Hollywood Hunter

Madonna's pursuit of Hollywood can only be described as a repeated defeat.

Golden plum, it doesn't matter.

The box office failed miserably, and it was the producer who lost it anyway.

Such as the guest appearances in "Pulp Fiction" are few good reviews, and Queen Mai is not the key.

All in all, Queen Mai, whose singing career has reached its peak, always misses Hollywood.

The singer recently found a very large-scale project, "Naked Horror", the script tells the story of a woman accused of murder during the love process of the lover who caused the death of the other party, and then exonerated step by step in court.

Generally speaking, "Naked Fright" is a mixture of "Instinct" and "Presumption of Innocence".

Needless to say, "Presumption of Innocence" is a crime drama film starring Harrison Ford two years ago: a prosecutor fell into the charge of murdering a lover, and after experiencing ups and downs in court, he exonerated himself. , But finally found out that the murderer was actually his wife.

"Presumed Innocence" has a total box office of more than 86 million U.S. dollars in North America. Compared with the production cost of 22 million U.S. dollars, it is also a dark horse at the box office.

Daenerys and MGM's "A Few Good People" last year is roughly the "Presumption of Innocence" following the trend.

"Naked Horror" captures the femme-female setting of "Instinct" and the court confrontation element of "Presumption of Innocence".

In the original time and space, "Naked Horror" is very dynamic, and Simon also has a lot of memories.

The selling point of this film is basically Madonna's passion drama.

However, it turns out that the audience is not really interested in Queen Mai's nude. The film with a budget of 30 million U.S. dollars eventually recovered more than 13 million U.S. dollars at the box office.

"Maggie, I've seen the script, but I don't quite understand. Apart from your personal large-scale participation, what else does this movie intend to use to attract the audience?"

Madonna noticed that Simon was obviously not too interested, and immediately said: "Simon, don't you think this script is very similar to "Instinct"? Moreover, the type of film is still a very popular court crime film in the last two years."

"Okay, let's analyze it." Simon saw Madonna approaching him subconsciously, with a raised face as if he was going to stick it, and stepped back a little, saying: "The success of "Instinct" is largely due to The controversy caused by the film, the high IQ heroine played with the police between the hands, this kind of strong plot conflict is also a big selling point. "Presumed innocent" hits the spot because of the interlocking wonderful plot and the final big movie Reversal. So, you see, these two films, um, may have passionate scenes, but the audience buys tickets to enter the venue, but it is not for passionate scenes."

Seeing Simon's retreat, Madonna came up a bit again.

After divorcing Sean Penn, she broke up with Warren Beatty, and the Queen is now single.

"But, Simon, what you said is all in "Naked Horror."

"Unfortunately, Maggie, some elements may exist, but they are not obvious," Simon shook his head, and said: "All I saw was that the heroine slept with all the key characters in the film, and finally let them help herself out of crime. Compared with Catherine in "Instinct", this is very inferior. Catherine uses her high IQ, desire is only desire, she is even using desire to get herself into a more dangerous situation, playing heartbeat games with the hero with confidence ."

"Or, Simon, how about you come to help me revise the script, or you can direct it yourself."

As Madonna said, a little hand reached over, her index finger hooked Simon's suit pocket, her eyes clearly teased.

Simon no longer backed away, and looked at Madonna's movements with interest, and smiled: "Maggie, I have a female partner tonight."

Sarah Michel Gellar, who had been carefully holding Simon's arm, raised her chin slightly when she saw the man mentioning herself, and looked at Madonna, who was not too tall.

Madonna just glanced at the girl and hurried to the people: "Little guy, let Simon and I stay alone for a while?"

Queen Mai's aura was too strong, and that natural tone immediately made Sarah Michel Gellar a little guilty, and she subconsciously looked at Simon.

Simon shook his head slightly at the girl, turned to Madonna, motioned to Sidney Pollack not far away, and said, "Maggie, Sidney and I have things to talk about, Daenerys doesn't plan to You can talk to other people about the "Naked Surprise" project."

