I’m in Hollywood Chapter 509: Hollywood Power List
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But because Eric threw out the "Creative Artists Agency Apocalypse" which deeply analyzes the Creative Artists Agency operating model, and a series of reforms carried out by Brokerage Firm who subsequently felt the threat of Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood has now formed the Creative Artists Agency, ICM and William Morris Agency three Brokerage Firm triad In order to compete with rivals who have come to their senses, it is impossible for Creative Artists Agency and Film Studio to maintain their strong position in the past, so the ranking of Michael Ovitz slipped out of the top five.
In the new Hollywood power list, Firefly far removed other Film Studio in 1992 with a 27% share of North America Box Office. Eric took the first place in the Hollywood power list without suspense and served as Firefly PicturesCEO Michael Lynn and Katzenberg who served as Disney Film IndustryCEO occupied the sixth and ninth positions, respectively. Although the ranking is not too high, but in the top ten only, Firefly Pictures has occupied three positions, so the industry has a lot of discussion.
The position of Eric won the first place without any dispute, Firefly ’s performance is really there, and Eric ’s “Twister” by Director also won the 1992 Box Office with the Box Office of global close to 700 million USD champion. However, it is difficult for a large number of media to accept 《Premiere》 magazine to include Michael Lynn and Katzenberg in the top ten.
In Hollywood, almost any list is controversial, which is also convenient to provoke topics and increase the popularity of the list. For the doubts of the outside world, 《Premiere》 magazine will of course not admit that there is a problem with his list, but on the contrary, it is full of horsepower and fighting with the media.
The main topics of the media before each Oscar are often concentrated on the films that were shortlisted for Oscar that year. The shortlisted films show their magical powers. At the same time as public relations, they also launch media offensives. But this year is different. "Schindler's List" hangs high above its competitors with its absolute orthodoxy. Because of the special status of the Jews in Hollywood, those canvassing methods in previous years are basically not very useful this year. Competitors are afraid to launch a public offensive against "Schindler's List". In this case, the topic of the 《Premiere》 magazine Hollywood power list has been picked up high.
"... Warner and Chairman Robert Daley said in an interview with reporters. It is precisely because Board of Directors has not determined the position of the CEO for a long time that Time Warner performance was surpassed by Firefly. When asked about another Warner who ranked second with himself In conjunction with Chairman Terry Semel, Robert Daley said it would not comment. Robert Daley is obviously putting pressure on Warner Board of Directors.
According to rumors. Robert Daley is very close to Eric Williams. This condition is likely to be an important bargaining chip for Robert Daley to fight for Time WarnerCEO, because the important way for Time Warner ’s former CEO Steve Ross to stabilize its position is to establish a good personal relationship with Steven Speilberg and other well-known Hollywood filmmakers. "
"... The former new line Film Studio Chairman Robert Shay publicly claimed that Michael Lynn is just a puppet supported by Eric Williams. Michael Lynn has no right to decide on the Firefly business. Firefly Pictures rarely publicly refutes Robert Shay ’s remarks, saying that Mr. Michael Lynn made to the company during his Firefly PicturesCEO A huge contribution. "
"... 《Variety》 magazine well-known film critic Andrew. Fraser publicly criticized the selection criteria of the Hollywood power list. He said that this list should not become the Hollywood power list, but should be renamed to the Hollywood influence list."
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In Cliff Peak Manor, because of the Heroine audition for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Drew had to get up early and sit at the table drinking porridge, casually glancing at the bold face of newspaper in Eric's hands, muttering: " I really do n’t know what ’s controversial. I was ranked 15th together with Liz, but we did n’t say anything. ”
Eric turned a page of newspaper and laughed: "Is it true that someone who appeared on" Hollywood Online "yesterday who scoffed at the Hollywood power list is my illusion?"
"Absolutely. If you continue to be so busy and not accompany me, you will definitely get dementia early," the girl said with a smile, and the baby face quickly came together: "Eric , Go to Century City today to help us pick the Heroine of "Buffy", OK? "
"Don't Liz say to audition for Heroine a few days ago, haven't they been selected yet?"
"No, we have been picking Director and some supporting roles. The audition for Heroine is scheduled today."
Eric considers today's original schedule, and there is nothing important. And as small girl just said, Eric does n’t want to become a working robot: “Okay, I ’ll call the studio and talk about it later. It wo n’t pass today. When will the audition start? "
"Ten o'clock, so we don't have to hurry, there are only 16 final candidates, and we can definitely finish the interview today, so we don't have to hurry to pass," Drew replied.
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Eric and Drew are still talking about "Buffy" Heroine in Cliff Peak Manor. Michael Eisner has come to Burbank Universal Headquarters.
Recently on the Hollywood power list, because of the turbulence of Universal Pictures last year, Michael Eisner, who had just been in charge of Universal for one year, was ranked tenth by 《Premiere》 magazine.
But whether faced with reporters or privately, Michael Eisner is very light on this. As the film critic of 《Variety》 magazine said, the Hollywood power list is essentially just a list of the influence of Hollywood ’s previous year ’s characters, although it is ranked In the tenth place, the Michael Eisner, which actually has Universal in its hands, is absolutely more powerful than Hollywood. Universal is one of the seven major Film Studio after all, and has a deep background.
At the end of last year, the strategy of winning by volume made the profit of Universal Fourth Season higher than the previous three quarters. Michael Eisner has thus consolidated its position in the heart of Panasonic ’s parent company.
However, under the circumstance that Hollywood's mode of relying on big production movies to create most of its profits has gradually emerged, if you want to get better results, relying on low-cost movies will definitely not work, let alone any Film Studio. There are limits to the distribution of movies by yourself. Therefore, Michael Eisner has been selecting suitable large-scale production projects for Universal since the end of last year.
