I’m in Hollywood Chapter 523: Sullen loss

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Eric also remembered some information about "Much Ado About Nothing". Since this movie was for Oscar, it seems that first part has gone wrong. I do n’t know who came up with this idea to be released in May. Now, if it doesn't cause much impact, then the heat of the movie in the annual lottery season should also be dissipated.

Eric estimates that the production company wants to take advantage of the hot summer season to recover some Box Office. However, he did not think of any connection between the film and Oscar. It is estimated that there was no splash on the Box Office and nothing was awarded at the award.

However, these are not of concern to Eric.

When Michelle Simmons is finished, Eric gets up and thinks for a moment, saying: "Well, I will send you some script clips later, you ask them to record some audition videos, and then send the tape to me. . "

Although Michelle Simmons realizes that Eric is more optimistic about these two Actresss, it still asks: "Mr. Williams, I brought back a total of eight girls. I think, maybe they can all participate in an audition."

Eric heard the hesitant tone of Michelle Simmons and immediately realized the difficulty of the other party. The girls brought back by Michelle Simmons must have been entrusted to her by the acquaintances in the movie circle of Europe. If the other party came to Los Angeles for a long distance If one audition fails to participate, then Michelle Simmons is difficult to do: "Well, let them all participate in the audition."

"Mr. Williams, maybe, I can take them to New York, do you see it in person?" Michelle Simmons made another suggestion.

Eric was stunned and smiled: "Michelle, you should know my recent situation, I am not convenient to show up, you can do this matter, you can also find Drew to arrange this audition together, she will be responsible in the future 《Charlie's Angels》 production. You can get familiar with it in advance. "

"Okay, then I know," Michelle Simmons said no more, and hung up the phone after a few more chats.

Two days later. A group of girls ’audition videotapes were sent to Eric. Eric spent a few hours watching the videotapes, and did not see the talented girl who was too amazing in acting, and sent her original decision to Los Angeles. Michelle Simmons hands. Subsequently, through the introduction of John Wu. Firefly found Yuan Jiaban martial arts coach in original from across the ocean, responsible for training three women.

Time is always passing fast, and it is already in late May. All the movies in the summer season have entered the final promotion period. Although the main promotion of "Jurassic Park" is a line of Actor in the movie, however, Eric Director throughout the promotion process It is too much to not attend any occasions, at least Jeffrey and others think so. During a call, Jerry Bruckheimer also complained about some publicity occasions that should be attended by Eric. Most of them were replaced by his producer, and he jokingly asked Eric to raise his salary.

In two months, Eric basically only contacted the outside world by phone and email, and even rarely went out. People often come to visit, but everyone knows the Eric's scruples. When they came to visit, they were very cautious. In addition, the original manor went to the empty building. paparazzi thought that Eric had already taken the woman away. Long Island, so. The residence of Eric has never been photographed by paparazzi.

However, as the release date of "Jurassic Park" is getting closer, Eric will eventually have to rush back to Los Angeles to host the final stage of the movie, and. The premiere of the movie, Eric Director can not be absent.

Peter Guber got off the bus and took the assistant into the Firefly Pictures Headquarters building. After the front desk informed him, he quickly walked into the elevator and walked all the way to the office on the top floor of Eric.

Hello to the assistant outside the Eric office. I knocked on the door and pushed open the door of Eric's office room. When I saw the young man sitting behind the desk, Peter Guber seemed to see his relatives, and came over with a smile on his face: "Eric, you finally came back." /

Eric smiled at Peter Guber and hurriedly said a few words on the phone before getting up and laughing: "Peter, you have just heard that sentence more than a hundred times in the past two days."

"Haha, that just shows how much you miss you. By the way, did I receive my gifts for the little guys?" Peter Guber and Eric embraced and asked.

"Of course, thank you, they like it, let's sit over there." Eric pointed to the guest sofa and pressed the phone to ask the secretary to help make coffee before sitting down on the sofa with Peter Guber.

After the secretary delivered the coffee and left the office, Peter Guber could n’t wait to say: “Eric, the global release of“ Mr. & Mrs. Smith ”is almost over. We really ca n’t wait any longer. When you left, you told me. I, will consider our next few movie projects. "

"Of course, Peter, I have always kept this matter in mind," Eric picked up the coffee, gently blown it, and said: "Don't worry, how about the coffee first."

Peter Guber has been dragged down by Eric, so he took a sip of his coffee and pretended to take a sip, and soon put down the coffee cup: "Eric, I heard that you are now preparing the movie version of" Charlie's Angels " If you do n’t have other projects for the time being, I think this movie is also okay. You know, we still have a contract for four movies, but there is less than two years left. "

Eric heard Peter Guber say this, put down the coffee cup and said: "Peter," Charlie's Angels "will definitely not work, I will arrange this movie separately."

Peter Guber was just a tentative test. When Eric disagreed, he said again: "So, how about letting Wu prepare for the sequel of" Mr. & Mrs. Smith "immediately, we can't do nothing at all?"

"Relax, Peter, please wait a moment," Eric said, got up and found a folder next to the file cabinet, and came over and handed him: "I said, I will take this matter to heart , You see, I have found the project. "

When Peter Guber saw that something was finally coming, he could n’t wait to open the folder that Eric passed over.

"" Jumanji ", what type is this?" Peter Guber asked while turning over the information. After reading a few pages, he said, "This is a children's literary work in 1981." Um, how come I do n’t know that there is still the right to adapt such a work in the copyright library of Columbia? "

When Eric heard Peter Guber say this, he couldn't help rolling his eyes. This guy thought about benefiting from Columbia all day long. How can there be time to pay attention to this kind of thing.

