Hollywood Hunter

Like "League of Pink Fans", "Home Alone" by John Hughes will also start shooting in the near future.

Yesterday, I was busy with the three films "League of Pink Fans", "Men and Ghosts" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Simon spent most of the day today discussing the various aspects of "Home Alone" with John Hughes in Chicago. Aspect details.

Under Simon's promotion, the hero of "Home Alone" is still identified as the original Macaulay Culkin.

Macaulay Culkin happens to be a contracted artist under the WMA. Although Culkin failed to appear in John Hughes's "Uncle Buck" last year due to the influence of Simon this butterfly, the little actor has already been in many movies and TV shows. He has shown his face in the play and is still a contracted child model under Ford Model Company.

In addition to Culkin, the roles of the two dumb thieves are the original Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.

Determine the ‘original’ team, Simon doesn’t need to worry too much next.

Basically, many of Simon's recent opponents have this attitude.

Daenerys Entertainment has become more and more dazzling in the past two years, or dazzling, these projects in hand, even if they fail one or two, it does not matter to Simon, or, just right.

At the end of the day's work, Simon hurried directly from Santa Monica to Coldwater Canyon in Beverly Hills at seven o'clock in the afternoon.

The Coldwater Canyon neighborhood is part of Beverly Hills, just to the west of the Trausdale Manor. The whole block winds up from the Cold Water Canyon Park near Sunset Boulevard at the foot of the mountain to Mulholland Road at the top of the mountain, which is more than five kilometers long. On both sides of Canyon Street are densely packed with various luxury houses, which also belong to the star gathering area of ​​Los Angeles.

Arriving at the residence of Joe Rose, president of Fox Pictures, it was already dark.

Joe Rose’s villa is a two-story white building with minimalist style commonly seen in Los Angeles. It occupies about a quarter of an acre. Considering various factors such as location, this is already considered a luxury house in Los Angeles.

James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger have arrived early, and there are many other filmmakers in the courtyard.

After Simon arrived, he simply greeted some guests, and went to the sunbathing terrace above the villa with Rose and Cameron. Of course there is no sunlight at this time, and you can faintly see the lights of the downtown area of ​​Los Angeles from the terrace.

The three of them sat down beside the seats on the terrace. Rose first spoke: "I have talked to Jim several times, Simon, the budget of "Terminator 2" is determined to be 50 million US dollars, and Jim will still be the director. However, once When the project is overrun, Jim will automatically give up the director’s pay. At the same time, we will adopt more stringent financial supervision measures this time to ensure that the production of the film will not get out of control. Do you think this is okay?"

Simon did not answer, but looked at Cameron and asked, "Jim, do you think you can do it?"

Cameron grinned a bit stiffly and nodded, "It should be fine."

Simon did not comment, turned to Joe Rose again, and asked, "How much is Arnold's pay?"

Joe Roston stopped and said: "15 million dollars." After that, seeing Simon raise his eyebrows, Rose explained quickly; "Stallone's pay for the "Angry Tiger and Mad Dragon" has risen to 1,500. Ten thousand dollars, Arnold didn’t want to get a lower than Stallone’s."

With a total budget of 50 million U.S. dollars, Schwarzenegger took 15 million. Although Cameron made a big deal in "Abyss", the 3 million film remuneration is definitely indispensable.

Counting other major creatives, the funds left for film production are less than US$30 million.

With Cameron’s profligate character, it would be a **** if less than 30 million US dollars of funds can be completed "Terminator 2".

With a sneer at the corner of Simon's mouth, he said: "I specifically checked the data of Arnold's previous movies in the afternoon. Since the summer of 1987, Arnold has received 3 million pieces of money and a box office of 59 million. "Very Dragon Warrior", Arnold’s salary was 5 million U.S. dollars and the box office was 38 million U.S. dollars. Last year’s "Red Square Special Police", Arnold’s film remuneration rose to 8 million U.S. dollars, but only 35 million U.S. dollars left at the box office. According to this trend, "Terminator 2" is priced at 15 million US dollars, and the box office should only have 15 million US dollars left?"

