Chapter 1824

Within a short period of three weeks, Sisyphus film has released the latest news of three film projects. Such frequent actions are comparable to those of second tier film companies, which is not quite right. What's more, the three film projects all make different guesses, which is even more abnormal.

The first is "female spies.".

This is a comedy film with medium scale investment. At present, the official investment budget is 50 million US dollars. For large-scale commercial films, it can only be regarded as spilling water, but for comedy type works, it can already be listed in the "medium high" level. The size of the budget was slightly explained by the release of CASS lineup: it was the third collaboration between director Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy.

Paul Figg, who came out from the classic comedy series "freaks and Bookworms", "Park rest", "office" and "nurse in charge", directed a low-cost comedy "bridesmaids" in 2011, but with a cost of 30 million, he won 170 million in North America and 288 million in the world, He won two nominations for best supporting actress and best original screenplay, which is the biggest dark horse of the year.

This also made Paul famous in the first World War and immediately became the most popular comedy director in Hollywood.

Melissa McCarthy is famous for her "Bridesmaid" - before that, she had been in the television field for many years, and she had been in many movies, but she never made it out; But this work has made her popular in North America. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.

After the "Bridesmaid", Melissa and Paul worked together as "hot cop" with Sandra Bullock. Although the final box office results did not reach the height of "bridesmaids", it still achieved success, which can be said that it is a rare combination that can win many battles in comedy movies in recent years.

Now it's the female spy.

There is no doubt that Melissa and Paul are now one of the most popular comedy partners in North America. During the preparation period of "female spy", major film companies launched fierce competition. Originally, fox took the lead in the 20th century, but they failed to reach an agreement on the production cost and actor's remuneration. In the end, Sisyphus film was unexpectedly born.

It's said that Melissa's film salary has risen to 10 million US dollars, and the box office bonus ratio has also come to 2%. There is no doubt that she has become the front line of today's Hollywood comedians. Although there is still a gap compared with the top Adam Sandra, Ben Stiller and others, she has come to the leading position among female comedians.

However, there are rumors about different versions of the contract details, which have not been confirmed by both parties for the time being. The only thing that can be determined is that the box office bonus is not full but conditional.

Considering the $50 million production cost and Melissa's breakthrough in film payment, it seems not surprising that Sisyphus can beat 20th century fox to get the project.

In fact, in the 20th century, fox was not depressed or regretted, and the industry was not shocked or surprised. On the contrary, the mainstream public opinion in the industry thinks that Andre Hamilton is a fool with a lot of money. This investment is likely to be directly wasted, and the investment and return are very likely to be in direct proportion.

The main reason why Melissa and Paul are so popular is that in the North American film market in recent years, the return rate of comedy movies is rapidly declining, and there are more and more failure cases. Even if the box office is successful, the profit distribution is not satisfactory. This is also the reason why Universal Pictures is always reluctant to increase the cost budget of comedy movies.

Not only universal pictures, but also other film companies are cautious in the production cost of comedy films, which makes Melissa and Paul, who have achieved success in two successive collaborations, stand out. However, even this combination still fails to make the film companies make up their minds to raise the investment cost substantially.

The most direct proof is the film pay: Melissa's only $10 million film pay, not to mention compared with Lan Li, even compared with other types of film stars, it can only be regarded as a medium level. The supporting actors of "speed and passion" can already get such a pay figure, the only difference is that there is no box office bonus.

But even with this kind of pay, 20th century fox didn't like it very much, and Melissa was able to make it to the top position of the top female comedian in North America. That's the real picture of comedy movies.

Only a layman like Sisyphus, who does not understand the rules and situation of the industry and the market situation, will foolishly agree to cooperate.

Compared with the original promotion of lanli's film remuneration, Sisyphus pictures did not encounter any obstacles in promoting Melissa's film remuneration. Because the major film companies simply do not care, if the "female spy" box office failure, Melissa out of the same pay, they will not be willing to invest; But if the "female spy" is successful at the box office again, they don't mind paying Melissa 10 million. In short, it is to make Sisyphus film the first person to eat crabs. Why not?

