I’m in Hollywood Chapter 421: It’s finally time to shoot
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Murdoch was thinking about this, so ignoring the other meaning of the Eric problem, he said frankly: "Liz is just a woman, I still hope that Lachlan and James can pick up my class."
Eric did n’t say anything. Murdoch was born in a conservative family in Australia. The patriarchal mind does n’t need to be much weaker than the Orientals. If Elizabeth cannot achieve overwhelming achievements, it is not easy to control News Corp Things.
Talk a few things about Oscar at random, Murdoch talks about a series of big moves of Firefly recently, and two movies "Toy Story" and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" will be released at the same time in the summer Firefly.
Although "Toy Story" played a trailer on Super Bowl two months ago, whether this animated film completely different from the traditional 2D animation will be accepted by the audience is completely unknown. As a giant of the Hollywood animation industry or Speaking of the monopolist, after playing the trailer of "Toy Story", Disney felt that his position in the animation field would be threatened, and used various channels in his hands to attack "Toy Story" either explicitly or implicitly.
In order to prevent the film from being finalized due to the discrediting of competitors before it is released, Firefly has only released a 20 million USD promotional budget for "Toy Story" in North America, which is equivalent to 50% of the production cost of this animated film. .
The situation of "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" seems to be even more optimistic. Because the lesson of "The Abyss", many people think that Cameron will once again indulge in the exploration of film technology and produce a film that is well-known but not popular. What's more, many people know " "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" has become a first part movie with a cost of over 100 million yuan in the history of Hollywood, plus announcement. This movie needs at least Box Office of global 300 million USD to recover the cost on Box Office, while the global Box Office of the last "The Abyss" of Cameron is only 80 million. In the eyes of outsiders, Firefly wants to recover the investment. Will face tremendous pressure.
In view of the period before Oscar, Firefly sold the hot 《Running Out of Time》 copyright to Columbia, many companies think that Firefly has already faced a situation of tight funds. Hollywood seven major Film Studio may encounter this situation every two years. Although many people know that Eric participated in two consecutive fluctuations in the crude oil Petroleum market in the first half of the year, Firefly did not do much afterwards. Many people think that Eric does not make much profit from it. So the Murdoch mentality has also become active. Perhaps this is another opportunity to invest in Firefly. Although the Eric character is not a good person, there is always no loss in trying.
After chatting with Eric for a while, Murdoch asked: "Eric. Firefly and 《Running Out of Time》 have been sold. Are funds for this period of time very tight?"
"Okay," Eric immediately heard the meaning of old man. It seemed that similar words were heard last year. That time, Murdoch personally sent them to the door, but this time, Eric did not make any concessions at all. Meaning, he finally said that Firefly is completely in his hands. Without a last resort, it is impossible to introduce any shareholder: "Mr. Murdoch, Firefly has just returned to me. So I will not sell any more shares, so I think we should not mention this topic, maybe we Can talk about others. "
Murdoch directly refused when he saw Eric. He smiled. He hadn't reported much expectations, so Eric's rejection was not too lost. Just say: "Eric, you should know. Investing in movies is a very risky behavior, and you may lose money if you don't pay attention. So it is a very cost-effective thing to share the risk through cooperation. I think you are in The bet on "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" is too big. The loss of Fox caused by the last "The Abyss" of James Cameron has not been recovered. Even until now, there is still a gap of about 20 million USD, but this is not too bad for Fox. Big impact, because this movie was jointly invested by Fox and several other investors. Although there was a big loss, it was not distributed to Fox. "
"Actually, things can't be said," Eric replied: "The film projects jointly invested are basically Film Studio, which is not too important. I think Warner will definitely not jointly develop the" Batman "series with outsiders, 《Star Wars》 The series will certainly not introduce external investors. "
Murdoch saw that there was no fooling around Eric, and then said: "Speaking of it, you promised to let Fox release" Home Alone ", there was no movement last year, this year can not be delayed, that ... called Stewart. Langke The little guy is ten years old, and then two years old, it is estimated that it is no longer suitable for the actor. "
"At present, we are already in contact with caa. Last year, the price offered by the other party was too ridiculous, so Firefly temporarily stranded this project."
"Eric, since you can sell 《Running Out of Time》, do you think it is possible to transfer copyright of" Home Alone "to Fox."
Eric quickly thought about the suggestion of Murdoch. He had already had such an idea before. According to the internal evaluation of Firefly, the cost of the third part of the "Home Alone" series will be between 40 million and 50 million USD, and the estimate of North America Box Office It is only about 100 million USD, so this sequel is likely to be profitable only through overseas distribution and video and other peripherals. Perhaps selling the development rights of this project directly is the easiest and most direct way to make money. Although it may earn less, it has won a lot of time and energy and invested in other projects.
However, Eric does not intend to sell all the copyright of "Home Alone". The acquisition of Disney's has been carried out in secret. Once this plan succeeds, as "Home Alone", which has a very important position in the hearts of children, after Disney's Channel development and Disneyland's "Home Alone" theme will bring a lot of profits.
"Mr. Murdoch, copyright of" Home Alone "I will not transfer, but Firefly does not have much time and effort to spend on this project, so if Fox has this intention, Firefly can authorize the development rights of the Disney sequel . "
Murdoch's heart is consider as finished. He agreed.
However, neither of them was in a hurry to negotiate a specific cooperation agreement. copyright of "Home Alone" has already involved too many things, which will not be negotiated in a moment and a half, and can only be handed over to the staff of Firefly and Fox to negotiate slowly .
