Chapter 912: 912
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Just like many main creators of Marvel movie universe are cartoon fans, if an IP can be successfully filmed, the creator must first have a good understanding of the work itself.
After paying a little attention to the background of the whole series, we can see that Peter Jackson is not a loyal fan of Thor King's series, but just like many people, he likes it very much after watching it, and inevitably has some ideas. After most people have an idea, they tend to forget it, but Jackson really starts to implement it.
Familiarity with the novel series, long-term accumulation of solid film skills, coupled with a pragmatic attitude, eventually created a big screen legend.
These factors seem simple, but few people can do it.
In the office, Simon listened to Jackson's obviously prepared speech and nodded slightly: "I've read your proposal. It's a good idea to split the Lord of the rings novel into two series, which can save a lot of costs. The shooting place is in New Zealand, which is to be determined. However, as long as the shooting environment and tax rebate meet the requirements, this is not the case No problem. My idea is that since we want to split it, we can completely follow the original work and split it into three parts, three in a row. "
Peter Jackson actually prepared a whole set of speeches. At this time, he was stunned by Simon's words: "Simon, do you agree?"
Simon shook his head: "it's just an intention, Peter. You know, the most common thing in Hollywood is uncertainty. 90% of the projects disappear in the process of time. So, first of all, I want to see the results of ghost of terror, as if it was a trial. Secondly, you can start to create movie scripts from now on. According to the standard of trilogy, I will see the animation samples and live action clips you make according to your own ideas in the future. If the trilogy is launched at the same time, even according to the investment budget of $70 million per trilogy, the trilogy will be $210 million. So, Peter, if you fail and Danielle is still Danielle, Peter Jackson may not be Peter Jackson any more. You have to understand that. "
Simon's tone was flat, but Peter Jackson's whole body was filled with a shiver of excitement or fear, and his fingertips were slightly numb.
With the influence of danilisi entertainment in Hollywood, if this project with a cost of more than 200 million dollars fails, Jackson knows that he will never have any place in this circle in the future.
However.
Everything has two sides.
What if it works?
So silent for a few seconds, Peter Jackson forced to calm down, and Simon's eyes, tone with firm: "Simon, I will cherish this opportunity."
Simon was very satisfied with Jackson's quick recovery under the pressure of his own words: "very good. Well, someone will contact you about the script creation entrustment agreement. Let me talk about my personal views first. "
Just about to continue, the door of the office was knocked.
A girl came in, holding a stack of photos: "boss, this is MIA Sara's photo, and a resume."
Simon stops talking, takes the photo information from girl a, hands it to Jackson, and looks at the photo in his hand.
After a few turns, I'm disappointed.
I remember when I just came to Los Angeles, "spring is not a day for reading" was hot. The production cost of $6 million was only $70 million in North America. As the female owner of the film, Mia Sara has become the dream lover of many teenagers.
In the twinkling of an eye, it has been ten years.
Mia Sara in the photo is still very beautiful, with a score of more than 80 points. It's just that she has lost the thrill that made people's heart beat faster in those years. Moreover, the traces of plastic surgery are obvious, and she is still not very good at plastic surgery.
Simon picked up the resume and opened it.
Mia Sara is 29 years old this year. Apart from spring is not a day for reading ten years ago, none of her other works has caused any repercussions. In recent years, many films have been marked with "TV movie".
It's hard for actors to get a chance to turn over when they start shooting TV movies.
Simon would not have wasted time on these details since he couldn't meet his requirements. If it was any other time, it would be rejected and Jackson would be allowed to re select the heroine. However, at this moment, there are some memories of the passage of time in my heart.
Ten years.
At the beginning, it was also my starting point.
It's hard to be emotional, so I decided to give each other another chance.
The original version of "ghost of terror" is indeed a failure, but this time, many things have changed. In the future, even if it is not too successful, depending on her own guidance and the publicity of Denise entertainment, it is very likely that the local box office will exceed 50 million US dollars. To meet this standard, Mia Sara, as a heroine, will be able to get out of the TV and film circle and get more opportunities in Hollywood.
"Boss, CAA says MIA Sara is in Los Angeles. If you need to, you can come here in half an hour."Putting down the photo, Simon shook his head and said to Alison, "no, send a copy of the ghost of terror script and let her prepare." then he turned to Jackson, "you can arrange an audition in three days. Don't worry about my opinions. Be strict. If you can, it's her. If you can't, choose someone else."
Peter Jackson said yes, but in his heart he had another plan.
Unlike Simon's sudden emotion, Jackson was very satisfied with the photos. After all, the production cost of "ghost of terror" is only $30 million. In this era, it's only medium-sized production, and the first-line female stars can't be invited. At first, he just wanted to find a second or third line vase. MIA Sara, who has more than ten years of acting experience, is completely above the standard.
As for the difference between the photo in hand and ten years ago, Jackson doesn't feel like Simon.
But also quietly make up their minds to choose each other as much as possible.
This is the wisest choice out of worldly wisdom. Although Simon westero doesn't need to worry about his opinions, if the boss's suggestions are adopted and the project is successful, it can bring some potential human rewards in any case.
