With the publication of Jurassic Park finalized, Eric spent all his spare time writing and revising the script for Seventeen Again. "Returning to Seventeen" mainly expresses the discussion about family affection, love, friendship and life choices, so it is not wrong to transfer it to this era, but the various geek elements and thumb culture that are full of previous life movies are not. It needs to be modified. After all, mobile phones are not popular yet, and personal computers are also in the era of transistors.
Eric modified Ned's setting into a successful entrepreneur and hardcore movie buff who likes to collect various movie props. Of course, it is limited to the movies that have appeared in this era, and the lines about the movie "Lord of the Rings" can only be modified into other movies, which is easy for Eric, who has a lot of movies in his mind.
After finishing the script, Eric gave the script to Jeff as agreed. After watching Eric's "Jurassic Park", Jeff no longer underestimated the orphan left by his friend. After carefully reading the script several times, I found some wrong details, such as Kevin Federline's hippie t-shirt that the protagonist wears when he goes back to school, and Jeff curiously asked Kevin Federline* Who is Lin. Eric searched his memory carefully, only to find that Britney Spears' second ex-husband is still a ten-year-old young lady.
Eric will hand over the script to Michael Krauss shortly after fixing some of the loopholes Jeff found.
After finishing a novel and a script, Eric was not in a hurry to create a third work, but started to practice basketball, especially the freestyle basketball used in the movie. Eric had no foundation at all, so he had to start all over again practise.
There are many shots of playing basketball in the movie. Although Zac Efron’s performance in the previous life movie was not outstanding, the scenes about basketball are still remarkable, especially the use of fancy basketball in the student cafeteria.丨The clip of playing bad boy Stan is very impressive.
A week later, Eric, who had practiced for two hours on the community basketball court, walked into the house while playing freestyle, and heard the rapid ringing of the phone from a distance. In the past few days, Eric has received calls from Michael one after another, generally introducing the publication of "Jurassic Park" and the script of "Return to Seventeen". The publication of "Jurassic Park" went smoothly and soon Eric was able to see the sample book, but "Back to Seventeen" was not so lucky.
Although after reading the script, the film companies that received the script were full of interest in the script, but after hearing the conditions of the screenwriter's insistence on playing the leading role, most of the film companies directly gave up the script, which is actually quite normal Things, no one will easily risk an investment of tens of millions of dollars. Eric even suggested that Michael should not focus on the six major film companies, but also try those second-tier film production companies.
"Hello, this is Williams' house." Eric picked up the phone and said with some shortness of breath after adjusting his exercise.
"Hi Eric, I'm Michael."
Eric smiled unhurriedly: "Michael, it's almost ten o'clock in the evening. You must have good news when you call at this time, right?"
Michael on the other end of the phone couldn't help complaining: "Don't mention this, what the hell, I've called many times since eight o'clock, and you haven't answered."
"Oh, sorry, Michael. I'm playing basketball at the community playground."
"Playing basketball, wow, Eric, it seems that you are determined to win. I remember that there are indeed many scenes of basketball games in the script."
"Of course, I still say that it is up to people to plan and achieve things. Not only am I playing basketball, but I also practice an hour of performance in front of the mirror every morning."
"Eric, I admire you a little bit. Few people would be willing to do so much preparation when things are completely unplanned. How about taking a day off tomorrow, let's go to a date."
Eric's hand shook slightly, and the basketball that was spinning on his right index finger fell to the ground with a bang, bouncing and making a few muffled noises: "Is this... good news?"
"Of course, lucky guy, I received a call today from Mr. James Brooks of Twentieth Century Fox. They are very optimistic about this script, and they have no conditions to directly reject you, but you must pass the audition."
"That's really... thank you so much, Michael."
"You're welcome," Michael said with a smile on the opposite side, "Of course you have to understand that the other party's acceptance of the audition is equivalent to a disguised approval of your conditions, but if you perform too badly during the audition, then you can only say it's a pity."
"Absolutely not, I'm fully prepared."
