Eric handed the outline of the script of "Basic Instinct" to Alan behind him, and asked his assistant to register the outline with the Screenwriters Union before saying to David Greenwalt, "Because I don't like this woman."
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The two producers were speechless at the same time. This reason was too strong. While David Greenwalt and Hans Whittle felt helpless, they were also a little envious. The ability to influence the fate of others.
Eric didn't mean to explain to the two of them. He's not an extreme nationalist, and he won't be sensitive enough to boycott something just because some people say a few anti-xx remarks. If you don't like me, then I don't like you either, that's all, we are ordinary people, there is no need to worry so much. But after the disaster in which tens of thousands of innocent civilians died in the previous life, the woman who laughed and said the word "retribution" can only be described as cold-blooded, no matter what political stance or other bullshit reasons are used to quibble , are hard to forgive.
Therefore, the moment he saw Sharon Stone's information, Eric directly passed the other party, and by the way, while the other party was auditioning, he passed the "Instinct" script that made Sharon Stone famous in one fell swoop. After the outline is written, it is still a movie with a box office of over 100 million, isn't it
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Although with Eric's current reputation, for the sake of his own image, it is impossible to produce such a controversial large-scale movie, and he even plans to use his real name in the screenwriter's column when making movies in the future, but this script is handed over to Robert Shay is just right, anyway, Robert Shea is going to direct two big-budget movies this year, as long as he makes money. Robert would certainly like to make any movie. As for the heroine. The heroine of a TV series can attract hundreds of people to compete for it. Will there be a shortage of heroines in Hollywood
Eric was thinking wildly, another poor girl was ignored by him, and the next woman walked in. Eric looked up at the other girl, then opened the other person's profile and looked at the name on it, and confirmed that she was right. Eric looked up with a weird smile: "This lady. Have we met?"
Originally thinking that Eric would continue to be distracted, Hans Whittle and David Greenwalt, who were just about to speak, shut their mouths at the same time.
It seems that the heroine has settled down, and finally she doesn't have to stay up for a few more days. Although I can see nearly a hundred beautiful faces every day, I will definitely not feel it if I see too much, not to mention Eric's pressure Above, they don't have the right to make decisions, so they can only look at these beautiful women and not eat them.
Famke Jansen, who just sat down on the chair, felt that Eric was looking at him a little weirdly, but he was very happy in his heart. It's better to be noticed than ignored.
"Mr. Williams. Perhaps you have seen my advertisements in some fashion magazines. I have photographed many advertisements."
Eric glanced unabashedly at the girl's long legs wrapped tightly in white slacks, and asked, "Miss Jason, are you a model?"
Famke Jansen shook his head: "It's not anymore, I just retired."
Eric showed a noncommittal expression, and then asked: "Then if you fail this audition, what will you do in the future?"
Famke Jansen's expression didn't change much. He thought for a while and said, "In this case, I might apply for a university and study for two years. After I get the certificate, I can find other jobs."
"Other jobs, like?"
Famke Jansen was taken aback, then quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know, I haven't figured it out yet."
Eric nodded, and said to the two producers on the left and right: "I'm fine, come on."
"Don't ask a few more questions, such as do you have a boyfriend or something?" Hans Whittle leaned over and made a joke in a low voice.
Eric gave the other party a blank look, and said in his heart that the woman I fancy has a boyfriend, so what, just grab it.
"Eric, is she the only one?" David Greenwater also asked in a low voice.
Eric nodded slightly, but said, "Let's finish the morning audition first."
To be honest, there are not many famous actresses who were born in the 1960s and caught up with the rise of Hollywood around the world. There are only 20 or 30 who can make it to the top. There are still a few born in the 70s I made up the first train. And Famke Jansen is one of the more famous Hollywood actresses born in the 1960s.
The girl who impressed Eric the most was not the only fifth-level mutant Phoenix girl in "X-Men", but the sturdy and beautiful Russian female killer character in "007 GoldenEye". The killing method of two long legs pinching a man to death when he climaxes is so ecstasy. Now that he has encountered it, of course he has to try the strength of those two long legs for himself.