After the episode, Simon and Jackson continue the theme of the Lord of the rings series. Girl a arranges the photos and leaves the office.
Just outside, another assistant reminded her that CAA's Michael owitz was online.
Michael owitz's phone call in the late 1980s, when CAA was at its peak, could be directly called to any high-level office of a studio without the help of an assistant. Now, although it is possible, Simon is different here.
Girl a contacted David O'Connor, a former assistant of owitz. With the retirement or departure of other senior members of CAA, a new generation of agents such as O'Connor have taken the lead. Alison just didn't expect owitz to receive the news so soon. She also called and gave a general introduction. Girl a sent a script to CAA according to Simon's instructions.
Century City, CAA headquarters.
In less than five minutes, the script of "ghost of terror" in e-mail was copied and distributed to people in a conference room.
It's a coincidence.
When girl a called, David O'Connor was just about to attend a CAA executive summary meeting on Friday afternoon. Some actress who was barely on the third line was now ignored by David O'Connor. The former assistant of owitz is now responsible for clients of Tom Hanks and Robert Redford.
However, O'Connor couldn't ignore the call from Simon westrow's office. In order to get a picture of MIA Sara in person and send it to Denise studios, O'Connor delayed the meeting.
Michael owitz, who presided over the meeting in person, certainly didn't blame him. He was also very concerned about this matter. After all, Simon seldom asked the agency for information about the actresses directly. He was usually in charge of Linda WAGGS, who had been with Simon for many years.
Maybe there's something big going on with Denise.
People don't know. If it wasn't for someone's sigh, things probably wouldn't have changed.
CAA's intelligence gathering ability has always been very strong.
While the script of "ghost of terror" was distributed to the CAA leaders in the conference room, all kinds of information were gathered, including the basic information of Peter Jackson, the general situation of "ghost of terror" project, Jackson's meeting with Simon at this time, and the news about the series of "the Lord of the rings".
The original agenda of the work summary meeting has been shelved. Each of the CAA senior executives has a script of "ghost of terror" in their hands. About ten minutes later, Michael owitz first put down the script and looked at his watch. It's already five o'clock.
Off hours.
No one mentioned it. For a qualified agent, there is basically no difference between work and work. Sometimes even in the early hours of the weekend, when the phone rings, they have to get out of bed to help customers deal with the party because they are too high, drunk and fight.
When people put down the script one after another, owitz asked, "what do you think?"
David O'Connor, across the table, first said, "the script is average, but it may be revised later. What's more, I think the key to this is not ghost of terror, but the Lord of the rings, or the whole Middle Earth series. "
Michael owitz nodded slightly.
This is also his idea.
According to the collected information, new world film's positioning for "ghost of terror" is another series of "ghost hunters". However, only by looking at the script, the difference between the two series is very obvious.
On the contrary, the story frame is more like the series of "detective plane head" which has just released a sequel recently.
The protagonist of "detective plane head", which makes Kim Carey famous, makes a living by helping people find lost pets and is involuntarily involved in various conspiracies. And "ghost of terror" is the male protagonist who accidentally acquired psychic ability to help people catch ghosts for a living, also involved in a series of events.
Both projects are comedy.Both of them are bad.
At the end of both stories, the hero and heroine beat the villain and lived happily together.
The standard Hollywood commercial routine.
As O'Connor's voice dropped, another gold medal agent on owitz's left, Jay Murray, also said: "it's obvious that this" ghost of terror "is just a training session for Jackson, just like Michael's" the wonder of the universe "before taking over the" Jurassic Park "series, and the production of" this man from Earth "and" Weimi "before shooting the" Thunderbolt baby "series Brett natner of the big show, and the Oriental director of mission impossible 2, who also shot "broken arrow" before
Sitting in the corner of the conference table, Richard Lovett, who is also the new generation of CAA and has been promoted to vice president, said: "Jay is right, but I think westero should pay more attention to Peter Jackson. If I remember correctly, the copyright of Thor King's Zhongtu series is all in the hands of danielis entertainment, and it's Batman, Superman and marvel of DC After the 1987 stock market crash, westrow made a lot of money. So, what do you think of? "
Richard Lovett said that. Everyone was in a good mood.
The Lord of the rings, the Hobbit and the fairy diamond, a series of Middle Earth novels by Tolkien, constitute a complete middle earth world with an independent and huge world outlook. Whether elves, dwarves, hobbits, humans, orcs and so on, there are a lot of stories to explore in this series.
What is this?
It can't be more obvious.
Simon westero plans to create a Chinese movie universe after DC movie universe and soul movie universe!
If that's the case, the CAA has to deal with it with 12 points.
It's like the DC movie universe at its peak.
In order to pursue balance, Simon westrow assigned the main roles to the major Hollywood brokerage companies. It can be imagined that if the main creators of the whole DC movie universe were wma's customers who had a good relationship with westero, whether CAA or ICM, or other second - and third tier brokerage companies, they would not have a very good time now.
