After opening the champagne, the party officially began. As a movie project that can bring Fox hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, even Fox's current president Barry Diller had to attend the celebration of "The Wind and Moon" in person.
In addition to the crew members of "Feng Yue", Fox also invited dozens of stars, big and small, to join in, and the party scene can be described as star-studded. But after all, there were quite a few big names at the scene, and the banquet hall with hundreds of people was orderly, and the guests gathered in groups of three or four, talking about their own topics.
"Eric, regarding the Super Bowl trailer, the publicity department is really too conservative. I guarantee that when your next movie is released, Fox will fully cooperate with you."
Don't do it next time, this time it can also be included in the announcement, and I will be reimbursed.
Eric was slandering in his heart, but with a smile on his face: "Mr. Diller, don't mention this matter again. The Super Bowl advertising fee of 1.5 million US dollars is indeed a large expenditure, and it is understandable for Fox to be conservative. .”
Barry Diller chuckled and did not mention it again.
The old fox!
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The topic was once again shifted to Eric's next movie. After "The Wind and Moon", although Eric's next movie has not even been seen, it is of course set by Fox as a summer file.
This year's summer season can be described as a collection of blockbuster movies, Warner's "Batman", Paramount's "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3", Columbia's "Ghostbusters 2", these are destined to be big box office.
And because Fox has shifted too much attention to the development of the TV network, in terms of movies this year, the total number of movies produced and distributed is only a dozen, ranking first among the six major movies.
In order not to be at the bottom in terms of film performance, Fox is destined to fully support Eric's film, especially after the success of "Feng Yue".
With the blockbuster movies in the summer vacation, it is not easy to get a high box office. It is impossible for Eric to take the already well-known "Home Alone" sequel to the summer file to compete with these blockbusters. After thinking for a long time, he decided on an idea he had before.
"The next movie already has a preliminary plot outline, and I plan to invite Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. This will be a rivalry between two men."
Barry Diller's eyes narrowed slightly. If successful, with only two Toms and Eric's box office appeal, the movie's box office guarantee will be at least 100 million US dollars. In addition to "Home Alone 2" at the end of the year, there are three blockbuster movies a year, and Fox's performance in the movie industry is no longer blameworthy, and he can also safely develop the TV network.
"Eric, if you want to invite two Toms, the salary for the two will not be less than 10 million US dollars? What is your budget?"
Eric thought about it for a while: "It should not exceed 30 million. This is a feature film. There are no big scenes and no special effects. It depends entirely on the personal performance of the two leading actors, so the budget of 30 million is already very high." It’s loose, and it’s very likely that you won’t be able to spend it all.”
"I heard you just spent a lot of money to buy that studio of Jobs?"
Although Barry Diller's question was a bit out of line, Eric immediately understood what Barry Diller meant. Fox still wants to get a foot in the door on film investment.
"That's right, I asked Pixar to make a title logo for my film company before, and I was very satisfied after seeing it. I heard that Pixar was in trouble and wanted to sell it. I just happened to be very interested in animated films, so I bought it. However, the cycle of animated films is very long, and 3D animation is still in the exploratory stage, so I don’t know when the first animated film will be produced.”
Eric ignored the faint helplessness on Barry Diller's face, anyway, if you beat around the bush, I'll play drift for you too.
Listening to the little fox in front of him talking nonsense, Barry Diller had no choice but to clarify the topic: "Eric, I mean, if your next movie production is tight, Fox can take part of the investment, which can also reduce the risk. And You can rest assured that Fox will not link investment funds with publicity costs, and the sharing agreement we signed before remains unchanged."
Barry Diller explained the matter plainly, and it was not easy for Eric to refuse directly. Of course, he would not hand over his own interests to others. What Barry Diller can think of, of course Eric can think of it. If the invitation of two Toms succeeds, the movie cannot fail based on the box office appeal of only three people.
In the end, Eric could only say perfunctorily: "No problem, Mr. Diller, if external investment is needed, Fox will definitely be my first choice."
Barry Diller also saw Eric's perfunctory, and understood that the possibility of Fox wanting to invest was almost zero. But he will not take any stupid tricks like Columbia did before. The two sides are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation. Although according to the previous agreement, Eric earns a little more than Fox, but Fox also grabs enough from it. Enviable huge profits.
After talking about some other topics, the two separated to socialize with other people. As soon as Barry Diller walked away, Eric felt many eyes focus on him instantly.
Well, girls, throw yourself in your arms, whoever strikes up a conversation first today will give you a role in the next movie. A nonsense idea came to Eric's mind, and at the same time he enjoyed the feeling of being noticed. In the final analysis, he is still a layman, if he has no vanity, why would he bother so much.
Soon he ushered in his first strike-up.
With a bald head, eight feet in length, a hulking back, and a wretched smile on his face, the worst thing is... he's a man.
"Eric, you're finally back. I want to know what you think. I thought several of Julia's appointments were good, but you rejected them all?"
After finally deciding to indulge once, Eric was helplessly pulled aside by Kapoor.
"Kapoor, don't you have the illusion of being pierced by thousands of arrows?"
"Um?"
"You look around?"
Kapoor glanced suspiciously, and found that several pretty girls who were not very good at hiding their emotions were staring at him unkindly.
Although Kapoor is a workaholic, he is still very proficient in human affairs, otherwise he would not be able to be a broker. He shrugged his shoulders: "Sorry, Eric, for delaying your pursuit. But you won't tell me about this matter." To be clear, I am not at ease."
Eric also wanted to explain to him that most of Julia's successful movies in her previous life were romantic comedies. She just made "Feng Yue", and it would definitely not be appropriate to make this type of movie again in a short time, so I can't do it for the time being. Take out those movies from later generations. He felt that the most suitable film for Julia was "Steel Magnolia", which got Julia nominated for a Golden Globe Award, which was a double hit at the box office.
It's a pity that I checked before, and Samsung Pictures has not started this project now, either because it was lost by the butterfly effect, or it hasn't started filming yet.
It is also impossible for him to write the script again. For the previous three films, he was 100% sure that the original script hadn't appeared yet, or it had nothing to do with his film, so he used it with peace of mind. Now he can't guarantee this movie.
"Kapoor, wait a few more days. I plan to go to the screenwriters union to see if there are any registered good scripts and pick one for Julia."
The corner of Kapoor's mouth twitched: "Eric, do you know how many scripts are registered by the Screenwriters Guild? Thousands of them! I feel like I'm going to San Francisco to pan for tons of gold. Is that possible?"
Knowing where the gold is buried makes panning easier of course. Eric just wanted to check if the screenwriter of "Steel Magnolia" had registered the script.
"Believe me, Kapoor, be patient, I will give you an answer soon."
Eric also made up his mind, if he couldn't find "Steel Magnolia", he would choose one for Julia from the movie with a relatively high box office in his memory. Anyway, with Julia's current reputation, as long as the image is suitable, Julia Leah personally has the intention to participate in the show, and no crew will reject her. I believe that many production companies will not hesitate to increase the budget for this.