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At the beginning, he signed De Niro from C. In recent years, the actor has been the trump card in Jonathan's hands. Six Senses" and other blockbuster projects, De Niro is also partnering with Al Pacino again recently to shoot a police film "Heat" invested by Daenerys Entertainment, which is a movie that Simon likes very much.

For "Terror Zone", Simon's first thought was also Harrison Ford.

It just so happens that Ford has already signed Paramount's "The Imminent Chase", a sequel to last year's "Patriot Games" and the last of Tom Clancy's 80s Cold War anti-terrorism trilogy. .The first two "Hunting Red October" and "Patriot Games" were both successful, and the third "Pursuit of the Eyes" is a matter of course.

Ford has no schedule, and Simon also considered the two Bobs who worked closely with Daenerys Entertainment, Robert Redford and Robert De Niro.

The release date of "Terror Zone" is probably at the end of next year or the beginning of the next year, depending on factors such as the film's effect. The schedules of the two Bobs are not a problem, but the role fit is much worse.

Redford can play a gentleman, he can be a cowboy, he can be a villain, and De Niro is ever-changing.

It's just that both of them lack a main theme temperament that can save the world.

When Sandra mentioned Stallone just now, Simon also flashed some thoughts, but quickly dismissed them.

"Terror Zone" is a feature film and requires acting skills.

Muscular men like Stallone and Schwarzenegger are better off carrying machine guns to save the world, so forget about acting.

Simon didn't hide anything, and spoke his thoughts frankly.

Jonathan was a little disappointed, but he also expressed his understanding, and said, "In this case, Ford is indeed the most suitable. What are you going to do now?"

Simon said: "If Ford can play the role, it will be a blockbuster with a budget of 5000 million US dollars. Now that Ford has no schedule, I plan to make a medium-scale film with a half-fold budget and 2500 million US dollars. The initial consideration for the actor is Sam Neill."

Sam Neill was the leading actor in last year's "Jurassic Park". Although the protagonist of the film is a series of ancient dinosaurs, this actor has also gained worldwide popularity, and his salary is only equivalent to that of Ford and Redford. , De Niro et al. The image of the scholar and warm man in "Jurassic Park" also makes Sam Neill very suitable for the image of the upright and fearless doctor in "Terror Zone".

Sam Neill is a WMA artist.

Although relying on last year's "Jurassic Park" fame, Jonathan originally felt that the other party's development potential was not great.

Hollywood middle-aged male stars are already very saturated, whether it is intentional or unintentional, first-line celebrities such as Harrison Ford and Robert Redford will not give Neal too many opportunities to make his mark.

Now, Simon plans to give Neil some other projects besides "Jurassic Park". Of course, Jonathan will not miss it. With Simon's support, other people in Hollywood will not be able to play tricks.Although he is not directly under his own name, but if there is another first-line celebrity in WMA, and there is no big conflict with Robert De Niro and others under his name, Jonathan will certainly not refuse.

"In that case, I'll arrange a meeting between Shirley and Neil tomorrow, what do you think?"

Simon felt the eagerness in Jonathan's tone, and nodded with a smile: "Okay."

"So, what about the heroine?"

Although the budget has been halved, no one knows better than Jonathan the magic power of the young man in front of him. He has almost never missed the projects he has set his sights on over the years.

Sam Neill can break through "Jurassic Park" to another level, and the heroine is also an opportunity.

Speaking of which, the heroine of the original Terror Zone happens to be Renee Russell.

Sam Neill and Renee Russo just partnered in "Jurassic Park" last year and signed a long-term contract for two sequels. If they appear in another movie at the same time, it will definitely increase the popularity of the film.

It's just that according to Hollywood practice, two stars who have just partnered are not suitable for the next collaboration immediately, unless it is a sequel.

In the past, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's "Sleepless in Seattle" was a great success, and it did not appear in "Electronic Love Letter" until six years later. Richard Gere and Julie Leah Roberts' second film "Runaway Bride" and "Pretty Woman" are also almost ten years apart.

Renee Russell is not suitable, but Simon has considered another woman with similar temperament, Sela Ward.

Relying on the role of Bree Van Dikan, the perfect housewife in "Desperate Housewives", Sela Ward has also been popular with audiences in recent years.