It's true that the remuneration for the stars in DC movies is not high.
This is something that many Hollywood filmmakers feel unbalanced.
However, this is not high. It's only relative to the amazing box office of a series of DC movie universe films. At present, most of DC movie universe creators are paid the salary level of first-line filmmakers.
Not only that, the popularity of these people also allows them to absorb other resources in the circle, such as advertising endorsement and other film contracts. Adam Baldwin, the actor of Batman, earned $32 million just in the past 1995 with all kinds of endorsements and remuneration for participating in DC series and other films.
The super Batman movie is only $9 million.
This year, although there is no DC series, it's just the success of the super baton war. The producer will surely get an extra bonus.
At the beginning, five contracts were signed at a low price, but now there is only one contract left. Many people think that Adam Baldwin will not renew his contract, or even if he renews his contract, he will offer an outrageous price to make up for the "loss" of the five packaged contracts. But according to the rumors in the circle, in fact, Adam Baldwin is now actively communicating with Denise, hoping to continue Continue to increase cooperation.
Because the last one, Alliance for justice, may not be released until around 2000 according to the plan of DC movie universe. If Adam Baldwin doesn't take the initiative to maintain his popularity, even a series of advertisers behind him will not agree.
In addition to Adam Baldwin, other actors in the whole DC series, including Brad Pitt as Superman, Will Smith as steel bone, Valerie Gallino as cat girl, Nicole Kidman as poison vine girl, etc., have been the focus of Hollywood in recent years.
In the era of eyeball economy, super high attention actually represents real interests.
If Simon westrow really wants to create a Chinese film universe after DC film universe and evocation film universe, CAA must let its customers strive for the role.
Because this is the core resource of Hollywood.
Everyone in the conference room had a little wake-up because of Richard Lovett. However, someone raised an objection: "if we want to develop the movie universe, why don't Denise entertainment develop marvel?"
Words just export, in the face of a series of looking eyes, the parties on the reaction.
This is a stupid question.
The popularity of DC movie universe is still at its peak. Even if we want to share it with Warner, the benefits are rich enough. At this time, the development of Marvel may be monopolized by Denise entertainment, but what about DC? You can't just shake it off. If the two go hand in hand, it will cause serious internal consumption of resources.
Tolkien's Middle Earth series is different.Because of the differences in audience, DC movie universe and Tolkien's China earth series may compete for some resources, but it will not cause too serious internal friction, just as DC movie universe series and danielis Entertainment's Jurassic Park series can coexist.
Now that we have confirmed this point, the next step is how to deal with it.
Michael owitz, who has completely given up the idea of taking charge of a big studio, finally decided to take charge of it himself. Since Simon westero can invest in a film for the development of China clay series and let his favorite director practice, CAA can also train actors in a targeted way.
After all, in the series of novels, all kinds of characters are clear at a glance.
And there are a lot of them.
Now it's time to select actors for the right roles. At that time, even if Simon westrow still wants to balance the resources of the major brokerage companies, as long as the candidates provided by CAA are excellent enough, he will be able to win more shares.
At the end of the meeting, owitz appointed Richard Lovett, vice president of the company, to try to contact Peter Jackson.
The New Zealand director's agency contract was signed under wma.
If you can dig it, of course it's best.
If you can't dig it up, it's certainly not a bad thing to get in touch with people.
At the end of the meeting, it was more than six o'clock in the afternoon. Owitz finally went out and saw mark Ferguson, one of the company's agents, waiting outside with another brunette, Mia Sarah.
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Just like many main creators of Marvel movie universe are cartoon fans, if an IP can be successfully filmed, the creator must first have a good understanding of the work itself.
After paying a little attention to the background of the whole series, we can see that Peter Jackson is not a loyal fan of Thor King's series, but just like many people, he likes it very much after watching it, and inevitably has some ideas. After most people have an idea, they tend to forget it, but Jackson really starts to implement it.
Familiarity with the novel series, long-term accumulation of solid film skills, coupled with a pragmatic attitude, eventually created a big screen legend.
These factors seem simple, but few people can do it.
In the office, Simon listened to Jackson's obviously prepared speech and nodded slightly: "I've read your proposal. It's a good idea to split the Lord of the rings novel into two series, which can save a lot of costs. The shooting place is in New Zealand, which is to be determined. However, as long as the shooting environment and tax rebate meet the requirements, this is not the case No problem. My idea is that since we want to split it, we can completely follow the original work and split it into three parts, three in a row. "
Peter Jackson actually prepared a whole set of speeches. At this time, he was stunned by Simon's words: "Simon, do you agree?"
Simon shook his head: "it's just an intention, Peter. You know, the most common thing in Hollywood is uncertainty. 90% of the projects disappear in the process of time. So, first of all, I want to see the results of ghost of terror, as if it was a trial. Secondly, you can start to create movie scripts from now on. According to the standard of trilogy, I will see the animation samples and live action clips you make according to your own ideas in the future. If the trilogy is launched at the same time, even according to the investment budget of $70 million per trilogy, the trilogy will be $210 million. So, Peter, if you fail and Danielle is still Danielle, Peter Jackson may not be Peter Jackson any more. You have to understand that. "
Simon's tone was flat, but Peter Jackson's whole body was filled with a shiver of excitement or fear, and his fingertips were slightly numb.
