novelraw Chapter 306 The King Does Not See the King
Chapter 306 The King Does Not See the King
If it is a luxury car endorsement, the income will definitely be a lot, and the influence is also huge.
Because a luxury car costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a luxury dress can be bought for a few hundred dollars at a cheaper price.Luxury car brands like to advertise the most, and spend a lot of money on advertising.
It doesn't look like a loss at all to exchange a top-level endorsement with a salary cut of 200 million US dollars, and there may be more than one endorsement.If you can snatch more endorsements from James Bond, it seems that there is nothing wrong with breaking the normal boundaries of endorsements.
The only variable now is the brand of the car.
It is still unknown what kind of car can become Bond's car, but it must be the coolest and most stylish one, not an ordinary car, but definitely a luxury car.
It is impossible for MGM to let James Bond drive an ordinary car with no bright spots, it will cause damage to the character image.The wind-flow image that has been shaped for so many years will not have problems with one type of vehicle.
Now the 007 series is MGM's life-saving rope and cash cow. As long as this IP does not fail, MGM will be able to raise financing from the bank.Even if the company goes bankrupt, there will still be a group of film and television companies that want to acquire MGM, and 007 is an important asset among them.
Although there are official plans to sponsor "Bond 20" and invite it to shoot in their own country, they even plan to put their own actors in it.
But this time, MGM didn't look at the money, but planned to let Eve star in this movie, reshape the brand, and let young people go to the cinema to watch this movie again.
Therefore, everything must be based on creation, and the script will not be modified because of sponsorship.
Mexico, Iceland, Cuba, Norway, and a few other countries feel that being featured in 007 will help them promote their country.
According to statistics from the British official media Reuters, from the first 007 movie to the 23rd, the global box office revenue of this series of movies is 110 billion pounds, while the marketing, that is, advertising placement revenue is 50 billion pounds.
MGM has really made a lot of money in this series of movies. The marketing revenue is half of the box office revenue, not to mention the rest of the copyright revenue.
After entering the new century, the box office of other movies has ushered in a surge, but the 007 series seems to have fallen into a bottleneck period, no matter how it is shot, it is only [-] to [-] million US dollars.
The cost of filming continues to increase, and audiences have higher and higher requirements for visual effects, but box office revenue has not increased, and profits have followed.
《007之明日帝国》制片成本1.2亿美元，《007之黑日危机》制片成本上涨到了1.35亿美元，那么接下来这部007电影成本肯定还会继续上涨。
Roughly calculated according to the method of three times the box office return, the box office of each film is about [-] million US dollars, which is just in the middle of the loss and the profit, maintaining a break-even.
So this may be the reason why Pierce Brosnan was replaced. It is not enough for a commercial blockbuster to break even, it should bring huge profits!
Changing a new actor to play James Bond can not only effectively reduce the cost, but also bring freshness to the audience.
Perhaps Pierce Brosnan didn't realize the crisis in himself, and his agent didn't see MGM's dissatisfaction with this James Bond's sky-high salary.
The salary of 1600 million US dollars has almost reached the peak of the male actor, so how much will the next film be paid?
Is it $2000 million or $2500 million?
If Pierce Brosnan can bring high box office revenue, then naturally there is no problem with high pay, and the producer MGM will definitely support him all the time.
But the current situation is that after the 007 series entered the new century, the successor was somewhat weak, and the box office was always so unsatisfactory.
But it’s impossible not to shoot. Every time a new 007 is shot, the old movies in front will be revived and make a lot of money.
Perhaps this new untitled 007 movie can continue Pierce's life, otherwise he will decline in the top position in Hollywood and can only work under the name of the former 007.
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Eve yawned in a very unladylike manner, covered it with her hands quietly, and then asked, "Is there nothing going on?"
Robert and Evan glanced at each other. They didn't know how to say the last clause of the movie, and it was really hard to say it.
"Why, is there really something wrong?" Eve could see the hesitation on the faces of the two people, and urged her to say: "If you have something to say, just say it, or you will have to call and talk again when the time comes, and then go to the movie with all your heart .”