Joe Rose said: "Simon, Arnold has accumulated a lot of popularity in the first part of "Terminator". Of course, his salary cannot be compared with other original projects."

Cameron also helped out: "Terminator 2 is different from those movies, I believe this movie will definitely succeed."

"I am also very optimistic about this project," Simon looked at Cameron again, and said: "However, Daenerys Entertainment is not Carlock Pictures, and we will not offer sky-high remunerations without reason. Arnold has already begun the late stage. "Total Memories", if my news is correct, he should only get a base salary of 1 million US dollars? This "Terminator 2", he can choose two plans, one is the same basic salary increase as "Total Memories" In the split mode, the other one, the salary is maintained at the level of "Red Square Special Police", only 8 million US dollars."

Both Joe Rose and Cameron were silent.

Simon did not wait for the two to respond, and quickly continued: "Compared to the previous three movies, "Total Memories" cost 65 million U.S. dollars even when Arnold almost gave up the pay. It is not possible that Carlock wants to recover the cost. Great, I believe that after this movie, there should be no other film companies willing to take risks on Arnold. "Terminator 2" can be said to be the best project to ensure his recovery. So, I can give There are only the above two options. Or, you can wait for "Total Recall", when Arnold gets paid only lower."

In memory, the global box office of "Total Recall" exceeded 200 million US dollars.

Although Carlock Pictures barely made a hard money in it, it was considered a success.

Because of the huge sales of "Total Recall", Schwarzenegger finally returned to the top after a few consecutive declines and restored his status as a celebrity with Stallone.

However, Simon certainly wouldn't say that at this time.

Moreover, Simon suddenly remembered that in addition to "Total Recall", Arnold had another relatively successful work during this period: "Kindergarten Special Police."

In my memory, this is also a blockbuster movie with a global box office of over 200 million.

Thinking of this, Simon made up his mind to cut his head off.

Even, if necessary, "Terminator 2", "True Lies" or even "Evaporation Secret Order".

Or, you can also squeeze a few more projects that failed at the box office in time and space to Schwarzenegger.

With his own prophetic advantage, it is easy for Simon to snipe the acting career of a Hollywood filmmaker.

As for "Terminator 2", Simon is really in no rush.

Moreover, although it has not been announced, Daenerys Entertainment and Fox Pictures have signed a cooperation agreement, which is one of the 10 movie plans. Therefore, the initiative of this project is now in the hands of Simon.

Joe Rose thought for a moment, and said to Simon: "So, I'll go down and talk to Arnold?"

Simon nodded, and said, "I haven't eaten dinner yet, Joe, please send someone some food, whatever you want."

"of course."

Joe Rose agreed, got up, looked at Cameron again, and walked downstairs.

Cameron looked at the young man in front of him, wondering if he should take the initiative to leave. He had watched "Batman: Hour of War" several times before, and he admired the various groundbreaking details in the film, and originally wanted to have a good chat with Simon.

However, Westeros in the state of the owner of the film company is really not very pleasing.

Simon looked at Cameron, who was fidgeting, and suddenly said, "Jim, someone should have told you about Coppola and the elephant, right?"

Cameron's face showed a puzzled look.

Simon realized that Cameron had not heard the story, and proactively explained: "This is a story during the filming of "Apocalypse Now" by Coppola. Coppola wanted to find a few elephants in the filming process. However, at that time, the project was overspend and overdue. It cost a lot to transport the elephants to the studio, and it would also cause further delays in the filming cycle. The film’s producers discouraged Coppola, and many things did not happen. It may be perfect, and you have to give up something. Later, there was no elephant in "Apocalypse Now" and the movie there was still very successful."

Cameron naturally thought that Simon was talking about his "The Abyss" last year. He couldn't think of any rebuttal words for a while, so he nodded and said: "Simon, I understand what you mean."

"I've seen the "Terminator" back then, more than once," Simon continued: "Jim, since you were able to make a perfect work for $6.4 million then, there is no reason not to stipulate. Complete other films within the budget. Last year’s "Abyss" cost $69.5 million. I heard that you are under a lot of pressure, but this is just some mental pressure. Maybe you don’t know that Fox has a large group of people because of the failure of this project Lost their jobs. The biggest reason they were fired was not because of the box office failure of "Abyss". There was a big risk in the industry. They were fired because the project budget was out of control. You have to know that the studio's money is also It never fell from the sky."

