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This time, at least the main creative lineup of the film has changed beyond recognition.Director Michael Bay has long been taken under Daenerys by Simon, and Nicolas Cage, one of the leading actors, has also become the leading actor in the "Mission: Impossible" series. Even the producer Jerry Bruckheimer has let go. Only one other leading actor Sean Connery remains.

With such changes, it can basically be said to be another movie.

Simon did not deliberately inquire more about the inside story of this project. How the market will perform in the future can only wait for the Independence Day holiday in early July.

No.5 on the list is Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Vaporization Order", with a single-week box office of 610 million US dollars. This movie has made the producer Warner Bros. lose any hope.The cumulative box office in the four weeks after its release was 7329 million US dollars, which is not as good as "Mission: Impossible 2" earned in a week.

After the top five, only "Black Man" is worth mentioning.

Another batch of small dark horses in this year's summer file, after unexpectedly breaking through 2 million in the first week, under the impact of "Mission: Impossible 51" in the second week, it still fell by more than half, reaching 503%, and received another [-] million Dollar.

The cumulative box office of the film reached 1541 million U.S. dollars in the two weeks it was released in North America.

1541 million U.S. dollars, compared with those box office blockbusters, it seems a bit out of hand, but compared with Disney's investment of 3000 million U.S. dollars but only 801 million box office in the first week of "Eddie", you can understand the box office performance of "Black Man" How rare is it, after all, the total production and publicity cost of Daenerys Entertainment for "Black Man" is only 500 million US dollars.Not to mention the various comparisons between "Black Man" and "Vaporization Order" that the media has been hyping recently, at least in terms of profits, the "little man" from across the ocean has already completely outperformed the "big man" in Hollywood.

When the night on the west coast completely enveloped the surrounding area, Jeter Li and his Chinese agent Jeremy Zhao arrived at a mansion somewhere on the hillside of Palisades by car.Noticing the reporters gathered around the gate of the mansion not far ahead through the car window, Jeter asked curiously, "Can they capture anything like this?"

"Of course." Jeremy, who was a little nervous about being able to participate in this party, pretended to be relaxed, explaining the joints: "If you want to be featured in the entertainment newspaper tomorrow, you can get off in front of the gate so that they will come forward. Taking pictures and interviews, both parties get what they want, for some starlets, being able to participate in such a party is not only worth showing off, but also an opportunity to increase exposure. So, Jeter, do you want to get off?"

Jeter Lee shook his head quickly and said with a smile: "No need."

Having said that, when the car came to the main gate, the surrounding reporters surrounded it a little bit. Seeing that the car didn't intend to stop and didn't bother, they took the initiative to back away from both sides. The driver showed the invitation letter to the gate, and the car drove into the mansion. Quickly stop before another checkpoint.

This time it will be significantly stricter.

The hotel sent the car and the driver were no longer allowed to enter. The two were carefully checked by the security behind the reception desk through the computer, and passed through a security gate. Then they entered along the corridor under the guidance of the welcome waiter on the other floor. Party scene.

Jeter Lee, who has attended many Hollywood parties recently, was a little surprised by this. Jeremy, who noticed the other party's expression, took the initiative to explain, but just said a name softly: "Simon."

Jeter Lee understood immediately.

Thinking about the young tycoon's powerful status at this time is far from being just the boss of Daenerys Entertainment Group, it seems normal to do so.

The waiter brought the two of them to the cliffside open-air party on the other side of the main villa of the mansion. Many guests had already arrived, and the party had already started.Under the soft but not gloomy lighting, there is retro and artistic jazz in the air, which complements this Mediterranean-style mansion.

Most people obviously don’t want to miss this kind of social opportunity. Groups of three or five gather together to chat, of course some dance, some enjoy delicious food, and there are sexy girls swimming in the pool like mermaids in the pool not far away. The standard is a picture scroll of Vanity Fair with a glass of wine for a glass of luxury.

Jeremy Zhao glanced over and found a bunch of faces that he wanted to get acquainted with.

However, he also knew that Jeter Lee had planned to bring his girlfriend here this time, but changed his mind in order to help him expand his network.Since the client is so loyal, he will naturally not ignore the other party and only focus on his own communication. After all, Jeter Lee's English ability is not too fluent, and he needs a translator.

After the two big men stood outside the crowd in a daze for a short while, Jeremy spoke first, motioning to a man and woman who were talking not far away: "Li, that lady over there, Linda Vargas, let's call first." Say hello, she is Simon's Queen's casting director. You will understand how powerful this woman who seems to have no reputation outside the circle is. Even the heads of the three major Hollywood agencies are very polite to her now. "

Jeter Lee nodded and said, "Jerry, I need you to worry about who I should meet later, I don't know much about this place."

"Of course, I will try my best."

