novelraw Chapter 180
Chapter 180
"Before you should also know that Devon didn't renew his contract with New Line Films, right?" Robert explained, "The Alex he played in the movie was written to death."
Eve stared wide-eyed and said, "Just write it to death? How did he die?"
"There is no direct picture, the script just says that Alex was killed by a brick while climbing a mountain in New York. And you survived, and will lead the heroine of the sequel to escape the pursuit of death."
"Then how will I die in the end?"
"Being killed trying to save others."
"It sounds quite vigorous." Eve was actually very happy. She still wanted to end this series of movies as soon as possible, and couldn't keep consuming it.
Robert sighed and said, "Because your character, Claire, is very popular and popular with the audience, New Line Films directly set up a heroine in the second film, a female college student named Kimberly. If you agreed to If she appears in the sequel, then her character actually belongs to you."
Among the two surviving leading actors in "Death Comes", Alex's popularity is far inferior to Claire's. It's okay to not be as popular inside the show, but there is also a huge gap outside the show.
It's a pity that Eve didn't want to continue acting in horror movies at the beginning, even though New Line Films offered a high price of 200 million US dollars, they didn't agree.
Otherwise, she will become the mainstay of the film!
"We don't have any regrets at all. After all, we chose not to continue starring." Eve understands it very clearly, and can't watch others get the role and feel unwilling.
"But you only signed five days of filming time in the contract, and it will be marked as a special role. But in fact, you are the second female lead. How could it be possible to complete the filming in five days? It is completely using you."
After reading the terms of the contract, Evan Stoff raised his head and questioned, "New Line Cinema has confirmed that "Reaper 2" has been in production for half a month, and they are already waiting for Eve to join. At present The director is David Ellis, who has worked as an assistant director for "Water World" and "The Perfect Storm", and the screenwriters are two pure rookies."
Before Eve opened his mouth, Keanu over there was extremely surprised, "David Ellis? He is the director of the second film unit of "The Matrix"! He is responsible for the coherent shooting of some big-scene action movies, no wonder we The crew hasn't turned on the machine yet, so it turns out that everyone is a little busy."
Being able to serve as an assistant director in "The Matrix" is indeed a good resume. Anyway, the director is just a puppet manipulated by the producer. He has no say in the crew and script, especially the A new director who got an independent director opportunity.
"It should be like that. Although the entire crew has undergone a major change, the plot and story development in the movie are still the same as the first one, except that the plane-explosion became a highway accident, the middle school students were replaced by college students, and a new movie was added. The role of the police. The way of death has changed a bit."
Eve sat on the sofa, looked at the busy expressions of the team members, and asked, "What should I do now, don't you want to shoot?"
"Definitely can't go. New Line Films signed a guest star contract with us, but they added so much content in it without authorization. If the script can't be changed, it's just trying to trick you into filming. Maybe it won't be able to catch up with the Cannes Film Festival. opening ceremony."
"Yes, I will communicate with the producer. At worst, I will quit the project directly. We are reasonable in terms of reason and law."
Eve never expected that things would turn out like this. She thought she could meet with some familiar staff members again, and happily spend a few days on the set of "Reaper 2".
Now if it is not done well, it will become an enemy with New Line Films. I don't understand what the producer thinks at all.
Is it possible to deceive only one?
She felt a little chilled now, the other party wanted to use her fame as a publicity, but kept herself in the dark.If you find out that something is wrong after joining the group, it will be too late.
"This kind of thing is very common in Hollywood, don't worry, we will take care of it."
Robert comforted and said that New Line Pictures really had a good plan, wanting people to run away but not letting them eat grass.
At the beginning, the salary of 50 US dollars was only enough for one or two days of filming as a cameo, but now I have a big appetite. I want to use the 50 guest star contract to let Eve carry the sedan chair for the new heroine, which is too much!
Actors are indeed at a disadvantage when facing producers and are vulnerable to some excessive demands.
If they were newcomers, they would have to swallow their anger and accept this situation. However, Eve is already a second-tier star, and CAA is also a Daxing Economic Company. If this can't protect artists, who will sign with it?
Although it would offend New Line Films, they all knew that it was most likely that the producers of "Reaper 2" were making a show, and it was only these two producers who offended.
Originally, it was because of the face of New Line Films that they agreed to the cameo appearance, but they signed the guest appearance contract, but they cheated to become the second female lead. This kind of unreputable matter has a great influence in Hollywood.
No one wants to cooperate with people with low credibility. If they can deceive Eve today, will they deceive themselves tomorrow?
They just saw Eve's rising popularity and wanted to take a look at her popularity, so they did this kind of thing.
This situation is a little bit better, the most frightening thing is that she finished filming the corresponding clips, and as a result, the movie featured her name and clips during the promotion, and it was only after the fans and the audience were tricked into the movie theater that Eve's role was discovered. If there are only so many trailers, it will definitely usher in a situation where passers-by are black and fans turn to passers-by.
