Chapter 151 The castle rock that I want to sell crazily, is a big list of acquaintances
The crisp answer made Roland's eyelids twitch. How could he not know that he was cheated?
In fact, the lower the production cost of a film, the lower the cost of publicity and distribution will definitely increase exponentially if it wants to sell well, just like "Return of the Clown" with a global box office of 700 million. The cost of 35 million yuan is only a small amount, and the 154 million global publicity expenses are the basis for the real big sales. After such a calculation, the box office of 700 million yuan does not make much money at all.
The same is true for the Star Wars universe produced by Disney and the Marvel movie universe. If this kind of IP movie wants to make a lot of money at the box office, it is simply a dream, and Ang Lee’s "Ten Years of Sleeping Movie Dream" is even more clear. As I wrote, the announcement of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been pushed forward from the day it won the award. Sony Classics has been doing it for at least a year, and the box office of over 100 million is sold little by little in this way, which is comparable to the production cost. Than, Xuanfa is the real boss!
But unlike these movies, "The Shawshank Redemption" at this moment is a hot potato!
As a movie with a plot that highly overlaps with Simpson's murder of his wife, no film company dares to release it on a large scale!
Because in this kind of matter, it doesn't matter which side you stand on, it's all wrong!
If it is released on a large scale, it will definitely be regarded as the voice of justice by those black people. At that time, they will march and argue more vigorously. That kind of mess is not something that a film company can clean up. At the same time, the film company will also offend those people. Support the white people who tried Simpson; and if you don't release it widely... Isn't it just waiting to lose money?
Since both parties are not pleasing, then such a profitless thing is a fart!
In fact, after the Simpson murder case broke out, Sony had already discovered that the distribution project in their hands was a piece of shit. Unfortunately, the contract has been signed and the project has been established. In this case, if they do not announce the release, then It is a breach of contract.
In other words, Castle Rock Pictures will wait for Sony to default on the contract, so as to earn a fortune and make up for the loss!
No way, who made Sony the winner in the eyes of Hollywood?
According to the calculations of Castle Rock Pictures, the box office of the entire movie is now at most 30 million. Even if Sony does not take a cut, the money they can get from Castle Rock Pictures is only about 15 million. In addition to the transaction tax, the box office can return a few million dollars. Compared with the production cost of 25 million, it is a big loss!
As for thinking about selling discs to restore blood?
I am a mother-in-law!
Before the Simpson murder case was settled, they didn't dare to publicize it on the disc market!
This kind of thing that puts pressure on the judiciary, even if you want to do it, you can't do it on the bright side!
Isn’t this clearly setting yourself up as a target for others to hit?
Traffic control, the matter of being picked up secretly by Lao Tzu, just keep it in your heart and feel comfortable!
You have to spread it out arrogantly and domineeringly. Wouldn’t that cause you to lose Jingzhou carelessly?
So, finding some idiot to take over is obviously the thing that Castle Rock and Sony want to see the most, and now—
"Aren't you the fool in their eyes?" When Roland found the truck driver in his office with the list that Mike McDavoy handed him, Roland learned that Roland wanted to reprimand him. The old man who bought a huge amount of money to buy a movie similar to the story of Simpson's murder of his wife, but the protagonist was wronged, immediately looked at Roland with caring eyes.
"Do you have too much money to spend?"
"Then invest in me to build a submarine!"
The old man didn't care about the list in his hand at all, and he didn't care that he came here today to check the heroine's resume after Sony screened it. Feeling that he found a big winner, he knocked on the table and said, "Do you want to spend money?" Fifteen million to buy a movie that has a high probability of falling into your hands? Are you crazy?"
"Do you think that after the Simpson murder case is settled, this movie will be released on a large scale, and the funds will be withdrawn from the market?"
"Are you dreaming?"
"Let me tell you this, if Simpson is finally guilty of betrayal, you won't even be able to make a disc!"
"Those black people who support him will think that this movie is to avenge Simpson!"
"There is no large-scale release in theaters, and it can only be sold secretly on the disc market, which is the best proof!"
"Because they were suppressed by white people!"
Hearing what the truck driver said, Roland, who was still thinking about how Mike McDavoy dared to answer so positively for Castle Rock, suddenly understood—under preconceived circumstances, Roland knew that "The Shawshank Redemption" "Sold very well in the disc market, but the guys at Castle Rock Pictures didn't know about it!
