novelraw Chapter 291
Chapter 291
Obviously, in the off-season before Thanksgiving, there are very few violent movies that can be called hits on theaters, because most of them are showing some low-cost romantic comedies at this time.
Moreover, due to endless debates among various film critics, "Fight Club", which has basically harvested its box office potential and is about to enter the home entertainment market, has not faded out of the public's sight. If you think about it with your knees, you can know what the reporter meant.
"I need to know the specific situation of the wounded." Josie said while thinking, "And that forum, how many posts about "Fight Club" are there? What's in it?"
"Robin and I are looking at the posts, and so far we only found a piece of soap that was made up in a movie—are you sure it's made up?" Eve asked.
Josie was sure about this.
Because of this, she remembers reminding David Fincher, the director of "Fight Club", that some scenes in the movie are already very sensitive, so they have been specially censored in this regard.
"There's also the 'Fight Club' rules." Eve tapped on the keyboard while talking, "I'll have Melody fax the part I found right away."
"Okay. The most critical question, why didn't Fox contact us the first time he received the news?"
"They said they had contacted, maybe it was a small employee's mistake. Maybe those idiots just think that the box office potential of the movie is exhausted, and getting involved with social news will make "Fight Club" in the rental market in the future A new lease of life. After all, it now looks like a major studio cult classic, a niche rave."
Cult, of course, is to take the edge of the sword.
What's more, according to the data feedback from the research company, in addition to being attracted to the cinema by the film's word-of-mouth and the main creative lineup, some audiences are purely because they want to see how violent and bloody the film is.
The more taboo and danger, the more attractive.
This is the subconscious self-destructive tendency of human beings.
However, this is not right.
Josie said calmly, "Impossible. I'm sure that as long as one of Fox's executives is not crazy, it's impossible to do such a thing. And my agent's reaction is slower than my public relations, isn't that true?" should."
Being able to become a production partner of the Big Six in Hollywood has always been a great thing that people flock to. This is precisely because the Big Six are giants. Each of them has extraordinary influence and distribution capabilities in the industry. directly affected the film's box office performance.
Many production cooperation agreements signed by Tianji Films and Fox are distribution agreements, which are more free than the first method, but the disadvantage is that they are responsible for their own profits and losses. In most cases, no one knows what their next film will be. Box office poison, medicine, or box office panacea.
"I don't know about that." Eve said, "In addition, some paparazzi dug up some leftovers of Jim, about his previous love life and unfortunate childhood, although Lucy and I jointly suppressed it, but I hope you They all have a mental preparation. Caroline asked me to convey that our company is willing to provide him with professional public relations consulting, and the first three months are free."
"It can be seen that your boss is very optimistic about Jim's development in Hollywood." Josie said noncommittally, "Thank you Caroline for me, but this matter needs to be decided by Jim himself."
"I see." Eve said in a strange tone, "By the way, if you were more considerate to him, I might really have to believe in love."
Josie ignored her habitual teasing and just said, "If you don't shut up and go to work, I'm going to call Caroline."
Caroline is not so much optimistic about Jim, it is better to say that she is optimistic about the movie "Like Heaven".
Not only did Fox invest tens of millions of dollars in this project, but the big boss personally intervened. Joining with a popular box office star like Josie was a good deal that was sure to make a profit.
Josie asked Eve to negotiate with Fox's distribution department, read the fax sent by the assistant, and then called the producer of "Fight Club" Arnon Milkan to exchange Information, to discuss the basic response plan.
Arnon Milkan promised to try his best to suppress the reports in the mainstream media, and cooperate with Josie to put pressure on Fox to find out their real enemy and fight back.
After dealing with all this, she temporarily leaned on the sofa and closed her eyes to rest, still thinking about whether she should call Archie Dano of Tianji Films or Connie Wilson for the next call—or Patrick Whitesell of Endeavor Elite .
Before she could make a decision, someone put his hands on her shoulders from behind and began to massage her gently.
"You look troubled." Jim's voice came from above Josie's head.
"Something happened in Los Angeles." Josie didn't open her eyes, and the expression on her face softened a little, "And I have to think about who my enemy is and what they will do next."
The "Fight Club" movie itself should be unimportant, because since its word-of-mouth collapse at the Venice Film Festival and previews, its presence in this year's awards season is very limited.
Obviously, the distributor has completely given up on Oscar wins, so who else could Fight Club get in the way?
As for the theaters, there are no more, and the movie is almost fully screened.
What puzzled Josie was the operation of Fox's distribution department.
Logically speaking, Tianji Films and Fox are in the honeymoon period of cooperation, and the "Fight Club" project also has Arnold Milkan's production company Regency Entertainment participating in the investment and production. Fox has no reason to make trouble.
