Hollywood Hunter

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On June 10, three new films will be released in the new week, namely Disney's family comedy "Four Daughter and Two Moms" and Paramount's thriller and suspense film "Psidy Base" starring Sean Connery. , and MGM's horror franchise sequel, Haunted 3.

The strategy of questioning the fairness of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Pulp Fiction has failed, and some media have pointed the finger at the film's excessive violence and reference to many films.

However, in the context of "Pulp Fiction" that has once again formed a movie viewing craze like last year's "Lola Run", these extra-discount tricks will actually only increase people's curiosity about the film.

In all fairness, for most audiences, especially the mainstream youth watching groups of "Pulp Fiction", when they are completely unaffected by external public opinion, it is actually difficult for them to realize what is so good about this film. However, when a large number of media around and many classmates and friends are discussing "Pulp Fiction", these people often already know something about the film and have their own expectations before entering the cinema.

As a result, Vincent and Mia's swing dance, "The Deer Hunter" foreshadowing of the 'Golden Watch' section, Esmeralda and "Taxi Driver" and other countless rich details are very interesting, plus The novel circular closed structure in the film's plot makes the whole film unknowingly labeled as 'cool'.

Because of the popularity of "Pulp Fiction", the popularity of several celebrities who participated in the film has increased again, and newcomers such as Samuel L. Jackson and Nicole Kidman have also begun to enter the public eye, even only appearing in the film a few times. The minute Janet has become the subject of many media discussions because of the wonderful performance of the taxi driver Esmeralda. Jonathan Friedman also jokingly asked Janet whether she was interested in signing a contract with wma.

Under such unstoppable popularity, in the second week of its release, "Pulp Fiction" continued to maintain its position as the weekly box office champion with a drop of only 15%. In the seven days from June 10 to June 17, the film made another $23.38 million.

Within two weeks of its opening, the North American box office of Pulp Fiction exceeded the $50 million mark, reaching $50.91 million.

It easily won the box office of 50 million US dollars in two weeks. Major media and box office statistics agencies in North America generally predict that the total North American box office of "Pulp Fiction" will reach about 150 million US dollars, and the film is likely to achieve the North American box office within six weeks. break 100 million.

Coincidentally, the release interval between Pulp Fiction and Instinct is exactly six weeks.

"Crocodile Dundee 2", which ranked second on the list, fell 31% at the box office this week after a sharp drop of 41% last week.

Although it has a release opening of more than 30 million US dollars, according to the current downward trend of the film, "Crocodile Dundee 2" is likely to barely exceed 100 million at the North American box office, far from being compared with the first film's 174 million US dollars.

After "Crocodile Dundee 2", "Flying Beyond the Future" starring Tom Hanks unexpectedly fell only 4.7% in the next week, almost the same as last week, and received another $12.01 million, two It grossed $24.6 million at the box office for the week.

The $24.6 million North American box office may not be comparable to "Pulp Fiction" and "Crocodile Dundee 2," but compared to "Funny Farm," which has completely fallen behind to No. 8 on the weekly box office charts this week, "Flying Beyond." This box office data is so gratifying.

In the second week of its release, the box office of "Funny Farm", which is similar in theme and genre to "Flying the Future", fell by 26% to only $6.01 million. Counting the $8.11 million in the first week, the two-week box office totaled $14.12 million.

According to the decline curve of "Funny Farm", the film's total North American box office may only be about 25 million US dollars.

Moreover, if the box office decline in the next few weeks can be as weak as the first week, "Flying Beyond the Future" will obviously hit the North American box office of over 100 million again like the original time and space. Fox, who did not expect such a good thing at all, has begun to prepare for additional film arrangements.

With the exception of Pulp Fiction, Crocodile Dundee 2 and Leap into the Future, other films performed poorly this week. Among the three new films, "Four Girls and Two Moms", which had the best opening performance, only had a box office figure of only $9.11 million.

After breaking 100 million at the North American box office last week, "When Harry Met Sally", which has slipped to No. 10 in the list, silently collected another $2.15 million, with a cumulative box office of $102.36 million.

Not surprisingly, "When Harry Met Sally" will slip below a million dollars at the box office next week, and Disney has cut the film's screen size to 635. When Harry Met Sally is expected to drop in August, the North American box office total will eventually be set at around $110 million.

The summer season of North American movies is in full swing, and the Hollywood screenwriter's strike continues.

On June 13, the Film and Television Producers Union proposed a new contract after another round of tug-of-war. Although this plan made some concessions, it still failed to meet the original expectations of the Screenwriters Guild.

The strike has lasted for more than three months, and the fall season of TV has been destined to be severely affected, but the life of the screenwriters who have not received any income for a whole season is getting worse and worse. Therefore, the Writers Guild finally decided to hand over the choice to the writers themselves, and once again launched a vote to decide whether to accept the new contract offered by the Producers Union.

Simon doesn't feel that his butterfly has reached the point where it can affect the overall situation, and the "Who Will Be a Millionaire" may have some impact on the situation.

"The pilot time is June 20, and by then most of the screenwriters have already sent their votes.

So the vote is clear, and the strike is sure to continue for another two months.

After several contacts, General Electric, which owns 220 million US dollars in creditor's rights of New World Entertainment, responded positively to the debt-to-equity swap plan proposed by Simon. GE's CEO Jack Welch also personally communicated with Simon several times. calls.

However, during the communication process, General Electric proposed a plan similar to that of Warner Chairman Steve Ross. They wanted to use New World Entertainment as a bargaining chip to take a stake in Daenerys Pictures.

Just like a person who makes enough money often starts to pursue fame, many big companies in the world like to enter the entertainment and media industry. Among the current seven major Hollywood companies, half of the shares of Columbia Pictures are in the hands of Coca-Cola, and Paramount's parent company is Gulf Western Industries.

