Hollywood Hunter

The last song that Simon left to Madonna last time, "BadRomance", helped Queen Mai create another album that sold more than 10 million in North America.

Therefore, as long as there is a chance, Madonna will try to ask Simon for songs.

As one of the top singers of this era, after listening to "Paradise", Queen Mai immediately realized the gold content of this song. Although it is not suitable for her style, it is enough for any singer to produce a hot album.

After learning that several theme songs of the Victoria's Secret show will be composed by Simon herself, Madonna immediately pestered the man to listen to other songs.

Simon has no choice but to make Queen Mai get her wish.

Of course, although there are some songs that are more suitable for Madonna's style, Simon still insists that the fertilizer does not flow out of the field.

As the rehearsal of the Victoria's Secret show continues, news about several songs will inevitably appear in the media.

Daenerys Entertainment is just noncommittal about this. This Victoria's Secret show will last for several months. There will be various news releases. Who and who joins the Victoria's Secret Angel team, and who and who become the spokesperson of the Victoria's Secret Angels , The release of angel wings, background music information on the runway, guests that may be invited, tickets for the Victoria's Secret show, etc.

Through a series of continuous exposures that lasted for half a year, Victoria's Secret brand awareness will rise to a higher level before the big show officially opens.

This is also the fundamental purpose of this marketing operation.

July 31, the last day of July, another Friday.

The summer file is also coming to an end. There are two movies registered in the North American theaters on this day, namely, Paramount Pictures produced a combination of real-life and animation, "Phantom Space" and Fox's vampire horror film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ".

Paramount's "Space of Fantasy" tells a series of ridiculous stories that the male protagonist has to stop the fusion of the real world and the cartoon world. The film is obviously following the original "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".

Simon is more concerned about Fox's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

This vampire movie written by Jos Weiden is the origin of the later TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Jos Weiden is also one of the important directors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the original timeline, directing two "Avengers".

Although paying attention to Weiden, Simon is temporarily only using him as a potential reserve talent for Daenerys Entertainment.

Entering August, the summer holidays are basically settled.

"Wonder Woman" is undoubtedly the overlord of this summer file.

As of July 30, the ninth week of its release, "Wonder Woman" continued to earn $11.53 million, with a cumulative box office of $333.69 million.

Taking into account the decline curve of "Wonder Woman" in recent weeks and the box office base of tens of millions in a single week, this superhero movie can still earn at least about 30 million U.S. dollars. The cumulative box office in North America is expected to be 360 ​​million to 360 million. Between 370 million US dollars.

"Wonder Woman" is followed by "Lethal Weapon 3" starring Mel Gibson. The North American box office has surpassed 140 million U.S. dollars, and it is also nearing a decline.

Later, Disney's "Aladdin" gradually attracted the attention of the industry.

This 2D animated film didn't have a good start, but it has great stamina, and the box office curve is very strong.

From June 19th to July 30th, six weeks after the release, the cumulative box office of "Aladdin" reached 128 million U.S. dollars unknowingly. Although there is a big gap with "Wonder Woman", this summer The box office performance of the file is also second only to "Lethal Weapon 3".

Disney's other live-action comedy "Nuns Are Crazy" became the studio's second summer box office movie.

Counting it down carefully, apart from Daenerys Entertainment, Disney, which owns two local box-office films of over 100 million yuan, this summer file is also a bumper harvest.

Daenerys Entertainment's "Peachy Deal", "Killing Hour" and "The Last Mohican" are also popular, but in all fairness, the box office of all three movies of about 100 million yuan is somewhat lower than Simon's expectations. Moreover, the box office performance of the three films is largely due to the fact that they occupy too many summer resources.

Of course, for several collaborators, the three films are already enough to sell.

In the early 1990s, a movie that can reach the 100 million yuan mark at the North American box office is actually not that common.

