Chapter 372

In the last week of September, MCA and Panasonic held a meeting again on Tuesday, September 25. As a result, they still broke up unhappily. Danilisi entertainment, which was closely watched by the media, still had no movement. The original boiling acquisition seems to have fallen into a deadlock.

After the "Forbes" 400 U.S. rich list at the beginning of this month passed, this week, the team of westrow system re opened the preliminary preparation for the acquisition of Bell Atlantic. James Leibold also began to quietly absorb the shares of Bell Atlantic, intending to take 4.9% of the shares of Bell Atlantic ahead of the acquisition exposure.

Although Forbes magazine will publish the global rich list next month, Simon's ranking on the list is no longer in suspense, so it will not cause too much trouble.

On Denise TV, Simon's sitcom Song Fei Zheng Zhuan, which was selected by him at the beginning of the year, was officially broadcast with ABC TV network on Tuesday. ABC gave a 9:00 air time and took "who will be a millionaire" as the lead.

After the official launch of the show, ABC announced that it would renew its subscription for the next two seasons at one time.

In terms of film, David Lynch won Cannes Palme d'Or's "wild in my heart", which opened on Friday with 532 screens. This film, which has been controversial from Cannes to North America, has a polarized reputation. From September 21 to September 27, the box office in the first seven days of the first week reached US $5.73 million, exceeding the sales level of US $10000, exceeding many people's expectations.

After seeing the box office data of "my heart is wild" for three days in the first weekend, gaomen film began to deploy the screen urgently. It is estimated that the number of screens in the second week will reach about 800, and the film is also expected to hit the $20 million box office in North America. Although the distribution contract was signed, the box office in North America exceeded $20 million, and with the subsequent release of video and television rights, Denise entertainment still made a good profit.

Compared with "my heart is wild", the Italian director Giuseppe tonadore's new film "journey to heaven", which was released on September 7, failed to attract the audience in any direction after several times of screening, and finally only recovered $170000 in the North American market.

At the beginning, gaomen film invested $1 million to obtain the omni channel copyright of Tianlun tour in North America. Judging from the box office results of the cinema, the loss is inevitable.

In addition to the movie paradise cinema, which was bought by universal pictures with a lot of money at the beginning and ruined because of the wrong distribution strategy, two long films by Tony Torre failed to splash any waves in the North American market. This Italian director is doomed to be hard to win the favor of Hollywood in the future.

Except Simon, of course.

If Giuseppe tonadore's future two excellent films, the pianist at sea and the beautiful legend of Sicily, will still appear, Simon will definitely do it.

Los Angeles.

After a short day off in Seattle with his assistant, Simon returned to Hollywood for a week's work.

Learning that Simon plans to readjust the speed of DC movie universe, Warner Bros. CEO Terry Semel immediately expressed his opposition, and then Steve Ross called Simon's office.

The follow-up film plan of the first stage of DC movie universe in the plan has been the highlight of Time Warner's continuous publicity for more than half a year after the merger.

Moreover, although most investors recognize the win-win situation of Denise entertainment and Time Warner Group in the DC movie universe plan, there are also many shareholders who criticize Time Warner management for giving too many interests and initiative to Denise entertainment.

It can be imagined that once the development cycle of the first stage of the DC movie universe plan, which is planned to be five years and ten movies, is suddenly extended to seven to ten years, those shareholders who have been accusing Time Warner of making too much profits will certainly be more dissatisfied, and some investors who originally stood on the side of the management can also change their attitude.

What's more, it will certainly affect Time Warner's share price.

Now that he has made up his mind, Simon will not easily adapt his ideas.

After several disputes, Time Warner still had to compromise, because the control of the entire DC movie universe is in Simon's hands. If it's really noisy, Denise entertainment is not afraid to shelve the plan completely, but time warner can't bear the consequences.

However, Simon also made appropriate compensation.

All the remaining two places in danielis Entertainment's 10 film plan have been handed over to Warner Bros., further tying the interests of both sides together. Moreover, Simon also agreed that he would not officially disclose this adjustment to the outside world, but would unconsciously delay the plan through some excuses such as poor project preparation in the process of implementation.

Struggling to reach an agreement on this matter, Simon understands that there must be a rift in the cooperation between Denise entertainment and Time Warner Group.

However, this kind of thing is inevitable.

If danielis entertainment and the whole westrow system want to continue to expand, it is bound to damage the interests of more and more people.September 28, Friday.

In the office loft on the second floor of Denise studios, the team responsible for DC movie universe project occupies a special office area next to Denise special effects company in loft 2, where all aspects of DC movie universe planning will be produced.

Moreover, the team is stationed here, which is convenient to discuss the feasibility of various special effects scenes with danielis special effects company at any time.

A more than 70 square meter activity room in DC movie universe office area, where Simon, Amy and Semel are all present today, was used as an audition a few days ago. At this time, there are lots of actor photos on the wall, mainly involving Batman, wonder woman and flash.

The core role of Batman has long been decided and does not need to be discussed.

During this period, a series of masterpieces of wonder woman have been finalized, including famik Johnson, who plays Diana Prince, Joanna Cassidy, who plays queen Hippolyte, and Linda Hamilton, who plays queen Hippolyte's sister antiop. This week, the series of a supporting role, Steve Trevor, Ares and other roles are finally decided.

What you are discussing today is the final choice of the characters in flash.

Of course, Simon is still in charge of the final decision.

"Now that you're all right, the role of Barry Allen will be left to Jason jederick."

