I’m in Hollywood

Didn't the Runkel family come? At the corner of the party, Jeffrey asked seemingly casually with a glass of red wine.

This is the second day after returning to Los Angeles. In order to thank everyone for their help in the past six months, Eric specially held a private party in the Beverly Hills mansion. In the past six months, James Brooks, who has intersected with himself, , Penny Marshall, Jeffrey Hansen, Michael Krause, Edward Lewis, etc., as well as some actors and friends I met during the filming of Back to Seventeen and Home Alone, Ai Rick has issued an invitation.

In addition to the partners brought by the guests, there are always nearly forty or fifty people. Fortunately, Eric changed his residence, so there was no embarrassing crowded situation when he first held a party.

Hearing Jeffrey's words, Eric shook his head nonchalantly: I called and invited myself, but Charlison refused.

Jeffrey said with no worries: I heard that Stuart Runkel has now accepted three film contracts under the arrangement of CAA, and the schedule is directly scheduled to the end of next year. Eric, what are your plans? of?

Eric comforted: Don't worry, Jeffrey, CAA wants to use the Home Alone sequel to pinch us, it's just wishful thinking. You'll understand when the movies that Little Stu took over are released.

In my memory, after relying on Home Alone to become famous in the previous life, Macaulay Culkin also took over a lot of films, but the box office results were all mediocre. Coupled with the high salary caused by his fame, some producers even lost money.

You're saying the other films Stewart has made aren't going to do well? Geoffrey thought about that, too.

Eric nodded: Everyone knows that Home Alone is an anomaly, and I don't deny it myself. After all, little Stu is just a child, no matter how famous he is, the box office appeal cannot be comparable to that of an adult superstar. Than. Until next year, in order to maintain little Stu's reputation, even if they break up with CAA, the Runkels will choose to continue to cooperate with us. That couple...

Eric stopped talking here, with disappointment in his eyes. When he called to invite the Runkel family, Charlison Runkel had a cold and even arrogant attitude towards him.

Eric can also figure out some of Charlieson's mentality. Maybe the other party thinks that if it wasn't for his son, Home Alone would not have been successful.

Some people always take themselves too seriously.

But what if Stewart makes another box-office hit? Jeffrey pressed.

Not to mention that this possibility is very small, even if it does happen, it will be negotiated at that time. Jeffrey, after Pretty Woman is released, you will understand that I am not relying on a Pretty Woman The Home Alone series is alive.

Just as he was talking, he caught a glimpse of Drew in a red dress casually taking a glass of red wine from the waiter tray, and Eric immediately glared at the girl. Drew found that his behavior was caught by Eric, and quickly put the wine glass back, stuck his tongue out, and slipped into a group of young people next to him.

Jeffrey noticed Eric's behavior and joked: You are so kind to her, although you are only eighteen years old, I still feel that you treat Drew like your own daughter, if you have children in the future, you will A pretty competent father for sure.

It's too far to talk about it now. I'm only eighteen years old, so I can't be in a hurry to get married and have children.

As he was talking, James Brooks greeted other guests,

Come to the two of them.

James, thank you for that. Eric raised his glass to James.

James smiled and said: It's just a small matter. I saw the photo reprinted in the Los Angeles Times a few days ago. You two look so good.

Speaking of this, Jeffrey also laughed: Eric, are you sure that the photo was not taken by you specially, I have a hard time believing that it was captured by a passing amateur photographer?

However, that's the truth. I bought the negatives for $1,000 on purpose, and even got the inspiration to come up with a new script.

James suddenly became interested: Eric, if it's convenient, can you reveal the content?

Of course no problem, Eric said. The story unfolds between a single father and an engaged female reporter...

Eric took a few minutes to recite the synopsis of Sleepless in Seattle.

It sounds like the creation of this script was inspired by Golden Jade Alliance. James expressed his opinion.

Eric did not deny it: In the script setting, the heroine likes the movie Jin Yumeng very much. If shooting starts in the future, I even plan to pay tribute to it with the theme song of Jinyumeng.

James thought that Eric's script was amazing, so he bought it and made it himself, or even co-invested with Firefly Films. Eric just owed him a favor. If he opened his mouth, Eric probably wouldn't. will refuse. But after listening to Eric's story, James gave up the plan just now.

Eric didn't tell much about the script details of Sleepless in Seattle, so James made it a normal romance.

Although romantic films are a large category of Hollywood movies, there are not many that do well at the box office. Hollywood's best-selling movies of this era are more inclined to action or sci-fi movies, and even thriller dramas are more likely to do well at the box office than romantic movies.

James' lack of interest after listening to the script content made Eric a sigh of relief. If James asked for the script, he really didn't know how to say no. Sleepless in Seattle is a movie with a box office of over 100 million, because I owe James a favor to send it out.

The topic of several people quickly turned to other aspects, and Sleepless in Seattle was temporarily put on the back of the mind. It was not until later that the film received a total box office of more than 200 million US dollars in the world after its release, and James Brooks thumped his chest and shouted. regret.

Eric, I heard that your Pretty Woman is going to be released on Valentine's Day. I think it's better to be cautious. After the New Year's holiday, there are only five weeks until Valentine's Day, plus the film's submission for review. Ratings, valid for no more than four weeks in production, it's a risky thing to do.

Eric said: Actually, preparations for this film started two weeks ago, and there is still more than a week left before shooting, which is enough for me to fully consider all the details, so four weeks of production time are more than enough. There weren’t many main scenes, and it was easy to shoot.”

The previous life, Pretty Woman with the Moon and the Moon, took only 12 weeks under all kinds of dawdlings. During this period, it also experienced events such as changing production companies and modifying the script style.

In normal movie shooting, the accumulated film material will be as long as dozens of hours, and the large-scale production film material may even exceed one or two hundred hours. It is the shooting of these materials that consumes a lot of time.

And Eric, who already has a complete film in his mind, certainly wouldn't waste so much time, if it weren't for the fact that the actors had to go through a lot of shooting for emotional adjustment in order to devote themselves to the plot. Eric can even shoot those shots directly from his memory.

Even so, as long as the actors can perform, Eric has the confidence to compress the film footage into ten hours, so that four weeks of shooting and post-production time are more than enough.