Just like worrying that the large-scale release of the movie will cause black riots, if Simpson is really found guilty, in the eyes of those blacks, isn't "The Shawshank Redemption" a true portrayal of Simpson?
As soon as a human rights activist finds out about this movie, well...
Stephen King who wrote this book back then will be involved!
It can be predicted with the soles of the feet, and there will definitely be batch after batch of protests and redress movements!
Andy can dig tunnels for more than ten years, and they can help Simpson get justice for more than ten years!
As for why "The Shawshank Redemption" was written before the murder of Simpson's wife, is it purely a coincidence?
Who is willing to listen to these words when things go wrong?
Maybe they still feel that Stephen King has the foresight! He has long seen the decay of America!
However, Roland, who understood the reason, was not worried about these crap.
The reason why he felt that he might be cheated was purely because he was worried that Castle Rock Films would make a fuss about the transaction contract, but now—if the box office market prospects are uncertain, someone is willing to pay 15 million to buy a big movie. If the probability of garbage returning home, so he readily agreed, then he has nothing to worry about.
Because he knew Simpson would be acquitted!
Or in other words, even if one's wings are strong, he still can't make a big fuss about racial issues!
Of course, the reason why Roland wanted to buy it was simply because he wanted to catch a leak and expand his poor movie library!
This is the best movie history voted by fans one by one, and it's a row in my own film library!
As for making money from "The Shawshank Redemption"?
Do not make jokes!
No one can become the richest man by relying on movies!
With this thought, why not throw money in the stock market again!
So, Roland, who knew that he would probably not be cheated, rolled his eyes, and angrily pushed the truck driver off the boss chair Sony had prepared for him, "Go aside..."
“Even if I can’t sell a movie when I buy a movie, I can still watch it slowly at home alone.”
"If I invest in you to build a submarine, I can't drive it!"
"Who said no?" Although he gave up his seat, the truck driver moved his buttocks and sat on the table again, "I'll teach you!"
"It's easy to drive a submarine, and it's cheap to build a submarine!"
How could Roland not know that when the old man said to build a submarine, he wanted to make a one-man deep submersible to dive to the Mariana Trench?
Even if Roland didn't know about such a thing, after hearing the old man's idea of defrauding investment, he was not interested in the budget reported by this guy—nonsense, tripling the budget is his real goal, this kind of project Who dares to vote?
Although I thought so, I didn't say that, ""The Lion King" cannot be screened on a large scale. I can only wait for Disney to slowly collect the funds. Since I get a share, I can only wait until the final settlement. Although "Forrest Gump" was in theaters, I didn't take any money. The last time I got income was from "Jurassic Park", but the problem is that I have to spend 15 million to buy the project. Leave more than 30 million to David Fincher, so don't look for me, okay? I don't have any money..."
It's not that Roland is miserable, but that he is really miserable now.
According to his previous idea, "The Lion King" was released, which set off a movie-watching boom, and he stepped onto the altar, crowned king like Simba, and then "Forrest Gump" continued to be released, and was regarded as a classic by American audiences, while He also participated in the publicity and distribution, telling the story behind the creation of the film, and by the way, he appeared on the talk show arranged by the organizer, and played a guest role as a prophet, expressing how optimistic he is about the Internet, just like Gan in the film. Like investing in Apple, I want to invest in it with all my wealth, and finally declare in front of the people of the country that I will establish an investment company in Silicon Valley to invest in Internet companies, and then I can wait for a group of people to treat me as a Kaizi's guy came to the door to raise money, and picked and picked them...
But now?
The plan cannot keep up with the changes!
The reason why he dared to go out to play calmly before was because he felt that his arrangement was perfect.
But who knew that Simpson's murder of his wife was far more exaggerated than he imagined!
This is really more fantasy than reality than fiction!
Looking at various materials in his previous life, he didn't feel the influence of this most concerned case of absolutism in America, but now—when his **** was kicked hard by someone else, he Only then did I know how painful this thing is!
Who cares about him!
Now is war time!
But fortunately, even if the "Lion King" suddenly exploded, it would be fine to get the best film history; and the investment can only be to ask David to go to Silicon Valley to set up an office. Although there is no national broadcast advertisement, but It's okay to be proactive.
Of course, the accident that he didn't care about this time also made Roland understand that the name is all fake.
