Chapter 968

My mind flew for a short time, and soon returned to the script in my hand.

We'll talk about the future.

Since it is clear that nothing can escape the ups and downs, we should try our best to do the things in front of us well.

According to the script in hand and the information in memory, by the standard of pure popcorn movie, the quality of "extreme cold" is above the passing line. There is no shortage of high concept story style, tough guy, beautiful woman, funny, mysterious sea monster and other commercial elements, and all of them can leave a good impression on the audience.

The reason why Disney failed was that it was in a period of downturn and chaos. Disney's distribution strategy mistakes accounted for a large part. Later, it also proved that the sales of video and TV broadcasting of the film were very good. Even China on the other side of the ocean introduced the film.

The laptop is on the round table at hand. After Simon has read the script, he thinks about it a little and writes down his opinion on extreme cold in an email that he plans to send to Amy Pascal.

According to the memo in the script, Stephen Sommers hopes to direct the project in person, and he also plans to invite celebrities like Harrison Ford to make a blockbuster. Simon also sees Sommers' shrewdness from the information, and he probably guesses Simon's idea of deliberately suppressing the production rhythm of various foreign cooperation projects.

If Simon agrees with Sommers to direct extreme cold, mummy 2 will definitely be delayed.

Simon did have that in mind for the spy series.

Even if Edgar Bronfman, the chairman of sigram group, came to the party last time, Simon would not be soft hearted. The interval between the release of the first "mission impossible" and "mission impossible 2" was exactly two and a half years. As for "Mission Impossible 3", it was at least the same interval. It was released at the end of 1998 at the earliest.

The mummy, which works with Fox, is different.

Westrow system and News Corporation behind fox are allies. Simon does not intend to suppress the Mummy series. Mummy 2 will be released in the summer of 1998 at a standard interval of two years.

On the other hand, Stephen Sommers is one of Simon's favorite commercial film directors. He hopes that the filmmaker can further expand his ability and develop in the direction of producer. Sommers has been a screenwriter and director before. This time, he can test the water with "extreme cold". He is also the producer of "extreme cold" while directing "Mummy 2" Leave it to other directors.

In addition, Simon also hopes to control the production cost of "extreme cold" within the previous $50 million. Now he is preparing to start shooting in the first half of next year, which will probably be released on Easter in 1998. In fact, the more suitable schedule is the end of next year, but there is Titanic by the end of next year. Simon doesn't want to put the film under the pressure of the big ship.

Stephen Sommers will produce "extreme cold" in the first half of next year, and shoot "Mummy 2" in the second half of next year. The rhythm is just right.

Finally, I thought about it and attached a sentence that the heroine can consider Natasha henschucci.

The original version of famik Jensen is now a famous "Wonder Woman" and is not suitable to play a vase in such a movie. Natasha henschucci is just the right one.

After writing an email, Simon picked up another folder.

Here's a couple of movie outlines about jet Lee's new project.

Simon generally remembers several films that Jeter Lee shot in Hollywood around 2000, and they are quite successful in business. However, Simon doesn't like either "fatal Romeo" with black people or "kiss of the dragon" written by Luc Besson.

The main reason is that these films do not really show the essence of Chinese Kung Fu.

Simon also knows that this is mainly due to cultural differences. It's Westerners who really speak well in related projects. Jeter Lee doesn't have the right to speak as much as Jack Cheng, who was promoted to the front line by virtue of the "rush hour" series. As a result, the action scenes of these films generally tend to fight in the west, and sometimes become more mediocre gunfight movies.

That's not what Simon wants to see.

Simon has just sent his idea to China, and the script is still being written. Moreover, it is impossible to start shooting such a big project in a short time. Simon doesn't intend to let Jeter Libai wait for a year, so he personally intervenes and gives him considerable authority to let Jeter Libai work with the screenwriter team of new world film to actively explore new projects. With a budget of 25 million US dollars, Jeter Lee will also be a producer himself. As for the level of participation, it depends on the enthusiasm of the other party.

Simon wants real Chinese Kung Fu in Hollywood, not fighting and gunfight.

The information in hand is the result of the recent brainstorming over there.

There's no bright idea. Basically, the setting is still around Kung Fu experts from China visiting relatives and friends in the United States or investigating criminals and so on.

After browsing through a few stories, Simon drew a fork at the back.

I'm going to do it myself.After all, most good ideas actually come from the material accumulation of the creators themselves. If we say accumulation, the whole Hollywood probably does not have Simon who has more than ten personal memories in his mind, and he is more professional.

Just picked up another script with "Saving Private Ryan" on its cover, a light footstep came to Simon's ear. The delicate little girl, like a doll, came to Simon with a fruit tray. Her dark eyes looked at Simon: "Dad, this is prepared by mom."

The tone of a little girl calling her father is much more natural than that of an unruly little girl who is obviously calling 'sugar daddy'.

Simon patted his knee with a smile, let the little girl sit on her lap, put her arms around the little person in her arms, and continued to look at the script in his hand, while saying in Chinese: "Miumiu MIU, are you used to living in America?"

The little girl sat on Simon's lap, still holding the fruit plate, cleverly twisted an apple to Simon's mouth, and carefully signed back her teeth. Hearing Simon ask, she nodded her head and said, "good. There are delicious food every day, and many beautiful clothes to wear. At the end of last week, my mother and I took a private plane to London, but it's raining all the time, Not as good as New York. "

Simon ate an apple and saw the little girl send another pineapple. He bit it down again and said, "it's raining here in New York. You'll meet it sooner or later."

"No, the weather in London is always overcast. Besides, the streets and people are overcast."

Simon didn't expect that the girl's feeling of London was quite accurate. He said with a smile, "since I don't like it, I won't go there in the future."

