"Bad Romance", Simon's last song for Madonna, helped Madonna create another album with sales exceeding 10 million in North America.
So Madonna would try to beg Simon for songs whenever she had the chance.
As one of the top singers of this era, after listening to "Paradise", Queen Mac immediately realized the gold content of this song. Although it doesn't suit her style, if given to any singer, it would be enough to lead a hit album.
Later, she learned that several of the theme songs for this Victoria's Secret show would be composed by Simon herself. Madonna immediately pestered the man to listen to several other songs.
Simon was so entangled that he had no choice but to let the McQueen get her wish.
Of course, although there are songs that are more suitable for Madonna's style, Simon still insists that the good news should not go to outsiders.
As rehearsals for the Victoria's Secret show continue, news about several songs inevitably appears in the media.
Daenerys Entertainment is just noncommittal about this. This Victoria's Secret show will last for several months, and various revelations will continue to be released. Who has joined the Victoria's Secret Angel team, and who has become a Victoria's Secret Angel spokesperson. , the release of angel wings, T stage background music information, possible guests, tickets for the Victoria’s Secret show, etc.
Through a series of continuous exposures that last for less than half a year, Victoria's Secret's brand awareness will reach a higher level before the show officially starts.
This is also the fundamental purpose of this marketing operation.
July 31st, the last day of July, another Friday.
The summer holiday season is also coming to an end. There are two movies released in North American theaters on this day. They are Paramount Pictures' live-action and animation combination "The World" and Fox's vampire horror film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". 》.
Paramount's "Paramount" tells a series of ridiculous stories about the hero trying to prevent the real world from merging with the cartoon world. The film is obviously following the trend of the original "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
Simon is more concerned about Fox's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
This vampire movie written by Joss Whedon is the origin of the later TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Joss Whedon is also one of the important directors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the original timeline, directing two "Avengers" films.
Although he is concerned about Weeden, Simon only regards him as a potential reserve talent for Daenerys Entertainment for the time being.
Entering August, the summer season has basically settled.
"Wonder Woman" is undoubtedly the well-deserved overlord of this summer season.
As of July 30, in its ninth week of release, "Wonder Woman" continued to earn US$11.53 million, bringing its cumulative box office to US$333.69 million.
Considering the decline curve of "Wonder Woman" in recent weeks and the box office base that still reaches tens of millions in a single week, this superhero movie can earn at least about 30 million US dollars in the future, and the cumulative box office in North America is expected to be between 360 million and 360 million. Between US$370 million.
"Wonder Woman" will be followed by "Lethal Weapon 3" starring Mel Gibson. The North American box office has exceeded 140 million US dollars, and it is also approaching its next release.
Later, "Aladdin" produced by Disney gradually attracted the attention of the industry.
This 2D animated film did not have a great start, but it has great stamina and a very strong box office curve.
From June 19th to July 30th, within six weeks of its release, the cumulative box office of "Aladdin" reached US$128 million. Although there is a big gap with "Wonder Woman", in this summer The box office performance of the movie is also second only to "Lethal Weapon 3".
Disney's other live-action comedy "Sisters" became the studio's second summer movie to gross over 100 million.
After careful calculation, in addition to Daenerys Entertainment, Disney, which has two local films with over 100 million box office, has a bumper harvest this summer.
Daenerys Entertainment's external collaborations "Peach Deal", "A Time to Kill" and "The Last of the Mohicans" were also blockbuster hits, but to be fair, the box office of all three movies was around 100 million yuan, which was 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, all three movies are already enough hits.
Now in the early 1990s, it is actually not that common for a movie to reach the 100 million yuan mark at the North American box office.
This summer, in addition to the three collaborative films that have not yet reached their goals, there are only four films that have truly exceeded 100 million, including "Wonder Woman", "Lethal Weapon 3", "Aladdin" and "Sisters Are Crazy".
Production costs for other projects such as Columbia Pictures' "Earth", Fox's "Alien 3", Paramount's "Patriot Games" and Disney's "Honey, I Grow the Kids" are not included. Although it is low, it can only be regarded as a foil for other blockbuster films.
In August, Simon rushed to Australia again.
"Cyborg", another superhero movie under the DC Cinematic Universe, started filming on August 3.
"Cyborg" is scheduled for the end of next year. Logically speaking, there is no need to be so urgent, but Warner Bros. insists on starting filming at this time, which can reserve enough time for the film's post-production and promotion.
On the other hand, Simon also understands Warner's considerations.
"Superman" is still in production, and the filming schedule of "Cyborg" overlaps with "Superman" for two months. During this time, Simon rushed to Australia to follow up on "Superman", and at the same time, he would definitely not be able to follow up on "Superman" again. Cyborg" turned a blind eye.
In this regard, Warner was sure of Simon's integrity.
During the week after arriving in Australia, Simon's time was basically split between "Superman" and "Cyborg".
Janet came with him as usual to visit the little guy and keep an eye on her husband.
Returning to Los Angeles on August 10, the last three-day box office of the summer film "Unforgiven" worthy of Simon's attention has been released.
Clint Eastwood's old-school western gave Warner Bros. a surprise at the start, earning $15.01 million in its first three days, which already exceeded the film's $14 million production cost.
Moreover, considering the film's excellent reputation and the lack of competition in the late summer season, "Unforgiven" will easily have a good long-term box office success.
In my memory, "Unforgiven" is still the biggest winner at next year's Oscars, winning many awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
Of course, having given up the Oscar to Warner Bros. this year, Daenerys Entertainment will not remain dormant next year.
