Hollywood Hunter

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Amy Pascal was no stranger to Simon's frequent and sudden thoughts, thought about it, and said: "I remember that three years ago due to poor business conditions, Warners proposed to sell DC to Marvel, but it was rejected. I don't know the current situation, but after the stock market crash, large companies are generally restructuring assets to reduce debt, and the comics industry has already begun to decline in the 1970s. If you offer enough price, Warner is likely to agree. "

Simon tapped his fingers on the table, imagining the grand scene of the Marvel DC superhero universe fusion in his mind, and asked again: "You said Semel will call me in the afternoon?"

Amy nodded and said: "It is estimated that "Lola Run" won the award. Orion should have mentioned it to you, right? If "Lola Run" can achieve some success in the next awards season, I will be very grateful to both of them. The copyright operation of the family is very beneficial."

"Lola Run" was painted in North America in August, and it has now passed the three-month window period, and the videotape can be released at any time. After Simon sold overseas copyrights to Warner Bros., relying on Warner's well-established international distribution network, the box office of "Lola Run" in overseas markets has also successfully exceeded 200 million US dollars in the past six months, and will enter the later stage of operation.

The "Lola Run" in memory has basically received no honors in North America, but the situation is different now.

With a global box office of 400 million US dollars, Warner Bros. Pictures, one of the top seven, has cooperated with Orion Pictures, which is good at award public relations. Coupled with the undoubted excellent quality of the film itself, "Lola Run" will definitely become a film. The big hits of the upcoming awards season.

Perhaps, Simon's only shortcoming is age.

Before that, the youngest Oscar winner for best director was 32 years old. If Simon can be 30 years old, he is likely to set this record. But now, the odds are almost nil that the only thing Simon can hope for is perhaps a nomination.

Lifting his wrist and looking at his watch, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

There is no call yet, and Terry Semel will probably call himself before get off work, maybe a dinner party invitation or something. However, Simon has already made arrangements for the evening, and there are other jobs in the future. If he wants to buy dc, he can only talk about it on the weekend or next week.

Just thinking about it, the door of the conference room was knocked on, and Amy's assistant Vanessa came in and said, "Mr. Westeros, Ms. Pascal, and Mr. Craven are here."

Simon and Amy stood up together, and Wes Craven walked in with a middle-aged white man in his forties wearing glasses.

Today is December 18th, Friday.

Simon took out the story outline of the planned "Scream" yesterday. After Amy and Craven contacted, although he hadn't agreed to direct, Wes Craven also proposed to hire a screenwriter to write the script first. see the effect.

The middle-aged man with glasses should be the screenwriter recommended by Wes Craven.

After a simple greeting, Wes Craven introduced: "Simon, Amy, this is Bruce Joy Robin, he was the screenwriter of my "The Girl Next Door" last year, I think I can let him try Check out Scream."

Simon couldn't hide his surprise when he heard Bruce Joy Robin's name.

Before working with Wes Craven on "Death Is Coming," Simon learned that he directed a less successful "The Girl Next Door" for Warner Bros. last year, but he didn't expect that the screenwriter would be Bruce Joy Robin.

There may not be many people who know Bruce Joy Robin, but there should be few people who don't know "The Ghost Story".

Bruce Joy Robin is the screenwriter of "Ghost Story".

Original Time and Space, released in 1990, not only became one of the most tear-jerking romance films in history, but also grossed $500 million at the global box office with a production cost of $22 million. Nominated for a series of awards such as the film, the film is definitely a good harvest of word-of-mouth box office awards.

Simon had tried to find the whereabouts of Bruce Joy Robin before, but to no avail. Now he did not expect to meet each other in such a coincidence.

This may not be a coincidence either.

In the final analysis, the Hollywood circle is still too small. Many people you are interested in may be close at hand, just haven't noticed it yet.

I was thinking about whether I should attend more social parties in the future. After taking a seat, Simon also completely restrained the surprise in his heart. He discussed the matter of "Scream" with everyone as usual, and at the same time unconsciously brought the topic to the forefront. to the direction you want.

A few people chatted for a while, and upon hearing Simon's questioning about his ability, Bruce Joy Robin differentiated: "Simon, the box office performance of The Girl Next Door is indeed unsatisfactory, but the script is based on a novel, I think I Both Wes and Wes have done their best within the creative framework given by the studio."

"So," Simon said, looking at Bruce Joy Robin, "Bruce, do you have any other scripts, creative ideas? Although I have provided the story outline of "Scream", I still hope The screenwriters themselves can be creative enough."

Bruce Joy Robin nodded and said, "Of course."

Simon raised his hand and said, "Tell me about it."

Bruce Joy Robin pondered for a moment and said: "I watched "The Prince's Revenge" a few years ago and saw the scene of Hamlet's father exhorting his son to avenge himself after the soul leaves the body.

An idea, and now the story idea is very complete, but it has not yet been written. Sam and Molly are a couple who are about to enter the palace of marriage. One night, they were robbed on their way back to their residence after watching a play. Sam was stabbed to death by a gangster and turned into a ghost who could not communicate with normal people. Drifting around Molly, only to discover that her death wasn't an accident..."

conference room.