I've read a few sample films and the background information of the actors carefully, and have a discussion, Simon said.

Jason jederick, 25, made his debut in 1983. Before that, he had acted in Tom Cruise's walk to school, Oliver Stone's born on July 4, Michael Hoffman's land of dreams and other films. His acting skills and qualifications were enough. Simon also appreciated the other party's performance in land of dreams.

What's more, when Simon was invited by Robert Redford to watch his new movie "Havana" on Wednesday night, Redford also recommended Jason jederick to Simon, who has been on the final list. The difference between the last few candidates is not big. Jason jadric has enough conditions in all aspects, so Simon sells his love to Redford.

After everyone nodded, a staff member in the activity room nailed a picture of Jason jederick to the blank space of the hero of "flash" on the wall.

Simon released another document in front of him and said, "next, the heroines, Tracy paulan, Robin white and Amanda wise, let's review some of their auditions."

Simon said, the staff in the activity room did not need to tell them to close the curtains and open the projector.

Moments later, Tracy Bolland's audition video first appeared on the screen on one side of the activity room.

Tracy paulan is 30 years old. She started her career earlier than Jason jederick and has rich acting experience. In addition, the actress is also the wife of Hollywood celebrity Michael fox, which is the most important condition for her to enter the final round of casting.

Robin white, 24 years old. It's not only "Jennie" in "Forrest Gump" in Simon's memory and "Madame Sawyer" in "house of cards", but also rob white is the heroine of the hit drama "Santa Barbara" produced by new world film and later taken over by danielis entertainment.

"Santa Barbara" started broadcasting in 1984, and was officially suspended last year. During the period, Robin white also took part in Rob Reiner's "Princess Bride" and other films.

Amanda pace, 31, is the same TV actress. Because she is the oldest, she has more acting experience than the former two. Moreover, Amanda pace should be the most beautiful of the three candidates.

After the auditions, Simon looks around.

Terry Semel first said: "I think Tracy paulan is good. As Michael Fox's wife, it can also be a good publicity point."

Although the "back to the future" series starring Michael fox is over, it's not a problem for the Hollywood celebrity to maintain his popularity for several years. As fox's wife, like Demi Moore, Tracy Bolland does have a natural advantage.

However, as soon as Semel's voice was over, Amy said, "I don't think the advantage of Michael Fox's wife is obvious. Amanda pace should be better. She has more acting experience than the other two. Moreover, her image and temperament are more in line with the setting of iris West news reporter. "

"But, Amy, Amanda pace is 31 years old," said George costatus, director of flash, recommended by Warner

George costatus once served as the director of "the first drop of blood 2", "catch the devil in blood" and other big production films. Although he didn't meet Simon's criteria for selecting the director of DC movie universe series, Warner was not as big as Simon after all, so he hoped to have a more experienced director of the horizontal bar "flash" series.Warner is responsible for the budget of flash, and costatus can't get involved in the cross series of justice alliance. After several times of communication, Simon agrees to confirm that the other party's production idea doesn't contradict him.

Amy listened to what kosmatos said, picked up a picture and showed it to him, saying, "George, if I say Amanda is 20 years old, maybe some people believe it?"

Amanda pace has a soft Asian face. Although she is 31 years old, she has excellent maintenance. Some people believe that she is 20 years old.

Now that the last three are selected, Simon is actually satisfied with every actor. It's no problem that any of them will eventually become the heroine of flash. It was Simon's attitude that other people discussed seriously. Otherwise, we can just wait for Simon to make his own decision. There is no need to waste words.

"But, Amy," kosmatos added, "Amanda pace is really beautiful now, but if the flash series lasts ten years, can you imagine that she will still be 41 years old ten years later?"

Simon didn't pay attention to this problem, but kosmatous's words suddenly woke him up.

Imagine the "friends" series that has lasted for ten years in my memory. At the beginning of the series, several heroines are very good, but at the end, even the most beautiful ones, Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox, give people a strong feeling that the years are a pig knife.

Moreover, even if friends can't be compared with iron man, Gwyneth Paltrow, who used to be a good-looking "little pepper", can't bear to look directly at her when she reappears after ten years.

Amy then said, "according to you, George, Amanda wise and Tracy Bolland can go straight out."

Simon ignored their dispute and looked back at the information in front of him.

Although it's OK for any of the three candidates to play iris West, Simon naturally has some tendencies. He originally preferred Amanda pace. The actress does not lack the intellectual qualities of a female reporter, but also has another capable temperament.

Moreover, iris West is definitely not a vase in the plot of "flash", because as a journalist, she will also lead to many plots, including the plot of DC movie universe crossover.

Amanda pace is not well-known in the original time and space, and Simon can't remember what the other person will look like in ten years. What's more, Simon can see that this woman should have had plastic surgery. He didn't care much about this, but it's obvious that women who have had plastic surgery are more vulnerable to the devastation of time.

After thinking about this, Simon drew a fork directly on Amanda pace's information page, then looked up, interrupted the argument between Amy and George, and said, "Amy, George just reminded me that age is really a very important issue. I remember thinking about it before. If it wasn't for George's reminding, I almost forgot that Amanda pace was really not suitable , pass. "

Amy paused, nodded and said, "well, what about Tracy Bolland?"

Simon didn't hesitate too much and said, "brush it off, too."

Three to two, the heroine of flash is ready to come out.

Everyone in the office also realized that a 24-year-old girl unknowingly took advantage of her age.