In this summer file, in addition to the three cooperative films that have not yet reached the goal, only four of them have really achieved the 100 million mark, "Wonder Woman", "Lethal Weapon 3", "Aladdin" and "Nuns Are Crazy".

Others such as Columbia Pictures’ "Earth Ambition", Fox’s "Alien 3", Paramount’s "Patriot Games" and Disney’s "My Dear, I Grow My Child", etc. The production costs are not counted. Low, but they can only be regarded as foils for other hit movies.

In August, Simon rushed to Australia again.

Filming of another superhero movie "Steel Bones" under the DC Cinema Universe began on August 3.

The schedule for "Steel Bones" is the end of next year. It is reasonable to say that there is no need to be so urgent. Warner insisted on starting shooting at this time, so that sufficient time can be reserved for the later stage and publicity of the film.

On the other hand, Simon also understands Warner's considerations.

"Superman" is still in production. The filming schedule of "Steel Bones" and "Superman" have a two-month period of time. Simon rushed to Australia during this time, and while following up "Superman", he would definitely not be right again. Steel Bone" turned a blind eye.

At this point, Warner actually counted Simon's integrity.

For a week in Australia, Simon's time was basically half of "Superman" and "Steel Bones".

Janet came along as usual, to visit the little guy, and watch her man by the way.

Returning to Los Angeles on August 10, the last summer film "Unforgivable" worthy of Simon's attention has also been released for the first three days at the box office.

This old-school Western by Clint Eastwood gave Warner Bros. a surprise at the start. It made $15.01 million in three days during the first weekend, which has already exceeded the film's $14 million production cost.

Moreover, considering the excellent reputation of the film and the lack of fierce competition in the late summer period, "Unforgivable" will easily get out of a beautiful long-term box office.

In my memory, "Unforgivable" is still the biggest winner of next year's Oscar, winning many awards such as best picture and best director.

Of course, this year has already ceded the Oscar to Warner Bros. Daenerys Entertainment will not continue to dormant next year.

Barbra Streisand relied on "Times and Storms" to win the award in the controversy, which also consumed a part of Warner's luck in the award. The Oscar judges will obviously avoid Warner's works in the voting process this year.

In short, there are gains and losses.

Back in Los Angeles, David Fincher also handed over the budget plan for the "Seven Deadly Sins" to Simon.

As a director who has just completed a movie under heavy restrictions, Simon is very clear that this proposal with a recommended list of leading actors should have been planned by the behind-the-scenes agency of Vinci, but he did not go into it.

The budget cost of the "Seven Deadly Sins" made by David Fincher eventually reached 30 million US dollars, which Simon can definitely be Fincher himself.

If it is the ICM behind Vinci, it will definitely tend to control the production budget of such a crime thriller at about 20 million US dollars.

30 million has reached the level of A-level production.

Considering the usual box office volume of the crime thriller type, the average film company tends not to take such a risk.

Revan Phoenix, this name may be a bit strange to Hollywood fans many years later, but in the early nineties, it was a very eye-catching new star in Hollywood.

When he participated in "Indiana Jones 3" a few years ago, because of fear of being snatched by the young actor, Harrison Ford used various relationships to pressure him, not to imitate his performance, not to openly discuss the inside story of the movie, or even In the "Indiana Jones 3" publicity process, the number of appearances of Revan Phoenix was pitifully small.

However, none of these can suppress the stamina of the 19-year-old actor who has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Although Ruifan Phoenix, born in 1970, was only 22 years old, he has appeared in a large number of popular or popular movies since his debut. Simon knows that if the timeline does not change, this rising Hollywood star will Will suddenly fall in 1993.

The reason is somewhat common in Hollywood, drug overdose.

In addition to Simon Freeman, the other actor recommended by David Fincher for the "Seven Deadly Sins" is Revan Phoenix.

Of course, this is not only the fame of Ruifan Phoenix himself, but Ruifan Phoenix, who is also an artist under ICM.

