Hollywood Hunter

Ella Deutschman was a little silent, and he had been in Hollywood for so many years, how could he not understand what Simon said.

But people are like this, knowing a truth does not mean they can do it.

As a graduate of Northwestern University, Ella Deutschman has a sense of academic superiority in front of most people in Hollywood. This sense of superiority also unknowingly constrains his behavior mode, so He always remembers the dignity of an intellectual. Therefore, although it is clear that hype the elements that the audience loves to see can make the film get a higher box office, Ira Deutschman has resisted it from the bottom of my heart.

The waiter happened to bring up lunch at this time. Simon waited for a while, and waited for the waiter to leave again, then asked Doitchman, "So, do you still want this job?"

Ella Deutschman hesitated and asked, "Simon, is it really correct to pursue the commercial interests of a movie like this?"

"Many maverick filmmakers will always say that I am not making movies for money. But in fact, it is not like that. Since they have chosen movies, they are destined to have a stronger desire to express than ordinary people. They absolutely want more in their bones. Many people can see their own films," Simon looked at Ira Docman and slowly said: "As a film distributor, it is your job to find ways to make more people see the film. This is right. The filmmaker is responsible, but also responsible to the investors. It doesn’t matter whether it’s correct or not. A film that tells the true meaning of life, you use "sex" as a publicity stunt, the film director may be very angry because of this, but when this film was originally only a few million Movies with US dollar box office potential sold 10 million, 20 million or more, and even won an Oscar. Then, after the event, you will find that he will not blame you again, but look forward to continuing to cooperate with you. Ella, only the winner It is always correct, and the winner is not blamed."

After hearing Simon's words, Ella Deutschman's expression changed slightly, and then he said sincerely: "Simon, I need to confess. Before the meeting, I very, very much hope to get this job. But now, I find that You have far more expectations than I imagined for the company I may be in charge. I'm not sure if I can do it well."

Simon smiled on his face and said, "Actually, I'm not sure, Ella, I chose you mainly because you have all the right conditions. You are only 35 years old this year, not like those in their 50s and 60s. The old man has completely lost his plasticity, and he has more industry experience than the fledgling young man. However, once you are employed, you only have one year."

Ella Deutschman wondered: "One year?"

Simon nodded and said, "Yes, even if you are willing to accept this job, you still need to go through a one-year inspection period. During this year, I will fully focus on the operation of Gaomen Films and personally urge you to change the tradition. Conservative business thinking. After one year, if your work results are satisfactory to me, we will sign a formal long-term contract."

Ella Deutschman keenly captured another meaning in Simon’s words: "Simon, what do you mean is that Gaomen Films operates completely independently. I am only responsible to you, and I don’t need to accept Ms. Pascal. The leader?"

"Yes, and the independence of Gaomen Pictures is higher than you think. Daenerys Pictures and New World Pictures have separate production and distribution departments, but Gaomen Pictures will have a set of With a completely independent film production and distribution system, you will have a lot of autonomy in other aspects except for the financial aspect that needs to be supervised by the parent company."

Ella Deutschman's expression changed for a few seconds, and he quickly made up his mind and said, "Simon, what should I do in the next year?"

"Complete the familiarization and adjustment of Gaomen Pictures as soon as possible. You can hire or dismiss some people yourself, and at the same time take over the distribution of several artistic films under the company. In the next year, look for projects, purchase films, operate and release... All these tasks need to be done by yourself, but I will participate in the main decision-making as much as possible, provide my own suggestions, and personally urge you to change the release strategy that I think is inappropriate, and I will help you find some projects to operate." Simon said At this point, there was a short pause. After Doitchman digested it for a while, he continued: "As for the criteria for judging the results of your work, the core of course is the commercial income of the film, but it is not absolute. The film is always an uncertainty. Very high-risk business, I allow my subordinates to fail. Therefore, all projects you operate in the next year will be individually judged, as long as you work **** each project and walk on a path that I think is right We can sign a formal contract in one year."

Ella Deutschman took Simon’s words seriously, and when Simon finished speaking, he continued to ask: "So, Simon, how much company budget can I get in the next year?"

"US$30 million. This is a pure film business budget. You can do whatever you think is feasible, such as production, purchase, distribution, etc., and you don’t need to complete it before the deadline of next year. You only need to recognize Go ahead with the project.” Simon said, and then added: “In addition, your salary for the next year is 150,000 U.S. dollars, and there is no incentive clause. But if your work is good enough, you will get one when you sign the contract next year. A signing bonus. In this regard, you can bet on whether my boss is generous or stingy. Oh, and one more thing, after joining the company, you can use the company’s private jet, but only for business flights. If we successfully sign a contract a year later, you You can have the permission to take your family on vacation. If you have a long enough belt in Daenerys Entertainment, you may even own a private jet that is fully paid for by the company."

30 million US dollars, such a sum of money may not be enough. Now the production cost of a blockbuster movie in Hollywood, Simon is preparing for the public budget of "Batman" reached 50 million US dollars.

However, Ella Deutschman was not dissatisfied. His previous Xinying Company did not have US$30 million at its disposal in its most relaxed financial year. Ella Deutschman has even started thinking quickly about how to spend this money. Although Simon did not prohibit him from immediately investing in the production field, Deuchman made up his mind that all the money would be used for film purchase and distribution. The risks of these two businesses are relatively minimal and the operation cycle is relatively minimal. Also short. The investment in literary films is much lower than commercial films. According to a single project's average budget of 5 million US dollars, 30 million US dollars, enough for him to run six projects next year.

As for the production, he can first look for a script. If he can formally sign a contract next year and then start production, he will definitely have more budget by then.

