Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 372 Take advantage of age

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In the last week of September, mca and Panasonic held another meeting on Tuesday, September 25th, but the result was still unhappy, and Daenerys Entertainment, which was closely followed by the media, did not make any news. The case appears to have reached a stalemate.

After the limelight of the "Forbes" 400 richest people in the United States at the beginning of the month passed, this week, the team of the Westeros system reopened the preliminary preparations for the acquisition of Bell Atlantic, and James Raybold also began to quietly absorb the shares of Bell Atlantic, intending to acquire Bell Atlantic. Before the exposure, it took a 4.9% stake in Bell Atlantic ahead of schedule.

Although Forbes magazine will release the list of the world's richest people next month, Simon's ranking on this list is no longer in doubt, so it will not cause too much waves.

On Daenerys TV, the sitcom "Seinfeld", which Simon personally selected at the beginning of the year, also officially launched on the abc network this Tuesday. The abc gave the broadcast time at 9 o'clock exactly, and started with "Who Will Be the Hundred". Millionaire as the lead.

After the official launch, the 15.6 million viewership data of the premiere episode of "Seinfeld" directly led abc to announce that it would renew the next two seasons at one time.

In terms of movies, David Lynch had previously won the Cannes Palme d'Or, "Wild at Heart" opened with 532 screens last Friday. This film has been controversial and polarized from Cannes to North America. 9 From September 21st to September 27th, the box office reached 5.73 million US dollars in the first seven days, and the average hall exceeded the $10,000 sales level, which exceeded many people's expectations.

After seeing the three-day box office data of "My Heart is Wild" in the first weekend, Gaomen Pictures began to urgently allocate screens. It is expected that the number of screens in the second week of the film will reach about 800, and the film is also expected to hit 20 million US dollars in North America. Box office mark. Although it signed a distribution contract, the North American box office exceeded 20 million US dollars, and Daenerys Entertainment could still make a good sum of money, including the subsequent videotape and TV broadcast rights distribution.

Compared with "My Heart is Wild", earlier, Italian director Giuseppe Tonadore's new film "Journey to Family", which was released on September 7, failed to attract any attention from the audience after several screenings. The response, in the end, only hastily recovered $170,000 at the box office in the North American market.

Gaomen Pictures originally invested $1 million to obtain the North American omni-channel copyright of "Journey to Heaven". Judging from the box office results of the theaters, losses are inevitable.

Counting "Cinema Paradiso", which was bought by Universal Pictures at the beginning and was screwed up due to a mistake in its distribution strategy, Tonadore's two films failed to make any splash in the North American market. The Italian director is destined to be very good in the future. Hard to get Hollywood's favor.

Except for Simon, of course.

If the two excellent films of Tonadore's future "The Pianist at Sea" and "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" still appear, Simon will definitely make a shot.

Los Angeles.

After a short day off in Seattle with a female assistant, Simon returned to Hollywood to start a week of work.

Knowing that Simon intends to readjust the speed of the DC movie universe, Terry Semel, the CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, immediately objected, and then Steve Ross also called Simon's office.

The follow-up plan for the first phase of the DC Cinematic Universe has always been the highlight of Time Warner's continuous promotion for the past six months after the merger.

Moreover, although most investors recognize the win-win situation between Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group in the dc movie universe plan, there are also many shareholders who criticize Time Warner management for giving too much interest and initiative to Daenerys Silk Entertainment.

It is conceivable that the shareholders who have been accusing the management of Time Warner of making too much profit will definitely be more dissatisfied once the development cycle of the first phase of the planned 5-year 10-part DC Cinematic Universe is suddenly stretched to 7 to 10 years. Investors on the management side may also change their attitudes.

More seriously, this incident will certainly affect the share price of Time Warner Group.

Now that he has made up his mind, Simon will not change his mind easily.

After several disputes, Time Warner still had to compromise, because the control of the entire DC movie universe was actually completely in Simon's hands. If there is a real trouble, Daenerys Entertainment is definitely not afraid of shelving the plan completely, but Time Warner cannot bear the consequences.