Barbra Streisand won the award amidst controversy for "The Tide of Time", which also consumed some of Warner's luck in awards. The Oscar judges will obviously avoid Warner's works during the voting process this year.
All in all, there are gains and losses.
Back in Los Angeles, David Fincher also handed over the budget plan for "Seven" to Simon.
As a director who had just completed one movie under many restrictions, Simon knew very well that Fincher's behind-the-scenes agency was planning the plan with a recommended list of starring actors, but he did not delve into it.
The budget cost of "Seven" made by David Fincher eventually reached 30 million US dollars, which Simon can definitely mean by Fincher himself.
If it were ICM behind Fincher, it would definitely be inclined to control the production budget of such a crime thriller movie at around US$20 million.
30 million has reached the level of A-level production.
Considering the box-office success of the crime thriller genre, studios generally won't take such a risk.
River Phoenix, this name may be unfamiliar to Hollywood fans many years later, but in the early 1990s, he was a very eye-catching rising star in Hollywood.
When he participated in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" a few years ago, because he was worried about being upstaged by the young actor, Harrison Ford used various connections to put pressure on him. He was not allowed to imitate his own performance, nor was he allowed to publicly discuss the inside story of the movie, or even During the promotion of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", River Phoenix made very few appearances.
However, none of these can suppress the brilliance of this promising actor who has already been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 19.
Although River Phoenix, who was born in 1970, is only 22 years old, he has already appeared in a large number of well-received and popular movies since his debut. Simon knows that if the timeline does not change, this rising Hollywood star will Will suddenly die in 1993.
The reason seems somewhat common in Hollywood, drug overdose.
In addition to Simon's default choice of Morgan Freeman, the other male lead candidate for "Seven" recommended by David Fincher is River Phoenix.
Of course, this is not only the fame of River Phoenix himself, but River Phoenix is also an artist under ICM.
In the original timeline, River Phoenix died outside Johnny Depp's club. It's not a coincidence, because Depp is also an artist under ICM, and this is a circle.
In addition, River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves became good friends after they starred together in Gus Van Sant's "Boogie" last year.
Hollywood is small.
Since there is no plan to use the original Brad Pitt, River Phoenix is just right.
22 years old is exactly the age that a fledgling young police officer should be. In terms of fame, River Phoenix is also just right.
In addition, the quotation given by ICM is also very reasonable, US$2.5 million. According to River Phoenix's current popularity, this price is on the low side for starring in mainstream commercial films.
ICM obviously hopes that River Phoenix can have a starring-level blockbuster movie, not just a supporting role like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or a niche movie like "Boogie Sky", or "Stand By Me" That kind of group play.
It just so happens that projects directed by Simon himself are often very successful at the box office.
After passing a certain threshold and getting older, River Phoenix will be able to support commercial movies alone.
Simon rarely pays attention to the private lives of Hollywood stars in the past. However, since he agreed to star River Phoenix in "Seven Deadly Sins" this time, he must ensure that the young actor will not have any problems, at least, not during the filming process. .
As long as the movie is finished, it doesn't matter what happens next.
Everyone needs to take responsibility for their own actions.
Therefore, after roughly negotiating the basic agreement, Simon personally proposed that River Phoenix must abstain from all drugs during the filming process. Daenerys Entertainment will conduct regular spot checks on Phoenix. If he breaks the contract, the young actor will need to pay Huge amount of foil.
There are quite a few Hollywood stars who sometimes travel directly between drug rehab centers and movie sets during filming.
As long as the name is big enough, studios are often very accommodating.
However, River Phoenix's qualifications obviously have not reached this level.
What's more, Simon spoke personally, so ICM couldn't help but ignore it.
Of course River Phoenix can also choose to quit, but if word spreads about refusing a promising project because he cannot quit drug addiction, the young actor will no longer be able to easily get good projects in the future. Don’t even think about any of the movies under Daenerys Entertainment.
Therefore, the president of ICM personally assured Simon that special personnel would be sent to keep an eye on River Phoenix during the filming of the movie to ensure that there would be no problems with the artist during the filming of "Seven Deadly Sins".
Daenerys Studios.
Today is already Wednesday, August 19th.
After finishing the production meeting of "Seven Deadly Sins", I also heard the producer of "Forrest Gump" report on the casting results of the film in recent days. It was already past six o'clock in the afternoon.
Tom Hanks is still filming "Sleepless in Seattle", and preparations for "Forrest Gump" are continuing.
As a big-budget movie with many characters, the issue of casting is very important.
Simon only personally designated the actor who plays Jenny, who is still the original Robin White.
Robin Wright is already a member of the DC Cinematic Universe.
Although she is the girlfriend of Barry Allen in The Flash, it does not seem out of place to play a role that does not have too many scenes in "Forrest Gump".
Simon did this mainly out of considerations of reduction.
It's already past six o'clock when I get home from get off work.
Janet had just returned from the east coast in the afternoon, and Simon returned to Dume Point Manor. The woman had just arranged dinner, and was huddled on the sofa beside the glass curtain wall of the Shell Villa, casually flipping through a magazine while the sunset was reflected.
Passing the coat to the Indian girl who came over, Simon walked up to Janet, hugged the woman and kissed her, and asked with a smile: "What are you looking at?"
"Forbes."
Janet casually showed the magazine to Simon, leaned towards the man, and said: "Yesterday in New York, Steve Forbes called me and hoped that we could provide some information. "Forbes" next month Release the new year’s list of the 400 richest people in the United States.”
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 too fast. He really didn't know how much wealth he had.