The words brought the relationship closer, and Shirley Lansing keenly felt that the emotions of Terry Rossio and Terry Rossio were a little tense. He took a sip of coffee, put down the cup, and started to get into the subject, saying: "Terry, Ted, if possible, I hope you can keep the script of the pirate movie at Paramount. What price do you think is appropriate?"
Terry Rossio's lips moved, but he looked at his friend beside him.
Ted Elliott hesitated for a while, but still could only bite the bullet and said: "Ms. Lansing, we really hope to cooperate with our own company, but, you know, that, other companies contacted us first, It’s not convenient for us to just ignore each other.”
Shirley Lansing nodded without showing any displeasure on her face, and said, "In that case, let me tell you what we mean first. Paramount can offer 2 million US dollars and a certain profit share." , I hope you can think about it carefully. The company is just looking for a suitable special effects film project, we cooperate with ourselves, and this film will also be able to get more resources in the future."
2 million US dollars, directly 20 times the price quoted by Firefly, not to mention the profit sharing, Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott felt their heart beat a little faster. Both of them are in their thirties, but they have been in Hollywood for so many years, let alone a million-level income, and they have never had an income of more than 100,000 US dollars.
However, because of ghosts in their hearts, the two of them did not dare to agree.
The more they get now, once things are exposed, their fate will definitely be more miserable.
Leaving Shirley Lansing's office, the two quickly found a coin-operated phone booth and hurriedly dialed the number of agent Matt Gilson. Ted Elliott, who was holding a microphone, couldn't wait to ask: " Matt, is there any response from Firefly?"
On the other side of the phone, Matt Gilson's tone was obviously very excited, and he said a series of words in a hurry.
Ted Elliott calmed down a bit after listening to the numbers that he had never dared to think about before, and interrupted the other party: "Matt, I don't want to hear any quotations from Sony Pictures, and I don't care about Warner Bros. How much does brother want to give, I just want to know, what is the reaction from Firefly?"
"..."
A moment later, after hanging up the phone, Ted Elliott looked at his friend beside him, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The situation is worse than I imagined, and now, everyone seems to be convinced that this is Eric Williams read the script himself."
Terry Rossio's tone was also a little anxious: "Didn't we discuss it, just said it was possible, why did it become like this?"
Ted Elliott took out a cigarette from his pocket, looked around, put it back again, and leaned against the door frame of the telephone booth with some dejection: "Maybe "Cut Throat Island" impressed Hollywood too much. , everyone thinks that no one is interested in pirate movies except Eric Williams. Of course, it may also be that Matt used some misleading words on purpose when contacting these film companies, you know His."
"I think," Terry Rossio hesitated, and said, "it's very likely that Eric Williams really read the script himself. If you think about it, it took less than a day for things to happen." It’s such a big rumor. If this script has nothing to do with Eric Williams, Firefly will probably refute these rumors publicly instead of the current cold treatment.”
"It would be great if this is the case," Ted Elliott said: "The original "Cut Throat Island", there were not always rumors that Eric Williams specially gave Michael Ace Is it a trap set by the film company? The seven major film companies are still competitors in the final analysis, and now everyone is rushing to grab a pirate movie script. If this matter has nothing to do with Eric Williams, do you think Firefly will go smoothly? There is nothing good in Hollywood if you try to trick other people. At that time, the bigger the project will be, the more unlucky we will be if it fails."
Terry Rucio struggled for a moment, and tentatively said: "How about letting Matt choose the one with the highest bid to sell this book, anyway, they are willing to sell this book. If we can each get one million..."
Before Terry Rossio finished speaking, Ted Elliott shook his head and said, "Terry, I wouldn't do that, but I have a family to support. And let's just talk about you, Bang Ni is a housewife with little income. We were kicked out of Hollywood when we got one million. It is impossible to find any decent jobs. Do you think this money can support us for the rest of our lives? What's more, your family Both Claire and Danny are already in high school, and their academic performance is so outstanding, they will definitely be able to enter the Ivy League in the future, which Ivy League school's tuition fee is less than 40,000 US dollars a year?"
Hearing Ted Elliott's words, Terry Rossio didn't have much confidence, but he was still a little unwilling: "This matter may not be as bad as you said. We Even if it has nothing to do with Eric Williams, it shouldn’t fail too much at the box office, as long as you do it with your heart, and the special effects films have sold very well in recent years.”
"That's not the point, the point is, unless the project is a box office hit, we're both out of luck if the big guys realize they've been scammed. There's a lot of lunatics in Hollywood, but there aren't many fools, and there's nothing in this industry It’s a secret, so it’s better not to take any chances.” Ted Elliott said, turned around and picked up the receiver, took out a coin and put it into the phone, and said: “It’s better to talk to me again. Talk to Matt face to face, we can't be like Pierce Brosnan being screwed by his own agent."
The thoughts that rose in Terry Rossio's heart were almost dissipated by his friend's cold water. He watched him make a phone call, and said: "Ted, tell me, if this script is really Eric Williams, look at it. In the middle, Firefly contacted again, what are we going to do?"
Ted Elliot understood that the situation that Terry Rossio described was very unlikely to occur when things had developed to this point. Hearing the beeping sound from the microphone, he said: "Really In this case, you should be glad that we have passed this level."
…
For people in the circle, there are really no secrets in Hollywood, and a lot of news usually spreads quickly.
Early in the morning, almost everyone on the crew of "Gravity" knew about the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean". However, because of the possible disclosure of commercial secrets and other issues behind the incident, no one took the initiative to mention this topic in front of Eric.
