Hollywood starts with a broker

Nancy Josephson certainly knew that Orion Pictures' financial situation was very poor. Otherwise, why would Orion Pictures have the idea of directly releasing the "The Silence of the Lambs" video tape?

Directly sell it to Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, these chain video tape rental companies, or some cable TV stations, etc., to directly recover funds!

After all, releasing a movie always involves investing costs.

"Aaron, are you here to make fun of me?"

Nancy Josephson simply didn't know what the other party wanted to do.

Did he want ICM to help them with financing? Obviously impossible.

Aaron picked up the coffee and tapped his fingers casually on the cup, "'The Silence of the Lambs' has a production cost of 19 million US dollars, and the North American copyright is estimated to be around 14 million US dollars;"

"It is indeed a bit difficult!"

As for how much money Orion Pictures exchanged for the international distribution rights of "The Silence of the Lambs", Aaron didn't care and wasn't too concerned. It must be included in this 19 million.

It probably wouldn't be too much. After all, only Jodie Foster has influence, and it's also a thriller horror film.

"Since you know, why are you still joking?"

Nancy Josephson shook her head, "Jennifer Connelly's new movie 'The Rocketeer' is about to start, you should also care about it!"

Taking a sip of the coffee in his hand, Aaron felt it was a pity. Not only was "The Silence of the Lambs" not favored by the outside world, but even Orion Pictures didn't favor it. Now is such a good opportunity;

But Aaron knew that after this movie was released, it would be a double harvest of box office and word-of-mouth. It would not only be profitable in the capital market, but also show its power at the Oscars.

According to his own speculation, the funds that Orion Pictures exchanged for the international distribution rights of "The Silence of the Lambs" should not exceed 10 million US dollars;

Now, with the North American copyright, if someone offers between 13 million and 15 million US dollars, it can be taken down.

"Is Orion Pictures' 'The Silence of the Lambs' in post-production?"

Aaron asked. He learned this news from Kevin Costner.

Nancy Josephson nodded, "It's almost finished editing, but Orion Pictures' key project is Kevin Costner's 'Dances with Wolves';"

"Although 'The Silence of the Lambs' is a suspenseful work and has good word-of-mouth in internal screenings, Orion Pictures doesn't have much confidence in this type of film!"

Whether in terms of awards or commercially, they equally lack confidence.

Sunrise Films still has 3.5 million US dollars, and there are still 1.3 million in his account. If he wants to get his hands on "The Silence of the Lambs", he still needs to raise 10 million US dollars;

Moreover, Sunrise is not an independent distributor. After Aaron buys the copyright, he still has to cooperate with a distributor!

Aaron smiled helplessly, "It is indeed a bit greedy. It's very inconvenient not having a distribution company on hand."

Nancy Josephson nodded, "You should complete your own work properly now. If you have the opportunity, recruit your own distribution team, or directly acquire a distribution company;"

"That way, you will have the confidence to purchase films, but the premise of all this is that you must have huge financial support!"

Even if you distribute the works of other film production companies, if there are more films, your publicity and distribution funds must keep up;

Moreover, the number of distribution personnel is also determined by funding. Even temporary publicity personnel are not cheap when there are many of them.

"Okay, I've answered everything you asked. Now I want to know, what level of participation does CAA have in Panasonic's acquisition of MCA?"

Nancy Josephson asked.

Aaron curled his lips, "Last year, although I was just an ordinary agent, I also knew that CAA is the full representative of Panasonic's acquisition of MCA this time, unlike Sony's acquisition of Columbia last year, which was just an ordinary consultant;"

"As for other news, I certainly couldn't know it with my status at the time!"

Now, no one knows how far Panasonic's acquisition of MCA has progressed;

ICM is currently CAA's biggest competitor and is certainly very concerned. Nancy Josephson didn't think Aaron Anderson could know anything.

"Okay, I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future!"

Nancy Josephson said, shaking hands with Aaron Anderson before leaving.

After a while, when Aaron was also preparing to leave the hotel, he ran into Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder, who were also preparing to go out!

"Aaron, good evening, what a coincidence!"

Johnny Depp bumped fists with Aaron.

"Good evening, Depp," Aaron said with a smile, looking at Winona Ryder again.

"Winona, you're getting more and more beautiful!"

"Thank you."

Winona Ryder is petite and charming, with thick eyebrows and eyes that are very recognizable, and exquisite features that possess the aesthetics of Eastern women;

Bright and beautiful, elegant, with a hint of purity in her heroism, and a cold and glamorous temperament revealing a retro style, black curly hair paired with bright red lips, fully displaying feminine charm!

"Did you guys attend some event?"

No mistakes, one song, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one look!

"After attending a screening of 'Edward Scissorhands', we came back to change clothes and are going to have a drink at the bar."

Johnny Depp shrugged, "Let's go for a drink together, Aaron. I haven't properly thanked you for River's matter last time?"

The current Aaron Anderson has some fame in the film industry, especially in independent films;

Johnny Depp can also be considered a newcomer who has just entered the film industry. There is no harm in knowing this kind of potential producer.

Aaron smiled and shook his head, "I'm afraid I don't have time tonight, I'm going to meet a friend!"

"That's a pity," Johnny Depp said with a regretful expression.

Afterwards, Aaron drove his DeLorean away from the Wilshire Hotel.

"Aaron Anderson, is he only 20 years old? He actually stepped on Warren Beatty to get to the top," Winona Ryder glanced and was very surprised;

After all, she met him during the audition period. At that time, Aaron was still an agent.

"Yeah, Tracey specifically mentioned it, and she's quite optimistic about him anyway!"

Tracey is Johnny Depp's agent and used to be Aaron's colleague!

Aaron, who left the Wilshire Hotel, came to the Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard.

Because the person who was meeting Aaron Anderson was the movie star Al Pacino.

When Aaron arrived at the room, in addition to Al Pacino, there was also director Garry Marshall and actress Michelle Pfeiffer;

As for why they were looking for Aaron, it was because Al Pacino recommended Aaron to join Paramount's romance film "Frankie and Johnny" crew as one of the producers!

Aaron was dumbfounded because Garry Marshall and Al Pacino's "Pretty Woman" was still being screened?

And now they are already preparing for the next romance film?

Since Michelle Pfeiffer is also there, then she is probably the female lead, the sexy actress who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress this year for the romance film "The Fabulous Baker Boys"!

A movie has several producers, and it's nothing for Aaron to join, but Aaron has never even heard of this movie?

The success of "Pretty Woman" is mostly due to Julia Roberts, and Al Pacino's image is still suitable for gangster films and drama films!

So, Aaron tactfully declined because he wanted to produce "Ghost" and "Boyz n the Hood"...