Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 473 Phantom Hero

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Marvin Josephson's cocktail party at his Beverly Hills mansion was a major social event for icm's pre-Oscars artists.

Earlier on Wednesday, Daenerys Entertainment officially signed the contract for the actor Clark Kent in "Superman". Because it is an artist under icm, Marvin Josephson personally attended the signing ceremony, and also sent Simon this time. Invitation to a reception.

Officially finalized "Superman" actor, the actor's name is Brad Pitt.

Simon had noticed Pete two years ago.

In my memory, Brad Pitt was actually interested in appearing in Warner Bros.' 2006 reboot of "Superman Returns," but because of Pitt's fame, Warners had to give up on him.

Brad Pitt is now 29 years old. He debuted in the mid-1980s, but he is different from Tom Cruise, who is only one year older than him. Since his debut, Pitt has been at the bottom and starred in various little dragons.

The most well-known role recently is just a "male vase" that originally belonged to him in "Crazy Flowers", which is the result of Simon's intentional arrangement.

In order to pave the way for Pitt's role in Superman, after "The Endless Flower", the actor will also appear in "Love in the River", which was invested by Daenerys Entertainment and directed by Robert Redford himself. The literary film adapted from the autobiographical novel happens to be Pitt's famous work on the original timeline.

According to the arrangement, "Love in the Big River" will be released at the end of the year and will hit the awards season next year.

Brad Pitt signed a 15-year, five-film deal similar to that of "Batman" actor Adam Baldwin.

However, unlike Adam Baldwin's five-part deal, which totaled $30 million, Brad Pitt's starting salary was $250,000, with four subsequent films increasing at $2.5 million each.

If the "Superman" franchise lives up to expectations, Brad Pitt's five-part deal would be worth about $25 million.

The $25 million package deal is nothing compared to the potential value of the Superman franchise. However, for an actor like Brad Pitt at this time, breaking his head may not necessarily get him a chance.

Not only Clark Kent, but also the cast of steel-boned Victor Stone was recently finalized.

The actor is Will Smith, who has moved from the rap world to Hollywood in the past two years.

Will Smith debuted as a rapper in 1985. Although he won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Group three years ago, he is barely second-tier in the music industry, and the album that earned him the Grammy Award has total sales. There are only 500,000 copies.

Because of excessive spending and tax evasion after becoming famous, Will Smith was found out by irs two years ago. The fine of 2.8 million dollars directly made the rapper bankrupt, and he had to try to turn to the film and television industry to earn extra money.

Subsequently, the abc sitcom "The Fresh Prince", which was launched in 1990, allowed Smith to gain a firm foothold in the film and television industry.

The opportunities for black actors to emerge in this era are far less than those after the new century.

The DC movie universe is in full swing, and Cyborg, the actor of the black superhero, naturally attracts competition from a large number of black actors, and Will Smith is no exception.

Under the promotion of Simon, Will Smith, who is indeed very suitable for the role of Cyborg, successfully got the opportunity.

The same five-film contract, because the popularity of 'Cyborg' is much lower than that of 'Superman' and 'Batman', and Smith, who has only acted in one TV series, is not a big celebrity. Therefore, the total value of this packaged contract is only $20 million.

Five films with a starting salary of $200,000, followed by four films with up to $2 million each.

Simon brought Nicole Kidman to the cocktail party at Josephson's house. It was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, and the reception had already started for a long time.

The atmosphere of the cocktail party is mainly relaxed, and the organizer usually does not stipulate the opening time, so Simon and the two are not late.

not to mention.

Simon Westeros late...

All right.

This might sound like a joke in Hollywood right now.

Knowing that Simon was coming, Marvin Josephson and his daughter Nancy Josephson welcomed him out.

icm has been restructured several times in the 1980s, and now Marvin Josephson has basically withdrawn from the management of this talent agency, and only holds the position of chairman as a major shareholder.

Nancy Josephson is the next generation head of icm trained by Marvin Josephson, and is now one of the budding agents in icm.

Simon, a latecomer, knew that Nancy Josephson would be co-president of icm in a few years, and the agent also had a very high-profile client, Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp became famous with "Edward Scissorhands" two years ago. Now he is already a well-known little meat in Hollywood. Depp has also tried to get the role of Flash before, just because Simon thinks Depp's style really doesn't match Barry Allen's, so he didn't use each other.

Next Monday is the Oscars, and many of the biggest names in icm are coming together in Los Angeles like Nicole Kidman.

As a result, the mansion, which sits on more than an acre on top of Beverly Hills, is filled with people in twos and threes, both inside and outside the villa and on the backyard lawn.

