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Strictly speaking, Pearl Harbor is far from hitting the street, but the negative word-of-mouth has caused great harm to the actors. Not to mention other things, the three protagonists can only stand still and cannot rely on this film. Climb to a higher level.

These three actors have been invited by many crews before, but they have been procrastinating with their agents, hoping to increase their bargaining chips after Pearl Harbor is released at the box office.

In this respect, they failed.

Miss Beckinsale, mere imitation will not improve you.

In the reception room, Ronan looked at Kate Beckinsale and her agent and said, From my perspective as a producer, actors must have their own style and characteristics.

The agent was no longer as strong as before, and said, Is Kate really suitable for action movies?

Ronan was extremely confident: If Miss Beckinsale wants to take the literary route, there is no need for us to talk about it.

Kate Beckinsale said nothing, seemingly considering Ronan's words.

This is the easiest and most suitable way. Ronan continued to flicker: Hollywood has always been short of female action superstars who are truly capable and charismatic. We want to cooperate with Miss Beckinsale for a long time to create Miss Beckinsale. Become Hollywood's premier action star.

Kate - Beckinsale finally spoke: But in this case, acting and awards ...

Ronan smiled and said: Acting skills can be honed, who said action movies can't hone their acting skills? This year's Oscar for Best Actor Russell Crowe won the award for Gladiator.

Remuneration... the manager hesitated to speak.

For $2 million, Sandsea Entertainment signed a trilogy contract with Kate. Ronan smiled and said, In this way, we can cooperate for a long time, which can not only ensure that Sandsea Entertainment invests enough resources in the project, but also allow Kate's performance is consistent, so as to establish a style that is unique to Kate.

Kate Beckinsale didn't answer and looked at her agent.

To be honest, she really didn't expect that Pearl Harbor did not fail at the box office, but the hero and heroine received a lot of bad reviews, especially her, who was called a poor imitator by many people and the media.

The stylist for Pearl Harbor and the co-director who directs her live performances be damned!

Are they taking Nicole Kidman as a template,

And then put yourself directly into it?

The agent said with a little dissatisfaction: The salary is too low, Kate just acted in Pearl Harbor, the box office of this movie is good...

Ronan said lightly: But it is recognized that the three main characters in this film all failed. He didn't talk nonsense, and said: After the box office of Pearl Harbor was released in the first week, Ben Affleck and Josh- Neihardt signed a new actor contract, the former's $10 million salary, not a dollar more than Pearl Harbor. The latter's salary is also reduced by $1 million.

The news has been circulating for the last two days.

Ronan continued: Once a big production like Pearl Harbor is successful, the two of you must be very clear about how much it will boost the actors' salary increase. Ben Affleck's last big production Peerless Heaven The success of The Robbery directly doubled his salary. And this time? There is no increase of one dollar.

The manager's face instantly became a little ugly.

Ronan said unhurriedly: Ben Affleck and Josh Nehart are leading actors with more roles than Kate. Judging from the situation of these two people, Kate's new film's salary is equivalent to that of Pearl Harbor. It's similar.

It's impossible! The agent flatly refused: Fifty thousand dollars doesn't match Kate's current popularity and worth.

Ronan nodded in approval: 50,000 dollars is very unfair to Kate, so I offered 2 million dollars, which is forty times that of Kate's last film.

Speaking of this, he said enough: You two, think about it carefully.

If Kate Beckinsale still insists on a salary of 5 million US dollars, Ronan can only consider a replacement.

Ronan left the reception room, leaving time for Kate Beckinsale to discuss with her agent. A successful big production often has a huge effect on the improvement of the main cast, just like what he said before in Peerless by Explosive Beckinsale. Heavenly Tribulation, which directly doubled Ben Affleck's salary.

But there are always some exceptions, and this Pearl Harbor is an exception.

It was also from this film that Ben Affleck’s career as an actor began to suffer bad luck. After that, the salary of actors did not get a significant increase, and even in the end, as an actor, almost no one cared about him. Fortunately, he started the road of director. It not only opened up a new career, but also rejuvenated the actor's career.

It's just that his career as an actor was not very good. Many people think that Bruce Wayne, who he played, is the most failed Batman ever.

As for Josh Nehart, Pearl Harbor brought complete doom and the beginning of a career decline.

