I’m in Hollywood

The two were in a stalemate for a while, and at the end, Eric almost laughed when he saw that Miranda showed a small expression of tears.

Forget it, it's like raising a kitten.

Thinking in his heart, Eric no longer insisted on taking the black card back. Anyway, the money spent by this girl is indeed a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but for Eric, it is only a huge sum of money. The cost of a lollipop, not to mention, if this girl really has a tendency to get out of control, Eric only needs a phone call to stop the credit card.

Miranda has been carefully watching Eric's face change, and as his expression softened, the girl also realized something, and a flattering smile appeared on her face again, saying: Eric, really, I, I will not absolutely There will be no more mess.

Eric's tone did not change. He didn't want to make the girl too proud, and he said in a flat tone: Kelly will go back to Los Angeles in the afternoon, you can go back with you, and you are not allowed to leave Los Angeles for the whole year of this year.

Miranda immediately found the flaw in Eric's words, and said coquettishly, What if my parents want me to go back to Australia for Christmas?

uh-huh!

Alright, alright, Eric, I'll be obedient.

Seeing Eric pulling her face down again, Miranda didn't dare to be clever any more, she turned the desk and leaned over to hug Eric's neck intimately.

Eric raised his hand against the girl's waist and pushed her away, saying, Don't pester anyone, go find Kelly.

Hehe, Eric, you're such a coward.

three……

Um?

two……

It's annoying, it's actually scaring people in this way.

Realizing that Eric was counting down, even though he said so, the goblin really didn't dare to test Eric's patience again, turned around and slipped out of the study.

Seeing that the door was closed, Eric shook his head and smiled. He picked up the pages of credit card bills on the table again, leaned back, put his feet on the table, and slowly turned around, thinking about what to do. How to arrange the future of this kitten.

Anyway, Eric doesn't plan to let Miranda take the road of being a supermodel again. How tiring.

Since it is a cat, of course, it should be lying comfortably on the owner's sofa and squinting to enjoy life.

Because its geographical location is right on the border between East and West Europe, and with the support of Germany and other Western European powers, the Czech Republic can be regarded as the first country to develop after the drastic changes in Eastern Europe.

The location of Casino Royale in the Czech Republic is mainly located in Prague, and the shots include a speeding chase scene between Bond and the villain, as well as some literary scenes. In addition, the location shots of Bond taking the train to Montenegro were also shot on the Czech Mountain Railway. As for Montenegro, the Bosnia and Herzegovina war that lasted for more than three years just ended at the end of last year. Several local countries are still in chaos, and there is no possibility of shooting on the spot.

Because of the propaganda effect of the 007 series on the countries and cities where the filming was taken, the Czech government, which is urgently seeking to further open up, also attaches great importance to the filming of the crew. When filming the chase scene between Bond and the villain, it even cooperated to block two The street lasts for a week.

While the crew was filming in the Czech Republic, the North American summer program was entering its final stage.

After Men in Black 2, Jumanji 2 officially landed on 2,800 big screens in North America in the following week.

However, the ending was shocking.

Because this week, MGM also released the second installment in the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil Apocalypse. And the first-week box office of Jumanji 2, which cost $86 million to produce, actually lost to Resident Evil Revelations, which is not very strong. This has to be said to be a very embarrassing result.

With a cost of $30 million, the first film of Resident Evil earned $60 million at the North American box office and a total of $126 million at the global box office. Moreover, this apocalyptic sci-fi film has performed even better in the videotape market. The videotape and DVD have been on the market for a year, and the producer has brought a net profit of more than 60 million US dollars.

As a result, the production cost of Resident Evil Revelations soared to $45 million.

In the production stage, MGM's plan is that as long as this sequel can recover most of the cost at the box office, the main source of profit is the later videotape and copyright revenue, and MGM now has enough strength to operate. these long-term businesses.

Before the release of the two films, although Jumanji 2 had a bad reputation, most box office analysis agencies gave a first-week box office of no less than 50 million US dollars.