With the influence of danilisi entertainment in Hollywood, if this project with a cost of more than 200 million dollars fails, Jackson knows that he will never have any place in this circle in the future.
However.
Everything has two sides.
What if it works?
So silent for a few seconds, Peter Jackson forced to calm down, and Simon's eyes, tone with firm: "Simon, I will cherish this opportunity."
Simon was very satisfied with Jackson's quick recovery under the pressure of his own words: "very good. Well, someone will contact you about the script creation entrustment agreement. Let me talk about my personal views first. "
Just about to continue, the door of the office was knocked.
A girl came in, holding a stack of photos: "boss, this is MIA Sara's photo, and a resume."
Simon stops talking, takes the photo information from girl a, hands it to Jackson, and looks at the photo in his hand.
After a few turns, I'm disappointed.
I remember when I just came to Los Angeles, "spring is not a day for reading" was hot. The production cost of $6 million was only $70 million in North America. As the female owner of the film, Mia Sara has become the dream lover of many teenagers.
In the twinkling of an eye, it has been ten years.
Mia Sara in the photo is still very beautiful, with a score of more than 80 points. It's just that she has lost the thrill that made people's heart beat faster in those years. Moreover, the traces of plastic surgery are obvious, and she is still not very good at plastic surgery.
Simon picked up the resume and opened it.
Mia Sara is 29 years old this year. Apart from spring is not a day for reading ten years ago, none of her other works has caused any repercussions. In recent years, many films have been marked with "TV movie".
It's hard for actors to get a chance to turn over when they start shooting TV movies.
Simon would not have wasted time on these details since he couldn't meet his requirements. If it was any other time, it would be rejected and Jackson would be allowed to re select the heroine. However, at this moment, there are some memories of the passage of time in my heart.
Ten years.
At the beginning, it was also my starting point.
It's hard to be emotional, so I decided to give each other another chance.
The original version of "ghost of terror" is indeed a failure, but this time, many things have changed. In the future, even if it is not too successful, depending on her own guidance and the publicity of Denise entertainment, it is very likely that the local box office will exceed 50 million US dollars. To meet this standard, Mia Sara, as a heroine, will be able to get out of the TV and film circle and get more opportunities in Hollywood.
"Boss, CAA says MIA Sara is in Los Angeles. If you need to, you can come here in half an hour."Putting down the photo, Simon shook his head and said to Alison, "no, send a copy of the ghost of terror script and let her prepare." then he turned to Jackson, "you can arrange an audition in three days. Don't worry about my opinions. Be strict. If you can, it's her. If you can't, choose someone else."
Peter Jackson said yes, but in his heart he had another plan.
Unlike Simon's sudden emotion, Jackson was very satisfied with the photos. After all, the production cost of "ghost of terror" is only $30 million. In this era, it's only medium-sized production, and the first-line female stars can't be invited. At first, he just wanted to find a second or third line vase. MIA Sara, who has more than ten years of acting experience, is completely above the standard.
As for the difference between the photo in hand and ten years ago, Jackson doesn't feel like Simon.
But also quietly make up their minds to choose each other as much as possible.
This is the wisest choice out of worldly wisdom. Although Simon westero doesn't need to worry about his opinions, if the boss's suggestions are adopted and the project is successful, it can bring some potential human rewards in any case.
After the episode, Simon and Jackson continue the theme of the Lord of the rings series. Girl a arranges the photos and leaves the office.
Just outside, another assistant reminded her that CAA's Michael owitz was online.
Michael owitz's phone call in the late 1980s, when CAA was at its peak, could be directly called to any high-level office of a studio without the help of an assistant. Now, although it is possible, Simon is different here.
Girl a contacted David O'Connor, a former assistant of owitz. With the retirement or departure of other senior members of CAA, a new generation of agents such as O'Connor have taken the lead. Alison just didn't expect owitz to receive the news so soon. She also called and gave a general introduction. Girl a sent a script to CAA according to Simon's instructions.
Century City, CAA headquarters.
In less than five minutes, the script of "ghost of terror" in e-mail was copied and distributed to people in a conference room.
It's a coincidence.
When girl a called, David O'Connor was just about to attend a CAA executive summary meeting on Friday afternoon. Some actress who was barely on the third line was now ignored by David O'Connor. The former assistant of owitz is now responsible for clients of Tom Hanks and Robert Redford.
However, O'Connor couldn't ignore the call from Simon westrow's office. In order to get a picture of MIA Sara in person and send it to Denise studios, O'Connor delayed the meeting.
Michael owitz, who presided over the meeting in person, certainly didn't blame him. He was also very concerned about this matter. After all, Simon seldom asked the agency for information about the actresses directly. He was usually in charge of Linda WAGGS, who had been with Simon for many years.
Maybe there's something big going on with Denise.