Yes, in her opinion, Fox is doing something wrong. From the beginning of the film to the establishment of a promotional team, their way of dealing with it has always been very problematic.
The only difference is that this is the instruction of the parent company, or the problem of the person in charge.
Josie tends to be the latter.
"Like Paradise", which was decided by Murdoch himself, is only halfway through the filming. There is no direct conflict of interest between them, and they will not turn their faces now.
Not to mention the money that Fight Club itself will bring to Fox.
The movie wasn't hugely successful theatrically, but the real business in Hollywood was showing films that appealed to teenage audiences on more screens in North America and around the world, and releasing them in bulk on DVD or video a few weeks later. into the market.
To put it bluntly, Oscar is just a successful scam.
The annual Oscars have misled most people from paying attention to the fact that Hollywood makes money in this tens of billions of dollars market. In fact, the main business of the huge film factory industry chain is not to create art, but to create property rights.
Creating property rights is directly related to the growth of the home entertainment economy.
MPAA obtains data from major film companies every five years. For example, in 1995, the global box office revenue of movies produced by mainstream Hollywood film companies was 62 billion U.S. dollars, while the revenue of DVD/video and TV programs was 235 billion U.S. dollars. Less than 21% of total revenue.
In this case, Fight Club's burgeoning teenage craze is a money-printing machine that's about to turn.
Who can't get along with money?
Josie sighed, leaned her head back on the cushion of the sofa, completely relaxed, and said to herself: "Sometimes I always wonder how many people around me are really trustworthy, or Only interests are credible, not people themselves."
As she spoke, she put her hand on Jim's.
Jim touched the back of her hand reassuringly and said, "Don't be too pessimistic. If you feel unhappy, you can relax for a while."
"Wait until the filming of this movie is finished." Josie said, "I should go to New Zealand to shoot the rest of "Lord of the Rings". Are you interested in traveling there with me?"
Without an immediate answer, Jim said: "I'll consider the offer, but it's almost 07:30, why don't we have breakfast first."
The two went to the restaurant downstairs for dinner together.
During this period, Archie Dano from Tianji Films finally received the news, and hurriedly called his boss. Leaving aside how to be responsible for his dereliction of duty, Josie also explained that he has been keeping an eye on other movie projects recently. , perhaps suspicious, she always had a premonition that things related to herself were not going well recently.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
Producer Art Linson from Fox arrived in San Francisco in a hurry and rushed to the hotel where Josie was currently staying.
Under the leadership of Ella, he went to the indoor swimming pool of the hotel which had been cleared. He saw the young actress who suddenly played big cards and went on strike like a fish swimming in the water. Even when he noticed his arrival, he didn't stop. downward tendency.
Art Linsen was secretly anxious.
As we all know, the production team consumes real money every day of operation. Small-scale studios such as "Like Paradise" are relatively rare, and they cost about one hundred thousand dollars.
But it still made Fox feel distressed.
Because, according to the current situation, they don't even know how long Josie Horton's "unfit for filming" will last.
The male and female protagonists went on strike at the same time, so Nora Efron had to temporarily shoot other people's scenes, but that wouldn't last long, so Art Linsen came to San Francisco immediately after learning about the situation.
Two 10 minutes later.
Josie was finally willing to leave the pool.
Ella wrapped her in a dry bathrobe immediately, and heard her boss greet Art Linsen nonchalantly: "Sorry, Art, I didn't notice you coming just now."
"It's nothing, I have to say that you swim very well." Art Linsen complimented, and then asked: "How are you doing recently? Why haven't we seen our dear male lead."
"Oh, Jim is busy." Josie replied perfunctorily.
In fact, the lovely guy is busy preparing her lunch, which is said to be a very anticipated Italian flavor, but apparently Josie doesn't want him to make a bad impression on the producers, and she doesn't want to take the risk of getting sick. Class excuse, so I found a vague reason.
After all, they are on collective strike today.
Originally, Josie only planned to do this by herself, because her weight is enough to test the attitude of Fox, and Jim, as a migrant worker who has not yet gained a foothold in Hollywood, also It's too easy to offend people.
In the end, this Mr. Sweetheart said directly: "I never thought of coming to Hollywood to develop, if it wasn't for you and your script that touched my heart."
Well, what else could Josie do?
Whatever he likes to act and shoot, as long as he is happy.
Anyway, according to her current wealth and status, it is enough to support most of the dreams in this world. Even if he wants to go to Broadway to test the water one second, and wants to make Hollywood-style commercial blockbusters the next second, it is not a big problem.