In this context, "female spy" has become the third work of Sisyphus film.

After that, Sisyphus pictures announced the cast of "female spy" cast in succession: Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason stanson's luxurious cast stunned everyone!

Rose even if, she also played the "Bridesmaid", and Melissa, Paul have friends; In addition, she and Randy are the same agents - when Randy attended the Emmy Awards, Andy reminded rose to take care of Randy and be willing to join. Andy is bound to play an important role in it, but Jude and Jason?

Jude and Jason can be said to be front-line actors, with good price performance and audience recognition. Most importantly, they have not appeared in comedy movies for many years. But are you willing to join now? It's Melissa and Paul? Or the credit of lanli?

Further, Jude and Jason are British! Jason also joined "speed and passion" with the help of Langley, and it became interesting.

In addition, with such a lineup, is the production cost budget of 50 million enough?

Before, the industry thought Sisyphus film was "stupid and rich", but now looking at CASS lineup, it seems to be a good deal. It's not as good as saying "good quality and low price", but at least it can be said to be "balanced". In the preparatory stage, the topic of the film project has been guaranteed, which seems not so... Silly.

In less than a month, the production team quickly completed its formation. On March 31, the "female spy" officially announced its launch in Los Angeles.

First "Night Walker" and then "female spy", Sisyphus film has no direct participation in two consecutive works. But that's still not all.

The second is the formal approval of the two projects.

In late March, there was a rumor in the industry that Sisyphus pictures officially negotiated two projects. One is a low-cost horror film, "it's behind me", which will be directed by the new director David Robert Mitchell. This will be his second directing work, with an investment cost of about $2 million. At present, there is no further news about CASS.

This news is fairly normal. At the beginning of its establishment, the independent film production company chose low-cost horror films to open up the situation. This is the conventional way of Hollywood. The investment of 2 million yuan is a small cost even for the independent film company, which is more normal for Sisyphus film.

But another project has caused a lot of discussion, "wild Hunter".

This project is really famous. In the past two years, this project has been around the preparatory departments of major film companies, and even some companies have appeared more than twice. People are absolutely familiar with it. The production team has been changed several times. The current successors are Alessandro Gonzalez inarito and Leonardo DiCaprio. However, even if there are two big names in charge, no company is willing to invest——

Because the cost budget is too high!

At present, Alessandro's budget is as high as 100 million US dollars, and according to his shooting plan, the possibility of additional investment is very high; But this is an art film that impacts the award season, not a commercial work that impacts the box office. It is even more exaggerated and outrageous than Alfonso's "gravity". Even the rich Warner Brothers dare not take over easily.

After the success of "gravity", the production plan of "wild Hunter" appeared for a time, but before the rumor spread further, it was again stranded.

In the end, Alessandro and Sisyphus came together.

According to the rumor, Alessandro got together with lenley through Alfonso on Oscar night, and Leonardo also actively promoted this interview. Obviously, Alessandro and Leonardo convinced lenley, and lenley convinced the investors of Sisyphus pictures, which led to this difficult cooperation.

Lanli's matchmaking is expected. Just look at lanli's choice of works and lanli's artistic pursuit. Works like "wild Hunter" can always move him to serve the film regardless of everything and completely ignore the return rate of the film. This is the style of artists, but not the way of businessmen.

This seems to confirm the industry's conjecture once again: Andre is a young master who is stupid and rich.

Things immediately became interesting. Judging from the actions of Sisyphus pictures, there was no direct performance of Langley in three consecutive works, which was not in line with everyone's prediction; However, judging from the attributes of the three works, Sisyphus film's choice does not have a context. It is more like a random investment.

So, is this noteworthy? Is it worth make complaints about?