Half an hour later, Ronan returned to the reception room. Kate Beckinsale had already made a decision. After all, with Ben Affleck and Josh Nehart as the yardstick, her role in Pearl Harbor The remuneration for the heroine's new film is unlikely to be high.

Ronan and Kate Beckinsale's agent reached an agreement on a large level, and the follow-up detailed negotiations and other matters were handed over to the legal department of Sandsea Entertainment.

This is a newly established department of Sandsea Entertainment this year. Currently, there are only three people. The main business is to be in charge of negotiating and handling some legal issues.

But a few days later, Sand Sea Entertainment signed an actor contract with Kate Beckinsale.

This is a three-movie lead actress contract. Kate Beckinsale will play the lead actress in the Underworld trilogy.

Perhaps, this is a good thing for Kate - Beckinsale.

If she is busy with the filming of the Underworld trilogy and has no time to take on films such as Van Helsing, maybe her future will be better, at least she can become a second-rate Hollywood.

In the previous life, Kate Beckinsale, no matter in terms of acting skills or commercial value, it was difficult to classify her as a second-rate Hollywood movie star.

Fortunately, Kate Beckinsale also has a director husband who is a showman and a madman.

Ronan felt that he was really a good person, and it was possible for Kate Beckinsale to avoid a big pit, and it would also allow her to come to the Underworld crew to get to know Len Wiseman.

Oh, and Kate Beckinsale's ex-boyfriend, what's his name? It seems that he is playing the leader of the werewolf, so let people look for him and continue to let him play the leader of the werewolf.

Kate - Beckinsale now has a daughter, it seems to be called Lily.

I remember in my previous life, when I was a child, Lily was very similar to Kate Beckinsale, very cute and cute, but as she got older, she became more and more like her own father, and finally seemed disabled.

The crew of Underworld has been preparing, and the funds of the Indian Mountain Foundation have been in place, but the production of the film's set and location selection are very troublesome, and it is very likely to go to Romania and other Eastern European countries for filming.

In addition, the German tax rebate applied by Koch Films has also been approved, and some films under Shahai Films have income before they are shot.

For the embassy film industry, the focus of this stage is the promotion and distribution of several films. Shrek was released in nearly 50 overseas countries and regions at the end of May. The easy-to-understand content of the above film has also achieved quite good results overseas.

In just one weekend, Shrek earned $38.5 million overseas.

And in markets such as Western Europe and Australia that value copyright protection, dolls related to Shrek have also sold more than 3 million US dollars.

Ronan asked someone to make a market estimate. The overseas box office of Shrek will not be lower than 200 million US dollars, and the revenue generated offline will not be lower than the box office revenue.

According to this estimate, Embassy Pictures will have a profit of more than 30 million US dollars from the overseas distribution of this film.

This is just a release.

It is not uncommon for Hollywood production companies to go bankrupt, but distribution labels rarely go bankrupt, and most of the acquired distribution companies are also dragged down by other companies they belong to.

It was also during this period that Embassy Pictures sent Irreversible and Shaolin Soccer to the MPAA for approval and rating. The latter easily got a PG-13 rating, but the former did not get any rating from the MPAA.

In North America, movies without ratings can be released, and there has never been a law that requires movies to be rated before they can be released, but most theaters will reject movies without ratings.

According to Ronan's information, there are big differences in the MPAA's views on Irreversible, and the embassy film industry needs to wait for a while.

It is impossible for Embassy Pictures to devote too much energy to these two films. With the box office of Shrek rising steadily in North America and overseas, the company's main publicity and distribution resources quickly shifted to The Bourne. Secret agent action movie above.

In May, Embassy Pictures held three trial screenings for this film. From the media to film critics to ordinary audiences, they all gave The Bourne Shadow a very high evaluation. There is a market for special agent action movies.

Embassy Pictures has secured 2,720 premiere theaters for The Bourne Movie. If it weren't for the extremely competitive summer season, the number might be close to 3,000.

But there are too many large-scale movies pouring into the summer file.

Bourne hits the third weekend in June, and it's the biggest opening of any film to open that same weekend.

The latter weekend saw 20th Century Fox's Doctor Dudley 2, and the previous weekend was Angelina Jolie's Tomb Raider.

Compared with May, the competitors in June are slightly weaker.

What's more, Ronan prepared a big publicity move to push up Robert Ludlum's publicity.

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