Robert sighed: "After Brosnan found out that you were going to play the female lead, he asked the producer to include the bed scene in his filming agreement. MGM is asking, do you accept the bed scene?"
Eve, who was originally happy, lost her smile immediately after hearing this sentence. She was very dissatisfied with her manager and MGM.
"As a professional actor, I actually don't reject bed, kiss, and passion scenes, but the premise is that these plots will have a positive effect on the movie, and they are an indispensable part of the plot."
Eve was mentally prepared when she entered this industry. Kiss-scenes are impossible to shirk, because they are very common in movies.
But she changed the subject: "If it is a bed scene that has no meaning to the plot, I personally think there is no need for it to exist. Especially the 007 movie, hasn't it always adhered to the PG-13 standard? It's a bed scene. The movie can’t be put on the big screen, so why shoot it? Is it a waste of time and energy?”
"Actually, the bed scene may not always reveal a little bit, it may just be kiss-kiss-touch-touch and some atmosphere, so it is not a violation." Evan Stoff said weakly, "After all, this It’s a James Bond movie, and audiences love to see Bond have sex with beautiful women.”
Eve suddenly felt tired. She glared at the two agents, and said in a cold voice, "Didn't we agree to play a different Bond girl before? Now it's not back to the original point. My thanks to you guys." Disappointed."
As far as this condition is concerned, I am ashamed to ask myself to raise it in front of me. With so much commission, I seem to have raised a white-eyed wolf.
Robert was very guilty, and he explained in a low voice: "It's not what we meant, it was told by Pierce's agent. MGM also thinks that this conventional model of beauties with heroes is better and more attractive to the audience."
"But is your role to be a sounding board?" Eve was very angry, but her expression was very calm. She had hardly encountered a similar situation before, even if she was splashed with dirty water by Weinstein, she was not so angry. kind of situation.
The agent wants to help himself to fight for various conditions, not to say that he is qualified to get a few commercial endorsements, as in the current form, the two agents should directly fight back in a tough way, instead of letting Eve decide .
What Eve wants is to be James Bond's rival, not his vassal, another flower that Bond has plucked.
This is the tone that is set at the moment of contact!
It is acceptable to change the salary to endorsement, but Eve doesn't want to see this kind of aggressive way.
Now, for the first time, she had the idea of changing agents. She only saw commercial remuneration and endorsements, and it was useless if she didn't protect the movie content and the interests of her clients.
"Since it's a microphone, help me pass the message to Pierce's agent and MGM. I don't accept bed-scenes and passion-scenes. I don't accept this kind of bed-scenes written into the contract. mode, if the other party finds a substitute to play me, I will not sign the contract."
Ma Shan is ridden by others, and people are deceived by others.
In itself, MGM begged itself to star in, rather than begging for it.
After taking a step back, she was pushed forward every step of the way. Eve had the ace in her hand for the sequel to Legally Blonde, so she didn't worry about MGM punishing herself in turn.
What's more, MGM has not yet recovered from the brink of bankruptcy, so there is no room for revenge.
Where there can be concessions, we will back down, and we will never back down on matters of principle that cannot be backed down, even if we don’t appear in this movie.
Robert has known Eve longer, and he is very aware of the firmness and anger in Eve's eyes. This is by no means a joke, but a serious thought.
Indeed, Eve is not unwilling to dedicate herself to art, provided that this devotion is valuable and meaningful.
The meaningless bed-scenes and passion-scenes are pure waste, she doesn't have to play an ordinary girl.
Robert sighed in his heart. He originally thought that this clause was unreliable, but Evan suggested to give it a try. Now it can be seen that her attitude is indeed very firm.
"I will communicate with MGM and reject this clause."
Eve shook her head, "It's not enough for us to refuse, and we need MGM to stop this idea. Otherwise, there is such a clause in the contract it signed with Pierce, wouldn't it be looking for a substitute? The audience will see the performance of the substitute. Thinking it was me also had a negative effect on myself."
After finishing speaking, she felt very puzzled again, "Pierce is probably not this kind of person, it's not like he hasn't seen Hollywood beauties, why does he have to let me act in a bed-scene with him?"