However, Simon also made appropriate compensation.

The last two spots in Daenerys Entertainment's 10-film program are all handed over to Warner Bros. Pictures, further tying the interests of both parties together. Moreover, Simon also agreed that this adjustment will not be officially disclosed to the outside world, and will only unknowingly delay the plan through excuses such as poor project preparations during the implementation process.

Reluctantly reaching an agreement on this matter, Simon understands that there must be cracks in the cooperation between Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group.

However, this kind of thing is inevitable.

The continued expansion of Daenerys Entertainment and the entire Westeros system is destined to harm the interests of more and more people.

Friday, September 28.

In the office loft on the second floor of Daenerys Studios, the team responsible for the DC Cinematic Universe project occupies a special office area next to the Daenerys special effects company in the 2nd loft, where all aspects of the DC Cinematic Universe planning will be here. produce.

Moreover, the team is stationed here, and it is convenient to discuss the feasibility of various special effects scenes with Daenerys special effects company at any time.

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In an event room of more than 70 square meters in the Zhou office area, Simon, Amy and Semel all appeared here today. The event room was also used for auditions a few days ago. At this time, the walls were densely packed with photos of various actors. It mainly involves the three series of "Batman", "Wonder Woman" and "The Flash".

The core character of Batman has long been decided and needs no discussion.

A series of creators of "Wonder Woman" have also been finalized during this period, including Famke Janssen who played Diana Prince, Joanna Cassidy who played Queen Hippolyta, Hippo Linda Hamilton, who played Queen Lyta's sister Antiope, etc. During this week, the supporting roles of the series, such as Steve Trevor, Ares, God of War and other characters, were also finally decided.

What everyone is discussing today is the final selection of the characters of "The Flash". Of course, if it is a discussion, the power to make the final decision is still in Simon's hands.

"Since everyone is okay, the role of Barry Allen is handed over to Jason Jedrick."

After carefully watching a few samples and the background information of the actors, and discussing it, Simon said.

Jason Jedrick, 25 years old, debuted in 1983, previously starred in Tom Cruise's "Walk to School", Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July", Michael Hoffman "The State of Dreams" and other films, the acting skills and qualifications are sufficient, and Simon also appreciates the other party's performance in "The State of Dreams".

Moreover, when Simon was invited by Robert Redford to watch his new film "Havana" on Wednesday night, Redford also specially recommended Jason Jedrick, who had made the final list, to Simon. The difference between the last few candidates is not big. Jason Jedrick has enough conditions in all aspects, and Simon also sold a favor to Redford along the way.

After everyone nodded, a staff member in the event room pinned a photo of Jason Jedrick on the wall at the position of the hero of "The Flash".

To finalize this matter, Simon let go of the other document in front of him and said: "Next, the heroine, Tracy Polan, Robin Wright, Amanda Wise, let's re-read a few paragraphs of the three The audition video."

After Simon finished speaking, the staff in the activity room closed the curtains and turned on the projector without being told.

Moments later, the first video of Tracy Bowlan's audition appeared on the projector screen on the side of the event room.

Tracy Polan is 30 years old this year, debuted earlier than Jason Jedrick, and has the same rich acting experience. In addition, the actress is also the wife of Hollywood star Michael Fox, which is the most important condition for her to enter the final round of casting.

Robin White, 24 years old. Not only the 'Jenny' in "Forrest Gump" and the 'Mrs. Lower Wood' in "House of Cards" in Simon's memory, but Robin Wright also happened to be the one who was originally produced by New World Pictures and later sold by Daenerys. The heroine of the hit series "Santa Barbara" that Entertainment took over.

"Santa Barbara" began airing in 1984 and was officially discontinued last year, during which Robin Wright also starred in Rob Reiner's "The Princess Bride" and other films.

Amanda Pace, 31, the same TV actress, because she is the oldest, has more acting experience than the first two. Moreover, Amanda Pace should also be regarded as the most beautiful of the three candidate actresses.

