I’m in Hollywood

After the champagne was opened, the party officially began. As a movie project that can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Fox, even the current president of Fox, Barry Diller, had to attend the celebration of Fengyue in person.

In addition to the members of the Fengyue crew, Fox also invited dozens of big and small stars to join in, and the party scene can be described as dazzling. But after all, there were a lot of big people at the scene. The banquet hall with hundreds of people was in good order, and the guests gathered in groups of three or five to discuss their own topics.

Eric, regarding the Super Bowl trailer, the publicity department is indeed too conservative. I guarantee that when your next movie is released, Fox will fully cooperate with you.

Don't do it next time, this time it can also be included in the announcement and reimbursed to me.

Eric murmured inwardly, but with a smile on his face: Mr. Diller, don't mention this again. The $1.5 million Super Bowl advertising fee is indeed a big expense, and it is understandable for Fox to be conservative. .

Barry Diller chuckled, but he didn't mention it again.

The old fox!

The topic was once again shifted to Eric's next movie. After Fengyue, Eric's next movie, although he had not even seen the shadow, was naturally set by Fox in the summer program.

This year's summer season can be described as a large number of films, Warner's Batman, Paramount's Indiana Jones 3, Columbia's Ghostbusters 2, these are destined to be big box office.

However, because Fox has shifted too much attention to the development of TV networks, this year, the total number of films produced and distributed is only more than ten, ranking the last among the six majors.

In order not to be at the bottom in terms of movie performance, Fox is destined to fully support Eric's film, especially after the success of Feng Yue.

And the summer blockbusters are crowded, and it is not too easy to get a high box office. It is impossible for Eric to take the sequel of the already famous Home Alone to the summer season to compete with these blockbusters. After thinking for a long time, he decided on an idea that came up before.

There's already a preliminary plot outline for the next movie, and I'm going to have Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. It's going to be a two-man show.

Barry Diller's eyes narrowed slightly. If successful, with only two Toms and Eric's box office appeal, the film's box office is guaranteed to be at least $100 million. With the addition of Home Alone 2 at the end of the year, there are three big-selling movies a year, and Fox's performance in movies is no longer blameless, and he can safely develop the TV network.

Eric, if you want to invite two Toms, the salary for two people will not be less than 10 million US dollars, right? What is your budget cost?

Eric thought for a moment: It should be no more than 30 million, this is a drama, there is no big scene, and it does not need any special effects, it is completely dependent on the personal performance of the two male protagonists, so the budget of 30 million US dollars is already very high. If it is loose, it is very likely that it will not be spent.

I heard you just paid a lot of money to buy that Steve Jobs studio?

Although Barry Diller's question was a little off-topic, Eric immediately understood what Barry Diller meant. Fox still wants to have a hand in the movie investment.

Yes, I asked Pixar to make a title logo for my film company before, and I was very satisfied after reading it. I heard that Pixar was in trouble and wanted to make a move, and it happened that I was interested in animated films again.

Just bought it. However, the cycle of animated films is very long, and 3D animation is still in the groping stage, so I don't know when the first animated film will be produced.

Eric ignored the faint helplessness on Barry Diller's face, anyway, if you beat around the bush, I'll play drift for you too.

Listening to the little fox in front of him talking nonsense, Barry Diller had no choice but to clarify the topic: Eric, I mean, if your next movie production is tight, Fox can be responsible for part of the investment, which can also reduce the risk. And You can rest assured that Fox will not tie investment funds to launch costs, and the sharing agreement we signed earlier remains unchanged.

Barry Diller made things plain, and Eric couldn't directly refuse, and of course he wouldn't hand over his own interests to others. What Barry Diller can think of, of course Eric can also think of, if the invitation of two Toms succeeds, the movie cannot fail with the box office appeal of only three people.

In the end, Eric could only perfunctory: No problem, Mr. Diller, if external investment is required, Fox is definitely my first choice.

Barry Diller also saw Eric's perfunctory and understood that the possibility of Fox wanting to invest is almost zero. But he will not take any stupid moves like Colombia before. The two sides are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation. Although according to the previous agreement, Eric earned a little more than Fox, but Fox also grabbed enough other Huge profits that are envied.

After chatting about some other topics, the two talents separated to socialize with others. As soon as Barry Diller walked away, Eric felt that many eyes were instantly focused on himself.

All right, girls, let’s give you a hug, whoever is the first to chat up today will give you a role in the next movie. Eric had a silly idea in his mind, and at the same time enjoyed the feeling of being noticed. After all, he is still a layman. If he has no vanity, what is he doing so much tossing about.

Soon he had his first accoster.

He has a bald head, eight feet in length, a tiger-backed waist, and a wretched smile on his face no matter how you look at it. The most ridiculous thing is... he's a man.

Eric, you're finally back. I want to know what you think. In Julia's film contracts, I think several of them are good, but they were all rejected by you?

After finally deciding to indulge once, Eric was reluctantly pulled aside by Kapoor.

Kapoor, don't you have the illusion of being pierced by arrows?

Um?

You look around?

Kapoor glanced suspiciously, and found several beautiful girls around who were not very good at concealing their emotions staring at him badly.

Although Kapoor is a workaholic, he is still very proficient in the world, otherwise he would not be able to do the job of a broker, and shrugged: Sorry, Eric, I have delayed your hunting. But you don't follow me on this matter. To be clear, I am not at ease.”

Eric also wanted to explain to him that most of Julia's more successful films in her previous life were romantic comedies. She just filmed Fengyue. It is definitely not appropriate to make this type of film in a short period of time, so it is not possible for the time being. Take out those movies of later generations. He felt the most suitable for Julia was Steel Magnolia, which earned Julia a Golden Globe nomination, and it was a box-office hit.

It's a pity that Samsung Pictures has not started this project now, either because it was fanned by the butterfly effect, or it has not started filming.

It is also impossible for him to write the script again. For the previous three movies, he was 100% sure that the original script hadn't appeared yet, or that there was a situation that had nothing to do with his movie, so he used it with peace of mind. Now this movie he can not guarantee.

Kapoor, wait a few more days. I plan to go to the Screenwriters Guild to see if there are any good scripts that have been registered, and pick one for Julia.

Kapoor twitched the corner of his mouth: Eric, do you know how many registered scripts the Screenwriters Guild has, thousands of them! I feel like I'm going to San Francisco to buy a few tons of gold. Is that possible?

Knowing where the gold is buried makes it easier to find it. Eric just wanted to check if the writer of Steel Magnolia had registered the script.

Trust me, Kapoor, be patient, and I'll get you an answer soon.

Eric also made up his mind. If he couldn't find Steel Magnolia, he would choose one for Julia from the movies with higher box office in his memory. Anyway, with Julia's current reputation, as long as the image is suitable, Julia will Leah personally has the intention of participating, and no crew will reject her. I believe that many production companies will not hesitate to increase their budgets for this.