When Bruce Joy Robin finished speaking, before Simon spoke, Amy couldn't help but say, "Simon, this is a great idea, we should buy it, shouldn't we?"

Wes Craven also nodded in agreement: "It's really good, but unfortunately I'm not good at this type, otherwise I will definitely direct it myself."

Simon thought for a moment, but said, "Actually, I happen to have a similar idea about ghosts." After saying this, noticing the nervous look on Bruce Joy Robin's face, Simon smiled and said to him: " It's just that the ghosts are similar to yours, and the story is completely different. Your story is about love, but mine is about family, but I think this story is also suitable for you to write. So, Bruce, Dan What do you think of Nilith Pictures signing a contract with you for three scripts? Two commissioned scripts and one original script."

Bruce Joy Robin didn't expect to get three contracts in the blink of an eye. He was a little surprised and excited, but he said cautiously: "Simon, are you sure that all three scripts can be cast?"

"Actually, you want to ask if your script can be shot, right?" Simon smiled and said, "The answer is yes, of course, you also need a certain amount of patience. Oh, I know this sounds like all film companies. Executives will say the same thing, if you don’t feel comfortable, you can add some restrictive clauses to the contract, which you need to talk to Amy.”

Bruce Joy Robin nodded, but tried again: "What about the attribution?"

"The name of "Scream" belongs to you, and the authorship of the ghost movie belongs to me, oh, I mean my ghost movie, your ghost movie, the authorship is naturally yours," Simon explained, asking: "Do you have any other questions?"

Bruce Joy Robin shook his head.

"Then, you can ask your agent to contact Amy for the specific salary contract. Let's talk about "Scream" first."

In Simon's plan, "Scream" will be the first film to be independently produced and released by Daenerys Films next year's Halloween schedule, so he also pays special attention.

The scriptwriting meeting continued until after hours, during which Simon also took time to answer a call from Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Terry Semel, and indeed invited him to a cocktail party tonight. Due to the arrangement in advance, the two could only change the meeting to tomorrow night.

In addition, Terry Semel mysteriously reminded Simon that there will be a surprise next Monday.

Although the other party did not say it clearly, Simon naturally knew that next Monday was the day when the new nominations for the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards were announced. As one of the most important weather vanes of the Oscars, the Golden Globe Awards are still very high in gold content compared to other union awards.

Now that "Lola Run" has been sold out, Simon will naturally not spend any more money on award public relations. Due to his short age, he is unlikely to win the award anyway, so he is even a little indifferent to it.

However, Orion and Warner have spared no effort in this regard for their own sake.

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

After sending Wes Craven and Bruce Joy Robin away, Amy called her assistant to come in to clean up the materials on the conference table, and at the same time said to Simon, who was looking through the meeting minutes: "Why didn't you see it this afternoon? Jenny?"

Without raising his head, Simon turned the memo in his hand and explained, "Her parents have come from New York, and they want to invite me to dinner at night, so I will send her back early at noon."

Amy remembered the gossip in the newspaper yesterday that "Simon Westeros escorted the female assistant home, and the two behaved in a very close relationship", and said with a smile: "Are you here so soon to ask for your guilt?"

Simon wondered: "Huh?"

Amy's tone was mocking: "You kidnapped their daughter."

Simon didn't answer directly.

Amy didn't joke too much, and turned to serious: "Simon, "When Harry Met Sally", "Pulp Fiction" and "Instinct" have all confirmed the publisher, and "Scream" we plan to publish it ourselves , all these are all right, but what about "Dead Poets Society" and "Steel Magnolia"? And so many copyrights that you recently bought? I think we should sign a fixed distribution contract with the Big Seven, and then invest Specific production, otherwise it will be very passive in the future.”

Simon raised his head when he heard Amy talk about the business, and said: "It's not difficult to sign a distribution contract, but we can't get too favorable terms. The release of Dead Poets Society and Steel Magnolia will look at It depends, I would prefer Daenerys Pictures to do it themselves, the production budget of both films will not be too high, and it is nothing to lose money."

Amy nodded helplessly and said, "But, we have 100 million dollars now. If you don't want to sign a fixed distribution contract with the Seven, it's impossible for us to make too many movies according to your ideas, otherwise we will lose all of them. In our hands. The big studios would definitely love to see us lose all $100 million."

Simon shook his head and said: "I didn't say that all this money can only be invested in Daenerys Pictures' own movies. There are so many projects in Hollywood, we can participate in the investment, and you can release the news recently. 100 million US dollars, probably can invest in seven or eight movies, "Scream", "Dead Poets Society" and "Steel Magnolia"

"In addition to this, I will pick another project for the company recently, and all the remaining funds will be spent. Many film companies should be running out of money by now. "

Amy couldn't help but said: "This seems to be more risky."

Simon smiled and said: "So, it depends on your negotiation skills. Don't forget, you can get 5% of the money you make, and you have nothing if you lose."

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