General Electric bought the nbc network two years ago for a similar motivation.

Although Daenerys Pictures has only just started for less than two years, the continuous success of Duobu's films has obviously attracted the interest of General Electric. It's definitely a good deal for a stake in a rising Hollywood star for a debt that would otherwise be lost.

Simon naturally chose to refuse as decisively as the last time he contacted Steve Ross.

General Electric proposed to exchange the shares of New World Entertainment for a 49% stake in the new company after the debt-to-equity swap. Although the other party did not ask for absolute control, the price of $220 million, in Simon's view, even the current Daenerys Pictures. Half of the equity is not available, let alone half of the new company after the merger in the future.

The deep-pocketed GE is not giving an inch in the communication process, and there is no need to continue talking about this matter for the time being. Simon can only expect Who Will Be a Millionaire to be the expected success.

Los Angeles.

At the headquarters of Daenerys Pictures in Santa Monica, Simon rushed to the small town of Bakersfield north of Los Angeles to visit the "Scream" crew in the morning, and just returned at this time.

In the large conference room, Simon sat in the first place. Apart from Amy and a few people on both sides of the oval conference table, there were ten other Caucasian men who were around 25 to 30 years old. Ten candidates auditioned.

In the plan, after confirming the male lead, Simon also hopes to train the actors in various aspects for about half a year. As such, he plans to finalize the matter by the end of the month.

After simply flipping through the resumes of the ten people around him, Simon raised his head and said to everyone: "Everyone should have seen, you are the last ten, Bruce Wayne will be born among you, this meeting today is not Audition, just wanted to chat with everyone."

In the polite response in the conference room, Simon quickly continued: "First of all, I must remind everyone again that the conditions put forward by Daenerys Pictures will not make any concessions. If you want to get this role, you must Sign a five-film contract for up to 15 years. I can also tell you very clearly that as long as everything goes well, this contract can be completed in only ten years at most. Once you do, under the contract, you won't be able to pick up any other movies for the rest of the time unless you pay liquidated damages that you can't actually pay. Like other singers, you're going to be refrigerated."

After a moment of silence, someone finally asked, "Mr. Westeros, what about Daenerys Pictures' breach of contract?"

"We will not breach the contract," Simon shook his head and said, "If the project does not go well, we can choose to terminate the contract with you."

"It doesn't seem fair."

"Unfortunately, there are not many fair things in the world," Simon glanced at the other party and swept around again, saying: "Of the ten of you, most of you have only appeared in a few movies. Supporting roles, maybe you can only maintain this state forever. "Batman" gives you a chance to reach the sky one step at a time. As long as this film is successful, you can immediately become Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, A-list stars like Michael Fox. I'd like to remind you again that you don't get paid too much for being Bruce Wayne, it's also written into the contract, but you can do it through advertising endorsements and starring in other Movies make a lot of money. So if anyone thinks the contract isn't worth the price I just said, they can leave now."

After Simon finished speaking, he waited patiently for a while, and no one came out of the office before he continued: "ok, then, let's get down to business. First of all, congratulations everyone, you have entered the final round of auditions. But then, Daenerys The film industry will do some background checks on you to make sure you don't have any history of racism, sexual assault, robbery, etc. that could cause huge trouble for your upcoming role. We reminded this at the beginning of the audition , Now, if you have a past that you don’t want us to know about, please take the initiative to withdraw, so that both of us can avoid unnecessary trouble.”

After a moment of silence again, no one left.

Simon nodded with satisfaction and said: "Secondly, once you get this role, Daenerys Pictures will arrange training in all aspects for half a year, including physical training and performance courses. Of course, we are very aware of everyone's The financial situation, therefore, the bills are paid by Daenerys Pictures. But the process will never be easy, and if anyone thinks they can't handle it, please leave now."

Ten people were still sitting neatly in the conference room.

Simon went on to say something

He also answered some questions from the crowd, and after more than ten minutes, he said solemnly again: "Then, I think everyone has no problem. In the last stage, you were also reminded before the audition that you want to get the In this role, you must not have any drug addiction and drug addiction. Now, the team of doctors we invited is next door. Among you, those of you who confirm that you can pass the test can go to the next door to ask the doctor to take blood samples, otherwise, you can leave directly ."

After saying this, ignoring the men whose faces had changed abruptly among these people, Simon nodded to Linda Vargas, the casting director who has been helping him with casting since "Lola Run". After that, he took Jennifer straight up and walked out of the conference room.

Returning to the floor of his office, Simon came to the door of the outer room, and saw a curly-haired girl in a cropped t-shirt and skinny jeans sitting on the sofa in the secretary's room. The girl's name was Valerie Golino, the original "Rain". The heroine of People.

With Simon's intervention, "Rain Man", which was still in the final shooting stage, also chose Valerie Golino to play Tom Cruise's girlfriend, but her role was completed last month.

Seeing Simon appear, Valerie Golino hurriedly got up and took the initiative to come over and extend her hand to Simon: "Hello, Mr. Westeros."

Simon looked up and down the girl in front of him, showed a satisfied expression, shook hands with her and said, "Didn't your agent come?"

Valerie Golino shook her head and said, "My agent has gone to New York. I talked to Mr. Friedman and he said that I can come by myself."

Simon didn't ask too much, ordered Susan to send two cups of coffee, and said to Valerie Golino, "Come in with me."

Valerie Golino nodded, holding her satchel in both hands, and followed Simon into his office with some restraint.

Going to the desk and sitting down, before Simon could speak to Valerie Golino, Susan's voice came from the phone on the desk: "Mr. Westeros, Mr. Friedman's phone."

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