Eric was excited all night, and early the next morning, Eric drove to the agreed place with Michael Klaus.
"Is this the shooting base of 20th Century Fox?" Eric looked at the huge studios with walls like warehouses, with longing in his eyes.
Michael closed the car door, walked over, stood side by side next to Eric, looked up at the studio and said, "Yeah, it's spectacular, right? But Warner's studio base is even more spectacular than this, well, you must have seen it , if you have the opportunity, you can go to the field to visit.”
The all-too-familiar opening title of Warner's movie appeared in Eric's mind, and he nodded: "I will."
The two followed a staff member to the door of an office. The guide knocked on the door and said a few words before inviting them in.
Seeing two people come in, two middle-aged men, a man and a woman, who were discussing something in the office stood up and greeted them.
Michael Claus stepped forward to shake hands with the two people, and then introduced: "James, Penny, this is Eric Williams. Eric, this is Mr. James Brooks, the producer, this Directed by Penny Marshall"
After the introduction, Michael Krauss smiled and said to Penny Marshall: "You may not know, Ms. Penny, a week ago, Eric also said that you may become the first box office in the history of the United States. What about the female director?"
Eric shook hands with James Brooks first, James just shook hands with Eric lightly, and took back his left hand in less than a second.
Eric keenly noticed that this well-known producer didn't seem to like him very much, and after a little thought, he understood what was going on. For a producer who has monopolized power in the film production process, he, the guy who recommended himself as the leading actor, must not be pleasing .
Without showing any signs of inappropriateness, Eric turned to Penny Marshall. This is a blond white woman in her forties with a very fat body. Therefore, although she is also an actor as a director, she plays such roles. It's not easy to find a little trick in the list of actors
"Hello, Ms. Penny, I really like your "Futurama."
"Thank you for your appreciation, Eric." Penny Marshall's expression didn't change much. With the continuous release of "Future Leap", everyone knows that the box office of this movie is already a certainty. One week, the weekly box office of the film not only did not decrease, but increased. This is the fourth week of the movie's release. Many movies are released at this time, and they are likely to be forced to drop due to the low attendance rate.
After introducing each other, Eric discovered that James Brooks and Penny Marshall were looking at him with scrutiny. Obviously, if the cooperation is successful, James Brooks and Penny Marshall will be the "Return to Seventeen" respectively. " producer and director. Eric was not nervous at all, but with a confident smile on his face, he sat down on the sofa with Michael Krause.
The pretty female assistant brought some cups of coffee and exited the office.
Instead of drinking coffee, James Brooks put a cross on the table and said, "Eric... sir, your screenplay is indeed very good, but I have to say that the conditions you put forward are a bit harsh. We never I learned from Michael that you are just a high school student without any acting experience. So at first we planned to reject it, but Mr. Barry Diller saw your script by chance. He liked the concepts expressed in this script very much. Approve your request, of course, you must pass the most basic audition. If you pass, you will also receive short-term acting training."
Eric nodded in agreement. I was a little surprised in my heart, I didn't expect my script to be approved by Barry Diller. Of course he knew who Barry Diller was. Former Disney president Michael Eisner and DreamWorks helm Katzenberg were only one of Barry Diller's assistants during his tenure at Paramount.
Barry Diller has been in Hollywood for over thirty years. From the rise of Paramount to the prosperity of Fox in the 20th Century, from the domination of the film industry around the world to the structure of the TV network in the United States, and the rise of Internet media later, he has left indelible traces.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, Eric didn't realize that he was now in James Brooks' office until Michael Krause poked himself lightly. James Brooks had a slight dissatisfaction in his eyes.
From the very beginning, he was very resistant to Eric. In the process of Hollywood film production, the producer usually has the sole control, from the selection of roles to the post-editing, it is the producer who has the final say. Eric asked himself to play the leading role, which undoubtedly deprived him of part of his due power.
"Sorry, everyone, I was distracted." Eric quickly apologized.
"It's okay, young man," James said with a slight emphasis on the word young man, and continued: "Then, before discussing other things, let's audition first."
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