Chapter 420

"Simon, look this way, look this way."

"Simon, what's up with the rest of flash?"

"Do you think" Dark Knight "can surpass" war time "in the global box office

"Mr. westlow, can you put your hand in your pocket Yes, that's it. Keep Thank you

"Simon, have you and Janet started naming the baby?"

"Simon, it's said that the casting of Batman's third movie has been started. Is that true?"

"Simon..."

“……”

Amid intense flashes and questions, Simon patiently stayed in front of the photo wall at the end of the red carpet of the Batman: Dark Knight celebration party for more than a minute, then walked to the corridor leading to the party hall amid the beggars of reporters.

This is the Sunset Tower Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

Simon just left the view of the media reporters, just before him, Cindy Crawford, who was waiting in the corridor, came to him.

The girl wore a black deep V-neck evening dress tonight, wrapped in a perfect curve, with a string of pearls on her white neck, light makeup on her face, and well groomed chestnut hair spread over her shoulders, which made her look more and more radiant.

Without hiding his gaze, Simon said with a smile, "good evening, Cindy. You are so beautiful today."

Cindy Crawford walked side by side with Simon without any trace. She pulled off her long hair to the man's side and replied, "thank you, Simon."

Just in time to say hello, someone came up to Simon again.

When you come to the party hall, you will have more than ten minutes of entertainment.

Originally, after entering the party hall, Cindy Crawford knew that she should take the initiative to walk away.

It's just that Simon obviously doesn't have a girlfriend tonight, and the man doesn't say anything about her following her step by step.

The most important thing is that a certain kind of "Fox pretends to be tiger power" really makes her feel a little reluctant to give up.

All the guests who come to say hello to Simon naturally regard her as Simon's female companion tonight. They talk to the men around them for a few words. Finally, they never forget to say hello and compliment to her.

In the past, when they attended similar parties, those Hollywood bigwigs saw her as if they were prey. They just wanted to strip her naked with their eyes. This time, they didn't see any more. It seemed that all of them suddenly became gentlemanly.

Although many female guests behave decently, they look into her eyes with obvious jealousy.

Others praised her performance in Batman: The Dark Knight, and offered that they had some films suitable for her, and would contact her agency after that.

In the past, I used to open a room to chat.

Which agency will be contacted.

Her acting contract is in ICM.

Marvin Josephson, ICM's boss who has retired from the background, happened to be present tonight. When he saw her following westrow, he said on the spot that he could change her agent and let his daughter Nancy Josephson represent her in person.

As a signed actor under ICM, Cindy only developed in the modeling industry before Batman: The Dark Knight, not even in Hollywood. However, she also knows that Nancy Josephson is the next generation leader of ICM trained by Marvin Josephson.

Moreover, as a big vase coveted at any time, being able to change a female agent or the daughter of the boss of a brokerage company can definitely help her avoid a lot of unnecessary harassment.

All this, just because she is bold or cheeky with a man around for a very short ten minutes.

If only I could catch this man!

She doesn't expect anything further. Even if she is just his lover, she will be able to do what she wants no matter in Hollywood or fashion.

As her thoughts flutter, she notices that Barbara Streisand, the old Hollywood lady who is talking to the men around her, glances at herself. Cindy Crawford quickly puts her mind behind her and looks at the conversation with a smile on her face.

"Yes, I've actually seen a brilliant story in the play" the waves of time. ". Barbara, if your film didn't belong to Warner's reserved project, I would definitely choose this film as a cooperative film between Denise and Warner Brothers. "

Barbara Streisand didn't look at Cindy in the least. Hearing Simon say this, Lu was surprised and said, "really, Simon? In fact, I have always been very hesitant about this project, and I'm worried that I might screw it up. "

Simon shook his head firmly and said, "how can we screw it up? It's a great story. Speaking of all these years, the Oscars will probably give a female best director. I think it's very promising to have an impact

"The storm of time" is a psychological love film directed and starred by Barbara Streisand.

In my memory, this movie was the most popular Oscar in 1992, but it was taken away from the limelight by the silent lamb, and the last little golden man didn't get it.However, we can't deny the excellent quality of the novel. The box office of the film is also excellent.

If Barbara Streisand is not the same as Clint Eastwood, she is the reserved star of Warner Bros. generally, the commercial performance of the produced films is very guaranteed. Warner Bros. will not easily take it out to cooperate with outsiders. Otherwise, Simon will choose it as one of the cooperation projects between Warner Bros. and Denise.

When Barbara Streisand heard Simon give such a high opinion, she covered her mouth and said, "Oh, this is..."

Steve Ross, who also came here tonight, said, "Simon, the waves of time is just in the late stage of production. Why don't you come over and have a look when you have time?"

Barbara Streisand seemed to react. She looked at Simon expectantly and said, "yes, Simon, can you help me?"

"Well, I'll see if I have time next week."

But Steve Ross said with a smile, "that's settled, next week."

Simon showed the helpless expression of being a general. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "well, next week, I'll spare a few hours."

After another chat, when Steve Ross and Barbara Streisand walked away, Jonathan Friedman came with two men, an old man and a young man. They were Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola and his nephew Nicholas Cage.

After a brief greeting, Simon motioned to the rest card at the edge of the hall and said, "let's talk over there."

Several people came to a card seat. Jonathan, Coppola and cage consciously sat on one side, leaving the other side for Simon and Cindy.

Instead of rushing to the point, they talked about Coppola preparing a new movie.

Although he is one of the four old directors in Hollywood, Coppola's situation in recent years is not so good. Maybe there is only one of the four directors left.