As the two talked, each took a glass of champagne from the passing waiter, and walked towards a man and woman who were chatting.

Probably came to the front, because the other party was talking, the two waited for a while, and at the same time roughly heard the content of the other party's conversation.

"Jim, you know Simon doesn't like girls with thick lips, and he's putting a lot of emphasis on the "Missing Girl" project. I hope you don't consider Jon Voight's daughter because of her."

"I promise there's nothing personal, Linda, and I'll send you the audition tape next week, you should check it out, I think Jolie has a good shot at getting at least one Oscar nomination for this role, her performance It's really amazing."

"Not next week, someone will send me the tape tomorrow, and if she's really good, I'll submit it to Simon."

"no problem."

"One more thing, it's my personal reminder, Jim, don't forget, Mia is the heroine of this movie, I think Simon should not want to see the scene where the heroine is overly suppressed by the female supporting role, this is very important for a movie It's not a good thing for the movie, I hope you can put more thought on Mia."

"Of course I understand, Linda, Mia's self-contained gloom and temperament on the verge of collapse are also very brilliant, but there is one thing we should all understand, the outward-looking performance is more likely to attract the attention of the audience and the Oscar judges ,so……"

"You just have to do your best. I believe that these Simons have considered it, and Mia is still young and has enough time."

Taking advantage of the conversation between the two, Jeremy took the initiative to introduce the black-haired man who was talking to Linda Vargus to Jeter Lee in a low voice: "James Mangold, Daenerys Entertainment has been very fancy in recent years A cutting-edge director."

After saying this, Jeremy also brought Jet Lee forward when he noticed that the conversation between the two had stopped.

Linda Vargas had obviously noticed the two of them, and greeted Jeter Li with a smile: "Hello, Jeter, nice to meet you."

Being able to occupy the position of a special assistant by Simon's side for so many years, Linda Vargas is naturally impeccable in dealing with people. From the "Black Man" project and some recent movie matters that Simon has handed down, Linda Vargas I can feel that my boss attaches great importance to this oriental kung fu star, so I will not be contemptuous at all.

In addition, in her opinion, Jack Cheng, who became famous in Hollywood by relying on "Rush Hour", made an almost stupid choice recently, and even cooperated with Disney in his next new film, which is very likely As a result, the Jeter Lee in front of him will get more resources.

After all, during this period of time, Rwanda once again launched an attack on the French government, and some things behind the scenes are actually not difficult to guess at all.

My boss must have had some sort of dispute with the French government.

Under such circumstances, Jack Cheng ran to cooperate with Disney, which is controlled by French capital, and it was a slap in the face.Perhaps the other party thinks that this is purely a business cooperation, but where there are people, there is politics, and you need a stand. Many times, your buttocks are crooked, even if it is not intentional at all, or even contrary to your own wishes, and the final result that you should bear is hard to hide Lose.

The two sides chatted for a while and exchanged business cards. Linda Vargas did not forget to help introduce James Mangold.

When a pair of beautiful young men and women came over, Jeter Lee recognized that the man was Brad Pitt, the actor who played Superman Clark Kent, and the two sides nodded politely to each other. Jeter Lee and James Mann Gothe took the initiative to go elsewhere tactfully.

Brad Bout and his girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow hugged Linda Vargas affectionately, and opened their arms as if they were staring at her, so they could only turn around and shake hands with Linda Vargas. There was a cynical smile on his face: "Linda, I heard that Paul's 15th birthday is next month, do you need me to bring some friends to attend?"

Linda Vargas didn't mean to give Pete face, and refused: "No need, I will let Paul stay away from you bad boys."

"Oh, I didn't expect you to have such an image of me in your heart." Brad Pitt immediately covered his heart, made a few thumping heartbeats, and then held it in front of Linda: "Look, it's all broken. "

Gwyneth had already hammered her boyfriend in disbelief, but she had a smile on her face.

Linda Vargas also smiled and gave him a blank look: "Peter, you should be more stable."

"I am very stable at other times. I only look like a little boy in front of my sister. Linda, you give me the feeling that you are my own sister."

"Okay, Pete, you know this isn't going to work for me."

"Okay, okay," Brad Pitt gave up playing tricks, and changed a pitiful expression in a blink of an eye: "Linda, can you give me a message, about the character in "Face Changing"."

Of course Linda Vargas understood what Brad Pitt was doing just now, and she shook her head without hesitation at this moment: "Pete, be patient, there will be news soon."

Brad Pitt changed his tone: "I heard that Ed is also fighting for the role for Liam Neeson, Linda, tell me, I'm the more competitive one, right?"

Linda Vargas did not answer, but said: "You are all artists under ICM, whether Ed Limato is fighting for a role for Liam Neeson, you should know better than me."

Seeing that Linda Vargas still didn't let go, Brad Pitt made a palm gesture, bowed and said, "Please, Linda, or you just let me give up?"