Famke Jansen saw the three main referees whispering, and felt a little uneasy, not knowing what the other party was discussing. But what happened next made her a little happy, because the three of them were very careful about her audition.
Other auditioners usually don't audition for more than ten minutes, but her audition took a full twenty minutes.
After Famke Janssen left, David Greenwalt said, "It's not bad, the acting skills are a little clumsy, but it's enough to practice a little more during the filming process. The camera sense is very strong, and it's worthy of being a model."
Hans Whittle also agreed with a smile.
Eric didn't care about the envious and mocking expressions of the two, and filled in his opinions on the form in front of him.
The audition in the morning passed quickly. Since the role had already been decided, everyone didn't have to work any more. Eric packed his things, explained a few words, and left with Alan. As for Famke Jansen, he is not in a hurry, he will talk about it after he has finished his work.
The time has entered late December, and Christmas is coming. From the Thanksgiving schedule on November 17 to the present five weeks, the box office market in North America is basically led by "Home Alone 2". In just five weeks, "Home Alone 2" The box office of Home Alone 2 has reached 110 million US dollars.
And the top five at the North American box office. Except for "Home Alone 2". It was followed by Warner's "Lethal Weapon 2" and Universal's "Back to the Future 2". Those three films dominated the top three spots at the box office, with "Small Island" and "Steel Magnolia" repeatedly battling for the No. 4 role, earning a steady $10 million-plus a week,
After seven weeks of accumulation, the box office of "Small Island Cry" is about to exceed 100 million. The final box office may exceed the original target of 150 million US dollars, because the box office of "Small Island Cry" has hardly dropped by more than 20% in the past few weeks, while "Small Island Cry" The box office trend of Steel Magnolia is more stable. The box office has accumulated more than 60 million U.S. dollars in five weeks, and the theme of this movie is very suitable for the Christmas atmosphere. It is estimated that there will be a box office rebound during the next Christmas.
As for the black comedy "Harlem Nightclub" starring Eddie Murphy, after its release, although it got a good box office in the first week, it experienced a box office drop of more than 50% for the next two consecutive weeks, and its ranking directly fell to No. Outside the top five, it once again proved the truth that black films cannot squeeze into the mainstream of Hollywood.
"Home Alone 2", "Small Island" and "Steel Magnolias" are three films that have been able to catch the attention of the media since the beginning of November. Films produced by Firefly or Eric began to occupy the top spot on the box office list, and it has occupied the position for seven weeks so far. And on December 22, "Sleepless in Seattle" will be released soon. This is another film directed by Eric himself. Under the hard publicity of Fox, basically no one is optimistic about the film released by Warner. "Sleepless in Seattle" beat "Crazy Christmas Vacation".
As the seventh week passed, December 22 finally came. After its premiere at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, "Sleepless in Seattle" was officially released in more than 2,200 theaters in North America.
At the same time, there is also the film "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino, which is used to hit the Oscars. According to the release rules of many Olympic films, Robert Shea only arranges for "Scent of a Woman". 60 premiere theaters were selected to obtain admission tickets to the Oscars.
After the heroine of "X-Files" is confirmed, Eric's work this year has basically been completed. After attending the premiere of "Sleepless in Seattle", he has been staying in his Malibu mansion to rest, watching Reading, writing and writing scripts make life easier.
Compared with Eric's ease and comfort, the entire North American media is nervously watching the box office of "Sleepless in Seattle" in its first week. Because if "Sleepless in Seattle" can successfully win this week's box office champion, then Eric's movie will really achieve the grand slam of the eight-week box office champion in the entire New Year's file.
Although many media are not very optimistic about Warner's "Crazy Christmas Vacation", but no one dares to be 100% sure. Maybe this movie will create a box office miracle like "Home Alone". After all, this Although the movie is not starring children, its style has many similarities with "Home Alone".