Last year's godfather 3 failed in public praise, and the box office did not meet expectations, which further worsened Coppola's situation.

Right now, Coppola's studio has accumulated a $27 million loss.

If the next movie doesn't turn over, Coppola may be bankrupt again.

Why again?

Because Coppola had gone bankrupt after the box office fiasco of cotton club in the 1980s, when Coppola could not even afford to pay his phone bill.

Coppola and cage are both customers of wma.

Simon is actually going to talk to cage about something tonight. Jonathan brings Coppola here, obviously hoping to get some help from Simon.

In any case, Coppola is one of wma's signature directors.

"This is a story about the origin of Dracula, called" four hundred years of blood sucking. ". We have already agreed to join Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman, as well as Winona and Anthony Hopkins. Winona's side is not a big problem. Anthony said that he is still thinking about it. In addition, it depends on the attitude of danielis entertainment side. "

In order to reassure Anthony Hopkins to play Alfred, Batman housekeeper, Simon has handed over the hero of the silent lamb to others.

Because of the contract, although Anthony Hopkins's popularity is rising rapidly with the role of housekeeper Alfred, the movie is about to continue, but if he wants to play in the movie, it also needs the approval of danielis entertainment.

Therefore, Coppola's last sentence is actually the point.

Simon as long as the words, naturally no one will stop Hopkins to participate in this vampire movie, even if there is still hesitation, Hopkins will certainly attach importance to it.

Hollywood is not a big circle for people at the top of the pyramid after all.

Simon had noticed the project of Coppola before, but he didn't sign his own contract.

The estimated cost of the film is 40 million US dollars, and the box office in North America in memory is only about 80 million US dollars.

Although the global box office exceeded 200 million, Simon didn't do it considering that Denise couldn't hold all the box office items in her hands.

It's not only "four hundred years of blood sucking", but also the next Kevin Costner's new film "Robin Hood" scheduled by Warner Bros. it's also very popular in my memory. Simon also got the information of the film in advance, but also didn't make a move.

Danielis entertainment has monopolized seven or eight out of ten of the top ten Hollywood box office lists in the past two years. If it doesn't give other studios a chance to survive, it will really cause a rebound.

Simon just discussed with Barbara Streisand about the future of the Oscar for "the waves of time", but he was not perfunctory either.

Daenerys entertainment has dominated the best picture Oscars for two years in a row. Next year, if a horror thriller like "the silent lamb" sweeps the Oscars, it will definitely cause criticism from the media.

As a result, Simon has decided to give up the 1992 Oscars.Presumably, even if danielis entertainment is not willing to let go, the Academy Awards Committee will make corresponding choices in order to avoid Oscar becoming danielis Entertainment's private land.

In that case, it would be better to give the place to Warner, who has a relatively close relationship with danielis.

In a word, Katherine's "the last flower" has basically completed its later stage, and the schedule is September 6. This feminist film is also Simon's favorite Oscar in his memory.

Perhaps, next year's Oscars, there can be two female Oscar best director nominations.

Of course, Simon doesn't expect Catherine to win the best director Oscar.

It's hard to win a nomination first.

Perceiving that Coppola was still waiting for his response, Simon quickly withdrew his thoughts and said, "as long as Tony is willing to play, danielis will not set any obstacles in this film."

Coppola nodded gratefully, looked at Cindy next to Simon, and said with a smile, "Ms. Crawford, I happen to have a role that suits you better in this new movie. Do you want to try it?"

After all, a fox pretends to be a tiger.

Cindy didn't dare to pull the flag and pull the tiger's skin. She glanced at the man beside her and said, "I listen to Simon."

In fact, it can satisfy men's vanity to make such a statement.

The three men on the other side all smile at Simon.

Simon just laughed, turned to cage and said, "Nick, you should have seen the information of mission impossible?"

Nicholas Cage's original name is actually Nicholas Coppola. Nick is Nicholas's nickname.

Cage nodded and said, "of course, Simon, I'm honored to have the opportunity to join this project."

There are a lot of rumors about the spy Series in the circle.

As many people know, paramount intended to star in this project with his close partner Tom Cruise, who is also very interested in this film.

However, because of the entanglement in rain man at the beginning, although Denise entertainment no longer creates any obstacles to the three main creators of rain man, it has no intention to cooperate with each other.

At first, there were some people saying something in front of Simon. After being rejected several times, no one mentioned it repeatedly.

With Simon's growing influence in Hollywood, the circle also knows that some people, even if they have had the past glory, are doomed to become more and more marginalized in the Hollywood circle.

Danielis and paramount have agreed on three cooperative projects, the first of which is peach trade.

However, the preparation of the spy series has not been completely shelved.

Nicholas Cage is Simon's choice for the new Ethan hunt.

Because of the Coppola family, cage has been on the market since the early 1980s, but he has not met the right opportunity in these years. Over the years, the best-selling movie is just the one starring with Xueer a few years ago, the moonlight is tantalizing.

Simon also likes the movie "the moon is sultry" and the restlessness in the movie.

Moreover, in "the Moonlight", cage, whose hairline has not retreated, is absolutely handsome.

This is the biggest reason why Simon chose cage to play mission impossible.

Born in the early 1980s and honed in Hollywood for ten years, cage not only has acting skills, but also looks good.

The films in my memory, such as bravely breaking into a life-threatening Island, face changing, air prison, crazy flying car and so on, also prove that cage has the potential to control action movies.

In addition, unlike Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner and other considered and abandoned "mission impossible" stars, now Nicholas Cage is only 27 years old, young enough, the pay is not too high, and he can sign a long-term contract, which are his advantages.