It's not that Eve can't get commercial films now, and she doesn't have time to waste time with New Line Films.
Robert and Evan have the same point of view. This is a breach of contract by New Line, and it’s fine if you don’t trouble them.At that time, we will see if we need to return part of the film salary that Eve got.
Previously, New Line Films paid Eve 50% of the 30 salary as an advance payment after the contract was signed, which was only 15 US dollars.
It's just that the brokerage company has already drawn a commission of 1.5 US dollars, and Eve only got 13.5 US dollars.
Usually under such circumstances, the actor quits due to problems with the crew, so there is no need to refund the film salary. After all, this part of the income also involves taxation and other aspects.
You can't let Eve, the victim, pay back a sum of money!
In fact, the remuneration involved is not much, it is mainly a matter of face.
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In the next few days, Eve and Keanu lived very happily.
Signed a contract with Universal Pictures and officially joined the crew of "The Bourne". The early film salary was also paid in advance. At this time, the film salary was paid according to the standard of 400 million US dollars, which means that she directly received 120 million US dollars!
Even if the company took away $12, that would still be a huge sum, and it was the most she had earned since she started filming.
If you want to make money, you really have to make commercial films. Commercial films are very generous to stars, because they need to rely on the influence of stars to get more box office revenue.
At the level of superstars, even if they star in an art film, they still have 1000 million US dollars after the pay cut, just like Keanu's "Almost Famous".
The male number two Rosol he played got a salary of 1000 million US dollars and 10% of the global box office dividend. Eve couldn't get that much for commercial films. One can imagine the influence of superstars.
Although a plane is a bit of a luxury, if Keanu works harder and makes one or two more movies, he can earn it back directly.
If you don't hurry up to make money during the peak period, you won't be able to get a good script after the peak period, and you won't be able to afford the price!
Not only that, the Armani endorsement that Evan Stoff said has already taken shape.
Giorgio Armani is willing to sign Keanu at a price of 1200 million US dollars a year, let him endorse two lines of haute couture menswear and ready-to-wear, and even wants to sponsor the sequel of the "Matrix" movie, but unfortunately other brands have already started in advance .
The suits most often worn by Hollywood male stars are Armani, so Keanu's endorsement of this brand will not affect anything, and the price is not bad. After all, it is a luxury brand, and it is impossible to spend a lot of money on it.
On the other hand, women's clothing is a little troublesome. First of all, Eve's popularity is far behind Keanu's. In addition, this season's couture already has a spokesperson, that is, Raquel Zimmerman, commonly known as Miss Sesame.
Not long after her debut, this Brazilian supermodel has already shot commercials for Armani women's haute couture, which is very rare.
The brand also knew about Eve's influence, but they still wanted to investigate, so they asked Eve and the stylist to choose the high-end clothing for this spring and summer, so that she could perform on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
Take this opportunity to probe fashion magazine editors, fashionistas, buyers, and customers to see if they accept Eve as a spokesperson.
If the trip to Cannes goes well, she will get her first high-end endorsement.
So her daily life is very simple now, occasionally shopping with Keanu, wearing sportswear from time to time to go hiking and climbing, sometimes going to suburban manors to experience the life of farmers and herdsmen, and visiting wineries in Napa Valley .
Her current income can't afford the winery, she can only buy a few bottles of wine back, and the quiet landscape and peaceful life over there make Eve very fond of it, and she can't wait to live there after filming.
Originally, Eve thought that it was great to get a salary of several million dollars in one go, but unfortunately, after inquiring about the transaction price of this year's winery, she could only sigh secretly.
This year, two famous wineries in Napa Valley were sold for US$15 billion and US$14 billion respectively. Of course, these two wineries are the most famous and largest in Napa Valley.
If she wants to buy privately owned wineries, she will definitely choose some wineries with a small footprint. Now there are many wineries listed for sale, with prices ranging from high to low.
Among them, a manor has dropped from 2500 million US dollars to 1300 million US dollars and has not been sold yet. The more it falls, the more potential customers are afraid to buy it.
Obviously, this winery covers an area of more than 800 acres, and there is a castle of more than 1000 square meters, tennis courts, swimming pools, wine cellars, independent small villas, and vineyards.
If it wasn't for the fact that she was too cash-strapped, Eve would really be willing to buy it.
As a public figure, he will always be chased by paparazzi outside. It is very difficult to have such a large-scale estate around Los Angeles, and even if there is one, it is extremely expensive.
Eve felt that she would become famous in the future, so she followed her boyfriend to settle here. There is a civilian airport near Napa Valley, which is fully enough for the Like to take off and land.
Everything is good, but they have no money and time, and they don't know anything about wine making and management. When they buy a winery, they have to hire someone to manage it.
Both of them are now in the stage of struggling in their careers, and they haven't reached the point where only one film a year can make the audience unforgettable.
So Eve didn't accept her boyfriend's proposal. It doesn't make any sense or value to buy the winery now. Instead, she will lose money every year and become a big burden.
