novelraw Chapter 212
Chapter 212
Martha asked someone to open a bottle of champagne, and when Eve, who was still holding her BlackBerry and kept typing on the keyboard, arrived late, the three of them clinked glasses to celebrate tonight, and then turned to talk about the upcoming work.
Josie only plans to do one or two films this year.
One of those would be a Fox project, and the other one, which is being talked about, is Warner's chick flick.
As for Tianji Films, it will launch one or two new projects, and will be responsible for the finishing work of "The Trap" and "Fight Club". This company will basically switch to producing movies in the future. The dividend projects will be placed on Tianxiu Films.
In addition, Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2" will officially start filming in the middle of next month after more than a dozen production meetings. Josie's guest star is imminent. Akane can finally end her "deed of prostitution" at Paramount.
"Shirley Lansing is fucked," Martha Miller said of the latest news in town. "She's taking every opportunity to retire with dignity, and it's up to her big boss, Sumner Redstone. Stop nodding."
In the past few years, Paramount's business situation has been very bad. On the surface, it can be seen that it has produced "Forrest Gump", "Mission: Impossible", "The Truman Show" and "Saving Private Ryan". , but actually did not make too much money, especially in the "Mission Impossible" project let Tom Cruise take too much.
The most important thing is that half of the copyright of "Mission: Impossible" is held by Tom Cruise. Therefore, he took away 7000 million US dollars in the first box office hit. Paramount wants to make a sequel. There was no way to kick him away.
Obviously, this made Sumner Redstone, the big boss of Paramount's parent company Viacom, very angry, and even thought that Shirley Lansing was stunned by that short Hollywood boy with a white face.
"Oh, I know that—" Eve said enthusiastically, "If it weren't for the fact that "Mission: Impossible 2" is already ready to go, I'm afraid Redstone would have directly fired Liangtang. He really doesn't like it." He, still thinks our dear little Tommy is an evil and crazy idiot. And if Mission: Impossible 2 crashes at the box office, he will still do that, and then there will be a good show."
"Anyway, that has nothing to do with us." Josie took a sip of champagne, "I have very few roles in "Mission: Impossible 2", even if it becomes a box office poison, I don't need to take the blame. Compared with this, I What I am more concerned about is the upcoming "The Trap of Stealing the Sky."
"The Trap of the Sky" is Josie's first box office blockbuster action movie. It is expensive and well-produced, but before any movie is actually released, no one knows whether it is a good movie or not.
In other words, even if it is actually released, some movies are not popular in theaters.
Eve raised her red lips, held up her own champagne and touched Josie lightly, and said, "You have done a very good job, and the feedback we received on the trailer also proves this, and then Plus now you have the bonus of being an Oscar queen."
"I'm afraid that's exactly what she's worried about." Martha habitually took out a lady's cigarette and held it in her hand, but didn't light it up. The expectations for the movie have been raised even higher."
"That's true." Josie sighed, and turned to a faint smile, "But it's okay, I believe in you, and I also believe in myself."
Of course, different actors will make different movies, but Josie has tried to do everything within her ability, although there are still some imperfections.
The publisher's lack of confidence in "The Trap of Stealing the Sky" is mainly because compared with the original movie, the role of the heroine in this version is more important, and the ambiguous relationship between the hero and heroine has also been weakened a lot, because for Hollywood film companies, No matter what type of movie it is, it is a romance movie in their eyes.
In addition, Fox is very satisfied with Josie's performance in the movie, and they think she has the talent to become an action star.
But Josie always believed that women's films have always been profitable.
Especially at the turn of the century, "Titanic" has made Hollywood see the spending power of young women, but conservatives still think that old-fashioned romance movies with handsome men and beautiful women can pass them off. Instead, Sony Columbia's Amy Pascal saw the business opportunity first, and launched the hit "Charlie's Angels" series.
However, this time, it will be the future classic thief movie, the "The Trap" series that will be the first to arrive.
The ladies' gathering is over, and the newly-crowned Oscar queen has to deal with congratulators one after another. Even Josie doesn't know most of them, and hasn't heard of the scripts and projects they talked about, but every time they Everyone was very kind and polite, maybe a little too eager, making her feel like she was at the center of the world, and everything was spinning around her.