In Eve's impression, Pierce Brosnan is a typical British gentleman, and he doesn't look like a hungry ghost.
Evan Stoff cleared his throat at this time, ready to make amends: "Maybe it's not Pierce's request, but his agent's request."
"What do you mean?"
"Originally, Pierce's agent was helping to set up a bridge because of the oppression from the top management of CAA. They thought you would play an ordinary Bond girl with peace of mind. As a result, our requirements for the role and the salary have had a huge impact on Pierce. So I just want to make your character continue to be a vase and vassal through the contract factor, and I don’t want you to be one of the two protagonists.”
For a long time, the "007" series has always been about the lead actor, with occasional bright heroines appearing, but in fact the role of the heroine is a supporting role.
Eve's current appeal is to make "Bond 20" a double-leader drama, so that the heroine will face off against James Bond, and become a character who has the opportunity to be more dazzling and more eye-catching than Bond.
The agent noticed the threat in this regard, so he used this method to restrain him, hoping to get the heroine back to her original state.
Eve accepted this statement a little bit, but since she made concessions on the pay, she couldn't give in in this respect.
On the surface, it is a dispute over the bed-scene, but in fact it is a battle between the male and female protagonists about the playing time and the importance of the role!
There must be no suspense in the battle of roles. No matter how much MGM likes Eve, it is impossible for her to become a part of the 007 movie.
On the one hand, you want a vase heroine, and on the other hand, you want to subvert the tradition of Bond girls. It is very important to have conflicts.
Even if the two actors are signed clients of CAA, they won't care about the company's opinion when it comes to them.
If the company doesn't handle it well, the two will definitely not buy into each other, and maybe one or both of them will leave the brokerage company.
After filming so many movies, this is the first time Eve encountered a situation where the male and female protagonists were hostile to each other during the film preparation.If it's a movie, the whole crew is probably like a bomb, it's going to ignite!
Love each other?
nonexistent.
"Don't use the company to pressure me. Under normal circumstances, the company should know who is more important. Pierce is now at this age, how many 007 movies can he play? After leaving 007, he is just a second-tier star."
Eve is already on the front line, heading towards the direction of A coffee, if CAA's top management doesn't have water in their heads, they won't give up on her.
Both sides are corporate customers, and it’s okay to favor anyone else. How to maximize the benefits is the key.
Evan Stoff was also willing to become her agent because he saw Eve's potential, and the commercial value was clear at a glance.
"I will go to negotiate with MGM. The worst result is that the negotiation breaks down. Originally, MGM's senior management agreed with your idea, but I don't know how to go back to the inherent thinking of the past." Evan sighed , "I suggest that you don't meet with MGM executives now, and maintain an attitude of not seeing the king."
"Let's talk, I have nothing to lose by not having this project."
Robert assured and said: "We have always been on the same front with you, and this matter is just to let you know the situation. We will not allow this to happen."
If the king does not see the king, there is still room for relaxation. If the two parties meet and the talks collapse, there is no possibility of reversal.
Unless it was a last resort, the agent advised Eve not to meet with MGM.If it gets to the point where you have to meet, be prepared.
Eve came here on a high note and returned disappointed, "I'll go back first, and don't negotiate after rejecting this matter."
Negotiation means that the other party may change their minds, and there is no room for MGM to consider it.
If you want me to play, then this clause will be deleted.
The pressure on the male lead is actually not great. Eve dares to abandon Bond Girl, but does Pierce dare to abandon James Bond?
Maybe the battle between the male and female protagonists is too fierce, which will cause MGM to replace Bond's actors in advance.
In the previous life, Pierce Brosnan was unilaterally terminated by MGM after he finished the "Bond 20" project.
If conflicts break out early in this life, there will be a good show!
If Eve suppresses Pierce Brosnan's side in this battle between the male and female protagonists, it is estimated that the entire Hollywood will be shaken!
The author has something to say: There is news that Pierce asked to have his sex scene with Halle Berry included in the contract.
This chapter is adapted from news reports and is for entertainment only, please do not substitute real people.
There are still big chapters tonight!