I’m in Hollywood Chapter 414: Sequel

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Chapter 414

Although I did not see an unpleasant look from Eric, Jim Carrey still eagerly defended: "No, Mr. Williams, Carr does not mean this, I really hope to be able to work with you. But this contract seems to Not much about movies? "

"For the sake of confidentiality of the project, we can only discuss things about the film after the contract is negotiated."

Carl Maxim interjected again and said: "Mr. Williams, I would like to take the liberty to ask, is Kim's character the actor?"

Eric nodded and said: "This is of course, otherwise I will not be so expensive. And I am very optimistic about the movie project in my hand, and I am very sure that this movie can lead the actor to the ranks of first-line stars, so This contract is not harsh, but a very fair exchange of interests. Do n’t forget that the two major Hollywood performers ’unions have 200,000 people waiting for such opportunities every day, and more than 90% of them are in their lifetime It ’s impossible to wait. My time is very tight, so I ’m sorry I ca n’t give you too much time to consider. If you do n’t agree, you can only say sorry, and I will immediately arrange another candidate. ”

Jim Carrey glanced at manager nervously. Carl Maxim originally planned to ask Eric to give them a few days to think about it. Hearing Eric said that, he could only give Jim Carrey a look that made him think. But from the bottom of my heart, Carl Maxim still hopes that Jim Carrey can agree. As Eric said, many Actors mixed in Hollywood may not necessarily get such opportunities in their lifetime.

Jim Carrey quickly made up his mind and asked: "Mr. Williams, are we going to sign a contract now?"

Eric smiled a little: "Yes. Of course, you can also notify your lawyer to come over and review the contract again. If there is no problem, we can sign the contract in the morning. Within a week you will See script. "

Jim Carrey exchanged several glances with manager again, then nodded and agreed.

The next thing will no longer require Eric to intervene in person. After Alan took two people away, Elizabeth asked: "Eric, you just said that he could see script, script within a week?"

Eric took an outline from the file cabinet and handed it to Elizabeth: "This is the outline of the story I wrote. The details of script screenwriter are still being revised."

Elizabeth picked up a few sheets of paper and glanced at the title above: "" Dumb and Dumber ", oh, the name is comedy, and the name is really not level."

Eric sits down on an office chair. Ignoring the habitual sarcasm of little girl, I picked up a pending document and looked at it. I won Jim Carrey and Firefly. The achievements in comedy in the next few years are absolutely unparalleled. Jim Carrey is a rare comedy in the history of Hollywood. One of the kings mentioned the Hollywood 20 million remuneration club, many people listed a series of names Hollywood superstar, but the first in Hollywood history to get 20 million USD remuneration. Not Schwarzenegger, not Stallone, nor Harrison Ford. And it is Jim Carrey.

Eric has seen a lot of Jim Carrey movies, and the one with the deepest memory is of course that "The Mask", "The Mask" is also one of the pinnacle works of Jim Carrey.

The reason why I chose "Dumb and Dumber" in front of me is mainly because of the copyright problem. "The Mask" is a comic work of Dark Horse Comics in 1980, although Eric investigates that the comic film copyright is still there. But now to buy copyright for this comic, it must pay a great price. In addition to conceivable competitors, the dark horse comics will certainly sit on the ground.

However, Eric has already figured out a good time. It is precisely after the release of "Cutthroat Island" that Disney and Robert Shay are co-producing that Robert Shay took away the "Cutthroat Island" script from him. Hollywood is well known. Once this movie is like original, Box Office failed, then I want to compete with Eric for script , Those people have to think about whether it is a trap again.

As for the original author of "Dumb and Dumber", brother Ferrari, there is no shadow in Hollywood. After Eric registered the story, it was handed over to the Firefly screenwriter department for improvement.

In addition to "Dumb and Dumber", Eric also found screenwriter and Director Tom Shadyac of Jim Carrey's other work "Ace Ventura", and the other party also registered a script similar to "Ace Ventura" in the screenwriter association.

Originally, Tom Shadyac and Jim Carrey have collaborated on many movies, but Tom Shadyac is still a lesser-known screenwriter under Warner Film Industry. Eric has already begun to dig the other party and put it in the "Dumb and Dumber" ​​crew to practice, and then you can Jim Carrey forms a fixed partner.

I read the outline of "Dumb and Dumber" in my hand. Although I did n’t feel anything special, I was in a trust of Eric. Elizabeth did not express much doubt, but just asked: "Eric, you have a suitable Director candidate for this story Is it? "

"Hmm, have you seen" The Adventures of Abi Adi "? I plan to let the film's Director Stephen Herek direct this movie, Oh is right, these are your things, I will let the details as soon as possible. It ’s up to you, you just have to take out the film before the end of the year. ”

Elizabeth said: "What about" Thelma & Louise "? I finally persuaded Ridley Scott to direct this movie. Now you have asked me to prepare" Dumb and Dumber ". I am definitely too busy."

"Isn't there still Drew to help you, let's say, if you do Boss, you must be hands-on, that is not tired to death, wouldn't you hire a professional producer?"

"Of course I can think of it, but ... consider as finished, I don't want to explain it to you."

Eric looks at the girl ’s strong appearance, and can think of it. Elizabeth wants to exercise more: "If you do n’t want to explain, do n’t stay here. I still have a lot of work to do. I have to go to Oklahoma tomorrow. , Only to return after a week. A lot of things are waiting for me today. "

Elizabeth grabbed the words of Eric and retorted: "Your Boss is still a must-do, and be careful of premature aging Oh."