Men lack resistance to beautiful women, and the same is true for women to beautiful men.

After being entangled by Pete, after all, some things are not too top-secret, Linda Vargas finally showed a helpless expression, and said softly: "Peter, you should be very aware of your own disadvantages, the role of Superman is very important to your screen image. The restraints are too serious, so everyone is hesitant, because of hesitation, so delay, this is good news for you, understand?"

Brad Pitt's eyes lit up: "Understood."

"Then, have fun tonight."

After Linda Vargas finished speaking, she ignored Gwyneth Paltrow, who was obviously looking for something, and turned to Michael Ovitz, the head of CAA not far away.

Brad Pitt put his arms around the waist of his girlfriend who subconsciously wanted to follow, and said, "Forget it, Gwen, unless she is willing, you won't get any useful information from Linda."

"I just want to ask when the casting of "Shakespeare in Love" will start," Gwyneth Paltrow said, but she could only give up and said instead: "Brad, did you notice that Linda just said The look in her eyes when she said 'you should be more stable', I don't think she just said it casually."

"What do you mean?"

Gwyneth Paltrow is not so unreserved after all, she can only hint: "Think again, think carefully."

Brad Pitt resolutely pretended to be stupid, and raised his finger to point: "Over there, Stephen Sommers, let's go to say hello, and maybe we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Gwyneth Paltrow had no choice but to follow the strength of her boyfriend to the other side of the party.

With the success of "The Mummy", Stephen Sommers rose to the top of Hollywood in one fell swoop.At this time, besides Stephen Sommers, the leading actors and actresses of "The Mummy" Fang Kilmer and Rachel Weisz are all here, and there is also Kate Beckinsay who came here from the east coast to participate in this party this weekend. Er, the two girls look very intimate holding each other's arms.

Brad Pitt came here with his girlfriend, and he noticed two bright English roses at first sight.

But just look at it.

There are some female stars in the circle who are absolutely untouchable.

Noticing that the two were approaching, one of them was Brad Pitt, the actor who played Superman, Stephen Sommers gave a slight look with his eyes, and then continued to talk to the veteran producer of Daenerys Entertainment, who also had a lot of love for Simon back then. Big Help's Alien series creator David Giller introduces his new screenplay idea.

"Imagine, David, a large cruise ship full of tourists is suddenly attacked. Countless giant tentacles enter the cabin and devour hundreds of tourists one by one, leaving only a few survivors. Then, another group tries to hijack The kidnapper of the ship appeared, the two groups of people met, and gradually discovered the truth of the matter, they had to take the initiative to cooperate, under the attack of countless murderous tentacles, together escaped from this cruise ship that had been reduced to hell. Yes, the story is similar It is a sea version of "Alien", so I think you are the perfect producer. In addition, I hope Harrison Ford can play the leading actor. Ford's screen image in recent years is very suitable for this kind of PUBG. Movie style. Well...by the way, this story, I named it "Extremely Cold."

Chapter 953 Little Fox

After Stephen Sommers finished speaking, David Giller nodded first, then shook his head, and said: "Stephen, first of all, this is a great story, but if you plan to start production immediately, I definitely don't have time. Agreed to Fox producing "Alien 4" and just talked to Joe Ross. Speaking of which, don't you need to prepare for "The Mummy 2?"

Before accepting the "Mummy" series, Stephen Sommers was just a budding rookie director who had no bargaining chips, so he signed a package contract for the trilogy at once.

However, upon hearing David Giller's question, Stephen Sommers showed a slightly sly smile: "If Daenerys is optimistic about "Deep Cold", I believe Simon will agree with me to shoot this movie first." movie."

This sentence obviously has some subtext.

The men and women around, some people immediately understand, some people think about it for a while, and some people are at a loss.Gwyneth Paltrow looked at her boyfriend suspiciously in the knowing eyes of most people. Pete couldn't explain it at this time, so he could only pretend not to notice.

it's actually really easy.

The "Mummy" series is just a cooperative project with Fox. If Daenerys is optimistic about "Deep Cold" and independently invests in the production, this is her own son.

The biological ones are of course preferred.

In fact, the production of "Mission Impossible 2" is an obvious reference.

The first "Mission: Impossible" was born in 1993. The partner Paramount did not have any other blockbusters, but the sequel was not released until the summer of 1996, with an interval of nearly three years. Among them, if there is no intention of Daenerys deliberately delaying to make way for other films of her own, it is estimated that few will believe it.

After all, movie schedules and film and television resources are limited.

The "Mission: Impossible" series develops one in three years, and one in two years. The schedule and resources occupied are definitely not the same concept.

The situation in "Deep Cold" is slightly different, but it also has the same purpose. In the final analysis, Daenerys' entertainment interests must be the one that needs to be protected first.

