I’m in Hollywood Chapter 415: Two options
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Columbia's current CEO is Peter Guber. After Sony acquired Columbia, it also spent 200 million USD to acquire the Peter Guber production company and invited the other party to be the helm of Columbia. The "new meeting" brought by the seven new helmsmen for Sony is an copyright lawsuit with Warner Film Industry. The specific content of the lawsuit Eric is not very clear, but the result is that Sony pays again to settle this lawsuit 800 million USD compensation.
Eric still remembers the original air, because of the squandering of Peter Guber, Sony-Columbia has suffered a loss of up to 2.7 billion USD on the books in just a few years. It is rumored that the founder of Sony and the place of Chairman Akio Morita came down, following this unprecedented huge loss The M & A case has a lot to do.
However, although Peter Guber is mediocre, it is very good at drilling, and knows how to please the seniors of Japan Sony to stabilize its position. He knew that after Sony acquired Columbia, what he wanted to see most was that Columbia could help Sony gain fame as soon as possible. Therefore, after taking control of Columbia, Peter Guber could not wait to launch several large-scale movie projects. Last summer, Schwarzenegger The starring "Total Recall" and the "Hook" currently being produced by Spielberg are both promoted by Peter Guber.
Big production, big Director and big stars are the main policies of Peter Guber to make movies. As long as it can bring enough influence, whether the investment is rational and whether the cost can be recovered, it is not a problem that this new Columbia helm considers.
When Tom Cruise actively contacted Columbia, hoping to restart the 《Running Out of Time》 project, Columbia immediately showed great enthusiasm, after all. Although the previous 《Days of Thunder》 of Cruise was unsuccessful, it did not have much impact on the status of Cruise in Hollywood, because for Hollywood first-line stars, there are usually three chances of failure. If three consecutive movies fail. Only then will the coffee be damaged.
When Eric learned about this, Columbia has even discussed several preliminary script plans with Tom Cruise.
When I came to talk with Eric about the sequel of 《Running Out of Time》, it was still Amy Pascal. When Amy entered the office of Eric, Eric was already looking at the project documents delivered by Columbia in advance.
Because this matter is led by Tom Cruise, plus Eric is not very keen on the 《Running Out of Time》 sequel, and Hanks said that he would not participate in 《Running Out of Time》 without Eric. Columbia simply got rid of Eric and Hanks and intends to develop a 《Running Out of Time》 prequel featuring robber Andy as Tom Cruise.
The location of the movie story in the new script is at United Kingdom London, where Andy ’s father Peter died.
At the beginning of the story, Andy had not yet discovered that he was sick, and was a villain of ‘son inheritance’. A kind girl was involved in a smuggling business involved in Andy. Like many stories, Andy was gradually moved by the kindness of the girl, and discovered the fact that she was terminally ill by accident, and finally made the right choice. . The story is also interspersed with some Andy father Peter foreshadowed by his students. The plot develops to the end, good people get good rewards, bad people get punished. Andy laid a beautiful lie on the girl, and said that she would go to Los Angeles to settle some things and leave alone in the girl's reluctance.
In the eyes of Eric. This story is very good, but strictly speaking, except for Andy, the new story has nothing to do with 《Running Out of Time》, and there are not even many that can reflect the name 《Running Out of Time》, which is completely Atango's personal show. Even if this sequel succeeds. Then the brand 《Running Out of Time》 completely changed the taste, because the reputation accumulated in the first part plot may also suffer greatly. This series may be obsolete.
In Eric's opinion, even if it is a shoots sequel. It must be dominated by Shane starring Tom Hanks. As in "Batman", a classic villain appears in each part. This is the best way to continue this series perfectly.
After entering the office of Eric, Amy Pascal simply greeted Eric and sat quietly on the sofa in the reception area, patiently waiting for Eric to read the documents in his hand.
Amy Pascal finished a cup of coffee, Eric also roughly browsed the documents in his hand.
"Eric, what do you think?" Amy and other Eric sat down opposite themselves, and could not wait to ask, if Eric let go, she would be able to take the lead in this project.
Eric did not answer this question, but tentatively said: "Has Sony Film Industry signed a cooperation agreement with Cruise?"
Amy did not expect that Eric would suddenly ask this question. Without any psychological preparation for a while, it was inevitable that there were some flaws on his face.
Eric did not chase it down, he just expressed his dissatisfaction with Columbia and Cruise negotiations without authorization. Firefly, after all, owns half of 《Running Out of Time》 copyright. Columbia does so, it can be said that it is an offense against Firefly, if Eric Investigating carefully, any contract signed by Sony and Cruise on 《Running Out of Time》 will be invalidated, but he does not intend to do so.
"Amy, according to your proposal, this series has completely deviated from the theme of 《Running Out of Time》 and has become a normal action movie. Although the popularity of first part plus the appeal of Cruise ’s Box Office, this movie may be successful. Sex is great, but because of deviation, it is not so easy to think about making a sequel. "
Amy Pascal saw that Eric did n’t catch the problem just now and let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Eric, in fact, Columbia still hopes you and Mr. Hanks can join this movie together."
Eric shook his head slightly and smiled: "I have roughly understood some things about" Hook ". This film Sony is not only responsible for all the investment, but also promised to Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams three people together 40 % Omni-channel profit sharing. Firefly owns half of 《Running Out of Time》's copyright. In this case, how much should I share with Hanks and Cruise? "
Amy said indifferently: "Eric, as long as you can join the movie. Nothing is impossible to talk about."