People don't know. If it wasn't for someone's sigh, things probably wouldn't have changed.
CAA's intelligence gathering ability has always been very strong.
While the script of "ghost of terror" was distributed to the CAA leaders in the conference room, all kinds of information were gathered, including the basic information of Peter Jackson, the general situation of "ghost of terror" project, Jackson's meeting with Simon at this time, and the news about the series of "the Lord of the rings".
The original agenda of the work summary meeting has been shelved. Each of the CAA senior executives has a script of "ghost of terror" in their hands. About ten minutes later, Michael owitz first put down the script and looked at his watch. It's already five o'clock.
Off hours.
No one mentioned it. For a qualified agent, there is basically no difference between work and work. Sometimes even in the early hours of the weekend, when the phone rings, they have to get out of bed to help customers deal with the party because they are too high, drunk and fight.
When people put down the script one after another, owitz asked, "what do you think?"
David O'Connor, across the table, first said, "the script is average, but it may be revised later. What's more, I think the key to this is not ghost of terror, but the Lord of the rings, or the whole Middle Earth series. "
Michael owitz nodded slightly.
This is also his idea.
According to the collected information, new world film's positioning for "ghost of terror" is another series of "ghost hunters". However, only by looking at the script, the difference between the two series is very obvious.
On the contrary, the story frame is more like the series of "detective plane head" which has just released a sequel recently.
The protagonist of "detective plane head", which makes Kim Carey famous, makes a living by helping people find lost pets and is involuntarily involved in various conspiracies. And "ghost of terror" is the male protagonist who accidentally acquired psychic ability to help people catch ghosts for a living, also involved in a series of events.
Both projects are comedy.Both of them are bad.
At the end of both stories, the hero and heroine beat the villain and lived happily together.
The standard Hollywood commercial routine.
As O'Connor's voice dropped, another gold medal agent on owitz's left, Jay Murray, also said: "it's obvious that this" ghost of terror "is just a training session for Jackson, just like Michael's" the wonder of the universe "before taking over the" Jurassic Park "series, and the production of" this man from Earth "and" Weimi "before shooting the" Thunderbolt baby "series Brett natner of the big show, and the Oriental director of mission impossible 2, who also shot "broken arrow" before
Sitting in the corner of the conference table, Richard Lovett, who is also the new generation of CAA and has been promoted to vice president, said: "Jay is right, but I think westero should pay more attention to Peter Jackson. If I remember correctly, the copyright of Thor King's Zhongtu series is all in the hands of danielis entertainment, and it's Batman, Superman and marvel of DC After the 1987 stock market crash, westrow made a lot of money. So, what do you think of? "
Richard Lovett said that. Everyone was in a good mood.
The Lord of the rings, the Hobbit and the fairy diamond, a series of Middle Earth novels by Tolkien, constitute a complete middle earth world with an independent and huge world outlook. Whether elves, dwarves, hobbits, humans, orcs and so on, there are a lot of stories to explore in this series.
What is this?
It can't be more obvious.
Simon westero plans to create a Chinese movie universe after DC movie universe and soul movie universe!
If that's the case, the CAA has to deal with it with 12 points.
It's like the DC movie universe at its peak.
In order to pursue balance, Simon westrow assigned the main roles to the major Hollywood brokerage companies. It can be imagined that if the main creators of the whole DC movie universe were wma's customers who had a good relationship with westero, whether CAA or ICM, or other second - and third tier brokerage companies, they would not have a very good time now.
It's true that the remuneration for the stars in DC movies is not high.
This is something that many Hollywood filmmakers feel unbalanced.
However, this is not high. It's only relative to the amazing box office of a series of DC movie universe films. At present, most of DC movie universe creators are paid the salary level of first-line filmmakers.
Not only that, the popularity of these people also allows them to absorb other resources in the circle, such as advertising endorsement and other film contracts. Adam Baldwin, the actor of Batman, earned $32 million just in the past 1995 with all kinds of endorsements and remuneration for participating in DC series and other films.
The super Batman movie is only $9 million.
This year, although there is no DC series, it's just the success of the super baton war. The producer will surely get an extra bonus.
At the beginning, five contracts were signed at a low price, but now there is only one contract left. Many people think that Adam Baldwin will not renew his contract, or even if he renews his contract, he will offer an outrageous price to make up for the "loss" of the five packaged contracts. But according to the rumors in the circle, in fact, Adam Baldwin is now actively communicating with Denise, hoping to continue Continue to increase cooperation.
Because the last one, Alliance for justice, may not be released until around 2000 according to the plan of DC movie universe. If Adam Baldwin doesn't take the initiative to maintain his popularity, even a series of advertisers behind him will not agree.
In addition to Adam Baldwin, other actors in the whole DC series, including Brad Pitt as Superman, Will Smith as steel bone, Valerie Gallino as cat girl, Nicole Kidman as poison vine girl, etc., have been the focus of Hollywood in recent years.
In the era of eyeball economy, super high attention actually represents real interests.
If Simon westrow really wants to create a Chinese film universe after DC film universe and evocation film universe, CAA must let its customers strive for the role.