The size of the news you can make is the key to grab the headlines!
If not, why does the media always want to make big news?
But even if Roland described his 'miserable' situation, the truck driver didn't take it seriously, "No hurry, no hurry, I'm not going to build a submarine right now, I'll wait until all the projects in hand are finished. ..."
"I'll give you the project plan when the time comes..."
"Let's do business first."
'have to! This old guy is relying on himself! '
Roland shook his head helplessly, and he picked up the document that he had thrown on the table before, being too lazy to talk.
In fact, after returning from the Skywalker Manor, everything started in an orderly manner, and regarding the audition for the heroine, neither Katherine Kennedy nor James Cameron intended to fully manage it.
Firstly, compared with established studios, they don’t have suitable venues to receive batch after batch of candidates; secondly, they don’t need to do such trivial things as pre-screening; thirdly, Sony has to do something, right?
Although Sony only has investment rights, their entire film industry system is complete. In this way, using their resources can not only save production costs, but also make these guys feel more involved.
After all, people invest to make money. If they just wait for the result with a black eye, it looks a little wrong. Letting the production director they send to deal with all kinds of trivial things is also a sign of reassurance for them. At least they understand that this group of people didn't fool around when they asked for their money, and they didn't pretend to be cheaters.
Well, in the eyes of people in the industry, Sony, who was eager to send money to Roland, is indeed Kaizi...
But as long as they feel that Roland doesn't treat them as a winner, that's enough!
Because of this, they, who gained a sense of participation, carefully selected the suitable list from more than 2,000 personnel materials across the country according to the conditions, and the first time after opening the cover, Roland saw a man with a ball head blonde girl.
"Katherine Heigl?"
At first glance at the name, Roland didn't have the slightest impression, so he continued to glance at the photo of the other party in a ballet suit, with that white back—yuck! Isn't this Isabel from "Grey's Anatomy"?
How did this guy get found by Sony?
Feeling strange, Roland looked down, and when he saw "Love Saint's Bodyguard" in the work column...
He has Bikini on his mind...
Don’t ask him why he has such an idea, just watch that movie by yourself if you are interested.
"This girl looks pretty good." Cameron commented: "And she's only two years older than you."
"Hmm." Roland didn't give an opinion, and turned to the second page directly.
What came into view was a relatively round face.
Scanned the name—Drew Barrymore.
When he saw her, Roland skipped her profile and turned to the third page.
There is no other reason, because this guy is Steven Spielberg's goddaughter. Like Gwyneth Paltrow, she was born in an acting family, and at the age of six, she starred in the old man's " Alien E.T.".
She participated in both the "Charlie's Angels" series and "50 First Dates".
However, this guy is a drunkard and has been in and out of drug rehabilitation centers many times since he was a teenager. If he is really talented, the old man would have recommended it to Roland long ago, instead of appearing on the audition list and waiting for selection.
And the third page—
is a black-haired girl.
When Roland saw those sapphire eyes, his eyelids jumped.
What the **** is this special code?
Who voted Liv Tyler?
That's right, the third place in the audition list is the elf princess in the "Lord of the Rings" series. Born in 1977, she was only two and a half years older than Roland. Of course, this is not the point, the point is Her father is Stephen Taylor, the lead singer of the Aerosmith band, and in the follow-up notes, it is clearly written that he was 'selected' by Tom Hanks, and he will soon participate in "Blocking" written, directed and acted by the other party. The Unstoppable Miracle".
"This is already the third related account." The truck driver smiled and continued to flip through the information.
Roland didn't say a word, but chose to read on.
As for the following group of 'acquaintances', his scalp felt numb.
There was Angelina Jolie whom Roland had met in the time loop before, when they saw her, the two who knew the situation smiled knowingly;
There is Milla Jovovich who is not yet married to Luc Besson, but her mother is a cleaner at the home of Jewish gang director Brian Palmer who chatted with Roland before and spanked;
There is also Reese Witherspoon, who made her debut with her father and comrade-in-arms Robert Mulligan, who is also the protagonist of the "Legally Blonde" series;
And Marion Cotillard, on the surface is Sophia in "Assassin's Creed", the French actress who won the Oscar for "La Vie en Rose", but in fact, her parents are the pillars of the Paris stage. Cotillard called her uncle around Luc Besson, and even had a special French website to introduce her family's daughters;
In addition, there is also Charlize Theron who is also eyed by Tom Hanks and will participate in "Unstoppable Miracle";
And there will be everywhere, Natalie Portman whose mother can't wait for her daughter to become famous...