But the final result was that Resident Evil Revelations had a box office of $28.37 million in its first week, while Jumanji 2 had a box office of only $25.22 million in its first week. The two new films only occupied the weekly box office rankings. third and fourth positions.

In terms of word of mouth, because of the natural disadvantages of the Resident Evil series, the media reviews are of course not very good, with an average score of only 6.5 points. However, judging from the box office of 28.37 million US dollars in the first week, the total box office of this sequel may reach $70 million, plus overseas box office, is enough to recoup all production and distribution costs at the release stage.

Jumanji 2 is completely tragic. Not only did the box office only have $25.22 million in the first week, which was more than 50% lower than most agencies expected, but also, due to the confusion of the plot, the media scored only 4.6 points, which is a big one. The evaluation of some film critics is basically 'a farce with a lot of cg shots'.

In this case, the tragic situation of Jumanji 2 has been determined. Since Firefly only participated in the production investment of 50 million US dollars, with the box office and later copyright operation income, it will be more or less made up, and the loss is not too much. Big

. Sony Pictures is not only involved in the production, but also the main distributor, and the scale of losses will be much larger than that of Firefly. What's more, the failure of this project will not have much impact on Firefly, but it is a major blow to Sony Pictures' film business.

Perhaps, the only gratification is that the new film Jumanji 2 was not strong enough at the box office, so it did not have much impact on the box office of Men in Black 2 released the previous week.

Following the box office of $75.5 million in the first week, Men in Black 2 dropped only 31% in the second week, and received another $52.09 million, for a total of $127 million in two weeks.

Charlie's Angels 2 in its third week of release also saw a 25% drop in the box office from 43% last week. The weekly box office reached 32.49 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 156 million US dollars.

Moreover, because there will be no more strong new films at the end of the summer season, the box office data of Men in Black 2 and Charlie's Angels 2 will undoubtedly be more durable.

When Eric heard the relevant news, he inquired about the filming progress of Sony's Godzilla. This project also started filming in New York in June, but the filming cycle of Godzilla was longer than that of Casino Royale. It is much shorter, it only takes three months, of course, as a CG blockbuster, the post-production cycle of the film is much longer than that of Casino Royale.

According to the release plan disclosed by Sony Pictures, the film will be scheduled for the summer of next year.

Although Sony has not yet set a specific schedule, just like this year's Charlie's Angels 2 and Men in Black 2, the possibility of a collision between Casino Royale and Godzilla next year is still very high.

Thinking of the image of a certain 'T-Rex', Eric couldn't help but start to look forward to the arrival of next year's summer vacation.

You know, next year is 1997.

What year is that.

Asian financial crisis.

In memory, although Japan has not been directly impacted, the overall downturn of the entire Southeast Asian economy is inevitable.

In such a big environment, Sony will certainly not be too good, if it suffers a fiasco in the film business.

Gee, just thinking about it makes me sour.

Fast forward to August, and two weeks of shooting in the Czech Republic almost flashed by.

The crew once again moved to Italy.

The Italian filming cycle is a month, mainly shooting two important scenes, that is, Bond and the big villain Cheriver gambling at the Royal Casino, and the death of Vesper played by Cate Blanchett.

Meanwhile, the Charlie's Angels trio and Vesper's sister character will also have very brief shots in Italy.

The three of Charlize are all promoting Charlie's Angels 2 overseas at this time, and the schedule is very tight. The scenes of the three of them are mainly concentrated in the British mainland, that is, in the plot of rescuing Vesper's sister Angela Linde. If the time cannot catch up, the scene where the three girls are located in Italy may return to Italy for a short period of time after finishing the British shooting. Make up.

Although the trio couldn't arrive immediately, Christina Aguilera, who played Vesper's sister Angela Linde, joined the cast at the same time after the cast moved to Italy.

However, while the crew was filming intensely, Eric had to pay attention to another thing.

After the original meeting, under the operation of Firefly, the Venice Film Festival quickly responded and agreed to use Titanic as the opening film of this year's Venice Film Festival.

After all, because of Eric's connivance, when Cameron completed all the films of Titanic, the overall cost has reached an unprecedented 215 million US dollars, which is 15 million more than the original time and space.

