Chapter 362

Like Denise Entertainment's "steel Magnolia" and "driving for Miss Daisy" in the past two years, "a few good man" is also adapted from a popular Broadway stage play, which tells the story of a fledgling Navy lawyer investigating a military murder under heavy pressure.

The original version of "a few good people" has also been translated into "the sea of righteousness", starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore. It is also a box office hit movie of that year. However, just watching the three protagonists, we know that the production cost of the film will not be too low, which is why Simon is willing to take out the project to cooperate with MGM.

Shirley Lansing took the coffee from the female assistant, said thanks, and then said to Simon, "it's a very good story. It's similar to Harrison Ford's presumption of innocence this summer. It should be able to win an Oscar."

Presumption of innocence, released in Harrison Ford's summer release, is also a court crime film.

The film started with a mediocre performance, but in the three months since its release on June 8, the film has unknowingly accumulated more than $70 million at the box office, and the total domestic box office is expected to reach $80 million, far exceeding the initial expectation of the industry media.

Simon even thinks that "few good people" in the original time and space is probably a movie following the trend of "presumption of innocence".

"In that case, let's start the preparations as soon as possible. In addition, I've given the heroine to Demi Moore. She's very suitable for the role. It happens that she has a contract with Denise. Daniel caffy, you can get in touch with Tom Hanks. "

Shirley Lansing hesitated: "Simon, I think Hanks is more suitable for comedy, and he's not young enough."

"You can take time to see the sample film of the pink League. Hanks' acting is much wider than you think. What's more, Hanks is 34 years old, which is very young in Hollywood. He can't change the script. The original script of rain man was two middle-aged people. The producer wanted Hoffman and Nicholson to play together. Later, for cruise, they changed into a pair of brothers with a big age difference. "Few good people" is the same. The hero may not be a rookie. He may be a middle-aged man who has been excluded or made some mistakes. In a word, he should give the audience a sense of counter attack. "

Shirley Lansing nodded, but said: "in fact, Simon, I showed the script to cruise. Tom is very interested in the role of caffy, and his offer is not high. It's $6 million, which is $3 million lower than the pay he got in thunder ambition. It's very sincere."

If you want to ensure the success of "few good people", it is the safest to use the original team.

Simon didn't think about it from the beginning.

Hollywood studios have lost too much initiative in front of stars over the years.

Simon now wants to take back all the power that should belong to the studio. He won't allow danilisi entertainment to become passive in front of any star, and he won't make a big fight with his hero for the profit sharing of mission impossible like paramount in the original time and space. After the fight, he has to start with each other again Cooperation.

Although Cruise's offer of $6 million is obviously a gesture to danielis entertainment, and he wants to resolve some previous disputes, Simon doesn't mean to let go and insists: "Shirley, I know you have a good relationship with cruise, but this matter is not negotiable, danielis entertainment will not cooperate with cruise."

Shirley Lansing knew that she was not qualified to bargain with the young man in front of her. She could only express regret to cruise and said, "well, I will contact Hanks as soon as possible."

After talking about it, Simon changed the subject: "the next script can be written after" few good people "is finished. What's more, about 007, how did you talk to Brosnan, and the ghost party copyright? "

Shirley Lansing shook her head and said, "Brosnan refused. And what the brockles mean is that Timothy Dalton can play a sequel. The ghost Party's copyright can be negotiated recently. It's about $3 million. There's no way to press the price any more. "

The copyright of 007 has always been jointly owned by MGM's United States and the British broccoli family. Moreover, in the past, the shooting right of 007 series has always been in the hands of the broccoli family.

Pierce Brosnan is 37 years old, older than Hanks. After so many years in the circle, it's not easy to make a fire with "pretty girl". I really won't lock myself in 007's character image easily.

Simon is not reluctant, but said: "even if Brosnan does not want to play, the hero or to change.". Dalton's several 007s are not successful. The latest "license to kill" should be the worst box office performance of the 007 series. It will only waste time to continue

At that meeting in Brisbane, shareholders and creditors of qintex proposed that Simon join MGM's board of directors or act as an adviser to the company, but Simon refused.

