep grudges Michael · Ovitz and Kapoor · Sid began to appear in the media. After leaving CAA, Kapoor · Sid was difficult to move at Hollywood, almost forced Things going to Europe have also been exposed again.
Although caa has grown into a towering tree, it is not without any black history. Coupled with its forced bundling strategy, it will definitely lead to the failure of some movies. These failures are naturally pulled out by the media. .
"From cherishing each other to turning against each other, two ace manager have to talk about the past"
"Top Ten Victimized Movies under the Caa Bundle"
"Inventory of nine superstars that gradually declined after joining CAA"
"The Black Hand that Makes the Film and Television Industry Costs Soar, Hollywood Ten-Year Film Cost Comparison"
"Breaker of Industry Rules"
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With more and more articles discrediting caa, a wave of demonizing caa began unconsciously.
Caa ’s development and growth over the years has not only severely squeezed the living space of other Hollywood Brokerage Firm, but also a whole set of bundled sales strategies invented by Michael · Ovitz has also made Hollywood a lot of Film Studio miserable. Not only did Caa significantly increase star pay, but because of the bundling strategy, Film Studio had to pay a lot of costs beyond budget.
The Hollywood six film giants are slightly better, usually in the clash with caa, they can still get most of the right to speak, and the large number of Hollywood second and third line Film Studio, as well as those independent filmmakers, bundled in caa In front of the strategy, there is no power to parry. They do not have the fame and confidence that Eric sells in every movie, so they can only obediently accept the binding conditions of caa.
Many Brokerage Firm ,huge Film Studio Groups, countless independent filmmakers, and finally there is one from the bundling of caa TV series The TV media of the project is very cryptic. Even if any of these forces are used, they can use their own power to discredit the caa. In the case of communication, Basic Instinct Forcefully.
Of course, it is not that no one has made a statement in support of caa. Some of Actor under caa said some more good words for caa in an interview. After all, caa increased the production cost of Film Studio , And the biggest beneficiaries are indeed these Actor. However, these voices basically did not show any waves, mainly because of the manipulation of those forces, deliberately downplayed the support of the caa stars.
Although CAA also has strong media public relations power, in this trend, the power in hand basically has no effect, and it is completely a state of passive scolding.
Then, the United Artists executives jumped out because of the disastrous defeat of Box Office of "Road House", and according to the interview content of Richard · Gere, the responsibility for the failure of the movie "Road House" was blamed on caa, even threatening Caa claims a loss. Of course, this kind of thing is impossible to succeed. United Artists just needs to find a scapegoat for the failure of tens of millions of USD investments. The caa on the cusp of the wind is just right, and then there is another battle.
At the same time, in this trend, several other Hollywood Brokerage Firms waved their hoes very well, and within a week, caa had more than 20 second and third line Actor running away. If it has not caused any harm to the caa, then what happened next has caused a turmoil inside the caa.
The reason is that Tom · Cruise suddenly announced that he was leaving CAA!
Who is Tom · Cruise?
The most popular idol star of Hollywood. Since his debut, many of shoots ’s films have hardly missed. Most of the films he starred in have made huge profits for Film Studio at a very small cost. 86 ’s “Top Gun”, At a cost of more than 10 million USD, won the Box Office of global 350 million USD. Recently, when a 《Rain Man》 got a high amount of Box Office, it also won a number of Oscar nominations. Among the most powerful people in Hollywood selected by 《Premiere》 magazine, Tom · Cruise, as a Actor, is very advanced among a group of Film Studio senior , Big Director, gold medal Producer.
The departure of this super-a-class superstar has undoubtedly caused a wave in the industry. The departure of Tom · Cruise is actually related to this storm.
Because of this demonized caa storm, after the media expressed sympathy for Richard · Gere, some people turned their attention to the negotiation of the two leading actors in the new Eric film. Soon, with the deep cooperation of the media and the cooperation of caring people, the salary conditions proposed by Caa were exposed.
"6 million USD remuneration plus 20% of the profit share, this robbery-like asking price can only be figured out by a caacious" big company ", which is obviously caa wants to let Eric Williams retreat again. It seems that after experiencing 《Pretty Woman》, Michael · Mr. Ovitz still remembers the ridiculous idea of 'blocking' Eric Williams. I want to use this unrealistic price to disturb Eric Williams and Tom · Cruise and Tom · Hanks superstar cooperation. Not long ago, as Mr. Richard · Gere said, CAA has begun to use Actor as a chess piece in his hands. It ’s not untargeted. "
Actually, during this time, CAA has been continuously withdrawing from negotiations on Cruise and Hanks. Before the release of "Road House", CAA's required share ratio had dropped to 12%. When the media exposed CAA's initial offer, the other party's required profit share ratio had dropped to 10%.
Although the initial conditions were exposed, CAA immediately clarified that the current quotes of the two superstars were not that high, but the media caught the matter and repeatedly made articles, and some analysts also published themselves on newspaper. According to the view, if the sharing model of caa becomes popular, the cost of Film Studio production will further increase, and the profit space will be greatly reduced. It is more difficult to achieve profitability. Under such circumstances, it will definitely affect the enthusiasm of Hollywood Film Studio to produce movies, and it will bring a fatal blow to the movie industry that is rapidly recovering in the United States.
Some media even started calling on the federal government to investigate CAA's behavior that disrupts the movie market. Under the influence of some forces, when a member of the California State Assembly was interviewed by the media, it made some plausible statements about the possible investigation of the issue of the pay of the Caa and the suspected monopoly, although this member was soon He denied his claim, but still caused great pressure on CAA.
United States ’s industry giants are most afraid of what they rank first. It is not the tax bureau but the antitrust investigation. Not mentioning the cases of other industries for the time being, only Hollywood, because the ‘Paramount Act’ that year has caused the silence of the Hollywood film industry for many years.
While the negotiations between Sony and Columbia have been put aside, Michael · Ovitz, who returned to CAA to host the overall situation, in order to stabilize the situation, personally conducted an interview with Cruise and Hanks respectively, hoping that the two can abandon the previous profit sharing plan , Only one piece of pure pay, to help CAA through this crisis.
Hanks is still very good to talk about, because he has never taken a profit share before, even the high pay of 5 million, and the Hanks of Big with Box Office over 100 million took the pay of 2 million USD, and He also valued this cooperation with Eric, so he agreed.
But Tom · Cruise expressed the hope that it could be considered. The next day, Liangtang's consideration was to take his manager Paula · Ms. Wagner together, announce that he had left caa, and then reopen the reward with Firefly Inc. as an individual negotiation.
Cruise has always been a very ambitious person. In addition to this public opinion storm, Cruise does have a feeling of being manipulated by caa like a chess piece. This feeling is extremely unacceptable for a super superstar that is energetic, extremely controllable and very capable.
Because of the success of 《Rain Man》, he saw another way to cooperate with those Film Studios in a personal way, using profit sharing, which can bring him more benefits, and Cruise also Hope to gain more control over film production.
If you want to get this without being constrained by Brokerage Firm, getting rid of caa and doing it alone becomes the first step for Cruise. But Cruise's departure from caa at this juncture is tantamount to inserting a knife into the opponent's back.