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After the Oscar award ceremony, the media rightfully commented on this Oscar. 《The Silence of the Lambs》 relies on excellent quality. Although it is not guilty to win the prize, it still has a lot of doubts in accordance with the usual practice. However, neither the winners nor the film school have responded to these doubts.
Because it was repeatedly mentioned at the award ceremony. The scene on the stage when Elizabeth got the best film is still memorable for many people. For TV viewers, maybe Eric is just a topic of discussion after dinner, but in Hollywood, this situation also heralds the influence of Eric. Come bigger.
As Billy Crystal finally teased. The executives of Hollywood Film Studio finally found out that Eric is no longer desperately making several movies every year, but this man appeared at the Oscar awards ceremony. Although none of the seven major Film Studios operate the Oscar film as their main business, the influence and peripheral economic benefits brought by Oscar are still a big cake, and in the past few years, most of this cake has already belonged to the seven major Yes, Eric suddenly intervened, and they were once again facing the enemy.
However, none of this affects Eric cents. The preparatory work for "Twister" has been completed, and the film crew of more than 200 people has gone to Oklahoma in batches, which can be turned on at any time.
Eric spent another few days in Los Angeles. Finalized the negotiation with Fox about the authorization of "Home Alone". Firefly plans to produce and release five films this year. Before Oscar, four films "Toy Story", "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", "Dumb and Dumber" and "The Heat" have been determined. The last few days of Eric's stay in Los Angeles finally determined the last film It is the sequel of the original new line's signature series 《A Nightmare on Elm Street》.
Because Box Office of the fourth part of the 《A Nightmare on Elm Street》 series failed. When Robert Shay was still in Firefly, he planned to make another final sequel. There are even some first drafts of script, and what Eric has done is to finalize this project thoroughly. Temporarily named "Death of Freddy", unless this sequel can be a big explosion, otherwise, after this sequel, Eric will temporarily seal this project, and wait for ten or eight years, when Hollywood remake is popular and then come out.
In addition to 《A Nightmare on Elm Street》, Eric will not forget to pay attention to Disney's "Cutthroat Island", this movie has been turned on in February, Disney has not stopped all kinds of promotion of this movie, Oscar award ceremony also The role of an award guest was specially designed for Director Renny Harlin and Geena Davis public relations, and even turned out the optimistic news that this script was originally Eric.
According to a series of exhaustive news on various newspaper media, "Cutthroat Island" is framing shoots in the Mediterranean island country of Malta. It may even be transferred to Thailand for field shoots. TV Station occasionally releases some tidbits. Moreover, it is said that the original investment of the movie was set at 70 million USD, but because of the rush to work, there are now clearly signs of overspending. Disney and Robert Shay are also bachelors. After learning that Terminator 2: Judgement Day has invested more than 100 million yuan, they also announced "Cutthroat Island" The cost will also exceed 100 million USD.
Although there are still three months before the two films are released, there is already a splash between "Cutthroat Island" and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", and the media is very keen to compare the two films together for comparison. The news Eric always produces an inexplicable sense of joy. The only comparability between the two movies may be recorded in the history of Hollywood movies.
At New York, while taking care of Firefly investment, Chris has not relaxed its absorption of Disney stock. In February, it also bought the largest 0.9% share from a shareholder of Disney's. Chris expects Before July, you can absorb a total of about 10% of Disney stock through several different channels. At that time, if the bona fide acquisition cannot succeed, Eric can use its bargaining chips to initiate a hostile takeover over Disney.
On March 28th, Eric took the last crew of the crew of "Twister" and flew to Oklahoma located in the central and southern part of United States.
Compared with the densely populated east and west coasts, the interior of United States can be described as a sparsely populated area. Taking Oklahoma as an example, the capital of the state is Oklahoma City, which is also the largest city in Honshu. The surrounding population is even scarcer.
The shoots location of "Twister" was not in Oklahoma City, but was chosen near a small town named Ponca in the northeast of Oklahoma. The crew set up a lot of sets around Ponca City, such as Heroine Aunt Qiu ’s home town, convoy Hotels that stopped before encountering the extraordinarily large Twister, etc., because these need to be destroyed in the later stage of the movie shoots, it is impossible to rent a real house for shoots.
The largest film produced before Eric will be 《Running Out of Time》, but the investment of that film is only more than 30 million, and it is still shoots in Los Angeles, which is very convenient in various conditions. In comparison, "Twister" is the real first part big production movie controlled by Eric.
This film not only invests in 70 million USD, but also all the crew of the crew totaled more than 200 people. In addition to the groups directly controlled by Eric, there are three deputies Director responsible for the three teams, and the three deputies Director each have a clear Division of labor, one is responsible for shoots of the day, one is responsible for finishing the previous day's shoots, and the last group is preparing for the next day shoots.
Except for the cultural drama, a large number of Twister shots of the crew need to be as shoots as possible on a cloudy day. Therefore, it is impossible for the shoots plan to rigidly specify which scene is shoots on a certain day, and it is necessary to flexibly change shoots according to the local weather. It is planned that in order to guarantee the crew shoots as much as possible, Eric even let the logistics team customize a huge gauze of hundreds of square meters. Once the suitable weather conditions cannot be found for a long time, the crew will hire several tower cranes The net is propped up to create gloomy weather by artificially creating gloomy light. (To be continued)