Too bad Sela Ward is not available.

American dramas are filmed and broadcast at the same time. The second season of "Desperate Housewives" will be broadcast from this fall to next spring. The schedule of Luo Ji Park 1994 will start filming at the beginning of next year at the latest, and Sela Ward will still be on the set of "Desperate Housewives" by then.

Thinking of this, Simon shook his head and said: "There is no suitable candidate for this yet, you can recommend it."

Jonathan smiled and said, "Fira just now?"

"It's too fancy. The heroine is a doctor. She needs a temperamental woman like Renee Russell or Sela Ward. Acting skills are also necessary."

"Then I'll go back and pick according to your standards."

After chatting for a while, Simon left the party early when it was almost time.

Alison and Simon returned to Cape Dume Manor together, which was a little strange. She thought that her boss would not go home tonight, and might even fly to other cities with a woman selected at the party.

So she also called ahead to arrange a private jet.

Entering the Shell Villa, Simon took off his suit and handed it to Girl A who subconsciously stepped forward to take it. Noticing her small expression, he joked, "What bad things are you thinking?"

"No," Girl A shook her head, nonchalantly said, "Does the boss want to take a shower?"

"Go and rest, don't worry about me."

"Oh."

Assenting, Alison still waited for Simon to go upstairs, and then she tidied up the suit in her hand and carried it in her arms to the laundry room on the side of the villa.

The Shell Villa looks very empty late at night, because of the good sound insulation, the sound of the waves cannot come in, so it is also very quiet.Stepping on a series of high-heeled shoes, hugging the man's clothes, feeling inexplicably at ease, so he secretly picked them up and smelled them, and then felt a little embarrassed, feeling that he was abnormal.

Xiaoxiao got busy, took a bath, and girl A lay on the bed and went to bed very late.

Six months pregnant, Janet felt sealed again.

Although not as cautious as the first time, as the pregnancy progressed, the woman became cautious again out of mother's instinct. Recently, she stopped working and just went through the various schedules of pregnancy step by step every day.Troubles inevitably increased, especially after finding out that she had gained a lot of weight and had more serious stretch marks on her stomach than the first time, the woman once again vowed that she would never have children again.

In comparison, the female assistant is looking forward to the little guy in her stomach.

The genders of the two children have been determined. Janet is still a boy this time, and the female assistant is pregnant with a girl.

This also made the female assistant very satisfied.

She felt that Seattle Westeros was a better name for a girl.

The little one in Janet's stomach also has a name.

This time it was decided by Raymond Johnston himself, probably because he had long complained about the name of Melbourne, the eldest son of Westeros. When the Simons and his wife went to Melbourne last time, the old man unquestionably said that if it was a boy, it would be Nicholas. The girl was called Anita, which was the name of Janet's grandparents.

It is obviously a tradition for Westerners to give their children the names of their elders.

The old man didn't let the child be called Raymond or Trish, and Janet's grandparents are no longer alive, so Simon didn't object, otherwise it would be a bit weird for him.

As for the female assistant's pregnancy, and Janet's decision to announce that she had given birth to twins, it was not a secret to the Johnston family. Simon did not intend to hide it, and it could not be hidden from his own family.

The old man didn't say anything, but he didn't give Simon a good look when he went to Melbourne last time.

Anthony Johnston was also assigned to speak to Simon, raising the issue of succession and wanting the assistant's child to not have the surname Westeros.

Simon is also open and honest about this. The assets under his name are now large enough, and it will be even more amazing in the future. This asset cannot be left to any one or several children alone. It is best to exist in the name of a family foundation in the future, so no matter It is actually impossible for any child to get too many inheritance rights.

As for the surname issue, Simon did not back down, and said that he did not want his children to experience similar experiences to his.

If Simon was still the poor boy back then, the Johnston family would certainly not be very talkative.

However, the current Simon has made too many people look up to him, even the Johnston family, in the eyes of many people, has faintly become a vassal of the Westeros system.Simon's attitude persisted, and the Johnston family never mentioned the matter of the female assistant's child.

Instead, Janet told Simon privately that the family asked her to guard against her man in the future and not be too laissez-faire.

I also asked Simon if he was afraid?

After Daenerys Entertainment's summer celebration party, and after several negotiations, the "True Lies" project was finally finalized.