"It's a pity," Madonna said, seeing Simon directly refused, her tone was also a lot colder, no longer entangled, but still looked murmured: "Moreover, the man is really unreliable, I can't expect your taste to change so quickly."

When Madonna walked away, Simon led Sarah to the three of Robert Redford, Sidney Pollack and Barbra Streisand who were chatting.

The three veteran Hollywood celebrities all emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. The three formerly co-authored "Love of the Past" is one of the classic films of the 1970s. Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand also have a romance.

In addition, the three are also artists under the C banner.

After greeting, Simon talked to Sidney Pollack about "Sugar Coated Trap."

Sidney Pollack is the original director of "Sugar-Coated Trap". Speaking carefully, Simon does not think Pollack is suitable for this suspenseful thriller with a lawyer theme. Pollack’s famous films "Out of Africa" ​​and "Slim Lady", They are all biased towards romance films, especially in "Love in the Past".

However, considering the veteran director's directing skills and original factors, Simon still sent an invitation to Pollack.

"Simon, I can be the director of "Sugar Coated Trap", but I have one condition," Sidney Pollack also said straightforwardly: "I must decide the casting of the film."

Redford and Streisand are both human beings, and Pollack mentioned this, and both found an excuse to walk away.

Simon was equally refreshing and said: "Of course, West Germany, but the actor has been determined. Apart from this, you can choose anyone else as long as you are within the budget."

"I know Daenerys has been in contact with Keanu Reeves," Sidney Pollack said. "But, Simon, I don't think Keanu is appropriate."

Simon raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why?"

"Keanu is more suitable for comedy, but "Sugar Coated Trap" is a serious drama."

"Perhaps you should have a look at Keanu's "Storm Point" last year, West Germany. In this crime drama, Keanu played a policeman. His performance has been widely recognized by critics."

"Well, Simon, let's be frank, I hope Tom Cruise can be the leading actor in "Sugar Coated Trap."

Simon squinted slightly, and Michael Ovitz suddenly appeared in his mind.

Sidney Pollack was one of the first established filmmakers to join this talent agency in the process of C's fortune. In the 1980s, Sidney Pollack's directorial career was promoted to the pinnacle of the two films "Fair Lady" and "Out of Africa" ​​is a packaged project of C.

For this reason, Sidney Pollack can be described as Michael Ovitz's most iron supporter.

In the "Infantry Warrior" incident where Michael Ovitz clashed with the famous screenwriter Joe Ezethas in the past two years, Sidney Pollack was one of the few who publicly expressed firm support for Ovitz in the media. One of the Hollywood filmmakers.

This time, Sidney Pollack clearly hopes to use the opportunity of "Sugar Coated Trap" to get C's Tom Cruise from being blocked by Daenerys Entertainment.

Although C terminated the agency contract with several filmmakers, in fact, Michael Ovitz has always maintained very close contact with several filmmakers, and Simon has just turned a blind eye to this.

After "Rain Man", Tom Cruise's two commercial films, "Born on July 4th" and "Thunderbolt" starred in recent years, have achieved box office success. However, because of the influence of Daenerys Entertainment in Hollywood The strength is further strengthened, and the major studios inevitably have more scruples in the process of cooperating with Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.

Barry Levinson was supposed to be the popular Oscar-nominated "Bagsey" in 1992 and disappeared. After Daenerys and Paramount reached a cooperation last year, the large studio that was originally closely connected with Cruise also Abandoning the other party, which caused Cruise to have no movies released in 1991.

In fact, Simon did not say anything to prevent other studios from cooperating with the three. Dustin Hoffman also appeared in "Captain Hawk" last year. After Tom Cruise left Paramount "Earth Ambition," cooperating with Columbia Pictures, will also be released this summer.

On the surface, the careers of these filmmakers are actually quite normal.