In this anxious waiting, the three-day box office of the first weekend was released. "Sleepless in Seattle" undoubtedly won the box office champion in the three-day weekend with a box office of 17 million US dollars, while "Crazy Christmas Vacation" had a box office of only More than 11 million US dollars, not even "Home Alone 2", which has a box office increase because of Christmas.
As soon as the news came out, the last suspenseful outcome was also decided.
A week later, "Sleepless in Seattle" won the first-week box office of more than 27 million U.S. dollars, followed by "Home Alone 2" and occupied the top spot on the box office chart. So far, Firefly has successfully won the box office through the relay of three films. The box office champion of the entire New Year's file.
The media began to hype this incident spontaneously. Although the first part of "Home Alone" won the box office championship for 10 weeks last year, the box office of that movie can only be classified as a miracle. This year, Firefly won the box office championship for eight consecutive weeks during the New Year's period through this relay, which is the real embodiment of hard power.
Although Firefly only released one "Scent of a Woman", the other films were distributed by Disney and Fox. However, few media in North America attributed this achievement to Disney or Fox. Most of the media, while admiring the series of box office miracles achieved by Eric's leading films, also ridiculed the bleak box office performance of the seven major film companies in the New Year.
What I have to say is that while "Sleepless in Seattle" won the box office championship, several other things happened at the same time.
The first is "Scent of a Woman". Although there were only 60 premiere theaters for this film, it took in more than 900,000 US dollars in the box office in the first week, and the average weekly box office per theater exceeded 15,000 US dollars. Exceeded the $10,000 blockbuster movie threshold. And the reputation of this movie is also very good. Film critics rated the role of the blind lieutenant colonel played by Al Pacino as his most classic role since the movie.
And another thing is about the videotape of "Jinyumeng". After the release of "Sleepless in Seattle", with the cooperation of Firefly and the two-pronged approach, the sales volume of the videotape of "Jinyumeng" exceeded 200,000 boxes in the first week. It entered the top ten weekly sales of video tapes. This is an old movie from more than 30 years ago. It sold 200,000 boxes in the first week, so it will be no problem for the next sales to exceed 1 million boxes, and it may even reach 2 million boxes. Eric remembered that after "Seattle" in his previous life, the sales of "Jin Yumeng" video tapes reached 2 million boxes.
Based on the cost of each video tape of less than 10 US dollars, Firefly can get half of the profit from each video tape sold at about 30 US dollars after excluding the 5 US dollar profit to distributors. If the sales volume reaches 2 million boxes, then Firefly A $30 million profit could be made from this old movie. This amount of money is equivalent to the box office profit brought by a top ten North American box office movie to the studio. While many people who had nothing to do with themselves were amazed by Eric's vision, the executive who sold all the copyrights of "Jin Yumeng" for US$3.2 million also left Fox in embarrassment.
Although the public opinion was boiling outside, Eric found that many things were getting more and more wrong. Originally, according to the contract, Columbia should pay more than 88 million US dollars of "Dark War" to Firefly at the end of this month, and the advertising share of "Friends" should also be settled at about the same time, but the two big companies met Firefly staff. When he was urging, he tried to find various reasons and repeatedly shied away. Eric even went to Columbia and Fox in succession, but was rejected by Columbia CEO Peter Cooper and Fox's Barry Diller at the same time.
It's not too late for such a thing. Next, when Eric asked the newly appointed Firefly Chief Financial Officer Caroline Elliott to apply for loans from several North American banks with the film contract in Firefly's hands, all of them were rejected by the other party with the terms of the contract. The question came back.
On December 31st, the last day of the year, Eric returned to his Malibu villa after a day of running around without any results. He sat alone by the window facing the sea and thought for a long time. After sorting out all the unusual little details, I realized that some things probably started a month ago, and what is about to come may be a big storm.
After thinking for a long time, Eric had no choice but to call Jeffrey, who was spending Christmas at Chris's in New York, and after getting through, Eric said in a heavy tone: "Jeffrey, something big may be going on. "(to be continued...)