"Even if you are premature aging, you can be easily cleaned up. If you are okay, go out and take the door with you, not send it."

Elizabeth hummed and stood up just about to leave. Immediately sat down again, prostrated his head on the other side of the desk, and asked with some anticipation: "Hey, that, the Oscar awards ceremony at the end of the month. Who do you plan to take ... Take who will take red carpet?"

Eric looked up and asked directly: "Do you want to join me?"

Elizabeth blushed. Dare not to face Eric's gaze, humming like a mosquito with his head down.

Eric shook his head: "I'm so sorry, I plan to leave red carpet alone."

"Why?"

"Because there are too many women, I do n’t take anyone well, so I do n’t bring them at all."

Elizabeth glared at Eric: "You are really ... straightforward."

"Okay. Be good, don't be fooled. If you feel uncomfortable walking alone red carpet, just bring Julia, I will be more generous, I will not pursue you for lily things."

"Ah, don't think I can't find another male partner to walk red carpet together."

Eric narrowed its eyes slightly: "You can give it a try."

Elizabeth hummed a little guilty and ignored Eric. Get up and leave his office.

Jim Carrey signed the contract with Firefly that morning, but Eric did not take the time to see each other again, the next day. He took the special effects team in the digital field and several major crew members of "Twister" to fly to Oklahoma.

Oklahoma is located in the south central part of United States, at the beginning of the southern part of the United States Headquarters Twister corridor. Since April of each year, Oklahoma has been subject to frequent looting of Twister.

For a whole week, the crew ran around in many areas in the north of Oklahoma, which was still the case when the previous team of Kanjing did a lot of work. Otherwise, it is impossible to complete these tasks in a week.

In addition to framing. Eric also retrieved a large amount of real data about Twister at a meteorological institute in Oklahoma City.

After a week, Eric Took most of them back Los Angeles . But there was also a five-person working group responsible for communication Eric Selected shoots Location, with Oklahoma Government negotiations on " Twister 》 shoots Tax rebate issue, although now United States The tax refund amount in each state is not as high as ten years later, but compared to the " Twister 》 The production cost, even if the tax refund rate is low, is a very objective figure.

It is already March 9th to return to Los Angeles. As the base camp of Hollywood, the upcoming 63rd Oscar atmosphere will become more and more intense.

The nominations for this Oscar have already been announced. In addition to the horror film 《The Silence of the Lambs》, which was nominated for the best film more than ten years later, "The Godfather3" by Francis Coppola Director, "Goodfellas" by Martin Scorsese, and Penny.Marshall "Awakenings" is a popular movie in this awards season.

In addition, the original time and space should have a best film nomination "Ghost" this time but did not get this nomination. There is no doubt that this is not the quality of the film but the main factor is Eric Age issues. Although this movie is good enough, the film school ’s old-fashioned old man may subconsciously think that Eric is so young, and this movie has achieved enough success on Box Office, then there is no such urgent need to fight for such an important Oscar nomination Too.

Eric did n’t care about this kind of thing. Even if he won the nomination for the best film, if he could n’t win the award, it would n’t be very helpful for Ghost. This movie has already been downgraded and is destined to be Write in the history book of Hollywood love movie.

Except for "Ghost", Firefly has nothing to do on Oscar. Although Kathryn's "Point Break" received a good evaluation, but because of its political views biased towards anarchism, in Oscar Of course, Shanghai is doomed to get nothing, not even a nomination.

Two other "Sleeping with the Enemy" and "Basic Instinct" related to Firefly, of course, only won Box Office, and did not do much in the awards. Although there is basically no Firefly in this session of Oscar, but after returning to Los Angeles, Eric had to take the time to participate in several PR party and personally lobbied for 《The Silence of the Lambs》.

In the days before Oscar, while doing public relations for 《The Silence of the Lambs》, Elizabeth and Drew also started preparations for "Dumb and Dumber", and at the same time completely handed over the movie "Thelma & Louise" to Ridley Scott. Ridley Scott is still famous in Hollywood, not to mention the works in memory. Now Ridley Scott has already released 《Alien》 and "Blade Runner" and other works in shoots, and the qualifications are enough to be the Director and Producer of the movie "Thelma & Louise".

While preparing for "Twister", Eric also began to pay attention to other works of the Firefly production department. In the plan, Firefly plans to release five films this year, but only Toy Story, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Dumb and Dumber have been identified "In addition to this, two other films need to be prepared.

Hollywood is not short of films waiting to be produced, and there are many works in the Firefly and New Line's accumulated film library that can be used to make sequels. Of course, the "Home Alone" series must not be ignored. Eric's passion for making this series is not Very high, the reason is mainly because in memory, the third part of previous life "Home Alone" Box Office is only one tenth of second part, but the production cost is not much worse than second part. Although it is not necessary to switch to a small protagonist like previous life, the risks that are difficult to predict cannot be ignored. Eric even intends to sell the sequel copyright of this series.

In addition to "Home Alone", Columbia once again proposed the idea of ​​making a 《Running Out of Time》 sequel. This time, even Tom Cruise has moved on to this idea. After all, 《Running Out of Time》 is a super-selling work that has received global 500 million USD Box Office. After Cruise established its own portal, although the first large-scale production 《Days of Thunder》 can not be said that Box Office is pale, but relative to the huge cost of 80 million USD, 《Days of Thunder》 can be said to remain Is a failed work. In this case, there is no Film Studio dare to rashly cooperate with Tom Cruise to make movies. Having just established a portal, Cruise was unwilling to return to the path of small and medium-sized literary and artistic films, so he contacted Columbia and got this idea. (To be continued)