Of course, David Giller, who was mature and sophisticated, immediately understood, smiled as well, and said, "So, Stephen, you should actually talk to Amy or Simon directly."

"The main reason is that the script has not been completed," Stephen Sommers said: "I plan to go to Hawaii for vacation next, and get this script done by the way."

"Then I wish you success first. If you need any help, please feel free to contact me." David Giller reached out his hand to Sommers, shook hands with him, raised his glass to the others, turned and walked away.

Following the direction of David Giller, Brad Pitt noticed John Wu, who was more lively not far away, looked away, smiled and greeted Sommers, Val Kilmer and the two English roses , I couldn't help being a little moved by the "Extreme Cold" that Sommers had just introduced.

After last year's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," Brad Pitt's role as Superman won't be revived until a few years later in "Justice League."

Now the main target is John Wu's new film "Face Changing".

Although Linda Vargas hinted that he had great hopes, it was not [-]% after all.If this project doesn't get it, it seems that Stephen Sommers' "Deep Cold" is not bad.

Of course, Brad Pitt heard what Sommers just said that he hoped Harrison Ford would participate in the role. However, in Hollywood, such things as ownership of roles, even if the film is finished, there may be reshoots and replacements, so it will not be released. Nothing is certain.

So I was not in a hurry to greet John Wu on the other side. After introducing each other, we chatted enthusiastically.

Stephen Sommers and Brad Pitt chatted enthusiastically. Kate Beckinsale, who had just followed up for a face-to-face meeting, didn't have the patience to continue participating, so she quietly pulled Rachel Weisz. Cheer wanted to continue, but felt Kate's small movements, so he smiled at everyone and walked away with the people around him.

At such parties, strike ups are very common.

The two English roses seem to be naturally insulated, and they belong to the kind where no one comes forward to talk to them. Fortunately, the two women are not unsociable people. Even if they have no other intentions, so many guests at this party will always Several objects of interest can be found.

Rachel Weisz stopped Robert De Niro, who had just arrived, to chat for a few words, and finally signed an autograph. As a literary young woman, she had been looking forward to cooperating with De Niro when she was in college. One sister.

After going back and forth, the two came to the swimming pool.

Kately took off her high heels, sat down by the pool, dipped her feet in the cold water, dangling her slender feet comfortably, while curiously looking at the mermaids in the pool.

Rachel was not as careless as Kate, she sat sideways and quietly beside her, looked at the swimming pool, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to swim?"

Kate raised her chin: "Of course not, I'm not a foil."

The girls in bikinis in the swimming pool are obviously supermodel-level, and several of them are very familiar.Under such circumstances, other women would be humiliating themselves if they went into the water to swim again. After all, few people could compare with these goblins who need to rely on their appearance and body for food, so they have been carefully trained and maintained for many years.

While the two were talking, one of the mermaids had already swam over, clung to the edge of the pool and shook her hair generously, then greeted Rachel with a smile: "Hello, Miss Weiss, I just watched "The Mummy" recently, You're so pretty in there, oh sure, prettier in person."

"Thank you," Rachel agreed politely, shook hands with the other party, and did not forget to follow the girl's eyes to help introduce: "This is Kate Beckinsale, she is one of the heroines of "Charlie's Angels". The movie will be released at the end of the year."

"Then I must go and have a look." The girl reached out to shake hands with Kate again, and introduced herself, "My name is Fernanda Lima."

Rachel smiled and said, "I know, Victoria's Secret Angel, frankly, your figure is really enviable."

"Oh, thank you."

Kate rolled her eyes slightly when she heard the two complimenting each other, and asked a little bitterly: "Lima, why have you stayed in the water all this time, don't you plan to come up and play for a while?"

Fernanda Lima didn't seem to feel Kate's criticism, and said with a smile: "Because we are the mermaids tonight. Of course the mermaids will stay in the water. Kate, do you want to come down together?"

"No, I can't be a mermaid."

Probably because Lima and Kate had a good chat, several other girls in the pool also swam over, but they didn’t climb on the side of Kate who was soaking her feet in the water, but by Fernanda Lima On the other side lined up one by one, a total of six girls looked over together.

Kate was a little embarrassed to be stared at by six pairs of eyes, so she could only withdraw her feet and sit sideways by the pool just like Rachel.

Fernanda went over one by one and introduced: "Eva, Daniela, Tricia, Heidi, Melania, and finally little Angela."

The girl on the far right with a prefix was immediately dissatisfied, but her expression was obviously a little smug: "Fair, you are jealous, Simon clearly said that I am a little fox, not little Angela."

Fernanda smiled and said, "It's small anyway, isn't it?"

The girl named Angela Lindwald didn't refute anymore, and gestured to a waitress not far away, who quickly came over with a stack of bathrobes.