"Well," said the little girl, continuing to deliver the fruit to Simon's mouth. She restrained herself from eating a piece, and said, "Dad, can you spare time to go out with my mother and me?"

Simon turned the script over and asked, "where do you want to go?"

The little girl said, "you can go anywhere, just with dad."

Simon looked down at the little girl with beautiful eyes flashing in his arms and laughed. He understood that this was probably the words taught by the little girl's mother. He turned around and took a look. A woman was really standing at the villa gate not far away, looking at this side. Seeing that Simon noticed herself, he hesitated and came forward without waiting for the man to call.

Seeing her mother coming, the little girl turned her eyes around her mother and Simon, jumped down from Simon's leg and handed the remaining half of the fruit plate to her mother: "Mom, talk to Dad, I'll do my homework."

When the girl ran away and disappeared in the villa door, Simon patted herself on the leg with a smile. Ms. Liu blushed slightly and hesitated slightly. She leaned over and sat down, feeling the man's powerful arm around her waist. After a little adjustment, she relaxed quickly. While continuing her daughter's work, she sent fruit to Simon's mouth, while actively looking for the topic: "are you reading the script ？”

Compared with Simon's shirt and trousers when he arrived in the afternoon, the woman changed into a dark green sleeveless silk dress which showed her figure. She was also a dancer. Sitting in the arms of a man, she was soft and graceful. The pleasant woman fragrance made Simon who had been abstinent for nearly a week ready to move.

"Yes," said Simon, nodding at the woman's conversation. "Isn't it summer vacation now? What's Miu doing? Besides, has her school been determined in advance? "

"The school has been confirmed. I have arranged summer tutoring for Miu Miu. I need to know about all kinds of courses in the United States."

Simon shook his head and said, "there's no need to do this. Girls need to be rich. They don't need to do so much homework."

The woman nodded obediently and said, "you Let her call your father, you has the final say.

"Then just leave the English class, and you can communicate with the children here in the future." Simon said, smiling again, and then said, "in fact, Chinese Americans are smarter than most of the children of the same age here, and they have accumulated more. There is no need to cram any more, otherwise other children will not survive."

The woman obviously does not know this, but also has some doubts: "no?"

"You'll know after a long time."

"Well," the woman agreed again, hesitated a little, and then asked, "Simon, will you be here this weekend?"

"Yes, I'll go back to the art troupe tomorrow to see if they are lazy," Simon said jokingly, looking at the woman's thin white neck

Feeling the man's eyes, the woman's face blushed a little more, and said: "no, we are all working hard to create and choreograph dances during this period of time. Sometimes we are busy until late at night. We don't want to live up to your expectations."

It's just a month since Guofeng art group arrived in the United States.

This month, if you have to describe it, compared with the past life, everyone seems to step into heaven, maybe the princess life in fairy tales is just like this.

As long as the IQ is normal, no one will think that this kind of generous giving is for no reason.

As a result, the whole team is doing their best for the tasks Simon has assigned. No one dares to slack off. They are afraid that the public performance at the end of the year will be ruined, and all the crystal shoes and pumpkin cars will disappear. They have enjoyed the luxury at this time. No matter the girls of Guofeng art group or the choreographers who are hired to come to the United States, they absolutely do not want to go back to their former life.In order to achieve this goal, any effort is worth it.

Compared with the Guofeng Art Troupe, the mother and daughter here feel more dreamy. If the simplest measure is used, the treatment they enjoy is ten times as high as the girls of Guofeng Art Troupe. Many times when she woke up in the bedroom of this villa, Ms. Liu would doubt whether she was dreaming.

Even if it is a dream, such a dream, of course, the longer the better.

Therefore, I dare not slack off at all.

After chatting intimately for a while, she confirmed that Simon would be here this weekend, and Ms. Liu did not dare to ask for anything more. She returned to the villa with the empty fruit tray and left the time for the man to be alone.

Simon's attention returned to the script in front of him.

Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 epic war blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg, once made nearly $500 million at the global box office with a production cost of $70 million in history, and was also the North American box office champion in 1998.

Even compared with 1997's Titanic and 1999's Star Wars Prequel: phantom crisis, Saving Private Ryan's $200 million box office in North America is more due to the fact that 1998 was the year of the film. However, since it won the first place in the year, this achievement can not be underestimated.

Simon, the big butterfly, didn't fan out the script.

However, because of Denise Entertainment's strength in Hollywood, the best scripts will naturally flow into Denise entertainment first, and this time is no exception.

As a war movie, the script of Saving Private Ryan is not so popular. Since a series of Vietnam war movies in the 1980s, there have been no big selling war movies in Hollywood for many years. The production budget of war movies is usually very large and the risk is very high, which also limits the investment of the studio.

In the original time and space, if it wasn't for Spielberg, it would be difficult for the film to appear on the big screen.

Now, history has changed. The script of Saving Private Ryan has been successfully cut off by danielis entertainment, and Simon has to consider how to deal with the project.

Spielberg still owes danielis entertainment a film contract inherited from universal times, but the gap between the two sides in the Jurassic Park series is very deep. In order to win over Spielberg, universal had very broad restrictions on the director's performance of the film contract. According to the agreement, even if Spielberg delayed the film for another ten or eight years, it doesn't matter .

In addition, Spielberg is now focusing on the operation of DreamWorks, and it is unlikely that he will let the other party take over the project.

In that case, Simon can only consider other options.

According to the list arrangement of danielis entertainment, there is little hope to start this project in the short term, and Simon will not give up making this film history classic, which is also in line with Simon's idea of maintaining Hollywood's diversity. However, this time, Saving Private Ryan is obviously not likely to be released in 1998, so it must be considered in the long run.