novelraw Chapter 309
Chapter 309
Christine Johnson pulled her face down, "Listen, if you choose one of the two, then I can be sure that you will leave. Because this is not just about Josie Horton, she is Sean Penn himself. If you want to kick her out if you invite her into the game, then it is tantamount to offending two A coffees at once, and Julia Roberts can't keep you."
"That's Julia Roberts!" Jesse Nelson didn't care.
When Julia Roberts single-handedly revitalized chick movies, was Josie Horton in middle school or elementary school?
She's just a wild girl with a little bit of luck.
Recently, too many agents and producers are inquiring about her script. She originally had more choices, and she deserved more, didn't she?
"Honestly, you don't realize how good the script is, and even Michelle Pfeiffer and Gwyneth Paltrow have called me up - get what I mean, Christine ?It's a uniquely talented idea and I think it will be us celebrating next year."
Jesse Nelson's voice was tinged with fanaticism.
Christine Johnson was not as optimistic as Jesse Nelson.
Hollywood is churning out new scripts every day, and there are some great ones out there, but most of the time, those scripts aren't even sold.
Jesse's luck is a little bit better. He has worked in the industry for many years and has his own agent and contacts. It didn't take much effort for Sean Penn to read the script and express his interest. This project was officially launched by Warner. Si Ting was also ordered to join the screenwriting team to revise the script to the satisfaction of the producer.
But to Christine Johnson's surprise, Jesse Nelson is not only ambitious to direct the film, but also daring to try to kick Sean Panchen's heroine, Josie Horton, out of the project .
Are you kidding me?
That is the most popular actress in Hollywood at the moment, not one of them!
Not to mention an Oscar queen.
Yes, her real age does seem a bit young for the role, but the actress has always handled a variety of roles with enough maturity that this is not an issue at all.
Therefore, Christine Johnson believes that her colleagues may want to fight for her right to speak on this project.
But it was bound to be a fiasco.
Who told her to mess with whom? Dare to mess with Hollywood's famous villain, Sean Pan?
Don't look at his handsome, easy-going and funny appearance in front of Josie Horton just now, this man went crazy and even beat the paparazzi, one can imagine his bad temper.
Sean Penn would not allow Jesse Nelson to stay in the project even if it was to save face, so he received a notice from Warner Bros. to find a new director for the film the next day, Christine Johnson No surprises.
Without even thinking about it, Jesse Nelson was added to the blacklist where he was not suitable for dealing with.
But that's another story.
In fact, Jesse Nelson's views on Josie Horton are not alone.
It is really rare for an actor to become famous in her early twenties, and it is also very rare for a Hollywood star to reach the top within ten years of her career, so in the perception of many people, she only thinks that she is a very popular first-line star in recent years , but it seems that there is always something close to the real superstar.
If you say she is a superstar, her salary is indeed superstar level, but her nationality is not as popular as the two soups - Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise.
Because the influence of superstars is mostly accumulated over time, Qiao Qian became popular too quickly and smoothly, so it is inevitable that she is a little lacking in her foundation.
What she lacks is neither stars nor awards, but word-of-mouth that needs to be accumulated over a long period of time.
Popularity goes up and down, but word of mouth is not easy to disappear.
How popular was Demi Moore back then?
A "Ghost Love" made her soar directly, becoming the first female star to receive a salary of 500 million US dollars, but the development in the past few years has not been satisfactory, and she can hardly maintain her celebrity status up.
After all, Hollywood only allows two failures.
"Boss, I've thought about it carefully. It's not impossible for you to cut Hu MGM's "Legal Blonde", but it's a bit difficult, because when they heard it was you, they immediately doubled the price... ..."
"Then drop the project, but let Brittany compete for the leading actress."
Josie was talking to Kelly beside her while walking. She planned to put her all-purpose assistant on Tianji Films in the near future, because Archie Dano's work was becoming more and more unsatisfactory. satisfy.
He might be better suited as an executive than a manager.
In addition, Tianji Films is still trying to dig out Warner's foothold, because Josie has taken a fancy to Jeff Robinov, an executive of Warner's production department, and promised that as long as the other party agrees to quit, she will make "Magic Warner". The project of "Jing" was entrusted to him to operate with full authority.
——In fact, Jeff Robinov was in charge of the producer of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" in the original time and space.
"Surprise!"
As soon as she entered this hall, Josie was sprayed with fireworks and ribbons by her employees, and the leader was Robert Downey Jr.
"Hi, I'm one of the employees' family members." Under Qiaosie's gaze, the troubled man who turned his prodigal son waved his hand innocently.
Beside Robert Downey Jr., Susan Levin pinched the former without looking aside, and reminded, "Boss, it's time to toast."
Josie smirked at Robert Downey Jr. before walking into the hall.
ding ding ding-
The silver metal fork struck the crystal cup, making a crisp and pleasant single-frequency sound, proving that it was by no means the kind of thing that you can buy a dozen of in Wal-Mart for tens of dollars.
