Chapter 414： sequel

Chapter 414

Although he did not see the unpleasant look from Eric, Kim Kerry eagerly defended: "No, Mr. Williams, Carl does not mean this, I very much hope to cooperate with you. But this is There doesn't seem to be much about the movie on the contract?"

"Because of the need for confidentiality of the project, after the contract is negotiated, we can discuss things about movies."

Carl Meeksen once again said: "Mr. Williams, I want to take the liberty to ask, is the role of Kim the leading actor?"

Eric nodded: "This is of course, otherwise I will not be so expensive. Moreover, I am very optimistic about the film project in my hand, and I am very sure that this movie can bring the hero to the ranks of the first-line stars, so this The contract is not harsh, but a fair exchange of interests. Don't forget that there are 200,000 Hollywood artists' trade unions waiting for such opportunities every day, and more than 90% of them are in their lifetime. I can't wait, my time is very tight, so I am sorry I can't give you too much time to think about it. If you don't agree, you can only say regret, I will arrange another candidate immediately."

Kim Kerry looked at the agent nervously. Carl Meeksen originally planned to ask Eric to give them a few days to think about it. Hearing Eric said that he could only give Kim Kerry a Let him take his own eyes. However, from the bottom of my heart, Carl Meekson still hopes that Kim Kerry can agree, as Eric said, many actors who are in Hollywood may not have such an opportunity for a lifetime.

Kim Kerry quickly made a note and asked: "Mr. Williams, are we going to sign now?"

Eric showed a faint smile: "Yes. Of course, you can also inform your lawyer to come over and review the contract again. If there is no problem, we can sign the contract in the morning. You will see it in a week. Go to the script."

Kim Kerry exchanged a few eyes with the agent again and then nodded and agreed.

The next thing no longer needed Eric to personally intervene. When Ellen took two people away, Elizabeth asked: "Eric, you just said that he can see the script, the script in a week?"

Eric took an outline from the filing cabinet and handed it to Elizabeth: "This is the outline of the story I wrote. The detailed scriptwriters are still modifying."

Elizabeth picked up a few thin sheets of paper and looked at the headline: "Dumb and Agua." Oh, look at the name is a comedy, and the name is really not level."

Eric sat down on the office chair. I ignored the small ridicule of Xiaoqiu’s habituality, picked up a file to be processed next to it, and took down Kim. Kerry, Firefly’s achievements in comedy in the next few years are absolutely unparalleled. Kim Kerry It is one of the few comedy kings in Hollywood history. When it comes to Hollywood's 20 million paid clubs, many people list the names of a series of Hollywood superstars, but they are the first to receive $20 million in Hollywood history. Not Schwarzenegger, not Stallone, nor Harrison Ford. And it is Kim Kerry.

Eric has seen a lot of gold. Kerry's film, of course, the most memorable is the "Disguise Geek", "Disguised Geek" is also one of the top works of Kim Kerry.

The reason why I chose the "Dumb and Agua" in front of me is mainly because of the copyright issue. "Disguised Geek" is a 1980 comic book by Dark Horse Comics. Although Eric has investigated the copyright of this comic book, it is still in Dark Horse Comics. There. But now the acquisition of the copyright of this comic must be a great price. In addition to the competitors you can imagine, the Dark Horse Comics will definitely sit on the ground.

However, Eric has already thought about the timing of a shot. It was the release of "Throat Island" by Disney and Robert Shea, that Robert Shea had taken away the "cut throat" script from his hands. Hollywood is well known, once the movie is as bad as the original. Then, if you want to compete with Eric for the script, those people will have to think about whether it is a trap.

As for the original author of the "Dumb and Agua" Ferrari brothers, there is no shadow in Hollywood now, Eric people registered this story, then handed over to the firefly scriptwriting department to improve.

In addition to "Dumb and Agua", Eric also found the other screenwriter of Kim Kerry, "The Detective Aircraft Head" screenwriter and director Tom Shadiak, and the other party also registered a similar "Detective Aircraft" The script of the head.

Original time Tom Shadiyak and Kim Kerry cooperated in many movies, but Tom Shadiak is still a less eye-catching screenwriter under Warner Pictures, and Eric has set out to dig the other side. Come over and put it in the "Dumb and Agua" crew, then you can form a fixed partner with Kim Kerry.

I read the outline of "Dumb and Agua" in my hand. Although I didn't think there was anything special, I was trusting Eric. Elizabeth did not express much doubt. She just asked: "Eric, you have this story. Is the right director candidate?"

"Well, have you seen "The Adventures of Abi Adi"? I intend to let this film director Stephen Herrick direct this movie, oh right, these are your things, detailed materials I will soon Let people hand it over to you, you just have to take out a piece before the end of the year."

Elizabeth said: "What about the "End of the Road"? I managed to convince Ridley Scott to direct the film. Now you have asked me to prepare for "Dumb and Agua," and I am definitely too busy. ”

"Isn't there still Drew to help you? Then again, if you are a boss, you must be close to you. If you are not exhausted, wouldn't you hire a professional producer?"

"Of course I can think of it, just... forget it, I won't explain it to you."

Eric looked at the girl's strong appearance and could think of it. Elizabeth wanted to train herself more: "Don't want to explain, don't rely on it, I still have a lot of work to do, I have to go to Oklahoma tomorrow. It’s a state, it’s only a week later. A lot of things are waiting for me today.”