Mel Gibson, A

Nuo Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, Susan Sarandon, Demi Moore, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster and a large number of icm stage pillars and second- and third-tier artists have appeared in At the reception, of course, there were also executives of the production company.

Many Hollywood movie projects are finalized unknowingly in such social situations.

Marvin Josephson strongly invited Simon to attend, of course, not just to enhance personal feelings.

After saying hello to the more familiar Mel Gibson, Marvin Josephson took Simon to a corner of the backyard lawn, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Columbia Pictures CEO Peter Gu were already standing. cypress.

"Simon, Amy said that you are not interested in the script of "Phantom Heroes". I think you should listen to Arnold's own thoughts. This will definitely become a blockbuster no less than "Terminator 2"."

After last year's Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger's popularity has returned to its peak, and the action star's next film has become the focus of Hollywood's attention.

A few days ago, it was rumored that Schwarzenegger was preparing an original script called "The Phantom Hero", and the script of the film was also spread in Hollywood for the first time.

Simon didn't need to read the script, just listened to the name and knew that this was the worst somersault that Schwarzenegger had planted in the 1990s.

"Phantom Heroes" tells the story of a little boy who is obsessed with an action hero on the screen and accidentally gets a movie ticket that can travel between the movie world and the real world, so he embarks on an adventure with his idol, Arnold in it Play as the action hero named Jack Slater.

As far back as I can remember, Heroes of the Phantom cost $85 million just to make.

After the film was released, the North American box office was only over 50 million US dollars. The huge loss made Sony pay an expensive tuition fee again, and Schwarzenegger's career almost hit the rocks because of "Phantom Heroes".

Such a big pit, Daenerys Entertainment directly chose to refuse when ICM promoted the project to major studios.

Looking at the situation at this time, it is obvious that Columbia Pictures, which is controlled by Sony, is going to take over this project as in the original time and space.

However, after the consecutive failures of last year's "Ultimate Condor" and "Captain Hawk" and other projects, Sony is also obviously cautious. Peter Cooper still wants to pull in Daenerys Entertainment and create a Cooperation projects.

Simon will definitely not be involved in "Phantom Heroes", and of course he will not be kind enough to remind Sony not to participate.

The release of such a box office fiasco as "The Phantom Hero" means that a large market share will be vacated in the same period. This kind of trade-off will definitely be beneficial to Daenerys Entertainment.

After listening patiently to Arnold Schwarzenegger about his views on the project, and chatting with Peter Cooper, Simon verbally stated that he would reconsider. Of course, he actually planned to let AI Midai refused again.

Seeing Simon walk away, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Cooper and "Phantom Heroes" screenwriter Zach Payne, among others, were a little disappointed.

After being in this circle for a long time, just looking at Westeros' ambiguous attitude, everyone basically confirmed that Daenerys Entertainment should definitely not participate in this project.

However, Simon's indifference did not reduce their determination to make this film.

In the past year, although Daenerys Entertainment's projects have occupied most of the top box office charts, there are still many blockbuster films from other film companies.

Marvin Josephson's expression did not show any strangeness to Simon for not agreeing to participate in "The Phantom Hero", and he still warmly took him to another tall male star.

This is also an artist under icm, Liam Neeson.

Spielberg is already looking for a lead role in "Schindler's List" while filming "Jurassic Park."

Because of the special meaning behind "Schindler's List", many big-name Hollywood male stars such as Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, etc. have expressed their willingness to reduce their salaries to perform.

Simon, however, prefers the original Liam Neeson.

Liam Neeson is 40 years old this year. He debuted in the 1980s, and he was only a second-tier player in Hollywood for ten years.

Thinking about Liam Neeson's career development later, I have to say that compared to female stars, Hollywood male stars who basically have no shelf life restrictions really have too many advantages.

In private discussions, Spielberg thought that Schindler should be a Steve Ross-like person, so he wanted to find a male star of the same type.

Since he wanted Liam Neeson to get the role, Simon took a chance and asked icm and Neeson to find a way to find some videos related to Rose for reference.

Unlike "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List", Simon will only make some suggestions, and the decision-making power is in Spielberg's hands.

The box office of "Schindler's List" in my memory is actually not bad, but whether or not Spielberg still chooses Neeson as the male lead, Simon actually doesn't matter.

In this project, Simon is not looking at profit at all, but an attitude expressed to the Jewish community in Hollywood.

For the outside world, Simon's race is actually a topic that is often discussed because of his unknown background.

However, most media generally confirm that, whether based on Simon's surname before he changed his surname to Westeros, or his own appearance, Westeros should be a standard Anglo-Saxon, that is, American

China's mainstream wasps (wasp) family.