Although the Venice Film Festival has always adhered to a high and cold artistic style, it is really difficult to say no to such a film whose cost can be included in the Guinness Book of Records when the entire film industry tends to be commercialized.

At the same time that the Venice Film Festival issued an official invitation and released news to the media, Cameron had come to Venice, where the crew was stationed, with samples.

The time is August 3rd.

Eric finished his day's work, and before he had time to rest, he got the news from Peter Rich that Cameron had arrived.

In the hotel where the crew stayed.

Eric saw the unshaven Cameron again. Although Eric gave Cameron a reassurance, Cameron finally knew that once the film cost more than 200 million US dollars failed, his director What kind of blow will his career cause, therefore, his hair has turned a lot whiter these days.

Hey, Eric, how was the filming? Cameron, who had been waiting for him in the lobby, immediately greeted Eric when he saw Eric walking into the lobby.

Everything is going well, Eric and Cameron hugged gently, looking at this guy's haggard face, and said with a smile: Let's go to dinner first, the food in this hotel restaurant is good, I've eaten it before. After dinner, let's watch a movie together.

Of course, Cameron nodded.

Because both of them were a little absent-minded, they ate a meal very quickly.

Filling their stomachs hastily, they didn't chat too much, and the two got into the hotel's private screening room.

The film may be a bit long, Cameron couldn't help but say something when the lights dimmed, and added, However, I think it's best not to trim it any more.

Even so, Cameron's tone was obviously not firm.

Eric has given him the greatest support on the film budget. Cameron is not completely unreasonable. When he was in Hollywood, he could yell at Katzenberg, 'If you want to cut the film, kill me first', But if Eric insists, Cameron will try to compress the length of the film as much as possible.

At this time, the version in front of the two of them has a total length of 187 minutes.

Throughout the history of Hollywood, the one that lasted more than three hours and was successful at the box office, Cameron only remembered Gone with the Wind in 1939. In addition, most similar films may be able to achieve some artistic achievements, but very few can achieve high box office.

After all, for a movie, just three hours is enough to put off most viewers.

Although Cameron is very confident in his work, he does not think that Titanic can be compared with Gone with the Wind, an epoch-making legendary film.

The idea of ​​​​shooting Titanic was born when Eric deliberately guided Cameron when he was chatting with several famous directors and producers at the Playa Vista studio, and Eric also participated later. Part of the script was written. ⑧☆miào⑧☆bi(.*)gé⑧☆.$.

Therefore, the new version of Titanic, the plot is roughly the same as the original.

The biggest difference is undoubtedly the heroine. Compared with fat and warm, Rachel Weisz, who is slender, elegant, and delicate, but also has a rebellious heart, is undoubtedly more suitable for the role of Rose.

When the elderly Rose began to recall the past on the big screen, Rachel appeared on the screen for the first time. Eric couldn't help but feel a burst of surprise with her tall figure, classical makeup, and the kind of pride that is unique to British aristocratic ladies. , and even a little bit of regret has been made up for the feeling.

Cameron's control of the plot is undoubtedly master-level. Although the entire film is three hours and seven minutes long, every minute of the plot can firmly drive the audience's emotions without giving people any superfluous feeling. The shots of sailing on the sea, the embrace of Jack and Rose at the sunset, and the interior of the large industrial cabin, bring about a sigh of beauty and shock. Although the disaster plot in the second half of the film is short-lived, whether it is the good and evil of human nature at the moment of the disaster or the parting plot of Jack and Rose, they are enough to deeply touch the hearts of the audience.

Eric has watched Titanic many times, but he was reborn as a human being and saw another Titanic that was still perfect again, and his heart was still full of passion.

When the film screening ended, Eric didn't feel that more than three hours had passed unknowingly. He was talking to Cameron when he turned his head and suddenly noticed the pure music at the end of the film that was still playing.

That's right, this is a pure piece of music that combines piano, bagpipes, violins and other musical instruments. Although it still sounds beautiful, it has absolutely nothing to do with the previous My Heart Will Go On.