Because this is the core resource of Hollywood.
Everyone in the conference room had a little wake-up because of Richard Lovett. However, someone raised an objection: "if we want to develop the movie universe, why don't Denise entertainment develop marvel?"
Words just export, in the face of a series of looking eyes, the parties on the reaction.
This is a stupid question.
The popularity of DC movie universe is still at its peak. Even if we want to share it with Warner, the benefits are rich enough. At this time, the development of Marvel may be monopolized by Denise entertainment, but what about DC? You can't just shake it off. If the two go hand in hand, it will cause serious internal consumption of resources.
Tolkien's Middle Earth series is different.Because of the differences in audience, DC movie universe and Tolkien's China earth series may compete for some resources, but it will not cause too serious internal friction, just as DC movie universe series and danielis Entertainment's Jurassic Park series can coexist.
Now that we have confirmed this point, the next step is how to deal with it.
Michael owitz, who has completely given up the idea of taking charge of a big studio, finally decided to take charge of it himself. Since Simon westero can invest in a film for the development of China clay series and let his favorite director practice, CAA can also train actors in a targeted way.
After all, in the series of novels, all kinds of characters are clear at a glance.
And there are a lot of them.
Now it's time to select actors for the right roles. At that time, even if Simon westrow still wants to balance the resources of the major brokerage companies, as long as the candidates provided by CAA are excellent enough, he will be able to win more shares.
At the end of the meeting, owitz appointed Richard Lovett, vice president of the company, to try to contact Peter Jackson.
The New Zealand director's agency contract was signed under wma.
If you can dig it, of course it's best.
If you can't dig it up, it's certainly not a bad thing to get in touch with people.
At the end of the meeting, it was more than six o'clock in the afternoon. Owitz finally went out and saw mark Ferguson, one of the company's agents, waiting outside with another brunette, Mia Sarah.
Just like many main creators of Marvel movie universe are cartoon fans, if an IP can be successfully filmed, the creator must first have a good understanding of the work itself. After paying a little attention to the background of the whole series, we can see that Peter Jackson is not a loyal fan of Thor King's series, but just like many people, he likes it very much after watching it, and inevitably has some ideas. After most people have an idea, they tend to forget it, but Jackson really starts to implement it. Familiarity with the novel series, long-term accumulation of solid film skills, coupled with a pragmatic attitude, eventually created a big screen legend. These factors seem simple, but few people can do it. In the office, Simon listened to Jackson's obviously prepared speech and nodded slightly: "I've read your proposal. It's a good idea to split the Lord of the rings novel into two series, which can save a lot of costs. The shooting place is in New Zealand, which is to be determined. However, as long as the shooting environment and tax rebate meet the requirements, this is not the case No problem. My idea is that since we want to split it, we can completely follow the original work and split it into three parts, three in a row. " Peter Jackson actually prepared a whole set of speeches. At this time, he was stunned by Simon's words: "Simon, do you agree?" Simon shook his head: "it's just an intention, Peter. You know, the most common thing in Hollywood is uncertainty. 90% of the projects disappear in the process of time. So, first of all, I want to see the results of ghost of terror, as if it was a trial. Secondly, you can start to create movie scripts from now on. According to the standard of trilogy, I will see the animation samples and live action clips you make according to your own ideas in the future. If the trilogy is launched at the same time, even according to the investment budget of $70 million per trilogy, the trilogy will be $210 million. So, Peter, if you fail and Danielle is still Danielle, Peter Jackson may not be Peter Jackson any more. You have to understand that. " Simon's tone was flat, but Peter Jackson's whole body was filled with a shiver of excitement or fear, and his fingertips were slightly numb. With the influence of danilisi entertainment in Hollywood, if this project with a cost of more than 200 million dollars fails, Jackson knows that he will never have any place in this circle in the future. However. Everything has two sides. What if it works? So silent for a few seconds, Peter Jackson forced to calm down, and Simon's eyes, tone with firm: "Simon, I will cherish this opportunity." Simon was very satisfied with Jackson's quick recovery under the pressure of his own words: "very good. Well, someone will contact you about the script creation entrustment agreement. Let me talk about my personal views first. " Just about to continue, the door of the office was knocked. A girl came in, holding a stack of photos: "boss, this is MIA Sara's photo, and a resume." Simon stops talking, takes the photo information from girl a, hands it to Jackson, and looks at the photo in his hand. After a few turns, I'm disappointed. I remember when I just came to Los Angeles, "spring is not a day for reading" was hot. The production cost of $6 million was only $70 million in North America. As the female owner of the film, Mia Sara has become the dream lover of many teenagers. In the twinkling of an eye, it has been ten years. Mia Sara in the photo is still very beautiful, with a score of more than 80 points. It's just that she has lost the thrill that made people's heart beat faster in those years. Moreover, the traces of plastic surgery are obvious, and she is still not very good at plastic surgery. Simon picked up the resume and opened it. Mia Sara is 29 years old this year. Apart from spring is not a day for reading ten years ago, none of her other works has caused any repercussions. In recent years, many films have been marked with "TV movie". It's hard for actors to get a chance to turn over when they start shooting TV movies. Simon would not have wasted time on these details since he couldn't meet his requirements. If it was any other time, it would be rejected and Jackson would be allowed to re select the heroine. However, at this moment, there are some memories of the passage of time in my heart. Ten years. At the beginning, it was also my starting point. It's hard to be emotional, so I decided to give each other another chance. The original version of "ghost of terror" is indeed a failure, but this time, many things have changed. In the future, even if it is not too successful, depending on her own guidance and the publicity of Denise entertainment, it is very likely that the local box office will exceed 50 million US dollars. To meet this standard, Mia Sara, as a heroine, will be able to get out of the TV and film circle and get more opportunities in Hollywood. "Boss, CAA says MIA Sara is in Los Angeles. If you need to, you can come here in half an hour."Putting down the photo, Simon shook his head and said to Alison, "no, send a copy of the ghost of terror script and let her prepare." then he turned to Jackson, "you can arrange an audition in three days. Don't worry about my opinions. Be strict. If you can, it's her. If you can't, choose someone else." Peter Jackson said yes, but in his heart he had another plan. Unlike Simon's sudden emotion, Jackson was very satisfied with the photos. After all, the production cost of "ghost of terror" is only $30 million. In this era, it's only medium-sized production, and the first-line female stars can't be invited. At first, he just wanted to find a second or third line vase. MIA Sara, who has more than ten years of acting experience, is completely above the standard. As for the difference between the photo in hand and ten years ago, Jackson doesn't feel like Simon. But also quietly make up their minds to choose each other as much as possible. This is the wisest choice out of worldly wisdom. Although Simon westero doesn't need to worry about his opinions, if the boss's suggestions are adopted and the project is successful, it can bring some potential human rewards in any case. After the episode, Simon and Jackson continue the theme of the Lord of the rings series. Girl a arranges the photos and leaves the office. Just outside, another assistant reminded her that CAA's Michael owitz was online. Michael owitz's phone call in the late 1980s, when CAA was at its peak, could be directly called to any high-level office of a studio without the help of an assistant. Now, although it is possible, Simon is different here. Girl a contacted David O'Connor, a former assistant of owitz. With the retirement or departure of other senior members of CAA, a new generation of agents such as O'Connor have taken the lead. Alison just didn't expect owitz to receive the news so soon. She also called and gave a general introduction. Girl a sent a script to CAA according to Simon's instructions. Century City, CAA headquarters. In less than five minutes, the script of "ghost of terror" in e-mail was copied and distributed to people in a conference room. It's a coincidence. When girl a called, David O'Connor was just about to attend a CAA executive summary meeting on Friday afternoon. Some actress who was barely on the third line was now ignored by David O'Connor. The former assistant of owitz is now responsible for clients of Tom Hanks and Robert Redford. However, O'Connor couldn't ignore the call from Simon westrow's office. In order to get a picture of MIA Sara in person and send it to Denise studios, O'Connor delayed the meeting. Michael owitz, who presided over the meeting in person, certainly didn't blame him. He was also very concerned about this matter. After all, Simon seldom asked the agency for information about the actresses directly. He was usually in charge of Linda WAGGS, who had been with Simon for many years. Maybe there's something big going on with Denise. People don't know. If it wasn't for someone's sigh, things probably wouldn't have changed. CAA's intelligence gathering ability has always been very strong. While the script of "ghost of terror" was distributed to the CAA leaders in the conference room, all kinds of information were gathered, including the basic information of Peter Jackson, the general situation of "ghost of terror" project, Jackson's meeting with Simon at this time, and the news about the series of "the Lord of the rings". The original agenda of the work summary meeting has been shelved. Each of the CAA senior executives has a script of "ghost of terror" in their hands. About ten minutes later, Michael owitz first put down the script and looked at his watch. It's already five o'clock. Off hours. No one mentioned it. For a qualified agent, there is basically no difference between work and work. Sometimes even in the early hours of the weekend, when the phone rings, they have to get out of bed to help customers deal with the party because they are too high, drunk and fight. When people put down the script one after another, owitz asked, "what do you think?" David O'Connor, across the table, first said, "the script is average, but it may be revised later. What's more, I think the key to this is not ghost of terror, but the Lord of the rings, or the whole Middle Earth series. " Michael owitz nodded slightly. This is also his idea. According to the collected information, new world film's positioning for "ghost of terror" is another series of "ghost hunters". However, only by looking at the script, the difference between the two series is very obvious. On the contrary, the story frame is more like the series of "detective plane head" which has just released a sequel recently. The protagonist of "detective plane head", which makes Kim Carey famous, makes a living by helping people find lost pets and is involuntarily involved in various conspiracies. And "ghost of terror" is the male protagonist who accidentally acquired psychic ability to help people catch ghosts for a living, also involved in a series of events. Both projects are comedy.Both of them are bad. At the end of both stories, the hero and heroine beat the villain and lived happily together. The standard Hollywood