When Roland and the truck driver read the entire document, their heads were full of names of acquaintances.
Or in other words, those who are not related will not be included in this list at all!
Although Roland had prepared for a long time, he knew that he might become a fragrant momo, but when he found that there was no grassroots in the whole list, he realized how popular he was!
"What do you think?" The truck driver closed the list and looked at Roland with clear eyes.
"These people are crazy... Sending a daughter?" Roland thought for a long time before he came up with such an unbeatable idea.
"..." The truck driver froze for a moment, then closed his eyes, resisting the urge to punch someone, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm asking what do you think of this list? Who do you think will play Gwen?" suitable?"
"Oh...don't know..."
Roland's real thought is that it's fine to be pretty, after all, there are not many guys recommended by acquaintances who can't act.
Like Marion Cotillard, she grew up playing with her parents on the stage; Liv Taylor, if Roland remembers correctly, Bertolucci customized a movie called "Stealing Fragrance" for her, which is She is a bit tall, if I really choose her, then at least I have to lay bricks under my feet; Reese Witherspoon started acting in 1991, her height of 5 feet 2 inches is just right for her to stand with, and she and Like Gwen, just a blonde...
To put it bluntly, this kind of project with a guaranteed investment of 100 million yuan is not afraid of not being able to find actors at all, and if Roland is willing, he can even do it more exaggeratedly than that fat man Harvey, because judging from the current situation, many people Willing to talk about a romantic love with him, since both sides are consensual, can it be regarded as potential?
Xiao Lizi collects stamps, and it is not said that he has a group of Leonardo girls!
So after doing this, Roland didn't know how to choose.
And Rachel McAdams—
Well, looking at the current situation, even if Roland is asking Sony to make an audition, they can't find Rachel from the truck driver's hometown, because it's not that they don't want to find amateurs at all, but that Hollywood Most people in the showbiz don't want their chance to be popular to be taken away by others!
"Since you don't know, let them all come and try?"
The truck driver suggested, "When you play with them, whichever feels better?"
"Okay." Roland didn't care. Although "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump" did not meet his expectations, it had nothing to do with him. It was a sudden accident. No film company would make any associations. He was still The A+list who has the right to choose people, "Let them all dye their hair blond if they are not blond, and then come here. One week should be enough, right?"
"Even if they are on vacation in the Amazon jungle, they can still make it." The truck driver shrugged. "If they don't make it, or if they don't want to dye their hair blond, why don't they just pass?"
Note: ①Why do some people think that I look down on feature films and "Parasite"? Twenty-five years of hard work deserves respect. I wanted to write it when DreamWorks was founded, but now that I’ve written it, I’ll just mention a little bit. Li Meijing, who gave her speech on stage, is the granddaughter of Samsung’s founder, Li Bingzhe. I wrote that DreamWorks took money from Microsoft and Samsung, of which 300 million was Li Meijing. Voted, accounting for 11% of the shares, the curtain fell during the speech, and Hanks kept letting the staff go up, too familiar. What I complained about before was not "Parasite", but Sam Mendes. When he won the best director in the millennium, he was not the producer of "American Beauty", so only one of the two statuettes belongs to him. This time It's two bad guys again, I complained about his bad luck! I thought the flying dragon was riding on the face, but I lost. ②Castle Rock’s financial situation was mediocre at the time. After confirming that “Shawshank’s Redemption” was bound to lose money, they quickly advanced the acquisition of Turner Television Network. In 1996, Time Warner acquired Turner, so Castle Rock came to their name. ③ "The Lion King" is indeed a regional screening. ④ Cameron's trip to the Mariana Trench was made into "Deep Sea Challenge". ⑤Just when I was about to write about South African diamonds, Harvey gave a backstab of justice, and the Weinstein girl had two more, but it’s normal. Although she was favored by Hanks when she debuted, she was picked up by Harvey Yes, and she said before that when she was not famous, there were producers who wanted to lure her, and no one in Hollywood was really playing tricks. Rachel, I want to stay with Mary-Jane, who do you think is a good substitute? Reese? Liv? Marion?
(end of this chapter)