Arnold Schwarzenegger voluntarily lowered his salary from $1500 million to $1200 million.

James Cameron didn't back down much.

This project was originally invited by Schwarzenegger as a good friend. He is not interested in such films. If the producer insists, Cameron said that he does not mind quitting.

The final compromise is to increase the budget to 8000 million US dollars. However, once the budget is exceeded, Cameron’s fixed director’s salary of 800 million US dollars will be halved, but the subtracted 400 million US dollars is not unnecessary to pay, but converted into profit sharing. terms.

If the project is profitable.

Although the production budget of "True Lies" in memory is as high as 1.15 million US dollars, it is still very profitable.

Both Schwarzenegger and Cameron made some concessions, and Simon did not insist too much.

MGM and Fox quickly signed a cooperation agreement, in which Fox, who is in charge of distribution, can get a distribution commission of 10%, which is higher than the 8% originally proposed by Simon, but also 12.5% ​​higher than the DC movie universe project in charge of Warner Bros. The commission ratio is 2.5 percentage points lower, which can be regarded as a step back for both parties.

In the end, Simon didn't have a suitable candidate for the heroine. In his opinion, actors like Fara Fawcett who wanted to get the role through favors were not suitable, so he simply left it to the crew to deal with it.

Anyway, as long as it's not Jamie Lee Curtis.

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On July 7th, the summer vacation began to end, and as many as 30 films landed in North American theaters this week.However, 7 of them had an opening scale of less than 4 yuan, and an Italian literary film "Four Loves" released by Gaomen Films only gave a screening scale of 300 screens.

The three mainstream commercial films with an opening screen size of more than 3 yuan are "A Passenger in Paradise" produced by MGM, "Robin Hood Is Crazy" by Fox Pictures, and "Naked" by Columbia Pictures.

"A Passenger in Paradise", starring Robert Downey Jr., tells the story of a car accident that makes the actor Tommy surrounded by four ghosts. It is obviously following the trend of "Ghostly Love", and the number of screens in the film is 1263.

"Robin Hood Is Crazy" is a spoof movie about Robin Hood, and it is obviously following the trend of "Robin Hood" which was sold by Kevin Costner two years ago, with 1275 screens.

"Naked Thing" is a project similar to "Basic Instinct" that Madonna promoted to Simon last year. The film features Queen McLaren's large-scale performance as its selling point, and the number of screens opened exceeds the other two commercial films, reaching 2070 yuan.

7月30日到8月5日的一个票房周，因为最近两周上映的新片票房都非常一般，榜单排行No.1的依旧是7月16日开画的《塘鹅暗杀令》。

In the third week of its release, "Assassination of Gannets" dropped 31% compared to last week's box office, earning US$1682 million. The box office is probably around 7283 million U.S. dollars, and it is unlikely to break through 1 million U.S. dollars.

Not only "Assassination of Gannets", entering August, the box office trend of a series of related films in Daenerys Entertainment's summer file has been basically determined.

依靠上映第五周1037万美元的单周票房进账，7月2日独力日档期开画的《糖衣陷阱》北美票房正式突破1亿美元大关，累计达到1亿零493万美元。

Considering that the box office volume of "Sugar Coated Trap" in the fifth week of its release is still as high as US$1037 million, the total North American box office of the film is expected to reach between US$1.4 million and US$1.5 million.

Another Daenerys-related film, "Sleepless in Seattle," grossed $603 million this week for the seven-week romance starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The cumulative box office is US$1 million, and the total box office in North America is expected to be around US$1631 million.

再往前，6月4日开画的《超人》，上映第九周，单周票房正式滑落到千万美元以内。7月30日到8月5日一周进账939万美元。

At the same time, the cumulative box office of "Superman" has reached 3 million U.S. dollars, and the total box office in North America is expected to reach about 3211 million U.S. dollars.

Because three of the four main commercial films are distributed by other Hollywood studios, Daenerys Entertainment is only responsible for the "Sugar Coated Trap", which also makes the three films of New World Pictures and Gaomen Films' summer film The film received considerable distribution resources from Daenerys Entertainment.