I didn't have the opportunity to experience the life of this kind of couple before, but now Eve and Keanu are both in the gap period of filming, and naturally they are as tired as all young couples.
At this time, in the shooting range, Eve was wearing earplugs and sunglasses on the bridge of her nose, and was shooting targets on the wall with a gun under the guidance of the coach.
Americans like to play with guns very much. Keanu's marksmanship is very accurate. It can be seen that the posture of holding the gun has been practiced for a long time. Every shot can hit the bull's-eye within a short distance, and it can also fall on the target if it is a little farther away. It won't miss directly like Eve.
Every city has a special shooting range for beginners and amateurs to practice. It was only the first time for Eve to touch a gun, and his performance was not very good.
This was actually suggested by her, because in the movie "Bourne", she will be exposed to scenes such as gun battles and explosions, and she can't wait until then to touch the gun.
Although she is not acting as a female agent, she still needs to know something about this dangerous thing.
In the end, she directly became a cheerleader, watching her boyfriend perform precise marksmanship, even if it was a reloading flying saucer shooting game!
Just as she was cheering for her boyfriend to smash the flying saucer again, the mobile phone in her pocket rang untimely, and the call turned out to be from her friend Jessica.
"Good afternoon, dear." Jessica had just finished speaking when she heard a loud bang, and she was so frightened that she quickly asked, "What happened to you? Are you okay?"
"I was playing with Keanu on the shooting range and you just heard gunshots."
"That's good, I was almost ready to call the police!" Jessica was a little terrified, thinking that her friend was in danger.
Eve gestured to Keanu, and she walked towards the lounge. She asked as she walked, "What do you want from me? Do you finally have time to go shopping with me?"
"No, no, no, I don't dare to go shopping with you again. I went shopping with you last Saturday, and a group of reporters followed me to take pictures. It's better for us to meet quietly."
Jessica was really shocked by the scene at the time. Although she is a journalist, she usually doesn't have so many cameras on herself.In front of the camera, she didn't dare to randomly choose clothes and some accessories, and finally the shopping with Eve ended hastily.
"Party? Girls' night out?"
"No, no, no, I called you to participate in this year's Teen Choice Awards. It was a ceremony hosted by our Fox Broadcasting Company. I got a few tickets and wanted to see you on stage to accept the award."
The Teen Choice Award was only established last year, and this year is only the second year. This award is mainly selected by teenagers aged 13-19 through Internet, telephone, postal and other methods, representing real popularity.
Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards, and MTV Movie Awards, these three awards are all entertainment awards, and everything is measured by popularity.
If you can win these awards, it proves that this star has a great influence in the hearts of the audience.
Teenagers are the most important group for TV ratings, movie box office, and concert tickets. Grasp the love and favor of this group of people, and you will be able to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood and have an invincible position!
When it was established last year, many celebrities and musicians, sports players, TV actors, fashion models, etc. attended.The winner will get a real mini surfboard, but the design on the surfboard will be changed every year.
Eve seriously recalled that she seems to have gotten two nominations this year, and Keanu has also gained something. "I don't know if I will participate in this award yet. I may need to go back and discuss it with my agents."
With Claire in "Death Comes", she was shortlisted for the list of best movie actresses, along with Julia Roberts in "Never Compromise", Cameron Diaz in "Puppet Life", " Charlize Theron in The Cider House Rules, Angelina Jolie in The Lady, Christina Ricci in Sleepy Hollow and Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides people compete.
This list may seem ordinary at the moment, but if you look at it a few years later, it is simply incomparably luxurious!
Almost all of these people are current or future top actresses!
The list of best movie actors is also extraordinarily luxurious, including Leonardo in "The Beach" and Tobey Maguire in "The Cider House Rules", as well as Ben Affleck in "Reindeer Games" and Matt Damon from "The Talented Ripley," Tom Cruise, who was nominated for an Oscar for "Magnolia," and, of course, Keanu Reeves from "The Matrix."
This year's Teen Choice Awards, if all the nominated stars are present, it will really be star-studded!
It can only be said that this is worthy of the Popularity Award. Almost none of these nominations in the early 21st century were parallel imports, and they were all real stars and even superstars!
Jessica was a little bit regretful, but then quickly adjusted her mentality and said, "Actually, I have one more thing to tell you. Have you offended someone? I saw that there are gossip newspapers on the Internet saying that you because The popularity is soaring, so I am dissatisfied with the contract I signed with the crew of "Reaper 2" before, and I want to raise the salary so I stopped acting."
"What?" Eve was angry and angry, "Where did this come from the rumors? It's just a slap in the face!"
"The news broadcast in charge of the entertainment group next door broadcast this news, but my level is too low to let them cancel this news, but you really have to pay attention. I know you are not that kind of person, but the audience doesn't know, very It's easy to be misled."
"Thank you for reminding me, I'll check it out right away."
Eve thought the matter would be resolved peacefully, but she didn't expect New Line Films to expose the matter and pour dirty water on herself!
No one can stand it!