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"I had several phone calls with John Hughes about Uncle Buck, and he said he was very interested in working with us. However, Hughes offered a salary contract of $6 million in base salary plus 10% of the North American box office."

conference room.

Simon noticed the smile on Amy's face when he introduced the proposal, and said: "If he is willing to accept the $1 base salary plus the box office and videotape split, maybe I will agree immediately."

John Hughes is the screenwriter and producer of "Home Alone" in the original time and space.

Simon has been following each other's movements since "Spring is not a day for reading" two years ago.

Most of the Hollywood filmmaker who created a standard 'Hughes model' is basically a rebellious protagonist with 'bear' attributes. The method of the stupid thief is exactly the same as the details of the male protagonist Phyllis in "Spring is not a day for reading" through electronic onomatopoeia to pretend to be sick and ask for leave.

After "Spring is not a day for reading", the box office of John Hughes's films in the last two years has been very mediocre. If it wasn't for "Uncle Buck", Simon would not have much interest in cooperating with him. However, Simon just remembers that John Hughes had the inspiration for "Home Alone" during the filming of "Uncle Buck".

Amy listened to Simon's ridicule and explained: "Hughes's previous films, on the basis of the basic salary, all required a 10% profit share from all channels. However, he should have imitated our distribution strength because he did not have confidence in us. The model of your cooperation with Fox and Orion called out the box-office share. In fact, the two methods he can get are about the same, but the direct revenue from the box-office is better than the profit-sharing model.

Although the film mode is single, John Hughes's films basically rarely lose money. In addition, every project of the filmmaker is written and produced by himself, and sometimes he also directs himself, requiring 10% of the The omni-channel profit sharing model is also not excessive.

Simon looked through the materials of John Hughes' previous works.

After "Spring is not a day for reading", in the past two years, John Hughes has written a total of four scripts, two of which grossed over $40 million at the box office, and two of which only grossed over $10 million. Already a very good result.

As for "Uncle Buck", the initial budget cost is $15 million, and John Hughes is personally responsible for the three positions of screenwriter, director and producer.

Simon doesn't know the box office performance of the film, so be optimistic. If the production cost is $15 million based on the North American box office of $40 million, Hughes will also take $10 million, including the cost of publicity. Daenerys Entertainment is sure to lose millions of dollars at the box office, only to recoup its costs with later videotape and TV rights sales.

Since the fundamental purpose is "Home Alone", Simon quickly made a decision and said: "The base salary of $6 million is too high, the maximum is $5 million, and the budget cost of $15 million must also be stuck. If it exceeds, it must be It will be deducted from Hughes' share. In addition, Daenerys Entertainment needs the first choice of Hughes' future script under the same contract, Amy, you can talk to Hughes according to this framework."

Speaking of which, Simon actually expects the script of "Home Alone" to be dropped by butterflies.

This possibility is actually very big. Unlike some screenwriters who often brew an idea in their minds for many years, John Hughes is a typical stereotyped mass-produced screenwriter. The filmmaker creates two scripts every year, and then produced and distributed. Under the normal frequency of the assembly line, it may be just a short thought, and the original wonderful script will be gone.

If Home Alone's script was fanned out, it would have been a lot easier.

There are countless filmmakers who imitate the Hughes model in Hollywood. Even the Weinstein brothers have done it. It will not be too abrupt for Simon to toss out a Hughes model script in the future. He can even be said to be from "Uncle Buck". Inspiration from.

"In this case, I will take the time to fly to Chicago in the next few days to have an interview with Hughes. It's not a big problem to win this project," Amy wrote down the matter on the memo, looked at her watch, and unknowingly it was approaching six o'clock. It was long past get off work hours, so I closed the memo and asked about the noon thing: "How did you and Semel talk?"

Simon briefly recounted the terms of cooperation negotiated with Semel at noon, and exhorted: "During the time I go to Australia, you and Warner will draw up a specific contract as soon as possible."

Amy reopened the memo to write down these things, and then asked, "So, which project do you plan to work with Warner on?"

"The One By Amy Heckerling."

Amy's writing hand paused and said, "Simon, I think "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is the best. This is a script signed by you, and the originality is also very good. "Childhood", this story is indeed very interesting, but if the box office fails to break 100 million, we will have to pay Warner another movie."

The original "Sixth Sense" grossed more than $290 million in North America and nearly $700 million worldwide. Taking out this project and cooperating with Warner, even if the box office of the new version of the film has shrunk to only 500 million worldwide, Simon is reluctant.

Between "Bodyguard" and "Flying Innocent", Simon chose the latter mainly because "Flying Innocent", a comedy with a strong local style, should have less overseas box office potential than "Bodyguard".

Simon didn't explain much to Amy

, decided: "I don't want to give my script to others, it's "Flying Over the Childhood". Since we are cooperating with Warner, we can increase the budget and invite a few more famous protagonists. I am still on this project. Very confident."

Amy had no choice but to nod, continue writing, and ask again: "Simon, when I was discussing the script of "The Bodyguard" with Costner last Friday, he asked about "Dances with Wolves." Bought a lot of copyrights, when are you going to do it?"

"Those are all projects that I am very optimistic about. It will take another year or two to consolidate the company's strength. I don't want to screw up any of them," Simon said, closing the document in front of him, "Also, you just Said to fly to Chicago?"

Amy explained: "John Hughes has always lived in Chicago, and most of his films are shot in Chicago, and he doesn't like Los Angeles."

"In this case," Simon tapped his finger on the table lightly, and said: "The company should add another business jet. Iger has to travel between the east and west coasts every week for the TV business. You and Rem also need to travel frequently, and the company The rest of the executives and James' side, one is definitely not enough."

Amy raised her head: "Rent or buy?"

Simon smiled: "Rent, I don't want to add so many small planes, but I don't want that Gulfstream anymore."

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