Cameron's expression flickered for a moment, and finally said, "Simon, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."

The waiter brought some food up at this time.

Simon waited for the opponent to leave, motioned to Cameron, saw the opponent shook his head, pulled the tray in front of him, picked up the tableware and said: "I have studied the special effects scheme of "Abyss", and the CG alien technology in it should be OK. Used to make the liquid metal robot in "Terminator 2", right?"

The special effects of "Abyss" were actually produced by Daenerys Special Effects Studio.

Moreover, whether it is "Abyss" or "Terminator 2" in Simon's memory, the special effects expenses are actually not high.

The cost of the two projects is mainly due to Cameron’s perfectionism procrastination.

Last year's "Abyss", the filming cycle was as long as 5 months. "Terminator 2" in the original time and space has been shot continuously for 6 months. Compared with the average shooting cycle of Hollywood movies of about 3 months, this is the main reason for the out-of-control budget of the two projects.

From the standpoint of movie fans, Cameron’s box office results are worth spending.

However, for the film company, unless it is the kind of master of Carlock Pictures who burns other people's money and does not feel distressed, otherwise, cooperating with Cameron is definitely a torment.

When Cameron heard Simon talk about the special effects technology of "Abyss", he got some spirits and began to chat with Simon.

Joe Rose came back more than ten minutes later and sat down and said to Simon: "10 million dollars, Arnold’s agent insisted so much. He said that Arnold is considering making another film. If we disagree, this project We can only postpone it until next year."

Simon hesitated for a moment, and didn't worry too much. He said, "I will officially announce the news tomorrow."

If you continue to struggle with the difference of 2 million US dollars, Simon knows that Schwarzenegger will really continue to drag the project down, and now the initiative is not in the production company.

Moreover, although he has just expressed his dislike of "Total Recall", Simon is the one who knows the result best. Once Schwarzenegger turns over with "Total Memories" in the summer, it will be more difficult to sign the opponent again.

Joe Rose also breathed a sigh of relief and quickly nodded in agreement.

During this period of time, because the box office of "Batman: Hour of War" exceeded everyone's expectations, Fox paid special attention to this project that Simon was optimistic about.

Now that "Terminator 2" is confirmed, Fox's main movie next year will also have a landing.

Simon finished speaking and looked at Cameron again: "Jim, in the next few months, let's hire someone to complete the complete sub-shot script of the sequel. I hope you know exactly what you want after shooting, instead of printing out Hundreds of thousands of feet of useless film material."

In the original "Terminator 2", Cameron developed over a million feet of lens film, and ultimately less than 1% was used. These films actually mean large and large budget expenditures.

Simon will never allow this kind of thing to happen ‘the second time’.

As long as Cameron's unrestrained squandering during the shooting is strictly controlled, even if it will still be overspend this time, it will never reach the original budget of more than 100 million US dollars.

Cameron naturally agreed.

The three continued to talk about something. Cameron got up and left first. Joe Rose followed Simon and looked at the bottom of the terrace tentatively, "Simon, do you want to go down and talk to everyone?"

There are more than 30 people in the courtyard downstairs at this time. Moreover, although many people pretend to be chatting with each other, they are actually paying close attention to the movement of the terrace.

Simon just briefly met with everyone when he came over, and everyone downstairs was looking forward to talking to him.

The success of "Batman: Hour of War", as well as the many resources in Simon's hands, has elevated his position in Hollywood to a level that even he himself may not fully appreciate.

"Batman: The Dark Knight", "Superman", "Wonder Woman", "Flash" and other DC movie universe projects will start casting roles in the near future. The whole Hollywood is staring at this. In addition, the projects in the 10 film plans of "Terminator 2" and "Death of the Dead" also mean a lot of opportunities.

Simon has no interest in hunting for beauty tonight, but he did not refuse Joe Rose's invitation, nodded, got up and went downstairs to join the crowd with him.