Elizabeth grabbed Eric’s words and retorted: “You’re not going to be a boss, you’re going to be close to you.”

"You can easily clean up your premature aging. If you have nothing, go out and bring the door, don't send it."

Elizabeth snorted and stood up and was about to leave. I sat down again and squatted on the other side of the desk. Some little expectantly asked: "Hey, that, the Oscars at the end of the month, who are you going to bring... Who is going to take the red carpet?"

Eric looked up and asked directly: "Do you want to be with me?"

Elizabeth's face was red. I didn't dare to face Eric's gaze and hummed with a low head mosquito.

Eric shook his head: "I am sorry, I plan to go alone on the red carpet."

"why?"

"Because there are too many women, I don't bring anyone bad, so I don't take it."

Elizabeth glared at Eric: "You are really... straightforward."

"Okay. Hey, don't make a small temper. If you feel that a person is not comfortable with the red carpet, take Julia. I will be a little more generous, and don't pursue the matter of lily."

"Ah, don't think I can't find other male companions to walk the red carpet."

Eric narrowed his eyes: "You can give it a try."

Elizabeth snorted with some guilty conscience and ignored Eric. Get up and leave his office.

Kim. Kerry signed the contract with Fireflies that morning, but Eric did not take the time to meet each other, the next day. He flew to Oklahoma with a special effects team in the digital field and several major crew members of Tornado.

Oklahoma is located in the south-central part of the United States, and is at the beginning of the southern tornado corridor of the US headquarters. From April of each year, Oklahoma has been subjected to frequent tornado looting.

Throughout the week, the crew ran around in many parts of northern Oklahoma, which was still the case when the early Kanji team did a lot of work. Otherwise, it is impossible to complete these tasks in a week.

In addition to choosing a scene. Eric also collected a lot of real data about tornadoes at a meteorological institute in Oklahoma City.

A week later, Eric returned to Los Angeles with most of the people. However, he also left a five-person working group to communicate with the location selected by Eric, and also negotiated with the Oklahoma State Government about the tax refund for the Tornado, although the tax refunds in the US states are now Not as high as ten years later, but compared to the production cost of Tornado, even a low percentage of tax rebates is a very objective figure.

Back to Los Angeles is March 9th, as the home of Hollywood, the upcoming 63rd Oscar atmosphere is getting more and more intense.

The nomination for this Oscar has already been announced. In addition to the horror film "The Silent Lamb", which was nominated for the best film more than ten years later, Francis Coppola's "Godfather 3", Martin. Scorsese's "Good Guy" and Penny Marshall's "No Words to Ask Heaven" are popular movies in this award season.

In addition, the original time and space should have a best film nomination "People are not yet" this time but did not get this nomination, no doubt, this is not the quality of the film is not enough, the most important factor is still Eric’s age problem. Although the film is good enough, the old-fashioned old man of the film school may feel subconscious that Eric is so young, and the film has achieved enough success at the box office. It is not so urgent to fight for such an important Oscar nominated.

Eric didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing, even if he got the best film nomination, if he couldn't win the prize, he wouldn't help much with "The Ghosts Are Not Ghosted". This movie has long been down, and also Destined to be written into the history of Hollywood love movies.

Except for "The Ghosts Are Not Ghosted", the fireflies have no good works on the Oscar. Although Catherine's "Surprising Point" has received a good evaluation, but because of political views biased towards anarchism Of course, the Oscar is also destined to have nothing, even a nomination.

The other two "Fireflies with the Enemy" and "Instinct" related to fireflies, of course, only won the box office, there is not much to do in the awards. Although this Oscar basically had no fireflies, after returning to Los Angeles, Eric had to take time to participate in several public relations parties and personally lobbied for the Silent Lamb.

In the days before Oscar, while doing public relations for the Silent Lamb, Elizabeth and Drew also began preparations for Dumb and Agua, and gave the film "The End of the Road" to Reid. Lee Scott. Ridley Scott is still famous in Hollywood, not to mention those works in memory. Now, Ridley Scott has already produced works such as Alien and The Blade Runner, and the qualifications are enough to serve as the end of the road. The director and producer of the film.

In preparation for the Tornado, Eric also began to pay attention to other works in the Firefly Production Department. In the plan, the fireflies plan to release five films this year, but only Toy Story, Terminator 2 and Dumb and Agua, in addition to the need to prepare two other films.

The most important thing in Hollywood is waiting for the film to be produced. There are also a lot of works that can be made into sequels in the library of fireflies and new lines. Of course, the series of "Little Ghosts" can't be ignored. Eric is making this series. Enthusiasm is not very high. The reason is mainly because in memory, the third box of the previous "Little Ghosts" box office is only one-tenth of the second, but the production cost is not much worse than the second. Although it is not necessary to switch to the protagonist as in the past, the unpredictable risks are still not to be ignored. Eric even has plans to sell the sequel to this series.

In addition to "Little Ghosts", Colombia once again raised the idea of ​​making a sequel to "The Dark War". This time, even Tom Cruise has moved this idea. After all, "Dark War" is a super-selling work that has won the world's $500 million box office. After Cruise's self-reliance, the first big production "Thunder" can't say that the box office is pale, but it is relative to 80 million. The huge cost of the dollar, "Thunder" can be said to be a failed work. In this case, no movie company would dare to cooperate with Tom Cruise to make a movie. Just self-reliant, Cruise is not willing to return to the small and medium-cost literature and art road, so he contacted Colombia and moved this idea. (To be continued)