In this way, Simon has no legitimate name to intervene in MGM's operation.However, having personally experienced the meeting that day, Shirley Lansing knew that it was easy for the young people in front of her to change the CEO of MGM, so even if she had a little resistance in her heart, she did not dare to ignore Simon's suggestion and said, "I will discuss this with the Brockley family when I go back."

At the end of his meeting with Shirley Lansing, Simon sees them off and returns to the borough to continue their afternoon work.

Until more than six o'clock in the evening, Simon was browsing another copy of the recently obtained copyright materials of the novel "killing time". The phone rang on his desk, and the female assistant prompted Lu wassalman, chairman of MCA, to call in person. Simon was surprised, but he still picked up the phone.

After a few words, Simon hung up, summoned the female assistant in and said, "vassalman invited me to a cocktail party tonight. Let's go later. After that, let's fly to San Francisco for the night, OK?"

Jennifer nodded, "OK, but I won't go to San Francisco with you after the party. I have to work tomorrow."

Simon's trip to San Francisco is a business trip. He will stay there for about two days.

Listening to what Jennifer said, Simon pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "don't go to the party. You can go home and have a rest."

Female assistant Mou son is bright, insist a way: "must go."

Simon grimaced and said, "you see, it's going to make me rebellious. Besides, it seems to be Jennie's duty."

The assistant nodded and said with a smile, "yes, it's really Jennie's job."

All right.

This is a Jeanne, too.

As soon as the female assistant finished, she walked out on her high heels. Simon just started to look at the information in front of her with a smile. He couldn't help thinking about the purpose of Lu wassalman's invitation.

According to some news in the circle, the acquisition team of Panasonic has begun to make formal contact with the management of MCA these days. On Simon's side, danielis entertainment, cersei capital and rebalde law firm have also formed an acquisition team of about 60 people.

Now, it's impossible to keep it secret again.

Presumably, Lu wassalman should have received news that he planned to join the battle group ahead of time in order to raise MCA's bid.

In my memory, Panasonic's acquisition of MCA was not smooth. In order to avoid the stock price of MCA soaring to an unacceptable level, Simon didn't plan to move ahead. Instead, he planned to wait until the negotiation between Panasonic and MCA fell into a deadlock, and then consider the right time to make an offer.

Even if the negotiation between Panasonic and MCA is no longer as bumpy as it was in the original time and space, but plain sailing, danelis entertainment can also cut off the hook before MCA's shareholders vote on the acquisition.

However, there is still an excuse for vassalman tonight.

Simon quickly thought of another thing he was thinking about recently, which was also a plan he would start after flying to San Francisco tomorrow. A multi billion dollar acquisition may serve as a temporary shield.

In a word, MCA should not use itself as a bargaining chip to raise the stock price and intensify the competition.

Making up his mind, Simon's attention turned back to the material of "killing moment" in front of him.

Killing moment is a crime thriller about racial discrimination and justice published last year, similar to the famous to kill a mockingbird.

The original "kill time" movie was released in 1996, starring Samuel Jackson, Matthew McConnell and Sandra Bullock. It also achieved very good box office results and Oscar recognition.

More than that, John Grimson, the novelist of "killing time", and his other two works, "the order of the gannet" and "the sugar trap", are both the best-selling films of the 1990s. It's just that the original novels of the last two films have not yet been published. When danelis entertainment bought "killing time", it signed the priority of John Grimson's other two novels.

However, Simon has no intention of shooting these projects in the near future.

Only next year, seven blockbusters, toy story, the silent lamb, scream 3, few good people, Batman: The Dark Knight, terminator and the end of the world, are expected to break the box office by billions.

Although the annual box office in the U.S. has exceeded $5 billion earlier than in the original time and space, this ticket is limited after all. It's just that these films may form internal competition in Simon's view, not to mention that there will be flash, 007's golden eye, Captain hawk and other major studio projects in this year.

In order to avoid too fierce competition, Simon has recently decided to shift Ninja Turtle 2 to 1992. Some heavy projects that originally planned to start ahead of time have also been put on hold, and he is considering lengthening the production rhythm of the first stage of DC movie universe.

The nineties in the original time and space is a period of great movies. Simon doesn't want this market to be occupied by all kinds of action movies and superhero movies too early. Only when a hundred flowers bloom can we maintain prosperity for a longer time. Focusing too much on blockbuster commercial films is actually very detrimental to the long-term development of Hollywood.