Therefore, the atmosphere in the studio, which is full of curiosity, is inevitably a little strange.
Eric already knew the more detailed situation at this time, and knew that this matter was not leaked from within the Firefly Group, but just a rumor deliberately released by the script owner purely relying on guesswork, the purpose is self-evident.
Katzenberg's opinion is that it is best to abandon the script completely, otherwise, this kind of situation will only continue to emerge in the future.
Intellectually, Eric naturally understands the correctness of Katzenberg's opinion, but other scripts are fine, but this is "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Although Eric, the butterfly, will bring a lot of uncertainty to this project, but considering that three of the four "Pirates of the Caribbean" series have achieved a global box office of one billion, it is enough for Eric to ignore all possibilities. risk.
Fortunately, since this matter has been known to everyone, it is impossible to settle the dust in a short time, so Eric decided to wait and see the progress of the matter temporarily.
In the "Gravity" studio, the crew continued to be busy with the scene of the heroine Ryan's baby curling up in her mother's body.
After making various adjustments in the Wia state, Eric still couldn't complete it, so Eric decisively began to seek other methods.
In front of the space capsule model, everyone gathered together to express their opinions. Robert Byron, the special effects director, said: "The problem now is that we need a support. This support must be able to ensure that Judy can complete the required actions without Affecting her to show a perfect sense of weightless suspension in front of the camera."
"Is it okay to add a fixed mechanical arm to my waist for support, I mean, if there is no problem in the later stage?" Judy raised her hand to gesture around her waist, but she couldn't help but glance at Eric's waist, thinking Thinking about what happened yesterday, I still find it a little funny, but it seems that this guy is no longer in pain today.
Eric noticed Judy's eyes with a smirk at the corner of his mouth, and gave her a helpless look, but he said seriously: "It's okay in the later stage, just erase the device. But the idea you said is not okay, For this shot to be perfect, every part of your body must be very relaxed, it takes a lot of effort to hoop your waist up and curl your legs up, it’s impossible to be relaxed and free, so you can’t get up naturally.”
"Didn't you say that I completely forgot my sense of direction?" Judy said: "In this case, my legs don't have to bend upwards, and the equipment can be hung from the ceiling to hang me horizontally."
Eric said directly: "Didn't you just use this posture in the state of Wia?"
"I'm talking about fixed equipment. The wire is floating, and I can't use it at all."
Eric thought for a while, and just about to try it out, Robert Byron said, "Judy, this doesn't work. If you want to meet Eric's requirements, the range of fixed equipment can't be too large, it can only be like a belt Thinly circle around your waist, in a horizontal state, your entire body weight is only supported by a single line, and both parts of your body will sag, making it more tiring to do the movements."
"Then you guys think about other methods. If it doesn't work, maybe I can try it later." Judy didn't mind her plan being rejected continuously, and she relaxed on the model next to her and waited for everyone to continue discussing. The long legs were naturally crossed, and the feet were only temporarily covered with a pair of slippers because of the performance. With the toes pointing down, they tapped the ground a few times briskly.
Eric happened to be standing opposite Judy, and suddenly felt that if Judy put on a pair of red platform high-heeled shoes, put on a white wide-brimmed hat, and showed some unruly expressions on his face, he would instantly Just go back to the character in "Taxi Driver" who was so obsessed with a guy that he didn't hesitate to assassinate the whole.
Of course, that's not the point.
The point is, seeing Judy's action, Eric suddenly had a flash of inspiration, snapped his fingers, raised his chin towards Judy, and said to Robert Byron and Nickel beside him: "Look, support Spot found."
Everyone looked at it together, Judy kept the posture just now in a daze, and most of the people were also confused, and Nichol also joked: "It's a pity that the costumes are not in place, otherwise we can shoot a space version of "Rent" today. Car Driver."
Eric signaled Judy to change his posture, stand sideways to everyone, and said, "Judy, use your right leg for support, and try the posture we need."
Hearing this, Zhu Di felt free to put one leg on the ground, bowed his body, bent his arms and left leg, and tried it out. He felt that this was indeed much easier than the proposal he proposed just now. However, after showing it for a while, I felt that my right leg was not fixed, and my body was still not stable enough, so I threw off my slippers and got up and climbed onto the half-person-high model platform behind me. My eyes swept around and landed on Eric, saying: " Come on, help me fix it."
Eric walked over with a smile, tried it, put his arms around Judy's calf on the outer edge and hugged him tightly, saying: "Okay, try again."
Judy briskly raised one leg inside and shook it, feeling that her body was much more stable. She glanced at the man next to her and couldn't help tapping Eric with her toes. Are you sure you're not taking advantage of me?"
"Of course it is, such a legitimate reason, don't take it for nothing," Eric smiled, and said, "Hurry up and make a pose, I'm afraid my hand will not be able to resist running up later."
Judy immediately glared at Eric: "How dare you!"
Around, everyone is a black line.
Brother and sister, we are all living beings, living beings, living beings.
Judy soon realized that what she just said was inappropriate, stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, and began to try to move. Nicole also picked up the DV next to her and ran to the opposite side.
After tossing for a while, everyone gathered around the computer to watch the samples taken by Nicole. Robert Byron said: "This method is feasible, that is, we are going to make a prosthetic leg for Judy. CG simulates the limbs, which is another challenge. ah."
"Try to do better. After this time, this technology will definitely be used in the future," Eric said: "Also, we can only think of this more feasible method for the time being. Of course, if you still If you can think of a better way, let me know.”