"Didn't the Runkel family come?" In the corner of the party, Jeffrey asked seemingly casually while holding a glass of red wine.
This is the second day after returning to Los Angeles. In order to thank everyone for their help in the past six months, Eric specially held a private party in the mansion in Beverly Hills. In the past six months, James Brooks, who had an intersection with him, , Penny Marshall, Jeffrey Hansen, Michael Krauss, Edward Lewis, etc., as well as some actor friends I met during the filming of "Seventeen Back" and "Home Alone", Ai Rick sent out invitations.
Including the companions brought by the guests, there are nearly forty or fifty people. Fortunately, Eric changed his residence, so there was no embarrassing situation when the party was crowded for the first time.
Hearing Jeffrey's words, Eric shook his head nonchalantly: "I called to invite myself, but Charlieson declined."
Jeffrey said worriedly: "I heard that under the arrangement of CAA, Stuart Lankel has now accepted three film contracts, and the schedule is directly scheduled until the end of next year. Eric, what are your plans of?"
Eric reassured, "Don't worry, Jeffrey, it's wishful thinking that CAA wants to use the sequel of "Home Alone" to make trouble for us. You'll understand after the movies that Little Stu took over are released."
In my memory, Macaulay Culkin took over many films after he became famous with "Home Alone" in his previous life, but the box office results were mediocre. Coupled with the high salary due to his fame, some producers even paid for it. Lost money.
"You mean, Stewart's other films won't do well?" Jeffrey also considered this.
Eric nodded: "Everyone knows that "Home Alone" is an anomaly, and I don't deny it myself. After all, little Stu is just a child. No matter how famous he is, his box office appeal cannot be comparable to that of an adult superstar. Than. Wait until next year, in order to maintain little Stu's reputation, even if we tear face with CAA, the Longkers will choose to continue to cooperate with us. That couple... "
Eric stopped talking at this point, with disappointment in his eyes. When he called to invite the Runkel family, Charleson Runkel treated him coldly, even a little arrogantly.
Eric can also figure out some of Charlieson's mentality. Maybe the other party feels that if it weren't for his son, "Home Alone" wouldn't be as successful as it is now.
Some people always take themselves too seriously.
"But what if Stewart makes another blockbuster movie?" Jeffrey asked.
"Not to mention that this possibility is very small, even if it does happen, it will be negotiated at that time. Jeffrey, after "Pretty Woman" is released, you will understand that I am not relying on a "Pretty Woman" The Home Alone franchise is alive."
Just as he was talking, he caught a glimpse of Drew in a red dress nonchalantly taking a glass of red wine from the waiter's tray, and Eric immediately glared at the girl. Drew found that his behavior was caught by Eric. He quickly put the wine glass back, stuck out his tongue, and slipped into a group of young people next to him.
Jeffrey noticed Eric's behavior and joked: "You are so kind to her. Although you are only eighteen years old, I still feel that you treat Drew like your own daughter. If you have children in the future, you Definitely a pretty competent father."
"It's too far away to say these things now. I'm only eighteen years old, so I can't be in a hurry to get married and have children."
As they were talking, James Brooks greeted the other guests and came to the two of them.
"James, thank you for that." Eric raised his glass to James.
James smiled and said: "It's just a small thing. I saw the photo reproduced in the "Los Angeles Times" a few days ago. You two look really good together."
Speaking of this, Jeffrey also laughed: "Eric, are you sure that you didn't take that photo specially, I find it hard to believe that it was a snap shot by a passing amateur photographer?"
"However, this is the fact. I bought the negatives for $1,000, and I was even inspired to conceive a new script."
James suddenly became interested: "Eric, if it is convenient, can you disclose the content?"
"Of course no problem," Eric said, "The story unfolds between a single father and an engaged female reporter..."
Eric spent a few minutes telling the outline of the story of "Sleepless in Seattle".
"It sounds like the script was inspired by "Jin Yumeng." James expressed his opinion.
Eric did not deny: "In the script setting, the heroine likes the movie "Jin Yumeng" very much. If it starts shooting in the future, I even plan to use the theme song of "Jin Yumeng" to pay tribute to her."
James thought that if Eric’s script was amazing, he would buy it and make it himself, or even co-invest with Firefly Films. Eric just owed him a favor, and if he said it himself, Eric probably wouldn’t will refuse. But after listening to Eric's story, James gave up the plan just now.
Eric didn't give too many details about the script of "Sleepless in Seattle," so James treated it as a normal romantic love story.
Although romantic movies are a very important category in Hollywood movies, there are not many good ones at the box office. In this era, Hollywood’s best-selling movies are more inclined to action movies or sci-fi movies, and even thriller dramas are more likely to get a good box office than romantic movies.
Eric was relieved by James' lack of interest after listening to the content of the script. If James asked for this script, he really didn't know how to refuse. No matter what, "Sleepless in Seattle" is a movie with a box office of over 100 million, and it is really reluctant to give it away because it owes James a favor.
Several people's topics quickly turned to other aspects, and "Sleepless in Seattle" was temporarily put to the back of their minds. It was not until later that the film had a total box office of more than 200 million US dollars after its release, and James Brooks beat his chest and screamed. regret.
"Eric, I heard that your "Pretty Woman" is going to be released on Valentine's Day. I think it's better to be cautious. After the New Year's holiday, there are only five weeks until Valentine's Day. Ratings, effective production time of no more than four weeks, is a risky thing to do."
Eric said to himself: "Actually, the preparations for this film started two weeks ago, and now there is still more than a week left before shooting, which is enough for me to consider all the details, so four weeks of production time is more than enough. "Pretty Woman" There are not many major scenes in the film, and it was very easy to shoot."
In the previous life, "Pretty Woman" only took 12 weeks after various delays. During this period, it also experienced events such as changing the production company and changing the script style.
After a normal movie is shot, the accumulated film material will last for dozens of hours, and the material of a large-scale film may even exceed one or two hundred hours. It is the shooting of these materials that consumes a lot of time.
And Eric, who already has a complete film in his mind, certainly wouldn't waste so much time, if it weren't for the actors who had to go through a lot of shooting for emotional adjustment, so that they could devote themselves to the plot. Eric can even shoot those shots directly in memory.
Even so, as long as the actors can play their roles, Eric is confident that the film material can be compressed to less than ten hours. In this case, four weeks of shooting and post-production time are more than enough.