Thinking about it this way, Ella Deutschman quickly got up, stretched out his hand to Simon across the dining table, smiled and said, "Boss, I look forward to the day when I can own my own private jet."

Ella Deutschman was also simply, decisively signing the entry agreement the next day and devoted himself to the work of Gaomen Pictures.

In the following days, Simon also confirmed the other two major supporting roles for "Batman."

The ‘black mask’ Roman Ciennis fell outside of William Dafoe. The final candidate for Director Gordon was Tommy Lee Jones, and the role of Batman Butler Afu was Anthony Hopkins.

Tommy Lee Jones and Anthony Hopkins both became famous later, one relied on the "Men in Black" series to enter the 20 million remuneration club, and the other relied on the "Men in Black" series to enter the 20 million film club, and the other won the Oscar winner for their superb performance in "The Silent Lamb.

If it is ten years later, Simon wants to put the two together to play the two supporting roles of "Batman", don't even think about it, but now, they are far from the later fame, and they are barely second-tier in Hollywood.

Tommy Lee Jones is in his early forties. Since his debut in the 1970s, apart from a 1980 biopic of "The Miner's Daughter", there have been no other definitive works. Before he accepted Director Gordon’s five films, except for a low-cost sci-fi thriller produced by New World Pictures, "Raging Moon Raging", which had a box office of more than $6 million, all the other four films had a box office of only 100. More than ten thousand U.S. dollars can only be described by bashing the street.

Anthony Hopkins, who is 51 years old this year, is even worse than Tommy Lee Jones. In recent years, there have not been even a few big screen works. Basically, they have appeared in TV movies and TV series.

Therefore, both of them belong to the old drama level that is low-paid and familiar to the audience, and fully fits Simon's role positioning of Sheriff Gordon and Butler Afu. The most important thing is that they both agreed to the long. Up to five long-term contracts.

In the original time and space, the widow sister Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Samuel Jackson, the director of Aegis, as the supporting characters of the series, the pay is much higher than that of the protagonists such as Thor, Hawkeye, and the Hulk. The main reason is that the roles played by the two are irreplaceable, but they did not sign a long-term contract like the previous ones.

Unlike Catwoman, Chief Gordon and Butler Afu are completely tied to "Batman". As long as this series can continue, the two are unlikely to hide out of thin air, and Simon does not want to change halfway.

After negotiation, the starting salary of the two is 150,000 US dollars, and the salary increase for each sequel is up to 300,000 US dollars. Simon is not too generous in this regard. For supporting actors, each time the salary increase is 300,000 US dollars. Not stingy. Moreover, if the two can reach the level of coffee in the next few years, whether it is $300,000 or $500,000, it will only seem insignificant.

Therefore, although it is impossible to limit the future films of the two supporting actors like the actor Adam Baldwin did, Simon also secretly made up his mind to suppress their career development as much as possible if necessary, such as changing "The Silence" "The Lamb" actor and so on.

As long as I can smoothly advance the DC movie universe series in my hands, I can't care much about others.

In addition to the core supporting roles, some minor roles of "Batman" are also being finalized during this time, and there are some small roles at the dragon level, which will probably be selected temporarily during the filming process.

The role is confirmed, and the film has also begun more frequent script reading and plot rehearsals. Simon's deputy, Joe Silvo, also flew to Melbourne again in late October, coordinating the setting and setting of the film for the film's start early next year.

With such a busy schedule, the Halloween schedule is approaching.

Compared with the same period last year, the October schedule that will pass can only be described as bleak.

In October 1987, the total revenue of the market was close to US$180 million, but this year, although October has not completely passed, the total revenue of the market is expected to be only US$130 million, which has shrunk by almost a third.

Moreover, even if it is the end of November and December, the number of films that are expected to be released is much sparse compared to previous years. In order to avoid more losses, large studios even generally adopt a strategy of tightening the distribution scale. As a result, Daenerys Entertainment, which is about to launch four films, "Screaming", "Steel Magnolia", "Death Poetry Society" and "Rain Man", has become the most conspicuous existence at the end of the year.

At Simon’s insistence, after consultations with major theaters in North America, "Rain Man" finally successfully signed 1,136 screens, including the other three films. Daenerys Entertainment’s four films at the end of the year are basically all It can be regarded as a large-scale issue.

Simon also approved a simple advertising budget of US$5 million for each film, and began to roll out the promotion of four films on various media platforms in North America. Taking into account other costs such as copying and printing, it is expected that the total advertising budget for each film will be common. It will exceed 8 million US dollars, and it can be added in the future.

In this era of transition from traditional distribution to full-scale distribution, studios generally tend to be conservative in film distribution. This way, even the investment in publicity that catches up with the production cost is very unwise to many people, but Simon is not at all. Pay attention to it.

After all, whether it is possible to get rid of the restrictions of major studios' distribution channels is basically a fight here. In the next few years, it will be impossible for Daenerys Entertainment to encounter the market form that is completely inclined to its own side at this time. Once missed, waiting for the big film companies to recover from the shock of this year's Hollywood screenwriters strike, Daenerys Entertainment, which is too sharp, will definitely face joint suppression from all parties in Hollywood.

After the last wave of intensive trailers targeted at teenagers such as mainstream TV networks and MTV, the release date of "Scream" finally arrived.

In the past week, due to the release of the well-known horror series "Moonlight Panic 4" by an independent film company Galaxy International, the North American market rebounded slightly in a single week, reaching 32.67 million US dollars. The box office of "Moonlight Light Panic 4" in the first week of over $8 million is basically unable to pose a threat to "Scream".

On October 28th, "Scream and Scream" officially opened on a large scale on 1755 screens in North America.