commercial routine. As O'Connor's voice dropped, another gold medal agent on owitz's left, Jay Murray, also said: "it's obvious that this" ghost of terror "is just a training session for Jackson, just like Michael's" the wonder of the universe "before taking over the" Jurassic Park "series, and the production of" this man from Earth "and" Weimi "before shooting the" Thunderbolt baby "series Brett natner of the big show, and the Oriental director of mission impossible 2, who also shot "broken arrow" before Sitting in the corner of the conference table, Richard Lovett, who is also the new generation of CAA and has been promoted to vice president, said: "Jay is right, but I think westero should pay more attention to Peter Jackson. If I remember correctly, the copyright of Thor King's Zhongtu series is all in the hands of danielis entertainment, and it's Batman, Superman and marvel of DC After the 1987 stock market crash, westrow made a lot of money. So, what do you think of? " Richard Lovett said that. Everyone was in a good mood. The Lord of the rings, the Hobbit and the fairy diamond, a series of Middle Earth novels by Tolkien, constitute a complete middle earth world with an independent and huge world outlook. Whether elves, dwarves, hobbits, humans, orcs and so on, there are a lot of stories to explore in this series. What is this? It can't be more obvious. Simon westero plans to create a Chinese movie universe after DC movie universe and soul movie universe! If that's the case, the CAA has to deal with it with 12 points. It's like the DC movie universe at its peak. In order to pursue balance, Simon westrow assigned the main roles to the major Hollywood brokerage companies. It can be imagined that if the main creators of the whole DC movie universe were wma's customers who had a good relationship with westero, whether CAA or ICM, or other second - and third tier brokerage companies, they would not have a very good time now. It's true that the remuneration for the stars in DC movies is not high. This is something that many Hollywood filmmakers feel unbalanced. However, this is not high. It's only relative to the amazing box office of a series of DC movie universe films. At present, most of DC movie universe creators are paid the salary level of first-line filmmakers. Not only that, the popularity of these people also allows them to absorb other resources in the circle, such as advertising endorsement and other film contracts. Adam Baldwin, the actor of Batman, earned $32 million just in the past 1995 with all kinds of endorsements and remuneration for participating in DC series and other films. The super Batman movie is only $9 million. This year, although there is no DC series, it's just the success of the super baton war. The producer will surely get an extra bonus. At the beginning, five contracts were signed at a low price, but now there is only one contract left. Many people think that Adam Baldwin will not renew his contract, or even if he renews his contract, he will offer an outrageous price to make up for the "loss" of the five packaged contracts. But according to the rumors in the circle, in fact, Adam Baldwin is now actively communicating with Denise, hoping to continue Continue to increase cooperation. Because the last one, Alliance for justice, may not be released until around 2000 according to the plan of DC movie universe. If Adam Baldwin doesn't take the initiative to maintain his popularity, even a series of advertisers behind him will not agree. In addition to Adam Baldwin, other actors in the whole DC series, including Brad Pitt as Superman, Will Smith as steel bone, Valerie Gallino as cat girl, Nicole Kidman as poison vine girl, etc., have been the focus of Hollywood in recent years. In the era of eyeball economy, super high attention actually represents real interests. If Simon westrow really wants to create a Chinese film universe after DC film universe and evocation film universe, CAA must let its customers strive for the role. Because this is the core resource of Hollywood. Everyone in the conference room had a little wake-up because of Richard Lovett. However, someone raised an objection: "if we want to develop the movie universe, why don't Denise entertainment develop marvel?" Words just export, in the face of a series of looking eyes, the parties on the reaction. This is a stupid question. The popularity of DC movie universe is still at its peak. Even if we want to share it with Warner, the benefits are rich enough. At this time, the development of Marvel may be monopolized by Denise entertainment, but what about DC? You can't just shake it off. If the two go hand in hand, it will cause serious internal consumption of resources. Tolkien's Middle Earth series is different.Because of the differences in audience, DC movie universe and Tolkien's China earth series may compete for some resources, but it will not cause too serious internal friction, just as DC movie universe series and danielis Entertainment's Jurassic Park series can coexist. Now that we have confirmed this point, the next step is how to deal with it. Michael owitz, who has completely given up the idea of taking charge of a big studio, finally decided to take charge of it himself. Since Simon westero can invest in a film for the development of China clay series and let his favorite director practice, CAA can also train actors in a targeted way. After all, in the series of novels, all kinds of characters are clear at a glance. And there are a lot of them. Now it's time to select actors for the right roles. At that time, even if Simon westrow still wants to balance the resources of the major brokerage companies, as long as the candidates provided by CAA are excellent enough, he will be able to win more shares. At the end of the meeting, owitz appointed Richard Lovett, vice president of the company, to try to contact Peter Jackson. The New Zealand director's agency contract was signed under wma. If you can dig it, of course it's best. If you can't dig it up, it's certainly not a bad thing to get in touch with people. At the end of the meeting, it was more than six o'clock in the afternoon. Owitz finally went out and saw mark Ferguson, one of the company's agents, waiting outside with another brunette, Mia Sarah.