The surrounding discussions suddenly quieted down. Everyone in the hall looked at Josie, whether they were curious or looking forward to it. Generally speaking, the atmosphere was pleasant.
Josie stood in the center of the crowd's line of sight and said a few words casually: "I am very happy that our company has achieved amazing success in the past year, which is obviously inseparable from everyone's hard work, so today A bonus will be credited to everyone's account before the night's party is over. Well, I'm done, let's party!"
At this time, the money offensive can stimulate adrenaline more than anything else, so as soon as Josie finished speaking, the hall was filled with all kinds of applause, cheers and screams.
The amber liquor splashed in the air, and then was poured into the cups that had been prepared. Familiar faces were stained with excitement, obviously immersed in the atmosphere at the moment, and raised the cups in their hands high.
"To our great, generous, incomparable boss—"
"To "Boys Don't Cry"—"
"To Fight Club—"
"To "The Trap of Stealing the Sky"——"
"Respect for the year-end bonus—"
"cheers--"
Unlike Tianji Films' celebration party, which was full of jubilation, DreamWorks also held a party, but the atmosphere was not so enthusiastic.
Who let "American Beauty", which has high expectations, come to such an unembarrassing and unembarrassing ending?
This not only directly ruined Kevin Spacey's career, but also meant that the ambitious DreamWorks had launched another failed challenge to the existing big studio system in Hollywood.
The bigger problem is that the failure of "American Beauty" inevitably hit the ambitions of the DreamWorks Big Three.
Are they really capable enough to challenge the existing big studios?
They can't even crack the Oscars, can they?
The one billion U.S. dollars raised at the beginning of the business was exhausted. The film company, which was entrusted with unlimited ambitions, did not grow rapidly according to the original plan of the Big Three, but faced an embarrassing situation of internal and external troubles.
Especially this year's other box office dark horse, the success of "The Sixth Sense" produced by Steven Spielberg's royal team and distributed by Disney, and the disagreement over the handling of the "American Beauty" scandal , are constantly making the Big Three drift away.
Perhaps now, Jeffrey Katzenberg is the only one who is still reluctant to give up the dream factory founded by them.
"Damn Kevin Spacey! He ruined everything!" David Geffen kept complaining in his limousine as he left in a hurry, "He cost me at least 2000 million dollars! He has to pay for it!"
In the car, his personal assistant and driver were silent.
Because they know very well that at this time, their boss does not need to echo or enlighten, but simply vent.
Sure enough, from the actor Kevin Spacey of "American Beauty" to the editor-in-chief of "New York Times" Simon Isaac to the producers of "The Sixth Sense" Kennedy & Marshall, and even the history of DreamWorks Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg were scolded one by one in the next 10 minutes.
David Geffen's violent mood gradually eased a bit, and he returned to his usual calmness.
He began to issue orders in a voice: "Call Fields and ask him to wait for me at my house now; make separate appointments for Paramount and Columbia CEOs for me, and I want to talk to them personally about the sale of DreamWorks." Thing...Also, find someone reliable, preferably those scumbags from Hell's Kitchen, and 'greeting' that Miss Lawrence for me."
David Geffen paused for a moment. Originally, he wanted to touch his old enemy Josie Horton, but when he thought of the old upper east side wealthy family that the other party is now backing, as well as the shareholders of Skynet Media, he finally made a long-term plan. Taking a long, deep breath, I temporarily let go of this grievance.
This megalomaniac little girl has grown to heights that are impossible to ignore.
Unknowingly, a community of interests that cannot be ignored has been formed around her existence, and it is easy to cause public outrage if she is attacked, especially now that DreamWorks is facing even greater problems.
Obviously, Merrill Lynch and Chase Bank are completely dead.
That report was like the first domino to fall, setting off a series of irreversible collapses that followed.
With a scandal-ridden lead actor and only a dispensable Best Supporting Actress win at the Oscars, "American Beauty" may not be able to recoup its costs in the follow-up home entertainment market.
It is precisely because of this that David Geffen very wisely decided to get rid of the burden of DreamWorks in advance, so as to get out of debt before the real debt arises.
After all, isn't he a billionaire?
Why didn't he cover Dreamworks' losses out of his own pocket?
Oh, and aside from being a man with a very prudent sense of money—that is, stinginess—paying out of pocket is not the Hollywood way, but the layman’s way of the upstart.
Making a movie is an extremely risky investment, and smart people will only take money from other people's pockets instead of using their own money to bet on whether the movie will be a hit.
So David Geffen always thought that Josie Horton was just a poor little rich girl, not a real Hollywood high-end player.
This is not only because she rejected her own friendship, but also because she spent tens of millions to invest in such a crazy and evil movie as "Fight Club".
——You must know that Arnon Milkan's Regent Entertainment took money from the Jewish consortium.
But hell, according to the forecasts of those data analysis companies, "Fight Club", which did not reach the cost line in theaters, will almost 100% reach the profit breakpoint in the DVD and video market.
Josie Horton is really lucky.
God already has too many things for her, why not give more misfortune, otherwise how can people bear it?