Even Nicole Kidman called and told Josie: "I have to say, I really envy you. You have won the honor that most people here pursue all their lives by yourself. You have your own production company. You have a team that puts you first, and you're in total control of your work and your life... oh my god, do you know how many actresses in Hollywood dream of doing that?"
"Okay, but isn't this a matter of course?" Josie was a little surprised when she heard that, she thought that according to Nicole's coffee position, she shouldn't have such troubles, "Uh, I mean, your producer company--"
"Correction, the name of the production company is 'Cruise'." Nicole laughed at herself. "A piece of advice, honey, never trust anyone, especially a man's promise to you. Maybe I shouldn't talk to you tonight." Let me mention this, but marriage is undoubtedly a huge consumption for an actress. Well, let me tell you about you, I heard that all Hollywood studios are looking for you now, which one have you chosen?"
"Not yet." Josie replied briefly, "I'm not in a hurry. Now I need a good script and characters."
But Nicole asked: "Is there no Fox? I heard that they are very eager to get your next film contract."
Josie didn't answer directly, but said, "Leave me alone, ma'am, I'm going to finish filming your "Mission: Impossible 2" and go back to study for credits."
While speaking, she raised her head and noticed a sweet-looking young woman looking here frequently, as if hesitating whether to come over to say hello.
And not far behind her, Harvey Weinstein, whom Josie hated so much, also looked over, his eyes passed through the crowd and he happened to collide with Josie.
Harvey Weinstein toasted from a distance, waved to a party worker, and then the man came over, said something politely but forcefully to the young woman, the latter's face Immediately there was a look of panic and helplessness.
"Nicole, I have some things to deal with, let's talk later."
Josie ended the call, couldn't help sighing again, and asked Kelly to go over there to see what happened.
This kind of thing happens everywhere, but it is very common in this circle. It is obvious that the girl offended Harvey Weinstein and was refused to stay at the party.
Let's hope she doesn't waste her rare sympathy.
As Josie thought about it, she saw the other party thank Kelly frequently, and followed her to Josie.
Ashley Judd.
Josie remembered the name. They met at the Los Angeles premiere of Titanic. "Hello, Ashley, please sit down. Would you like a drink?"
Compared with the scenery at the premiere, the current Ashley Judd looks very reserved, lacking the confidence and demeanor of a great beauty.
It seems that the matter of redness nourishing people is still very reasonable.
"It's all right, thank you." Ashley Judd showed a perfectly trained Hollywood smile, "I mean, I really appreciate you, otherwise I would have just been kicked out."
"It's nothing," Josie said.
Ashley Judd's expression turned bitter, and she continued on her own: "Actually, I don't even have an invitation to tonight's party. As you may know, Harvey Weinstein has banned me in the industry. Just because I rejected his harassment."
"You are very frank, Ashley." Josie commented, but did not bring up the topic.
"It's useless to be honest, at least not in Hollywood." Ashley Judd carefully observed the expression of the popular actress in front of her, but it was difficult for her to find anything from Josie's calm gaze, so she could only take a deep breath. Tone, said quickly: "Ms. Horton, I'm not a greedy person. I came here tonight, only hoping to get a fair audition for the Lord of the Rings project. I know that I may not be able to do it right now. You bring..."
"Good evening, girls! What are you talking about?"
The voice belonging to Harvey Weinstein interrupted Ashley Judd's narration, and the latter obviously showed a mixture of fear and disgust after hearing his voice.
Josie didn't speak, and Jason, who was in charge of security, had spontaneously stepped forward to keep the uninvited Harvey Weinstein out of this table.
Harvey Weinstein glanced at the tall and burly Jason, then reached out and brushed off the non-existent dust on Jason's shoulders, looked at Josie and said, "Hey, don't do this, I just want to talk to our Best Actress Talking about the new movie, I think any of you have heard of Joni Harris's novel "Chocolate"? Josie, I really think you are very suitable for the role of the heroine, as long as you agree to act, supporting the role You can choose any actor."
The Hollywood producer's methods are nothing more than bullying and bribery, but for the vast majority of people, they work.
Ashley Judd felt resentful and powerless, but this was the reality.
Assholes like Harvey Weinstein wield most of the power in this circle, and it's hard not to give in to them if you want to climb up the ladder. He wasn't the first, and he won't be the last.