Therefore, "Bruce Lee" on May 5, "Orlando" on June 17, and "What To Do With Love" on June 6, the three medium- and low-cost productions, compared to their budget input, are all Got a fairly good box office,

Among them, "The Legend of Bruce Lee" has been released. The production budget of the film is 1500 million US dollars, and the publicity is 500 million US dollars. The total North American box office reached 3511 million US dollars.New World Pictures basically recovered most of the production and publicity costs only by relying on the North American box office, and the follow-up channels will be very profitable.

蒂尔达·斯文顿主演的《奥兰朵》，截止8月5日累计票房为1736万美元，并且继续以单周超过50万美元的票房稳步向2000万美元挺近。《奥兰朵》的购片和宣发总投入也只有600万美元，此时已经开始产生盈利。

Tina Turner's music biopic "What Has To Do With Love" is even more of a surprise.

"What To Do With Love" is equivalent to "Bruce Lee" in production and publicity investment, with a total cost of 2000 million US dollars.

6月25日上映之后，截止8月5日，累计票房就已经达到4263万美元，7月30日到8月5日的单周票房依旧达到381万美元，接下来冲击5000万美元总票房问题不大。

The earnings of these three films are nothing compared to what Superman has earned.

However, three films, or, including four major commercials, all seven of Daenerys Entertainment's summer slates have been successful, and for the rest of Hollywood, this is the latest up-and-comer's scary story. place.

Movies are a kind of gambling business, how can someone always win?

Simon didn't think it was anything special.

Of the seven films, the four main films are all good cards he chose based on his prophetic advantage. The other three, since they were selected by New World Films and Gaomen Films for the summer, the quality itself will not be too bad. What's more, there is strong publicity support from Daenerys Entertainment Group.

Movies are a gambling business, and you can actually 'count cards' at the gaming table.

It's like Disney in Simon's memory.

Disney, which integrates Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, and Pixar Studios, also has a set of best cards with a great chance of winning. Therefore, it also causes the top ten in the North American box office list to be divided by Disney in half every year. .

In the past few years, Simon was always worried that Daenerys Entertainment would cause unpredictable troubles if it was too popular, so he adopted a strategy of cooperating with foreign companies to share profits. Until this summer, Daenerys Entertainment still has three of the four main business titles. Distributed by other studios.

As Daenerys Entertainment successfully merged with MCA and the Westeros system became stronger day by day, the previous concerns are no longer a problem.

As long as it continues to acquire a national public TV network in the next few years and completely completes its layout in the media field, Daenerys Entertainment can fully demonstrate Simon's ambition to dominate Hollywood.

On the other hand, the most stark contrast between Daenerys Entertainment and Daenerys Entertainment this summer is undoubtedly Columbia Pictures, which is owned by Japan's Sony Group.

In order to keep the position of CEO of Columbia Pictures, Peter Guber is almost desperate this summer.

Counting from "My Genius Family" which was on the same schedule as "Bruce Lee" on May 5th, as of August 14th, Columbia Pictures released a total of 8 films this summer, namely "My Genius Family", The Hill, The Phantom Hero, Honeymoon Dangerous, Justin the Poetry Writer, and Naked.

The cumulative production budget of the six films alone reached $2.3 million.

However, as of August 8th, the total box office of the six films in the summer season was only US$5 million. Columbia Pictures could only recover US$1.7 million in box office revenue, and even the publicity expenses of the six films could not be offset, let alone The huge production cost of more than 9000 million US dollars.

Among them, Madonna's new film "The Naked Threat", which was released on July 7, had a production budget of 30 million US dollars, and its box office in the first week was only 3000 million US dollars.

The market proved that the audience did not have much interest in Queen McNair's nudity. The failure of this project is also the epitome of a series of failures of Columbia Pictures' summer film.

Columbia Pictures' failure was also no accident.

When running the Cooper-Peters company, Peter Cooper and Jon Peters were veteran producers in the circle. Because they cooperated with colleagues who were familiar with the rules of the industry, they did not act too outrageously, and achieved good results. score.

After taking over Columbia Pictures from Sony, because of the Japanese attitude of decentralization, the two old Hollywood guns also completely let themselves go.

Chaotic management, profligacy, laziness, nepotism, blind investment... All kinds of ills that can drag a company into the abyss, the two executives have committed almost one time in recent years.