Last year, Dustin Hoffman appeared in "Captain Hawke", Peter Cooper also moved Terry Semel to come forward and talk about it.

Simon was relieved at the time, but did not change a certain fundamental attitude: Daenerys Entertainment still would not cooperate with the three filmmakers.

Meg Ryan’s ‘lifting of the ban’ also started with the signing of a film contract with Daenerys Entertainment. This is probably the reason for Sidney Pollack’s request today.

Michael Ovitz should hope that Tom Cruise and Daenerys Entertainment will reach a cooperation in order to send a signal to the outside world that Cruise and Daenerys Entertainment will reconcile completely and avoid this popular niche because of system The studio's heavy scruples led to a career decline.

Simon did not show any displeasure at Sidney Pollack’s blunt request. He just shook his head and said: "West Germany, if you insist on this, I can only say regret. I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future. ."

When Sidney Pollack saw Simon's statement like this, he suddenly became a little angry and said, "Simon, it has been a long time since that incident. I don't understand why you are holding on to it. You are already a big man. Care about little things."

"West Germany, I have always believed that those who think that some people are'big men' should be generous and should be forgiven. The idea is basically a kind of blackmail, a kind of blackmail of the weak against the strong. For those I don't want to forgive, it is very Sorry, I don’t forgive any of them. Besides, I think I’ve acted generously enough. I didn’t directly target them. Until now, they are all doing very well, right? So, don’t ask me for more. many."

Simon finished speaking, no longer waiting for Sidney Pollack's response, raised his glass to the opponent, and walked towards him.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has been with Simon, from the first Madonna, to Sidney Pollack, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford and many other parties at the party. She used to They are just big people who can't be seen. After more than two hours of party time, the girl seems to have entered another world.

It's incredible to think about it.

Sarah's mother is an inexperienced little actor, because she has not been able to make her debut, so she can only pin her hopes on her daughter. Since the age of four, girls have been participating in various auditions. Early exposure to this Vanity Fair circle also makes Sarah appear more mature than girls of the same age.

The role of Susan’s daughter Julie in "Desperate Housewives" is regarded as Sarah’s first more significant TV series resident role in more than a decade. In addition, this project is said to be created by Westeros himself, mother and daughter Both thought this would be a breakthrough for Sarah.

Then, this afternoon, there was a news from the agency that the mother and daughter thought it was a joke at first, and Westero wanted to see Sarah.

After repeatedly confirming that it was not a joke, Sarah obviously realized the excitement of her mother almost crying.

After Rosellen Gellar had a heart-to-heart talk with her daughter, WMA made another arrangement, and Sarah was sent to Simon this evening.

Simon took Sarah Michelle Gellar and left Barbra Streisand’s party at ten o’clock.

I originally felt that "Sugar Coated Trap" and Sidney Pollack's style did not completely match. The original time and space, the reason why this project is directed by Sidney Pollack, in Simon's view, it is obviously another C Package the project.

Michael Ovitz often uses diversity as an excuse to let directors who are accustomed to a style direct the field that the other party has never set foot in.

Many directors have their own style, so it seems to Simon to be somewhat chaotic.

Moreover, Michael Ovitz’s forcibly pieced together is often large-scale production movies with a large budget, which inevitably causes some blockbuster failures.

Because it can save a lot of studio energy, the project packaging mechanism is still popular in Hollywood, but Daenerys Entertainment is a very strong exception.

Unless Simon thinks it is really appropriate, no matter whether it is C, WMA or ICM, it is impossible to force a whole team of packaged projects into Daenerys Entertainment's hands.

Since Sidney Pollack did not reach a conclusion, Simon decided to choose another director.

Simon, who had been thinking about something on the way, didn't realize what happened to the girl beside him until he returned to the Manor.

Although young, Sarah Michel Gellar obviously knew what was about to happen. Not only did the girl not show much sense of stage fright, she even tried clumsily to tease the man next to her.