In the original timeline, Revan Phoenix fell dead outside Johnny Depp's club. It's not accidental, because Depp is also an artist under ICM, and this is a circle.

In addition, last year together starred in Gus Van Sant's "Uninhibited Sky", Revan Phoenix and Keanu Reeves also became good friends.

Hollywood is small.

Since there is no plan to use the original Brad Pitt, Revan Phoenix is ​​just right.

22 years old, just the age that a fledgling young policeman should have. In terms of fame, Ruifan Phoenix is ​​also just right.

In addition, the quotation given by ICM is also very reasonable, 2.5 million US dollars. According to the current popularity of Ruifan Phoenix, if he starred in a mainstream commercial film, the price is low.

ICM clearly hopes that Ruifan Phoenix can have a leading star-level blockbuster movie, not just a supporting role like "Indiana Jones 3" or a niche word-of-mouth movie such as "Unruly Sky", or "Walk with Me" That kind of group play.

It just so happens that projects led by Simon himself are often very secure at the box office.

After crossing a certain threshold and getting older, Ruifan Phoenix will then be able to support commercial films alone.

Simon used to pay little attention to the private lives of Hollywood stars, but now that he agreed to Revan Phoenix’s role in "The Seven Deadly Sins", he must ensure that the young actor will not have problems, at least not during the filming process. .

As long as the movie is finished, it doesn't matter what happens afterwards.

Everyone is responsible for their actions.

Therefore, after roughly negotiating the basic agreement, Simon personally proposed that Revan Phoenix must ban all drugs during the filming process. Daenerys Entertainment will regularly conduct random checks on Phoenix. If the contract is breached, the young actor will need to pay. A huge foil.

Hollywood stars sometimes go back and forth directly between the drug rehabilitation center and the movie studio during the filming process.

As long as they are big enough, studios are often very accommodating.

However, Ruifan Phoenix's qualifications obviously have not reached this level.

What's more, it was Simon who spoke in person, and ICM couldn't help but ignore it.

Of course, Ruifan Phoenix can also choose to quit, but because he can't detoxify and refuse a project with great potential, this kind of thing spreads out, the young actor will not want to get a good project easily in the future. Daenerys Entertainment's movies are not even one.

Therefore, the president of ICM personally assured Simon that during the filming period, he would send someone to look after Ruifan Phoenix to ensure that the artist would not have any problems during the filming of "The Seven Deadly Sins".

Daenerys Studios.

Today is August 19, Wednesday.

I ended the production meeting of "The Seven Deadly Sins" and heard the producer of "Forrest Gump" report the results of the film's casting in the last few days. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon.

Tom Hanks is still filming "Night Sleep in Seattle", but the preparations for "Forrest Gump" continue.

As a big production movie with many characters, the issue of casting is very important.

Simon only appointed Jenny as the actor who was still the original Robin White.

Robin White is already a member of the DC movie universe.

Although he is the girlfriend of the Flash Barry Allen, it is not too abrupt to play a role in "Forrest Gump".

Simon did this mainly for reasons of reduction.

It's already more than six o'clock to get home from get off work.

Janet had just returned from the east coast in the afternoon, and Simon had returned to Dome’s Pointe Manor. The woman had just arranged dinner, and she was shrinking on the sofa by the glass curtain wall of the Shell Villa to read a magazine at will.

Passing the coat to the Indian girl who was greeted by him, Simon walked to Janet, hugged the woman and kissed, and smiled and asked, "What else to look at?"

"Forbes."

Janet showed the magazine to Simon at random, and slapped her body on the man, saying: "Yesterday in New York, Steve Forbes called me and hope we can provide some information. "Forbes" next month Announce the new annual list of the 400 richest Americans."

Simon asked, "How did you respond to him?"

Janet smiled and said, "Of course I ignored him."

Simon smiled and suddenly thought of a question.

Another year has passed, and the expansion of the Westeros system is really fast. He really didn't know how much family background he had.