"But that certainly does not meet my psychological expectations," Eric smiled: "And, my work plan for the next few years has been fully determined, plus I still need to take care of Firefly business, There is simply no time to take care of a big production movie. "
Amy just showed a light regretful look. But there is no regret in my heart.
In fact, at the internal meeting of Columbia, she raised this issue. With Firefly's current status in Hollywood, Eric as the absolute master of Firefly, her company's affairs are still too busy, it is unlikely to go to other Film directed by Film Studio. Even the possibility of cooperation is extremely low.
"Eric, in fact, you can just name one Producer like Mr. Spielberg. You do n’t need to do anything, you can get a huge share. Do you think this is ok?"
Spielberg has to name Producer in four or five movies on average every year, which also makes him one of the highest Producer of cumulative Box Office of Hollywood, but most of them are just a name, and the movie has not participated from the beginning to the end, Spielberg also mocked himself for this However, Eric does not intend to do this. Although Spielberg has a very high status in Hollywood, this way of naming Producer has also attracted a lot of negative effects for him. Many things have nothing to do with him, but because Spielberg's is the most famous, once the situation of the movie appears. Black Pot was also accidentally buckled on his head.
After thinking for a while, Eric did n’t say what I just thought about creating a series based on Hanks. For a movie such as Cruise or Hanks, once any movie has more than three sequels in shoots, most of the profits will fall In these hands, Film Studio is working for the other party. Even if the relationship between Eric and Hanks is good, it is impossible to force the reward of Hanks. Therefore, many movies of Hollywood can only support trilogy. When restarting again, in order to minimize costs. Most of them will change the protagonist, or keep the protagonist, and replace all other supporting roles.
"So, Amy, Firefly will not participate in this production, but I have two cooperation schemes, one is a single license, 30 million USD. The other, Firefly sells half of 《Running Out of Time》 copyright 100 million USD to Columbia. "
After Eric was finished, he picked up the coffee in front of him and drank slowly, giving Amy Pascal some time to think.
Although the temptation to buy out is great, it is also very risky. So far, Hollywood has been able to produce three movie series with more than three sequels. Even if there are, they are basically those that can be sold every year. Making a low-cost horror movie, even if it has the potential to produce more than three sequels, the time span often reaches more than ten years. In comparison, it is more cost-effective to buy a single license for 30 million USD.
Amy did not consider how long, if she has the right to decide, then she will not hesitate to choose the former scheme proposed by Eric, which can avoid risks to the greatest extent, and, compared with the previous 《Running Out of Time》 The Box Office score, 30 million price is also very cost-effective.
Unfortunately, although she has already occupied the position of Columbia Vice Chairman, involving tens of millions of USD investment, Amy does not have any decision-making power.
And Amy Pascal vaguely felt that Eric seemed to have taken these into consideration. She even soon thought that Eric threw this scheme, which is actually equivalent to giving Columbia a bait, with the character of Peter Guber, Amy can be sure, Peter Guber Will choose the latter buyout plan.
"Eric, most people in this sequel project are very optimistic. The results achieved with 《Running Out of Time》 first part, even if the sequel cost exceeds 50 million USD, the Box Office score shrinks by 30, it can still bring considerable profits, why choose this kind of What about the plan? "
“I do n’t have the energy to take care of this project again,” Eric said: “And Firefly just happens to lack funds, so I plan to cash out 《Running Out of Time》 ’s copyright.”
Although Eric got nearly 8 billion USD from the Petroleum market, in order to achieve the unexpected effect of acquiring Disney's, Eric does not intend to use this money too much, so the operation of Firefly still needs to rely on the production of its own film. profit.
Although "Toy Story" has not been released yet, because of the strong confidence in the 3D animation, Eric has asked Pixar to proceed with the preparation of the next animation movie, which will cost money, plus the recent company integration Expansion, the construction of the company's photography base, drove away the funds of Robert Shay, "Toy Story" and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" announcement, and "Twister" about to start shooting, Firefly's original funds were quickly consumed.
Amy Pascal remembered a series of recent major actions of Firefly and realized that the funds of Firefly may be in tension. In this case, perhaps the price could be lowered a little, but she immediately dismissed this idea. Although Eric is young, it has already been It has become a hard-line faction known to everyone in Hollywood. His biggest characteristic is that he does not like to engage in protracted negotiations with people. Once Eric has an advantage, he will not even negotiate at all.
It can be seen from a lot of information that Firefly is not lacking in movie projects. Eric even has a dispensable attitude towards hot movies such as 《Running Out of Time》 copyright, which means that Eric is not likely to do so in terms of price Compromise, and Sony-Columbia is different, Peter Guber is now in urgent need of large-scale production projects to expand the influence of Sony Film Industry, and consolidate its position. If you know the conditions for Eric, the mood to win copyright is definitely very urgent, so in terms of price Don't think of any looseness.
"Eric, I don't have the authority to make this decision. I need to go back and ask Mr. Guber."
"No problem, I'm waiting for your good news," Eric stood up and sent Amy Pascal out of the office.
Sony-Columbia has not been considered for too long, just as Eric thought, intends to negotiate with Firefly with the second option. Prior to the Oscar, the negotiations between Firefly and Columbia on 《Running Out of Time》 copyright directly grabbed the limelight of Oscar. (To be continued)