The same is true if the inner soul is not considered.

Although some people hope that Simon is a Jew, including the Jewish community in Hollywood even more so, and some people even test whether Simon wants to join Judaism, but most people basically have a judgment on how to do it.

In the impression of outsiders, the Jewish community in the United States seems to be particularly powerful and beautiful, but in fact it is not.

If you go deep into American society, it is not difficult to find that many Jews, whether they are political celebrities or wealthy businessmen, actually have a deep-rooted inferiority complex in front of wasp.

Many top clubs in the United States still do not accept Jews to join.

At the same time, many Jews will try their best to squeeze into the wasp circle after they have developed.

Why is the issue of race so sensitive in America?

The root cause is the deep-rooted and ubiquitous racial discrimination. This kind of discrimination is definitely not only between whites and blacks, but even between white groups, there are discriminations such as "red neck" and "white trash".

Simon certainly doesn't claim to be Jewish or join Judaism in order to cater to the Jewish community in Hollywood.

However, as he himself became more powerful in Hollywood, it was actually necessary to express an attitude by supporting the filming of "Schindler's List".

Just chatting with Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore took the initiative to say hello.

The couple's current situation can be said to be a little bad.

Bruce Willis' back-to-back box-office failures for "The Ultimate Condor" and "The Last Scout" have left Hollywood wondering if the "Die Hard" star still has the potential to be an action star.

Demi Moore's "A Few Good People" last year has once again consolidated her status as a first-line actress in Hollywood.

However, after the actress became famous, she may have been too eager to make money. After the filming of "A Few Good People", she took two consecutive films back-to-back.

A Paramount Pictures production of "The Spiritual Wife" was released in October last year with a budget of $20 million and a total North American box office of just over $9 million.

Another film with even worse results, Columbia Pictures' "24 Hours", with a budget of $40 million, co-starred with "Ghostbusters" actor Dan Aykroyd, trying to replicate "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters" The success of Love is Over.

As a result, the film was released on the Valentine's Day schedule on February 14 this year, and the box office was only $3.26 million in the first week of filming.

It stands to reason that Demi Moore and her position as a male star in the film will definitely not be in the unpopular schedules such as October and February.

Both films were left in the cemetery of the schedule, which is enough to show that the studio itself is very dissatisfied with the quality of "The Medium Wife" and "24 Hours of the Haunted House".

Two consecutive starring films have failed at the box office. Even if the popularity accumulated by relying on "Ghosts" and "A Few Good People" has not dissipated, Hollywood studios are almost going to label the actress as box office poison.

Everyone can also see that Demi Moore's performance in "The Ghost Story" is indeed remarkable, but "A Few Good People", the film is successful, and more should be Robert De Niro and Tom Han The two big coffees supported the field.

Moreover, behind the scenes of "The Love of Ghosts" and "Few Good People", there is a young man standing.

In this way, Demi Moore's box office appeal is even more suspicious.

Six years after Simon was born again, Hollywood has changed beyond recognition.

The blockbuster era has begun ahead of schedule, and big scenes, big productions, big special effects, and big ip projects will gradually replace the personal appeal of celebrities.

"Simon, I was on the phone with Ms. Fessy yesterday to discuss this Oscar dress. I'm so sorry about the Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels endorsement last time, I've fired my PR manager because she thought Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels had Bao's brand positioning doesn't fit my image too well. However, if Melisandre's just acquired ck needs my help, I'll do my best."

Selecting Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels' spokesperson last year, Sofia's first favorite actress was Demi Moore, and the two sides also tried to contact. The result was that Demi Moore chose to speak for Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels' most direct competitor, Cartier.

"It's okay, and I don't ask too much about Melisandre's side."

Simon shook his head and said.

He never expected too much from a woman, so he didn't feel anything special about that incident.

What's more, the current spokesperson of Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels is standing beside him.

Facts have also proved that Nicole Kidman is more suitable to endorse a jewelry brand than Demi Moore, regardless of image or temperament.

Demi Moore couldn't help but glance at Nicole, obviously she wanted to say something, but she was hesitant to say anything, just casually chatted a few unnutritious topics, and walked away with Willis.

Although she felt the flattery and remorse of Demi Moore when she talked to her, and even took advantage of some hints her husband made inattentive, Simon did not intend to waste any more attention on her. The actress probably It is true that all the aura was exhausted in a "Ghost Love".

In this way, the crowd of guests of one or two hundred people went back and forth to entertain for about an hour.

After nine thirty, Simon left the backyard lawn and planned to leave the reception through the villa.

However, in the villa hall, Simon encountered a figure that surprised him.

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