After the audition video was played in sequence, Simon looked at the surrounding people.

Terry Semel first said: "I think Tracy Bowland is good, as Michael Fox's wife, this can also be a very good publicity point."

Although the "Back to the Future" series starring Michael Fox has come to an end, it is not a problem for the popular Hollywood boy to continue to maintain his popularity for a few years. As Fox's wife, like Demi Moore, Tracy Bowlan does have an innate advantage.

However, as soon as Semel finished speaking, Amy said: "I don't think the advantage of Michael Fox's wife is obvious, Amanda Pace should be better, and she has more acting experience than the other two. Moreover, her image and temperament are also more in line with the setting of Iris West journalists."

"The Flash" director George Cosmatus, who was recommended by Warners, said at this time: "But, Amy, Amanda Pace is 31 years old."

George Cosmatus once served as the director of "First Blood 2", "Blood Catcher" and other big-budget movies. Although it did not meet Simon's criteria for selecting the director of the DC Cinematic Universe series, Warners did not have the same heart as Simon. Big, so I hope there will be a more experienced director to direct the "Flash" series.

The budget for "The Flash" was borne by Warner, and Cosmatus could not intervene in crossover films such as "Justice League". After several communications, it was confirmed that the other party's production ideas did not contradict him too much, and Simon agreed.

Amy heard Cosmatus say this, picked up a photo and showed it to him, saying, "George, if I say Amanda is 20 years old, maybe some people will believe it?"

Amanda Pace has a soft Asian face. Although she is 31 years old, she is well maintained. Some people believe that she is 20 years old.

Now that the last three are selected, Simon is actually satisfied with every actor, and it is no problem for any one to eventually serve as the heroine of "The Flash". The other few people just know Simon's attitude and will discuss it seriously. Otherwise, everyone can simply wait for Simon to decide on his own, and there is no need to waste words at all.

"But, Amy," Cosmatus added, "Amanda Pace is really beautiful now, but if the Flash series lasted ten years, you can imagine ten years from now that she will still be 41 years old.

Your current appearance? "

Simon didn't notice this problem at first, and Cosmatus' words suddenly woke him up.

I imagine the "Friends" series that lasted for ten years in my memory. When the series started, the heroines were all very good, but at the end, even the most beautiful Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox gave People have a strong feeling that years are a butchering knife.

Moreover, even if the "Friends" analogy is not used, the "Iron Man" series, the original "Little Pepper" Gwyneth Paltrow, who was still attractive, appeared on the scene after the series lasted for ten years, which is also unbearable to look at.

Amy said again at this time: "According to your statement, George, Amanda Wise and Tracy Baolan can be directly out of the game."

Simon ignored the dispute between the two and looked back at the information in front of him.

Although any of the three candidates is fine to play Iris West, Simon naturally has some inclinations, and he originally liked Amanda Pace more. This actress not only lacks the intelligence of a female reporter, but also has another capable temperament.

Moreover, in the plot of "The Flash", Iris West is definitely not a vase-like existence. Because of her profession as a reporter, she will also trigger a lot of plots, including the plot of the crossover episode of the DC movie universe.

Amanda Pace in the original time and space is not very famous, and Simon can't remember what the other party will look like in ten years. What's more, Simon can also see that this woman should have undergone plastic surgery, and he didn't care too much about it. One point, but it is obvious that women who have undergone plastic surgery are actually more vulnerable to the ravages of time.

After thinking about this, Simon directly drew a cross on the information page of Amanda Pace, then raised his head, interrupted the dispute between Amy and George, and said, "Amy, what George just said reminded me that age is indeed a very important factor. Important question, I remember thinking about it before, if it wasn't for George's reminder, I almost forgot, Amanda Pace is really inappropriate, pass it."

Amy paused, nodded, and said, "So, what about Tracy Baolan?"

Simon didn't hesitate too much, and said: "Also rinse it off."

Three to two, the heroine of "The Flash" is ready to come out.

Everyone in the office also realized that a certain girl who was only 24 years old this year took advantage of her age unknowingly.

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