Jumanji is a work of United States's famous children's writer Chris Van Allsburg in 1981. It tells a magical board game similar to a monopoly. This board can call out various characters and animals in another time and space, which triggered Series of magical stories.

A few years after the release of the novel, the film's adaptation rights were bought by the then Columbia Film Studio. However, because the movie requires a lot of special effects, but the operation of Columbia Film Studio is not very good, plus the special effects technology is very immature, the management dare not take the risk of spending huge sums of money to produce such a movie, so copyright has been shelved.

When Peter Guber urged Eric more than two months ago, Eric requested their copyright reserves from Columbia, so they discovered the adaptation rights of this novel, together with "Jumanji", there was another comic The right of adaptation.

Looking at the look of Peter Guber reading slowly, Eric directly said: "Peter. This is just the first project, there is another one below."

"There is still?" Peter Guber turned down in surprise, and quickly found another movie name: "Men in Black, I seem to have heard of this, this is a comic two years ago, I can't think of ... "Speaking of which, the Peter Guber expression finally showed a little embarrassment:" Unexpectedly, the copyright of this comic is also here in Columbia. "

Eric no longer urges Peter Guber this time, let the other party read the information slowly and then say: "Peter. According to the agreement we signed at the time, the copyright of the five movies are shared by both parties, so if you want to make two Project, you need to sign the copyright sharing agreement in advance. "

Peter Guber froze. The adaptation rights of these two works can be enjoyed exclusively by Columbia Film Studio, and if according to the original agreement, the copyright will become Firefly in the blink of an eye, and if there is no sequel within a few years, the part of Columbia copyright will even automatically return to Firefly here.

This kind of thing, which is very bad at all, makes Peter Guber feel very uncomfortable. Looked up and picked up the coffee again. Eric and Peter Guber, who were drinking slowly, had the idea of ​​making these two movies apart from Firefly.

However, this thought just flashed in my mind. Soon, Peter Guber was a bit discouraged. In the material I just saw, these two movies are projects where special effects account for a large proportion, a monster beast Everywhere is rampant, one alien is running all over again. If Firefly is set aside, then the digital field is likely to no longer participate in the special effects production of these two movies. In Hollywood, I want to find enough technical strength to make these two movies. The special effects company is not such an easy task. Even Industrial Light & Magic, which was a standout a few years ago, may not be able to play. In the past two years, anyone at Hollywood knows that because of the rise of the digital field, Industrial Light & Magic has begun to decline. Especially in terms of computer CG, Industrial Light & Magic has been thrown away by a few streets in the digital field.

Moreover, if Firefly is thrown away, Eric will definitely not give any guidance on these two projects. Then, whether it will succeed or not at that time is not necessarily the same. "Cutthroat Island" recorded the fiasco of Guinness World Records. Box Office is still still Hollywood is a topic that many people talk about.

Although Eric pretends to be casual, Yu Guang has been paying attention to the expression of Peter Guber. Seeing that Peter Guber's expression gradually loosened, Eric said in due time: "Peter," Mr. & Mrs. Smith "copyright can also be exclusively enjoyed by Firefly, but I still took it out without hesitation. Again, as long as it can As quarterly, with "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" giving Sony Headquarters a beautiful financial report, your position will be more stable, and presumably Sony Headquarters will not care about these minor details. "

Peter Guber knows that this loss of money Columbia must be fixed, but when hearing Eric, Peter Guber also reacted, anyway, these losses eventually fell on Japanese.

When he was hired, Sony Headquarters specially set up a reward fund with a total amount of 50 million USD. Because of the outstanding results of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", Sony Headquarters cashed a part of the rewards, and as long as the next movie still achieves good results, then, In the next few years, Peter Guber will be able to redeem these rewards one after another. Coupled with the large number of benefits he has privately borrowed from the Columbia shell, even after leaving Columbia a few years later, he can almost use these savings to retire early to enjoy life. As for what will happen to Columbia later, it has nothing to do with him.

"Okay, Eric, I will arrange someone to discuss the relevant contract as soon as possible, but it is already low in May. According to the fastest production progress, these two movies should also be released in the summer file next year. , In this case, will we not have any co-op movie this year? "

Eric sees the copyright of the two series "Jumanji" and "Men in Black", and knows the "to vote for Taobao Li", and said happily: "In this case, let John Wu make another shooting game, I will be personally responsible You know, Xiangjiang Director has always been very fast in producing movies, plus it is non-special effects movies, there will be no problem to be released at the end of the year. "

The most successful films of John Wu in Hollywood, Eric just happened to remember.

After hearing Eric say this, Peter Guber grinned unabashedly and said: "Since the three movies have been confirmed, Eric, then it is better to take this opportunity to finalize the last movie consider as finished, With so many of your Firefly incubating projects, it ’s okay to get one out. And, if all four movies are confirmed, then I can immediately make an announcement, so that I can give investors some confidence. "

Eric did n’t even think of a suitable movie for a while, and the projects in the Firefly plan could not easily be given to Columbia. After thinking about it, Eric said: "In this case, then you can simply publish it directly to the outside. With the addition of a sequel to "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", the other three are true anyway. It will be said that the sequel's plan has died for various reasons, and the public will not doubt anything. "

"Good idea," Peter Guber clapped: "However, Eric, why not simply make a sequel to" Mr. & Mrs. Smith "?"

"Also, but I do n’t have time to conceive the sequel script, so I have to find another screenwriter and try to write script of the sequel. If the drama Basic Instinct is enough to satisfy me, I will start the production of the sequel. Continued.)