So far, Universal has started shooting an action film "The Fugitive" starring Harrison Ford, with a total investment of 50 million USD, which is an adaptation of TV series. And this project was grabbed from Warner, because of the optimism about "The Fugitive", Universal paid more to 3 million USD for copyright for this purpose, and also improved the remuneration of Director and actor Harrison Ford.
If Eric is here. Michael Eisner will definitely be surprised. "The Fugitive" is the original first part split from the mainland in the 1990s. When Drew shot copyright for Flower Films, Eric also played the idea of this movie. Unfortunately, Eric remembered There is no news that this movie is too precise. In the end, you can only stop.
Actually, although Michael Eisner has released the production business in the last few years of Disney's, focusing on the promotion and marketing of movies, in the Paramount period, Michael Eisner also served as the head of the production department under Barry Diller. 《Indiana Jones》, most people may think of Steven Speilberg as their first thought, but few people know that the reason why 《Indiana Jones》 can come out shoots is inseparable from the strong support of Michael Eisner at that time.
Several executives of Universal held a brief regular meeting. Michael Eisner went back to his office and started a day's work.
The assistant put a stack of documents that had been prepared on the desk of Michael Eisner and handed the top one to the other party, saying, "Mr. Eisner, the document just passed by the legal department, they said a remake of" The Mummy " The idea was first proposed by James Jacks of Alpha-ville. They obtained the reprint authorization in 1991. The agreement was developed together with Universal, but at the time Sid Sinberg was only willing to make this film with an investment not higher than 10 million USD. Low-cost horror movies, so they temporarily give up the idea of shoots. If the other party is unwilling to give up the original authorization, at least 2 million USD litigation fees are required to recover the authorization. Or, the authorization expires. "
"How long was the original authorization?" Michael Eisner asked without looking up.
The assistant hesitated and said, "Ten years."
"Then you call James Jacks directly, or we will pay a penalty for breach of contract. He waives his authorization, or sees in court that he will get nothing in the end."
The assistant opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but soon nodded: "Okay, Mr. Eisner. In addition, the first draft of script of" The Mummy "has been completed. In the penultimate folder, follow your suggestions. The 《Indiana Jones》 model still leaves a foreshadowing for the development of the sequel. The production department asks if you want to start looking for Director and male & female leads? "
Michael Eisner found the script of "The Mummy" and opened it, hurriedly read the front story outline on the side, and looked up and said: "You pass script to Mr. Spielberg, ask him if he is not interested, and, Heroine Contact Nicole Kidman. "
"Mr. Eisner, I think Nicole Kidman is a bit inappropriate. After" Mr. & Mrs. Smith ", her film salary has risen to 10 million USD, almost the highest among Actress, and Heroine of" The Mummy "is a weak librarian. The image of the female killer in Mr. & Mrs. Smith is too contrasting. "
Michael Eisner raised his head and said to the assistant: "I think you should never have seen Nicole Kidman's" Sleepless in Seattle "and" The Heat ". This is an actress who is very malleable and has excellent acting skills. It is definitely worthwhile to pay more , In addition, I have some other considerations, so just follow my instructions. "
The assistant nodded, seeing that Michael Eisner had no other instructions, and turned and left the office.
Michael Eisner turned his attention to script of "The Mummy" again. A month ago, Michael Eisner found a remake plan for the movie in some project files left by Sid Sinberg, which soon led him to develop a style that imitated 《Indiana Jones》. An adventure series about The Mummy.
Westerners have always had a strong interest in themes such as adventure and treasure hunt, plus the success story of the 《Indiana Jones》 series. Michael Eisner believes that as long as you can find an excellent script, supplemented by excellent special effects, this series of successful The possibilities are great.
He had long thought of Spielberg as Director and Nicole Kidman as Heroine. Although he also knows that the possibility of Spielberg's promise is not very big, but he can at least definitely make Spielberg a producer.
As for the candidates of Heroine, in addition to the fancy Nicole ’s current Box Office appeal, Michael Eisner also has the meaning of testing Eric. script is handed to Nicole, and Eric can certainly be seen. Last fall, because Universal took the initiative to mention Joanna Pacula to cover up the matter, Eric still owes himself a favor. Michael Eisner can be sure that Eric should take advantage of this opportunity to "pay back" the favor.
Michael Eisner knows that as long as the "The Mummy" series can succeed, his position of UniversalCEO will become unbreakable, so Michael Eisner has spared no effort to do so many arrangements.
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Century City 20th Century Fox Headquarters, with the expansion of TG, Elizabeth rented a whole layer of Headquarters as TG in the Fox building.
When Eric and Drew arrived at ten o'clock, a large group of girls and their manager had already gathered in the hallway where TG Company was located.
When walking through the corridor, Eric can even see these girls' eyes clearly starting to shine, like a little female wolf who only sees prey, and he can be absolutely not an illusion. As a girl wearing a beige trench coat first put down her restraint, she stepped forward to greet Eric and asked for a signature. The other girls who responded also gathered around.
Eric signed a few names for the girls who seemed to be only 17-18 years old, and then some were escorted by the security guards in the building and walked into TGHeadquarters.
And throughout the process, small girl, who followed her, looked at it all with a smile.
The two pushed the door together and walked into Drew's office, and the girl suddenly fell to Eric.
Eric subconsciously put his hands on his chest and smiled: "Hey, what are you doing, wouldn't it be because I am so popular and jealous?"
The girl gave him a blank look, but a small paw reached the pocket of the Eric jacket, and quickly pulled out several small pieces of paper filled with contact information from the two sides of the pocket. (To be continued.)